Walker Appointee to LGBT Community: Come on, can't you take a joke?

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Tuesday November 29, 2011 · 10:46 AM PST

2011/11/29 · 10:46

From the Wisconsin Gazette:

Walker appointee says workplace harassment of gays is legal
A commissioner on the board that makes final decisions in cases involving workplace discrimination says Wisconsin law does not prohibit anti-gay harassment on the job.

Her two fellow commissioners strongly disagree.

Laurie McCallum, who was recently appointed by Gov. Scott Walker to a six-year term on the state’s Labor and Industry Review Commission, wrote that the Wisconsin Fair Employment Act applies only to sexual harassment. That contention was the basis for her dissenting opinion in a case involving Milwaukeean Chris Bowen, a machine operator who was subjected to years of anti-gay harassment as an employee of Stroh Precision Die Casting.

http://www.wisconsingazette.com/...

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Monday October 05, 2009 · 2:26 PM PDT

2009/10/05 · 14:26

From Goddards' PoliticalWire:

Steele Says AMA Lacks Credibility on Health Care
RNC Chairman Michael Steele "took a shot at the American Medical Association today, saying the organization doesn't have 'credibility' on health care reform," according to The Hill.

Said Steele on Fox News: "The AMA is -- does not have the credibility on this health care issue, as they would like to project."

The AMA has traditionally opposed major health care reform, but came out in favor of the Democratic proposals in the House earlier this year.

I mean, who trusts those doctors anyway on health care? Not Michael Steele, that's for sure! Thank you GOP for letting this man be your top spokesperson. From the bottom of my Democratic heart, I appreciate your help, Mr. Steele.

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Thursday September 24, 2009 · 9:43 AM PDT

2009/09/24 · 09:43

I'm doing a quick entry about party Influence over party members

First off, what is it? People were buzzing a few days back about the Rockefeller quote, as seen in this diary. I figured a response is in order, and I like to hear myself talk...

Parties have influence over their members. Period. This influence is felt in a variety of ways depending on the personality of the leadership and whether or not the party in question is in the majority. Parties are the focus of the efforts of their members, where focus means the mathematical focus, or focal point. In return for individuals' efforts being magnified by the party apparatus, individuals agree to sign away some of their freedoms of decision-making to the party. Breaking this contract has varying consequences...

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Friday September 11, 2009 · 7:54 AM PDT

2009/09/11 · 07:54

So, you've probably been following the whole Joe Wilson thing turning into around $750k raised for his Democratic opponent, Rob Miller.

You may be thinking: well, hasn't he become a hero to the far right? how much money is he raising off of his disrespect to pretty much every facet of American governance?

Folks, wonder no more: hear the cry of the hurting political beast. I give you, Erick Erickson as the fine purveyor of fact and editorial over at that 'fair and balanced' political blog, Red State. (Yes, in fact, that is sarcasm)

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Wednesday August 12, 2009 · 7:19 AM PDT

2009/08/12 · 07:19

Well, color me shocked. 'Turdblossom' testified to the House Judiciary Committee about the US Attorney firings, as noted in Jessalyn Radack's diary. This testimony was just recently made public, leading to previously undisclosed information about Rove's connections to the US Attorney firings.

Turns out this has local implications here in NJ. Chris Christie has been running for governor on his perfect track record of 130 successful prosecutions. Christie had been formerly known solely for his contentious single term as Morris County freeholder... oh, and being a Bush Pioneer, how about that?

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Monday August 10, 2009 · 7:25 AM PDT

2009/08/10 · 07:25

According to the Administration website:

President Obama is committed to working with Congress to pass comprehensive health reform this year in order to control rising health care costs, guarantee choice of doctor, and assure high-quality, affordable health care for all Americans. The Administration believes that comprehensive health reform should:

--Reduce long-term growth of health care costs for businesses and government
--Protect families from bankruptcy or debt because of health care costs
--Guarantee choice of doctors and health plans
--Invest in prevention and wellness
--Improve patient safety and quality of care
--Assure affordable, quality health coverage for all Americans
--Maintain coverage when you change or lose your job
--End barriers to coverage for people with pre-existing medical conditions

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Tuesday May 05, 2009 · 7:31 PM PDT

2009/05/05 · 19:31

Agribusiness, n., corporate controlled blocs of land producing food stuffs or other agricultural products.

Eastern Roman Empire, aka the Byzantine Empire, p.n., a region of land controlled from Constantinople usually marked from the division of the Roman Empire into Eastern and Western under Diocletian (292) or the death of Theodosius I (395) until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks in 1453.

The rise of agribusinesses in post-1000 created the situation in which Manzikert shattered the empire, not 50 years after the death of highly successful emperor Basil II, termed the Bulgar-slayer. Today, though industrialization and mechanization of society has dramatically changed the equation, the fate of the Byzantine Empire still holds lessons for the eventual result of American agricultural development.

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Wednesday April 29, 2009 · 3:19 PM PDT

2009/04/29 · 15:19

To be clear, this series is about a drift and potential coming separation of regional cultures in America in coming decades.

Two days back, I posted a diary about the religious splits that developed in ante bellum America during the 1830s and 40s and how they were a clear sign of the coming Civil War. Before moving on, I wanted to do a follow-up post correcting some mistakes as pointed out by commentators such as charliehall, as well as including suggestions for informational improvement, like from AndrewMC and mweens. I'll also go a bit more into the background of the early republic, a topic I find myself increasingly interested in.

More below the fold.

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Sunday April 26, 2009 · 9:41 PM PDT

2009/04/26 · 21:41

I read Orson Scott Card's Empire a few months back, and I've been mulling it over in my head since then. It's an interesting story, positing a left-right ideological abortive civil war that may or may not have been engineered by someone trying to create an "Augustus" situation to transition the US from Republic to Empire. Well, better that than an 'Augustulus' situation, where you transition from Empire (if you squint just right) to 'Dark Ages'... Really, the most important part of the book was the afterword, where Card referred to the power of words to define a conversation and where the line between words and actions lie.

This afterword, which specifically referenced today's political conversation between the left and the right in the US, got me thinking: what are the ties that keep a society together? More importantly, how did these ties fray and eventually snap in 1861? Even more importantly, what were the tensions that led to the fraying in the first place? Are we at risk today of being in the run up to another Civil War?

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Monday October 20, 2008 · 4:48 PM PDT

2008/10/20 · 16:48

In brownsox's impressively detailed and rigorous House races analysis yesterday, Woody commented that he wished that Obama's campaign would start focusing on building a 100-vote D majority in the House.

One of kos's posts today expands on this point, at the state legislative level, which is pivotal for the upcoming 2010 redistricting. If we want a generational majority, this is the key election, in which we can turn today's Republicans into a rump party.

I wanted to expand on my response to Woody, which focused on LBJ's tenure at the DCCC in 1940 and its effects on that year's House elections. I'll also propose some match-ups for various demographic- and issue-oriented districts.

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Walker Appointee to LGBT Community: Come on, can't you take a joke?

Michael Steele: 'AMA Lacks Credibility on Health Care Issue' ... what?

Influence: A Party's Powers over Members

Red State Desperation: How much $ has Joe Wilson Raised off his classless act?

NJ-Gov: Rove talked to Christie about Gov Run during US Attorney Firings

Health Care Reform and the Compromise of 1850

Monsanto and the Fall of the Byzantine Empire

Path to War: Cultural Fragmentation and Today's Republican Flirtations with Secession

Secession Threats and the Loss of Shared Language: Repeat of 1830s/1840s America?

LBJ and the DCCC in 1940: Political 'Celebrities' in Targeted Districts