Brandon on February 28th, 2009

Many of my liberal friends, now that they are in the majority hot seat, say the Republicans need to come up with their own ideas rather than just shooting down the Democrats. As those who pay attention know, Republicans provide a plethora of ideas, they are just not covered by the bias press. [...]

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Daniel on February 25th, 2009

In several news articles, in its press releases, and on its blog and website, Fair Wisconsin has been pushing a poll statistic saying, “Three quarters of Wisconsin voters support some form of legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples.” They cite for this proposition a poll that they paid for Greenburg Quinlan Rosner to conduct [...]

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Daniel on February 20th, 2009

Many of you may remember the Miller Lite Man Law : “No Fruit in Beer!”
Usually, Wisconsin state government follows a simple rule: “No policy in the budget!”
Speaking of the 2007 budget, then-Speaker Mike Huebsch said of a particular policy provision:
“If it is good policy, it should go through the regular process. It should come [...]

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Daniel on February 12th, 2009

The Hill reports:

The three Republican lawmakers who helped carry the Senate economic stimulus bill over the 60-vote threshold earlier this week are expected to play major roles in passing other controversial bills in the 111th Congress.
“You never know the starting lineup for any game, but my guess is that some of the players we’re seeing [...]

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Brandon on February 10th, 2009

Brilliant work Obama and fellow Democrats!

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Daniel on January 29th, 2009

In 2006, David Kuo, former Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives in the Bush White House, released his much-discussed book “Tempting Faith.” According to an MSNBC report on the book’s release:
Kuo alleges that then-White House political affairs director Ken Mehlman knowingly participated in a scheme to use the office, and taxpayer [...]

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Brandon on January 15th, 2009

Three pieces of information for your consideration:
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2.  The Daily Princetonian has this:
Physics professor William Happer GS ’64 has some tough words for scientists who believe that carbon dioxide is causing global warming.
“This is George Orwell. This is the ‘Germans are the master race. The Jews are the scum of the earth.’ It’s that kind of [...]

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Daniel on January 14th, 2009

I will continue “cheering on” Van Mobley, committed Republican and conservative, in his race for Superintendent of Public Instruction by critiquing the MPS Turnaround Team proposal of Rose Fernandez. As noted by the Cap Times, Mobley and Fernandez have positioned themselves as the two candidates appealing for conservative support in the non-partisan race.
Yesterday, Ms. [...]

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Brandon on January 12th, 2009

Don’t miss the Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee January 15th Happy Hour with Scott Walker at Karma (drink specials included)! Be sure to check out their new website and sign up to join ~200 conservative young professionals in Milwaukee.
Here is their latest email.
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Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker
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Daniel on January 5th, 2009

Anyone needing proof of my contention that Wisconsin conservatives ought to back Van Mobley for DPI superintendent need look no further than today’s Appleton Post-Crescent story on the race:
Three candidates — current deputy Tony Evers, Beloit Supt. Lowell Holtz and National-Louis University professor Todd Price — agree that the so-called “qualified economic offer” needs to [...]

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