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Offical Agenda of 3rd Annual Defending the American »
3rd Annual WI Defending the American Dream Summit Midwest RightOnline Conference Hosted by Americans for Prosperity Foundation Wisconsin Chapter Co- Sponsored by the Wisconsin Prosperity Network Friday, March 12, 2010 - Saturday, March 13, 2010 Chula Vista Resort, 2501 River Road, Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Hotel Reservations for [...]
What are the five best talking points against commuter »
What are the five best talking points against commuter rail? Randall O’Toole. 1. Commuter rail is extremely expensive. The Parsons-Brinckerhoff Transport 2020 study of commuter rail found that it would cost three times as much as improvements in bus service throughout the Madison area. 2. Only a few people will have the opportunity to [...]
Tea party movement will be a force in 2010 elections »
Tea party movement will be a force in 2010 elections It’s been a year since Rick Santelli’s epic rant on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Who could have guessed that his call for a 4th of July “tea party” on Chicago’s lakefront would be the catalyst for birthing a national movement? When a string of nationwide tea parties [...]
Agenda Announced For Defending the American Dream »
3rd Annual Wisconsin Defending THE AMERICAN DREAM Summit Friday & Saturday - March 12 & 13 Chula Vista Resort 2501 River Road Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965 Hotel Reservations: 800-388-4782 SUMMIT HIGHLIGHTS Official Opening Ceremony With the FREEDOM TEAM Saturday Morning at 8:00 am Defender of the American [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Wisconsin Senator Jim Holperin admits that »
Well, great news.... Wisconsin Senator Jim Holperin announced to me at a listening session this A.M. that "Global Warming is a Hoax!" So the cat is out of the bag officially. I asked when we could expect such inaccuracies and false theories to be eliminated from our school curriculums and he stated " No time soon". So there you have it. [...]
Independents figure big in governor’s race »
2010 election Independents figure big in governor's race By Lee Bergquist and Patrick Marley of the Journal Sentinel Posted: Jan. 30, 2010 Madison - The Wisconsin independent voter is again poised to play a pivotal role - this time in the 2010 race for governor. In 2008, independents leaned strongly Democratic with the election of [...]
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