http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/category_rss/civilrights Unfortunately Wisconsin enshrined discrimination against gay families in its constitution in 2006. But that didn’t stop hundreds of Wisconsinites all across the state from protesting California’s passage of Proposition 8 . Over the weekend people in Wisconsin stood in solidarity with others all across the country demanding equality for gay and lesbian families. While reading the accounts of some of the protests over the weekend, I also came across a very telling piece in the Boston Globe today . Massachusetts is one of the only states in the nation that allows same-sex couples to get married. Although those that oppose equality claimed that the sky would fall and that the institution of marriage would collapse, the Globe piece reports that the very opposite is true. Even though the State of Massachusetts is often maligned by conservatives for lacking “traditional” values, it has long ranked as having one of the lowest divorce rates in the country. Some 5 years after the state sanctioned gay marriage, it still has the lowest divorce rate in the nation. Not exactly the disaster for marriage that the extreme right chants about every time the subject is broached. The Globe piece also shows that attitudes of people living in Massachusetts have drastically changed toward gay marriage as they have been exposed to it over the past five years. In 2004 only 42 percent of the people in Massachusetts approved of gay marriage, while today a full 59 percent approve. Proposition 8 has rightly become a rallying cry for the advocates of full equality. While the fight against such discrimination continues, the State of Massachusetts should also be held up as an example. An example of equality actually enriching the institution of marriage, not tearing it apart. An example of how tolerance can overcome even the most deep seated fear. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHV9 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHV9/commentary#comments Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:15:31 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHV9 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHV9/ Wisconsinites have good reason to be proud as Wisconsin had the second-highest voter turnout among all fifty states in last week’s election. And Milwaukee County can rest easy that the election was fair and accurate given the fact— as explained in a recent Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article —that among the hundreds of thousands of ballots cast in the county, only five (5) are under investigation for being illegitimate. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs/commentary#comments Fri, 14 Nov 2008 10:17:17 EST http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHVs Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/1ad90b024b9b3fd092_uqamv261s.jpg Cody O 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVs/ It has certainly become an important question. Just Who Will JB Van Hollen Disenfranchise if the partisan lawsuit that he has filed is successful? According to the Government Accountability Board the answer could be over one million Wisconsin voters. We already know that Van Hollen’s office communicated with Republican Party of Wisconsin officials about the suit before it was actually filed and we are also well aware of the fact that Van Hollen is a co-chair of the John McCain presidential campaign. We have seen these kinds of partisan uses of public office before and we will not let Florida in 2000 become Wisconsin in 2008! To this end, One Wisconsin Now is debuting a new web video entitled “WWJBD?” to ensure that people across Wisconsin have the facts and know the impact if Van Hollen’s partisan lawsuit succeeds. It includes a petition to tell Van Hollen once and for all to dump this partisan lawsuit. You can VIEW THE VIDEO at SaveWisconsinsVote.org ! Please watch the video , sign the petition and pass it along to your friends! The more people that see this video and sign the petition, the louder our untied voice will be. We are not only left with the question, “who will JB disenfranchise?” but more importantly we must ask ourselves, what are we prepared to do about it? http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVt http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVt/commentary#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 11:22:28 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVt Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVt/ I just concluded my most recent blog by saying that the right wing had very bad intentions regarding our right to vote. Shortly after I got that blog posted I came across a news item from the Washington Post that not only confirms what I just said, but also carries it even further. The Washington Post has obtained a leaked email by the Republican Party of Wisconsin spelling out some of their potential plans for possible voter intimidation on Election Day. According to the story by the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter, Mary Pat Flaherty, the RPW email sought “names of Milwaukee area veterans, policemen, security personnel, firefighters…” to volunteer at inner city polling places, presumably to challenge voters, disqualify voters and create long lines which will cause working people to leave the polls without voting. The email suggested such specific kinds of people apparently because they find inner city polling locations “more intimidating.” http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj/commentary#comments Wed, 15 Oct 2008 16:34:55 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVj Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVj/ The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is reporting that a man has been charged for registering to vote and trying to register others after being convicted of a felony. While this specific case may not directly apply, it does bring up some very important questions that we should be asking ourselves. In Wisconsin convicted felons are not allowed to vote until after they have completed the terms of their sentence. That could mean a prison term in addition to a long extended period of supervision. Convicted felons often have to serve very long periods of probation and/or parole after they leave prison. One of the major goals of this supervision is that they become productive and fully integrate back into society. Exactly how are they supposed to do that if they are barred from voting, one of the most basic rights/responsibilities that we have as citizens? Many of them hold down jobs, pay taxes, provide for their families but still Wisconsin law refuses their right to vote. According to an ACLU study , 62,324 people with felony convictions in Wisconsin are not allowed to vote; however, 61% of these people are no longer incarcerated. By not allowing them to vote, we are hindering their ability to reinstate themselves as active members of the community. According to Senator Russ Feingold , “…the more doors we close on people trying to rejoin society, the more likely it is we will drive them back to the behaviors we want them to leave behind.” Wisconsin ’s felony disfranchisement laws are more severe than those of several of its neighboring states. Michigan , Illinois , Indiana and Ohio all automatically restore voting rights upon release from incarceration. Disenfranchisement in Wisconsin also disproportionately affects African American males and other minority populations. The ACLU study found that one out of nine African Americans males are disenfranchised because of Wisconsin ’s ex-offender laws. This statistic places Wisconsin 11th in the nation for the disenfranchisement of African American voters. This is obviously unacceptable and some might even call it Jim Crow, Wisconsin style. It is a disgrace and the current law should be changed. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB/commentary#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 17:07:11 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHVB Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHVB/ J.B. Van Hollen’s frivolous lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board, (GAB) is political mischief that could complicate voting for as many as 1 million people in Wisconsin. One Wisconsin Now, the League of Women Voters, municipal clerks, the GAB itself and many others have taken a stand against J.B. Van Hollen. Now the Milwaukee chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Milwaukee Teachers Association are entering the fray . Both organizations submitted a filing to the Dane County judge responsible for the case, arguing that Van Hollen’s checks are unreliable and could bar about 135,000 people who registered to vote in 2008 from the polls. The organizations also pointed to GAB figures that 15 percent of 53,515 registrants since August had failed the checks because of non-matches. Most of the non-matches are due to clerical errors, misspellings, a missing middle initial or an old address on a driver’s license. Even four of the six judges on the GAB board didn’t get exact matches . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8/commentary#comments Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:24:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHj8 Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj8/ J.B. Van Hollen’s frivolous lawsuit against the Government Accountability Board, could disenfranchise up to 1 million legitimate voters in November. Much of that could happen because of very minor discrepancies such as a middle initial, clerical error or an old address appearing on a driver’s license. Even four of the six judges that make up the GAB board found that their own personal information did not totally match. To drive the point home even more, Michael Horne blogging at Milwaukee World , checked voting records to see if J.B. Van Hollen himself could fall victim to his own partisan mischief. Horne finds some of the following: ...I don't think he'd pass his own test. JOHN BYRON VANHOLLEN is the same guy as JOHN B VAN HOLLEN, who once lived at 816 Chalfont Drive, Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, when he served as United States Attorney for the Western District of Wisconsin. But a search of "J. B. Van Hollen" (with or without the space) would not turn up his name in the state register of voters, even though he uses the initials and the space as his legal designation in court documents and when he ran for election, and in his official biography in the Wisconsin Blue Book… And, once you find out his first name is John, things don't get much better, since when he was registered in Sun Prairie on November 5th, 2002, he went by JOHN B VAN HOLLEN, [no middle name, and a space between "Van" and "Hollen"]… Oh, by the way, it appears that Van Hollen registered at the polls, since he also voted on November 5th, 2002, on the spot, according to records. Apparently Van Hollen likes the convenience of registering at the polls -- I wonder what sort of ID he had to produce when he registered in Waunakee on September 14th, 2004 -- also an election day! That's when he signed up as JOHN BYRON VANHOLLEN -- adding a middle name, and merging his two last names into one. How perfect is that? I wonder if someone will put him on a list and challenge his right to vote at the polls? http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHCM http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHCM/commentary#comments Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:34:55 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/coryliebmann/CHCM Cory @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/9ad40ac09a26a36f86_dlqmv2gn9.jpg Cory @ One Wisconsin Now 140 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHCM/ JB Van Hollen, the Republican Attorney General who also coincidentally serves as the co-chair of John McCain's presidential campaign, was on Wisconsin Public Radio today talking about his partisan lawsuit to disenfranchise hundreds of thousands of voters in predominately Wisconsin's cities. Over and over again Van Hollen referred those opposing his partisan lawsuit, such as the non-partisan League of Women Voters, the Governmental Accountability Board and its six retired judges, as well as disability and voter rights groups as his "opponents." http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHB9 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHB9/commentary#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 09:00:41 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHB9 Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHB9/ It looks like Republican Party efforts to prevent people from voting were dealt a serious blow with news that four of six of the member of the state’s Government Accountability Board failed when their names were process through a new voter identification test. Why is this news? Because the Republican Party has been trying to get GAB to put in place additional barriers to Wisconsinites having their vote counted. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBL http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBL/commentary#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 12:18:50 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBL Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBL/ The phantom southside Milwaukee candidate for state assembly, José Guzmán, is at last revealing himself contending with his recruitment by the political operative, Tom Reynolds, the notorious former state senator known for his anti-Catholic views and often bizarre political behavior . After weeks of silence, Guzmán is meeting criticism of his campaign by finally speaking to the press, and accusing one of his opponents, incumbent Democratic State Rep. Pedro Colón (Eighth Assembly District, Milwaukee), of being "anti-catholic" for his vote for the Compassionate Care for Rape Victims bill, signed into law by Gov. Doyle in March. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv/commentary#comments Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:48:18 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHBv User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBv/ The Government Accountability Board is weighing in on a proposed rule change which, according to the non-partisan League of Women Voters , would disenfranchise voters and cause ending chaos at polling places across Wisconsin. Wisconsin League Executive Director outlined the serious problems with the proposed rule being considered by GAB today. The rule places additional unnecessary burden on people who simply wish to cast their legal ballot and exercise their constitutional right to vote in Wisconsin. Among her critical points: http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBX http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBX/commentary#comments Wed, 27 Aug 2008 12:58:53 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBX Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 1 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBX/ Update: Readers can contact the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel (MJS) on this matter at: Letters to the Editor http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=766191 Milwaukee, Wisconsin—Donna Ganong is a 70-year-old widow running a corner tavern on Milwaukee's near-south side. In early July, Mrs. Ganong tried to help a crying, hungry dog in an alley, and the Milwaukee police fined her $350 for her trouble. Located at the corner of 1400 West Orchard Street and South 14th Street, Ganong’s Corner, has seen its share of life, though the neighborhood bar is not much of a blip on the Milwaukee radar screen. Apparently the people don't matter all that much to the Milwaukee police either. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp/commentary#comments Tue, 12 Aug 2008 10:19:17 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHGp User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHGp/ Colón had no problem waltzing over to Georgia Pabst of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel to ballyhoo his desire to see me terminated from my position as Executive Director of Esperanza Unida. At the end of the article Georgia Pabst wrote: "Miranda said he was inviting Colón to join him in a town hall meeting to discuss Esperanza Unida 'so he could hear what I have to say'". I sent the following letter to Colón: July 18, 2008 State Representative Pedro A. Colón W State Capitol Bldg 104N Madison, WI 53702-0001 Ref: Invitation to a public debate Dear State Representative Colón: You recently contacted Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reporter Georgia Pabst to express your desire to ask the Board of Directors of Esperanza Unida to fire me for "poor job performance" as Executive Director of Esperanza Unida. The Board of Directors of Esperanza Unida never received any correspondence from you prior to you contacting the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, so it appears your action is politically motivated. Nevertheless, I'm inviting you to a town hall meeting to discuss your concerns and present to the public my plans for rebuilding Esperanza Unida. I am making arrangements to have our community room at 611 West National Ave. host the town hall meeting. I propose that this town hall meeting be held on Thursday, July 31, 2008 at 6:00PM. If you are unable to attend because of a schedule conflict, please provide me with a date and time and I will be happy to accommodate. I hope you will accept this invitation to discuss your concerns and to hear my plans for our future. This public debate will give many in our community an opportunity to see what we have been doing to rebuild this very important agency. It will also give you an opportunity to present your case. I look forward to your prompt response. Sincerely, Robert Miranda Executive Director ---------------------------------------------- COLON'S RECORD IN MADISON IS NOT ONLY WEAK; IT SEEMS HIS BACKBONE IS FEEBLE ALSO... WAITING FOR OUR DEBATE. ROBERT MIRANDA http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/robertmiranda/CHMF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/robertmiranda/CHMF/commentary#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:45:45 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/robertmiranda/CHMF User from Milwaukee, WI User from Milwaukee, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMF/ Two weeks ago, Jesse Helms began what will hopefully be a long and unimpeded period of not existing. Elizabeth Dole, who succeeded Helms after his welcomed retirement, ascended to his seat after a long career of executive appointments and wrecking Bob Dole's first marriage. Yesterday in the Senate, she tried to name an AIDS/HIV prevention bill after Helms. Helms would be the same hate-filled, racist who, when trying to block funding for the Ryan White AIDS bill, blamed victims of the disease for their  " deliberate, disgusting and revolting conduct " Mrs. Dole has some bad, bad karma coming her way for this repulsive pandering. Nothing as pathetic as, say, having to watch her husband shill erection pills on television, but something like that. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMZ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMZ/commentary#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 01:28:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMZ Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMZ/ And sometimes I can't believe my own eyes. WashPost: : CINCINNATI -- Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) called for sweeping educational reforms today in a speech before the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, an association which he said "means more to me than any other," despite his historic opposition to many of its policies. McCain, who has received an F grade from the NAACP for his votes in each of the past four Congresses, acknowledged that he might not win the votes of the group's members in his race against Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill. McCain skipped the NAACP's convention last year -- he apologized for that today, saying he "was a bit distracted at the time dealing with what reporters uncharitably described as an implosion in my campaign" -- and in 1996 he advised then-GOP Sen. Robert J. Dole of Kansas not to attend it on the grounds that he would face a hostile audience. Today, accompanied by Maryland's former lieutenant governor Michael Steele, who is African American, McCain said he would seek the organization's support for his presidential bid. That's right. John McCain apparently believes that the past doesn't matter. We all get a clean slate any time we ask for it. To forgive is divine; to forget is even better. In that spirit, although I have spent the last eight years saying terrible things about them and doing everything in my power to bring about their defeat and stop their programs, and although I have written negative things about them almost daily for the past three years, I am going to ask George Bush and Dick Cheney to endorse my blog. Their support would mean more to me than anyone else's, despite my historic opposition to many of their policies. Anyone have a problem with that? (Apologies to Will Rogers, who never met Dick Cheney) http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq/commentary#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 10:52:25 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/xoff/CHMq Xoff Xoff 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMq/ Update: "While the executive director of Esperanza Unida was traveling in Turkey, some 11 workers at the south side job training agency signed a petition saying they had not been paid in four weeks and that some checks had bounced. ( Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel , July 17 , 2008)" via Global Girl - Madison, Wisconsin - When I received a ring from a friend calling from the Government Accountability Board (GAB) informing me that the GAB had unanimously ruled against Laura Manriquez’ effort to knock both of her Democratic primary opponents, Jose Guzman and state Rep. Pedro Colón, off the ballot for a Milwaukee assembly seat, I felt true schadenfreude. Call me old-fashioned, but shouldn’t we let the voters decide at the ballot box, Laura, what Rove is your last name? http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHMt http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHMt/commentary#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:24:53 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHMt User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMt/ Tomorrow, the Bush Legacy Tour bus is rolling in to Madison. Having spent my entire adult life under the Bush administration, I truly look forward to sealing the legacy of George W. Bush and the conservative ideology as disastrous for the economy, the environment, and American families. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ/commentary#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:36:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/codyoliphant/CHMJ Cody O http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/1ad90b024b9b3fd092_uqamv261s.jpg Cody O 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHMJ/ Update: Daniel Bice has the audio of a Tom Reynolds phone call to state Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee, 20), “a veteran Milwaukee Democrat, (who) has a direct and personal interest in what Reynolds was doing, so she signed up - using a fake name - with Clean Sweep Wisconsin.” This is the  link is to the audio of the Reynolds phone call , and the URL is: http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=770314 Transcription of the Reynolds call, in part, follows: “… In Milwaukee here, we are working on a full slate of 12 candidates; eight on the north side, and four on the south side. And we are at eight or nine candidates right now. ... We have a candidate against Sinicki and a candidate against Staskunas. And we're still working on Zepnick and Colón….” An anti-Catholic-Reynolds ally in Colón’s district? That likely will not play especially well there; though it’s a fair bet that Reynolds’ brand of politics and hate will not play well anywhere in the Milwaukee area. See the Milwaukee-area Democratic State Reps chart at the end of this post. *** What does a rightwing candidate recruited by a notorious anti-Catholic, Tom Reynolds, say if his/her name is on the ballot challenging Milwaukee-area Assembly Democrats in the September primary? As little as possible. And he/she hides from the public, staying in the shadows, an odd posture for candidates for public office, though consistent with the past odd behavior of former state senator Reynolds who reportedly had asked of prospective staff whether they were virgins. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2/commentary#comments Wed, 09 Jul 2008 10:19:59 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHj2 User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHj2/ The first candidates for Tom Reynolds' (R-Outer Reaches) Clean Sweep Wisconsin 's project to run some 12 candidates against Milwuakee-area Democratic incumbents in the Democratic primary are now public. The Reynolds' folks are: Phil Landowski (running against state Rep. Christine Sinicki (D-Milwaukee)) and Josh Hoisington (running against Tony Staskunas (D-West Allis), West Allis being Reynolds' home turf), reports Daniel Bice in yesterday's Journal-Sentinel . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHjb http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHjb/commentary#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 13:24:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/michaelleon/CHjb User from Madison, WI User from Madison, WI 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjb/ U.S. Sen. Jesse Helms (R-What's Wrong With You Sick, Frothing Morons?) is finally dead. Happy birthday, U.S. of A. Helms was a hate-slathered cretin, whose campaigns and governing showed American democracy at its worst. "White people, wake up before it is too late. Do you want Negroes working beside you, your wife and your daughters, in your mills and factories? Frank Graham favors mingling of the races," thundered just one of many Helms' attacks over the decades. Conservatives are saddened by the news. "Ol' 27 percent"  George W. Bush was soiling his White House crying towel, calling Helms "kind," "decent" and "humble." And while he had some admirers in Wisconsin, most notably Supreme Court Justice-Elect Mike Gableman's ad-writing team , Helms was a racist thug and the world mourns, simply because it took him so, so long to exit the world he befouled for over eight decades. For my dough, I'm hoping Wonkette Editor Ken Layne has penned in "Jesse Helms: American Garbage," what will be a waterfall of appropriate tributes . Feel free to add even better ones to the comment portion of this blog. Helms deserves it for all he did to people of color, gays, the poor and this nation's sense of decency.      http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF/commentary#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:31:37 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHjF Scot @ One Wisconsin Now http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/b15bea43ee26199f1d_l7awmvb5t.jpg Scot @ One Wisconsin Now 0 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHjF/