The Ed Show - are you serious?

Ed Schultz does provide sources for his graphs and charts, which is appreciated for the purposes of political analysis.

nom nom I love the kool-aid

@Bren -

At least you realize that everything that Ed Schultz perpetuates MUST be re-analyzed in order to discover the truth.

"At least?" How many times have I advocated for independent research on Patch. Anyone watching a political program should use the information as a starting point. It is why I expressed appreciation for a program that does provide its sources.

http://www.foxnews.com/on-air/oreilly/index.html?intcmp=features#/v/1519354641001/

Nuitari, the fact that you can look up the information on the internet at the UDL website suggests that it was disclosed...

@Bren -

That's funny, because the Koch's contributions to Walker's campaign are also fully disclosed, but that doesn't stop you from beating on that drum over and over, does it?

Why bring the Koch brothers' contributions up to me? I didn't post the Fox link.

15 years and no mentioned promotions ? Loser

Research about Patch reveals it's as biased as they come, with an agenda.

Bren, I have to believe you are a professional poster, sitting in a huge room, filled with computers and other left wing believers - which is why you behave how you do.

"Patch Is A Huge Waste Of Money, And It Has Us Worried About Tim Armstrong's Ability To Run AOL.

Critics attack Patch's content as "piffle," too boosterish, irrelevant, or amateurish. All of that may be true, but it's not the real problem.

Read more: http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-01-26/tech/30047463_1_patch-aol-ceo-run-aol#ixzz1phGy3wrx

Of course it is - it's being directed by the Huff-Po.

"what role will Arianna Huffington now play in the Patch properties?

Recall that Huffington talked up Patch when AOL bought her site last spring and that she later told Vogue that “going local” was one of two things that made up her “Zeitgeist” (who says things like that?).

Huffington has also taken a hands-on role by promoting a “Local Voices” opinion feature and by launching 33 new Patch sites in states at the center of the Republican primaries."

http://paidcontent.org/article/419-where-does-arianna-fit-into-aols-new-patch-plans/

When the Recall Elections are over - Patch will disappear as quick as it came - failure can't be sudsidized forever.

Tim Scott, I'm not what you call a "professional" poster, I'm just a commenter, I've never blogged (those who do express themselves with greater mellifluity than I could). As I've explained before, I had opportunity to observe Scott Walker in action as County Executive, am unsurprised that as a result of his continuing actions he has had to hire legal defense and start a legal defense fund, and am committed to following this issue to its conclusion.

Happy to see that there is a good solid candidate to run against the abuser Teapublicant. Don't tell me what a great job Walker's administration has done either just take a look at the lost jobs since he took over. HORRIBLE record! http://thepoliticalenvironment.blogspot.com/2012/03/walkers-bad-year-for-2011-wi-jobs-also.html

I guess Mitchell was seeking advice as to what to do after losing a recall election to the incumbent.

Thanks for sharing that link, Micheal (look, I even spelled your name right this time!) LOL. You rock!

"I'm not anti-business, but we also need people to create jobs," ... .

So wait a minute - the letter that Mitchell sent out to Wisconsin businesses threatening them with economic harm is apparently indicative of being pro-business and would actually help create private sector job creation in the state? Am I missing something here?

Announcing one's candidacy with a blatant LIE probably isn't the best way to launch a campaign. But hey, that's just me.

Honestly - what is this state coming to?

WHY DO YOU CALL YOUR SELF JAMES R HOFFA. YOU SUR ARN'T

I believe Americans have the right to spend their money where they wish, and support their candidate(s) of preference.

@linda w -

What is that supposed to mean exactly? Do you even know anything about the great James Riddle Hoffa? For starters, he didn't believe in public sector unionization due to inherent conflicts of interest. Just a friendly word of advice - you may want to do some homework!

@Bren -

So, if Mitchell is elected and doesn't get his way from the Assembly, can we expect threatening letters being sent to businesses 'encouraging' them to support his initiatives? And such thugish tactics will actually encourage private sector job creation? Again, I must ask - what am I missing here, as Mitchell's 2+2 isn't adding up to 4 for me?

I thought you were all about open and honest government, and yet you're now aligning yourself with someone who apparently has no problems in using underhanded tactics to get what he wants - what gives?

""You unite people by letting people have a seat at the table," Mitchell said."

What Mitchell fails to realize is that public sector employees have always had "a seat at the table" via their duly elected public officials, the same as everyone else. But, I guess for Mitchell, that kind of equal footing just isn't good enough and public employees are deserving of even greater leverage than other taxpaying voters, right?

Taking one of your extrapolative "leaps" again, Mr. Hoffa? The man has a right to send a letter and/or run for office.

@Bren -

No leaps. When did I ever say that he couldn't do these things? I'm merely pointing out the contradictory nature of his prior actions with his recent assertions. Again, how is threatening an economic boycott premised solely upon a political/ideological power play indicative of being pro private sector business?

What you label "contradictory nature of his prior actions with his recent assertions" could also be interpreted as an evolving viewpoint.

I know little about the man but anticipate learning more in the coming weeks.

We just corrected 50 years of public union greed

Steve:

Let me see if I have this right. Unions represent greed because they oppose middle class working folks taking a 10% pay cut. While at the very same time, large corporations, namely one here in Racine, worth in excess of $8 billion, has NOT paid one single penny of income tax to the state of Wisconsin in over 15 years is not all about GREED. I am absolutely positive that those working middle class folks have paid several thousand of dollars in Wisconsin income tax over that 15 year period. Your point about greed just doesn't hold up - all the greed is on your side of the equation.

Sounds like a very successful company that employees lots of people.

Paying into your pension is not a pay cut, or a small fraction for your healthcare. Ripping off the taxpayers year after year and overcharging health care and other services is greedy.

Sandbox bullies, no concessions by the FD.

But they didn't fall under Act 10 and still can negotiate a contract. I didn't see where the Village of Caledonia public workers lost anything since falling under Act 10. In fact I believe they gained some benefits. Just because the public sector unions are no longer able to negotiate for anything but wages doesn't mean they are going to lose all their benefits. Many non-union companies provide the same benefits and pay. That is the lie about this whole thing. The school boards, being as pro-union and liberal as most are, are not going to strip away all the benefits and pay.

@Andy Smith: Patch absolutely is committed to local news, but we also know that our readers like reading and commenting on statewide stories that affect them. We don't do a ton of stories like this, but we have been covering state politics -- to a certain extent, at least -- since the protests began in Madison more than a year ago.

That definitely is some good information....

It is pretty much a given that Mahlon will tear apart Kleefisch. Talk about puppets, all I see kleefish do is nod at everything her master Walker says. She has been productive in government how? Change is sweeping rapidly now. Time to rid this corrupt state government of ours, starting with Walker.

@Bren ..... so you would say the same thing about Sen Larson? He updates his FB page while in session and the majority of people on his page arent even his constituients.

Mike in OC, it's difficult to make the comparison between a "tuned-in" state senator and the Lt. Governor. I can only and best compare Ms. Kleefisch to her predecessor, Barbara Lawton.

At least we 'idiots' don't blindly parrot talking points. Spend less time on OneWisconsinNow.org and more time reading the actual news...

There is no outrage. We all don't drink the liberal blog propaganda and are not easily convinced by a pretty colored graph.

The blogger used Scott Walker's official calendar as source data for the graph. I surmise the blogger would hardly have bothered to post an inaccurate or dishonest graph when it could be easily dubunked. The only issue I can imagine is if there is a separate email system set up at the State Capitol with a shadow Governor's calendar...

Yes, the blogger cherrypicked data and presented it as Walker's schedule in entirety. What else would account for such a difference in total hours each month?

As evidence, here is a copy of Walker's calendar for January 2012 from the Milwaukee J-S. Note that there is more work on his calendar than the single hour claimed by the OneWisconsin blogger...

http://media.jsonline.com/documents/January+2012+Redacted.pdf

While we are at it, we can view the December calendar as well. Again, it's far different than what the blogger was claiming.
http://media.jsonline.com/documents/December+2011+Redacted.pdf

Without the raw data in front of me I have to make the assumption that the graph was created based on real-time appointment blocks. The schedule could suffer from inaccurate record-keeping (given that this is a state governor, I hope this is unlikely!).

I would also have to say that Scott Walker is on record as having attended numerous luncheons/presentations since taking office. In the video documentation of the several I have observed, the topics are universally self-congratulatory and tacit promotions of the ALEC agenda. More recently he has been fundraising for the recall. Walker also recently visited Arizona to discuss his union "strategies." He has also appeared on Fox numerous times (in-office and via feed) and at least once (that I observed) on CNN. And those commercials don't make themselves!

The question is, are these visits and appearances self-intended to promote Wisconsin or Scott Walker? Personally I don't see how airing dirty laundry over and over on the national stage helps our state's reputation or his own.

I can't help but reflect on the potential for the very different governing experience Scott Walker could be having if he had simply employed a little tact, humility, and basic compassion.

Bren:

The 'raw data' that you are claiming to not have is presented in the links I posted. Yes, I'm sure that the graph was created with real time appointment blocks. The key is that they cherrypicked 'legislative activities' and the whole of Walker's work. Legislative activities understandably make up a small percentage of the governor's actual duties. This graph was made up specifically to attack Walker and presents slanted and incomplete information in an attempt to achieve that goal. Partisan sheep like you just drink up their kool-aid and mindlessly parrot it over and over as Gospel truth.

I will have to analyze this information later. Would you count travel time as work time? It's also unclear at times from the record what constitutes travel arrangements and an activity. The blogger may have been looking specifically at activities.

Keep going with that thought. Every state elected official takes down $50k a year, no matter how much time they spend in Madison. Add in pension, per diem, expense accounts, lobbyist and political donations and you have a nice little gravy train. Never mind that you can also have your "regular" day job as a business owner or what ever else financed their ascent to public office.

@Bren -

Walker isn't "airing dirty laundry," but rather setting the record straight on your side's year-long temper tantrum and attempts to overthrow the will of the majority of the state that has managed to garner a majority of the national MSM's coverage of our state. Your side is essentially making Wisconsin look like it's closed for business, while one of Walker's primary platform positions was working to make sure that Wisconsin is in fact open for business. I'd hardly call that self-promotion, but rather needed damage control made necessary exclusively by the behavior and antics coming from your side. If you don't want Walker doing media junkets attempting to convince outside investors and business that Wisconsin is stable and in fact open for business, then perhaps you should ask your side to knock off all the lunacy already! But continued heated rhetoric and out-of-context bar graphs on liberal blogs don't exactly lend well to the situation, do they?

"Tact, humility, and basic compassion," towards who and about what exactly? Most find Governor Walker to be very tactful, humble, and compassionate.

BTW - Why aren't you complaining about Obama's schedule? Or the luxury vacations his wife and daughters took on the taxpayer's dime while the nation is crippled by the worst economic recession since the great depression? Obama PROMISED to work tirelessly until unemployment dropped below 6%, remember - and yet how many rounds of golf has the man played?

Please!!!

It's barely worth the time to read Bren the moderate's posts anymore, even from the entertainment value I used to take them at. I knew there were kool-aid drinkers but man this guy owns the factory.

Give it up already Bren. It's pretty clear that Walker did more than a single hour of work in January. His 'Read to Lead' school visits alone put him above the 1 hour mark in the first week of January--even if one doesn't include travel time as 'work' time. The blogger clearly is cherrypicking data and presenting it as Walker doing anything aside from 'personal time' and then claiming that all of that personal time involves only fundraising trips to out of state donors (AKA 'gallivanting' around the country).

Thank you Cow, Steve, Mr. Hoffa, for your civil words. A quick glance suggests that the blogger may be considering only those times listing a specific activity. Given the nature of the position and the amount of travel allowances must be made for gaps between activities. It is also unclear whether some postings are activities or travel.

I've written many times that I support the recall. I am not moderate on this issue.

And frankly, I'd prefer Scott Walker to sit back and relax. He's done quite enough already.

No more unions?! When? Is it going to be tomorrow? If so I must plan a HUGE party in celebration. Anybody else in for my HUGE party, RSVP at www.libearlblogtalkingpointscantthinkformyself.com

"As firefighters, we have a motto –– all hands working”

Except that he is NOT a firefighter. He's just a union thug.

$$andSense, I agree. Pandering to the unions that endorsed him did not help Walker's case at all. For me it underscored any justification that union-stripping was of benefit to our state and not a multi-state Democratic Party de-funding strategy. If it actually was good to cut the income of nearly 200,000 working people in this state, then it would have been across the board.

Bren:

What unions did Walker pander to? If I recall correctly, only a few fire/police locals actually endorsed Walker. There were something like 300 police and fire locals that endorsed Barrett including the two largest police/fire unions: the Wisconsin Professional Police Association and the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin.

Cow, I would attribute this to a ham-handed attempt to rationalize the pandering to the police and fire unions that did support Walker. For the segment of the state that supports recall, this strategem was unsuccessful.

It's all about making choices, including whom we choose to advise us. This is an issue that has followed Scott Walker since his student campaigning days at Marquette University.

Yes, Walker exempted the public safety unions from ACT 10, but it isn't 'pandering' if they didn't support his candidacy...

This guy is just a another long line of union hacks that want to run the state into reverse and blow more taxpayer money into the wind for their bloated retirement/medical plans. Another ruse to suck form the public trough and to pay off the greedy union bosses so they can fill the democrats coffers for re-election to support the union agenda. A viscous cycle of political trickery and abuse of the democratic process that only furthers the "unionista" crowd mentality. 50 years of progress...more like 50 years of skullduggery and lies that support the leftist agenda that supports the unions. The people will have their say. Walker is gonna blow the recall a$$ sticks out of the water. Go Walker!!!!

You are against unions for one reason and one reason only. They support Democrats. As we have learned over the past 30 years as union membership has gone down, so has the middle class.

You're cool with that?

Badge unions are exempted as the public safety relies on them to be on the job--we cannot afford to have them pulling the same type of protests and 'sick outs' that some of the teachers tried.

Wrong. Up until 2011 the badge unions could be reliably trusted to support Republicans. You are not that naive dung.

Neither are we,

Wrong. They weren't 'reliably trusted to support Republicans'--they endorsed Barrett for governor over Walker.

I agree... his early support is very telling. I'm looking forward to the spin on that.

FYI, from the MJS:

"Sparks pointed out that Mitchell sent out a press release praising Walker the day that the governor unveiled his union bargaining proposal, which cut bargaining rights for all public workers except police and firefighters.

'The governor recognizes that what (public safety workers) do is unique and we applaud him for recognizing that,' that statement read. 'Governor Walker from the time he was a state representative has demonstrated that he understands what we do and why we do it and why it is so important to our communities.'

Mitchell said that he had made the mistake of sending out the release before having fully read Walker's legislation. He said he reversed himself within days of sending out the release and has consistently and strongly opposed Walker's legislation since them.

'That was a press release that I sent out that I should not have obviously. I jumped the gun,' Mitchell said."

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/143324166.html

@patchreader 123 thanks for that info.... so basically he flipped because the other unions got on him for supporting walker.

Scott Walker is documented as having stated that he intended to negotiate with unions prior to his election.

@Bren -

We've been over this a zillion times already. Walker did try to negotiate with the unions while he was the Governor elect. And some unions even agreed to the concessions he was seeking. But then a bunch of locals started wild-catting and introduced contracts that either didn't include the promised concessions or even gave their members pay raises. Statewide union leadership refused to take responsibility for the wild-catting locals. When Walker realized what was going on, he came to the appropriate and logical conclusion that the public sector unions could not be trusted on their word. And the rest is now history!

If you don't believe me, search the NPR archives for 'Governor elect Walker' and 'unions.' They were sitting down and talking back in 2010 after Walker was elected but before he was ever sworn in.

Only when Walker put his foot down to the deception and betrayal that was occurring did the statewide union leadership agree to do something about their wild-catting locals and force the agreed upon concessions - but that was too little too late.

Hey Hoffa, I hope you're not that gullible in all of your dealings.

All you need to know is the ALEC agenda and ending collective bargaining is in there, along with eventually turning Wisconsin into a right to work state.

It's all about concentrating wealth. The Koch brothers are in the process of buying this state.

Of I'm sorry. You guys are tired of us incessantly mentioning them, so let's change the reference.

How about the fascist, John Birch Society inspirted Koch brothers are in the process of buying this state.

@Keith Schmitz -

Oh my, ALEC again? Public sector unionization was fundamentally wrong from the get go and wrought with inherent conflicts of interest - what don't you understand about that?

BTW - I can't wait to donate your lost wager to Scott Walker's follow-up campaign effort. That's $50 that Walker can bank on ;-)

Keith, I don't think some people are looking at the big picture and asking why the same types of legislation are being introduced by Republicans, especially newly elected Republicans, in multiple states. For those who aren't strategy-minded the data, the timing, the content, the talking points, etc. doesn't seem to register as a unified effort to achieve specific goals friendly to Big Business-defunding the Democratic Party (union busting) and depressing worker wages (Right to Fire).

@Bren -

So, how exactly does the so-called 'war against women' legislation factor into ALEC's pro-business agenda?

Confusing at best if the big picture conspiracy theories have any merit to them, wouldn't you say?

Perhaps it's more about promoting libertarian policy than making boogeymen business people ultra rich.

The true big picture that you fail to see is creating an equality of opportunity to succeed, and not an equality of outcome. Honestly, what is so hard to understand about this?

Bren:

What conspiracy theory do you claim to be responsible when the same type of legislation is introduced in multiple states by non-Republicans?

"defunding the Democratic Party (union busting) and depressing worker wages (Right to Fire)."

Let me get this straight. The Republican party is defunding the Democratic Party by union busting. That means the democrats are too weak to survive without the union funding. Which means that the Republican party is the strong party because they don't depend on union funding. So now it's the Republican parties fault if the democrat party loses funding.

Workers in private sector union shops get fired when they are not producing. So what is so bad about getting rid of the unproductive or screw-ups.

Mr. Hoffa, the GOP has pandered to its far-right christian base for years, nothing new there, except perhaps a rise in the creepy factor.

Cow, ALEC is not a conspiracy theory.

@Bucky -

"How many African Americans does Walker have in his administration ?"

What in the hell does this have to do with anything? Why is it that whenever you anti-Walker guys run out of talking points to regurgitate, the fall back is always attempting to race-bait the discussion?

Bewildered, former Lt. Barbara Lawton was a strong statewide advocate for economic and cultural development, and K-12 education. Her enthusiasm and commitment to Wisconsin in this role are missed.

@mourningmissed.... if finally agree with you that Mitchell was a first responder. His first response was the SUPPORT Walker. That lasted until the other union heads put him in his place.

Hmmm... So basically, you're saying that Mitchell is very much like your boy Jerry Person that comments on the Patch boards or the segway doofus Jeremy Ryan. Why not run either of them for Lt. Governor?

@morninmist -

You do realize that 'Our House' also belongs to those of us who back Walker and the Republicans, don't you?

A majority of us sent Walker and the Republicans to 'Our House' once before, and we'll continue to do it again and again despite how hard your side bangs on drums and blows on plastic horns!

That is the point Hoffa

Our House belongs to all Wisconsinites. It is the TeaGOP who think it only belongs to them and the rest of are their doormats. Come the elections in June, Our House will once again be restored to all Wisconsinites.

@morninmist -

Funny for you to say that, because I don't recall anyone from my side that tried to occupy 'Our House,' much the same way that the Nazi's did of Paris during WWII, disrespecting the official hours of operation in the process, and camping out in the rotunda for weeks on end, do you?

If your side is so respectful of 'Our House,' as you claim, then how come no one from your side offered to pay the occupation clean up costs or the costs to restore the surrounding Capitol lawn that was trampled by your side during your hissy fit? I'm having trouble with the whole 'we can disrespect it and everyone has to pay for it' attitude that your side seems to have when it comes to 'Our House.'

Please, show me one conservative that broke windows and doors, trampled the lawn, damaged the original copy of our state constitution, left their propaganda posters strewn all over the walls and surrounding grounds for others to clean up, etc.

It's you guys that are treating 'Our House' like your house by disrespecting it as you have and preventing others of their quiet rights of enjoyment of the property.

Try again!

Another taxpayer leech is what we don't need.

@No Bucks -

Replace "Maylon Mitchell" with 'Scott Walker' in your little diatribe, and then you'll be on to something!

Well Hoffa
I will follow Nichols call for LT. I heard both Nichols and Mitchell speak to our 60,000 crowd in Madison about 2 weeks ago. They addressed the working class concerns.

John Nichols ‏ @NicholsUprising
"Instead of a CEO, How About Electing a Labor Leader?" @thenation considers #Mahlon_Mitchell candidacy in #wirecall. http://www.thenation.com/blog/166900/instead-ceo-how-about-electing-labor-leader

http://www.thenation.com/blog/166900/instead-ceo-how-about-electing-labor-leader

@morninmist -

Nichols is a complete joke - the man that was duped by a sarcastic parody piece that he found on a liberal blog! He's nothing but a hack!!! Anyone that first writes and publishes a story before actually verifying the factual existence and/or accuracy of such has no journalistic integrity at all - PLEASE!!!

If he's the voice of your side that you're so willing to follow into battle, all I can say is WOW!!!

Keith, remember, this isn't about the unions, it's about the "working class" (most of whom aren't in unions and who most likely wouldn't be working if they had been). Except when it is.

@ Kieth Best, Mitchell in your opinion has NO CLUE. In my opinion any legislator who has emptied their brain at an ALEC propaganda seminar and brought back legislation written by corporate industrialists to benefit a profit agenda, with no regard for protecting citizens or the environment is a dis-service to their constituency. No thought, no discussion and no negotiating. Not how the world works buddy. Sound like anyone in Wisconsin?

Michael, I would also add that at least one R-ALEC legislator in another state just handed in her ALEC-written corporate tax cut bill without even bothering to take her name off first. (I doubt Scott Walker's staff would allow that to happen.)

We the taxpayers are paying elected officials to represent us, not promote a sedition-for-profit agenda.

Where exactly is the sedition (or the profit), Bren?

@CowDung, I think we have some very extremist views on here.
Sedition: incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority

"incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority"

It kinda sounds like it might describe the 14 Dem Senators defied the lawful authority of the state legislature and refused to come back to Wisconsin and do their jobs...

HA ha. Kinda sounds like the time Kleefisch did the voting for those TeaGOP legislators who were absent from the chambers!!
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CowDung

8:30 pm on Wednesday, March 21, 2012

"incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority"

It kinda sounds like it might describe the 14 Dem Senators defied the lawful authority of the state legislature and refused to come back to Wisconsin and do their jobs...

I realize that this is a tall order for you Morninmist, but please get the facts before posting.

The members that Keefisch cast votes for actually were not absent from the chambers.

Have you called up Sandy Pasch and asked her why she voted multiple times the same day that the video of Kleefisch was made? At least Kleefisch pushed the correct button. Barca's vote had to be 'corrected' when Pasch cast a 'no' vote in his place...

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2012/mar/15/joel-kleefisch/wisconsin-rep-joel-kleefisch-says-he-didnt-break-a/

Michael Schwister-- Mitchell could not answer questions that I knew the answer to, and I'm not running for office. The interviewer then gave the correct answer proving Mahlon had NO CLUE.
Could you be referring to the man who did exactly what he told us he would do and not "kick the can down the road" like other politicians? Who had the guts to be a leader and do what was needed to save this state from fiscal crisis. Who opened this state up for business and as soon as 1) this nonsense recall is defeated and 2) Obama is removed.....will see jobs necessarily skyrocket in WI.

Keith, Politifact Wisconsin found false Scott Walker's claims that he had announced his plans to strip public worker unions of collective bargaining rights during his campaign.

Following the ALEC agenda is not being a leader. That's being a puppet. The state was in projected deficit but far from "We're Broke," the catch-phrase used to support the "budget repair" bill that wasn't. With one of the worst job records in the U.S., this state is hardly open for business (Walker putting his face on every political show that will have him talking about "union bosses" isn't helping, either, I shouldn't think). Job growth is still slow across the country due to the recession. It would be completely unrealistic to expect jobs in Wisconsin to skyrocket, with or without a successful recall.

Michael, ALEC is one of the most insidious special interest organizations I have seen. Personally I call it sedition-for-profit and believe it should be investigated by the FBI. But that's my personal opinion.

From Politfact:

"June 2010: Walker, then a candidate in the GOP primary, said he would propose major wage and benefit cuts from state employees to help close a huge projected budget shortfall."

From the Milwaukee J-S:

"Wisconsin's economic outlook for the coming six months improved significantly, according to a leading indicator compiled by the Philadelphia branch of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank. "

http://www.jsonline.com/business/fed-forecast-calls-for-growth-in-wisconsin-gb4mb3g-143712356.html

How can we have a forcast like that and have "one of the worst job records in the U.S."?

Wisconsin is indeed open for business.

@ Keith Best, Can I ask you how Milwaukee County came out on top with Scott Walker as Executive? Furloughs of county workers that now have to be repaid, after paying rent a cops for the same job. His view of legislating was, Let's do it anyway. By the time it gets through the courts we will have gotten what we wanted. How many lawsuits are pending now against his legislation? Does anyone know? How much is that philosophy going to cost you and I? And what will happen if and when more of his legislation is turned over by the courts. It does not take guts to promote an agenda. It does not take leadership skills to dictate. There is little morality in hiring and hanging with people who skirt the law. And your vision of America is that private sector prospers and the public sector should be subordinated by taxpayers? Mr. Best. It is my opinion that Wisconsin has thrived without Open for Business signs. Get used to four more years of Obama. Historically it takes Democratic power to move the economy forward. And it looks like that is the direction we are heading now. So hang on for the ride friend. Chances are you too will be better off when government returns tax money to the people instead of business.

Walker is a walking JOKE--soon to be voted OUT OF OFFICE.

http://capitolfax.com/2012/03/22/wisconsins-walker-coming-to-springfield/

Wisconsin’s Walker coming to Springfield

Thursday, Mar 22, 2012

* The Illinois Chamber just sent out a notice to “chamber executives” about an upcoming speech that will surely draw a ton of media attention…

The Illinois Chamber of Commerce is very proud to announce Governor Scott Walker will serve as keynote speaker at Employer Action Day, the Chamber’s annual lobby day to be held in Springfield on April 17. His address will recount Wisconsin’s dramatic fiscal turn around and serve as an important reminder to our state policy makers that big problems require big solutions.

The Chamber is trying to keep it quiet for now. From the same e-mail…

While this invitation is being sent to chamber executives today, we are not making a formal press announcement at this time. Please take reasonable steps to keep the invitation limited to employer members and not members of the press.

Oops.

Thanks guys, for once again proving that this recall is a one-issue wonder!