criticalthought's WunderBlog

Gov. Scott Walker wants to declare fiscal martial law in Wisconsin

Sun, 17 Apr 2011 00:15:00 GMT

You would figure the GOP would be against financial jackboot thuggery, but nope.From Forbes Magazine, not exactly Mother Jones...LinkGov. Scott Walker Reportedly Planning Financial Martial Law In WisconsinReports are surfacing that Scott Walker is now preparing his next assault on the democratic political process in the State of Wisconsin.Following the lead of Michigan GOP Governor Rick Snyder, Walker is said to be preparing a plan that would allow him to force loca...
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Scott Walker and the Wisconsin State Troopers

Thu, 24 Mar 2011 11:34:00 GMT

LinkWisconsin Governor Scott Walker and his Republican cohorts in the legislature have some explaining to do. The rookie governor rose to national fame after picking a bare knuckled political fight with Democrats over union rights. He showed up on our radar when he illegally sent in the Wisconsin State Patrol (WSP) to search for the Democratic state senators who had fled to Illinois.On February 23rd, we submitted open records requests to the Office of the Governor, ...
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Sometimes you gotta break a few...laws.

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 12:09:00 GMT

Link3 Wis. officials assert open-meeting law violation that led to Senate passing anti-union billBy DINESH RAMDE , Associated PressMADISON, Wis. - At least three public officials filed complaints Thursday alleging that Republicans in the Wisconsin Senate violated an open-meetings law by convening the previous night without proper notice.The complaints ask that the vote that arose from the meeting be voided. The vote led to action taking away most collective bargaini...
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GOP Wants To Gut Tsunami Warning System

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:36:00 GMT

LinkSheer stupidity. The GOP wants to get rid of the Tsunami Warning Center. Without their warnings more Americans would have died in this horrible event. But of course, were I truly successful, I should get my own tsunami warning system. As someone with a lot of technical knowledge about tsunamis and oceanography, I cannot believe sentient beings can be QUITE THIS STUPID...---The GOP budget plan that passed through the House last month aimed to cut funding for a ts...
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Pay Teachers More!

Sun, 13 Mar 2011 05:23:00 GMT

From the debates in Wisconsin and elsewhere about public sector unions, you might get the impression that we’re going bust because teachers are overpaid.That’s a pernicious fallacy. A basic educational challenge is not that teachers are raking it in, but that they are underpaid. If we want to compete with other countries, and chip away at poverty across America, then we need to pay teachers more so as to attract better people into the profession.Until a few deca...
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