Daily Jefferson County Union-

The Lt Gov said small businesses are important not just in Fort Atkinson(which she was visiting), but across the entire state by providing a structural framework for the economy. She added that her family has a small business in De Pere and understands the economy’s impact.

Now this is interesting. So Barb you know how the economy impact on small businesses huh? Well how about you administrations raising taxes on small businesses? How do you suppose that impacts them?

As we know Gov Doyle is not running for re election in 2010. Well thank God for that! However it leaves the playing field open. And when it comes to democrats it is a child play playing field. Several people have been mentioned when it comes to candidates for Gov. , including Lawton.

This entire article talks about how new government programs are going to help in getting loans for small businesses. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. I know how to get a loan DON’T RAISE THEIR TAXES. The ARC stabilization loans are available for financially vulnerable businesses in need for temporary relief. Yeah, like when you state raises its taxes!

This is even more priceless

State Rep Andy Jorgensen D for the 37th district also spoke at the event and praised the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and its impact on businesses.

Yeah I would praise them too if I was ol’ Andy boy. He is the one who voted to raise their taxes to begin with.

Folks I am sick and tired of the democrats in Madison thinking that how they votes doesn’t impact the citizens of Wisconsin. When you raise taxes you take money out the pockets of the small businesses and the citizens.

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen said today he won’t defend the state against a lawsuit challenging the state’s new domestic partner registry, a decision registry proponents blasted.

Van Hollen, a Republican, said in a statement that the state Constitution prohibits same-sex couples from holding a legal status that is “substantially similar” to marriage and that he has concluded the registry does just that.

“My decision isn’t based on a policy disagreement,” he said. “ As Attorney General, I prosecute and defend laws that I wouldn’t have voted for if I were a policymaker. That is what I believe the job entails.

“But I will not ignore the Constitution. My oath isn’t to the legislature or the governor. My duty is to the people of the State of Wisconsin and the highest expression of their will — the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin. When the people have spoken by amending our Constitution, I will abide by their command. When policymakers have ignored their words, I will not.”

Well this is good news.   At least one of our elected officals can follow  the law.  JB is absolutly correct in his decision and I have to say “here here”!    And of course Doyle being Doyle he is none too happy about this.  And also Fair Wisconsin which is a gay rights group said that it would seek to defend the domestic partner registry.

Gee didn’t Wisconsin vote on the fact they didn’t want same sex marriages? Yes they did and in full force.    This registry is just the Dems being the Dems and pushing forward with their own agenda.  Shame on them!

By Greg Scandlen

As virtually everybody in America now knows, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin posted the following on her FaceBook page:

“The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.”

Naturally, she was roundly reviled for these comments. One person quoted by the New York Times replied, “One problem: None of the bills emerging from various committees includes the kind of ‘death panel’ that Ms. Palin says would be rationing care.”

I guess that’s that, eh? Mrs. Palin should go back to shooting elk and stop irritating the New York Times.

Well, not so fast.

It’s true the bills don’t explicitly identify a “death panel,” but there is plenty that would lead to exactly that outcome. Some of it is already law, in fact.

First, Congress already enacted, as part of the stimulus package, $20 billion for Health Information Technology, or HIT. This is designed to get every doctor and every patient wired up to a national database of health information. Every disease, diagnosis, prescription, and treatment will be submitted to this national database and made accessible to researchers, payers, and law enforcement. This is not speculation; it’s the law.

Next, the stimulus package also appropriated money to create a “comparative effectiveness research” program. Its proponents claim this will only be “research” to determine what treatments work best for large populations, using the health information database to make their determinations.

This is based on Britain’s “NICE” (National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness) program. NICE determines the dollar value of a “quality adjusted life year” (QALY) and allows payment for drugs and treatments that are lower than that number and disallows those that cost more. NICE has already disallowed cancer drugs and treatments such as hip replacements for elderly people and stopped allowing injections of steroids for people with severe back pain.

Of course, just doing research doesn’t sound threatening. Research is good, isn’t it? We all love research.

This is where the current bills come in. To hold down the costs of Obama’s health care program, the administration has come up with a whole menu of activities-chronic disease management, pay-for-performance, wellness incentives, and so on.

I know, I know, the eyes glaze over at this kind of bureaucratic gobbledygook. Who really knows what any of it means? That’s why Sarah Palin is so dangerous. Her controversial statement cut through all the fog and made people sit up and take notice.

In fact, these are the kind of programs that take benign “comparative effectiveness research” and put some teeth into it. Suddenly it isn’t just research. Suddenly we are using that research to decide how much to pay doctors. That is the whole purpose of pay-for-performance (or P4P among policy wonks.)

Physicians will be paid more if they follow the guidelines established by the yet-to-be-named research group. (My suggestion for a name is Comparative Effectiveness Research Commission of the United States, or CERCUS.) The HIT will be able to alert the CERCUS as soon as any doctor tries to violate the P4P guidelines. Uh-oh! A warning will pop up on the doctor’s computer: YOU ARE TRYING TO VIOLATE THE GUIDELINES! EXPLAIN YOUSELF!!

Your doctor may be able to fill out all the paperwork to get an exception, and appeal any denial, but it will be an uphill slog. More likely, the doctor will go with the flow and accept the higher level of payment for being obedient.

That’s where Mrs. Palin comes in. She would like her son Trig to live. She will need to appeal the decision to — whom? Very likely a panel much like what she describes.

Only it won’t be called a Death Panel. It may be called the LIFETIME Panel: “Listening to Irritating Families Explain Their Insistence on a Medical Examination.”

Greg Scandlen is director of Consumers for Health Care Choices at The Heartland Institute.

Consumers for Health Care Choices at the Heartland Institute

19 South LaSalle St. #903
Chicago, IL 60603

Reach Greg Scandlen at
301-606-7364
GMScan@comcast.net

Rep. Tammy Baldwin — 7/31/2009 5:33 am

Trauma doctors often speak of the “golden hour” — the critical time when life and death hang in the balance. Our health care system is the trauma patient, driving millions of Americans into debt and despair, and this is the “golden hour” when we can give it new life.

We can reform it in a meaningful, sustaining way — to insure everyone so our kids can learn; our workers can be fully productive; our seniors can contribute well into retirement; and our economy can compete and thrive in the 21st century.

Or we can let it linger on the brink, knowing that we all sit on the brink, too, facing financial ruin or denial of coverage for health care at any time.

Health care for all is a part of the American dream that has gone unfulfilled since 1945, when President Harry Truman first proposed it. For the first time in more than six decades, as we begin to transform our economy and reclaim our stake in the American dream, health care for all is within our grasp.

Some thought this day would never come — and many are doing all they can to assure it never will, but they are in the minority. Access to affordable health care is the No. 1 concern of Wisconsinites. It is a worry that keeps parents up at night, keeps seniors from taking all the medications they need, keeps young people from getting preventive care, and keeps America from the position of world economic leadership we enjoyed for so long. It’s the issue I hear more about than any other — the one whose painful personal stories move and motivate me day in and day out.

Along with President Obama and many of my colleagues in Congress, I am persevering against strong opposition to improve health care quality, lower costs, keep insurance companies honest and responsive, give you greater choice, and give those choices to all Americans.

Key committees in the House of Representatives, including one on which I sit, have produced a plan that would prevent insurance companies from denying you coverage because of a pre-existing medical condition. It would ensure that workers can still have health insurance if they lose or change a job, or start a new business. And it includes a health insurance exchange that would allow families and small businesses to compare prices and quality so they can choose the health care plan that best suits their needs.

Under our proposal, if you like your doctor and the plan you have now, you may keep them. If you are not satisfied with your coverage or if you are one of the 47 million Americans currently uninsured, you would have additional and more affordable options.

For real reform — transformational reform — we need a public plan to keep costs down and insurance companies honest, a plan where the focus won’t be on profit and multimillion-dollar executive compensation packages.

There is no reason to fear a public health insurance option. We already have a highly successful one here in Wisconsin called SeniorCare, a program that enjoys broad, bipartisan support. Since 2003, Wisconsin has been offering a public option for seniors in need of prescription drug coverage who do not select the private plans in Medicare Part D. While SeniorCare is both wildly popular and hugely effective, private prescription drug insurance plans continue to flourish in Wisconsin, with a large number of available plans and fair premium rates.

In 2007, against the wishes of the Bush administration, every member of our state’s congressional delegation rallied successfully to keep the waiver that allows our state to offer this public health plan option. That Republicans who openly embraced SeniorCare now react so negatively to a public option in broader health care reform makes no sense.

The loud voices and well-financed campaigns of the naysayers, the cynics, and the keepers of the status quo will not trump the millions of Wisconsinites and Americans in all parts of the country and every sector of society who know that enough is enough. The “golden hour” to pass transformational reform that includes a public plan option is here and the clock is ticking.

Congresswoman Tammy Baldwin, D-Madison, represents Wisconsin’s 2nd District.

Rep. Tammy Baldwin — 7/31/2009 5:33 am

We had a suggestion to storm the offices of those who don’t have scheduled town halls and that’s actually not a bad idea as long as you can get a good number of people to go with. Call the local press and tell them you’re going to so-and-so’s office to demand a hearing (make sure the office is open and staffed). The other thing that may be done is get a large group together and coordinate hundreds of calls to melt their phone lines and demand a hearing. Don’t let them off the hook when they tell you to check the web site. You have them on the phone, demand a date and time. Be polite but very, very aggressive. They can’t get away with ducking us!

APPEARANCES:

Steve Kagen’s listening sessions on healthcare.

Tuesday, August 4

10:00 a.m.

Thompson Community Center

Ogilvie Auditorium Center

820 W. College Ave.

Appleton, WI

Wednesday, August 5

10:30 a.m.

Oconto Falls Area Senior Center

512 Caldwell Ave

Oconto Falls, WI

Wednesday, August 5

6:00 p.m.

Marinette Senior Center

1603 Ludington St

Marinette, WI

Thursday, August 6

10:30 a.m.

Kewaunee City Hall

401 5th Street

Kewaunee, WI

Thursday, August 6

3:00 p.m. (tentative)

Location to be determined

Sturgeon Bay, WI

Jim Sensenbrenner
Port Washington Town Hall Meeting at 9 a.m.
Sep 12, 2009 – Join me at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 12th at the Port Washington Police Department for my Town Hall Meeting. The police department is located at 365 N. Wisconsin Street, Port Washington.

Brookfield Town Hall Meeting at 9 a.m.
Sep 19, 2009 – Join me at 9 a.m. on Saturday, September 19th at the Brookfield Public Safety Building in the Council Chambers at 2100 N Calhoun Rd in Brookfield for my Town Hall Meeting.

Congressman Tom Petri

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5

9:00 – 10:00 a.m., CHILTON, Calumet Co. Courthouse, 206 Court St. , Rm 025 (Use west entrance)

11:00 – 12:00 Noon, DARBOY, Town of Buchanan Town Hall, N178 County Road N

THURSDAY, AUGUST 6

9:30 – 10:30 a.m., OMRO, City Hall, 205 South Webster Ave. , Council Chambers

FRIDAY, AUGUST 7

10:00 – 11:00 a.m., HOWARDS GROVE, Village Hall, 913 S. Wisconsin Dr. , Community Center

2:30 – 3:30 p.m., MANITOWOC, Public Library, 707 Quay St. , Balkansky Community Room

MONDAY, AUGUST 10

9:30 – 10:30 a.m., GREEN LAKE, Caestecker Public Library, 518 Hill St., Conference Room

2:30 – 3:30 p.m., HORICON, City Hall, 404 East Lake St. , Activity Room A

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13

9:00 – 10:00 a.m., OAKFIELD, Community Center, 130 North Main St .

3:30 – 4:30 p.m., WATERTOWN, Municipal Building, 106 Jones St. , City Council Chambers

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

10:00 – 11:00 a.m., ADAMS, Municipal Building, 101 North Main Street , Council Chambers

1:00 – 2:00 p.m., WILD ROSE, Community Center, 500 Division St .

3:00 – 4:00 p.m., MONTELLO, Marquette County Courthouse , 77 West Park St .,

Public Safety Training Room

Ron Kind
Tuesday, August 18th
3:00-4:00pm
County Courthouse
Conference Room 2 – First Floor
181 W Seminary St.
Richland Center, WI 53581-2356
(608) 647-2626

Thursday, August 20th
11:00am-12:30pm
City Hall
Council Chambers
819 Superior Ave.
Tomah, WI 54660
(608) 374-7420

Friday, August 21st
11:00am-12:30pm
Tri-County Memorial Hospital
Education Room
18601 Lincoln St.
Whitehall, WI 54773-8605
(715) 538-4361

Tuesday, August 25th
12:30-2:00pm
Darlington Memorial Hospital
Conference Room
800 Clay St.
Darlington, WI 53530
(608) 776-4466

Paul Ryan (WOW!! Higher Office?)

Somers Tuesday August 4 9:00-10:00am parking lot of the Somers Town Hall, 7511 12th Street
Pleasant Prairie Tuesday August 4 10:30-11:30am parking lot of Pleasant Prairie Village Hall, 9915 39th Avenue
Paddock Lake Tuesday August 4 12:00-1:00pm parking lot of Cheryl L. Spencer Memorial Field across from Old Settlers Park, 24100 75th. Street, Paddock Lake
Silver Lake Tuesday August 4 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Silver Lake Village Hall, 113 South 1st Street
Twin Lakes Tuesday August 4 3:00-4:00pm street parking in front of the Twin Lakes Chamber of Commerce
Milton Wednesday August 5 12:00-1:30pm parking lot of the Milton City Hall, 430 East High Street
Clinton Wednesday August 5 2:30-4:00pm rear parking lot of the Clinton Village Hall, 301 Cross Street
Fontana Thursday August 6 9:00-10:00am parking lot of the Fontana Village Hall, 175 Valley View Drive
Walworth Thursday August 6 10:30-11:30am street parking in front of the Walworth Village Hall, 227 North Main Street
Sharon Thursday August 6 12:00-1:00pm street parking in front of the Sharon Village Hall, 125 Plain Street
Darien Thursday August 6 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Darien Village Hall, 24 N. Wisconsin Street
Delavan Thursday August 6 3:00pm-4:00pm parking outside the Aram Public Library, 404 East Walworth Avenue
Oak Creek Tuesday August 11 9:00-10:30am parking lot of the City of Oak Creek Building, 8640 Howell Avenue
Franklin Tuesday August 11 11:00am-12:30pm parking lot in front of the City of Franklin Public Library, 9151 W. Loomis Road
Greendale Tuesday August 11 1:00-2:00pm parking lot at the Greendale Safety Center, 5911 W. Grange Avenue
Greenfield Tuesday August 11 2:30-4:00pm parking lot in front of the Greenfield City Hall, 7325 West Forest Home Avenue
Williams Bay Wednesday August 12 12:00-1:00pm parking lot of the Barrett Memorial Library, 65 West Geneva Street
Lake Geneva Wednesday August 12 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 West Main Street
Genoa City Wednesday August 12 3:00-4:00pm street parking outside the Genoa City Village Hall, 715 Walworth Street
Elkhorn Thursday August 13 9:00-10:30am street parking on Broad Street (1 block past the Elkhorn City Hall, which is located at 9 Broad Street, south of the Elkhorn Fire Station)
East Troy Thursday August 13 11:00am-12:30pm East Troy Village Square
Big Bend Thursday August 13 1:00-2:00pm parking lot of the Big Bend Village Hall, W230 S9185 Nevins Street
Muskego Thursday August 13 2:30-4:00pm parking lot of the Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
Town of Vernon Wednesday September 9 12:00-1:00pm parking lot of the Vernon Town Hall, W249 S8910 Center Drive
North Prairie Wednesday September 9 1:30-2:30pm lot of the North Prairie Village Hall, 130 N. Harrison Street
Eagle Wednesday September 9 3:00-4:00pm parking lot of the Eagle Village Hall, 820 East Main Street
Hales Corners Thursday September 10 9:00-10:30am parking lot of the Hales Corners Kmart, 5600 South 108th Street
New Berlin Thursday September 10 11:00am-12:00pm parking lot of the Citizens Bank of Mukwonago, New Berlin Branch, 5450 South Moorland Road
Muskego Thursday September 10 12:30-2:00pm parking lot of the Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
Mukwonago Thursday September 10 2:30-4:00pm parking lot of the Mukwonago Police Department, located at 627 South Rochester Street
Caledonia Tuesday September 15 8:00-9:30am parking lot of the Caledonia Village Hall, 6922 Nicholson Road
Sturtevant Tuesday September 15 10:00-11:00am parking lot of the Sturtevant Police Department, 2801 89th Street
Union Grove Tuesday September 15 11:30am-1:00pm parking lot of the Graham Public Library, 1215 Main Street
Burlington Tuesday September 15 1:30-3:00pm street parking outside the Burlington Public Library on Pine Street
East Troy Wednesday September 16 12:00-1:00pm East Troy Village Square
Waterford Wednesday September 16 1:30-2:30pm west lower parking lot in front of baseball fields, 507 West Main Street
Rochester Wednesday September 16 3:00-4:00pm street parking outside the Rochester Public Library, 208 West Spring Street
Fontana Thursday September 17 9:00-10:00am parking lot of the Fontana Village Hall, 175 Valley View Drive
Walworth Thursday September 17 10:30-11:30am street parking in front of the Walworth Village Hall, 227 North Main Street
Sharon Thursday September 17 12:00-1:00pm street parking in front of the Sharon Village Hall, 125 Plain Street
Darien Thursday September 17 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Darien Village Hall, 24 N. Wisconsin Street
Delavan Thursday September 17 3:00-4:00pm parking outside the Aram Public Library, 404 East Walworth Avenue
Somers Tuesday September 22 8:00-9:00am parking lot of the Somers Town Hall, 7511 12th Street
Pleasant Prairie Tuesday September 22 9:30-10:30am parking lot of Pleasant Prairie Village Hall, 9915 39th Avenue
Paddock Lake Tuesday September 22 11:00am-12:00pm parking lot of Cheryl L. Spencer Memorial Field across from Old Settlers Park, 24100 75th. Street, Paddock Lake
Silver Lake Tuesday September 22 12:30-1:30pm street parking outside the Silver Lake Village Hall, 113 South 1st Street
Twin Lakes Tuesday September 22 2:00-3:00pm street parking in front of the Twin Lakes Chamber of Commerce
Milton Wednesday September 23 12:00-1:30pm parking lot of the Milton City Hall, 430 East High Street
Clinton Wednesday September 23 2:30-4:00pm rear parking lot of the Clinton Village Hall, 301 Cross Street
Elkhorn Thursday September 24 9:00-10:30am street parking on Broad Street (1 block past the Elkhorn City Hall, which is located at 9 Broad Street, south of the Elkhorn Fire Station)
East Troy Thursday September 24 11:00am-12:30pm East Troy Village Square
Big Bend Thursday September 24 1:00-2:00pm parking lot of the Big Bend Village Hall, W230 S9185 Nevins Street
Muskego Thursday September 24 2:30-4:00pm parking lot of the Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
Oak Creek Tuesday September 29 8:00-9:30am parking lot of the City of Oak Creek Building, 8640 Howell Avenue
Franklin Tuesday September 29 10:00-11:30am parking lot in front of the City of Franklin Public Library, 9151 W. Loomis Road
Greendale Tuesday September 29 12:00-1:00pm parking lot at the Greendale Safety Center, 5911 W. Grange Avenue
Greenfield Tuesday September 29 1:30-3:00pm parking lot in front of the Greenfield City Hall, 7325 West Forest Home Avenue
Williams Bay Wednesday September 30 12:00-1:00pm parking lot of the Barrett Memorial Library, 65 West Geneva Street
Lake Geneva Wednesday September 30 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Lake Geneva Public Library, 918 West Main Street
Genoa City Wednesday September 30 3:00-4:00pm street parking outside the Genoa City Village Hall, 715 Walworth Street
Hales Corners Thursday October 1 9:00-10:30am parking lot of the Hales Corners Kmart, 5600 South 108th Street
New Berlin Thursday October 1 11:00am-12:00pm parking lot of the Citizens Bank of Mukwonago, New Berlin Branch, 5450 South Moorland Road
Muskego Thursday October 1 12:30-2:00pm parking lot of the Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue
Mukwonago Thursday October 1 2:30-4:00pm parking lot of the Mukwonago Police Department, located at 627 South Rochester Street
Caledonia Tuesday October 6 8:00-9:30am parking lot of the Caledonia Village Hall, 6922 Nicholson Road
Sturtevant Tuesday October 6 10:00-11:00am parking lot of the Sturtevant Police Department, 2801 89th Street
Union Grove Tuesday October 6 11:30am-1:00pm parking lot of the Graham Public Library, 1215 Main Street
Burlington Tuesday October 6 1:30-3:00pm street parking outside the Burlington Public Library on Pine Street
Town of Vernon Wednesday October 7 12:00-1:00pm parking lot of the Vernon Town Hall, W249 S8910 Center Drive
North Prairie Wednesday October 7 1:30-2:30pm lot of the North Prairie Village Hall, 130 N. Harrison Street
Eagle Wednesday October 7 3:00-4:00pm parking lot of the Eagle Village Hall, 820 East Main Street
Fontana Thursday October 8 9:00-10:00am parking lot of the Fontana Village Hall, 175 Valley View Drive
Walworth Thursday October 8 10:30-11:30am street parking in front of the Walworth Village Hall, 227 North Main Street
Sharon Thursday October 8 12:00-1:00pm street parking in front of the Sharon Village Hall, 125 Plain Street
Darien Thursday October 8 1:30-2:30pm street parking outside the Darien Village Hall, 24 N. Wisconsin Street
Delavan Thursday October 8 3:00-4:00pm parking outside the Aram Public Library, 404 East Walworth Avenue
Oak Creek Tuesday October 13 8:00-9:30am parking lot of the City of Oak Creek Building, 8640 Howell Avenue
Franklin Tuesday October 13 10:00-11:30am parking lot in front of the City of Franklin Public Library, 9151 W. Loomis Road
Greendale Tuesday October 13 12:00-1:00pm parking lot at the Greendale Safety Center, 5911 W. Grange Avenue
Greenfield Tuesday October 13 1:30-3:00pm parking lot in front of the Greenfield City Hall, 7325 West Forest Home Avenue
East Troy Wednesday October 14 12:00-1:00pm East Troy Village Square
Waterford Wednesday October 14 1:30-2:30pm west lower parking lot in front of baseball fields, 507 West Main Street
Rochester Wednesday October 14 3:00-4:00pm street parking outside the Rochester Public Library, 208 West Spring Street
Elkhorn Thursday October 15 9:00-10:30am street parking on Broad Street (1 block past the Elkhorn City Hall, which is located at 9 Broad Street, south of the Elkhorn Fire Station)
East Troy Thursday October 15 11:00am-12:30pm East Troy Village Square
Big Bend Thursday October 15 1:00-2:00pm parking lot of the Big Bend Village Hall, W230 S9185 Nevins Street
Muskego Thursday October 15 2:30-4:00pm parking lot of the Muskego City Hall, W182 S8200 Racine Avenue

So to begin first of all shame on the administration for attempting to try and push through legislation that congress did not even have time to read. Just like Cap and Tax the administration tried to pull a fast one. However the republicans along with the blue dog democrats have put a stop to this. It sure is nice to have our representatives looking out for us. However not me I have congresswomen Tammy Baldwin who no matter how many people call her office and tell her to say no it won’t matter. And to prove this she wrote an op ed piece in the Wisconsin State Journal. An analysis of this piece is being done by Peter Theron who ran against her in 2008.

One of my concerns is getting the facts out to constituents. If a specific congressman is for the bill as it is, how are their constituents going to get the real facts on this. Recently an article was written about Townhalls gone wild in democratic areas. Now on the recess why would you if you are a democrat have any town halls when you know you are going to have people arriving to protest this horrendous bill.

Pretty plain and simple, America just wants the truth. We want to know how this bill will affect our lives. Will it take away our right to choose simple things like which insurance company we can go with. And what about our choice to choose our doctors, will that be affected? What about my employer will they be affected or will penalties affect how he is able to offer jobs, hours, benefits, and positions? Will my doctor be able to have freedom to care for my health as he see fit? Will the government tell me when and when I can not have a procedure, test, surgery, or treatment such as medication, and God forbid cancer treatment?
Will I have to wait for treatment like they do in Canada who also has a similar plan? Speaking of which, why do all of their citizens come over to the US for care?

America needs fact based information not emotionally charged rhetoric. We need leaders to be forthcoming and honest about what really is in this bill.

(response to recent vote in the house of representatives)

On 1930 June 17 the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act was signed into law. It raised US import tariffs to record levels, prompting trade retaliation from other nations. The resulting trade barriers crippled the global economy, contributing to the Great Depression.

On 2009 June 26 the US House of Representatives approved a Cap and Tax bill that surpasses the Smoot-Hawley tariff in economic destructiveness. Wisconsin’s delegation voted along party lines with the five Democrats voting to sacrifice the US economy to the false god of Anthropogenic Global Warming and the three Republicans voting against the insanity.

When voting for this bill, none of the Wisconsin Democrats knew exactly what was in it. How could they, 300 pages were added less than 24 hours before their floor vote. But we can deduce the Democrats’ intent from three revealing votes in the Energy and Commerce committee. As reported in the Wall Street Journal on 2009 June 26, while the bill was in the Energy and Commerce committee “…Republicans offered three amendments: one to suspend the program if gas hit $5 a gallon; one to suspend the program if electricity prices rose 10% over 2009; and one to suspend the program if unemployment rates hit 15%. Democrats defeated all of them.”

From their committee votes we know that Tammy Baldwin and the other committee Democrats intend to raise the price of gasoline to at least $5 a gallon. No surprise, as their goal is to decrease the use of carbon-based fuels and raising the price will do that. That is the only way that Americans will buy the electric cars that Government Motors is going to be trying to sell.

The second vote indicates that Tammy Baldwin et al do not mind if electricity prices jump. Unfortunately this could make it expensive to charge the electric cars they want us to buy.

But the third vote is the most revealing. It shatters the myth that the Democrats care about the poor. An unemployment rate of 15% means 1 out of every 7 American workers is without work. Democrats are willing to sacrifice the jobs of 1 out of every 7 Americans because a computer program claims this will lower the temperature 0.2 degrees in 2100. So, Democrats are content with a 50% increase in the unemployment rate, throwing millions of Americans out of work. All this dislocation because a computer program claims it will lower the temperature 0.2 degrees.

Others elsewhere have dissected the myths of Anthropogenic Global Warming. All I will do here is point out that a Madison weatherman provides only a 4 degree guarantee on his forecasts of the next day’s high temperature. The global-warming acolytes have put their faith in a computer program claiming 20-fold greater accuracy in making a temperature prediction 90 years hence. That has passed from the realm of science and entered the realm of religion.

In the 1930s and 40s Russian biology was strongly influenced by the theories of Trofim Denisovich Lysenko. While his theories had little scientific backing, they did have Joseph Stalin’s blessing. Needless to say political backing more than compensated for the lack of experimental supporting evidence. Dissent was punished and contrary evidence suppressed. In the US the reliance on government grants has paved the way for similarly politicized science. Those expressing dissent from the global warming “consensus” lost grant funding and their papers were not published in prestigious journals. Some day soon Anthropogenic Global Warming will join Lysenkoism as an embarrassment to the world scientific community.

Making policy based on politically influenced science needlessly sacrifices lives and livelihoods. Smoot-Hawley contributed to the Great Depression. If signed into law, Cap and Tax, based on politically-correct science, will increase the price of fuel, increase the price of electricity, and increase unemployment. It will not “promote the general welfare” and so should be scrapped as quickly as possible.

Boy that is a lot of words for just working your butt off.  So let’s get into the specifics of what the grassroots really does.  First of all grassroots main goal is to GET THE WORD OUT!  No matter what the word is.   Whether it is working for a specific candidate or just the party itself, the messages needs to be heard. 

There are a lot of ways to do this.  First one to discuss is attending large demonstrations.   Now the Tea Party that the nation held on April 15 was one of the best efforts the conservative movement saw in a long time.  They as a large group showed politicians that we don’t like higher taxes and whatnot.

Second way to help is raising funds for your group.  There are lots of ways to do this. One is attending your parties annual dinner.  Many times these dinners have extra money in the cost to help support the party itself.  It is also a great way to hear about what is going on and what is needed.  Also watching for drop boxes for a dollar here and a dollar there goes along way.   During the recent campaign season our office put out drop boxes and we collects several hundreds of dollars, which comes in handy when you are looking for things like candy and water for parades, office supplies, and day to day needs for the party.

Next we will focus on the campaigns themselves.  First a candidate needs to get on the ballot.  Helping with gathering signatures to get enough to get on the ballot is a challenge for every candidate.  Next setting up information is important.  Now there has come to pass lots of new ways to do this.  Working on websites facebook twitter are all great ways to get the information out. Also handing out material for the candidate at fairs, parades, social events, door to door, and your local party headquarters can take time but a great way to see the climate of the election.  Next are yard signs, now the democrat party has been great at doing this.  This is usually set up in wards however I learned a new way to maybe get this ball rolling even better.  Set up block captains for key areas in each town.  For instance: Main street is always a key street in almost any town.  Lots of traffic for visibility is always best.  This is really a great way to start and when your volunteer sees the difference it makes they have become vested in the campaign.  The Media plays a huge roll in the campaign. Writing letters to the editor and or blogging is a sure fire way to get the word out about your candidate or even just the party and its values.  And lastly phone calls phone calls phone calls.  An hour a week is not asking too much to make a few calls to inform voters of the real choice.

Other volunteer opportunities are but not limited to: walking in parades, going door to door for surveys, driving the people to the polls however do not give them cigarettes and tell them how to vote, like one group did in Milwaukee WI, county fairs and festivals, and signatures for petitions, stuffing envelopes, and internet maintenance(facebook, twitter, blogs).

Now a lot of you say “I don’t have enough time for myself let alone time to do volunteer work”.  However you are the one who complains about the current climate and how we need to do something.  As you can see above there are lots of day to day activities that go into the grassroots efforts and all the bodies are needed, even if it is just an hour here and there. 

Again the key to success is getting our word out there and grassroots has been proven the best way to do that.   For the Republican/Conservatives it is key to let people know we are for lower taxes, less government, sanctity of life, and national security including right to bear arms.  Now if the other side does a better job at this then they win.

So now you are sitting there saying “Jessi you have convinced me, what do I do now?”  Call your local party or go to there website or facebook page, or your candidate page and sign up.  Don’t worry about waiting too long to get a call with help that is needed.  Your hours of volunteering make all the difference it can’t be done without your help!

I am really tired with this president making statements like “grave threat” and not backing it up.  Also “We will pursue denuclearization on the Korean peninsula vigorously,” Obama said.  What is that?  What does that mean when “Obama said they agreed that a new U.N. resolution seeking to halt North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles must be fully enforced. The U.N. did not authorize military force to enforce the measures.”  ????????

Seriously does he even know how stupid he sounds?   He has not intention of backing any of these statements up.  Pyongyang is crazy and has no intentions of backing down. He knows this.  His statement “This is a pattern they’ve come to expect,” Obama said”.  He wants to break the pattern, really Mr. Obama how are you going to do that?  I am so tired of talk, talk, talk, talk!

Last time we put sanctions on this country I ask: What go did it do? Come on I don’t think President Lee Myung-bak came all this way to hear this gibberish talk.

Upon passage of the state budget by the Democratic controlled Wisconsin state Assembly, Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus issued the following statement:

“The budget, passed by the Assembly Democrats despite bi-partisan opposition, adds to their long list of broken promises to Wisconsin residents.  It contains record tax increases to fund pork-barrel projects, rewards friends and punishes enemies.  Crafted behind closed doors despite promises of open government, pork is directed at specific legislators to buy votes and special interest favors–such as removing the QEO and attacking school choice to name just two–make this budget an assault on Wisconsin taxpayers.

Wisconsin residents can expect higher property taxes, gas taxes, phone taxes, car insurance premiums and the list goes on.  Even our communities will be less safe thanks to the early release of dangerous criminals.  A difficult budget is being used as an excuse to enact a radical Democrat agenda that flies in the face of what was promised during the campaign season.  Wisconsin residents are right to be outraged.”

Sunday, June 14, 2009

SAN`A, Yemen —  Yemen has arrested a Saudi man suspected of financing Al Qaeda cells in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, an Interior Ministry official said Sunday.

The official, who did not give an exact date of the arrest, said that authorities captured “the biggest and the most influential” money provider for Al Qaeda in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

Hassan Hussein Bin Alwan, a Saudi, was in charge of financing attacks in the two neighboring countries, added the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to the press.

The announcement indicated that Al Qaeda and other Islamic extremists are still actively attempting to destabilize the Saudi monarchy that holds a quarter of the world’s proven oil reserves, as well as neighboring Yemen, the region’s poorest nation.

Bin Alwan has been charged with forming a terrorist group in Yemen and financing its activities.

Yemen, the ancestral homeland of Al Qaeda leader Usama bin Laden, had long been a haven for Islamic militants and was the scene of the October 2000 suicide bombing of the USS Cole that killed 17 American sailors.

Yemen is also the Arab world’s poorest nation — and one of its most unstable — making it fertile territory for Al Qaeda to set up camp.

Last Friday, under the cover of darkness, Representative Andy Jorgensen voted for a Wisconsin State Budget that raises taxes and fees during a time when we can least afford it.  The budget was so bad, Assembly Democrats had to pass it in the wee hours of the morning when they hoped no one would be watching.   If you drive a car, have a phone, use a hospital, own a farm, small business or home, you will be hit with tax and fee increases.

After Friday’s vote, it’s become abundantly clear that Andy and his liberal buddies in Madison don’t understand how the recession is affecting Jefferson County families and employers.  Maybe he should ask the families of employees at McCain Foods and other companies that were just laid off and see if they can afford the tax and fee increases contained in the budget.

Andy voted for a gas tax that looks to increase prices at the pump by 4 cents a gallon.  He voted for an estimated $100 million tax on anyone who uses a phone or internet connection.  He voted to increase the cost of your heating and electric bills.

With his vote, Andy also supported increasing the garbage tax that would make Wisconsin ’s highest in the nation.  Among many other BAD tax and spend items in the budget, Andy voted to tax hospitals by $1.13 billion. This tax will be paid by anyone that uses a hospital or pays for health insurance.

Additionally, democrats included many “policy items” that have nothing to do with a state budget.  Andy supported giving special drivers licenses and in-state tuition to illegal immigrants, allowing same sex couples to form domestic partnerships (didn’t we vote that down in 2006?), and increasing car insurance rates by 33 to 43 percent with his vote. We already pay too much for auto insurance!  Increasing taxes and fees as the prices of goods and services are going up all while our paychecks are being cut is MADNESS! And these are just a few awful examples of items in the budget Andy voted for.

All together, Andy voted to increase government spending by 6.3 percent, increase taxes and fees by an estimated $2.2 billion and raise property taxes by a minimum of $1.5 billion all according to the non-partisan Legislative Fiscal Bureau. When family budgets are being reduced government budgets should not increase by 6.3 percent and in the process take billions from already struggling families’ wallets.

Politicians like Andy, need to be cutting government spending, eliminating millions of dollars in earmarks (pork) contained in the budget, and reducing the state’s massive workforce to help balance our budget and deficit.  Many of us have already lost our jobs or taken a cut in pay, we can’t afford higher taxes and fees.  Unfortunately, we have Representative Andy Jorgensen in Madison representing the Special interests and not our best interests!

Matt Banaszynski

Mean time Eliot Engel (D NY) appeared on Fox news this morning for which the transcripts I can not find on the web site, had a lot to say on the matter.   Engel serves on the Foreign Affairs comm, and thank goodness.  As I listened to his interview I keep saying to myself “is this guy for real?”   He was very firm in his opinion that the election was fraudulent.  He also stated his opinion on the regime in general in Iran.  He was very forthcoming about Iran being a serious threat to the US .  He also mention his opinion of needing to add North Korea back on the Terrorist list.  When asked who is more concerning Iran or North Korea?  He stated both! He also stated the need to add China, Russia Japan South Korea to the talks and serious sanctions needed.   He didn’t get all mushy about sitting down and talking he was very straight forward that both Iran and North Korea are real threats and need to be taken seriously.

Again I am sorry I do not have the transcript to copy for you but as a Freedom fighting American I was proud!

By Steven Walters of the Journal Sentinel

Here is a link if you do not know who it is:

http://www.legis.state.wi.us/w3asp/waml/waml.aspx

-Scott Walker for Governor or WI.   Walker is the superstar that Wisconsin needs desperately right now!  At this point in the game a recall of Doyle is not the best option.  Way to costly in regards to financial commitment and volunteer effort.

-Socialized Health Care reform.  This is not reform at all. Do we really want the government running our health care?

-Socialism at it finest!  We have to fight against socialist ideals, and policy.

-Taxes

-Applauding those who fight the good fight.  Such people are:

local Jay Weber who can be heard on Milwaukee News talk 1130 from 6-10am  I love this guy he is so to the point and easy to listen to.  Vicki McKenna who can be heard there too from 10-2 and Madison from 4-6 1310 , both Rockstars

Ann Coulter who has written many books and has a weekly column.

Sean Hannity on Fox

Bill OReily on Fox

Rush Limbaugh  of course

Dick Cheney who just needs to keep talking  Join the group on facebook called “Tell Dick Cheney to keep talking”

And several others too many to name.

Feel free to email me ideas for any posts at olsonjessi@yahoo.com