Politics has always interested me, and being able to be involved in two national elections and one gubernatorial woke me up to a fact I hadn’t realized before. That is, local politicians will one day run for higher office, and point back to their experience at the local level. The question then is, what do…
Income inequality isn’t just about the richest and the poorest–it’s about all families and their diminishing opportunities and diminishing ability to keep moving forward. We cannot allow this to happen. From Mother Jones : [The data] suggest that most American families are paying a steep price for high and rising income inequality. Although economic growth…
It happened yesterday when I was listening to the “far-right” talk about the working poor as if they were responsible for their own low income.I started thinking of the usual..”they crashed the economy and now they complain” issue when I got distracted by the idea that by paying exceedingly low wages to the “middle class“,…
I have had reason in the past few days to be discussing our state gun laws and how they impact our lives. I have always advocated that responsible gun ownership is acceptable and reasonable. HOWEVER, and this is my serious issue, 1. How did it happen that a simple background check has been equaled to…
The Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort, known by the acronym WAVE, is one of the local organizations attempting to rectify the gun problem. They are supporting President Obama’s call for universal background checks with no exceptions, a reduction in the number of bullets in a high-capacity magazine, a reduction in the sale of assault weapons, and tough…
YOU DID IT! WE WON! Within hours of exposing one of the worst gun-extremist assaults on the safety of our kids — a bill that would have let ANY concealed carry permit holder arm up and stroll through Wisconsin schools — hundreds of WAVE supporters like you sprang into action. After being inundated with more…
When the news broke that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid felt that the Feinstein bill, to reduce the number of bullets in a clip and reduce the types of automatic weapons available on the market would not pass in the Senate, I became very frustrated and more than a little angry. It was my thought…
Congress is back in session, the President is back in the White House. A fiscal “cliff” looms on the horizon, and the news is full of Benghazi, General Petraeus‘s love life, and nonsense. Yet hope springs eternal. Is it possible that we can see Congress move out of their own way and make a deal to…
I received this letter on the online organizing tool “Dashboard“, which is used for the Obama re-election campaign. While I have edited the spelling and punctuation, I think her words and grammar speak exactly to the frustration and pain of many of the country’s disabled. This post is to give her voice, and to let…
The news about voter fraud, the news that no-one talks about, is voter fraud is a fraud. There are so few cases of voter impersonation, that it is a waste of time and legislature money to create laws and the necessary ID’s to prevent it. What is surprising as well is that there…
I believe this logo speaks for itself, don’t you? Back in time, when Richie Rich was a good-hearted boy but not necessarily in tune with his lesser well off friends, this logo was emblazoned everywhere. Now we have multimillionaires running for president. Candidate Mitt Romney has picked a “Tea Party” loyalist for a running mate…
Listening to the news with half an ear the other day, I was astonished to hear someone deprecatingly remarking that the federal government had gone and made Health Care a right. While not surprised that someone considered health care a right of the citizens of this country, I was totally astounded to find out someone…
