One morning last week I awoke and read the news: Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and the Republican legislature were ready to pass a budget repair bill aimed at bridging the state’s $3.6 billion deficit, protecting 5,500 public employees from lay-offs
The 17-year-old high school senior waded into a sea of communist red to deliver the truth of liberty in the form the US Constitution to the political pagans assembled. In the process, Patrick was verbally assaulted by an old man
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The November elections marked a sea change in the political landscape at every level of government nationwide. Right now, all eyes are focused on the Wisconsin standoff between Governor Scott Walker and the public employee unions. But under the radar,
Long before Gov. Scott Walker watched Democrats flee Wisconsin last week, a similar scenario played out in Texas when another first-term governor faced a contentious political debate. [youtube _refhbHDhGQ] In 2003, Gov. Rick Perry was only beginning to make his
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
They’ve even made it a verb, bless them, as in “you got Breitbarted!” Two things wrong with the narrative indicated by the above video: 1) People independently get videos and after approach Andrew Breitbart to release their results on his
One of the first things you learn on the school yard is how to play fair and play by the rules. Pick the game, it doesn’t matter—you play it to the finish, you play hard, you play by the rules
As the rhetoric continues to escalate and vitriol is directed at Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, the left willfully ignores all the hate and incivility. Fewer than 40 days after the Tucson Tragedy, the left is once again using heated rhetoric
Here are the tactics the left and its activist old media is resorting to. Prank calling Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, and trying to trap him into being somebody he is not. Ian Murphy, a liberal blogger for The Beast in
Perhaps one of the most disturbing developments in the fight against Gov. Scott Walker’s proposal to curtail school spending is his opposition’s penchant for reverting to its usual selfish ways. A commune has been created within the Wisconsin state Capitol.
Were David Weigel in Dealy Plaza on November 22, 1963, no doubt he would have been pointing at the grassy knoll. Given that a prank call between a pseudo-journalist and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker destroys the Leftist myth that Walker
As the protests in Wisconsin continue, and occasionally border on riotous, as when the crowds repeatedly shout down FOX NEWS’ reporters and attack Governor Scott Walker’s house and automotive, I can’t help but wonder how the Founding Fathers might react
After seeing the tactics of the left-wing and their Siamese twin union leaders in Wisconsin on full display over the prospect of still getting a better retirement deal than we taxpayers do, I call for a National Strike Day for
This week, the Screen Actors Guild emailed all of its members, asking them to support the union protests in Wisconsin threatening to shut down large segments of the state’s public services. SAG explained to its constituents, “Please know that your
Much of the current controversy in Wisconsin involves the impending loss of most collective bargaining privileges for state employees, including public school teachers. The fact is that the Wisconsin Education Association Council, the largest teachers union in the state, has
As Americans, we’re often taught that trusts and monopolies are the product of big business and are bad. However, if trusts and monopolies are bad when Big Business engages in monopolistic ways, why isn’t it bad when Big Labor engages
On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Plunge right through that line! Run the bill clear through that crowd, Get out of debt this time! (U rah rah!) On, Wisconsin! On, Wisconsin! Or it’s Cloward-Piven time. Fight! Fellows! – fight, fight, fight! Or
From a CNN segment called “Labor’s Last Stand?”: Money quote at the end: And Democrats say there is another reason Republicans want to gut unions. Organized labor donates hundreds of millions of dollars to candidates like Barack Obama. So if
Shortly after the Green Bay Packers turned the nation’s attention to the Midwestern state, Wisconsin once again has garnered the nation’s attention. At stake this time is not a trophy, but a prized retirement package promised to public employees. Throngs
Below is an email generated by the Screen Actors Guild to “SAG Members” that was leaked to Big Hollywood. We’ve gone ahead and emphasized what we found the most interesting. Is collective bargaining enshrined in law? How many astro-turfed actors
Well, this last week has been yet another shining example of our public sector employees at work. The unions have overreached by such a wide margin that they can no longer cross back over their self-made chasm. To all of
WE REPORTED THIS STORY LAST SEPTEMBER. IN LIGHT OF RECENT EVENTS IN WISCONSIN AND THE WAY THE MEDIA HAS REPORTED ON IT, IT SEEMED RELEVENT TO RE-VISIT IT. John-david Morgan, a lobbyist and spokesman for the Service Employees International Union
Posted on Breitbart.tv at the time: John-david Morgan, a lobbyist and spokesman for the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1, was caught on tape bragging about how his union works with local news outlets to push stories that make
As the entire nation confronts the problem of unfunded mandates and bloated government spending, individual states are doing the same. Republican governors Chris Christie (New Jersey) and Scott Walker (Wisconsin) are letting government unions know that they can no longer
