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The time has come for us to exercise our legal right to recall him. And people are asking me: How? What is the best use of my time in these last few weeks to get out the vote? Here’s my … Continue reading → ...
i HATE scott WALKER...Don't You?! - 4:43 a.m.
Walker won’t push right-to-work legislation By Don Walker of the Journal Sentinel Jan. 25, 2012 | (44) Comments Right-to-work legislation continues to be a contentious issue around the country, particularly in Indiana. But don’t look for Gov. Scott Walker to … Continue reading → ...
i HATE scott WALKER...Don't You?! - 4:43 a.m.
That would be Sunny Schubert , among the "columnists" retained by the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel to " elevate the level of discussion ," who vilifies the homeless as "squalid squatters" while choosing to heap praise on — I'm not making this up — "big corporations" like Home Depot. Presumably because a Sub-Zero carton makes adequate living quarters. On the other hand, perhaps David Haynes ...
illusory tenant - 3:28 a.m. - 7 clicks 
The Janesville Gazette issued their expected editorial defense for the local economic development group, Rock County 5.0, on Sunday. Titled, "Focus of Rock County 5.0 remains unchanged," the Gazette pretends like nothing happened but openly admits they would have preferred the film maker, Brad Lichtenstein, cover-up the conversation between Gov. Scott Walker and Rock County 5.0 officials He...
Rock Netroots - Sun 10:29 p.m. - 18 clicks
As if we didn't know that Scott Walker was for sale to the highest campaign contributor bidder, here's proof positive: You don’t have to be a campaign donor or corporate executive to get an audience with Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. But it doesn’t hurt. Walker received contributions from employees or political action committees at more than half of the 130-plus companies that appear in hi...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 6:45 p.m. - 40 clicks
We have been, like nations on the periphery of empire, colonized. We are controlled by tiny corporate entities that have no loyalty to the nation and indeed in the language of traditional patriotism are traitors. They strip us of our … Continue reading → ...
i HATE scott WALKER...Don't You?! - Sun 4:26 p.m. - 24 clicks
From their press release : Following is the statement of Democratic Party of Wisconsin Chair Mike Tate following the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel endorsement today of Scott Walker. "It saddens, but does not surprise, that the state's largest newspaper would continue to support the most divisive, and possibly most corrupt, governor in Wisconsin history. "The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has support...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 3:09 p.m. - 49 clicks
When Scott Walker rolled back the laws allowing women and minorities to sue for damages over employment discrimination, he not only furthered his War on Women, but also took out another one of his favorite victims - veterans: Military veterans are the big losers in the rollback of a Wisconsin law that had allowed women, minorities and other protected groups to sue in state court over emplo...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 3:09 p.m. - 22 clicks
Team Barrett came out with a new ad today, highlighting Scott Walker's ethics. Or to be accurate, his lack of ethics: I would point the readers attention to one frame of the ad, at about the twenty second mark. Here's a screencap of it: Well, well. "If Walker received or sent any emails...he's in deep trouble." Guess what. Walker's in deep trouble : So when it comes to...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 12:52 p.m. - 35 clicks
via host.madison.com While "everyone does it," it has been getting worse with each administration and the Walker Regime has taken it to astounding levels. For me, I can't decide if it's because they're so arrogant and up front about pay to play or if it's because the media are getting more creative in exposing it. Permalink | Leave a comment &ra...
You Can't Make This Stuff Up. - Sun 6:47 a.m. - 23 clicks
Ben Sparks, the WISGOP spokesperson , issued the following tweet a few days ago: MRE, Meal Ready to Eat, is what keeps are brave men and women fed while they are in combat. Is he really inferring that soldiers are like beggars? Well, what can you expect from WISGOP? Their " rockstar " Scott Walker could only muster up a feeling of " disappointment " when one of his best frien...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 12:28 a.m. - 48 clicks
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, despite promising that they would never endorse a candidate in a recall , came out with their endorsement for the recall. Seeing as they are the epitome of corporate media, it is no surprise that they endorsed the corporate choice of Scott Walker. Even though it's no surprise, it's still disappointing and only confirms that MJS has become no...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 12:05 a.m. - 44 clicks
"Mere passive citizenship is not enough, men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from those that are aggressive for what is wrong! There is work for everyone. The call comes to every citizen. It is an unending struggle to make and keep government representative. It is our patriotic duty" - Robert LaFollette, former Governor of Wisconsin and father of the progress...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sun 12:05 a.m. - 21 clicks
Milwaukee’s own Der Angriff endorses Scott Walker. No governor in recent memory has been so controversial. No governor in America is so polarizing. Everyone has an opinion about Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin. Here’s ours: We see no reason to remove Walker from office. We recommend him in the June 5 recall election. Walker’s rematch with Milwaukee [...]...
Blogging Blue - Sat 6:08 p.m. - 60 clicks
It is no deep dark secret that Scott Walker and the Republicans are the bought and paid for property of the Koch Brothers and other big money special interest groups that look to take over Wisconsin, take away our rights and our livelihoods, rape the land of all our natural resources and make Wisconsin a wasteland for no other purpose than to make themselves even richer and more powerful. We...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sat 3:07 p.m. - 53 clicks
Remember that energy we had during the massive protests last year? This ad from the Progressive Change Campaign Committee is a great reminder. We need to harness that energy now in order to actually remove Scott Walker from office on June 5th. Tell your family and friends why you stand with Wisconsin women, teachers, middle class, children, poor, minorities, LGBT, and the elderly instead of Walker...
Publius No. 9 - Sat 2:46 p.m. - 24 clicks
Last year, I introduced you to Sue Wilson , a one-woman dynamo leading the charge for us to reclaim our airwaves. She came to Wisconsin and showed us how it was done with the airing of her documentary Broadcast Blues . The show was a real eye opener and very informative, especially when it came to the Zapple Doctrine : What remains unknown about yesterday's announcement from the Chairma...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sat 1:29 p.m. - 47 clicks
Two months ago, Scott Walker finally came out and admitted that he had established his legal defense fund because of the Walkergate investigation. At the time, he denied that he was the subject of an investigation and was only cooperating with the District Attorney's office. So, you see, it wasn't really a legal defense fund, it was a legal cooperation fund . As time went on, we learned t...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sat 1:11 p.m. - 49 clicks
Team Barrett has come out with a new ad, that does pretty well. It combines humor with the punch of the fact that Scott Walker has led Wisconsin to lose more jobs than any other state in the nation: But instead of calling it "Guitar Hero," they oughta have called it, "Ukelele Loser." ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Sat 11:05 a.m. - 30 clicks
Democratic Lt. Governor candidate Mahlon Mitchell needs your help. Unlike Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tom Barrett, who brought a healthy campaign war chest into the gubernatorial recall race, Mitchell has been working hard to raise the money necessary to spread his message across Wisconsin. That’s where you come in. I’ve previously mentioned the Blogging Blue “Twelve ...
Blogging Blue - Sat 8:24 a.m. - 18 clicks
1. Impoverished imaginary children 2. Impoverished blastocysts 3. Actual impoverished children According to a supporter : "If [ Congressman Paul Ryan is] guilty of anything, it's of caring too much for the children of tomorrow and not enough for the children of today," said historical theologian Mark Johnson . It's how Jesus and the pope would have wanted it, argues Paul Ryan . The $700.0...
illusory tenant - Sat 4:41 a.m. - 33 clicks
Tomorrow Rebuild the Dream will be in Milwaukee for a Rebuild Wisconsin event at the Washington Park Bandshell from 2-6 p.m. This morning I had a chance to speak with Van Jones (pictured, left), who helped launch the Rebuild the Dream campaign in 2011. I asked Jones why Rebuild the Dream decided to hold an [...]...
Blogging Blue - Fri 12:49 p.m. - 23 clicks
This from James Kroll the man Scott Walker hired to manage Wisconsin’s deer herd. “GAME MANAGEMENT …is the last bastion of communism.” Which side of the fence are you on? – article by Joe Nick Patoski February 2002 Why did Walker import James Kroll all the way from Texas to manage Wisconsin’s deer herd? Walker’s [...]...
FREE Wisconsin - Fri 10:30 a.m. - 45 clicks
Dear friends, Many people have asked how they can best get involved in the effort to get out the vote to recall Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch on June 5, and don't know where to get started or what kinds of actions are best. There are loads of things you can do, depending on how much time you have, what you like to do, and your comfort level. The only thing that's ...
Monologues of Dissent - Fri 8:48 a.m. - 41 clicks
I was a little shocked at this article by Todd Richmond downplaying the John Doe probe that is surrounding Governor Scott Walker (Democrats shift tactics, pound Walker on John Doe probe). He only has one man-on-the-street quote, from a Governor Walker supporter, of course, who says: Dick Frasser, a 74-year-old retired fire inspector from Watertown, [...]...
Forward Our Motto - Fri 6:10 a.m. - 62 clicks
Yea, your favored R or D candidate could lose because of him! All because we refused to address our faulty voting system!!! By Jack E. Lohman And incidentally, he looks pretty good. Mike LaForrest is a new candidate for U.S. Senate and he and I share many of the same goals (like campaign and healthcare [...] ...
Moneyed Politicians - Fri 1:11 a.m. - 43 clicks
The former Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald has had an interesting year. Prior to The extremist wing of the republican party taking over our state, no one even knew who he was. The Fitzgerald family had been flying under the radar with your average Wisconsinite, happily sucking off the public teat but then they decided they wanted more. That as we have seen was a...
Cognitive Dissidence - Fri 12:09 a.m. - 26 clicks
So, after all the folderol of Scott Walker supposedly finding nearly 60,000 jobs out of his tuchus, we get the official numbers on how well Walker's budget is doing. And it's doing just as we expected it would: The Department of Workforce Development on Thursday released April's monthly job estimate, a report that continued the recent trend of showing lowering unemployment at the same ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 10:09 p.m. - 25 clicks
On a tip from a reader, we find that some of the staunchest supporters of Scott Walker unanimously agree that the job numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics are the ones to use. David Blaska : The good news: Wisconsin added 12,900 private sector jobs in June -- the largest single-month gain (PDF) since September 2003. What's more, our Badger State accounted for half the new jobs created ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 10:09 p.m. - 27 clicks
Amidst all of the noise that the republicans led by Karl Rove and the Koch Brothers are filling our airwaves with, comes Billionaire venture capitalist Nick Hanauer . Paul Ryan (R-Wall St.) should put down Atlas Shrugged for a few minutes and watch this video. It would be life changing for him. "It is astounding how significantly one idea can shape a society and it's policies." ...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 10:09 p.m. - 25 clicks
Thursday's Janesville Gazette article titled, Politics not on the agenda: 5.0 officials " was the newspaper's attempt to smooth things over for the economic development group Rock County 5.0. The RC5 is the local business group whose co-chairperson made several eye-popping statements during the now infamous "divide and conquer" conversation with Scott Walker. Despite the Gazette failing to disclo...
Rock Netroots - Thu 10:09 p.m. - 33 clicks
via host.madison.com Mr. Warmth is right -- the DNC and top national Democrats SHOULD be all-in for Tom Barrett. They should be here on the ground in Wisconsin. And cut another check, damn it. Permalink | Leave a comment » ...
You Can't Make This Stuff Up. - Thu 8:01 p.m. - 29 clicks
I had a great time at the grand opening of the Milwaukee Bike Federation's new headquarters earlier this week. Brew City appears to be transforming itself -- slowly but surely -- into a bike-friendly city. From The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:......
Sprawled Out - Thu 8:50 a.m. - 18 clicks
Wisconsin is the home of 3,400,000 registered voters. Below is the question of greatest interest in the most recent Marquette poll: A Q14 (ALL REGISTERED VOTERS) In an election to recall the governor between Republican Scott Walker and Democrat Tom Barrett, would you vote for Walker or for Barrett? Walker 356 or 51% Barrett 303 [...]...
FREE Wisconsin - Thu 7:28 a.m. - 84 clicks
By now, we have all seen the clip of the love fest between the widow Hendricks and Scott Walker, discussing his plans to divide and conquer the state of WI. Capper even pointed out that you can check out a ten minute clip of this film online . Well I did that yesterday and it has stuck with me all day and all night. Two things stuck with me as I watched this clip. 1. The devastatio...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 7:27 a.m. - 38 clicks
United Wisconsin gives us a most kind shout out: “a man and his blog…it’s a beautiful thing.” But sometimes a man and his blog goes beyond just a thing of beauty, and becomes a potent force for exposing the truth in a time of near-universal deceit. If any blog in Wisconsin fits this description in the age of Walker, Cognitive Dissidence is that blog. With hard-hitting analysis of all-things W...
Cognitive Dissidence - Thu 5:28 a.m. - 25 clicks
Dear sir, your account is net 60 days in arrears. Admits veteran Milwaukee attorney Franklyn Gimbel , who the Wisconsin Judicial Commission retained to " assist in the prosecution of [the] formal action" against State Supreme Court Justice David Prosser : “Even though there's nothing in the statutes that requires [ an order from the Supreme Court ], apparently there's some past practices ...
illusory tenant - Thu 3:12 a.m. - 43 clicks
As predicted, Scott Walker released his own jobs numbers one month ahead of time to avoid second party review and official approval by the federal Bureau of Labor and Statistics. Walker's own jobs numbers, custom tailored just in time by his administration for the recall election, shows a change of 57,000 newly discovered jobs for 2011, an extremely wild swing of 2.1% change not seen in recent yea...
Rock Netroots - Wed 11:44 p.m. - 34 clicks
There is an old adage that goes "Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction." In Fitzwalkerstan, that is not just sometimes, it is the norm. On Wednesday, Scott Walker came out with his highly questionable jobs numbers , just three weeks before the recall election. In his interviews all day Wednesday, he made it abundantly clear that his sole concern regarding the numbers was how they would...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 11:11 p.m. - 53 clicks
Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm has been mercilessly attacked and lied about by right wing squawking heads, unethical Republican politicians and the right wing zombie echo chamber for months in a feeble effort to discredit the investigation into Walkergate. Finally unable to put up with it any more, some of the most esteemed members of the law profession has taken a stand to p...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 10:03 p.m. - 24 clicks
Unless you've been drinking so much that you blacked out for the past 24 hours or so, you know that Scott Walker is claiming that he channeled his inner Kathleen Nicholaus and suddenly found nearly 60,000 jobs that weren't there just a few days ago. There's been a lot of contention whether Walker's numbers are even real, much less accurate . Besides the highly suspicious timing of this s...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 9:27 p.m. - 27 clicks
From the inbox: Be among the first to see the improvements awaiting riders on Amtrak's Hiawatha line at the Talgo Open House this Sunday. Our Machinists brothers and sisters built the trains which Gov. Walker has foolishly sidelined and mothballed to stay off the tracks. The trains, which would travel from Milwaukee to Chicago are newer, faster and have wireless internet access for all.&...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 9:27 p.m. - 20 clicks
via progressive.org Great read from The Progressive. Many have a beef with this Governor and this one's mine. His administration's lackluster approach to protecting everyone's natural resources and the dismantling of the agency charged with the job is sickening. The in-our-face arrogance of the DNR Secretary and her Executive Assistant and those under them who do nothing b...
You Can't Make This Stuff Up. - Wed 7:49 p.m. - 25 clicks
This coming Friday will be a day of remembrance as the state honors its fallen law officers . Sickeningly, the event in Madison will be tainted with hypocrisy as Scott Walker and J.B. Van Hollen are slated to be guest speakers. Yes, I know that Walker does not deserve to be there, given the way he has slashed shared revenue to counties and municipalities which have cut police forces and reduced...
Cognitive Dissidence - Wed 7:34 p.m. - 28 clicks
Callen Harty posted the following open letter, A Reply to Scott Walker , in response to a letter he received in the mail from the Walker campaign, asking "for a donation to help him defend himself against attacks from the left and the unions." Callen writes: "This is the letter I am sending out to him tomorrow (and he gets to pay the postage)." This letter ...
Monologues of Dissent - Wed 6:23 p.m. - 25 clicks
"Tossing insults," announces Marquette University professor of law Rick Esenberg, is "the preferred approach of the Barrett camp." That would be the same Rick Esenberg who just got done saying Milwaukee mayor and Democratic candidate for governor Tom Barrett was suffering from ' female hysteria .' And all of it at the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel 's project devoted to " elevating the level of ...
illusory tenant - Wed 5:29 p.m. - 29 clicks
JANESVILLE — The filmmaker whose short clip of Gov. Scott Walker went viral this week said he had no political motives in releasing the footage. [ FULL transcript ] Brad Lichtenstein, who has been filming a documentary in Rock County … Continue reading → ...
i HATE scott WALKER...Don't You?! - Wed 1:49 p.m. - 24 clicks
