The citizens of Wisconsin are already getting the small government message across to their legislators for 2010. The Wisconsin Grandsons for Liberty will be promoting smaller government in Madison Monday, the 23rd. Here is the run down if you would like to join them:
“On this single day, citizens from Ohio [...]
The words people use tell us a lot about the true message of a document or group, this has never been more true than in the healthcare bill that the Democrats and President Obama are trying to force on the American people. The American Taxpayers Union has the details:
“For [...]
You heard that right, 13 new taxes!
The one that bothers me the most? The new HSA taxes and limits. Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) are a responsible way for Americans to take control of their healthcare spending and save for the future. What do the Democrats do with it? Limit it! [...]
From the Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee’s website and facebook (see you there!):
October Social Hour Meet Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen at the PalmsDATE: Tuesday, Oct. 27th
TIME: 5:30-8:00pm
LOCATION: Upstairs at the Palms on 221 N. Broadway (or visit them at: [www.palmsbistrobar.com])
Join [...]On Friday, the Personnel Committee of the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted to add “domestic partner benefits” to the County’s employee benefits plan (which is already tremendously expensive). According to the MJS’s report, “The measure calls for developing a final plan for offering health benefits to [...]
When Archbishop Timothy Dolan was transferred from Milwaukee to New York, it represented a tremendous loss for the entire Wisconsin community. Whispers in the Loggia, chronicler of ecclesiastical intrigue, makes the following note today:
And, lastly, nine months after the archdiocese of Milwaukee fell vacant on Dolan’s Eastward move, a [...]
Sen.Baucus , President Obama and the rest of the Democrats have quite the spending spree planned. Good thing they changed their accounting so more of the spending comes after the initial 10 year horizon, otherwise John Q Public never would have fallen for it….
This chart from The American Spectator [...]
Today’s Washington Times carries an editorial criticizing President Obama’s nomination of Louis Butler for the U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin. Read the whole thing.
[...]Reading the Wall Street Journal this morning, I couldn’t help remember a quote from Morton Blackwell that’s usually used in a political context: “You can’t make friends of your enemies by making enemies of your friends.”
(1) Throw Israel under the bus to score points with Iran in [...]
Today Apple computer left the US Chamber of Commerce, and most of it’s consumers, in search of a pat on the back from Greenpeace and other far left environmentalists. In a move that was a slap in the face to all it’s loyal customers (including this blogger), Apple has [...]
From the Seventh Circuit to Wisconsin’s Seventh Congressional District to discuss Sean Duffy’s campaign to unseat longtime incumbent Dave Obey. Duffy is a prosecutor in Ashland County and grassroots Republican activist in the Seventh District.
Many may say that Cong. Obey is basically undefeatable because he [...]
Yesterday, the State Bar of Wisconsin released the list of eleven attorneys who have applied for the Seventh Circuit vacancy created by Judge Terence Evans’ decision to take senior status. The bad news is that there are no Marquette Law graduates on the list, so unless the President goes [...]
Wisconsin slide to the 3rd worst state in the country to do business! Awful… just awful. What does Wisconsin expect though when it elects Democrats to the Legislature and Big Spending High Taxing Jim Doyle as governor.
Forbes: Wisconsin third-worst state for business
Wisconsin slid on Forbes’ fourth ranking of [...]
Daniel, my fellow Gop3.com blogger, passed this along and I had to share it.
And of course he won with an ad like that and (what sounds like) Fred Thompson narrating.
“In 2008, Texans overwhelmingly re-elected Senator John Cornyn to represent them for a second six-year term in the U.S. Senate. [...]
I heard the song below on the way in to work this morning and I had to share it. I feel so lucky that my family is safe and that I live in such a great country, especially today. It is critical that we never forget the sacrifices made on [...]
As predicted in my first post on the $8000 free downpayment giveaway passed by Obama and the Democrats in congress, the bad math behind the liberals’ attempts to revive a big government fueled recession with more big government are already becoming evident.
It seems that when you give people [...]
I’ll admit freely that Daniel Patrick Moynihan is probably, along with Zell Miller and Scoop Jackson, the Democrat that Republicans love to quote most. But I’ll freely fall into that practice with an excerpt from George H. Nash, who in turn quotes Moynihan. Though the quote [...]
Now that the Obama $8000 first time home buyer giveaway is coming to an end, let’s consider the consequences.
How does 350,000 first time home buyers with 3.5% of your tax dollars and in some cases none of their own money down sound to you? I’ll tell you what, it scares the [...]
After taking closer look at the listening session Rep Gwen Moore (D) threw together last Friday after Gop3.com called out her complete lack of listening sessions compared to the 17 Rep. Paul Ryan (R) has planned, we find it sorely lacking:
1. Rep. Moore will only listen to [...]
After taking closer look at the listening session Rep Gwen Moore (D) threw together last Friday after Gop3.com called out her complete lack of listening sessions compared to the 17 Rep. Paul Ryan (R) has planned, we find it sorely lacking:
1. Rep. Moore will only listen to [...]
In a true story of the power citizens can have by making their voices heard, Rep Gwen Moore released information on a health care forum hours after one of her staffers denied any plans and only 1 hour after our post. Here is the timeline and the information:
Aug 7, 2009 [...]
After reviewing the disastrous socialized healthcare “public option” put forth by President Barack Obama, I did what I usually do, I called up my US Representative, Democratic Congresswoman Gwen Moore (202-225-4572) to voice my disapproval of the big government plan and asked her not to vote for it.
Being the concerned citizen [...]
In an interview about health care with Wisc. Public Radio, Cong. Kagen said yesterday, in reference to the current health reform legislation “The first casualty of war is truth.” That’s only too true, but unfortunately it’s Cong. Kagen who’s peddling misleading statements.
Judge Terence T. Evans of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has announced his intention to assume senior status on January 7, 2010. A Marquette, Marquette Law graduate, Judge Evans has served as a full-time judge for the people of Wisconsin since 1974 (Milwaukee [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports, in a story about political pay-back from Wisconsin’s governing Democrats to their union supporters in the recent budget:
Unions traditionally help elect Democratic politicians. The largest teachers union, the Wisconsin Education Association Council, spent about $2.1 million before last November’s elections, with much of [...]
This new one from Toby Keith is sure to get you fired up for the week (whether it’s the beat or the lyrics). There isn’t a music video for it yet but this fan video has a great background image.
Commentary on American pop culture anyone?
Toby Keith American Ride Lyrics
Winter [...]
Today, three board members of Wisconsin Family Action filed a lawsuit against Gov. Jim Doyle and others responsible for implementing the statewide “domestic partner registry” created by the state budget.
The ACLU of Wisconsin put out a press release today that calls the lawsuit “hyperbolic,” a “tortured effort,” [...]
I am in Indianapolis, IN for the Young Republican national convention. I saw this billboard on the way down and had to share it. What a contrast!
Wouldn’t it be amazing if the Democrats in Wisconsin would stop stifling business in the midst of our recession with more and more [...]
Cpl. Reynold Armand
21 years old from Rochester, New York
2nd Assault Amphibian Battalion, 2nd Marine Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force
August 7, 2007
Reynold Armand didn’t want to wait until he turned 18 to join the Marines. He persuaded his [...]
Word on the street is that Democrat Diamond Jim Doyle will retire to lead the Peace Corps with President Obama’s blessing after bankrupting Wisconsin with all of his new taxes and irresponsible spending.
Thoughts? Surprised?
UPDATE: As much fun as it is to dream that Doyle will leave Wisconsin, it appears it [...]
After emailing my Senators and Representative in my last post on the Democrats’ plan for socialized healthcare, I recieved a number of form letter’s from our Wisconsin Democrat Senators. Not surprisingly, they were from DO NOT REPLY email addresses so the office didn’t have to hear any responses to [...]
My uncle and I had a quick exchange around Obama’s proposal for socialized healthcare that I thought I would share portions of here. It is relatively high level but, should serve as a catalyst for further debate.
My Uncle:
With all due respect Brandon, I probably pay quite a bit more in [...]
Wisconsinites celebrating their Second Amendmend Rights.
“Open Carry Picnic Facts
213 people signed in. 99 people carried holstered firearms. 100 burgers, 100 brats and 50 hot dogs were served. $830.85 was raised by participants for Wisconsin Badger Camp.”HT: Boots and Sabers
[...]You guessed it, the ridiculous partisan lefty Democrat of the day award goes to Sentor Russ Feingold (D) WI.
“Republicans are trying to pass legislation in the next few weeks to kick off the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s birth, and the only hurdle appears to be [...]
While reading through my latest Google Reader items, a post over on 538 caught my eye (shared by a friend) titled “Why Spending Cuts Aren’t the Answer“. It is a well written piece about how we shouldn’t be cutting government programs because, as Mr.Frank states:
“Each of these programs was [...]
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel covers a new report from the Faculty Council concerning the use of adjunct faculty members at Marquette University. The report comes at the initiative of the Theology Department, which had passed a resolution urging study of the issue.
The first issue with the media [...]
I used to look to The Economist for levelheaded, solid articles and a defense of actual economic principles. Lately, their decline to the levels of the rest of the mainstream media in terms of anti-GOP bias has become more and more evident. Captian Capitalism, a great econo-blogger in Minnesota I [...]
With Governer Diamond Jim Doyle, the Democrats and President Barack Obama pushing hard for more and more mass transit these days, it is surprising that it has taken the media until today to even mention the risks involved with diseases spreading through trains and subways.
It’s logical though, we spend all [...]
What could it be?
Here is the lowdown on the event tonight:
You’re Invited to a
Very Special Announcement
with
Scott Walker
Tuesday, April 28
5:45pm Event
4:30pm Doors Open
Wisconsin Lutheran College
8800 West Bluemound Road
Wauwatosa, WI 53226
Call (414) 453-2010 with questions or to RSVP.
You may also click [...]
The public is finally beginning to realize that Doyle’s constant tax and fee increases (his latest budget is packed full of them) are what is causing the dismal 9.7% unemployment (highest in 27 yrs) here in Wisconsin. His approval rating has plummented to 45%, down 14%!
Many people like to [...]
As some of you may already know, I have been taking night classes at Georgetown University Law Center here in Washington (towards an LL.M.). Georgetown is a popular place of late - President Obama visited the main campus last week, and Vice President Biden visited the Law Center [...]
A few news outlets carry the story that St. Norbert College and Wisconsin Public Radio have released a new poll of Wisconsin residents. I have previously observed that the SNC/WPR poll is notoriously unreliable, so Republicans should not rejoice and tout its number publicly simply [...]
LifeSiteNews.com reports that the University of Notre Dame has provided the following statement from university president the Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., to members of the Board of Trustees, regarding the controversy with President Obama.
In June 2004, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops issued a statement, “Catholics [...]
The email I sent out for the Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee today says it all, get out and vote!:
Vote for lower taxes, better schools, true justiceMy good friend Alex pointed me to the latest headline over at the Drudge Report, “GM: Government Motors”. So true, Obama forced out the CEO of a “private” corporation by threatening to withhold more government funds. We are now spending trillions propping up failing businesses and the government is [...]
President Obama has been selected to receive an honorary doctorate of laws and to serve as the keynote speaker at the University of Notre Dame’s commencement in May.
Catholic lay leaders are already raising red flags (Austin Ruse, NRO, Deal Hudson, Cardinal Newman Society, [...]
Marquette University’s “Gathering Points” lectures are “to provide opportunities for Catholics of all perspectives and backgrounds to prayerfully enrich their understanding and engage in substantive dialogue about Church issues.” Unfortunately, it looks like the next two Gathering Points lectures will be an opportunity for leading liberal Catholics to expound [...]
Does the wasteful, bloated budget put forward by the Democrats and their leader Governor Jim Doyle have you worried about the future of our great state, your finances and even your family?
It certainly does for me and most people in the state. The article title from the Journal Sentinel says [...]
First, let’s review the rosy Milwaukee environmental story the green media told us about today:
“Milwaukee’s traffic lights are going green.
We Energies gave the city $104,000 in grant money to help transition from the old bulb lights in traffic signals to the newer LED lights.The LEDs are not only more [...]
First off, congratulations and Godspeed to Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, recently appointed by Pope Benedict as the archbishop of New York. I have met Archbishop Dolan on a few occasions and have seen him speak several other times. Everyone comments on his wonderful personality, his gregarious nature, his [...]
Despite the rain, this summit on fiscal freedom put on by the Americans For Prosperity is PACKED. I can’t find a seat so I am liveblogging on my iPhone, please excuse any errors.
10:17: Joe the Plumber is speaking, great content and he is delivering in a straight forward fashion [...]
Many times in the past there have been figures that get associated with ideas, Joe The Plumber is just one of those figures. During the 2008 presidential campaign, he came to represent the common man objecting to Barack Obama’s high tax, high spend agenda. As Barack Obama [...]
Leaders of some pro-life organizations are laying into long-time pro-life champion U.S. Senator Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, for issuing a statement congratulating Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius upon her nomination for Secretary of Health and Human Services. These criticism are misplaced, short-sighted, and ungrateful.
MISPLACED: By criticizing Brownback, these pro-life leaders [...]
We’re number 8! While perusing one of my favorite new blogs, Captain Capitalism, I came across this revealing post and table called Municipal Poverty Pimps, Milwaukee, WI is number 8:
1908! I looked up our last Republican Mayor in Milwaukee, it was Sherburn M. Becker. [...]
Today the Wisconsin State Bar released the list of 13 applicants to the Federal Nominating Commission for the vacancy on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin created by the resignation of Reagan-appointed John Shabaz. We here at GOP3 have done the hard work of Googling [...]
Even as companies like AIG announce they will gobble up $30 billion more hard-earned taxpayer dollars, there are a few companies out there showing true leadership. These companies had the wisdom and foresight to make good decisions and limit the bad debt the government was pressuring them to issue. They [...]
From the AP
“AP WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama vowed to fight America’s powerful interest groups as he seeks to push through Congress a budget plan so breathtaking in its scope and ambition that it could help reshape American society.”
Translation: The biggest spending plan. Ever.
But this is Obama we’re talking about, [...]
It’s great to back in DC with a bunch of conservatives. Being out here has been absolutely amazing, and seeing the CPAC speakers were great but being able to see fellow gop3er Dan Suhr, Brent Gardner and the CRs at the Les Aspin Center is still a big highlight.
Getting [...]
Many of my liberal friends, now that they are in the majority hot seat, say the Republicans need to come up with their own ideas rather than just shooting down the Democrats. As those who pay attention know, Republicans provide a plethora of ideas, they are just not covered by [...]
In several news articles, in its press releases, and on its blog and website, Fair Wisconsin has been pushing a poll statistic saying, “Three quarters of Wisconsin voters support some form of legal recognition for gay and lesbian couples.” They cite for this proposition a poll [...]
The NRO recently released a list of the top 25 Conservative Movies, while a few other blogs made some additions to that list. I was inspired to come up with a list of my own of the top conservative video games.
The Criteria: Standard Sports games (Madden, [...]
I was voter number 4 in my Milwaukee ward this morning at 7:30. Have you voted yet? Here is the rundown on the two elections (State Superintendent and Circuit Court Judge) and the best candidates:
What is the State Superintendent?
“The [state] superintendent is responsible for governing Wisconsin’s public schools, administering [...]
Wouldn’t it be funny if all those billions of stimulus dollars that Dismal Democrat Doyle begged so hard for were actually used in a manner that would truly stimulate the economy? Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker sure gave some great examples of how he would do it (if [...]
Our Gop3.com Valentine to you… with a little help from the RNC and the Democrat’s pile of pork spending “stimulus”. Send you own here.
HT: Alex
While catching up with the latest in Wisconsin conservative politics at the Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee blog this morning, I came across this great quote that I passed on to my family:
“As the national debate centers around the “stimulus” package, it might do everyone some good to take [...]
The Hill reports:
The three Republican lawmakers who helped carry the Senate economic stimulus bill over the 60-vote threshold earlier this week are expected to play major roles in passing other controversial bills in the 111th Congress.
“You never know the starting lineup for any game, but my guess is that [...]
It seems our Aussie friends have taken the capitalist high road and refused to put their children in debt with massive pork spending by rejecting their equivalent of pork “stimulus”:
“The Australian government’s A$42 billion ($27.3 billion) stimulus plan was rejected in the parliament Thursday as the vote was tied [...]
As reported by MU Officials:
At around 4pm there was a fire at the Marquette Law School construction site.
There were six construction workers on the scene at the time, they are accounted for, no injuries.
No students were at or near the facility at the time of the fire.
Gesu Parish, Haggarty Art [...]
As Daniel hypes a spring race for DPI which has a primary on February 17, I too have taken to a race that hits close to home: The Menomonee Falls Village President race.
The race has three candidates: Randy Newman, the infamous Jefferson Davis and political newcomer David Phillips.
Yes [...]
Grabbed this off of Deadspin:
Historically General Motors gives away a luxury car to the Super Bowl MVP winner. But this year there was no celebration, no car on the field, and Santonio Holmes didn’t mention Cadillac after the game, but he still got one.
Santonio Holmes, [...]
Following my discussion with a Register of Deeds employee two weeks ago, when I arrived at the office and it was locked before 4:30, a staffer at County Executive Scott Walker’s office, and a staffer in the office of the Milwaukee Register of Deeds, the Milwaukee County clerk’s office [...]
My Stance on the Stimulus
1. It is a monumental pile of wasteful spending one would expect from Democrats, wrapped in the guise of a “Stimulus” package tied with a populist Obama bow. Here are some highlights that I posted to Twitter (you can follow me on Twitter if you [...]
Given that today is the Super Bowl, I thought it would be best if I posted some of my favorite super bowl Ad from the past ten years. There are some great ones from farther back however, but I wanted to go for some that I saw on TV. I’m [...]
In 2006, David Kuo, former Deputy Director of the Office of Faith-based and Community Initiatives in the Bush White House, released his much-discussed book “Tempting Faith.” According to an MSNBC report on the book’s release:
Kuo alleges that then-White House political affairs director Ken Mehlman knowingly participated in a [...]
(H/T: Matt Rossetto who posted this on FB from Politco)
I’ve said before that conservative is the new gay in Hollywood. With all the crazy lefties involved in that town, either the sensible Hollywood Republicans come out and speak against Matt Damon, while others quietly stay in the political [...]
Senators Feingold and Kohl “announced the activation of an 11-member federal nominating commission responsible for making recommendations for the Federal Judgeship vacancy in the Western District of Wisconsin and the U.S. Attorney vacancy in the Eastern District of Wisconsin.” The commission is to render “fair and independent advice” to [...]
The state of the Milwaukee Public School system is dismal. It only graduates 46% of students. School choice is helping but, the heavy bureaucracy of the public school system is dragging things down even further. A quick sum of the salaries of just the MPS administrative staff [...]
I recently made the big step of purchasing a condo in downtown Milwaukee (I know, my bad). Regardless of paying some of the highest property taxes in the country, I am now dealing with all the headaches of filing my deed and doing a number [...]
On Milwaukee delivered the bad news:
Due to an alert last year from the Milwaukee Police Department that the event was not in compliance with Statute 125.32 6a, organizers of the Thursday evening Jazz in the Park concert series will enforce a no carry-in policy that applies to beer, wine [...]
Three pieces of information for your consideration:
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2. The Daily Princetonian has this:
Physics professor William Happer GS ’64 has some tough words for scientists who believe that carbon dioxide is causing global warming.
“This is George Orwell. This is the ‘Germans are the master [...]
I will continue “cheering on” Van Mobley, committed Republican and conservative, in his race for Superintendent of Public Instruction by critiquing the MPS Turnaround Team proposal of Rose Fernandez. As noted by the Cap Times, Mobley and Fernandez have positioned themselves as the two candidates appealing for [...]
h/t: Sykes. He talked about it on his show this morning (9:20ish), but I only caught the tail end.
PETA has taken offense to actions in Marquette’s Biology 171 course. As it goes, a renegade nameless student alerted PETA to the mass genocide of helpless turtles, rats and rabbits [...]
Don’t miss the Conservative Young Professionals of Milwaukee January 15th Happy Hour with Scott Walker at Karma (drink specials included)! Be sure to check out their new website and sign up to join ~200 conservative young professionals in Milwaukee.
Here is their latest email.
Please join the Conservative Young Professionals of [...]
Apparently it was because he did too much good, and the Illinois House blocked all that good. Especially in the health care field. It may be the first time the word “breast” is used in a political scandal, and it isn’t in a sexual nature.
I’m not sure if any other [...]
Anyone needing proof of my contention that Wisconsin conservatives ought to back Van Mobley for DPI superintendent need look no further than today’s Appleton Post-Crescent story on the race:
Three candidates — current deputy Tony Evers, Beloit Supt. Lowell Holtz and National-Louis University professor Todd Price — agree that [...]
“An O’Scannlain dissent from the denial of en-banc rehearing frequently gets some attention across the country–in Washington, D.C.” Joseph D. Kearney, Introduction of Judge Diarmuid O’Scannlain, 91 Marq. L. Rev. 896, 897 (2008).
Let’s hope that Dean Kearney’s observation turns out true in the particular instance of Barnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts [...]
