Saturday, April 9, 2011
When The Story Won’t Sell Newspapers or Catch Headlines, Just Suggest Conspiracy
As I read the coverage about the mistake in Waukesha county in the State Journal; it has made me sick to see how they are feed the fuel to conspiracy theorist by suggesting that the county executive somehow did this on purpose. The fact that they keep bringing up that she testified “in secrecy” over improper use of government offices and supplies in re-election campaigns. PEOPLE she was testifying AGAINST her own party!!!! If that doesn’t show she is more interested in doing the right thing than backing her own party than nothing will. Instead of reporting the facts they decided to incite public outrage by making the bold face part of the article read “Testified in secrete hearing”. The social responsibility that a newspaper holds should come with some sort of sense of right or wrong. BUT it does not, so we are stuck with having to read headlines that are misleading, and sometimes a complete lie. Way to go State Journal, you are a beacon in the sea of facts for all idiots to read. Keep reporting mountains when in-fact an ant hill is what you are seeing.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Lets Not Repeat Janesville Mistakes
A very good friend of mine said: “It’s good to learn from your mistakes, BUT, it’s even better to learn from someone else’s mistakes. 130 positions will be eliminated from the Janesville school district. None of what is happening there has anything to do with the pending state budget. It has to do with multiple pre existing problems facing that community:
1. Largest employer (GM) closing its doors.
2. Teachers demanding a pay increase knowing that it would mean possible layoffs.
3. Employment rate among the highest in the state.
And lastly;
4. Continuing to fund programs such as 4K that are not a “need”.
We as a community have a unique opportunity to look at a system that is making the financial decisions based on income from it’s “hay day” and learn from their mistakes. Janesville residence cannot just make money, with foreclosures already high, and more looming, people moving out of the school district meaning: less state and federal aid, and less property taxes to fund public endeavors.
I am hopeful that we can take away a good dose of someone else’s reality before we find ourselves in the same situation. Oh, and I would like to extend a special thanks to the teachers union in Janesville for showing everyone how much “good” you do for those teachers that where just given a pink slip. Way to go
1. Largest employer (GM) closing its doors.
2. Teachers demanding a pay increase knowing that it would mean possible layoffs.
3. Employment rate among the highest in the state.
And lastly;
4. Continuing to fund programs such as 4K that are not a “need”.
We as a community have a unique opportunity to look at a system that is making the financial decisions based on income from it’s “hay day” and learn from their mistakes. Janesville residence cannot just make money, with foreclosures already high, and more looming, people moving out of the school district meaning: less state and federal aid, and less property taxes to fund public endeavors.
I am hopeful that we can take away a good dose of someone else’s reality before we find ourselves in the same situation. Oh, and I would like to extend a special thanks to the teachers union in Janesville for showing everyone how much “good” you do for those teachers that where just given a pink slip. Way to go
And what is the deal with voter ID laws?
It's like airplane food, am I right? OK not like airline food at all, but what is it? At the end of the day the biggest aspect to voter ID legislation is that an individual who comes to vote must, wait for it...SHOW SOME VALID IDENTIFICATION. Holy shit. What balls on those government fat-cats. Wait, what? That's it. Well that doesn't seem that bad. Why is that bad?
Some would say this disenfranchises certain segments of society who would otherwise vote but don't have an ID. Huh? Who in the fuck doesn't have some ID? Well it is argued (seriously this is argued) that Hispanics (I am serious) are 24% more unlikely to have an ID than whites of registered voters. Do they tell us how many of those Hispanics are citizens? They do not, wonder why? African-Americans are 48% more unlikely than whites to have an ID of registered voters.
This tells me a few things;
1) Why don't these people go get IDs? They have time to register to vote, it takes about the same amount of time and effort to get an official state ID. That is just lazy or stupid or worse, potentially fraudulent.
2) How do these people deal with the many situations that require IDs such as opening a bank account (requires 2 forms and a social security number), getting any form of credit, getting a discount at a movie theatre, buying alcohol, getting in to a bar or an R-rated movie, buying pornography, buying fire-arms...pretty much all the fun, cool stuff in the world! Yeah I said it alcohol, guns and porn are fun but also are God-given American rights...that require IDs! Hmmm just like voting should, no?
Keep it up sheep and be sure to vote early often and let all your state-paid election officials get to shredders quickly and efficiently!
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!!!
Those of you under the misguided notion, that even in the event of a Prosser loss, his 4-to-3 tie-breaking swing vote in favor of judicial restraint will remain on the court long enough to validate Governor Walker’s Budget Repair Bill, had better think again. The Madison judge, Dane County Circuit Judge Maryann Sumi, who has pulled every judicial activist trick in the book to block Walker’s bill on an absurd technicality, has no doubt intentionally decided to run out the clock in the hopes liberal activist Joanne Kloppenburg succeeds in unseating Prosser. Sumi’s delayed her next ruling for nearly two months. This allows her to hold on to the case until the end of May or the beginning of June. Prosser’s term would end July 31, which make it very possible the State’s highest court won’t rule until long afterwards.
See how that works?
This isn’t an accident or coincidence. It’s by design. Delaying the enactment of a law over a technicality regarding an Open Meetings rule no serious person thinks was violated, is one thing. Throwing a wrench in the gears in order to slow down the process in the hopes a more favorable appeals court judge will win an election, is something else. The will of the people is being overturned by the worst kind of judicial overreach our state has seen in a long time — which brings me to the bigger picture.
This entire battle is about one thing and, believe it or not, it has nothing to do with “collective bargaining“. The unions don’t care about collective bargaining as much as they care about the money and power that comes in the form of union dues. Right now, if you’re a Wisconsin public employee, union membership is mandatory and the dues you pay — that average around $800 a year — are automatically garnished from your paycheck and funneled directly to the union. Walker’s bill puts an end to both of those obnoxious practices.
Though the bill’s dishonest opponents and their media minions have framed the debate around the concept of ”workers’ rights,” one right Walker gives public workers is the right to NOT join the union. Furthermore, instead of the state collecting dues from those who choose to join, the union will now have to collect dues all on their own. This racket – and that’s exactly what it is — that forces workers into the union, is not only the well spring of union power in Wisconsin, it is also a central source of political power for Democrats, including Obama, in a must-win swing state. Millions of dollars in dues help to pay for the union machine’s crucial get-out-the-vote activities and their massive campaign ad blitzes.
The numbers that terrify Democrats and unions come from states where laws similar to Walker’s have passed that put an end to both compulsory public union membership and the automatic garnishment of dues:
Union officials recognize what can happen if dues payments become voluntary. Robert Chanin, who was general counsel of the National Education Association from 1968 to 2009, said in a U.S. District Court oral argument in 1978 that “it is well-recognized that if you take away the mechanism of payroll deduction, you won’t collect a penny from these people, and it has nothing to do with voluntary or involuntary. I think it has to do with the nature of the beast, and the beasts who are our teachers . . . simply don’t come up with the money regardless of the purpose.”
There is evidence to back up his fears. In 2001, Utah made the collection of payments to union political funds optional, and nearly 95% of public school teachers opted not to pay. In 2005, Indiana GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels limited collective-bargaining rights for public employees, and today only 5% of state employees pay union dues.
A mere 50% drop in union dues would be a terrible blow to Wisconsin unions and the Democrats they support. 95% will all but put their racket out of business. Furthermore, it’s very difficult to see Obama’s path to re-election victory should a powerful union machine be unable to bring Wisconsin over to his win column.
Wisconsin Democrats, with the help of the White House, are playing chess here and have been since they fled the state.
Unless we get out our vote in Wisconsin, this election could very well be checkmate.
See how that works?
This isn’t an accident or coincidence. It’s by design. Delaying the enactment of a law over a technicality regarding an Open Meetings rule no serious person thinks was violated, is one thing. Throwing a wrench in the gears in order to slow down the process in the hopes a more favorable appeals court judge will win an election, is something else. The will of the people is being overturned by the worst kind of judicial overreach our state has seen in a long time — which brings me to the bigger picture.
This entire battle is about one thing and, believe it or not, it has nothing to do with “collective bargaining“. The unions don’t care about collective bargaining as much as they care about the money and power that comes in the form of union dues. Right now, if you’re a Wisconsin public employee, union membership is mandatory and the dues you pay — that average around $800 a year — are automatically garnished from your paycheck and funneled directly to the union. Walker’s bill puts an end to both of those obnoxious practices.
Though the bill’s dishonest opponents and their media minions have framed the debate around the concept of ”workers’ rights,” one right Walker gives public workers is the right to NOT join the union. Furthermore, instead of the state collecting dues from those who choose to join, the union will now have to collect dues all on their own. This racket – and that’s exactly what it is — that forces workers into the union, is not only the well spring of union power in Wisconsin, it is also a central source of political power for Democrats, including Obama, in a must-win swing state. Millions of dollars in dues help to pay for the union machine’s crucial get-out-the-vote activities and their massive campaign ad blitzes.
The numbers that terrify Democrats and unions come from states where laws similar to Walker’s have passed that put an end to both compulsory public union membership and the automatic garnishment of dues:
Union officials recognize what can happen if dues payments become voluntary. Robert Chanin, who was general counsel of the National Education Association from 1968 to 2009, said in a U.S. District Court oral argument in 1978 that “it is well-recognized that if you take away the mechanism of payroll deduction, you won’t collect a penny from these people, and it has nothing to do with voluntary or involuntary. I think it has to do with the nature of the beast, and the beasts who are our teachers . . . simply don’t come up with the money regardless of the purpose.”
There is evidence to back up his fears. In 2001, Utah made the collection of payments to union political funds optional, and nearly 95% of public school teachers opted not to pay. In 2005, Indiana GOP Gov. Mitch Daniels limited collective-bargaining rights for public employees, and today only 5% of state employees pay union dues.
A mere 50% drop in union dues would be a terrible blow to Wisconsin unions and the Democrats they support. 95% will all but put their racket out of business. Furthermore, it’s very difficult to see Obama’s path to re-election victory should a powerful union machine be unable to bring Wisconsin over to his win column.
Wisconsin Democrats, with the help of the White House, are playing chess here and have been since they fled the state.
Unless we get out our vote in Wisconsin, this election could very well be checkmate.
Election Day: Please Stay Home
And as far as I am concerned I just as soon have the lot of you sheep stay at home. You people that vote go out and vote and then turn around and bitch about who you voted for in the first place. Take Obama, majority voted him in and his approval rating is low as the floor. Walker, clearly voted in by a high majority and now everyone bitches and calls him "Hitler" for crying out loud. And don't give me the excuse of partisan politics, today is a spring non-partisan election and there will be bitching, oh you betcha there will be.
I contend that if all the people that bitched about election results went out and volunteered there would be no need for publicly funded social programs. Do you think that result would help which ever party is controlling our world? You bet it would sheep.
Nope, just keep on keeping on. Baa-baa bitch, do no help!
Sheep, the lot of you.
I contend that if all the people that bitched about election results went out and volunteered there would be no need for publicly funded social programs. Do you think that result would help which ever party is controlling our world? You bet it would sheep.
Nope, just keep on keeping on. Baa-baa bitch, do no help!
Sheep, the lot of you.
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