Posts Tagged ‘News’
Carpe Diem Culture
This month I thought I’d take a detour from my usual writing on the political “military-industrial complex”. I didn’t feel like doing nuts-and-bolts campaign mechanics either. Something’s been gnawing at the edges of my mind for a time, and I wanted to draw it out. So bear with me please. Now, it’s certainly no secret…
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The Greek mathematician Archimedes once said: “Give me a place to stand, and with a long enough lever I will move the whole world,” thus introducing the concept of leverage. This very same principle is at the core of all local politics everywhere. Accordingly, figuring out where the windows of opportunity–those bottlenecks and pressure points–are…
Read MoreState of the Unions
I still remember the smell of that locker room. Every summer during college, I worked at a plant on an industrial island in the Mississippi River. Corn syrup (the fructose in our soft drinks) was the main product, although we also loaded some impressively big barges with some sort of cattle feed. Hours were long,…
Read MoreWhat if This Isn’t an Accident?
What if it’s all on purpose? The country’s biggest talkers have unabashedly taken this question into consideration in recent weeks as the state of our nation’s economy continues to worsen. Even Rush Limbaugh, the most listened-to man in America, argued that an economic collapse or a default on our national debt would be “intentional” on…
Read MoreAmerican Majority’s Training Bomb, September 17th, 2011
On September 17th, 2011, we will celebrate the 224th anniversary of the signing of our Constitution. It is one of the greatest political documents in history, and has provided us with a roadmap to become the most prosperous and free nation the world has ever seen. But in 2011, the principles of limited government and individual freedom are in…
Read MoreThe New Leaders Project Now Over 50% To Goal
We are proud to announce that more than 500 groups have now taken the New Leaders Pledge since the launch of this first-of-its-kind national program late last year. Those local tea party and activist groups have agreed to recruit and train more than 5,000 new potential candidates in advance of the 2011 and 2012 elections.…
Read MoreToday Is An Historic Day In Wisconsin
Today is an historic day in Wisconsin, but you wouldn’t know by the lack of protestors in Madison. As if all but forgotten, Act 10 (the famous Budget Repair Bill) is officially the law of the land here in the Dairy State. I find it strangely odd that I am back in Madison on the…
Read MoreWisconsin Supreme Court Upholds Budget Repair Bill
Late yesterday afternoon, the Wisconsin Supreme Court weighed in on the Budget Repair Bill (Act 10) and ruled that it did not violate the Open Meetings Law. Judge Maryann Sumi’s injunction to Act 10 was voided because she exceeded her authority, “invaded” the Legislature’s constitutional powers and erred in stopping the publication and implementation…
Read MoreSo, You Want to Run for Office…(Part 2)
Last month we talked about the preliminary steps a person should run through if they’re thinking of running for office. (Read the article here.) Now we’ll dig a little deeper and point out some very practical parts of the equation that hit on a personal level. And of course my closing thought from last time…
Read MoreNever Too Early to Think About 2012
Today, the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau (LFB) announced their estimate of an additional $636 million of revenue over the next three years due to an increase in the LFB’s projection of Wisconsin tax collections. If liberals were running the show in Madison, we would likely already be hearing how the money should be spent as…
Read MoreANY PREDICTIONS?
Budget Repair Bill: done, but held up in court. State Supreme Court Race: done, but held up in recount. Senate recall campaigns: mostly done, but held up with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board verifying signatures. What is next? No one can predict. Who would have predicted our State Capitol being overrun with people sleeping, eating…
Read MoreAndrew Breitbart’s Righteous Indignation
I recently had the pleasure of having a little chat with Andrew Breitbart about his new book, Righteous Indignation; Excuse Me While I Save the World! Sadly, since Andrew and I have been in the same place I think exactly three times over the last three years, we did the interview via email. But below…
Read MoreEnough Already!
The Wisconsin Supreme Court Recount began today in county courthouses across the state. With Justice David Prosser having a 7,316 vote lead over Challenger Joanne Kloppenburg, many are curious what will happen through this process. This morning, I observed the Recount Canvass in Ozaukee County to get a feel for what the next few…
Read MoreGame Over, Birfers
The President has released his long-form birth certificate, proving that he was, in fact, born in Hawaii as he has consistently said. You can find the (.pdf) here, and the press secretary’s statement here. It was just a matter of time until this came out. For an explanation of the political expediency of releasing the…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Things I Miss About Nancy Pelosi Being Speaker of the House
Recount Mania
After days of waiting to hear if JoAnne Kloppenburg would request a recount in her recent loss of the Wisconsin State Supreme Court, the news finally arrived late yesterday afternoon. In Wisconsin, a recount is provided to a candidate at the expense of the taxpayers when the vote difference is less than one half percent…
Read MoreSo, You Want to Run for Office… Part 1
Many new activists and groups are fuzzy on exactly how to go about becoming the next crop of liberty-minded leaders. Where and how should you begin considering a run for office? When do you decide it’s YOU that should step forward?
In the April issue of The Groundswell, Matt Robbins offers some important advice for anyone who is considering running for office.
Read MoreObjectivity in the News: What’s the Point?
You may never hear me say this again, but I am proud to proclaim that I am more progressive than my peers here at UVA. When a group of twenty of us were asked whether it was worth making the effort to retain objectivity in the reporting of news, nineteen said yes: reporters and news…
Read MoreWhat’s Next for Wisconsin?
A recount is looming over yesterday’s Wisconsin Supreme Court election. Currently, Incumbent Justice David Prosser is trailing by 206 votes to Prosecutor Joanne Kloppenburg with 100% of the precincts reporting. With the momentum from the union protests, this election was one that many thought Kloppenburg would win. But the Tea Party showed up to…
Read MoreTop 10 Dark Horse Republican Presidential Candidates
With the presidential election only about 20 months away, the list of GOP nominees is slowly starting to come into focus as “exploratory committees” and PACs are forming almost on a daily basis. The names are well known: Gingrich, Palin, Romney, Bachmann, Pawlenty, Daniels, etc. And while some of these names might not excite all…
Read MoreJudge Sumi Strikes Again
Dane County Judge Maryann Sumi has issued another temporary restraining order (TRO) blocking further implementation of the budget repair bill (Act 10), which Governor Scott Walker signed into law on March 11. See if you can follow me on this legal mess. Last Monday, the Department of Justice appealed Judge Sumi’s original TRO delaying publication…
Read MoreWinter is Back
This past week I started packing away all of my winter items and getting ready for spring in Wisconsin. I was looking forward to a new beginning, snow finally melting, the robins returning and buds appearing. It seems to me a breath of freshness is needed in Wisconsin, winter is always tough here and I…
Read MoreThe Top 10 Jobs Barack Obama Should Consider Instead of Being the President
With our president AWOL on most every domestic and worldwide issue (with the exception being Michelle Obama’s war against really tasty food), we’ve come up with some potential jobs for the president to consider. If nothing else, he can file these jobs under the “created” category as he talks about the debacle that…
Read MoreFrom Zero to 60: Effective Activism in Texas
By far the coolest facet of my job is daily interaction with grassroots patriots. Like our Founding Fathers and patriots of every era since then, these people work hard all day, take care of their families, fulfill their obligations, etc. What truly makes them stand with those former generations of patriots is that whether it’s big or small, they refuse to let a day go by where they don’t do something to promote liberty. The future of their country and her freedom is simply too important for them to not take up that banner every day.
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