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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 [...]
Taxpayers are Getting Jobbed »
January 28, 2010 Taxpayers are Getting Jobbed Filed under: Economics — Christian Schneider @ 10:51 am It’s the oldest political trick in the book: If you’re a lawmaker, you figure out what a piece of your legislation does, and give it a name that conveys the exact opposite of the bill’s intent. If you’re a Republican that wants [...]
The bonfire of sanity »
The bonfire of sanity Posted: Jan. 20, 2010 "A good tactic," wrote the infamous Saul Alinsky, "is one your people enjoy," and on a not-so-cold day in cabin-fever season, who wouldn't enjoy a bonfire? Someone in the tea party movement must have read Alinsky. So the partiers were skipping tea for cocoa last weekend, hanging out as old [...]
FEINGOLD HOLDS FIRST LISTENING »
FEINGOLD HOLDS FIRST LISTENING SESSIONS OF 2010 IN WASHINGTON AND OZAUKEE COUNTIES ON JANUARY 4 His Washington County listening session will be held at 9:15 a.m. in the Pikes Peak Room at the Schauer Arts and Activities Center, 147 North Rural Street, Hartford. The meeting will last up to an hour. His Ozaukee County listening session will be [...]
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