Showing posts with label bomb. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bomb. Show all posts

Saturday, January 18, 2014

Wisconsin Governor Promoted Walker Campaign With Gov't Email


 

By Jeff Simpson

The Governor of Wisconsin has been found using his official government e-mail address to promote the Scott Walker for Governor campaign. Walker is a Republican running againstMary Burke,  the Democratic Challenger. The news first emerged Thursday afternoon in my email box.. He is the Governor of Wisconsin, formerly the county executive of Milwaukee. According to the e-mail


We got some great news for all Wisconsinites this week.  The non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau announced Thursday the State of Wisconsin’s general fund revenue is projected to be $911.9 million higher than previously anticipated.  This additional projected revenue is a sign Wisconsin’s economy continues to grow and add jobs, and it’s more great news for our hardworking taxpayers.
When we took office in 2011, we pledged to do away with the failed policies of the past and confront the fiscal and economic crisis we faced.  We made tough, but prudent, decisions over the last three years, and now our bold reforms are producing results for the people of Wisconsin.  While it is no doubt there will be people who want to spend the money, I believe it should be returned to the taxpayers.  My administration will work with the Legislature on the best way to move forward with our next tax relief plan. 
The days of billion-dollar deficits and double digit tax increases are over, and we have led ourselves into a new era of financial responsibility and continued investment in Wisconsin’s priorities.  Our state is heading in the right direction, and together, we are moving Wisconsin forward.

(Edit note- Scott Walker is lying)  


The campaign e-mail, which includes "office of the Governor" invites recipients to watch the State of the State address next week on his other campaign website that is paid for by taxpayers "prosperity.wi.gov ".

It appears the e-mail targets donors and adoring press, explaining that attendees can, “hear Scott's ideas about the ways we are moving Wisconsin forward.” at the event.

It is unknown just how many donors and adoring press got the e-mail from Lindgren; though it is clear that some recipients who received the political solicitation were outside of the state he leads.


An archived video of the Governor shows that he promised a "floor" of 250,000 jobs which he has fallen woefully short of.




 A career politician and a candidate for both state and local office herself, Walker knew exactly what he was doing when he explained his strategy to his boss:



 Scott Walker should have known that what he was doing was against ethics and campaign laws when he seriously considered adding violence to the peaceful protests in the Capitol.



The State of Wisconsin should understand that the only people who actually "drop bombs" are terrorists who are trying to harm you:




 
With the help of TWO of the countries top criminal defense firms(and a few hundred thousand dollars), Scott Walker was able to avoid charges in the first John Doe hearing.  Now there is a second John Doe investigation into Walker's perpetual unethical and unlawful behavior.  What happens next to Scott Walker  now appears to rest in the hands of Federal and state Prosecutors.  

Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Somebodys Watching YOU!



By Jeff Simpson

"There is no doubt that if we lived in a police state, it would be easier to catch terrorists. If we lived in a country where the police were allowed to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country where the government is entitled to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your e-mail communications; if we lived in a country where people could be held indefinitely based . . . on mere suspicion that they are up to no good, the government would probably discover and arrest more terrorists, or would-be terrorists.... But that wouldn't be a country in which we would want to live."

- Russ Feingold on the USA Patriot Act, Oct 11, 2002
(the only House or Senate member to vote against the USA Patriot Act)

Who do you blame?  Why Both parties of course - 

 Over 100 people currently serving in the House and Senate voted for the original Act in 2001. Last year, over 300 voted to extend a key provision.

The votes that got us here:


(The "Medicare" bill, above, was gutted and re-written to accommodate three PATRIOT-related measures.) 

Broken down even more: 

The PATRIOT Act

Total current members who voted: 153 Total current members who supported the bill: 118
No sitting Republicans who were in Congress in 2001 voted against the PATRIOT Act. More sitting Democrats supported it than opposed.
Votes by sitting members
Support and opposition by party

PATRIOT Act Reauthorization, 2005

Total current members who voted: 260 Total current members who supported the bill: 151
Currently sitting Democrats were more likely to oppose the extension than to approve it. Several Republican House members opposed the extension, but no Senators did.
Votes by sitting members
Support and opposition by party

FISA Amendments, 2008

Total current members who voted: 304 Total current members who supported the bill: 191
Only one Republican voted against the amendments, which authorized the government to conduct sweeps like the one in the Verizon case.
Votes by sitting members
Support and opposition by party

PATRIOT Act Extension, 2011

Total current members who voted: 430 Total current members who supported the bill: 265
A larger number of sitting Republicans opposed the extension than any of the other three. That includes Senators Murkowski, Paul, Heller, and Lee. Nineteen Democrats who opposed the FISA amendments in 2008 voted in support of it under the new president.
Votes by sitting members
Support and opposition by party

FISA Extension, 2012

Total current members who voted: 437 Total current members who supported the bill: 303
Three Republican senators opposed extending FISA: Lee, Murkowski, and Paul.



 So yes, you can be upset that President Obama has overseen such an overreaching program of the US government in the name of safety, but he is not on an island and he did not break new ground here!