Walker claims job creation ... SUV (or something) moving forward and then sliding backwards because "Dems" want to raise taxes ... led by claiming overwhelming deficits !
Back to back with Hovde ... claiming he is an outsider and going to defend us from Wall Street and Washington!
... too funny!
Gee ... Douglas Lafollete advertising on Rachel Maddow ... same time slot?
Monday, April 30, 2012
Upd #WSJ #Walker reports raising $13 million in most recent filing period
Walker reports raising $13 million in most recent filing period
Assuming these numbers apply to the recent $13M not the 25M (since January 2011 or 2012?)
- How many "entities" contributed $50 or less? ~ 95,700
- Calculate how much money assuming $50 contribution. ~ $4,785,000 Max Total
- How many "entities" contributed $50 or more ~ 30,222
- Assuming all the little folks were maxed out how much of $13M is left? ~ $8,215,000
- Of the big "entities" what was the average contribution? ~ $271
How about some different headlines?
Walker Contributions Exceeding $1,000 January 18, 2012 through April 23, 2012
~ $738,000 from 74 "entities" 13 actually identified as from Wisconsin
| 03/30/12 | Adelson, Sheldon | Las Vegas, NV | Las Vegas Sands | $250,000.00 was Gingrich supporter? |
Speed Date #Politicians :The Pronoun "I" & Power #NPR
This story on NPR (4/30/2012) is fun and may have some counter-intuitive relevance... near the end of the story they talk about "Power" and relationships. I would interpret it that the more "politicians" use the pronoun "I" perhaps the more we should like them?!
Especially since we are all "speed dating" through the "Recall Walker Election" cycle.
To Predict Dating Success, The Secret's In The Pronouns
Especially since we are all "speed dating" through the "Recall Walker Election" cycle.
To Predict Dating Success, The Secret's In The Pronouns
Another #ALEC : Great Lakes Legal Foundation #GLLF
Ironically the Great Lakes Legal Foundation does provide access to useful information. But read between the lines before you buy into them being non-profit ...
First ... who is on their Board of Directors
Anyone recognize any of the firms or people ... think redistricting if nothing else .. Latino and other voter disenfranchisement!
Next examine the slant or spin in some of the language from their website
Badger Democracy "Blogging in Black" #GLLF == #ALEC
WI 1848 Forward: Another #ALEC : Great Lakes Legal Foundation #GLLF #Gogebic Fill in the streams #Fassbender
First ... who is on their Board of Directors
Board of Directors
Chairman – James A. Buchen
Senior Vice President, Wisconsin Manufacturers & Commerce
FYI - WMCWatch
Vice Chairman – Raymond P. Taffora
Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
President & General Counsel – Robert I. Fassbender
The Hamilton Consulting Group, LLC
Secretary and Treasurer – Nickolas C. George
President, Midwest Food Processors Association Inc.
Anyone recognize any of the firms or people ... think redistricting if nothing else .. Latino and other voter disenfranchisement!
Next examine the slant or spin in some of the language from their website
The Great Lakes Legal Foundation (GLLF) is a non-profit legal foundation providing legal and policy expertise to advance economic growth and increase job opportunities in the upper Midwest. We work with our partners to develop sound policies or challenge the ill-conceived.From their Media Center ... seems to suggest this is all "good news" ...
An excerpt rom their Resources page ... and this is "bad news"?Press Releases
Natural Resources Board Unanimously Votes to Repeal Outdated TSP Standard: Great Lakes Legal Foundation, June 23, 2011
News Articles
Environmentalists decry axing of larger particulates rule: Wisconsin Public Radio, June 23, 2011. The DNR Board has approved scrapping a rule that environmental groups say helped people breathe in Wisconsin.
Justices Rebuff States on Utilities’ Gas Emissions: The New York Times, June 20, 2011. The Supreme Court on Monday unanimously rejected a lawsuit that had sought to force major electric utilities to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions without waiting for federal regulators to act.
U.S. Supreme Court blocks federal lawsuit on greenhouse gas emissions: St. Paul Pioneer Press, June 20, 2011. The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday said the Environmental Protection Agency has the authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, blocking a federal lawsuit by states and conservation groups that were trying to force cuts in power plant emissions. Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy, one of five utilities targeted in the suit, welcomed the ruling, saying it looks forward to working with the EPA on regulations on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases without the threat of more lawsuits.
Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close: Chicago Tribune, June 11, 2011. As stricter environmental regulations approach, some power generators are choosing to shutter their coal-fired plants.
Great Lakes cleanup requests flood Environmental Protection Agency: Green Bay Press Gazette, May 15, 2011.
The EPA's Regulatory Train Wreck
The Environmental Protection Agency will develop and finalize multiple rules over the next several years that will dramatically impact the air, water, and energy regulatory climate. This unprecedented level of activity will be mirrored at the state level since each federal regulation will trigger the promulgation of state rules to implement the standards. Studies have shown these rules will have an impact on the overall economy, jobs, competitiveness, and energy costs. Resources related to the "Train Wreck" are available here.
Badger Democracy "Blogging in Black" #GLLF == #ALEC
WI 1848 Forward: Another #ALEC : Great Lakes Legal Foundation #GLLF #Gogebic Fill in the streams #Fassbender
v2 Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking
Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking: Hamilton Consulting Group
Educators: Were you sleeping in class?
#Walker As Ruler or Rule Maker #50 Exec. Order
November 2011
Executive Order 50: PDF
3/1/2013 ... the person behind the Executive Order #50 rule ? An unusual journey ...
New to DHS is Andrew Hitt who comes to the Department from the Governor’s Office to serve as the Department’s Executive Assistant. Andrew has been most recently working as Senior Advisor and Senior Counsel. He has managed policy staff in the development of the Governor’s strategic initiatives for the 2013-2015 budget, managed the Governor’s Office response and coordination with state agencies during natural disasters and homeland security events, and oversaw the drafting of Executive Order #50, which further guides and directs state agencies on the development and promulgation of administrative rules.Andrew brings with him experience from the National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research in Bethesda Maryland as a Research Specialist planning, conducting and analyzing scientific experiments to study cancer cachexia, and also worked as an Associate Research Specialist in the McArdle Laboratory for Cancer Research at the University of Wisconsin – Madison conducting and analyzing experiments for multiple breast cancer prevention projects.Andrew received his law degree from Marquette University Law School in Milwaukee, Wisconsin where he was the Editor-in-Chief of the Marquette Elder’s Advisor law journal. He also holds a Bachelor of Science in Medical Microbiology & Immunology from the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Andrew begins his position on March 11, 2013.
#Walker #Ruler #Corrupt WI 1848 Forward: Gov Releases Exec Order on Rulemaking - Control #edu #wiUnion #WiVote
WI 1848 Forward:v2 Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking- #walker More Big Government #edu #wiUnion #WiVote
WI 1848 Forward: v2 Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking - #walker #edu #wiUnion #WiVote #Rhoades #Hitt
WI 1848 Forward:v2 Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking- #walker More Big Government #edu #wiUnion #WiVote
WI 1848 Forward: v2 Governor Releases Executive Order on Rulemaking - #walker #edu #wiUnion #WiVote #Rhoades #Hitt
Sunday, April 29, 2012
#Moyers & Company: Big Money, Big #Media, Big Trouble #PBS
What's new ... not news especially locally! Politics - no news is better, no fact checking, pseudo neutrality ... no flashlights ... we prefer to work in the dark!
WI 1848 Forward: #Moyers & Company: Big Money, Big #Media, Big Trouble #PBS
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
Walker has kept WIS in an employment RECESSION!
7/17/2014 - Wisconsin loses 1,200 private-sector jobs in June, estimates show
3/8/2013 No matter how you spin job numbers, Wisconsin near bottom compared to other states
Jan 2013 - Walker brings Wisconsin job growth at 38th worst state.
Jobs data now official: Wisconsin gains but lags behind most states
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Walker loses jobs and lowers unemployment by discouraging people!
JSOnline 4.24.12 State posts largest percentage job loss in U.S. over past year, report shows
From March 2011 to March 2012, Wisconsin lost 23,900 jobs. That was the largest decrease in percentage terms in the country.
Those job losses came from both the public and private sector, but the public sector job losses (17,800) were larger than the private-sector job losses (6,100).
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Over the year, nonfarm employment increased in 45 states and the District of Columbia, decreased in 4 states, and was unchanged in Alabama.
The largest over-the-year percentage increase occurred in North Dakota (+6.5 percent).
The largest over-the-year percentage decrease in employment occurred in Wisconsin (-0.9 percent).
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Some tweeted me about declining unemployment rates ... suggesting things were better ... they may be?!
When the unemployment rate goes down however it may indicate fewer are being reported or counted simply because they are discouraged and not looking for a job. This also explains when things improve why the unemployment rate can go up. Looking at job gains or losses ... those jobs gained or lost can be tricky too since not all jobs are the same!
WI 1848 Forward: #Walker has kept WIS in an employment #RECESSION! : #Jobs #47% #99% vs #1% #elites #Koch #Hendricks
#Walker employment #RECESSION #1% #Elites #Koch #Hendricks #WI 1848 Forward: vs #Jobs #47% #99% #Obama #stimulus #ACA
Monday, April 23, 2012
Now and then - March 2011 and March 2012 ... by POSTS
Now and then - comparing March 2011 and March 2012 ...
Still with us ... ALEC, Grothman, WRS/Pensions, Medicare/Medicaid, OpenMeetings/Cameras, Unemployment, Supreme Controversy
Still with us ... ALEC, Grothman, WRS/Pensions, Medicare/Medicaid, OpenMeetings/Cameras, Unemployment, Supreme Controversy
Now and then - March 2011 and March 2012 ... by POSTS #WI #Walker
Sunday, April 22, 2012
Walker 's Merit Raises - where do we get the list?
Other than it would be very bad for the morale of those co-workers not rewarded we should celebrate publicly all of those being rewarded with bonus or merit ... if that is the system we are going to use! This includes those in UW System. I suspect that the so-called merit/bonus for DNA Analyst(s) is really as said ... more a reflection of market demand ... so adjust pay scales.
APNewsBreak: Wis. governor reinstated merit raise program even as most workers took pay cuts
I would be very interested to see if any of these persons are recent appointees, or serve in politically sensitive positions, how bonuses were distributed by income level, and whether any signed the recall petitions?
I read today in WSJ that about one-half of the 220 were in the State Justice Department!
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This website also offers many publications for free download:
From Dictatorship to Democracy by Gene Sharp
Available for download in 27 languages
Self-Liberation by Gene Sharp, with the assistance of Jamila Raqib
Available in English and Vietnamese
On Strategic Nonviolent Conflict by Robert Helvey
Available in: English, Burmese, Chinese (Simplified, Traditional), Spanish, and Vietnamese.
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Saturday, April 21, 2012
Granito :When Groups are Premeditated in their Brutality- Records exist - find them!
4/212012 From Granito
It began as a film to document, the plight of the indigenous people of Guatemala in the midst of a brutal counter-insurgency campaign. Thirty years later, it is a documentary that offers evidence on celluloid in bid to put Efrain Rios Mont on trial for genocide, the former General and Guatemalan President who has just lost his bid for amnesty in his own country. Filmmaker Pamela Yates weighs in on How to Nail A Dictator.
"Granito: How To Nail A Dictator" theatrical trailer from Skylight Pictures on Vimeo.
WI 1848 Forward: #Granito -Nailing #Dictator -Premeditated #Brutality- Records exist - find them! #Guatemala #Latino
It began as a film to document, the plight of the indigenous people of Guatemala in the midst of a brutal counter-insurgency campaign. Thirty years later, it is a documentary that offers evidence on celluloid in bid to put Efrain Rios Mont on trial for genocide, the former General and Guatemalan President who has just lost his bid for amnesty in his own country. Filmmaker Pamela Yates weighs in on How to Nail A Dictator.
"Granito: How To Nail A Dictator" theatrical trailer from Skylight Pictures on Vimeo.
NPR Three Decades On, Ex-Guatemalan Leader Faces Genocide Charges 3/18/2013
WI 1848 Forward: #Granito -Nailing #Dictator -Premeditated #Brutality- Records exist - find them! #Guatemala #Latino
Friday, April 20, 2012
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!?
This note is fiction at the present. I am sure none of us want this to become fact! But think about the future!
What can you imagine ... more later!!?
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion Prisons 4 $ Schools 4 $ Pollution 4 $
What will happen when#Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion http://wi1848forward.blogspot.com/2012/04/what-will-happen-when-walker-wins.html?spref=tw …
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #Akin #Santorum #Pridemore
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #AARP #NOW #NARAL
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #AARP #NOW #NARAL
State Senator Glenn Grothman, District 20, is appointed by Governor Walker as the new head of DHS (Wisconsin Department of Health Services). The disappearance of many women is reported immediately. There is speculation they have been sequestered for their own safety at TAYCHEEDAH CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION.
Media reports indicate that Secretary Grothman ordered the move in-conjunction Stephen Fitzgerald, father of two infamous Wisconsin Legislators (Scott and Jeff), currently head of Wisconsin State Patrol (appointed by Walker in 2011) and recently appointed to head of the Wisconsin National Guard (following Walker's recall victory). The round up of single women started almost immediately.
Governor Walker signed an Executive Order authorizing the move. Coincidentally this Executive Order is very similar to legislation that former Senator Grothman proposed in the last legislative session - that single parents (but just women) should be investigated for child abuse and or neglect.
Coming on the heals of Act 217 requiring three doctor visits by women seeking abortions the State GOP applauded the move. The argument goes like, "if we get these child abusers off the streets and in custody no one will want or need an abortion and we will keep health care costs under control."
What can you imagine ... more later!!?
There are reports that camera and video equipment is being confiscated by the National Guard at check points set up on all major highways leading into the state. Those observed using such equipment nearby State Patrol or Army National Guard personnel are having their equipment confiscated as well._______________________________________
St. Sen Glen #Grothman commits another "grosse" act ... Search YouTube
St. Sen. Glen Grothman ... quite a guy
Real Enemy's of the State : WI & GOP ... camera shy
#Walker As Ruler or Rule Maker #50 Exec. Order
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion Prisons 4 $ Schools 4 $ Pollution 4 $
What will happen when
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #Akin #Santorum #Pridemore
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #AARP #NOW #NARAL
What will happen when #Walker wins the #wiRecall!? #Grothman #wiVote #WiUnion #AARP #NOW #NARAL
Thursday, April 19, 2012
GeoTagging - Madison WI (Rallies, Fire,etc.) and Costa Rica (Hiking, Rappelling)
www.jotpix.com
Here Is what a map looks like from the above query ... you can zoom in and move around ... the number is a count of how many videos you should find
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Is #Walker really going to ruin the #WRS system?
I have not totally looked into this ... but it is what I would expect ... so we all can read it together and make our minds up. Does the WRS really need to be studied more especially by the agenda driven Walker/GOP.
I think all State residents should be able to participate in a segregated fund within the WRS. Save all those 401K/IRA fees and all that time plus get a better ROI than the private sector provides.
National Institute on Retirement Security has found the following information -
The Wisconsin Retirement System supported 50,317 jobs and $6.2 billion in total economic output in 2009. This was done by the 572,000 plus people that are retired under the WRS.
Between 1993 and 2009, 23.90% of Wisconsin’s pension fund receipts came from employer contributions, 5.21% from employee contributions, and 70.89% from investment earnings.* Earnings on investments and employee contributions—not taxpayer contributions—have historically made up the bulk of pension fund receipts.
Monday, April 16, 2012
#BBC : #Facebook supports #Cispa cyber-security bill
BBC 4/16/2012
#TED : Clay #Shirky: Why #SOPA is a bad idea - #PIPA #WWW freedom
Facebook says it is backing a new cyber-security bill due before US Congress later this month.
The HR 3523 Act would enable the government to access web users' private data on suspicion of a cyber threat.
The act, dubbed the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa), would also allow easier information-sharing between security agencies and private web firms.
Advocacy groups claim that it is aimed at file sharers rather than hackers.
First introduced on 30 November last year, the proposed law - which is due before Congress on 23 April - has been criticised by advocates of internet privacy and neutrality.
Facebook, AT&T, Intel, Verizon, and Microsoft are among some 800 firms who have reacted positively to the bill.
#TED : Clay #Shirky: Why #SOPA is a bad idea - #PIPA #WWW freedom
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Raw Footage 12-12:30 Teaparty Tax Day Protest - Madison WI, Capitol 4/14/2012
If you don't mind the jiggle and lack of editing ... it is on my channel !
YouTube as of 9am 4/16 ... 407 views
Seven different chronological slices! Click the Feed or Videos button!
YouTube as of 9am 4/16 ... 407 views
Seven different chronological slices! Click the Feed or Videos button!
#TeaParty Tax Day Protest 4/14/12 - #Madison #Capitol on King St - Beautiful Day
Last year Madison - video - Tax Tea Party Day 4/16/11 et al, Sarah Palin
Just a quick note ... the group seems just as earnest as last year although about 1/2 the size ... loose pack on King St plaza entrance to the square/Capitol. I left just as Vicki McKenna was coming on. Last year it was held on the opening day of Madison's Farmer's Market on the Square (Dane County) and there were as many people protesting the TeaParty as there were supporters ... and Sarah Palin was here! But the Farmer's Market had a big turnout - it starts next week this year (on the Square). These are chronological from ~12 to 12:30pm ... the rhetoric seem more or less (2 or 3 speakers I heard) directed "War on Women, Children, Budgets and Deficits".
I just let a few pictures speak for themselves ...
Just a quick note ... the group seems just as earnest as last year although about 1/2 the size ... loose pack on King St plaza entrance to the square/Capitol. I left just as Vicki McKenna was coming on. Last year it was held on the opening day of Madison's Farmer's Market on the Square (Dane County) and there were as many people protesting the TeaParty as there were supporters ... and Sarah Palin was here! But the Farmer's Market had a big turnout - it starts next week this year (on the Square). These are chronological from ~12 to 12:30pm ... the rhetoric seem more or less (2 or 3 speakers I heard) directed "War on Women, Children, Budgets and Deficits".
Friday, April 13, 2012
#Politics: We should have High Speed Trains not just Trucks (corridor urban sprawl)
High Speed Train Wreck
I believe the route went from Milwaukee to Madison to Minneapolis. Even if it was just Milwaukee to Madsion (90 miles) for $800 million it sounds like a bargain. Isn't making political deals and political rhetoric amazing. There are all kinds of issues and tradeoffs involved in making these decisions but it would be nice if it really was an attempt to make good long term policy decisions vs expedient short term political gain.
I believe the route went from Milwaukee to Madison to Minneapolis. Even if it was just Milwaukee to Madsion (90 miles) for $800 million it sounds like a bargain. Isn't making political deals and political rhetoric amazing. There are all kinds of issues and tradeoffs involved in making these decisions but it would be nice if it really was an attempt to make good long term policy decisions vs expedient short term political gain.
Plain Talk: Wisconsin’s loss is Illinois’ gain as trains roll 3/28/2012
State details plans for expanding Interstate 39-90 from the Wis State Journal 4/13/2012
The newspaper headline was $715 million (for 45 miles of hwy) ... anybody wonder why Walker was out of town and not taking credit ... oh, the state has to come up with $500 million as our share. How does that compare with the $137 million ... we are broke claim?
The $715 million reconstruction and expansion of a 45-mile stretch of Interstate 39-90 between Madison and the Illinois state line will aid state tourism and help create more economic development along the corridor, one of the busiest stretches of highway in the state, officials say.
The eight-year project is scheduled to begin in 2015, but construction of the Highway 11 interchange in Janesville is scheduled for 2013.
"This is a really great day for Wisconsin," said state Transportation Secretary Mark Gottlieb. "This represents a $715 million vote of confidence for Wisconsin. It's a vote of confidence in our economy and a vote of confidence in the importance of transportation infrastructure."
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
BiPartisanship - Lobbyists spreading money with cunning
4/10/12
Like ALEC, like the NRA ... KOCH
Bailing out of ALEC ... Coco-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, Intuit, McDonald’s, Wendy's, Mars, Arizona Public Service Company !
The things they kill or rollback ...
Repealing/blocking equal pay laws
ALEC'S REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT
4/22/2012
WI 1848 Forward: #BiPartisanship - #Lobbyists spreading money with cunning: #NRA #Koch #Adelson #ALEC #1% #Elites vs US
Like ALEC, like the NRA ... KOCH
Bailing out of ALEC ... Coco-Cola, Pepsi, Kraft, Intuit, McDonald’s, Wendy's, Mars, Arizona Public Service Company !
The things they kill or rollback ...
Repealing/blocking equal pay laws
ALEC'S REGULATORY FLEXIBILITY ACT
Some Organizations need to stay socially conscious and others need to survive ... now we understand share/stockholder protests and product boycotts and the Occupy Movements!The SERC project has been discontinued due to lack of funding. We apologize, but it’s unlikely that we’ll be able to respond to requests for information about the material posted on this site.State Environmental Resource Center
Madison, Wisconsin
4/22/2012
Business Week - Book Review: Power, Inc. by David Rothkopf
A former deputy under secretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration, Rothkopf has written two previous books on the power elite and is a reliable source of sound bites about U.S. foreign policy. But readers expecting a campaign-season analysis of current affairs will be disappointed, at least for the first two-thirds of Power, Inc., as they realize that the story of Kare the Goat is only the beginning of a breathless account of the last 700 years of Western political history.
WI 1848 Forward: #BiPartisanship - #Lobbyists spreading money with cunning: #NRA #Koch #Adelson #ALEC #1% #Elites vs US
Saturday, April 7, 2012
From Russia w/Love: Stalin makes the Koch family richer
Who is Mary Ellen Mark ....photo journalist and author
... wandered into her web ... following search for William Koch ... found a magazine article she has a photo credit in. The story is about the Koch family! I was totally ignorant of her work and before I just believed what the article said I wanted to know more.
Survival of the Richest ... photo credit becomes story ... "Survival of the Richest," (Corporate Portraits--Fred Koch), November 1989, Leslie Wayne, p. 145, USA, 1 bw, 208N
... this all started while watching "UpWith Chris Hayes" (4/7/2012) as he did a story about environmental activism via the imprisonment of Tim DeChristopher ... Tim's civil disobedience story was paralleled with similar acts by William Koch (who did not go to jail according to Tim's lawyer)
http://www.maryellenmark.com/
About Tim DeChristopher from Wikipedia ...
I did not find the parallel story about William Koch alluded to in the "Up With Chris Hayes" program ... but it was still an interesting journey! Briefly from Leslie Wayne's story ... excerpt about the patriarch, Fred ...
WI 1848 Forward: From #Russia w/Love: #Stalin makes the #Koch family richer : the 1% #elites vs #47%
... wandered into her web ... following search for William Koch ... found a magazine article she has a photo credit in. The story is about the Koch family! I was totally ignorant of her work and before I just believed what the article said I wanted to know more.
Survival of the Richest ... photo credit becomes story ... "Survival of the Richest," (Corporate Portraits--Fred Koch), November 1989, Leslie Wayne, p. 145, USA, 1 bw, 208N
... this all started while watching "UpWith Chris Hayes" (4/7/2012) as he did a story about environmental activism via the imprisonment of Tim DeChristopher ... Tim's civil disobedience story was paralleled with similar acts by William Koch (who did not go to jail according to Tim's lawyer)
http://www.maryellenmark.com/
About Tim DeChristopher from Wikipedia ...
Tim DeChristopher is an American climate activist and co-founder of the environmental group Peaceful Uprising. On December 19, 2008, he protested an oil and gas lease auction of 116 parcels of public land in Utah's redrock country, conducted by the Bureau of Land Management. DeChristopher decided to participate in the auction, signing a Bidder Registration Form and placing bids to obtain 14 parcels of land (totaling 22,500 acres) for $1.8 million. DeChristopher was removed from the auction by federal agents, taken into custody, and questioned. On July 26, 2011, Judge Dee Benson sentenced DeChristopher to two years in prison; his lawyers plan to appeal.
I did not find the parallel story about William Koch alluded to in the "Up With Chris Hayes" program ... but it was still an interesting journey! Briefly from Leslie Wayne's story ... excerpt about the patriarch, Fred ...
His first big profits came from Russia, where he went in the late 1920s and early 1930s after his customers fled under the barrage of lawsuits. There, he built fifteen refineries as part of Stalin's first five-year plan. But when purges in the late '30s liquidated some of Fred Koch's best Russian friends, he turned into a fervent anti-Communist and went on to become an early member of the ultraconservative John Birch Society.
WI 1848 Forward: From #Russia w/Love: #Stalin makes the #Koch family richer : the 1% #elites vs #47%
Monday, April 2, 2012
ALEC - Shadow State Gov - SourceWatch.org
6/8/2013 ALEC says its communications with Wisconsin lawmakers are private
2013: Has anything changed or will anything change ... ALEC Politicians
Wisconsin_ALEC_Groupies
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Top of the Wisconsin iceberg ... from SourceWatch.org
#Walker #Koch #Payola #Spin #WEDC WI 1848 Forward: #ALEC -Shadow State Gov- #SourceWatch.org : 47% #WiUnion #WiVote #99% -WI 1848 Forward
The American Legislative Exchange Council, better known as ALEC, is being challenged for using Internet drop boxes and broad new assertions of privacy to shield from public view the discussions of elected officials and corporate leaders it brings together to write model legislation for state governments.In particular, the Arlington, Va.-based group has begun adding a disclaimer to documents it provides to state lawmakers contending that the material — including meeting agendas and policy proposals — isn’t subject to the Wisconsin Open Records Law or similar laws in any state.Read more: http://host.madison.com/news/local/alec-says-its-communications-with-wisconsin-lawmakers-are-private/article_d6c7497c-3174-5b62-81d2-e4b4efd3e5d2.html#ixzz2VinLmyja
2013: Has anything changed or will anything change ... ALEC Politicians
Wisconsin_ALEC_Groupies
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Top of the Wisconsin iceberg ... from SourceWatch.org
Wisconsin Legislators Paying ALEC Membership Fees with Tax Dollars
- Dan Kapanke (R-La Crosse): $100 – 2/1/2011
- Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin): $100 – 2/1/2011
- Terry Moulton (R-Chippewa Falls): $100 – 2/1/2011
- Van Wanggard (R-Racine): $100 – 2/1/2011
- Rich Zipperer (R-Pewaukee): $100- 2/1/2011
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau): $100 – 1/1/2011
- Pam Galloway (R-Wausau): $100 – 1/1/2011
- Glenn Grotham (R-West Bend): $100 – 1/1/2011
- Frank Lasee (R): $200 – 1/1/2011
- Alberta Darling (R-River Hills): $200 – 1/1/2009
- Mike Ellis (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2009 (disgraced 2014 - retires)
- Neal Kedzie (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2007
- Mike Ellis (R-Neenah): $100 – 1/1/2007
- Scott Fitzgerald (R-Juneau): $200 – 1/1/2007[215]
#Walker #Koch #Payola #Spin #WEDC WI 1848 Forward: #ALEC -Shadow State Gov- #SourceWatch.org : 47% #WiUnion #WiVote #99% -WI 1848 Forward
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