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One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
-- Plato
So, here's my theory:
The liberal media are so devious that they deliberately pick the lamest conservatives to balance their op ed pages. Locally, that would be Cal Thomas and Patrick Mclheran.
The New York Times recently presented us with an even more striking case: William Kristol. If you don't know what I mean, check out a recent "This Modern World."
Love 'em or hate 'em, the Iowa caucuses have served to tighten up the Deomcratic Presidential campaign. Biden and Dodd are out. Obama is the anointed leader, and Clinton and Edwards appear to be duking it out for second place.
What's your reaction? Anyone trying to handicap New Hampshire?
Dear Wisconsin Progressive,
I hope that everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. While I will continue to stand up for the values we share, the New Year brings with it increased opportunity to get our country moving in the right direction.
And while we must fight hard this year to take back the State Assembly, increase our seats in the State Senate, get veto-proof majorities in Congress, and elect a Democrat to the White House in November, there is an election in April that deserves our attention.
If last year's volatile State Supreme Court race was any glimpse of things to come, outside special interests will do everything they can to unseat Justice Louis Butler.
Justice Butler is a highly regarded legal scholar who attended Lawrence University in Appleton and law school at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the last 11 years, he has served with distinction as a faculty member of the National Judicial College, where he teaches criminal law to judges from across the country and around the world. Justice Butler has spent the last 15 years as a judge, building a record we can all be proud of as he's worked to make our state stronger and safer.
No real shock, but the FCC has gone ahead and promulgated its new rules allowing further consolidation of news media.
The revisions are widely decried as a dangerous move to consolidate news media in this country. (See, e.g., http://freepress.net/
The next line of defense is for Congress to reverse the FCC's rule-making. See, e.g. http://cantwell.senate.gov/ne
To send a message to your senators and U.S. representative, use this link: http://www.usalone.com/stop_m
This coming Tuesday, December 11, is the LAST day to send your comments to the FCC, opposing Chairman Kevin J. Martin's plan to revise the rules of media ownership in the U.S. The proposed revisions are widely decried as a dangerous move to consolidate news media in this country. (See, e.g., http://freepress.net/ To send a message to your senators and U.S. representative, use this link: http://www.usalone.com/stop_m
Just wanted to take a moment to introduce myself (and test this blog tool). I'm one of the original "Tosans for Change,"and got involved most heavily during the Kerry campaign of '04. Met a lot of good people, and now, with Dean's 50-state strategy, I'm excited to be a Dem! Greg
Subject: Thank You Again For Your Help
From: Ryan Neibauer
Date: Thu, 28 Jun
I wanted to thank you again for your generous donation to allow me to attend the 2007 Model U.S. House of Representatives. It really turned out to be an amazing week. I wanted to give you a little recap of what I all experienced during my time in Washington.
There were many highlights of the week. One being that because I was representing the 5th District of WI which is of course Congressman Sensenbrenner's district and due to the Congressman's seniority in Congress, I was the ranking Minority Member of both of my committee's which were the Foreign Relations Committee and the Financial Services Committee. Both hearings were held in actual committee rooms on the hill. The Foreign Relations Committee met in the Energy and Commerce Committee room and the Financial Services Committee met in the Financial Services Committee room.
Water-Wise in Wisconsin: Charting the Course for our Water Future
On March 17, come out to Carroll College in Waukesha for workshops that address conserving, improving, maintaining and advocating for sustainable water resources. Keynote speaker will be Peter Annin, author of Great Lakes Water Wars.
Registration begins at 8:30 am. Registration fee is $15 at the door, price of admission includes a lunch that is only guaranteed to those who have already pre-registered by March 12.
Location: Carroll College.
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm.
Contact: For more information on registering, contact Rosemary Wehnes at
rosemary.wehnes@sierraclub.o
Click here for directions to the Carroll College campus:
Dear Friends,
In the recent primary Terry Falk
finished first, ahead of the incumbent,
Joe Dannecker, 44% to 37%. Falk is ready to roll up his sleeves and get
to work. But he needs your help to win the Milwaukee School Board 8th
District seat on April 3.
We have a lot of work to do to improve our schools. Joe Dannecker refers
to the current decline of our Milwaukee Public schools as "reform." We
call it regressive, and we deserve better!
In 2003, Dannecker received 60% of his campaign funding from out of
state, including voucher advocates such as the Walton Family of
Wal-Mart. Checks flowed from places like New York and Wyoming to fund
Dannecker's campaign.
Terry Falk receives most of his campaign funding from people within the
