Little League Standards Higher Than Gerrymandering GOPsters

Apparently Little League Baseball teams are held to a higher standard than are the Major League Traitors of the Republicon Party across our nation or here in The Badgered State. You see if your local officials redraw the district lines in LLB you get stripped of your victories.

But if you grossly gerrymander district lines to Thwart Representative Democracy like GOPsters across Merica and our own little Treasonist Robin Vos did here after the 2010 election and census, you get to keep your ill-gotten gains.

The Journal-Sentinal found in 2012 that: New election data shows that five of Wisconsin’s eight U.S. House districts, 17 of 33 state Senate districts, and 56 of 99 state Assembly districts voted Republican for president — even though Mitt Romney lost the state as a whole by nearly 7 points.

Nationally in 2012, Democrats received 1.4 million more votes for the House of Representatives, yet Republicans won control of the House by a 234 to 201 margin.

Yeah I know what the Republicons did was supposedly legal. Well so were the Treasonous actions of Benedict Arnold. And their gerrymandering ways are just one tool in the arsenal of for the Republicon War on Representative Democracy.

I feel sorry for these kids, they're innocent victims of the "win at any cost" diseased minds of their elders and they did nothing wrong to deserve their fate. However, the Backstabbing GOPster Conspirators are as Guilty as Sin!

Do we still hang Traitors in America, or do we now reward their efforts to trash our precious votes?

Short Changed on Freedom of Speech

Short Changed on Your Freedom of Speech

Attention American Consumers!

You are yet permitted to move about the confines of this country consuming. Meanwhile, the Extreme Court anointed $upercitizens will exercise self-determination over their Dominion on behalf of themselves as a service for you all. You're welcome, don't mention it.

Please note that the pasture beneficently afforded you by your Rulers for your consumption, stretches from sea to shining sea and from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande. Know your place, go forth and shoptill you drop! And if you'd like to exercise your "Freedom speech" in our Fiefdom, rest assured you've been "herd". Resistance is Feudal.

Bow Serf!

Chief Injustice Roberts

Behold the Face of Corruption!

The Fascist Five Judicial Hacktivists on the Extreme Court have now emphatically confirmed what they are.

God Damned TRAITORS!

First there was the over-reach of the Citizens United decision for which Chief Injustice Roberts went beyond what was necessary to simply decide the case at hand and expanded the scope in order to achieve his Plutocratic Political Goals. Not prudent, not Judgely Dude!

That Legislating From the Bench Betrayal of Representative Democracy opened the flood gates of Anonymous Money from Billionaires and Corporate "Persons" to swamp democracy. Although the likely result is that the Stinking Plutocrats probably won't even have to spend all that much of their Precious Money. After making examples of a few of their Wayward Vassals, the mere threat of wielding their Royal Money Scepter as a weapon against our "Representatives" will be more than sufficient to make them hew to the path demanded by their Feudal Lords.

Then came Wednesday's Atrocity against Democracy, the McCutcheon decision which doubled down on the previous Demonstration of Fealty by ensuring that our Rulers will be able to Purchase Politicians in Bulk. After all, Economies of Scale is practically the Capitalist's Prime directive!

100% of America’s Problem is Corruption at the Top

100% of America’s problem is corruption at the top

AND a population of voters that just doesn’t understand the connection between corporate profits and political bribes. And that they (the voters) pay them BOTH!

By Jack E. Lohman

Politicians have allowed our system to move from Left-Right to Up and Down… class warfare rather than Democrat v. Republican … because they get a piece of the action. From those at the top, not at the bottom. Cash works, but only for those who have it. We have a corrupt government and until the people get their eyes off the “little fires” and battle the leaches at the top, the corruption will continue. That Transparency International has us listed as 24th in political honesty in the world, rather than 1st, is telling.

Student Achievement - It's the Poverty Stupid!

I've been having a running "discussion" (AGAIN!)  with some Cult of Con Indoctrinants over at
http://freeracine.blogspot.com/ who insist on blaming Racine Unified (where I was educated, thank you!) generally and the teachers specifically for the poor student achievement. They think doing away with RUSD is the answer. I have been arguing, as I have in the past, that if one only looks at where these types outcomes prevail, it is pattently obvious that it is the result of concentrated poverty and all the social ills that go with it. Well that doesn't fit with the Cons Pre-Set Blame & Belief Buttons, so they will hear none of it.

As it happens I was listening to Wisconsin Public Radio (one of our crown jewels!) the other day and what do I hear? The Forward Institute has just released a study that shows School Report Card scores issued by the Department of Public Instruction are closely linked with poverty (Who Knew!). AND that Wisconsin's public schools out perform charter schools even when adjusting for the poverty of the students. http://forwardinstitutewi.org/ Take THAT would be Educational Profiteers!

Of course in true Con fashion and unable to address the substance of the study, they immediately attacked the source. But I suppose some must close their minds to "conserve" what's in there.

Press Release Excerpt: Currently more than 4 in 10 school age children in Wisconsin are defined as poor or “economically disadvantaged,” up from about 2 in 10 a decade ago. A student from a family qualifying for “free or reduced price lunch” is considered economically disadvantaged for the purposes of DPI scores – over 350,000 children in Wisconsin schools.

Based on data from the new Department of Public Instruction (DPI) Report Cards, our study showed a clear link between low Report Card scores and economically disadvantaged students who already have significant barriers to educational prosperity. Those schools with higher numbers of economically disadvantaged students had significantly lower scores on the Report Cards.
The study results show that nearly half of the Report Card score variation from school to school can be explained by the variation in poverty levels from school to school.

Since higher enrollments of economically disadvantaged students are a significant factor in the scores on the DPI Report Card, current proposals to tie school funding and teachers’ salaries to Report Card scores would unfairly punish schools in high poverty districts. As the study clearly shows, a very significant factor affecting Report Card scores is poverty, something which is outside the control of teachers and schools.

The data also revealed that contrary to the assumptions that non-traditional charter schools would be more effective through creating competitive choice, Wisconsin’s public schools significantly outperformed charter schools overall. This finding was especially evident in those schools with high poverty enrollment.

In the last four years, public school budgets have been cut by over $1 billion, while in 2012 alone, Wisconsin taxpayers provided $143.6 million to charter schools, the highest amount in state history. These fund increases did not translate into charter school performance over the three years of Report Card data collected. The Report Card data indicates public schools continue to better educate Wisconsin children than the non-traditional charter schools. Charter schools are underperforming at the core level of their mission – student excellence and achievement, without the taxpayer accountability of public schools.

These findings are important, especially as policy makers look for ways to provide the best educational opportunities for Wisconsin’s children while being mindful of the economic burdens on struggling families. Based on the high rate of Wisconsin school children living in poverty and the clear effects of poverty on education, this study recommends policymakers enhance educational opportunities for our children, and save taxpayer money by redirecting educational funds to the schools most effective at meeting the current needs of Wisconsin children, Wisconsin’s public schools.

GOP$ter$ Fear the Public

With the center of gravity for Wisconsin located in the southeast, where are the GOP$ters going to hold PUBLIC hearings on their budget bill? As far away from the public as possible, Stevens Point, Arcadia and Minong (MINONG?!). O.K. and West Allis. I guess they couldn't be totally blatant about waving their privates at the public.

We've long known that public is a dirty word to these corporatists, what's become evident now is that is also a scary word to them. Scary because of course Repubicons are A$$holes and A$$holes are fearful.

Or maybe I'm wrong and they just wanted to tour the highways that will get special treatment from the millions of dollars being diverted from the public education of our children to the corporate sponsors in the road builder lobby. But I'm willing to bet that the only facilities capable of accomodating a large public event in Arcadia and Minong are the public's schools.

WHEN GOP$TER$ ATTACK - ACADEMIC FREEDOM!

MUST READ: Now the GOP$ers are going after distinguished professor William Cronon is the Frederick Jackson Turner and Vilas research professor of history, geography and environmental studies at the University of Wisconsin and recently elected president of the American Historical Association because they don't want The People to Know that: a group called ALEC writes their LAWS FOR THEM! http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/ Cronon on his private blog http://scholarcitizen.williamcronon.net/ "One conclusion seems clear: what we’ve witnessed in Wisconsin during the opening months of 2011 did not originate in this state, even though we’ve been at the center of the political storm in terms of how it’s being implemented. This is a well-planned and well-coordinated national campaign, and it would be helpful to know a lot more about" In other words, the Republicon ideal of "Local Control" is a LIE! You cannot have local control (or democracy) when your hidden agenda is adopted from NATIONAL THINK TANKS! The republicon party IS A LIE! You can read the NYT article comparing A$$hole Snott Wanker to UltraMericanScum Joseph McCarthey http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/22/opinion/22cronon.htm Very good! That and the blog piece linked above leads to this: http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/news/118654904.html The GOP$ters are making the HUGE stretch that by bringing this information to the public, he is violating UW policy: The university has an e-mail policy that states, "University employees may not use these resources to support the nomination of any person for political office or to influence a vote in any election or referendum.” To which charge the professor CORRECTLY responded: "It never occurred to me that my suggestion that more study needed to be done about the group might be interpreted as electioneering," Cronon added. "The GOP drew a line that had not occurred to me. That my posting might damage people involved in the recall elections. That surprised me. But that's clearly what they were concluding." SERIOUSLY, if citizens can't bring forth information about politicians and political groups because someone thinks it might influence votes then DEMOCRACY IS DONE! If information shouldn't influence vote then what the F%$& should! I guess I shouldn't need to ask this question of the would be junta that brought us FUX SNOOZE! The NYT calls this a shabby Crusade: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/28/opinion/28mon3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion "This is a clear attempt to punish a critic and make other academics think twice before using the freedom of the American university to conduct legitimate research." Professors are not just ordinary state employees. As J. Harvie Wilkinson III, a conservative federal judge on the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, noted in a similar case, state university faculty members are “employed professionally to test ideas and propose solutions, to deepen knowledge and refresh perspectives.” A political fishing expedition through a professor’s files would make it substantially harder to conduct research and communicate openly with colleagues. And it makes the Republican Party appear both vengeful and ridiculous. This is an attack on academic FREEDOM and further proof that Republicons are A$$HOLE$!

Solidarity Racine Facebook Page

Finally, a useful purpose for Facebook! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Racine-Solidarity/110477482366322

Kleefisch @ UW-P Tomorrow

The Kenosha Chamber of Commerce has invited local business owners and leaders to a round-table discussion with Lieutenant Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, 9:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, March 16, 2011 at UW Parkside Student Center Walnut Room, 900 Wood Road, Kenosha Wisconsin. They will discuss ways in which small businesses can move our economy forward and create jobs for Wisconsin workers as the Walker Administration works to reform government, provide safety in our communities and no tax increases.

Following the roundtable the Lt. Governor will tour Jockey International, 2300 60th Street, Kenosha.

Welcome to Wiscossippi Walmart Elementary School #213

Stop SB 22, the privatization of our public Schools. Public education should be in the interest of the public good, not for private profit, it should benefit children and communities, not corporations!

More Republicon Power Grabbing for the Plutocrats. If you thought the budget dispair bill which stripped $1B from K-12 education (While increasing the transfer to the road builder lobby by $5B) was bad, IT ONLY GETS WORSE! In summary, SB 22:

• Creates a 9-person authorizing board for charter schools: 4 appointed by the Gubner, 3 by the senate majority leader and 3 by the speaker of the assembly (who know, Wanker and the Fitzfuckheads). This limits legislative oversight and hands decision making power over to Wanker's cronies.


• Changes the law limiting organizations to opening only one charter school, allowing for profit Charter Management Organizations (CMOs) to enter Wisconsin, leading franchized schools.


• Removes the requirement for teachers at charter schools to have achieved certification.


• Lifts cap on and promotes virtual (online) schools.

By the way, there is NO EVIDENCE that charter schools do a better job at educating young people. So what are the ramifications if this bill is passed?

• Public tax dollars will be siphoned to the clutches of private hands and away from local communities.


• Traditional public schools become further strapped for funds.


• The power of locally elected school boards will be decreased.


• Segregation of the school age population will increase.


• "Difficult" students will be pushed out of charter schools and into under-resourced public schools.


• Increased reliance on teaching to the test.


• Low educator compensation and moral.


• High educator turnover.


• Destruction of the one institution that pulls many communities together.

The Gipper vs the GOPsters

"Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." - Ronald Reagan


IN YOUR FACE REPUBLICONS!