Uppity Wisconsin
Making Wisconsin Progressive Again
Ryan gets a free ride on his ridiculous road map
Tue, 02/09/2010 - 1:04pm | xoff
Erik Gunn of Milwaukee Magazine asks in his Pressroom Buzz column whether the Wisconsin media will do any serious critique of Rep. Paul Ryan
's "Roadmap for America's Future."
The Economist, published in London, actually has commented on the content of Ryan's proposal, rather than simply writing about how much attention Ryan's getting or wondering whether he is running for president, which is about the depth the Wisconsin media has reached.
The Economist article is devastating. "It's easy to bring down medical costs," it says. "Just stop paying them."
Tags: Ryan not running because his head's too small
Sat, 02/06/2010 - 12:00pm | xoff
"I am not going to run for president. I'm just not going to do it. My head's not that big, and my kids are too small.
- U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan to Mike Gousha. .
Useful Idiots at the Capital
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 8:19am | mal contends
Update IV: MJS: Sign of anti-Obama protester reads "Keep your change. I'll keep freedoms. God bless the USA."
Update III: Time for TEA and a Fair Tax by Chuck Norris
Update II: Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo has an insightful piece on the astroturf-nature of the the Tea Party events. In sum, no grassroots uprising, just a bunch of GOP activists [and locally with a few crazies from Fondy].
Update: Human Events magazine (of Newt, Dick Cheney, Rush, Ann Coulter renown) is promoting a "survival guide" warning that the Obama government is Preparing a Military Response to Coming Social Chaos. I swear these people are praying for a depression, a catastrophe, something disastrous. Was that a black helicopter that just flew over?
Update II: Brian Beutler at Talking Points Memo has an insightful piece on the astroturf-nature of the the Tea Party events. In sum, no grassroots uprising, just a bunch of GOP activists [and locally with a few crazies from Fondy].
Update: Human Events magazine (of Newt, Dick Cheney, Rush, Ann Coulter renown) is promoting a "survival guide" warning that the Obama government is Preparing a Military Response to Coming Social Chaos. I swear these people are praying for a depression, a catastrophe, something disastrous. Was that a black helicopter that just flew over?
Earmarks No Good? Tell That to Janesville
Fri, 03/13/2009 - 9:12am | mal contends
Update: Mike Madden in Salon - "President Obama urges pork reform and signs a bill with earmarks in it on the same day. Republicans make an unconvincing show of outrage."
From today's State Journal: "U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl D-Wis., added $951,000 to the federal Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Black hawk Technical College to provide job training and placement services for former employees of General Motors in Janesville and it supplier companies."
The horror ... because the job training and placement services are an earmark, according to Wisconsin's Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Middleton) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) and of-course the ever-foolish John McCain.
Reads Feingold's statement:
From today's State Journal: "U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl D-Wis., added $951,000 to the federal Omnibus Appropriations Bill for Black hawk Technical College to provide job training and placement services for former employees of General Motors in Janesville and it supplier companies."
The horror ... because the job training and placement services are an earmark, according to Wisconsin's Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Middleton) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville) and of-course the ever-foolish John McCain.
Reads Feingold's statement:
McCain's Nuts, Feingold and Ryan Following
Fri, 03/06/2009 - 2:50pm | mal contends
Update: Herbert: "Freaking out over earmarks is like watching a neighborhood that is being consumed by flames and complaining that there is crabgrass on some of the lawns."
Sen. John McCain is like a man on the Titanic complaining to the bartender that there’s not enough vodka in his drink as outside the iceberg approaches.
Reads a fundraising e-mail from McCain complaining about “pork” in a big spending bill (now blocked by Republicans threatening a filibuster in the U.S. Senate) as McCain seeks reelection in 2010:
Sen. John McCain is like a man on the Titanic complaining to the bartender that there’s not enough vodka in his drink as outside the iceberg approaches.
Reads a fundraising e-mail from McCain complaining about “pork” in a big spending bill (now blocked by Republicans threatening a filibuster in the U.S. Senate) as McCain seeks reelection in 2010:
My Friend, … I have called on the President to take a principled stand and veto the bill if it is sent to him, but unfortunately, he appears ready to sign it into law, which is nothing more than politics as usual.
Obama Signals Comprehensive Action
Sun, 11/23/2008 - 6:58am | mal contends
Rightwing pundits [who ought to have their credibility licences revoked] have been wrong about every major policy area in the last eight years.
Now they're telling Obama to go slow and be mindful that the last election demonstrates that we are a center-right nation demanding only slight changes in the direction of foreign and domestic policy, and indeed rightwing prescriptions for the crises that ail us.
You want to help Americans make a living : Listen to the economists in the Wall Street Journal.
You want to help Americans get health care: Let people choose to pay for it or not get it. [Wisconsin's Paul Ryan is big on that.]
Obama might be listening, but thankfully he's not heeding their advice.
And Obama continues his outreach directly to Americans. Good for him, good for us.
From Change.gov:
Now they're telling Obama to go slow and be mindful that the last election demonstrates that we are a center-right nation demanding only slight changes in the direction of foreign and domestic policy, and indeed rightwing prescriptions for the crises that ail us.
You want to help Americans make a living : Listen to the economists in the Wall Street Journal.
You want to help Americans get health care: Let people choose to pay for it or not get it. [Wisconsin's Paul Ryan is big on that.]
Obama might be listening, but thankfully he's not heeding their advice.
And Obama continues his outreach directly to Americans. Good for him, good for us.
From Change.gov:
Where did the myth of Republican fiscal responsibility come from?
Thu, 10/02/2008 - 3:32pm | warmmidwest
Did you know Wisconsin Republicans Jim Sensenbrenner, Paul Ryan, and Tom Petri voted for the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act in 1999 which is what led to the current financial meltdown? What a joke it is that these guys are now doing hilarious CYA moves to trick the people of Wisconsin into thinking they have any leadership when it comes to fiscal responsibility.
Journalist John Nichols wrote a good article about this recently.
And nevermind that the Bush Administration added $4 trillion to the U.S. debt in the last eight years. Oh, and that doesn't count the current Wall Street bailout.
And this Doonesbury strip says it all. 90 percent of the U.S. national debt was created under three Republican presidents. Enjoy!
The Old Man and the She
Sat, 08/30/2008 - 8:01am | mal contends
Update: Most observers mention Palin’s less-than-two-year administration of Alaska's National Guard as a sardonic reference to her stunning lack of credentials to become commander-in-chief, but not Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Janesville); Ryan hypes it.
Said Ryan in a statement: "As the head of Alaska's National Guard and mother of a soldier she understands the importance of supporting our brave men and women in uniform. … I look forward to giving everything I've got to help the McCain-Palin team win in Wisconsin, so they can bring the right kind of change to Washington." (MJS, Aug. 29, 2008) The GOP looks like some desperate dudes. Can you imagine any Democratic nominee for president or vice-president touting his/her credentials by pointing to heading the Alaska National Guard for less than two years?
Said Ryan in a statement: "As the head of Alaska's National Guard and mother of a soldier she understands the importance of supporting our brave men and women in uniform. … I look forward to giving everything I've got to help the McCain-Palin team win in Wisconsin, so they can bring the right kind of change to Washington." (MJS, Aug. 29, 2008) The GOP looks like some desperate dudes. Can you imagine any Democratic nominee for president or vice-president touting his/her credentials by pointing to heading the Alaska National Guard for less than two years?
Like a modern-day Santiago, the politically ailing John McCain battles the titanic forces of Barack Obama and spears his GOP the largest catch of his political life: The great marlin in the form of Governor Sarah Palin.
Is Wisconsin's Paul Ryan McCain’s Dan Quayle?
Thu, 05/22/2008 - 4:27pm | warmmidwest
Paul Ryan looks young, reasonable, and harmless in that Dan Quayle way; especially compared to Southern Wisconsin’s other republican maestro, the bloated, 40-yr incumbent Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner.
