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April Fools’ Day
Today is April Fools’ Day and I can’t think of a more appropriate time to look at the Scott Walker led Republicans in Wisconsin. To further add to our joy it appears the “disease’ they are afflicted with is contagious … Continue reading
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Tagged 2010 election, 2012 election, American Serb Memorial Hall, Democrats, fake Democrats, Medicare, Milwaukee, Mitt Romney, NBC News/Marist poll, Obama, Paul Ryan, politics, recall, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Ryan Plan, social safety net, Stephan Thompson, taxes, The Path to prosperity, union, union busting, voter fraud, voter ID, Voter suppression, voter turnout, Willard Mitt Romney, William Conley, Wisconsin, Wisconsin primary, Wisconsin Republican party, Wisconsin State Senate
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The Endorsement Of Marcy Kaptur
When this year started I told my readers that I would be endorsing candidates for the House of Representatives. At that time I stated that the House endorsements might come out a little slowly due to the uncertainty redistricting brought … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, abortion, Affordable Health Care Act, Bernie Sanders, Citizens United, Congress, Congressional Progressive Caucus, Constitution, Democrats, Dennis Kucinich, Drill Baby Drill, Glass-Steagall Act, Great Lakes, Health and Human Services, health care, House, jobs, Joe the Plumber, Kathleen Sebelius, Marcy Kaptur, Medicare, Obamacare, Ohio, politics, progressive, Republican, Samuel Wurzelbacher, Social Security, Supreme Court, unemployment, union, Vermont, Wall Street
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Time To Take The Final Stand
Working class Americans owe a tremendous debt to Wisconsinites. Had they not stood up to the oppressive forces of the Tea Party/Republicans just over a year ago the steamroller would have gained so much momentum it might have been impossible … Continue reading
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Tagged AFSCME, Charles Koch, Dane County, Darlene Wink, David Koch, Democrat, Emily's List, Great Lakes, jobs, Kathleen Falk, Kelly Rindfleisch, Koch brothers, Lake Erie, Lake Michigan, Lake Ontario, Lake Superior, Milwaukee County, Mississippi, NEA, North Carolina, Ohio, politics, recall, Republican, Russ Feingold, Scott Walker, Stanford, Tea Party, Tim Russell, unemployment, union, union busting, University of Wisconsin, Virginia, voter ID, Voter suppression, WEAC, Wisconsin
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The Endorsement Of Sherrod Brown
If you look up the term bellwether state in the dictionary you figuratively see the map of Ohio. In 2010 Ohioans went to the polls and elected Tea Party/Republicans John Kasich and Rob Portman as Governor and United States Senator … Continue reading
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Tagged 2006 election, 2010 elections, 2012 election, Alaska, Alaska Republican Party, Bernie Sanders, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Connecticut, Connie Schultz, D.A.D.T., D.O.M.A., Dean Heller, Democrats, District of Columbia, Don't Ask Don't Tell, free trade, gay adoption, gay rights, Illinois, insider trading, Issue 2, Joe Lieberman, John Kasich, LBGT rights, Lisa Murkowski, Maine, Mark Kirk, Massachusetts, Mike DeWine, money in politics, Nevada, Ohio, Ohio State, Olympia Snowe, Poland, politics, Progressive Caucus, Pulitzer Prize, Republican, Rob Portman, S 2036, same-sex adoption, SB5, Scott Brown, Senate, Sherrod Brown, Stock Act, super PAC, Tea Party, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, union, union busting, Vermont, Yale
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A New World, An Old Tactic
This was a tumultuous week in politics. So many things happened that many will get lost in the shuffle. On the Republican Primary front alone, many people have said entire chapters of books will simply be entitled January 19, 2012. … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Democrats, Fox News, Google, Harry Reid, House, income inequity, intellectual property, internet, internet piracy, Lamar Smith, national debt, Occupy movement, Ohio, Patrick Leahy, PIPA, politics, Protect Intellectual Property Act, Republican, Republican Presidential Primary, Senate, SOPA, Stop Online Piracy Act, Tea Party, Texas, unemployment, union, union busting, Vermont, wealth distribution, wealth gap, Wisconsin
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Way To Go Wisconsin!
If you are like most Americans when you turned the radio on in your car during the drive home or turned on the television as you settled in after supper on Tuesday you caught the news that Wisconsin progressives had … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012 election, A.I.G., American International Group, bailout, Bush, Citizens United, conservative, Democrats, education, George W, jobs, maurice greenberg, Mike Huckabee, money in politics, Obama, Obamacare, Ohio, Pam Galloway, politics, progressive, Rebecca Kleefisch, recall, regressive, Republican, Rush Limbaugh, Scott Fitzgerlad, Scott Walker, Senate, Tammy Baldwin, Tea Party, Terry Moulton, unemployment, union, union busting, Van Wanggaard, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Senate
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Yesterday Was A Good Day
The old Journey song, Just The Same Way, seems appropriate as I write this article. The first four lines are: Yesterday way a good day It’s after midnight and I’ve got you on my mind Come with … Continue reading
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Tagged Chris Abele, David Presser, Democrats, Jeff Stone, JoAnne Kloppenburg, Milwaukee County Executive, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Scott Walker, Tea Party, union, union busting, Wisconsin, Wisconsin State Assembly, Wisconsin State Senate, Wisconsin State Supreme Court
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Bless The Children Not The Beasts
I am a proud American. I always felt we were better than the banana republics of the world. In a banana republic if torturing a suspect doesn’t work the government often tortures the suspect’s spouse or children. More than one … Continue reading