In Charlottsville, VA, there was a huge rally of white supremacists, Nazis, and random Republicans who showed up with tiki torches to fight mosquitoes and the taking down of a statue of the Confederate traitor General Robert E Lee.
Finally, Americans are waking up to the fact that the Civil War was not nostalgic, but a huge black eye on our History. The Civil War was a few states were AntiAmerican traitors who attacked America from within. in the four years of the Civil War, 620,000 Americans were killed. All so some rich white people would be allowed to keep slaves and get free labor.
It’s time for the statue of Robert La Follette at the National Statuary Hall Collection in the U.S. Capitol to come down. While we’re at it, let’s remove the bust of La Follette from the Capitol in Madison as well. There will be protests. But let’s face it, the Progressive Era is over. Thank God.
Wisconsin is now a red state, won fairly by former Governor Tommy Thompson (three times), Governor Scott Walker (three times) and President Donald Trump*. We re-elected a conservative senator in a presidential year, Ron Johnson, when every pundit said it couldn’t be done. The majority of our representation to Congress is conservative. Conservatives control the state Assembly and the state Senate with record numbers, and conservatives even control the state Supreme Court 5-2.
* I guess the self proclaimed "never Trumper" is now "all Trump all the time".
Most people see that it is time we stop fantasizing the Confederacy and realize it is a racist, black mark and tragic time in America and stop honoring the traitors of the South.
Not Right Wisconsin, they feel since some "snowflakes" want some statues removed, that now would be a good time to rid ourselves of Wisconsin's Progressive past.
Since this is a borderline racist column, full of dog whistles, it is only fitting that they recommend that Judge William Rehnquisr and Tommy Thompson be the statues that we replace Fighting Bob with.
Wiggy also mentioned Tommy Thompson as a second statue for WISGOP to put up. Since he was one of the most vociferous voices for the individual mandate in Obamacare, I could live with that.
However, since it is Jimmy Wigderson we are discussing, let me nominate two people for statues who better embody the true spirit of the WISGOP:
1. Has to be Joe Mccarthy. No one embodies WISGOP values of paranoia, hatred, BS and outright lies than McCarthy.
2. I would recommend, someone Wiggy has mentioned as the perfect rep = Wild Bill Kramer!
Yes we did not think it possible, but "White Wisconsin ---- Now even Whiter!!!"
Of course nothing he is saying there is out of the ordinary or a big surprise. Everyone who lives in Wisconsin, and/or pays attention knows that he is speaking the truth. Mary Burke knew it but for reasons unexplained would never discuss it. The rest of the Republican candidates know it to be true, they just refuse to say anything because Ron Reagan told them not to.
The mainstream media in Wisconsin knows it too, they refuse to discuss it because they do not want to lose access to the politicians that have brought us this mess. The right wing bloviators like Christian Schneider,Charley Sykes, Rick Esenberg and Jimmy Wigderson all understand it also, but their actual job is to make sure YOU don't understand it. Despite what you would think when you actually read their drivel, they are not dumb people. They know that the best way to keep money coming in is to muddy the waters and make sure that when these truthful stories do leak out that people don't believe them or at the very least question them.
Do not let the media paint Donald Trump as too far out there to be part of the group. The Donald is not an anomaly as part of the clown car, he just has no filter and is saying what every one else who is part of the right wing circus, are thinking but too scared to say.
The Republicans do a real good job of touting themselves as the "family values" party while all of these things are happening. With a few hundred millions of dollars to advertise, a compliant media and toothless opposition, they are able to actually get away with it.
However there are other skeletons in their closet that they can not always get away with. This is when Republicans in the inner circle go after young boys. From former Congressman Mark Foley to Scott Walker's right hand man Tim Russell.
Then there is the case of Brian Pierick, Russell’s paramour, who was caught texting with a 17-year-old who claimed he was 19. I think it would be pretty hard to imagine that this crime took a three-year John Doe investigation to solve. Pierick got probation. It’s hard to imagine that any of these crimes needed the time and resources invested by the Milwaukee district attorney’s office. Unfortunately, we may never know the full cost of the investigation. The district attorney’s office denied a request by the MacIver Institute to find out how many hours staff worked on the investigation.
We’vewritten in the paston multiple occasionsabout how both Russ Feingold and Tammy Baldwin are clinging to donations from New Jersey Democratic Senator Bob Menendez. Menendez was indicted back in April by the FBI for alleged violations of campaign donation limits and the acceptance of illegal gifts.Both Feingold and Baldwin received $5,000 from Menendez in 2010 and 2012 respectively. Baldwin has maintained a stance that she will only return the money if or when Menendez is convicted, while Feingold’s campaign has never responded to press inquiries related to the contribution. Fast forward to the recent scandal that has surrounded former Republican Speaker of the House of Representatives Dennis Hastert. Like Menendez, during Hastert’s years in politics he maintained a leadership PAC which handed out donations to members of his party.
Leave it to the right wing echo chamber, and their win at ALL costs mentality to equate politics with preying on underage children.
It is rather disgusting when these people use their forum to protect people who prey on children.
Edit Note: Just wanted to share some pure delicious irony regarding Dennis Hastert and his recent arrest courtesy of Larisa Alexandrovna Horton:
Oh the absolutely delicious irony of the Denny Hastert indictment. If you have not heard about this, Google is your friend. For the rest of you, let's just recap the hilarity of this situation: 1. Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for the myriad of allegations ranging from bribery to money laundering. 2. Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for the myriad of allegations involving leaking state secrets to foreign actors in exchange for cash. 3. Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for the myriad of allegations relating to his own days as a lobbyist 4. Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for the myriad of allegations pertaining to his well-timed real estate investments 5. Finally (and according to the indictment of yesterday), Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for alleged improprieties with a possible minor/student of his.4. Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for the myriad of allegations pertaining to his well-timed real estate investments5. Finally (and according to the indictment of yesterday), Hastert was hardly investigated let alone indicted for alleged improprieties with a possible minor/student of his.Yet, Hastert was investigated for withdrawing money from his OWN bank account - the withdrawn funds were NOT used for any criminal purpose. He was indicted because he a). attempted to hide withdrawing money from his OWN bank account (for use in non-criminal purposes) and b). for lying to the FBI about why he was withdrawing his OWN money. Why is this so ironic you ask (ridiculous, yes, but why ironic?). Because thanks to Hastert's own hand at pushing through the infamous Patriot Act, the FBI was able to use provisions in the PA to conduct this ridiculous investigation of Hastert withdrawing his OWN money from his OWN bank account to use for non-criminal purposes. How I love the smell of delicious, oven-baked, irony such as this! Updated: see here, no really:http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dennis_Hastert
However, the most ironic part of the day was the location:
held in the warehouse at 6200 Regency West Drive that previously housed Sam’s Club.
No place is better to house a "tea party" rally than a closed down warehouse that carries a bunch of cheap sh*t from China that no one really wants or needs!
I am going to leave those attacks right there, we will see what the ACTUAL investigations lead too, and then bring the facts and findings back here for discussion! What I want to discuss is the attacks on the truth and actual history that the righties have done since Senator Kedzie told us he was so upset about his son getting attacked, his first act was to send a press release to Mark Belling.
In Fond Du Lac, a Republican candidate for state Senate, Rick Gudex,
says that his yard signs were thrown down on the ground, the vandals
turned his American flag upside-down, and they broke some landscaping
stones in his yard. Gudex says this was not the first attack on his
home. His son’s truck was egged in the driveway.
It shouldn’t surprise anyone when we hear about incidents like this.
After all, for the last two years in Madison Republican legislators and
staffers have been living in a state of siege in the Capitol. We’re
finally getting a measure of law and order under the new Capitol police
chief.
BUT we are not quite sure, there is a possibility that Senator King could be out staling Gudex and stealing his signs. Since there is some doubt maybe we should have re-elected Randy Hopper after all!
But it probably doesn’t help the calls for civility when the spokesman
for the Democratic Party in Wisconsin, Graeme Zielinski, is on Twitter
accusing Republicans of not being Christians because they disagree with
him. Holy McCarthyism, Graeme.
Nor does it help when Vice President Joe Biden, at a nationally
televised debate with Wisconsin’s own Congressman Paul Ryan, thinks
being rude, obnoxious, and even inappropriately giggly somehow makes him
a “winner.” Turns out he was a “winner” like Charlie Sheen, but that
didn’t stop so many of the talking heads of the political left from
cheering on the juvenile delinquent behavior.
Other than that, Obama himself has done so much to poison the political
discourse in this country, and his party has followed his lead.
Not so much! That’s not to say that Republicans are perfectly innocent in this
melodrama (although I’m waiting for the first angry mob of taxpayers to
climb through the Capitol windows).
As with any problem, we can not end it unless we acknowledge it. The people who have been paying attention understand where the problem is coming from. Republican Thugs are responsible for a vast majority of the violent incidences in scott walker's Wisconsin(from Jeffrey Radle, to Linda Lorino, to Phil Dziki, to Scott Fitzgerald the instances are too numerous to recount). While our friends on the right refuse to ever acknowledge any of these incidents, they seem to even enjoy when an incident affects someone on the right!
A perfect example happened recently where Wisconsin Democratic chairman Mike Tate called upon the Wisconsin RNC chair(whoever that is), to issue a joint press release condemning all attacks on anyone based on politics. The unknown RNC chair originally agreed to it then flip flopped and declined. Wonder why?
From Mike Tate:
Earlier today I called my counter part at the
RPW to ask if he would do a joint statement with me decrying the
violence and other criminal acts that have occurred to people displaying
Obama and Romney signs. Clearly we both deplore these terrible acts and
everyone has the right to display support for their candidate of choice
without fear. He initially agreed, then called back to say they didn't
want to do a joint statement. I told him I felt it was a real missed
opportunity for us to demonstrate some civility. Sadly they chose a
different path and I find it symbolic of how the leaders in the
Republican Party behave today.
Now that we have seen how there is violence on both sides, but heavily weighted towards the right, and that when violence is perpetrated towards someone on the right, the right wing blargosphere just cant blame the left enough! You can see the smile on their face when the story hits the wire!
However, let us get to the heart of the matter. While we have always been divided politically since the birth of the nation we have a split here in Wisconsin that goes beyond that. The one thing about it, and how to fix it is to acknowledge it and find out where it started. Here we acknowledge the problem, and now here is where it all started:
The Cure:
If you are thinking of stealing a sign and/or abusing someone of the opposite party, STOP! Channel that anger/energy and write a LTE to your favorite candidate, If you have stolen a sign put it back.
However, most importantly, VOTE on NOVEMBER 6th!!!
I guess the scott walker coattails are not very long! Fitzgerald appears to be running on his record, it just appears as though he is running in sand(or his record is that bad).
Bush left office in 2009 with a 22 percent approval rate, making him one of history’s least-liked presidents, according to CBS News. In all, 73 percent said they did not approve of the way he ran the country for eight years.
We all know that the blog Wigderson's Pub is written with no regards for the facts and is appropriately named because it is written with the same fantasy aspects as a drunk in the bar telling a story. One piece was particularly laughable, his "interview" with Eric Hovde. It appears with the glowing recommendation and lack of reality that Wiggy is applying for a job with Eric Hovde, instead of reporting reality.
Let's take look at a few highlights:
Hovde is running for the Republican nomination to replace retiring Sen.
Herb Kohl. There are three other strong candidates in the race: former
Gov. Tommy Thompson, Speaker of the Assembly Jeff Fitzgerald, and former
congressman Mark Neumann.
Hovde says that what separates him out from the other candidates is his
private-sector background. Unlike the other candidates, Hovde says, he
is not a career politician.
“We’re dealing with an economic crisis. As I say to people, when you get
a brain tumor you’re going to want the best brain surgeon you can find.
If you’ve got a heart ailment, you’re going to want the best heart
doctor you can find.
“If you’re having an economic crisis, you’re going to want (someone)
that can understand the economy inside and out, and how to deal with
these issues.”
A lot of Republican establishment guys complain about the tea party
movement,” he said. “It saved the Republican Party, because it pulled
(the party) back to what it’s supposed to be about.”
Now it is just getting weird, according to Hovde, if the "tea party" is what the republican party is supposed to be about, then that means the republican party stands for HATE, badly misspelled signs and really ugly American flag shirts!
This is not a replay of 2010, when businessman Ron Johnson filled a
vacuum. This time around, Republicans have a choice between some very
substantial candidates.
local "tea party" speaker and comedian, Dr, Tim Nerenz, is at it again. Earlier this year, he had a routine where he completely misconstrued and lied about the protests and the recalls. While his blog is one of the funniest around(although I am not sure that comedy is what he is shooting for), he occasionally comes up with some that stand out.
If government securities will return only 3%, then corporate investments
must return 10, 12 or even 15% to bring the average returns up to the
7% needed to pay out their pension liabilities. The YTD return on the
S&P 500 is only 7.6%, so corporate profits must roughly double in
order to rescue the public pension systems.
But the sad fact is that it's not only the public sector workers' money
that would go to feed the monsters of Wall Street, but the taxpayers'
money as well. After all, defined benefits plans like the one the state
has right now is almost twice as cost effective as the defined contribution plans they want to force on us.
A highly anticipated report ordered by Gov. Scott Walker and the
Republican-controlled Legislature and released on Monday recommended no
changes to Wisconsin’s $77 billion pension system.
But the report’s findings that Wisconsin’s system is strong and should not be changed are not a surprise, Holden said.
“This is a very well-managed system, and I think the report came to that judgment with very good data,” she said.
The report, written by the Department of Administration,
the Department of Employee Trust Funds and the Office of State
Employment Relations, cited numerous problems that could occur if the
state instigated changes.
Defined contribution plans, like a 401(k), are common in
private businesses and have no guaranteed payout to retirees. Benefits
are guaranteed to workers in a defined benefit plan, as Wisconsin offers
its employees. While a defined contribution plan would provide no risk
to taxpayers, the report said the professional management of all pooled
assets under the current system increases the performance of the defined
benefit plan.
Employers and employees would have to pay more to get the
same level of benefit they have now if the state would move to a
defined contribution system, the report said. It also said such plans
typically have higher administrative costs.
The study also raised concerns about allowing workers to
opt out of making required payments to the system. Doing that could
negatively affect contribution rates for those already in the system and
present tax qualification issues with the Internal Revenue Service for
the current plan, the report said.
So we see with the report that was written by the Governor's own departments that the best thing to do with our pension system is to leave it alone. We all know that will not stop Dr. Tim and the rest of the red meaters, from trying to write and talk about how we must change it!
You can not blame them though, Dr. Tim, Brian Fraley, Christian Schneider , Jimmy Wigderson, are all just political hacks who are unemployable in the real world. Their best bet is to keep doing, writing and saying what they are told by their corporate masters so they can continue to collect the paychecks.
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