Wisconsin Collective Bargaining Battle is Over - the War Continues

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Thursday March 10, 2011 · 9:33 AM PST

2011/03/10 · 09:33

The Wisconsin State Senate Republicans, in a parliamentary maneuver which rivaled their Democratic counterparts’ tactic of leaving the state, took the ban on public union collective bargaining out of the budget and passed it on its own 18-1.

Once we heard Scott Walker’s phone call with the fake Koch brother we knew this was a foregone conclusion. At least one of the GOP state senators is comparing this to the Democratic majority in Congress using the budget reconciliation process to avoid a filibuster and pass the recent federal health care legislation. Well played, fellas. Brilliant legislative strategy - but a poor political one.

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On taking action

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Tuesday March 08, 2011 · 11:25 PM PST

2011/03/08 · 23:25

Our lifestyles are designed to keep our butts in one spot most of the time. We sit in our cars, moving yet somehow not moving at the same time. At work we sit at our desks, our hips widening over time to overlap our ergonomic chair. Once home we sit on the couch, drawn by the soft glow of entertainment, video games, or the Internet. Christ, we don’t even get up for the commercials any more.

But the human body’s not made for sitting. It’s made for action.

If your house was on fire, you’d spring into action. You’d move. You’d call 911. You’d get yourself and your family to safety. That’s because we’re genetically designed for action. We see a threat, be it a house fire or saber-tooth tiger, and we move, baby.

But what if the threat is not so visible, or so immediate? What if your rights were being slowly eroded? What if your bank accounts were slowly being drained? What if the polar ice caps were slowly melting? Would you spring into action? Would you move?

What if the pretty lady on the teevee said there’s nothing to worry about? Would that give you an out, an excuse to sit…back…down…ahhhhh.

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First they came for the unions

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Tuesday March 01, 2011 · 10:57 AM PST

2011/03/01 · 10:57

First they came for the unions, and I did not speak up because I’m not in a union.

Then they came for the public sector employees, and I did not speak up because I work in the private sector.

Then they came for people’s rights in Wisconsin, and I did not speak up because I was not from Wisconsin.

Then they came for my rights . . .

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Thursday afternoon quarterbacking

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 3:40 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 15:40

Some things I can take away from the 2008 elections:

I am lousy at predictions. I did call the 2-1 electoral vote in favor of Obama. But I overestimated the effect on the downticket races. Depending on results still yet to be announced, the Dems will be a couple seats short of 60 in the Senate, and between 15-20 seats shy of a triple-digit majority in the House. What does this tell us?

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Friday September 30, 2005 · 2:46 PM PDT

2005/09/30 · 14:46

Huh. Go figure. The Senate defense spending bill, coming in at $440 BILLION and change (plus another $50 billion for the Iraq War), apparently is not enough. And if Dubya can't get $7 billion more than what the (Republican-controlled) Congress is willing to give, well then he's gonna stamp his feet and pout, maybe hold his breath until he turns blue.

The White House on Friday threatened to veto a $440.2 billion defense spending bill in the Senate because it wasn't enough money for the
Pentagon and also warned lawmakers not to add any amendments to regulate the treatment of detainees or set up a commission to probe abuse.

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Thursday July 28, 2005 · 10:53 PM PDT

2005/07/28 · 22:53

More hypocrisy from the right - here's someone who doesn't think women can be trusted to make decisions, yet makes some pretty questionable decisions himself.

John Burt of Milton, Florida has begun his 18-year sentence for molesting and propositioning a 15-year old at a home he ran for troubled girls. Mr. Burt is no stranger to trouble:

Burt has been a key figure in anti-abortion protests and violence in nearby Pensacola. He had associated with Michael Griffin, now serving a life sentence for fatally shooting an abortion doctor in 1993, and Paul Hill, executed in 2003 for the shooting deaths of another doctor and clinic escort in 1994.

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Saturday June 25, 2005 · 12:17 PM PDT

2005/06/25 · 12:17

In response to Karl Rove's speech last week, I am trying to figure out where I fit in. This is what I believe. Based on the Rove Standard, can you pigeonhole me into one group or another?

I believe in balancing the budget. I do not agree with the government spending money it does not have.

I want regulations that make sense, regulations that are enforced, and regulation (or lack of regulation) that is not bought and paid for by corporate interests. Read More

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