SEIU Data needed. Dues, revenues, etc

Lookig for nbrs on SEIU revenues, states and nations they are in. All I can find is their Unicorn Rainbow Pooping Annual report with Barry Soetoro on the cover. Any tips on where to find details will be appreciated.

Obama on his embattled budget: Let's talk, but....

"Washington wonders why so many angry Americans talk back to the news on their TVs. Here's why: Federal spending the last two years has exploded. Never mind why. It has. Obama proposes cutting some of that increased spending. The result: Cuts to brag about but still more borrowed spending than before. And for his next trick..... One inconvenient stat cited by the sage Ed Morrissey: Obama's own debt commission proposed deficit reductions of $4 trillion (get used to that scary word) over the next decade. Obama's budget thinks $1.1 trillion is really good. Here's the isolated president's perception of how...

Republicans Want More Guns in Idaho

BOISE, ID. --- What if thousands more Idahoans were packing heat... and you didn't even know it? Your neighbor, the mailman, almost everyone would able to carry a concealed weapon. A new state law being proposed is aimed at doing just that. It's called the Constitutional Carry Law, and if passed would allow everyone but felons and those declared mentally ill by the state to pack heat. "Basically any adult who hadn't lost that right could conceal-carry if they wanted to," said Senator Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa -- a major supporter of the bill. McKenzie says while plenty of Idahoans already...

Is Web access really a right?

The toppling of Hosni Mubarak's Egyptian dictatorship touched off worldwide jubilation. We share the hope the relatively peaceful regime change will bring liberty to the Egyptians and spread freedom to other oppressed Middle Easterners, but temper this hope with the realization freedom and democracy are foreign concepts in the Arab world. As Lee Smith, senior editor of The Weekly Standard, wrote the other day, the Middle East historically has been "ruled by princes and presidents for life whose governance amounted to little more than repression and the instruments of torture used by the various regimes' so-called security apparatuses." Save for...

Belgium protesters are not anti-government; they just want one

Reporting from Brussels — If a government falls and practically nobody hears it, does it make a sound? Unable — or unwilling — to work together, bickering politicians have left unassuming Belgium without a fully functioning government for eight months, the longest for any nation in Europe since World War II. Through most of that time, few Belgians, let alone the outside world, even seemed to notice. Trains continue to run, waffles are still being grilled on street corners, and people window-shop along centuries-old arcades. Tourists still sample mussels, go for overpriced canal rides in Bruges and snap up Tintin...

Flashback- City taxpayers foot 90% of municipal pensions

Taxpayers kick in an average $8.60 for every dollar that city employees contribute to their pensions, a sweet deal costing the Big Apple a bundle. The cost is expected to hit $7.6 billion this fiscal year and $8.7 billion next year. BIG DIPPERS: CITY UNION CHIEFS PULL TWO SALARIES "It's a double-whammy for taxpayers," said E.J. McMahon, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute. "If they're privately employed, they shoulder the risks of saving for their own retirement. At the same time, they have to pay a steadily mounting cost of guaranteed pensions for government workers." Teachers get the biggest...

The G20 has reached its tipping point

It’s time to give up on the G20 as a decision-making forum – it really is a complete waste of time. It should go back to being a networking and social event for finance ministers, and leave it at that. Apparently the weekend meeting of G20 finance ministers in Paris involved tense, all-night negotiations with China over the wording of the communiqué, which was eventually signed off mid-morning on Saturday. They were arguing about the “indicative indicators” to use when evaluating economic imbalances that lay at the heart of the global financial crisis. They weren’t debating what to do about...

Wis. GOP ups pressure on Dems to return and vote

Wisconsin Republicans on Sunday upped the pressure on Democrats who fled to Illinois to return home and vote on an anti-union bill, with the governor calling them obstructionists and a GOP lawmaker threatening to convene without them. Gov. Scott Walker said the 14 minority Democrats who left Madison on Thursday were failing to do their jobs by "hiding out" in another state. And Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald said his chamber would meet Tuesday to act on non-spending bills and confirm some of the governor's appointees even if the Democrats don't show up — a scenario that should outrage their...

Russia, China, Radical Islam and the Latin American Threat to US Survival

Brazilian philosopher, Olavo de Carvalho is an expert on the Latin American Left and its ties to Islam, Russia and China. Olavo de Carvahlo In this interview, with Jeff Nyquist, de Carvahlo eloquently and forcefully states a theme I've long promoted on this blog - that Russia, China, Cuba, Iran radical Islam and the Latin American Left, co-ordinated by Cuba and Brazil through the Sao Paolo Forum, are working together to destroy the the United States of America. I emphasize - not to weaken, to marginalize, to impoverish - but to DESTROY the USA. As Carvalho explained, “The Russian-Chinese influence...

House GOP spares no pet projects in trimming budget

Everyone knew Republicans would try to defund President Obama's signature health-care overhaul. The GOP plan to fund the government through September is an assault on bedrock Democratic priorities. It imposes substantial spending cuts that would alter the role of government in nearly every area of society - from education and human services to transportation projects, foreign humanitarian aid and medical research. Gone, too, are an array of federal environmental regulations and consumer product safety measures that private industries have long opposed.

Ray McGovern(Army Veteran)Brutalized & Left Bleeding by Hillary Clinton Police “So this is America?”

At Clinton Speech: Veteran Bloodied, Bruised & Arrested for Standing Silently As Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave her speech at George Washington University yesterday, condemning governments that arrest protestors and do not allow free expression, 71-year-old Ray McGovern was grabbed from the audience in plain view of her by police and an unidentified official in plain clothes, brutalized and left bleeding in jail. She never paused speaking. When Secretary Clinton began her speech, Mr. McGovern remained standing silently in the audience and turned his back. Mr. McGovern, a veteran Army officer who also worked as a C.I.A. analyst for...

Wisconsin demonstrators party like it's 1968

(Reuters) - The issues were serious but the mood was cheery on Sunday among demonstrators in Wisconsin protesting an effort by the Republican governor to reduce the bargaining power of public employee unions. Protesters, marking the start of a second week of mass action, jammed inside the state Capitol's rotunda, protected from the sleet and wet snow outside, to munch pizza donated by sympathizers from out of state and from foreign countries. "It's like a street festival," said Tyler Pagel, 29, whose wife is a teacher, one of tens of thousands of workers who could be affected by Gov. Scott...

Union demonstrators given protest training

MADISON, Wis. — Some demonstrators against Gov. Scott Walker's budget bill curtailing state workers' union bargaining rights have been trained to peacefully respond to counter-protests at the state Capitol. Chris Terrell of Madison says protesters spending the night inside the Capitol rotunda were instructed by union members in advance of the arrival of Tea Party activists. Terrell says demonstrators were taught how to remain calm during confrontations and respond to Tea Party activists with specific talking points.

Religious leaders offering sanctuary for Wisconsin Democrats

Religious leaders in Illinois and Wisconsin are offering sanctuary to Wisconsin Democrats as they boycott a vote on a Republican bill that would strip public workers of nearly all their collective bargaining rights. A group of Catholic, Jewish and Protestant leaders say they're on board with the minority Democrats in the state Senate. The entire caucus fled the state Capitol on Wednesday to avoid voting on the bill.

No Right to Strike: Calvin Coolidge and the Boston Police Strike of 1919

The vexatious wave of de facto strikes by absentee Wisconsin public school teachers and Illinois-bound state legislators that has greeted newly-elected Badger State Governor Scott Walker’s vigorous attempts to rein in unsustainable public spending inevitably summons to mind the case of a once-obscure, first-term Massachusetts governor and a more overt public employee strike of nine decades ago. The governor in question: the famously taciturn Silent Cal Coolidge. The work stoppage in question: The Boston Police Strike of 1919

Hatred: The hallmark of the progressive-left

Just over a month ago, President Obama took to a stage in Arizona to decry what he perceived as the caustic nature of political discourse in our country. On this issue, and very few others, we agree. But Mr. Obama was delinquent in pointing out the individuals and organizations – the factions – responsible for stoking the fires of discontent and, dare I say, hatred. The unspoken reason for this omission is because most – if not all – of the caustic rhetoric – the unbridled hatred – comes from the Progressive Left and there are myriad examples to prove...

Madison Schools will be Closed Again Monday (Defy orders of State Union President)

Madison public schools will be closed Monday for the fourth straight day, amid major demonstrations at the Capitol. So many teachers have called in sick in recent days, to protest GOP Gov. Scott Walker's controversial budget repair bill, that Madison schoolchildren were told to stay home last Wednesday through Friday. Numerous districts around the state, including the state's largest, the Milwaukee Public Schools, also were closed at various points last week. Teachers, other public employees, and their supporters are outraged by the measure in Walker's bill, which would strip public workers of most of their collective bargaining rights. They call...

Stripped, punched and whipped with flag poles: Full horror of Lara Logan's attack emerges

According to one source, reported in The Sunday Times newspaper, sensitive parts of her body were covered in red marks that were originally thought to have been bite marks. After further examination they were revealed to be from aggressive pinching. And medical sources have revealed that marks on her body were consistent with being whipped and beaten with the makeshift poles that were used to fly flags during the demonstration.

The Coupon Whisperer: Sensible Stockpiling

Okay, many of you have learned some of the fundamentals of the art of couponing and you have gone HOG WILD! Suddenly you are stockpiling vast quantities of FREE (or almost free) stuff. However, you might also find out that you are quickly running out of space for storing all those freebies. Welcome to the club. When I first began couponing in a big way nearly 2 years ago, I went overboard in the couponing department. Suddenly I had like a year's supply of toilet paper covering my walls. However, after a few weeks I had to ask myself...

Wisconsin protests: Obama goes too far by mobilizing opposition

There are many lessons to be learned from the protests and outright abdication of duty by public labor unions and Democrats (but I repeat myself) in Wisconsin. One of them is that there can no longer be any doubts that President Obama has radical ideas about the proper balance and relationship between the federal and state governments. From the Washington Post: President Obama thrust himself and his political operation this week into Wisconsin’s broiling budget battle, mobilizing opposition Thursday to a Republican bill that would curb public-worker benefits and planning similar protests in other state capitals. Obama accused Scott Walker,..

2009 - Use of Capitol building as homeless shelter raises concerns (Wisconsin unions kick them out?)

Use of Capitol building as homeless shelter raises concernsBy Stacy Forster of the Journal Sentinel May 29, 2009 Madison - State Capitol police respond to dozens of incidents each month involving homeless people who spend their days in the landmark building. Capitol police say the building is secure and the incidents involving the homeless aren't that different from those involving the thousands of people who work in and visit the building each day. But some lawmakers believe the state should do a better job of helping those who seek shelter in the Capitol, rather than just housing them during the...

Text of the Proposed WI Bill (excerpted)

SENATE BILL 11 February 14, 2011 − Introduced by COMMITTEE ON SENATE ORGANIZATION, by request of Governor Scott Walker. Referred to Joint Committee on Finance. AN ACT relating to: state finances, collective bargaining for public employees, compensation and fringe benefits of public employees, the state civil service system, the Medical Assistance program, sale of certain facilities, granting bonding authority, and making an appropriation. Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau COLLECTIVE BARGAINING Under current law, municipal employees have the right to collectively bargain over wages, hours, and conditions of employment under the Municipal Employment Relations Act (MERA), and state employees have...

Greedy Pigs....

Just about every time I decide to waste my valuable time on this earth discussing anything with a Progressivevik fingersniffer, one word invariably comes up: "greedy". "CEOs are greedy. The rich are greedy. People who oppose Obamacareless are greedy. The United States is greedy...." Blah, blah, blah, 2+2=5, yadda, yadda, yadda. It's as if their little minds can't come up with another concept. It's fairly apparent that when God was passing out brains, the libs were too busy taking bong hits to care. Critical thinking is certainly not a liberal concept to say the least, since it is the libs,...

Libyan protests reach Tripoli as Gaddafi son warns of civil war

Demonstrators opposed to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi took over large parts of Libya’s second city and were reported to be fighting in the capital Tripoli. Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, Col Muammar Gaddafi's second son and heir apparent, last night warned of “rivers of blood” and said Libya was on the brink of a civil war that would burn its oil wealth. In a televised statement he acknowledged the army made mistakes during the protests, but denied reports that “hundreds” were killed in the violence. He added that his father, who has only briefly appeared on state television in a pro-government rally, remained...

Moderate Wisconsin Republicans Offer Compromise

With Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker maintaining a hard line on his budget bill and Democratic senators refusing to return to Madison to vote, attention is turning to a group of moderate Republican senators to negotiate a compromise to the stalemate that has drawn thousands of protesters to the state capital for a sixth straight day. The proposal, written by Sen. Dale Schultz and first floated in the Republican caucus early last week, calls for most collective bargaining rights of public employee unions to be eliminated – per Mr. Walker's bill – but then reinstated in 2013, said Mr. Schultzs's chief...

After Wisconsin, How Do Democrats Argue Against a GOP Government Shutdown?

Congressional Democrats engaged in more saber rattling today over concerns House Republicans will shutdown the government if Democrats don't agree to some pretty significant budget cuts. The continuing resolution funding the federal government expires on March 4: Senior Senate Democrats slammed Republicans on Sunday for a "reckless" threat to shut down the government as political posturing intensified on both sides over federal spending and the budget deficit. The House of Representatives approved legislation on Saturday to cut federal spending by $61 billion through September. But The bill, pushed through by Republicans, was sure to be significantly changed by President Barack...

Banks threaten debit card spending limit

What if you go to use your debit card but find you have a $100 spending limit — even if you have more money in your account? Right now, the idea is a bargaining chip being used by some of the nation's biggest banks, including JP Morgan Chase, Bank of America and Citigroup. The change would have a big impact on shoppers. The average family spends $122 on groceries every week, so a simple trip to the supermarket might in the future require a stop at the ATM. It all goes back to new rules that Congress is considering aimed...

The Global Insurrection

If anyone doubted that we are living in a revolutionary age, the events of the past few months should have eliminated all the doubts. From the Middle East to North and South America, people are demanding radical change, and are doing their damnedest to drive out their current leaders. Some of them will be content to change leaders; others insist on thoroughgoing revolutionary transformations. That vast insurrection is “the event,” and we must try to understand it that way, not country by country or movement by movement.

Mix Brown and green to get red ink

Jerry Brown coyly has positioned himself as straddling the middle when it comes to California's disastrous budget deficit, hoping to be viewed by the Left as willing to increase taxes, but also by the Right as willing to cut spending. He would like to be seen as not too doctrinaire but, rather, as a high-minded pragmatist, giving and taking for the greater good. Over the horizon loom a pair of issues that will dwarf even the state's calamitous $25 billion of budgetary red ink. They are likely to reveal Brown's true color – green. Don't expect him to be coy....

An Open Letter To The Conservative Majority

Last November was nothing short of a mandate from the people, a resounding call for a more conservative, level-headed government. Now, it is up to our newly elected officials to follow-through on those campaign promises, and really deliver. Looking ahead at the next two years, many may opt to rehash old battles or passively obstruct the progressive agenda; but what the voters really want are results. Show America once and for all that there is a better way. Republicans cannot rest on former laurels, and coast into 2012 thinking that the current administration’s failures will somehow make our candidates that...

Wisconsin: What’s the Right Analogy?

Forget comparing what's happening in Madison right now to Greece, Egypt, Guernica, or Jutland. Think Gettysburg. Suddenly, all of the nation’s eyes are on Madison, Wisconsin, as a national battle long in the brewing was set off by the sudden reversal of political fortune last fall in the historical home of the “progressive” movement, when Republicans took over the statehouse and governorship. Public employee unions have been the last redoubt of the union movement, with unionized workers less than ten percent of the private work force. They have served to create an unvirtuous cycle of political graft and contribution that...

With Madison in chaos, enter the tea party

MADISON, Wis. — In a capital city overrun for much of the past week by union supporters, state employees and students — all objecting to the Republican governor's plan to cut collective bargaining rights and benefits for public workers — a new element was introduced Saturday: opposition to the opposition. And so, a significantly bolstered force of law officers kept a somewhat nervous eye on dueling protests. On one side of the Capitol square, swarms of union supporters chanted, as they have for days: "Kill the bill! Kill the bill!" On another corner, a cluster of demonstrators, many of whom...

Spent nuclear fuel is anything but waste

Time has come revive long-dormant reprocessing programFailure to pursue a program for recycling spent nuclear fuel has put the U.S. far behind other countries and represents a missed opportunity to enhance the nation's energy security and influence other countries, the former chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Sunday. Dale Klein, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor for Research at the University of Texas System, said largely unfounded concerns and "long-held myths" about the reprocessing of spent fuel have prevented the U.S. from tapping into an extremely valuable resource. Spent nuclear fuel, which includes some plutonium, often is inaccurately referred to as...

Wisconsin is not the only place sporting a Hitler feel today …

You can also peruse Tahrir Square in Cairo, where as many as a million Egyptians turned out for the triumphant — dare we say Khomeini-esque — return to the homeland of Sheikh Yusuf Qaradawi. He is the sharia compass of the Muslim Brotherhood and, for that matter, millions of Muslims the world over. As John Rosenthal has been reporting...the anti-Mubarak protesters whom the mainstream media and the Obama administration paint as the vanguard of “democracy,” continue to display visceral contempt for Israel and Jews. Rosenthal observes, “the numerous portraits of Mubarak with a Star of David scrawled on his face...

Navy Breaks World Record With Futuristic Free-Electron Laser

The Navy just set a new world record, a test blast from a new type of laser that can shoot cruise missiles from the sky in seconds with a deadly accuracy that simply doesn't exist in the military’s vast arsenal today. And that new record moved them one step closer to proving the "holy grail" of laser guns is real. To create incredible power requires incredible energy. After all, the more power one puts into a laser accelerator, the more powerful and precise the light beam that comes out on the other end. During a private tour of the Jefferson...

Rocky Mountain RINO?

In Wisconsin, New Jersey, Indiana and Ohio — and even Washington, DC — Republicans prove themselves by standing up to powerful special interests and proposing (and even enacting) daring reforms. But there’s one spot on the map intent on keeping the old idea of an Insider Knows Best GOP alive and kicking. In Colorado, leading Rocky Mountain Republicans have determined that their fight is really not with Democrats at all; it’s with Colorado voters. Republicans and Democrats in the Colorado General Assembly are on the same side — against citizens having too much of a voice. Hence the GOP approach...

Rep. Moore (D, WI) Tells Anti-Choice GOP Where to Shove Black Genocide Lie

When they were supposed to be fixing the deficit, the anti-abortion Republicans leading the House spent my and your tax dollars debating and passing Rep. Mike Pence’s (R-IN) “We Hate Colored, Low-Income Vaginas, Low-Cost Health Care, Non-Married Sex and Anything Else You People Ceme Up With,” “Title X Abortion Provider Prohibition Act.” On the off chance that the Senate follows suit, this bill would effectively gut federal funding for Planned Parenthood. While dirty tricksters like Live Action’s Lila Rose paint Planned Parenthood as an illicit abortion pusher, the organization operates 800 health centers that provide low-cost and free family planning...

Hackers warn Westboro Church: Stop now or els

A group of hacktivists acting under the banner, "Anonymous," has warned a church with a controversial history that unspoken retribution will follow it continues its practice of inflammatory protests. In an open letter to the Westboro Baptist Church, Anonymous has put the anti-gay, fundamentalist church on notice that "the damage incurred will be irreversible," and that "neither your institution nor your congregation will ever be able to fully recover." The Westboro Baptist Church is led by Rev. Fred Phelps. It has drawn particular attention for carrying out anti-gay protests at funerals of military servicemen with signs celebrating the deaths of...

Daily Ras Pres Tracking Poll : 23/41 (-18) approval index - overall 44/54 (-10)

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Sunday shows that 23% of the nation's voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as president. Forty-one percent (41%) Strongly Disapprove, giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -18 Overall, 44% of voters say they at least somewhat approve of the president's performance. Fifty-four percent (54%) disapprove.

Final Days of the USA: Destruction by Engineered Crises

The US Constitution is being intentionally destroyed along with the United States’ currency, economy, and the liberty of its people. This is generally being accomplished through the manipulations of our own national leadership elite along with an elite international cartel. You may very well recognize the Players. The New World Order Plot Here is the Helicopter View of 6 forces pushing for World Government (WG). The US, the US Constitution, and the American People are all that prevent the implementation of a WG and therefore all three must be destroyed. The WG will be under the control of the United...

Threats of Violence Rock Wisconsin Union Protests

The struggle over a budget repair bill in Wisconsin took an ominous turn Friday night as the Wisconsin State Assembly was forced to adjourn due to security concerns. Meanwhile fears for the safety of Gov. Scott Walker have been expressed. As the Wisconsin State Assembly engaged in a heated debate on the budget bill that would strip state employees of much of their collective bargaining power and force them to contribute more to their pension plans and health care insurance, throngs of angry demonstrators could be heard chanting louder and louder just outside the chamber, according to Wispolitics.com. Finally, Walker...

Mother of 3 Arrested for Taking Pictures of Tourist Attraction at Airport

This case is a frightening example of what can happen when a photographer encounters ignorant bullies with badges. According to the complaint filed in Federal Court, Nancy Genovese, a mother of three, was driving home on County Road 31 past Gabreski Airport in Suffolk County. Gabreski Airport displays a decorative helicopter shell by the roadway to the public, which is visible to all who pass by. Nancy Genovese stopped her car on the side of the road across the street from the airport in an area that is open and accessible to the public, and crossed over the road to...

Saudi Muslim who slaughtered NY professor ruled insane, trial postponed

Binghamton, NY (WBNG Binghamton) A man accused of killing a Binghamton University Professor in 2009 will not go to trial as expected next week. The Broome County District Attorney's Office says the court has postponed the murder trial for Abdusalam al-Zahrani, 45, from Saudi Arabia.

eMail Addresses of Wisconsin Senate Democrats

Wall Of SHAME............Here's a list of every Democrat Senator who ran from their duty, and betrayed the people of Wisconsin

Reality Lands on Wisconsin

Holy cow, the Wisconsin budget battle has gone from zero to the climax of Animal House in nothing flat. Of course, the reason for the high dudgeon is that everyone knows that there’s much more at stake than just Wisconsin, or just teachers, or just unions. This fight is between two competing versions of reality, and it’s a microcosm of the fight that’s taking place on a national scale. In one side’s reality, prosperity is a result of political will and intimidation. There will always be money, it’s just a question of who has the clout to claim the most...

The Rich, the Famous, the Armed

Emily Berl for The New York TimesShooting targets at the West Side Pistol Range, in Manhattan. MEN and women. Democrats and Republicans. Doctors, lawyers, merchants and moguls. A remarkable, if relatively small, cross-section of New Yorkers legally own handguns, according to public records... Among the more than 37,000 people licensed to have a handgun in the city are dozens of boldface names and public figures: prominent business leaders, elected officials, celebrities, journalists, judges and lawyers. Some expressed pride in their gun ownership, like the renowned divorce lawyer Raoul Felder, who readily posed with his .38-caliber Smith & Wesson... And there.

Reaganite's Sunday Funnies

Best dozen Op-Ed toons from around the United States this week... More at Reaganite Republican

Cotton crisis sends prices soaring

Get ready to pay more for blue jeans, towels, and baby-soft sheets. Cotton prices are way up, and retailers are no longer willing to soak up the increases without asking customers to share the pain.

Plaintiffs fire next shot in right to carry lawsuit!(NJ)

On February 18, the Second Amendment Foundation (SAF), Association of New Jersey Rifle and Pistol Clubs (ANJRPC) and 6 individual plaintiffs filed reply papers in their historic right to carry lawsuit, in response to the State of New Jersey’s absurd argument that the Second Amendment only applies inside the home, and that the public needs to be protected from those who legally carry firearms. The new reply papers are available on Saf.org. The federal lawsuit, filed in November of last year, challenges New Jersey’s unconstitutional “justifiable need” standard for issuance of handgun carry permits - a nearly impossible standard to...

Looks Like Ross Perot Was Right About The “Giant Sucking Sound”

Perot is famous (among other things) for his statement during the 1992 presidential campaign that if NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) was not a two way street would create a “giant sucking sound” of jobs going south to the cheap labor markets of Mexico. Both of Perot’s opponents (George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton) argued that NAFTA would create jobs in the U.S. because of business expansion. However, the goods balance of trade for the U.S. with Mexico has been negative and steadily growing over the years. In 2010 it amounted to $61.6 billion, which was 9.5% of the...

Texas Homeowner Uses Deadly Force to Protect Property

A late night burglary proves deadly in Odessa, Texas. At approximately 4:30 AM on February 18, 2011 a homeowner was awakened by barking dogs and when he looked outside he saw 3 individuals attempting to steal copper wiring from his his vehicle. The homeowner proceeded to yell at the suspects and fired a gun in their direction. The suspects fled the scene. A few moments later the police received a 911 call about a gunshot victim. When the paramedics arrived the gunshot victim had died. The deceased man has been identified as 53 year-old Rodney Allen Burns of Odessa, Texas....

The View from Wisconsin: 'Our Political Process has been Stopped by a Mob'

If you want to know just how unruly the union protests are at the state capitol in Madison, check out this eye-opening account from a Wisconsin political insider over at a Milwaukee radio station: Last night one Senator told me they had been told to clear the Capitol because the new groups coming in overnight are filled with with people "who aren't afraid to be arrested" and the Administration could not guarantee the safety of the legislators and their staffs. In our Capitol. On Thursday, legislators were advised to return to their offices and lock their doors. Mobs roamed the...

Competent clerk thwarts incompetent thieves in failed Northland robbery(MO)

Two men tried to rob a clerk at a Northland gun store Thursday, despite the fact that the clerk was wearing a shoulder holster with a semi-automatic handgun in plain view. Not surprisingly, the holdup failed miserably. In fact, the robbers lost $40. It all started about 2 p.m. when one of the robbers came into Guns Unlimited, 8113 N. Oak Trafficway, and asked for a box of .357 Magnum ammunition. The clerk told him it would cost about $50. The man said he needed to get more money and left. Just before 5 p.m., he returned with a partner...

The Audacity of Mobs

Something tells me this will backfire badly against the Democrats, the President, and the unions. This wave of ginned up angst, abandonment of responsibility, and the attempt to strong-arm the tax-payers of state of Wisconsin will be remembered for a long time to come. On Friday morning, my television and radio shows took calls from Wisconsin citizens, most of whom lived in Madison or very near, some of whom were teachers and more than willing to go along with the Governor's modest request. Though they didn't like the idea of what amounted to pay cuts, they weren't willing to send...

Hero's unwelcome: Wounded Iraq vet jeered at Columbia (University, New York)

Columbia University students heckled a war hero during a town-hall meeting on whether ROTC should be allowed back on campus. "Racist!" some students yelled at Anthony Maschek, a Columbia freshman and former Army staff sergeant awarded the Purple Heart after being shot 11 times in a firefight in northern Iraq in February 2008. Others hissed and booed the veteran. Maschek, 28, had bravely stepped up to the mike Tuesday at the meeting to issue an impassioned challenge to fellow students on their perceptions of the military. "It doesn't matter how you feel about the war. It doesn't matter how you...

Bloated Budgets Endanger Freedom

Inside the beltway, discussion of President Obama's proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 has provoked the "Sturm und Drang" that we have come to expect in the polarized partisan atmosphere that predominates in Washington. The President maintains that his $3.7 trillion proposal – which would produce a $1.6 trillion deficit this year (the largest since WWII and a whopping 11% of the economy), is a model of fiscal responsibility and should be adopted by the Congress with dispatch. The Republicans – who have heretofore shown themselves constitutionally incapable of addressing the runaway train that is Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security...

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/20/libyans-mass-day-protests-1819334753/

Donal Trump's name is splashed across casinos, condos and skyscrapers - yet despite years of speculation, it's never appeared on a ballot. The latest buzz about candidate Trump comes courtesy of the Draft Trump 2012 Committee, which hopes to get The Donald into the race for The White House. The group - neither funded by nor connected to Trump - is angling to put the billionaire developer's name on the ballot in four early battleground states: Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Nevada. The driving force behind the campaign is Missourian Nick McLaughlin, a Marine and Iraq war veteran. "I...

Libyan forces fire on mourners at funeral again (200 dead)

CAIRO – Libyan security forces opened fired on mourners at a funeral for anti-government protesters in the eastern city of Benghazi again Sunday, a day after commandos and foreign mercenaries loyal to longtime leader Moammar Gadhafi pummeled demonstrators with assault rifles and other heavy weaponry as well as knives. A doctor at one city hospital said he counted 200 dead in his morgue alone since unrest began six days ago. The crackdown in Libya is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of the anti-government protests that began with uprisings that toppled the regimes in Tunisia and Egypt. The...

Mitch Daniels, thinking like a president

President Obama's 2012 budget is the numerical embodiment of his State of the Union address - both being systematic distractions from the main, current tasks of governing. President Obama's 2012 budget is the numerical embodiment of his State of the Union address - both being systematic distractions from the main, current tasks of governing. His plan includes, according to Yuval Levin, editor of National Affairs, "no entitlement reform, no tax reform, no significant spending reform, indeed no meaningful change of direction of any sort." All the elements of a status quo budget are present. A dependence on rosy economic assumptions...

The Food Crisis Is A Dollar Crisis

The Food Crisis Is A Dollar Crisis By Dan Amoss 02/18/11 Jacobus, Pennsylvania – At this week’s hearing on Capitol Hill, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke demonstrated a lack of understanding about what causes inflation. His comments reflected a belief that GDP growth causes inflation. But true economic growth is production-driven, and adds to the supply of goods and services in the economy. True economic growth is not inflationary. Rather, inflation is driven by runaway government deficits and bloated central bank balance sheets. And right now, we have plenty of both. So we have every reason to expect the CPI, even...

Documents show Wisconsin unrest orchestrated and spreading

While part of the current unrest in Wisconsin is driven by local issues, new information has been uncovered indicating an orchestrated attempt to stir up 'worker protests' not only in Wisconsin but in at least a dozen states. The coordinated effort is part of a 'revolution' spearheaded in part by a group called 'Heartland Revolution,' a Kentucky-based political action organization. The group was first envisioned by a Kentucky Democrat, John Waltz, who announced his candidacy in 2009 to oppose 2-term Republican Geoff Davis for the 4th Congressional District. Waltz was defeated in the November 2010 midterm elections but embarked on...

Alarm Bells - Radical Union Leader Appointed to Important Trade Post

New Zeal ^ | 2/19/11 | Trevor Loudon
President Barack Obama has appointed a far left labor unionist to a security sensitive U.S. trade post. Bob King On February 16, 2011, Obama announced the appointment of United Auto Workers president Bob King to the Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. As U.S. trade positions and data are always key targets of foreign intelligence services, one would think that appointments to such a body would be subject to thorough scrutiny. Either this was not done in King's case, or affiliation with far left organizations, is no longer considered any sort of danger to national security in today's Washington....

Solar Flare Interferes With Radio, But No Big Auroras

The largest solar flare in several years has disrupted some communications, though it was not in the right position to create auroral displays visible from lower latitudes. The flare, which erupted on Feb. 15, sent what is called a coronal mass ejection, or CME, towards the Earth. A CME is billions of tons of charged particles, mostly protons. When the charged particles come close to the Earth, they are forced to move along the magnetic field lines, creating the auroral displays and radio interference. In a worst case, they can damage electrical systems.

THE SAFETY STATE, AT HOME AND ABROAD

In the twelve months since I wrote this column, I've come to regard regulation as an even bigger threat not just to liberty but to the essence of our humanity. Nevertheless, the pansification of western civilization is all but complete: News from around the world: In Britain, it is traditional on Shrove Tuesday to hold pancake races, in which contestants run while flipping a pancake in a frying pan. The appeal of the event depends on the potential pitfalls in attempting simultaneous rapid forward propulsion and pancake tossing. But, in St. Albans, England, competitors were informed by Health & Safety...

Death to Apostates: Not a Perversion of Islam, but Islam

The underlying premise of the democracy project is the former sense of “civilization.” As I argued at the time, the real world is the latter. And now, five years removed from the Abdul Rahman case, five more years of intensive, costly American entanglement with Afghanistan, Paul Marshall gives us the harrowing plight of Said Musa. When he told the Afghan court he was a Christian man, no Afghan defense lawyer would have anything to do with him — except the one who spat on him. He was thrown in jail as an apostate among 400 Afghan Muslims, and he has...

Here comes the snow again: 12-18 inches [Twin Cities; Delta cancels 200 flights so far]

Here comes the snow again: 12-18 inches The forecast for a foot -- maybe more -- in the metro area, plus high winds, could translate to a near-blizzard. By BOB von STERNBERG, Star Tribune Last update: February 19, 2011 - 11:27 PM After the past week's blessed respite from a brutal winter, the hammer is coming back down. A full foot of snow -- and maybe more -- was headed for the Twin Cities early Sunday, while a near-blizzard was predicted for much of central and southern Minnesota. Late Saturday, Star Tribune meteorologist Paul Douglas upped his expected snow totals...

Complete Video of Sarah Palin at LIA Event (Long Island Association)

At the link, there's access to 2 videos, each a little over a 1/2 hour. These are the first videos I've seen covering the whole event, rather than just 2 to 4 minute clips.

The West Bloomfield Teacher 'Sick Out'

About 40 percent of the West Bloomfield High School teachers didn’t show up for work on Feb. 15 in the midst of bitter contract negotiations. Superintendent JoAnn Andrees said that 41 high school teachers didn’t show up and that 36 of those teachers were not within a normal “pattern” of absences. Andrees said as many as a dozen teachers could be out on a typical day. The Michigan Department of Education said there are about 100 teachers at the high school as of 2009-10. “Nothing has happened to this degree before,” Andrees said. The missing classes were filled with substitutes...

Colo. has never had a regional rail plan. Now it will

In a time of lean state budgets, the Colorado Department of Transportation has launched an $800,000 study of the state’s railroads and created a new department to deal with railway and other transportation issues. It’s a move that could lay the groundwork for long-talked-about plans for high-speed trains from Pueblo through Colorado Springs to Fort Collins

Collected: Apple threat level hits new high

  Facts are meeting speculation. With Mac, iPad and iPhone sales on the up and up, this has been a fascinating week for Apple [AAPL] rumor. All the disparate claims seem headed into the final steps of their strange dance, unfolding like Lotus flowers, suggesting Apple is set to deliver the world's most efficient connected device-agnostic global mobile platform. Look at the evidence: Apple's selling more Macs than ever -- Mac sales growth has outpaced the market for 19 consecutive quarters; analysts predict smartphone sales will climb 50 percent this year and the iPad-dominated tablet market is growing faster than that...

TSA Source - Armed Agent slips past DFW body scanner

An undercover TSA agent was able to get through security at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport with a handgun during testing of the enhanced-imaging body scanners, according to a high-ranking, inside source at the Transportation Security Administration. The source said the undercover agent carried a pistol in her undergarments when she put the body scanners to the test. The officer successfully made it through the airport's body scanners every time she tried, the source said. "In this case, where they had a test, and it was just a dismal failure as I'm told," said Larry Wansley, former head of security at...

Less Than Half of Southwest Border Secure, Government Report Says

Just one month after Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the cancellation of a troubled virtual fence project along the southwest border, a new government report says that less than half of the 2,000 miles separating the U.S. and Mexico is "operationally controlled" by the Border Patrol. The Government Accountability Office report, released this week, found that only 129 miles are under "full control" of the Border Patrol, leaving the rest "vulnerable to cross-border illegal activity." The study examined the Border Patrol's ability to detect and respond not only to illegal activity on the immediate border but also after entry into...

Wisconsin – Union Mob Article and Video Roundup

The ruckus continues in Wisconsin but the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against the mob now occupying the state legislature. The days of stuffing oneself at the public trough have to come to an end and Republican governors and legislatures are watching this play out with interest. If WI Republican governor Scott Walker and an allied legislature are able to de-fang the public unions in a state that helped birth the ‘progressive’ movement then it can be done most anywhere. ‎“The accelerating clash between the private and public sectors obviously involves ideology, but a lot of it...

Costa Rica To Strengthen Border Security With Nicaragua, Whatever The Hague Decision

Costa Rican presidenta, Laura Chinchilla, announced Friday that security along the Nicaragua border will be strengthened regardless of the International Court decision that is due on March 8. "As a country we are with total determination to strengthen the presence of security forces, even if the ruling is favourable", Chinchilla said after a tour of the facilities of the company Terrapez in Bebedero and several other cities in Guanacaste. In addition, the presidenta stressed that the country cannot break its border defense if the International Court of Justice (ICJ) hands down a favourable decision. "I think if we are a...

There are two ways to raise children

SOUTHERN INDIANA — If you are raising children, or in a supervisory position telling your children how to raise their children, and you are suffering, call me. No, don’t. I’m too involved with the younger generation, those 55 and below, who are about to drive me nuts. When growing up, I never broke a Ten Commandment, especially, the one that says, “Obey.” Have you ever had a child, who, when you said, “Obey, it’s in the Bible,” said to you, “You’re not God.” A foreign observer remarked what surprised him, “is the way American parents obey their children.” I’ve warned...

Amazing!…Tea Party Brings in 15,000 Protesters to Madison w/ 24 Hour Notice Embarrassing Left

THOUSANDS of Tea Party Patriots turned out today in Madison, Wisconsin, in support of Republican Governor Scott Walker and his plans to correct the state’s financial future. It was an amazing turnout considering the Saturday rally was only announced on Friday morning. Oh… And we paid our own way. The tea party patriots filled the state capital grounds from the steps to the street over 100 yards back. There were so many Walker supporters there that you couldn’t here the speakers from the stage in the back of the crowd. The AP today estimated that 70,000 protesters turned out in...

Get ready: SEIU’s Purple Army nationwide protest schedule...

Attention, taxpayers and Tea Party activists. The Purple Army is coming to your town. Don’t let these Big Labor goons monopolize the protest square like they monopolize government workers. Here’s there current schedule over the next four days nationwide via the SEIU website. All hands on deck: 2/21 – Helena, MT 2/21 – Carson City, NV 2/21 – Raleigh, NC 2/21 – Austin, TX 2/21 – Madison, WI 2/22 – Sacramento, CA 2/22 – Denver, CO 2/22 – Des Moines, IA 2/22 – Annapolis, MD 2/22 – Boston, MA 2/22 – Springfield, MA 2/22 – St. Paul, MN 2/22 –...

Breitbart on the Scene in Madison: Unions Engaging in "Collective Bullying"

Interview conducted by National Review Online. Video at link.

Libya protests: 140 'massacred' as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent

Libya protests: 140 'massacred' as Gaddafi sends in snipers to crush dissent Women and children leapt from bridges to their deaths as they tried to escape a ruthless crackdown by Libyan forces loyal to Colonel Muammar Gaddafi. By Nick Meo, Cairo 7:50AM GMT 20 Feb 2011 Snipers shot protesters, artillery and helicopter gunships were used against crowds of demonstrators, and thugs armed with hammers and swords attacked families in their homes as the Libyan regime sought to crush the uprising. "Dozens were killed ... We are in the midst of a massacre here," a witness told Reuters. The man said...

House panel to probe White House health reform office (administration meetings with outside groups)

House panel to probe White House health reform officeBy Jason Millman - 02/18/11 05:01 PM ET Republicans on a powerful House panel, who haven’t been shy about flexing their new oversight authority to investigate the healthcare reform law, are setting their sights on a new target – the White House. The Energy and Commerce Committee, which has announced several probes into President Obama’s health department, is now asking the White House’s health reform office to disclose the details of meetings between the administration and outside groups. “We are troubled by the secret negotiations which apparently took place between the [White...

Development of Tiny Thorium Reactors Could Wean the World Off Oil In Just Five Years

An abundant metal with vast energy potential could quickly wean the world off oil, if only Western political leaders would muster the will to do it, a UK newspaper says today. The Telegraph makes the case for thorium reactors as the key to a fossil-fuel-free world within five years, and puts the ball firmly in President Barack Obama's court. Thorium, named for the Norse god of thunder, is much more abundant than uranium and has 200 times that metal's energy potential. Thorium is also a more efficient fuel source -- unlike natural uranium, which must be highly refined before it...

China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution'

China tries to stamp out 'Jasmine Revolution' By ANITA CHANG, Associated Press 40 mins ago BEIJING – Jittery Chinese authorities staged a concerted show of force Sunday to squelch a mysterious online call for a "Jasmine Revolution" apparently modeled after pro-democracy demonstrations sweeping the Middle East.

UK: Ministers axe foreign aid to half the current countries

Andrew Mitchell, the International Development Secretary, will announce next week he is axing multi-million pound schemes in almost 20 countries, including some of the poorest nations in Africa. The move follows a lengthy review of spending by the Department for International Development, that was in turn prompted by reports that huge sums of money had been wasted or simply been stolen on the ground. In response, Mr Mitchell will unveil a new system to introduce a 'cash on delivery' payments scheme when giving aid to poor countries. In one pilot scheme, schools in Ethiopia will receive £95 for every 16-...

Banks told to stress-test for 11% jobless rate: report

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The Federal Reserve is requiring 19 banks that underwent U.S.-mandated “stress tests” to now test their capital against a recession scenario in which the unemployment rate rises to 11%, according to a report Thursday. The institutions went through the first stress tests in 2009, a time in the aftermath of the 2008 crisis when the financial system remained in fragile shape. In January, they submitted new capital plans to the Fed. Nancy Bush, analyst at NAB Research, said that with an 11% jobless rate, it’s apparent that regulators don’t want to be “too optimistic, as they had...

Gov. Walker is Right: Wisconsin Union Work Rules are (Insane) Costly

The various contracts between the state of Wisconsin and their multiple government employee unions contain dozens of provisions regarding guaranteeing the ability of union stewards to operate in and out of the workplace, often while paid. They are allowed to use work interoffice mail, phones, email and fax machines to communicate union business. They are guaranteed time off to attend union-mandated educational classes as well as to attend annual union conventions. Employees on leave without pay to attend to union and contract bargaining activities are allowed to still accrue vacation and sick leave, not for time working for the...

Meet their backyard backstabbers (Possible 2012 Republican presidential candidates)

After dazzling an audience of Washington insiders with a speech Wednesday, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the toast of the Republican Party, a political luminary whose star shines so brightly that no one actually believes him when he says unequivocally he’s not running for president. Yet to Steve Lonegan, Christie is just another hack — and a wildly overrated one at that. “He has been a big disappointment to conservatives in New Jersey,” said Lonegan, the former Bogota mayor who lost to Christie in the 2009 GOP primary but campaigned for him in the general election. Lonegan, now director...

End Public Sector Unions...Period

However, public sector "collective bargaining" is a bad joke, given that there are only chairs on one side of the bargaining table. The bigger universe of interested parties have zero representation in the process. There is no natural force working to keep costs in line...

YouTube - Israeli FM Warns Iran Over Warship Moves

Two Iranian warships are headed towards the Suez Canal en route to Syria with Israel's foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman hinting the Jewish State may respond. Lieberman said in a speech: "Israel cannot forever ignore these provocations." Israel has long accused Iran and Syria of providing weapons to Islamist groups seeking its elimination.

Republicans re-introduce voter ID bill (LOL, no Dems around to stop)

MADISON (AP) - Wisconsin would join 27 other state in requiring that identification be shown before voters can register to vote or cast ballots under a bill circulated for co-sponsorship by Republicans on Friday. Republican leaders promised to push the voter ID bill after they won back majority control of the Legislature following the November mid-term elections. Newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker has indicated he supports the requirement, but his office had no immediate comment on the bill being circulated. Republicans passed the voter ID requirement three times when Democrat Jim Doyle was governor, only to have it vetoed...

Global review: A new global food crisis looms

lobal review: A new global food crisis looms BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Soaring food prices, which the World Bank says have hit "dangerous levels," have thrust the issue of food security sharply into the global spotlight over the past week. From Asia to the Middle East and to Latin America, the trends of food prices have aroused widespread public concerns globally and in the developing world in particular. World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick warned on Tuesday: "Global food prices are rising to dangerous levels and threaten tens of millions of poor people around the world." Rising food...

Dem Senators Huddle, Showdown Looms

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports: "Sen. Jim Holperin (D-Conover) said Democratic senators were to meet in caucus again on Saturday night at an undisclosed location in Illinois. Holperin said the senators expect to remain out of state through the weekend, but eventually will have to make a decision – either to come back to Wisconsin, or because Gov. Scott Walker and Republicans move on the issue of ensuring the rights of public employee unions. The senator said he and his Democratic colleagues have been getting together at least once a day. Most meet personally, but some have called in by...

Tea Partiers strike back in Madison

MADISON, Wisc. – Thousands of Tea Partiers gathered in Madison on Saturday, in an effort to rally support for newly elected Republican Gov. Scott Walker’s deficit reduction plan. Likely 2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain, local Madison and Milwaukee conservative radio host Vicki McKenna, Gateway Pundit blogger Jim Hoff, Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher and conservative media guru Andrew Breitbart each took their shots at the union bosses who were gathering their supporters on the other side of the state capitol building. McKenna kicked it off calling for the Tea Party movement to stay strong and committed. “They want to think...

Police: Ill Gov. Quinn's appointee used racial slurs (Video)

In Friday's Intelligence Report: Trouble for one of Gov. Pat Quinn's newest appointees to a top state position. The I-Team has learned that Illinois Labor Relations Board appointee Mike Joyce was arrested in 2009 in an incident that police say involved racial slurs from Joyce. Gov. Quinn appointed Mike Joyce to the Illinois Labor Relations Board on Valentine's Day. The state board position pays more than $90,000 a year. On Friday, though, the governor told the I-Team he was unaware of Mr. Joyce's run-in with the law, an incident that police say involved Joyce repeatedly using the "N-word" at officers.

Politicians Watching Tapped-out Voters Rise Up In Anger are Getting Nervous (You can help)

Listen up FReepers from all states. "High-Speed Rail" is a national problem (left to your children and grandchildren to support) not just a problem for Florida and a few other states. Liberals have all of us mapped out and in their sights. This HUGE new government bureaucracy is getting ready to leave the station! And they will never pull the plug on this money pit. We will be told to subsidize it forever. Environmentalists, along with the msm and coordinating liberal groups, will have done their work and it will be "vital national emergency" to have and to keep rail...

Pirates: Yacht to make landfall in Somalia (Obama surrenders; no hostage rescue)

Pirates are now saying the yacht hijacked from a SoCal couple will make landfall in Somalia on Sunday, which may lessen the chance of a rescue at sea. The pirates took control of the yacht Quest on Friday in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Somalia. The Quest belongs to Jean and Scott Adam, two members of the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina Del Rey. The Newport Beach couple has been sailing around the world since 2004 on their yacht, posting updates on their website. The trip was part adventure, part ministry, as they handed out Bibles along...

Michele Bachmann and the politics of Minnesota

Minnesota is confused. Minnesota confuses everyone, if they bother to look. One year it’s a governor who would sooner saw off the arm he uses to cast a fishing rod than raise taxes; the next it’s Al Franken, who would raise taxes to subsidize auto-amputations. (Your body, your choice.) The state that elected Paul Wellstone and Jesse “The Body” Ventura. In 2010, the House and Senate of the local legislature flipped to the GOP; the people also elected a Democrat governor, Mark Dayton, who promptly proposed taxes on the “rich.” He understands what it’s like to struggle, having sold off...

Update from on the Ground in Wisconsin: We Stand With Governor Scott Walker

Dear Free Republic, As I looked out from the stage on the faces of thousands of folks at the "Stand With Walker" rally in Madison, Wisconsin today a young 7 or 8 year-old girl atop her dad's shoulders stood out. She was waving a "Fight Back Wisconsin" sign and cheering happily. Before the rally her dad had told me they gave up her basketball game today to come to the rally because "It's time to stand tall." Next to them in his hard hat was Mansfield, a tall, wiry gentleman who runs a small brick laying business near Madison. These...

Left attempt to usurp 2010 election results in Wisconsin

Anyone wondering just how far unionized public sector employees are willing to go to get their way can stop wondering. What is going on in Wisconsin is nothing less than an attempt to usurp the results of the 2010 election, using Democrat- and union-organized intimidation as the vehicle of choice. Yet when one cuts through all of the orchestrated outrage by union thugs and their co-conspirators in the media and Democrat party, one inarguable fact emerges: the progressive agenda was thumped on November 2, 2010 by the Wisconsin electorate. Not nipped. Hammered. Progressive agenda was thumped on November 2, 2010...

Rhetorical Idiocy

As a high school teacher, I’m always mildly surprised to discover that my students have no real idea that foreign cultures — other peoples — are so different as to be virtually different species. They’re amazed to learn that untold millions of human beings have never seen a roll of toilet paper, and are dumbstruck to discover that in many nations, women and girls may be killed by their relatives for real or imagined offenses against family honor. Over the years I’ve learned that most American adults know, intellectually, that the peoples of other lands are not like Americans, but their practical understanding of these differences is, like their younger countrymen, weak. Unfortunately, the president of the United States is no better off. Arguably, he is worse.

Havana, Wisconsin

Leftists have decided to try to intimidate the families of lawmakers: