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What is  happening in Wisconsin is not solely about the budget.... in fact, as time goes by and more information is digested... it is about a megalomaniac and a power grab that is rapidly reaching to an impeachable offense level.....


For example, Section 44. 16.896 states that the state “department may sell any state−owned heating, cooling, and power plant or may contract with a private entity for the operation of any such plant, with or without solicitation of bids, for any amount that the department determines to be in the best interest of the state,” and “no approval or certification of the public service commission is necessary for a public utility to purchase, or contract for the operation of, such a plant, and any such purchase is considered to be in the public interest...”
This means that a Walker appointee can sell state utility assets to anyone he wants for any price he wants without even the pretense of input from Wisconsin citizens or the Public Service Commission. Or just the operation of these plants can be contracted to a private company. That private firm (like Walker's campaign donors the billionaire Koch brothers) will fire the state's union workers. And then charge the state for the services provided. And be able to raise the cost beyond what the state was paying before. And it is “considered to be in the public interest” just because Walker says so. If you think this will result in public good, Google “Scott Walker Wackenhut” and see how it turned out last time he tried this.

Read the full article from The Ashland Current HERE 

What  is also at stake is Wisconsin's natural resources....  Wisconsin has over 417, 329 acres of State forest land.... Walker is opening a door that could conceivable allow him to SELL it "to the anyone at any price!    We have a Company operating in Wisconsin called, Georgia Pacific.... heavy into making pulp and paper products.  Hmmmm... ever hear of them.... refresh you memory...



Founded in 1927 as a wholesaler of hardwood lumber, Georgia-Pacific has grown through expansion and acquisitions to become one of the world's leading manufacturers and marketers of tissue, pulp, paper, packaging, building products and related chemicals.
The company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange from 1949 through 2005, when it was acquired as a wholly owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc., a privately owned company based in Wichita, Kansas. ......

 ..A lot of people voted for a Republican... the problem does not lie there... Wisconsin has had decent and honest Republican's in office before, Governor Lee Sherman passed the first law banning discrimination against Gays and Lesbians in 1978..... Congressman William Steiger helped write and pass OSHA into law.....  But Scott Walker is owned by big business.... he represents out side state interests before those of Wisconsin citizens.

and now a musiKal interlude.... kiss kiss&stuff

Loose Cannon in Wisconsington

Scott Walknutz has created a US and Them mentality in Wisconsin......which is sad, because, mostly there was always an US Attitude.  Well, minus a few Chicago Bear fans that come out of the closet in the fall.  Walker would like to make it seem a budget issue, that he has to get rid of unions.... READ MORE.... but the sadness is that he considers no other option... has revealed a closed mind that can not grasp any other solution.  It's my way or the highway.  Blow me or Fuck you.

And that's sad. America was always a nation of innovators.  He has offered nothing innovative.  We compromise and try to work together. He shows no willingness to work together.  And he talks gibberish.... stating first he was opposed to toll roads in Wisconsin... the then said... for "Some Lanes" he would support it.  We have never had toll roads.

....it has become very clear.... That Walknutz doesn't mean what he says...... and says what he doesn't mean.....

the real problem.... is that this may spread.... I think we need to quarantine the State.

I would not encourage anyone to come here for vacation, business, recration, hunting.... and writee a letteer to Scott Walker telling him why.
Emailgovgeneral@wisconsin.gov

Mail
Office of Governor Scott Walker
115 East CapitolMadison WI 53702

Phone(608) 266-1212

Beer from Lee and music from Susan......Phantsy That

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Susan, from Phantsy That  mentioned this...... it's good to remember ..... and in other news.....

 Here's some 'trickle down' economy for you:
With the July 27, 2010 enactment of the FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act (H.R. 4899/P.L.
111-201) Congress has approved a total of $1.121 trillion for military operations, base security,
reconstruction, foreign aid, embassy costs, and veterans’ health care for the three operations initiated
since the 9/11 attacks: Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) Afghanistan and other counter terror
operations; Operation Noble Eagle (ONE), providing enhanced security at military bases; and
Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). 


Yesiree "bob....and those are just YTD totals from a Congressional report


READ IT HERE

but the Wisconsin GovNob... wants to bust Teacher's Unions... to help create jobs.... to stimulate biz spending... and he is willing to lay-off-eliminate- thousands .... to create jobs.

Wisconsin's estimated cost of the Afgan and Iraq 'conflicts' is approx $1.7 BB .... which could fund about 43,000 Elementary School teachers.

... but no new taxes... that would hurt job creation...... and he is willing to eliminate jobs to keep those corporate taxes low...... cause that creates jobs.
I have had enough of trickle down bullshit... under Reagan and Bush and all it feels like is getting pissed on.
And when the vets come home....and soon I hope.... there will be no jobs, no VA hospitals, no rehab programs.... because Walker will have eliminated all those programs ...... to create jobs.  And he is willing to fire workers to create those jobs........

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But the Govnittor tells the Democratic Senators to get back to Madison.... so he can piss on them.... and then piss on all of Wisconsin.... so HE can sell off state property, give big tax breaks to business, and DAMMITT.... create some jobs..... even if he has to fire thousands of workers to do it!!!!

Noperz.... I ain't drinking that Kool_Aid.

I am tired.  I am poor. I am sick.  I am sick and tired of being poor.  Scott Walknutz has got nothing for me..... except maybe a diet Koch. The guy is a smarmy piece of shit.

But I gotz friends, see,  and my buddy Lee from Oshkosh Beer     dropped me off one of these

I might need a few......

Have a good day...

Just an old fashioned love song...

http://www.progressivesunited.org

Governor WALKER SHOULD BE FLOGGED!!!!Walker Should Be Flogged For His Inability To Control His Underlings

... just so all views are presented, ain't no deal, see


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the more things change... the more they stay the same....

Have a KOCH

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?Well it isnot new News that yesterday, after steadfastly refusing to speak with State Democrats, Scott Walker readily took a PHONE CALL from whom he thought was billionare industrialists David Koch.  Amongst several things discussed on the phone call Walker,
 floated an idea to lure Democratic senators back to the Capitol for negotiations and then have the Senate quickly pass the bill while they are in talks.The caller suggested he was thinking about "planting some troublemakers" among the protesters, and Walker said his administration had thought about doing that, too, but decided against it.

What has Koch Industries been doing while out of the public eye?

• Funding climate denial groups to try to keep America pro-oil.


• Getting named as one of the top 10 air polluters in the United States.


• Financially supporting Americans for Prosperity, a front group denying the findings of 98% of all climate scientists.

Walker has also passed legislation limiting Corporate liability in tort cases and easing pollution regulation.
It is almost impossible to completely trace funding provided by the Koch brothers to various conservative causes and politicians. I could write forever!!  It is like trying chasrt the flight pattern of a shithouse fly.
A former Wisconsin Attorney General believes that the phone call between Walker and the caller pretending to be Koch reveals several ethic violations.  That maybe an arguing point, but it, the phone call, clearly reeveals that Walker is a puppet to the billionaire brothers. It will forever taint anything he tries to do in the future and, while not an impeachable offense as far as I can tell, is clearly indicative of  reasons for recall.

Koch says that it will not profit from a small part of the budget bill that allows Walker to sell state assets, specifically power plants,  without bids, scrutiny or price control..... Koch industries is heavily invested in gas, coal, and energy production.... but a Koch spokesperson said,

“The power plant assertion is one more example of many baseless falsehoods and speculation made by a vested interest that gets picked up and repeated over and over in the media,” said a statement from Philip Ellender, president of government and public affairs for Koch Cos. Public Sector LLC. “We have no interest in purchasing any of the state owned power plants in Wisconsin and any allegations to the contrary are completely false.”

ya, the check is in the mail, I will love you tomorrow, and warm flat beer is best... shit....&whiskers..

. look... I can't go on.... I feel like I have been surfing porn..... or trying to clean a sewer with a g=toothbrush....  this is not my America.

David Koch with trophy wife purchased with no competitive bid.

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Let's also not forget that other rights are under attack and other people a fighting, protesting.... please chedck out Border Explorer for info on what is also happening in Texas

Scott Walker is a Wanker.... and a lying one.

Here's Scotty....

"As more and more protesters come in from Nevada, Chicago and elsewhere, I am not going to allow their voices to overwhelm the voices of the millions of taxpayers from across the state who think we’re doing the right thing.  This is a decision that Wisconsin will make."
Scott Walker... addressing the State in TV address

Madison — A Utah-based group has started the process to recall eight Wisconsin Democratic state senators from office.
American Recall Coalition filed the paperwork Tuesday with the Wisconsin Government Accountability Board. The group has 60 days to collect the required signatures to force a recall vote.   m

UTAH?????   It is hard to be polite... it really is... blow me, Scott, as well as fuck me.

Hey, it's not just me that thinks Walker is connected to the Koch Bros...G

US NEWS AND WORLD REPORT  .... not exactly a flaming liberal publication...

"How does it feel to be a puppet on a string? Or a muse? Ask Governor Walker. He’s the Koch brothers’ puppet. And for that, thank the Supreme Court for their ridiculous decision in the Citizens United case, because what’s happening in Wisconsin is just a tiny taste of things to come. Corporate billionaires pulling our politicians’ strings. [Read the U.S. News op-ed debate: Is the Supreme Court's Citizens United Decision Hurting Democracy?]"

Plus... the Governor has been apprised that his collective bargaining bashing could cost the State $46MM

 HUFFPO- full article

 Wisconsin received $74 million in federal transit funds this fiscal year. Of that, $46.6 million would be put at risk should the collective-bargaining bill come to pass -- in the process creating an even more difficult fiscal situation than the one that, ostensibly, compelled Walker to push the legislation in the first place.

The governor is certainly aware of this. While the potential loss of funds may have escaped the attention of many observers, sources familiar with the state's transportation policy tell The Huffington Post that Walker's office has been informed of the relevant legal language. Moreover, in an a nearly unnoticed report filed by the state's Legislative Fiscal Bureau, the non-partisan budget scorekeeper, the stakes are laid fairly bare.
"According to information from the U.S. Department of Labor, the proposed changes in collective bargaining rights included under SS SB 11 could impact the ability of unionized transit systems in the state to receive existing federal transit aid, unless actions are taken to protect the collective bargaining rights of their employees," the memo reads. "If the federal Department of Labor makes the determination that the changes under SS SB 11 affect the continuation of collective bargaining rights, and protections of transit employee's wages, working conditions, pension benefits, seniority, vacation, sick and personal leave, travel passes, and other conditions of employment, the Federal Transit Authority could not provide federal transit funding under there provisions."

*** It wasn't supposed to be like this... my blog....it was supposed to be just snark, a bit of humor, some little snippet stories.... and a few beers.  I'm sorry.  Yupperz an&stuff