I read every post but I never have anything good to say.
Same here. Dimmer, please keep posting updates for us!
I read every post because at one point I used to spend a lot of tourism dollars in , milwaukee and I'm excited for the state to earn my business back.
It is ironic that I choose Chicago as the less corrupt destination.
I read every post but I never have anything good to say.
Very much this.
I like how the graph has a "target direction".
*whistle*
I like how the graph has a "target direction".
I'd prefer the racing-game-style "WRONG WAY. U TURN!" flashing text.
Nope. The other kind of *whistle*.
Yeah, I'm a little slow today too I guess
Perhaps some exposition on *whistle* would be appropriate?
Okay. "Whistle in admiration of the smoking gun email, as if I was whistling in admiration at a shapely behind, only unlike the woman the email is unlikely to slap me."
Is she then the "unnamed person" from before? Dimmer, this is fascinating. It's like live-blogging Watergate.
Is she then the "unnamed person" from before? Dimmer, this is fascinating. It's like live-blogging Watergate.
Indeed. I'm also consistently impressed at how well you present it, even though we all know who you're rooting for. If half the media managed the presentation you do, we'd be a lot better off.
One spot where I think you're maybe a little unfair is in the comments on the economy -- holding Walker responsible for job creation is kind of silly, since state governors don't really have that power, and at any rate, it would take several years for his economic policies to really play out. Obama's policies are only really taking root now, near the end of his first term, as an example... up until now, it's mostly been G.W. Bush's policies we're living through.
That said, you're not doing anything to Walker that he's not doing to his predecessor, so you're just playing by his rules. They're bad rules, but he's playing that game, so... hmm... I guess it's not UNFAIR to play the same game, but it's not actually useful in any real sense.
I think that criticism of Dimmer's comments would be fair to make... if Walker wasn't claiming credit for job creation. When somebody is making bogus claims (like claiming that he's responsible for job growth that he's clearly not responsible for, or comparing the GAAP numbers from when he took office to the non-GAAP numbers now to show that he's balanced the budget) or doing things that he earlier decried as bogus (like using non-GAAP numbers at all), it's perfectly reasonable for anybody to call them out on it.
I'd say holding someone to their bullsh*t promises by their rules is completely fair and useful. People get away with lying when no one calls them on it.
If I say that I can freehand throw something into orbit, it'd be fair to call me on that, even though there's no physical way it was remotely possible.
Edit: As usual, someone beats me to it. Ah well.
If I say that I can freehand throw something into orbit, it'd be fair to call me on that, even though there's no physical way it was remotely possible.
And I totally would, because people lying about being able to throw things into stable orbit really reflect badly on those of us who can actually do that.
One spot where I think you're maybe a little unfair is in the comments on the economy -- holding Walker responsible for job creation is kind of silly, since state governors don't really have that power, and at any rate, it would take several years for his economic policies to really play out.
It's not unfair given that Walker himself made all sorts of fuss about he was going to create 250,000 jobs during his first term.
NPR's Planet Money even did a podcast about it: How Many Jobs Has Scott Walker Created?
Wow!
It looks like current Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Pribeus was involved in this scandal:
The counts allege that Wink violated state laws prohibiting solicitation of political contributions in public buildings and banning public employees from soliciting or receiving money or services for any political purpose while at work.The criminal complaint said Wink, Walker's constituent services manager, exchanged numerous campaign-related messages with top Walker campaign staffers, including operations manager Joe Fadness, as well as Reince Preibus, then Republican Party of Wisconsin chairman and now head of the Republican National Committee.
If Preibus was in anyway directly involved in helping Walker and his aides in this, the RNC is going to be having one hell of a time dealing with this during an election cycle.
Yeah, it's not a major knock, Dimmer... that was intended more as a sideways comment, not significant criticism.
And, as others are saying, if he's claiming superpowers, then you have every right to criticize him for failing to demonstrate same.
Kannon wrote:Robear wrote:Is she then the "unnamed person" from before? Dimmer, this is fascinating. It's like live-blogging Watergate.
Indeed. I'm also consistently impressed at how well you present it, even though we all know who you're rooting for. If half the media managed the presentation you do, we'd be a lot better off.
Thanks - I freely admit I have a horse in the proverbial race, my goal in all these threads is always to strive for accuracy and fairness, with links to sources so folks can evaluate the relevant evidence for themselves. :)
That goal and that admission make you better than most reporters out there today. Especially the admission part.
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