But what does ALEC want you to do? That's the priority.

No, not transform education, transform education funding. At no point has any of the reforms addressed how to better educate children for the next half century.

Thank you Governor Walker for fixing Wisconsin - BEST Governor in the nation!

ROMNEY/RYAN/THOMPSON 2012!!!

I do not have a short memory. Everyone ran in 2010 on jobs, jobs, jobs. What we got is a social agenda including abstinence only sex education in our schools.

46th in job creation... that's the best governor in the nation???

By what measure is the worst?

http://wpcarey.asu.edu/bluechip/jobgrowth/secure_states.cfm

Most politicians have similar plans. these are one liners that say nothing new and have no substance. where will the money come from ?

Our economy sucks, thanks to Scotty. Record numbers of experienced teachers leaving the state or their careers. A transport infrastructure that makes third world countries laugh, while Californians build high speed rail with our tax dollars. Atrocious job numbers since Walker became governor. An education system which takes tax payer dollars and uses them to subsidize "private" schools while letting public schools rot. Honestly, what governor doesn't say they're gonna prioritize the five things mentioned above? He might as well have mentioned he loves puppies while he's at it.

So Scooter- are you thinking for yourself, the citizens of Wisconsin or has ALEC. For your ear. Where are the jobs?

So Scooter- what did you accomplish last year except a whole bunch of lawsuits and killing wolves.

He keeps saying he balanced the budget, but he didn't. Anybody can do fancy book work. He refinanced...basically put the debt on a credit card to be paid down the road by guess who! Oh and the magic surplus..humm, he took Federal money that was supposed to go to badger care and put it in the rainy day fund. He took the Federal money that was supposed to go to families who lost their homes due to the banking fraudsters and put it in the rainy day fund also. So, he stole from the people so he could make it look like he "saved" all that money. What a joke!

SURPLUS SCOOTER? - taking funds from the poor and putting them into a surplus fund. Hmmm

How's that jobs agency working out of you? Hmmm

Hmm- 9 million in loans unpaid because Scooter can't manage government.

SCOOTER: nice emails to Ryan. I see you're really concerned about jobs in WI.

SCOOTER- start with reforming your jobs agency - an unmitigated disaster.

Hey, I've got an idea. Why don't you folks start a recall effort targeting Walker?

31 Wolves killed so far by gun or cold steel leg trap and Walker. Mates mourned their loss tonight in the cold autumn air. SHAME ON WALKER!

@GREG- a little late- No?

So Scooter lied that he did not see the DA....hmm

Who needs a recall - by the time Scooter is done- his approval rating will be 2%.

So how is that Skyward deal coming along Bob?

@Greg- sent the lefties home crying? Is that the best you got?

Where are all the jobs Scooter? Yet another manufacturer is shutting it's doors. Another 650 people will be without a job. Oh you are doing such a nice job of running businesses OUT of Wisconsin!

Next Walker will privatize prisons costing the state 3-4 million more every year...he has to pay his cronies back ya know! That's his number one priority. He promises the prisons will be at 90% capacity at all times! Look out teabaggers they are coming for you!

Walker Fail:
$500 million cut from Medical Assistance, including BadgerCare; cut programs that help seniors and people with disabilities stay in their homes by $284 million and froze enrollment.

The 2011 budget cut $500 million from Medical Assistance programs, including BadgerCare. The proposal does not exclude any specific groups from receiving the program cuts, which means seniors and people with disabilities, who account for 20% of total Medicaid enrollment and 67% of total Medicaid spending, will likely be impacted by the cuts. At the end of January 2011, nearly 300,000 seniors and people with disabilities were enrolled in Medicaid-related programs. [2011 Assembly Bill 40; Disability Rights Wisconsin Fact Sheet]

In addition, Walker cut FamilyCare spending by more than $284 million over the biennium and freeze enrollment (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4/20/2011). FamilyCare helps around 35,000 seniors and disabled stay independent at home and in their communities. [Disability Rights Wisconsin Fact Sheet]

Walker’s 2011 budget adjustment bill, signed into law on March 11, 2011 that stripped the rights of 175,000 workers, also contained reckless health care cutbacks that would allow the state to cut up to 70,000 from Wisconsin health care programs, and could result in deep reductions in benefits for children and seniors. [January 2011 Special Session Assembly Bill 11]

WALKER FAIL: 4. Raised taxes on seniors and working families by $70 million, while giving $2 billion in tax cuts to corporations and the rich

WALKER FAIL: Walker killed the planned 110-mph Madison-to-Milwaukee passenger train route, causing the state to lose $810 million in federal funds. That $810 million went to fund train lines in other states, including Illinois.

“Eight hundred and ten million dollars that would have gone to create thousands of jobs in Wisconsin will now create jobs in other states,” Doyle said. “Bogus arguments that this money can be used for roads have been proven false. . . .  Together with many others I have worked hard to move Wisconsin into the future. I obviously am deeply saddened to see us take a major step backward.”
The state Department of Transportation had projected that rail-related jobs would peak at 4,732 in 2012, counting those in direct construction, at supply companies and in government. Also, 55 permanent jobs would be created to operate and maintain the trains, tracks and stations. Supporters say many more jobs would be created by the project’s spinoff impact on the economy. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel] ...

WALKER FAIL:Gov Walker pushed to join the lawsuit to repeal federal health care act, allowing insurance companies drop people when they become sick, eliminate free mammogram coverage and even deny coverage for children with pre-existing conditions.

One of Walker’s first acts after being sworn into office, was to authorize the Republican Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen, to join the lawsuit to overturn the federal health law. [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-1; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel-2]

The federal health care reform act helps uninsured people with pre-existing conditions find coverage, allows young adults under 26 to stay on their parent’s health insurance, ends lifetime and most annual limits on care, and helps more children get coverage. In 2014, more rights, protections and benefits will be kicking in, including additional federal funds for Wisconsin, potentially saving the state $364.6 million. [HealthCare.gov; Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]

Walker okayed up to $500,000 in legal fees to a private law firm that was hired just four days before Walker unveiled the bill that took away the collective bargaining rights of 175,000 workers. The contract with the law firm was signed by Ray Taffora, who just a month earlier worked in the attorney general’s office, directly under J.B. Van Hollen. According to news reports, the contract “authorized payment at the unusually high rate of up to $300 an hour.” In the attorney general’s office, Taffora was making an hourly rate of $65.

Walker’s office says the firm was hired “at the request of the attorney general’s office” to review the budget repair bill and provide other legal services the office could not. Yet, the attorney general’s office ended up defending the collective bargaining bill in the court, so it’s unclear as to why the services of this firm were necessary. [Wisconsin State Journal].

Obama and all of the filthy scum he surrounds himself with i.e. Biden, Axelrod, Ploufe, everyone in the Obama Regime needs to be charged with treason. These people are totally responsible for the steep decline of America and our deeply held traditions and values. People like Chris Matthews, Ed Schultz, Rachel Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell, Harris-Perry, LaMont Hill, Alan Colmes, Bob Beckel, Sharpton, Jackson are enemies of the America and they too should be put in prison. Obama is the tail of the Islamist dog, we need to vote him out of office on November 6th. Vote Romney/Ryan save America!

William...You are asking all the right questions. I am with you. We are living in an incredible era of exceptionally rapid change. The technology is outstripping us right now. Workplaces are being speeded up to the point where parenting is changing because you have to be connected with the office 24/7. Kids have access to information, both good and bad, that they never had before. Electronically, many of the kids are ahead of the adults. The nature of education will be changing radically. Kids will need to know how to make sensible use of the flood of info. they now have access to. Their critical thinking skills will have to improve. They'll need to learn how to synthesize better. They'll need to learn how to verify the worth of the flood of info. they're getting. Universities will have to radically overhaul the way they train teachers. Should only sports you can play for a life time be emphasized in public schools? It'd be way cheaper. Less kids would be getting hurt. You'd save hugely on insurance, and maintenance costs of expensive tracts of land (e.g. football fields, lights, equipment) that only benefit 40 or so boys. These are all things that need to be frankly discussed at a time when no one wants to talk sensibly. I agree with you that education worked fine up to the recent past, but now the"times they are a changin'".

What's the deal with Drive to 24 and Linda constantly posting their cut & paste crap from the Daily Kos?

It's really annoying you two - either get some original material or stop cluttering up the boards!

What's the matter James - can't handle the truth about your man crush Walker?

@ Greg- just making up for lost time. The fact that Hoffa is telling people to get off a thread is just bizzaro. Is Hoffa the moderator now? God help us all.

The big question is whether the blue fisters will resume their childish temper tantrum in reaction to Walker's next budget - Dems fleeing to IL, capital protests and occupations, more frivolous recalls, more frivolous law suits, etc, etc.

Wisconsin is getting tired and fed up with the blue fisters!

Obama threw everything but the kitchen sink at Romney and he keeps on ticking. The Romney tsunami is about to come ashore and sweep these pretenders out of office.

So Hoffa is talking in the third person now. How bizzaro is that?

Who is Mitt Romney? The answer seems to depend on who he is speaking to at the moment. Former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich dubbed him the "etch-a-sketch" candidate for his constant flip flops and ever-changing positions. Over the past 20 years, he has been on every side of almost every major issue. He was for a health care mandate before he was against it. He was for raising the minimum wage before he was against it.

Born into a life of privilege, he tries to portray himself as an up-from-the-bootstraps self-made man despite maintaining Swiss bank accounts and offshore tax havens.

One of the few things where he has never wavered has been his consistent hostility toward professional fire fighters. As governor of Massachusetts, he tried to break the union, vetoed funding for fire fighter safety equipment and even blocked a memorial to six Worcester fire fighters who made the ultimate sacrifice.

And during his current campaign for president, he has backed efforts by governors in Wisconsin, Ohio, Florida and other states to strip fire fighters of their collective bargaining rights and take away their pensions. He even said the people of our nation don't want any more fire fighters.

Paul Ryan has a similar record. A long-time champion of taxing health benefits, he recently led the fight for federal legislation that would undermine defined benefit pension plans. In his capacity as Chair of the Budget Committee, he has fought against the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) and Assistance to Firefighters (FIRE Act) grant programs that fund fire fighter jobs and safety equipment. And at a time when cities and counties are laying off thousands of workers, he has proposed slashing federal aid to local governments.

Time and again, President Obama and Vice President Biden have demonstrated their commitment to professional fire fighters, fighting for policies that protect our livelihood and profession and standing on the frontlines against the attacks from our enemies. They not only talk the talk, they walk the walk.

The Obama-Biden team promised to help protect fire fighter jobs, even while local government budgets faced unprecedented shortfalls. And they delivered. The administration doubled funding for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) grant program, and pushed through special rules to allow communities to use the funding to bring back laid-off fire fighters. Without those federal funds and waivers, thousands of fire fighters would have been laid off across the country, putting communities and families at greater risk of harm.

SWEET DREAMS JIMMY- TICK TOCK -

Man, the traditional media really wants their consumers to believe that this horse race is neck and neck and the just overwhelming misogyny in the words and actions of the Republican Party isn't hurting them with women.

Because, it's all about jobs and the economy to the Republican Party, completely eliding the fact to these 'small government' fetishists who actively want the government getting into women's uteri, that this is absolutely an economic and jobs-related issue for women. Being unable to control when a woman has a child will play a major role in her economic future: what education she can complete, what jobs she can apply for, how much she will get paid, whether she and her child can break through multi-generational poverty cycles.

International socialism or a U.S. Declaration Of Independence.

There is today an enormous amount of attention given to the U.S. Constitution (Law of the land) because it's an editable script. Other countries have and had constitutions but it's needless to point out here all the mind boggling points of gross havock that have to date manifested as a result of such inept constitutions. The American Constitution has proven to work while their's have essentially failed. The difference is that our Constitution is designed to ensure a healthy arena for individual growth not an unhealthy arena for stagnation and mental atrophy.

Liberals/progressives want to be taken care of, which is forfeiture of ones natural independence (of the individual) and their own unique gifts and creativity reflected in the United States Declaration Of (human - ("we the people")) Independence. It's a unique document, thee foundation for the Constitution.

The Declaration is an uneditable document. It is the bench mark to measure all Amendments and laws by. Desiding a law to be Constitutional is putting the horse before the cart if the law hasn't first met the criteria and spirit of the Declaration. The Supreme Court has forgotten that. One thing that stands out in the Declaration is that there are no "special interest" clauses. If there were there wouldn't have been written "We the people". Any exceptions opens the door for taxation without representation, fraud, chaos and tyranny, aka socialism.

Like never before have all American's experienced socialism like they've experienced it first hand in the last 4 years. Obama's and the Hilly Billy Clinton Gang are commitment to international socialism for America that runs directly through the U.N.. This is dangerous for American citizens financially and legally.

American's will be at risk at home and abroad when Obama commits this country to juristiction of international law. As it stands the U.N. has the power to subject any country to the ICJ that it wants without their consent. International law in conjunction with the International Criminal Court trump it's members own domestic laws which is why China and Russia detain a limited membership in the U.N. as does the U.S. so far.

If your ready to forfeit this country's and your sovereignty then voter for Obama. If you thought the Patriot Act was an intrusion on your freedom you haven't seen anything yet. Keep in mind Obama filed an appeal with the U.N. against several states including Wisconsin for human rights violations. That's an act of treason. It's the first time any president has done that. U.N. peace keeping troops are already playing war games here, and doing public shows and drills, and monitoring voting polls.

CAP and TRADE has been out of the news but it's alive and kicking in the U.N. waiting for Obama to commit us to full international law and the prez of Iran can't wait.

Public sector unions are the epitome of taxation without representation!

I know that they want to cut medicare. But please don't let them the bus service.

Something also needs to be done about the guns. To many people have them. I think someone really needs to put there down. Also they should do a complete back round check on people who want to buy a gun.