Category Archives: 2012-02-29

By Mark L. Taylor Daily Call (2/29/12) If there’s one thing you can count on take to the bank as 100% genuine, real and to be trusted is that right wing, born-again Republican pope-in-chief and presidential contender Rick Santorum has … Continue reading →

By Karen Vieth Forward Seeking (2/27/12) Wisconsin Republicans and the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) have done it again. They have produced legislation that turns back the clock on human rights, only this time they have gone after an unthinkable … Continue reading →

The Capital Times (2/28/12) Gov. Scott Walker is raising campaign money at a rate that is absolutely unprecedented in Wisconsin history. His recall election campaign will have more money than any gubernatorial campaign in American history. But that’s not enough … Continue reading →

By E.J. Dionne The Washington Post (2/26/12) If the election were held right now, President Obama would likely win by about the same margin that propelled him into office in 2008. But how fragile are his current advantages? The biggest … Continue reading →

By RT.com (2/29/12) (Editor’s Note: If anyone still waltzes under the delusion that we still have a vibrant democracy check out this legislation that made it through the House of Representatives. As we lecture Egypt and Syria (but not Israel) … Continue reading →

By Mark L. Taylor Daily Call (2/29/12) There’s quite a lengthy piece by William Finnegan, entitled “The Storm: Did a Governor’s Anti-union  Crusade Backfire?” in the March 5 New Yorker recapping Gov. Scott Walker’s disastrous year of upending the state’s … Continue reading →

Al Jazeera (2/27/12) US private intelligence firm Stratfor has denounced the publication of stolen emails by WikiLeaks and said it would not comment on the content of the messages. WikiLeaks began publishing on Monday more than five million emails that … Continue reading →

By Joe Orso Lacrosse Tribune (2/26/12) In this election season, Margaret Krome, an agricultural policy advocate based in Wisconsin, is having to make a case she rarely had to make before: Why government. Giving this past Friday morning’s keynote speech … Continue reading →

By Robert Reich RobertReich.org (2/27/12) My father was a Republican for the first 78 years of his life. For the last twenty, he’s been a Democrat (he just celebrated his 98th.) What happened? “They lost me,” he says. They’re losing … Continue reading →

Brasscheck TV(2/6/12) I really have no idea what would possess agents of the FBI to use a chainsaw to get through a door during a drug raid when they have all sorts nifty tools specifically made for breaching doors. Perhaps … Continue reading →

LANSING (The Borowitz Report) – Telling a crowd of supporters that the separation of church and state “makes me want to throw up,” GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum today proposed replacing church and state with a new entity he called … Continue reading →