The Comedy of Joel Keefisch

By Jeff Simpson

Joel Kleefisch, the first dude, the highest paid substitute teacher in the state, took time away from hunting on the Wisconsin taxpayers dime, to pen a practically unintelligible Op-ed entitled "God Is Real"!  

Luckily we at CogDis, spending enough time with Knotsies and trolls, are able to speak Kleefischese, so we will translate:

As Shakespeare said, "Me thinks thou doth protest too much." When I saw a school group staring at a sign on the first floor, it piqued my interest. The sign read, "Nobody died for our 'sins' Jesus Christ is a myth." My first reaction was a chuckle, not at the serious accusation of my Savior's suffering taking place for naught, but at the irony of the sign and its sponsor, the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) whose leaders continually wage a futile fight.

So removed from rational thought, the group has resorted to bumper sticker slogans to get their anti-message, message across

Speaking of anti-message, messages - Joel Kleefisch voted AGAINST honoring the victims of the Sandyhook tragedy!    Let us continue -

The FFRF pops up now and again attempting as they say, to eliminate all religion from government and public display or acknowledgement. The irony is that every fight they embark upon inevitably inspires potential agnostics to look into their waxing or waning faith a little further.

 Forget what Joel is saying here as he pulled this statistic right out of his ass.

 For years they fought the state Capitol Christmas tree and wanted it to be called a holiday tree. Not only does holiday mean holy day, but the public gnashing of teeth brought people out of the woodwork to defend the Christmas tree. Even former Wood County Assemblyman Marlin Schneider, known for his liberal ideologies, authored a measure to have the tree officially called the Christmas tree.

Apparently Scott Walker is an all to the FFRF as he continually refers to "Holiday", heck he even wanted the people of WI to give up their Holiday's and give all the money to Him*(him being Scott Walker).   Hard to stray further away from Jesus teachings at Christmas time than that! 

 That brings us to their current sign. In fighting the display of religion, they use blatantly religious text. First off the obvious, whether you believe what Jesus espouses, there is no doubt he existed, therefore he is clearly not a myth. By having the word 'sins' quoted, it leads viewers of the sign to further examine what really makes something sinful.

 Sinful is when you allow a company to poison wells and one of your constituents dies of ecoli. Sinful is also when you finally use your position of power to step in, its on the behalf of the company that polluted and NOT your constituents.

   Many of today's laws are loosely based on what are believed to be sins against society and our fellow citizens. Are they to have us believe that there should be no consequence for any action, or conversely, that there is no reparation for a small sin or minor infraction?

Many of today's laws were passed because someone gave enough money to an Assembly person and then were allowed to write your own bill that you benefit from.   Joel Kleefisch even let one of his wealthy donors(Michael Eisenga), write a bill that would allow him to shirk his duties of paying child support to his own kids. 

 Clearly, the FFRF has nothing better to do than post signs meant to incite people.

Clearly our "full time" assembly members who have not even been in session in two months, who get full time pay and benefits and staff, have nothing better to do than write sill incoherent press releases!

 It does beg the question, what are they trying to accomplish? Their statement has nothing to do with the fight to keep religious symbolism out of public places. Instead it is just a nasty poke directed specifically at Christians. What's next, signs decrying Buddha's teachings? A message claiming Allah is fake? Perhaps a sharply worded, "Virginia, there is no Santa Claus?" The bottom line is, the FFRF is undermining their so called message.

 What's next an incomprehensible press release about elves? 

 Like PETA, they've gone beyond the pale and are not even considered seriously, which is fine with me.

Next thing you know, they will want guns in our schools and bowhunting on our playgrounds.  That would really be beyond the pale.  

As vehemently as they battle the public advancement of spirituality or religious participation, are they not promoting, or at least suggesting atheism is the right path? It sounds more like they are pushing the Religion of Atheism, than nothing at all.

The First Amendment guarantees freedom of religion, not from religion. I guess if I were responsible for the FFRF marketing message, I'd find some actual proof God doesn't exist to counter the multitudes of proof He does.

Joel, please do NOT leave us for the FFRF marketing team!  Outside of Wild Bill Kramer,

No one better represents the republican brand in Wisconsin than you!

At least he is up on the sexual escapades of the youth in WI!

Joel, we know you are not out there helping or working for your constituents, so please, I beg of you, when you have free time from hunting, keep writing these press releases!



 

Pure Comic Gold!  


For the Wisconsin residents of the 38th Assembly district, if you are sick of being the laughing stock of WI, and having a representative who just uses your money to be able to spend time hunting you have a choice - Tom Chojnacki.   Volunteer, tell your neighbors, get a yard sign, send him $10.   You deserve actual representation in Madison!  

Advantage of Being a Walker Donor

By Jeff Simpson

You can have the taxpayer care for your kids! 

MADISON (WKOW) -- The three children of a Columbus businessman receive their health insurance through the state's plan for low-income families, BadgerCare, despite their father's estimated worth of $20 million.

A 2011 divorce required Michael Eisenga to provide health insurance for his three young boys. The children's mother, Claire Hawthorne told 27 News Eisenga enrolled the children in BadgerCare.

What did Michael Eisenga do with his spending money?  

Records show Eisenga owns real estate and more than a half dozen businesses, including a golf course.
Campaign finance records show Eisenga has contributed a total of more than $28,000 to Governor Walker, Lieutenant Governor Kleefisch and the Republican Party since April 2010.

 

Kelly Rindfleisch Is At It Again

Former Walker aide and fundraiser Kelly Rindfleisch, someone we are all familiar with, is in trouble again.  This from WKOW's Tony Galli:

COLUMBUS (WKOW) -- A former aide and campaign worker for Governor Scott Walker who faces misconduct charges was affiliated with a business with ties to the largest alleged violator of the state's No-Call List. Nevada state records show Kelly Rindfleisch as affiliated with National Lending Solutions, a business with a Columbus address, between December 2011 and March 2012. Milwaukee County's district attorney has charged Rindfleisch with misconduct in public office for allegedly doing campaign work while on-the-job as deputy chief of staff for then-Milwaukee County executive Scott Walker. Rindfleisch was criminally charged at the same time she was listed as the business reservation holder in Nevada. The business address for National Lending Solutions is identical to the address of American Lending Solutions, formerly First American Funding Company, owned by Michael Eisenga of Columbus. In a settlement of a state complaint against First American Funding for allegedly contacting more than one million consumers on the state's No-Call List with mortgage solicitations, First American was required to pay $144,000, and provide quarterly summaries of all its calls to ensure no additional pattern of No-Call violations.

So lets break this down, Kelly Rindfleisch was hired by Scott Walker to fund raise for Scott Walke rand Brett Davis on the taxpayer's dime. She did it so well that Scott Walker personally hired her, and she was expecting a nice cushy government job when the Walker/Davis ticket won. Surprisingly for her, they got in trouble and her spigot of taxpayer money dried up. So her friends at the republican party set her up with her next job. An unethical telemarketing company. But you say, she only worked there for a few months, you cant blame her for what they did.

But in later e-mails, Eisenga said the Nevada business filing involving Rindfleisch was part of a planned, but abandoned name change of his company to National Lending. Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection administrator Sandy Chalmers said at least one, previous violator of Wisconsin's No-Call list attempted to escape the terms of a negotiated court settlement by changing a company name. Eisenga said Rindfleisch was an administrative assistant who worked for his telemarketing firm from October 2011 to January 2012, when she resigned days before being criminally charged.

They brought in Rindfleisch to help them change the name of their company to avoid charges, and then she quit right before, she was criminally charged. It is a wonder how these people sleep at night. Now you say, so Eisenga hired her, that alone does not have anything to do with Scott Walker and the republican party of WI right. Wrong!

State and court records also list Eisenga's state tax debt as $224,178, in connection to his operation of a Columbus golf course. Records show Eisenga accumulated the tax debt during a time he contributed thousands of dollars to republican organizations and candidates, including a $10,000 contribution to Governor Walker in November 2009, and $7,500 to Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch in April 2010. Columbia County court records show tax warrants filed by the Department of Revenue against Eisenga list the address of the Republican Party of Columbia County.

Mr. Eisenga, does not like to pay his taxes but has plenty of money left over to give max donations to Scott Walker. When the government tries to get in touch with him to discuss his lack of interest in paying taxes, what address did they use to get in touch with him? The republican party of Columbia County. This guy is the typical Walker supporter. It appears that Scott Walker is going for another merit badge in hiring felons! It is no wonder that Tom Barrett wants Scott Walker to divulge who has been supporting his legal defense fund!

"The people of Wisconsin deserve to know the truth about your involvement in this investigation, and the compelling public interest for this information to be released is paramount," Barrett said. "At various points throughout this investigation, you have dismissed calls for full disclosure of why and how you were granted permission to create a legal defense fund as political stunts and distractions," Barrett wrote. "Yet there is no better way to finally put these questions to rest than to share with the public all information regarding this advisory opinion you received from GAB that allowed you to create your legal defense fund."

Finally a quick trivia question. Q. What other Governor in the history of Wisconsin has ever had a legal defense fund? A. No one!