Archive for February, 2010
Congressional Power to Regulate business »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 13 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event As reported by the Los Angeles Times December 12, 2009 - (full article available on line) More than a year after the financial crisis devastated the economy and triggered [...]
Tea party to be held here »
Tea party to be held here By Andy Steinke, Dells Events wde-news@capitalnewspapers.com The organizers associated with the national tea parties are hosting a summit in Wisconsin Dells next month that is expected to draw 3,000 to 5,000 people. The Wisconsin Chapter of the Americans for Prosperity Foundation will hold the “Defending the [...]
ACLU vs Religion »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 12 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event As reported by CNN on August 19 - (full article available on line) {this trial case is pending as of 12/4/09} Two Florida school [...]
State Representative Mike Huebsch Seeks Cost Data »
On Monday, the Assembly Special Committee on Clean Energy Jobs will hold its second and final public hearing on Governor Doyle’s Global Warming Bill. The 174-page proposal means steep increases in electricity bills, the price of a gallon of gas and the cost of a new car. The only cost-benefit analysis of the governor’s bill [...]
Plale’s Stunning Admission on Global Warming: “I »
Plale’s Stunning Admission on Global Warming: “I don’t know if the science is real or not.” MacIver News Service - We are at the Capitol today covering the continued legislative committee debate on the Global Warming Bill. Senator Jeff Plale (D-South Milwaukee) co-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Clean Energy made a stunning [...]
One more public hearing on global warming bill »
Assembly PUBLIC HEARING Special Committee on Clean Energy Jobs The committee will hold a public hearing on the following items at the time specified below: Monday, February 15, 2010 10:00 AM 412 East State Capitol Assembly Bill 649 Relating to: goals for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, for construction of zero net energy [...]
Free Speech and Cap-And-Trade »
Current Events vs. Founding Documents Entry 11 Submitted by: Mark Musselman Current Event As reported by - FOXNews.com on November 17, 2009(full article available on line) Laurie Williams and husband Alan Zabel worked as lawyers for the [...]
Ryan to the rescue? »
Ryan to the rescue? A Congressman with a brave vision Feb 11th 2010 | WASHINGTON, DC From The Economist print edition http://www.economist.com/world/united-states/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15498288 IF REPUBLICANS are displeased with their image as the party of “No”, few of them have done much about it. One notable exception is Paul Ryan, [...]
GOP Rep. Paul Ryan tackles Obama’s path to »
GOP Rep. Paul Ryan tackles Obama's path to deficit disaster By Michael Gerson, Washington Post Wednesday, February 10, 2010; A17 The new era of Democratic bipartisanship, like cut flowers in a vase, wilted in less than a week. During his question time at the House Republican retreat, President Obama elevated congressman and budget expert [...]
Anti-Tea Party website linked to union funds »
February 10, 2010 Anti-Tea Party website linked to union funds Rick Moran The fact that TheTeaPartyIsOver.com website was funded by organized labor is not surprise. Bloggers had ferreted out the information that the site was backed by the SEIU within hours of its first appearance last month. But Joseph Abrams of Fox News has dug a little [...]
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