Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Gov. Walker captializes on Donald Driver's DWTS Success

Today and for always May 23rd will be celebrated as Donald Driver day by all loyal Wisconsinites. Governor Walker signed this petition  declaring us all to celebrate the victory on Dancing with the Stars. With a very GB Packer inspired country dance that thrilled the nation and got us all dialing and logging on to vote for him to win the mirror ball trophy. I was genuinely shocked he remained a popular star on the show throughout the season. I, along with many many women, fell in love with the pecs and the tattoos and watched week after week how he showed off his charisma on the dance floor. The judges would have given the trophy to Katherine Jenkins, she danced 3 perfect dances. The people and the fans of the show judged that Donald Driver should receive the mirrorball. The fans gave him this win, I'm betting he has more fans then our Governor Walker. The declaration was a way for Walker to appeal to women, which he desperately needs, the Republican campaign's base of women is shrinking. Donald Driver made me proud to be from Wisconsin with his dance, but Governor Walker and his take-over of our state have made me ashamed of him. Wisconsinites have a serious question to ask themselves in the next few weeks. The polls show Tom Barett, the democratic challenger is waning in popularity. He lost to Gov. Walker in 2010 by 5 pts, and he is currently 6 pts behind Walker. Many are predicting a Scott Walker win here in the Green and Gold state, that may be so, he may get another term. I wonder in the end, who will get more votes, Donald Driver of DWTS fame or Scott Walker of the Republican party fame.

Donald Driver's Packer Freestyle Dance

Scott Walker Recall: Teachers Tarred As 'Radicals' In Anonymous Flyer


Teachers are incredible, giving, understanding, necessary people in our society. They don't deserve to get slammed and used to score cheap political points. The only Radicals involved here are these pro-Walker radicals. Let the Rhetoric go people!
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

Friday, May 18, 2012

Scott Walker claims 33,000...the real number is 400

From the WI Dept of Workforce Development, the jobs report from April is showing a dramatic drop in unemployment for WI, yet jobs were still lost, 5,900 jobs. Technically the job loss for private companies is 6,200 jobs for the month. However, the government made up for it by adding 300 jobs. This month could be taken in stride of a larger economy still trying to get back up on its feet but the report went a little further and tracked back to December of 2010 the month before Scott Walker took office, only 400 jobs have been added  to the WI economy. In a recent commercial, which are plaguing WI airwaves, Scott Walker claims to have created a net 33,000 during his time in office. Walker chose to go by a different federal report which paint a rosier picture for his campaign. Walker's numbers have not yet been proven by the US Bureau of Labor, this will happen after his recall election June 5th. Politicians are asking you to believe an unverified number to give him the vote, you get the verified number after the election results. Meanwhile, other sources reporting Wisconsin job losses are  swept under the rug, these are preliminary numbers based on only 3.5% of the full report, but already the picture of Wisconsin's economy is grim. Politicians will use the state 6.7% unemployment rate to say that people are getting back to work, it's not as bad as the national number of 8.1%. This is what they will say, however they tend to ignore the people for whom benefits are running out due to long term unemployment and cannot re-file. Or the thousands who cannot register for unemployment but are underemployed. The numbers the politicians use do not reflect the truth. Vote on June 5th, in our recall of Governor Walker, whether you believe Walker and feel Wisconsin is moving forward in our economy or whether you're like me and want to tell him 400 jobs since 2010 is not enough!