Also true. And yes, probably bigger than those other two items; those are sticks that the supercitizens can use to beat ordinary humans.
Interestingly enough, I'm starting to come around to the idea that corporations themselves are sticks. They are not individuals with sentience or will. They are simply bundles of contracts with considerable resources behind them. The key is separating those resources from the hands of the few actors who aim to use them against the interests of corporate employees, shareholders, customers, and national citizens. A billionaire CEO should not be allowed to use the resources of a corporation he doesn't own to affect policy to his narrow benefit.
But... But... Jobs!
I miss the days when "think of the children" was the only statement that ended all rational debate and settled the matter for far-right extremists. Now they've added "job creation" to that list as well. I wonder what the third weapon will be. Thankfully "defense of marriage" seems to have slipped through their fingers, but I'm sure they'll end up with something even worse.
Americans for Prosperity have acknowledged that the misdated mailings are legit, though they insist that the wrong date resulted from a printing mistake.
I wonder what will get the blame for those mis-printed mailers being sent to Democratic households in districts which have elections next week.
Clearly this was a conspiracy by biased members of a postal workers union that deliberately sent them to Democratic households in an effort to make AfP look bad.
I'm not a Wisconsinite, so my opinion is irrelevant, but I'd have been horrified at the thought of closing DMVs in Republican districts. Suppressing voters is wrong. It's about as wrong as you get in a democracy.
Minneapolis Star-Tribune article[/url]]The Democracy Campaign estimated total spending on all nine races to be what director Mike McCabe called an "absolutely jaw-dropping" $31.5 million. That's nearly as much as the $37 million spent in last year's governor's race won by Republican Scott Walker.
"Candidates are barely being heard from," McCabe said. "They're being outspent on the order of 5-1 by interest groups that have a near monopoly on campaign spending."
Of the total, only about $5 million was spent by the candidates.
I hate sh*t like this.
Five of the six races have been called.
Current count:
GOP holds on to three (3) districts - Cowles, Harsdorf, and Olsen win.
Dems knock out Kapanke and Hopper.
The last district is Pasch (DEM) vs. Darling (REP). At the current time, Pasch is up by 4%. However, Waukesha is only reporting 1 of 11 precincts.
Waukesha was the area where clerk Kathy Nickolaus discovered 7,000 votes a couple of days later that put Prosser back on the WI Supreme Court.
The Democrats need to win Darling's seat and hold against the GOP in the next round of recalls in order to gain a majority in the WI Senate.
UPDATE: Kathy Nickolaus is now saying she won't release the results from Waukesha for at least another hour. Um... why?
I simply cannot believe that the GAB has allowed Kathy Nickolaus to remain in office. I hope that she's at least on the same tabulation-software-with-audit-trail that the rest of the state uses, and hasn't been allowed to keep the master result list on her private laptop.
Lots of speculation flying around right now, including allegations that Kathy Nickolaus won't be reporting any more results for at least three hours. If that turns out to be true, I'd like to see Milwaukee County announce they'll release their results once Waukesha County finishes their tabulation.
My expectation right now is that Kathy will deliver Senate District 8 for Alberta Darling. I expect a recount or two (but no result changes), and would still like a thorough investigation of all elections Kathy Nickolaus has presided over as Waukesha County Clerk.
I would hope that Nicholaus' statement that she is holding the reporting of the votes leads to a thorough investigation.
Something is terribly wrong when a clerk who has a history of - shall we say - unfortunate events can suddenly just hold the reporting of votes on a whim.
At the very least she better have one damn good reason for withholding the vote count.
http://www.todaystmj4.com/news/local/127444493.html
What a tool Graeme Zielinski is. With no evidence whatsoever, he accuses Nickolaus of "tampering". She probably shouldn't have the job she does, but to make stuff up just because you don't like the results is pathetic.
What a win for the GOP. They fought back the best shot the Democrats (and the public unions, and Organizing for America) could give and still have the majority in the Senate. After next week we could be right back to 19-14 if the 2 Democrats being recalled fall.
The majority of Wisconsin has spoken loud and clear. Between Prosser being re-elected and the GOP holding the majority in the Senate, voters have stated that they like the direction the state is going in and have confidence in those leading the way.
Schultz's impact is overblown. The controversial items have already been taken care of. And if Simac wins next week, you then have a 18-15 split and Schultz won't matter at all anyways.
What a win for the GOP. They fought back the best shot the Democrats (and the public unions, and Organizing for America) could give and still have the majority in the Senate. After next week we could be right back to 19-14 if the 2 Democrats being recalled fall.
I don't know that I'd call losing two seats a "win". Certainly not a "loss", but then I wouldn't characterize this entire debacle as anything but a loss for the WI residents.
What a win for the GOP. They fought back the best shot the Democrats (and the public unions, and Organizing for America) could give and still have the majority in the Senate. After next week we could be right back to 19-14 if the 2 Democrats being recalled fall.
The majority of Wisconsin has spoken loud and clear. Between Prosser being re-elected and the GOP holding the majority in the Senate, voters have stated that they like the direction the state is going in and have confidence in those leading the way.
I should point out that while Matt's a minority voice here, he's certainly not in my building (I've heard cheers from more than one office), and apparently he's not in the state of Wisconsin. I'm constantly surprised at the loathing the middle class has developed for Unions.
The people have spoken. If you don't like it, leave or vote with your wallet. I already canceled my media coverage of the Great Taste of the Midwest over this, and Wisconsin just got added to Utah and Arizona as states I won't spend tourism dollars in.
Polls and comparisons to past elections don't mean squat today. What matters is that voters choose to keep the Republicans in control. That's a big fail for the Democrats, OFA, and the unions, whose goal was to retake control of the Senate. You can try and spin that into something else if it makes you feel better, but the numbers that matter (election results) show the people of WI are behind what Walker & Co. are doing.
Dimmer it does sort've look like spin from team Blue at this point. Matt's right -- Democrats tried to stage a coup and failed, plain and simple.
And given the abject failure the Snyder recall attempt in Michigan has become, I suspect a recall for Walker will be similarly doomed. Inevitable, of course, but doomed.
[bitter] Oh well. At this point the American dream has become "claw as close to the upper class as you can, since the middle class is gone, baby."[/bitter]
Polls and comparisons to past elections don't mean squat today. What matters is that voters choose to keep the Republicans in control. That's a big fail for the Democrats, OFA, and the unions, whose goal was to retake control of the Senate. You can try and spin that into something else if it makes you feel better, but the numbers that matter (election results) show the people of WI are behind what Walker & Co. are doing.
I'd say it was a big fail for both parties. The Republicans did something so adverse to a significant portion of the electorates' beliefs that a large recall election was needed. The Democrats failed to carry-through on the recall and capitalize on the idiotic new policies.
Either way, all this does is enforce the view that you can govern for the exclusive benefit of some corner of your base, rather than for the people as a whole.
There's still a lot of work to be done, but it's not over. Not by a long shot.
Well *I* for one am dejected. So I admire your spirit.
I'm not sure you read my post.
I did read your posts, all of them. And now I have this song stuck in my head: You spin me right 'round baby right 'round...........
Dimmerswitch wrote:I'm not sure you read my post.
I did read your posts, all of them. And now I have this song stuck in my head: You spin me right 'round baby right 'round...........
Why, did you hear it this morning? I didn't see any of the lyrics in this thread...
MattDaddy wrote:Dimmerswitch wrote:I'm not sure you read my post.
I did read your posts, all of them. And now I have this song stuck in my head: You spin me right 'round baby right 'round...........
Fair enough. When you want to have serious conversations again, I'll be here. :)
What, like the one where you ask if I read your post? Don't be snarky to me like that and expect a serious response.
Fair enough. Although I'm not sure how else to take that sentence.
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