tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:17:46 +0000http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/cjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)Blogger480125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-8948182602438665717Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:10:00 +00002009-11-25T12:10:39.865-06:00Yesterday we learned that Scott Walker was so busy running around the state campaigning in his endless quest for governor, that he screwed up one of his 2010 budget vetoes. So, was it simple Walker incompetence or hypocrisy? As it turns out, one of his vetoes actually subjects sheriff's deputies and jailers to eight unpaid furlough days next year. This is after Walker attacked Milwaukee Mayor http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/so-was-it-walker-incompetence-or.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-4368542470734954593Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:31:00 +00002009-11-22T11:31:09.082-06:00It doesn't take long to discover that Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker is more than willing to use slippery rhetoric to position himself on all sides of any given issue. It has gotten to the point where you can simply fill in the blank on issues that he has been both for and against. Clearly, he will say and do anything to get a vote and win an election, no matter how shameless. The http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/walker-keeps-driving-down-shameless.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-1681888076180855966Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:44:00 +00002009-11-19T11:44:26.276-06:00I only have time for a handful of rather random observations after the Milwaukee County Board voted on Scott Walker's vetoes for the 2010 budget. In the first line of the story, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel comments that Scott Walker "won half a loaf" regarding his vetoes. It may be a minor point but actually he "won" 38% of the "loaf" because 21 of his 34 vetoes were overridden by the board.http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/totally-random-milwaukee-county-budget.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-144460569243802070Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:36:00 +00002009-11-17T15:59:36.755-06:00scott walkercolbertmilwaukee countylgbtIt looks like Scott Walker isn't alone in issuing vetoes to make LGBT taxpayers second class citizens. One governor recently issued a veto targeting those "being gay dead". Cue Colbert:The Colbert ReportMon - Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30cThe Word - Skeletons in the Closetwww.colbertnation.comColbert Report Full EpisodesPolitical HumorU.S. Speedskatinghttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/vetoes-targeting-lgbt-is-all-rage.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-1826615594372150886Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:10:00 +00002009-11-17T11:30:36.348-06:00scott walkerrpwright wingmark neumannjim klauser Back in May I asked if former GOP big-wig Jim Klauser has lost his influence with the ever extreme Republican Party of Wisconsin. I asked the question because it seemed that the tea bagger types that increasingly control the RPW were not only ignoring his chosen candidate for governor but lobbing all sorts of insults at him in the process. But if recent right wing rumors are true, the new http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/has-klauser-lost-his-influence-with.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-7228760941053942825Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:22:00 +00002009-11-17T16:09:38.553-06:00scott walkermilwaukee countylgbt So Scott Walker vetoed a proposal to simply study the idea of treating Milwaukee County workers equally? From a totally cynical and hyper-political point of view (we are talking about Slippery Scott here) everyone understands exactly what he is doing. Both he and his various yes men have been trying to kill the idea based on their imagined figure of the benefits costing $4 million. An actual http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/slippery-scott-doesnt-want-study.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-5388226594001148134Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:24:00 +00002009-11-16T10:16:29.937-06:00scott walkermilwaukee county In their reaction to Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's announcement for governor, the Walker campaign responded with a little juvenile alliteration. I decided that two can play at that game, so I'm giving some alliteration right back. Naturally I think that mine is of a much higher quality because it doesn't just focus on one issue but goes to the (hollow) core of Slippery Scott's campaign.Slippery http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/slippery-scott-selling-snake-oil.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-5337426321986829967Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:17:00 +00002009-11-15T09:42:36.613-06:00This blog is almost totally about politics but I had to share this video of Milwaukee Bucks rookie sensation Brandon Jennings. He scored 55 points last night against Golden State. This accomplishment is even more amazing when you consider that he didn't score at all in the first quarter. In the process he broke a Bucks rookie scoring record (previously held by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar) and became the http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/timeout-brandon-jennings.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-6937261665353763166Sat, 14 Nov 2009 04:31:00 +00002009-11-13T23:15:16.973-06:00scott walkermilwaukee countycrgOne of our super secret plants from within Citizens for Republican Government (CRG) smuggled this exclusive video out of CRG's first reading of Scott Walker's 2010 proposed budget. We decided to release it to the public now, just ahead of CRG's latest Walker pep rally. The best part is near the end.Or maybe this is Sanfelippo and Cesarz, I'm not sure.http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/exclusive-video-first-crg-reading-of.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-8261506921977879444Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-11-12T10:33:38.718-06:00scott walkermilwaukee countycrgIt looks like all of Scott Walker's whining last week about coverage for his front group Citizens for Republican Government (CRG) paid off today. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel didn't only give prominent placement to a story about their blind support of Walker but it even went as far to call them a "citizen group". I don't really have a problem with that description technically speaking but the http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/walkercrg-love-affair-contiues.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-7572585872289043234Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:43:00 +00002009-11-12T12:17:11.474-06:00scott walkerright wingsarah palinBased on his statements and actions, back in August I asked if Scott Walker was trying to be Wisconsin's Sarah Palin. While I still think that a strong case can be made to support that observation, recent developments make me wonder if I should be asking a different question.The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported yesterday that Scott Walker was begging Sarah Palin for her endorsement while she http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/maybe-i-asked-wrong-question.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3253785630312963743Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:06:00 +00002009-11-11T13:06:19.492-06:00Earlier today, Heartland Hollar made some very interesting points about a fundraiser at the posh Milwaukee Athletic Club for Republican candidate for Congress, Sean Duffy. It appears that the head of the "independent" right wing group Americans for Prosperity (AFP), Mark Block, is throwing the party. What is particularly interesting is that Mark Block's contact information regarding the event http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/questions-about-duffy-fundraiser.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-8998276046921310814Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:19:00 +00002009-11-11T10:33:54.640-06:00right wingfox newssarah palinOne Wisconsin Now was the first to provide actual audio from the Sarah Palin/Wisconsin Right to Life event last Friday. In her comments she presented her latest crazy conspiracy theory. Not only is the government planning to kill your grandmother with Palin's imagined "death panels" but now they are slowly moving God off of our coinage. As OWN pointed out right away, moving the "in God we trust" http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/you-know-palin-is-extreme-when-fox-news.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3153334321585570131Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-11-11T10:04:21.857-06:00health careveterans I served for most of the 1990's in the Army National Guard. Unlike most that currently serve, I was never called upon to serve in actual combat. That being said, I always knew that it could be a possibility and had to make various decisions just in case that call would ever come. Since the beginning of our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq I have often considered how hard times must be for our http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/thank-vets-then-give-them-healthcare.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3303509719694901836Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:42:00 +00002009-11-10T18:50:30.796-06:00Enjoy the celebration, and thanks for the recent clip about the trashy "Pox News"!http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/happy-birthday-sesame-street.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3880349499566670594Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:24:00 +00002009-11-10T21:49:58.299-06:00jb van hollenscott walkerrpwright wingleah vukmirgop National establishment-type Republicans have reportedly been worried for months that the Tea Bagging frenzy that they started may actually damage their plans for the 2010 midterm elections. If recent events are any indication, then they certainly have reason to fear such a development. In New York we now have a Democrat coming to Congress from a district that has gone (moderate) Republican for http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/who-would-run-on-tea-ticket-in.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-972808335282191321Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:27:00 +00002009-11-10T10:29:38.449-06:00health careOver the weekend the U.S. House of Representatives passed landmark legislation to finally reform health care in a meaningful way. I just read an analysis of the legislation by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities that I think is a must read. Although I encourage you to read the entire analysis, here are the highlights:About those deficitsThe analysis cites Congressional Budget Office (CBOhttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/analysis-of-house-health-reform-bill.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-1327325340660193714Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +00002009-11-07T08:42:13.032-06:00health careAnd pass real health care reform! ht: Daily Koshttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/fire-spokesjerk-by-ignoring-him.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-4058670336342284034Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:12:00 +00002009-11-06T08:13:46.798-06:00right wingThe Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cThe 11/3 Projectwww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisishttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/113-project.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3650978163607958805Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:50:00 +00002009-11-06T08:12:28.115-06:00scott walkermilwaukee countylgbtjoe sanfelippo I borrowed the title of this blog from a sign that I saw in a photo from the national equality march last month. I remember seeing that sign and thinking that it really just says it all. Members of the LGBT community are certainly expected to pay the same taxes as their straight counterparts, yet they and their families are treated as second class citizens in many respects. Thanks to the actionshttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/first-class-taxpayer-second-class.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-6964821779446087573Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:49:00 +00002009-11-04T18:54:08.466-06:00scott walkermilwaukee county The other day Scott Walker apparently wrote a letter or something to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He wanted to gripe about the coverage of the County Board's public hearing on Monday. Apparently the newspaper was not supposed to report on the official county event because (in Walker's view) the paper didn't give his pep rally with CRG enough attention last month. In the statement Walker http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/few-points-about-walkers-whining.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-4225793697898465353Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:18:00 +00002009-11-04T18:50:12.220-06:00scott walkermilwaukee county Prepare yourselves; I'm going to make a bold prediction in this blog posting!In today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel story about the County Board's public hearing last night they mostly highlighted the appeals made by people in the community. But toward the end of the story a few observations are made that I want to pick up on here. They report that "under the finance committee's action, the tax http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/this-time-next-year.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-2051135680568531950Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:22:00 +00002009-11-03T09:32:01.885-06:00milwaukee countyjoe sanfelippo I'm sorry, but sometimes there is just no other way to say things. Sometimes you can't sugar coat things and you just have to speak the truth. Milwaukee County Supervisor Joe Sanfelippo is a major league prick. I don't just say that because he is a Walker puppet on the county board and I don't just say that because of his record of voting against a program that has been a godsend for my mother. http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/sanfelippo-is-major-league-prick.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-3866205010715749211Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:03:00 +00002009-11-03T10:43:51.982-06:00scott walkermilwaukee countyjohn chianelli Last week I couldn't believe what I was reading regarding the threats by Scott Walker to lay off nearly 200 workers because of some last minute deficit that suddenly surfaced. Not only did it suddenly surface but it surfaced right in the middle of the budgetary process. As if that fact wasn't enough, the details were even more breathtaking. Suddenly Walker announced that Milwaukee County had a http://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/11/someone-should-own-incompetence.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-137929852466263174Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:40:00 +00002009-10-29T10:03:06.913-05:00terrance wall Terrence Wall has officially entered the race for U.S. Senate even though his only other runs for office involved his losing twice for Maple Bluff Village Trustee. It just seems odd that Wall couldn't convince those that know him best to elect him. So rather than highlight these pathetic loses, he has made the decision to make this about his development business. In doing so he claims that he ishttp://eye-on-wisconsin.blogspot.com/2009/10/is-wall-run-just-emergency-plan-b.htmlcjliebmann@gmail.com (Cory Liebmann)0