Posts Tagged ‘Wisconsin’
It’s deja vu all over again. Sorta. UPDATE: Video added
As I watched Fox News Sunday this past weekend, I almost fell off my chair during the “Is labor losing its clout?” segment, wherein Chris Wallace interviewed two representatives of public workers unions, Dennis Van Roekel, President of the National Education Association, and Thea Lee, Deputy Chief of Staff of the AFL-CIO.
Read MoreWisconsin a tale of things to come in November?
With a victory win by Governor Walker with his special recall election, could this be a sign that Democrats are in trouble? It did not take long for Florida Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chairman of the Democratic National Committee to make comments about the recall election. On Capital Hill Debbie Wasserman Shultz had this to say: ““While the…
Read MoreA funny thing happened to union membership in Wisconsin
Republican Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin was able to obtain the passage of new laws dealing with public sector unions in Wisconsin. Their employees now actually have to shoulder the burden of paying something close to the value of their health insurance coverage and their future pension costs. But, there was another interesting provision of…
Read MoreMore Wisconsin union thuggery VIDEO UPDATE: Grandma fights back – boycott turns into buycott
Here’s more news that it is not likely you will learn about from the main stream media. Let me first ask you to assume that you own a small business in Racine County, Wisconsin. You open your mail one day and find the following letter.
Read MoreLiberals and the Judiciary
Unwilling to accept the fact that Rebublicans had a resounding victory in Wisconsin last November, and that the Wisconsin legislature recently passed a bill restricting some union activity, Big Liberalism is on the march again. This time their focus is the April 5 election for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. First a bit of background. The validity…
Read MorePolice and Firefighter unions demand businesses publicly oppose Wisconsin governor
Wow. Here is another reason public unions should not be allowed to collectively bargain with politicians running a local or state government. Union leadership – including those from law enforcement and firefighters – have sent letters out to local businesses demanding they publicly oppose the efforts of Wisconsin’s legislature and governor or face the consequences.
Read MoreObligatory Video: More chanting children, this time in Wisconsin
“Children, united … we’ll never be divided.” Of course, this is what I refer to as brainwashing, and kids this age are easily “reconfigured.” They have no idea what they are doing, other than making their parents and teachers smile. Whether brainwashing kids at Westboro Baptist or this … totally wrong.
Read MoreAgain, what’s the obsession with the Koch brothers?
I almost skipped over this story at Powerline since I thought it seemed to be a bit too local for me, but I stuck with it since John Hinderaker’s stuff is always good. How the heck does a journalist do this and get away with it?
Read MoreWisconsin state legislators threatened with death via e-mail
This is not one of those I hope you die kind of “threats” this is a real threat of death to Wisconsin Republican senators and their families and we expect someone, somewhere is investigating.
Read MoreMichael Walsh: The left’s war on democracy in Wisconsin
It’s Thursday, and Michael Walsh is again joining Jim in-studio. His most recent New York Post column takes a look at the war on democracy funded by big-government unions and supported by the Democrat “fleebaggers” who refused to even come to the table for the past two weeks.
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