From National Journal: In a paean to deregulation, a group of top telecommunication companies and trade associations sent a letter to the White House Friday, complaining that the Federal Communications Commission isn’t doing enough to reduce federal rules. Comcast, AT&T,
Recently, the leader of the Wisconsin Senate Democrats-in-exile, Sen. Mark Miller, offered to meet with the Senate GOP at the Wisconsin-Illinois border. This afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald responded to this odd request. Behold a thing of beauty. 0307fitzgeraldresponse
Hope and Change from the Associated Press: Oil prices continued to set new post-recession highs Monday as forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi pounded rebels near a key oil port in Libya. It’s unclear how long the country’s oil exports will
With nothing happening in the world, President Obama was able to tear himself away from his home brewing hobby to enjoy his 60th round of golf. Its great when everything is quiet on the economic and the diplomatic front.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) – About 700 people rallied Sunday in support of Republican Gov. Scott Walker and his anti-union plan to balance the budget–a demonstration meant to counter three weeks of large anti-Walker protests in and around the state Capitol.
From the Associated Press: Liberal filmmaker Michael Moore urged Wisconsin residents Saturday to fight Republican-backed efforts to strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights, telling thousands of protesters that “Madison is only the beginning.” The crowd roared in
Today, in 1836, the Alamo fell, after a 13 day siege.
One of the hurdles to improving our nation’s public education system is that it is generally designed for the benefit of adults in the system, i.e. unionized teachers and administrators, rather the children. Negotiations between school boards and teachers’ unions
Today, in 1770, the Boston Massacre occurred.
Today, U.S. Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.), a member of the Senate Commerce Committee that oversees the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB), and U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. (R-Oklahoma) introduced legislation to stop taxpayer subsidies to public radio and television. CPB-funded
From Politico: Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert wants Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate whether the liberal group Common Cause should lose its nonprofit status, after a conservative website published footage of protesters calling for the lynching of conservative Supreme Court
Today, in 1961, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as President.
From Wisconsin State Journal: Senate Republicans Thursday ordered the arrest of their 14 Democratic colleagues, who fled the state two weeks ago to avoid a vote on Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial budget repair bill. It’s unclear whether the resolution to
In order to get new union contracts signed, of course. From Fox6 News: Before protesters stormed the capitol, the mayor of the city of Madison tried to pull a fast one. The governor’s budget repair bill was on the fast
Wow, a lot has happened on March 3rd. We’re going with this: Today, in 1924, the 1,400+ year Islamic Caliphate came to an end. (Really, they had dined out on that algebra thing a bit too long.) God Bless Kemal
Vivian Schiller to Discuss the Future of Public Radio in an Age of Budget Cuts, March 7 WASHINGTON, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — NPR chief executive Vivian Schiller is leading an effort to persuade Congress not to slash funding for
From the Associated Press: The Senate on Wednesday sent President Barack Obama a Republican-drafted bill to trim $4 billion from the budget, completing hastily processed legislation aimed at keeping partisan budget divisions from causing a government shutdown. The Senate cleared
Probably higher price today than it was yesterday. Hope and Change.
Charles Koch in today’s Wall Street Journal: Years of tremendous overspending by federal, state and local governments have brought us face-to-face with an economic crisis. Federal spending will total at least $3.8 trillion this year–double what it was 10 years
Fox News has this developing story: Fox Nation has learned exclusively from a highly placed source within Wisconsin state politics that the fourteen AWOL Democrats are experiencing “dissension in the ranks.” State Sen. Julie Lassa (D) is pregnant and “extremely
From The Wall Street Journal: A report from the nonpartisan GAO, to be released Tuesday, compiles a list of redundant and potentially ineffective federal programs, and it could serve as a template for lawmakers in both parties as they move
Today, in 1904, Glenn Miller was born.
Today, in 1854, the Republican Party was organized in Ripon, Wisconsin. Odd that today, in many ways, the future of the GOP-and the nation-rests on individuals from the same state.
Tonight, Hollywood pauses to salute itself for a job very well done. The other 364 days of the year it merely pauses to salute its moral and political superiority. Be sure to check out the live-blog over at Big Hollywood
One thing we’ve always loved about Capitalism is that it will seize on any opportunity for a competitive advantage. That force is so strong that even quasi-government agencies will try to get in on the game. (We’re talking crazy, voodoo
Today, in 1815, Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from his exile on the island of Elba.
I’ll drink to this latest video…
From the Associated Press: The Obama administration is offering at least $1.3 billion to settle complaints from female and Hispanic farmers who say they faced discrimination from the Agriculture Department. The Agriculture and Justice departments announced Friday that farmers who
In a Friday afternoon news-dump, US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack and a representative of the Obama Justice Department announced a bombshell: the Obama administration has set up their own “streamlined process” for women and Hispanic farmers to collect damages from
From The Hispanic Conservative: The year that best summarized Walker’s saga with local labor was probably 2010. As the 2008-2009 Great Recession hit the country, Milwaukee County’s tax base felt the pinch. Walker called for an aggressive strategy of employee
Via TownHall, yet another Obama promise thrown on the ash-heap of history.
WTF is going on in the world??
From The New York Daily News: As nearly 5,000 city teachers face the ax, their union shells out millions of dollars on feasting, boozing and partying, the Daily News has learned. Free-spending United Federation of Teachers brass last year spent
Michelle Malkin today posted the video below. As you can see, the unions haven’t gotten the memo on the new emphasis on ‘civility.’ Of course, things aren’t going particularly well for public sector unions these days and desperate people will
Before he goes, can we please figure out how to spell his name?
From The Indianapolis Star: House Democrats are leaving the state rather than vote on anti-union legislation, The Indianapolis Star has learned. A source said Democrats are headed to Illinois, though it was possible some also might go to Kentucky. They
Today, in 1732, George Washington was born.
BigGovernment.com has learned that the University of Wisconsin medical school is investigating reports that its physicians handed out fake medical excuses to union teachers who were planning to call out sick this week. On Saturday, Andrew Breitbart approached doctors signing
Today, in 1848, Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels published the Communist Manifesto. In other news, unions goons today in Wisconsin continue to tilt against windmills. More than 150 years later, the left is just as unrealistic. Yeah, that’s fitting.
When we first heard this union protester saying he would rather vote for Castro over a GOP member, we thought he meant ‘vote’ ironically, since, um, the Cuban people don’t exactly get to ‘vote’ for Castro. But then we remembered,