Politics (PayToPlay) Makes Things Cost More - WiscNet ?

What price has GOP extracted behind the scenes??

UW System rescinds WiscNet contract

MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- The University of Wisconsin System has rescinded a new contract with its broadband provider.

The system provides employees and hardware for WiscNet, a nonprofit organization that provides internet access to system campuses, public schools, public libraries and state agencies.

Republicans have questioned whether the system has been improperly subsidizing WiscNet and have ordered it to end its partnership with the provider.

The system, in turn, began seeking contracts for a new provider. WiscNet won the bid in May.

On Thursday, though, the system said it was pulling out of the contract in light of the potential for appeals and further legislative action.

Tony Evers, the state schools superintendent, says the system's decision puts WiscNet's future in doubt and could force remaining members to turn to more expensive providers.

Another way to lessen public education and raise profits for corporations!?

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Greta Van Susteren interviewing Paul Ryan

Watching

Greta Van Susteren

 interviewing Paul Ryan  ... what a joke ... too bad we have to watch this stuff ... 6.27.2013

paul-ryan-irs-forgets-it-works-for-american-people/?playlist_id=86925

The video link!

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Supreme Court - "Dred Scott Decision" - You shall not be free nor be free to vote - Justice Roberts

Said more bluntly "The Supreme Court took a man and made him into a slave."

Wikipedia -

Déjà vu - all over again

Scott's temporary residence outside Missouri did not bring about his emancipation under the Missouri Compromise, which the court ruled unconstitutional as it would improperly deprive Scott's owner of his legal property.

While Chief Justice Roger B. Taney had hoped to settle issues related to slavery and Congressional authority by this decision, it aroused public outrage and deepened sectional tensions between the northern and southern U.S. states. President Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, and the post-Civil War Thirteenth, Fourteenth andFifteenth amendments nullified the decision.

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Edge of Storm Crosses to Lake Monona, Madison WI 6/21/2013 ~ 8:50pm Saturday

Snowden -Laura Poitras [My Country, My Country & The Oath]- Surveillance - Harassment - Security

One thing to note about being a whistleblower - do it at the wrong time or too quietly and you will probably be forced to swallow the whistle.

Update: OTM 8/20/2013 (Bottom) and another NYTimes from 8/13/13

That Laura Poitras was once a chef and is now a recognized videographer (Oscar nominated) and won a MacArthur “genius” grant must be quite a story in itself?!

(2008 -Still in Motion) Interview: Laura Poitras, Director MY COUNTRY, MY COUNTRY

The fact that she did the recent Snowden video many of us have seen clips of makes it more interesting and she was obviously in Hong Kong.  The fact that she was contacted via "encrypted" communications last January by Snowden just adds more to the plot.

The New York Times Article

Player in Leaks Case, Out From Behind Camera By NOAM COHEN Published: June 14, 2013

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Poitras

Published on Jun 9, 2013

By Laura Poitras and Glenn Greenwald

For the past week, the Guardian and Washington Post have been reporting on some extraordinary revelations about previously secret massive NSA surveillance programs that invade the privacy of both Americans and those abroad. On Sunday, the whistleblower and source to the stories about the PRISM surveillance program revealed himself as 29-year-old Edward Snowden. This is his story, in his own words.

I look forward to the "new documentary".
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NSA snooping: Facebook reveals details of data requests

On The Media Coverage 6/14

Update OTM 8/20/2013

NYTimes ... More background on Laura Poitras, etc - reminds me a little of Martha Gellhorn

How Laura Poitras Helped Snowden Spill His Secrets

___________Also Noteworthy~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Panama ... illicit offshoring secrets

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JSOnline - Walker GOP Tone Deaf on UltraSound - WOW WarOnWomen

Walker signed it into LAW 7/5/2013

GOP senators pass abortion measure requiring ultrasounds - JSOnline 6/13/2013

Madison — In a raucous clash on the state Senate floor Wednesday that recalled the bitter divides of 2011, Republicans abruptly cut off debate and forced a vote requiring that women seeking abortions get ultrasounds.

The morning's brief floor session included sharp exchanges and one senator contending that abortions "became the thing to do" in the 1960s.

Democrats protested the bill's merits and the process by which it was passed, saying Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald of Juneau and his fellow Republicans were trampling on democracy by ending debate after about 25 minutes.

"My first advice to the majority leader is that he seeks psychological help," Sen. Bob Jauch (D-Poplar) said at a news conference after the vote.

Fitzgerald laughed off that comment and compared Democrats' reaction on Wednesday to their decision in 2011 to leave the state for three weeks in a failed attempt to stop legislation that ended most collective bargaining for most public workers.

He described the Democrats' approach as, "We don't like what's happening from a public policy perspective, so we're not going to play by the rules."

The abortion measure passed 17-15, with all Republicans for it and all Democrats against it. Sen. Luther Olsen (R-Ripon) was absent.

It now goes to the Assembly, which plans to take it up Thursday. GOP Gov. Scott Walker has said he would sign the bill. ...

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NSA should collect Gun Owners telephone records and emails! Oh wait! They do!

#NSA #PRISM #GUNS #NRA WI 1848 Forward: Gov should collect #Gun Owners tele recs and emails! Oh wait! They do!