March 5, 2012
What? No tip?
I think I have now seen almost every fundraising scheme ever used--"Our candidate will be 50 next week--please join the celebration by sending $500 or $50, even $5 dollars but for God's sake send something." Or, "My FEC report is due on Friday--we must be able to show strength in fund raising or the media will not take us seriously--send all you can by COB Thursday" Or, "The Mayor of Chicago is coming to Serb Hall"...finish the thought!
Here is the most recent effort to get into your pocket. This came, not to me, but to a friend: "Attached is the first Democratic Party video spot in opposition to Walker. Please view it and pass it along to friends." Here it comes, sit down, head between knees: Leave a tip of 10 percent or 20 percent to pay to air this (awful) spot. A tip? A tip? Whoa Nelly.
I have a tip to offer. Join the Tin Cup Brigade and stop playing the game handed to us by the Supremes in Citizens United.
_________________________________
JS gets worse and worse with the so-called truth-o-meter. They simply cannot find the jugular so they go for the capillaries almost every time. Today they provide a perfect example of why they should either drop it or save it for some big fish. The PolitiFact folks ask this morning if Walker has solved our fiscal woes or if his deep cuts have harmed Wisconsin.
Wow! Do they still write editorials? They throw numbers around like a three year old in the sand box heaving toys, but reach no conclusion. What is missing is qualitative analysis but JS goes for anecdotes. Real journalism would take too much time.
So, it is "quality be damned" Walker is on track--who cares about public education?
_______________________________
Then it is on to another capillary hunt. Walker says we are the "Badger" state because miners in the 1800s lived in caves and abandoned mine shafts like badgers. As we all learned in grade school, it was the living conditions not the number of badgers scurrying around. But Walker, decidedly not the Education Governor, posits we should return to the badger days of lead mining by approving the environmental disaster the proposed open pit iron ore mining is likely to cause! I am not kidding. Read it.
JS doesn't ask what the living conditions were nor do they touch upon the wages of the miners or the premature deaths caused by lead. Nope! just a BS question if people lived like animals or if animals lived like people.
Today the lead mines are closed. Lead is not good for humans or badgers!
post a letter about this blog »
current
--------
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
January 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
January 2012
December 2011
November 2011
October 2011
September 2011
August 2011
July 2011
June 2011
May 2011
April 2011
March 2011
February 2011
January 2011
December 2010
November 2010
October 2010
September 2010
August 2010
July 2010
June 2010
May 2010
April 2010
March 2010
February 2010
January 2010
December 2009
November 2009
October 2009
September 2009
August 2009
July 2009
June 2009
May 2009
April 2009
March 2009
February 2009
January 2009
December 2008
November 2008
October 2008
September 2008
August 2008
July 2008
June 2008
May 2008
April 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
November 2007
October 2007
September 2007
August 2007
July 2007
June 2007
May 2007
April 2007
March 2007
February 2007
January 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
September 2006
August 2006
July 2006
June 2006
May 2006
April 2006
March 2006
February 2006
January 2006
December 2005
November 2005
October 2005
September 2005
August 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
April 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
April 2004
March 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
August 2003
July 2003
June 2003
May 2003
April 2003
March 2003
February 2003