skip to main | skip to sidebar

The Political Environment

A forum and news service about politics and the environment in Wisconsin. And elsewhere.

Thursday, December 29, 2011

In Right-Wing Retail Politics, Waukesha County Judge Shopping Offers Bargains

One quickly found.

Posted by James Rowen at 4:57 PM  

No comments:

Post a Comment

Newer Post Older Post Home
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

OLB Greeting Bad River Ojibwe To Milwaukee, 1/8/13

Walker Killed Emerging WI Train Jobs, Industry

Walker Killed Emerging WI Train Jobs, Industry
Worsening a stalled economy...click the photo.

Why, thank you, righty commenters:

"Jimbo, I'll give you credit; you are like the mosquitoes in Alaska, you never go away."

And on my Purple WI blog:

"I can't believe I am saying this, but I actually have to agree with Jimmy on the [proposed, new $200 million] DOT building. If the current place is functional, why do we need a new one? PS: As usual, the rest of his article is complete liberal garbage."

Wisconsin's environment imperiled by Scott Walker. Click the photo for more information.

Wisconsin's environment imperiled by Scott Walker. Click the photo for more information.

James Rowen's Biography

James Rowen, a writer and consultant, worked for newspapers, and as the senior Mayoral staffer, in Madison and Milwaukee, WI. This blog began on 2/2/ 2007.

Blog Archive

  • ►  2013 (598)
    • ►  May (109)
    • ►  April (118)
    • ►  March (113)
    • ►  February (110)
    • ►  January (148)
  • ►  2012 (2118)
    • ►  December (133)
    • ►  November (135)
    • ►  October (167)
    • ►  September (219)
    • ►  August (189)
    • ►  July (143)
    • ►  June (165)
    • ►  May (212)
    • ►  April (172)
    • ►  March (199)
    • ►  February (201)
    • ►  January (183)
  • ▼  2011 (2460)
    • ▼  December (195)
      • What Was Most-Read Here Last Week
      • Online Seller To Scare Wisconsin Straight Next Yea...
      • After Which, Without Unacknowledged Irony, There W...
      • End Of The Year Comment About Our Regional Planner...
      • New Year's Resolutions Are Pretty Simple
      • Well, At Least The Concealed Carry Devotee Didn't ...
      • I'm Not A Tax Lawyer, But...
      • Cities Go Dark, Grover Norquist's Smile Lights Up
      • Anti-Recall Training Video Surfaces
      • Waukesha Could Be The New Capital Of Fitzwalkersta...
      • Oil Pipeline Issues Run Deeper Than Editorial Sugg...
      • Building Alliances At The DNR
      • Mining Conference Set For March 23rd in Ashland
      • Chris Matthews Lays The Wood To Mitt Romney
      • In Right-Wing Retail Politics, Waukesha County Jud...
      • Walker's Behavior Is Not Politics As Usual
      • Milwaukee On List of Clean Water Cities
      • Create New Propaganda Award, Give Walker The Troph...
      • Walker Caught Taking Credit For Senior Health Plan...
      • Rate Walker's First-Year In Business Journal Onlin...
      • Walker Performances Send Signals
      • Somebody Must Be Facing A Statewide Recall Electio...
      • Voter ID's Will Come By Mail From California - - A...
      • Walker And Recall Redux
      • Legal Problems Deepen For Fitzwalkerstan Central L...
      • Why Fill-In WTMJ Talker Refers To "Your Governor"
      • Mining Plan Conflicts with Chippewa Sovereignty
      • New(t) Pot-Calling-Kettle-Black Record Set In Iowa...
      • Walker Admits He's A Pretender
      • Guns Don't Kill People...
      • For Your GOP/Health Care/Funnybone Files
      • Walker Ending 2011 With 70% Of PolitiFact Conclusi...
      • PolitiFact Re-Charts The Walker Jobs' Losing Strea...
      • Walker's Big Talk On Jobs; By The (His) Numbers
      • Madrid Trades Highway For A Park
      • Check Back Here Tuesday For More Walker Statistics...
      • Walker Books Florida Date For Recall Cash/2016 Pre...
      • Walker Wins Award From New Magazine Edited By GOP ...
      • A Fresh Look At Madison And Development
      • Assembly Mining Bill Undermines Transparency Claim...
      • Walker's 'Apology' Leaves Out The Basics
      • Walker's Trademark Nod Can't Repair "Our Differenc...
      • You Can Read About Environmental Issues - - At the...
      • In Walker's Wisconsin, Can't You Hear Homer Simpso...
      • Walker's Ad Pitchman Is Informercial King
      • Top Five Postings Here Last Week
      • Nice Recall Issues Summation By Lisa Kaiser
      • Wisconsin Leads In Lost Jobs, Lost Dignity
      • Atty. Gen. Eric Holder, Wisconsin Is Calling
      • Tommy's Past Coziness With Unions May Boomerang
      • Memo To Scott Walker: Transparency Is Like Cholest...
      • Somebody Must Be Facing A Statewide Recall: Chapte...
      • Oh, It's Friday, So The Old Walker Returns
      • Somebody Must Be Facing A Statewide Recall Electio...
      • The WMC's Mining Meltdown
      • The Wilderness Is Closer Than You Think
      • Somebody Must Be Facing A Statewide Recall Electio...
      • Here's That Jim Sensenbrenner House Fire Story
      • Gableman Takes An Even Harder Turn To The Right
      • Canadian Government Withheld Report On Oil Sands M...
      • Business Writes Walker-Legislature Valentine; Also...
      • Arrogance Catches Up To Jim Sensenbrenner
      • Wisconsin Leading Nation In Job Loss, Again
      • Why Gableman May Not Recuse Himself
      • More Evidence That It's Not Working For Walker
      • The Milwaukee County Sheriff Is A Busy Bee
      • Fighting Through DNR Words That Obscure
      • Though They Create Jobs And Clean Air, Walker Want...
      • Wisconsin Gazette Offers In-Depth Look At Wind Pow...
      • Second Ethics Complaint Filed Against Gableman
      • Dems Win Another Round In Key Federal Redistrictin...
      • Since Gableman Is Back In The News, Let's Replay H...
      • Gableman About To Get Deserved Scrutiny
      • Somebody Must Be Facing A Statewide Recall Electio...
      • Season's Greetings From Madison
      • Gableman Writes The Brief For His Recall
      • Meet The Plutocrats
      • Work Added In Wisconsin: A Walker Success Story!
      • Iron Mining Execs Donated To Pro-Mine WI Politicia...
      • Mining Company President Won't Take Ownership Of A...
      • Mining Bill Has More Holes Than Chicago Bears Seco...
      • Last Week's Top-Five Blog Posts: Walker, The DNR A...
      • John Norquist Makes Case For Congestion
      • Walker Administration Grudgingly Acknowledges A Bi...
      • Mike Gableman May Have Watched Cher One Too Many T...
      • Gee! A Small-Minded Decision By Wisconsin's DOT
      • DNR Secretary Stepp Emails About Stewardship Fund,...
      • Interpreting Walker And Water
      • Another Republican Tosses Around The Nazi Label
      • Relative Compassion In Wisconsin When It Comes To ...
      • Recycling Electronics Is A Big Wisconsin Success
      • Is Friday The Day The Music Dies In Wisconsin?
      • Fresh Information About The Assembly's Rigged Mini...
      • Walker, Sykes Work Hard To Explain Away Loss Of Wo...
      • SEWRPC Discloses Attendance At Annual Taxpayer-Pai...
      • Another Gableman Outrage
      • Newt Gingrich Tells Sean Hannity Some Crazy Stuff ...
      • Fifth Straight Month Of Job Losses In Wisconsin; W...
      • Meet Scott Walker's New Campaign Spokeswoman - - F...
      • Mining Comments Can Be E-Mailed
      • Peeved Republicans Want To Again Tailor State Gove...
      • Talk Radio Will Deny, Mock Recall Signature Totals...
      • For Walker, Very Loud Footsteps
      • Institute For Wisconsin's Future Explains Job Loss...
      • Federal Funding? Wisconsin Don't Need No Stinkin' ...
      • Mining Hearing A Public Policy Low Water Mark
      • Add Two Rivers To List Of WI Plant Closing List
      • Bus From N. Wisconsin Adds To Crowded Mining Heari...
      • Huge Crowd At Mining Hearing
      • Too Much Water Needed; Mining Plan Might Violate G...
      • Mining Bill Hearing Ploy Called "Detestable," And ...
      • Assembly Mining Bill Hearing Begins At 10 A.M.
      • Mining Officials, Associates Gave Walker, Key Legi...
      • Ashland Current Newspaper Op-Ed Calls Mining Bill ...
      • Recall Scott Fitzgerald Forces Claim 50+% Of Neede...
      • Posting About #50 Ranking For Wisconsin Economy No...
      • Milwaukee Riverkeeper Weighs In Against Mining Bil...
      • Another Mining Issue In Wisconsin; So Far, It's Th...
      • Gingrich Tax Plan Would Lard Up The Wealthy With A...
      • GOP Divide-And-Conquer Mining Bills' Strategy: Two...
      • Cathy Stepp Bagged A Doe, But Commenters Call It "...
      • Getting To The Specifics Of Scott Walker's Job-Cre...
      • Anybody Listening? The Corps Of Engineers Has Warn...
      • Walker Catches Break; Plant Closings Are Out-State...
      • Can You Guess Who Wants Victimhood Status In Wisco...
      • Old White Men Tiff Breaks Out On Fat, Far Right
      • Tracking Cathy Stepp's Stewardship Fund Mudballs
      • Federal Reserve Report Details Wisconsin's Nose-Di...
      • "Cancel Wednesday's Brunch At The Country Club, Je...
      • Full Text Of WI Legis. Ref. Bureau Memo On The Min...
      • Reminder About EPA-Sponsored Power Plant Pollution...
      • "You're Welcome, A Million!"
      • DNR Employees Today Are Reading About...DNR Secret...
      • Wait, What? Walker Slipped Into A HOLIDAY Party?
      • Easy Money For Roads, But Hard Row For Trains
      • Speak Out In Milwaukee This Week For Clean Air, Wa...
      • The Tea Party's Good Patriots Just Can't Suppress ...
      • You Can Tell The EPA On Monday You Want Cleaner Ai...
      • Crisp Presentation At Jake's Blog
      • Scott Walker, Eagle Scout, Revisited
      • How Walker, Mining Interests Are Dissing Northern ...
      • The Road To Sprawlville, Chapter 52: Interchange T...
      • NY Times Investigates Gov. Perry's Key Failed "Ope...
      • The Most-Read Here Last Week (Spoiler Alert: The I...
      • Walker-Led Wisconsin Dead Last In Federal Bank Eco...
      • The Road To Sprawlville, Chapter 51: What Is And W...
      • Hat Tip To Wausau Daily Herald For Plant Closing, ...
      • On Top Of Paper Mill Shutdown, Marathon County Sla...
      • Cartoonish GOP Debate Down To Huey, Dewey And Loui...
      • Cathy Stepp Wants To Sell DNR Land, Calls Stewards...
      • Small Wisconsin Village Is Ground Zero For Two Wal...
      • Bradley Foundation Board's Interesting Directors
      • Mining Bill Will Hurt Walker With Several Constitu...
      • In WalkerWorld, Workers Lose, Hedgefund Clients Wi...
      • A Reminder About Lt. Gov. Kleefisch: Her Recall Is...
      • Scott Walker, The Daily Whopper And Talk Radio
      • Bad River Band Excoriates Assembly Over Fast-Track...
      • Another Day, Another "False" PolitiFact Rating For...
      • Assembly Mining Bill Eases Standards, Reviews, Env...
      • Wisconsin Mining Bill Rewrites Coming Today
      • Judiciary Hands Wisconsin Republicans A Setback
      • Wisconsin GOP Legislators Open To Amtrak Job Creat...
      • Racine Thinking Like A Lake Michigan City
      • Scott Walker Words, Deeds Create Honesty Frame For...
      • SEWRPC Annual Dinner Today At Private Firm
      • Deer Hunting Season Dangerous For Wolves
      • Advance Permission For Protests? Are We In Russia,...
      • Sun-Times Pay Wall, With A Mandatory Sub After 20 ...
      • More Belling Yelling, Perpetually
      • Charlie Sykes Set To Attack Lena Taylor At 10:17 A...
      • Media Coast-To-Coast Spotted Scott Walker's Deviou...
      • Scott Walker Could Correct His PolitiFact Trending...
      • Remember When Scott Walker Dissed Mark Neumann?
      • Wisconsin Sustainable Business Council Conference ...
      • Three Headlines, Days Apart: You Pick Which Ran On...
      • The Capital Times Editor Documents Walker's Repell...
      • We'll Let The Blogger Tom Foley Explain The Lena T...
      • Wisconsin Sex Assault Victims Should Maintain High...
      • Anti-Milwaukee Streetcar Forces Hold Good Cards - ...
      • Walker Caught Cooking The Job Figures
      • Wisconsin's Gov. Falsehood Strikes Again
      • Voter ID Will Prevent Older Citizens From Voting I...
      • Fraud About Fraud
      • Walker & Co. Keep Bending, Rewriting The Rules
      • Herman Cain, Exit Stage Right, As Was Always To Be...
      • With Prosser Absent, The GOP Went Judge-Shopping
      • Most Read Items Here Last Week; Walker Is Your Mos...
      • Walker Infers Out-Of-State Money Against Him Is Po...
      • State-Aided Private Wisconsin Railroad Sold To Out...
      • Tommy Thompson Has Mitt Romney Disease
      • Belling Yelling Is Telling
      • Tommy Sticks It To Himself
      • Nice Tribute To All-Encompassing Milwaukee South S...
      • Environmental Leaders Respond To Waukesha Diversio...
      • Fitzwalkerstan Goes Broadway
    • ►  November (189)
    • ►  October (195)
    • ►  September (183)
    • ►  August (181)
    • ►  July (200)
    • ►  June (205)
    • ►  May (170)
    • ►  April (224)
    • ►  March (322)
    • ►  February (228)
    • ►  January (168)
  • ►  2010 (2117)
    • ►  December (156)
    • ►  November (148)
    • ►  October (173)
    • ►  September (174)
    • ►  August (193)
    • ►  July (219)
    • ►  June (218)
    • ►  May (216)
    • ►  April (139)
    • ►  March (216)
    • ►  February (170)
    • ►  January (95)
  • ►  2009 (1458)
    • ►  December (110)
    • ►  November (64)
    • ►  October (89)
    • ►  September (116)
    • ►  August (130)
    • ►  July (137)
    • ►  June (141)
    • ►  May (99)
    • ►  April (126)
    • ►  March (149)
    • ►  February (124)
    • ►  January (173)
  • ►  2008 (1569)
    • ►  December (146)
    • ►  November (69)
    • ►  October (131)
    • ►  September (149)
    • ►  August (141)
    • ►  July (140)
    • ►  June (139)
    • ►  May (127)
    • ►  April (128)
    • ►  March (158)
    • ►  February (119)
    • ►  January (122)
  • ►  2007 (1055)
    • ►  December (98)
    • ►  November (121)
    • ►  October (74)
    • ►  September (111)
    • ►  August (101)
    • ►  July (111)
    • ►  June (114)
    • ►  May (107)
    • ►  April (80)
    • ►  March (84)
    • ►  February (54)

Recommended Blogs

  • Bill Christofferson Xoff Blog
  • Bill Sell - Socrates Children
  • BlogNetBiz/Environment
  • BlogNetNews
  • brightbend
  • Caffeinated Politics
  • Citizens Allied for Sane Highways (CASH)
  • Climate Chronicle
  • Compassionate Badger
  • Compost Guy
  • Congresspedia/Wiki/Sunlight Blogs
  • Dale Olen Blog
  • Dave Dempsey Blog
  • edible nation
  • Energetich20
  • Eye On Wisconsin
  • Fighting Bob/Ed Garvey Blog
  • Furthermore Blog
  • Grassroots Northshore
  • Gristmill
  • Haas414
  • Hearts and Minds/ Clyde Winter
  • Illusory Tenant
  • Immigration Orange
  • In Effect
  • James Howard Kuntsler
  • James Rowen's Blog at UppityWis.org
  • James Rowen's Daily Kos Diary
  • Jay Bullock/Folkbum
  • Madison Peak Oil
  • Michigan Liberal
  • Mid Coast/Michael Rosen
  • Milwaukee Rising (Formerly Storyhill.net)
  • Mobile's Take
  • Noah Hall/Great Lakes Law Blog
  • One Wisconsin Now
  • Paul Soglin/Waxing America
  • Plaisted Writes
  • Progressive Majority Power Blog
  • Pundit Nation
  • River Rat - - River Alliance of Wisconsin
  • Roger Bybee's Bread and Roses
  • Sky Blue Waters
  • Sprawled Out
  • Stuart Carlson Cartoons
  • Sustainable Walworth
  • The Daily Yonder
  • The Overhead Wire
  • The Sconz
  • The SEIU Blog
  • Third Coast Digest
  • Tim Cuprisin at OnMilwaukee.com
  • Tree Hugger
  • Uppity Wisconsin
  • Urban Wilderness
  • Watchdog Milwaukee
  • Water and Watersheds Oregon State University
  • Water Blogged in Waukesha
  • Water Crunch/SE United States
  • Whallah!
  • WI Public Health POlicy Blog
  • Wingnut Prophet

Followers

 

Walker Penchant For Falsehoods

In more than five years, and more than 9,600 posts, this item about Scott Walker's penchant for false statements remains the most-read posting here. His updated score at PolitiFact: 27 of 43 statements have the word "false" in the ratings. Only 16 "true" at some level.

Twitter Updates

Twitter Updates

    follow me on Twitter

    He beat the recall, but his record remains awful

    My recall case laid out.

    Lefty Blogs

    google analytics

    Technorati

    Add to Technorati Favorites
    Powered By Blogger

    sitemeter