http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/group_rss/LaCrosseProgressives We're a group of citizens in and around La Crosse, WI dedicated to bringing progressive change to our community and state. 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/ How comical is that the Wisconsin representative to the so-called “Palin Truth Squad” is Margaret Farrow ? The “Squad” presumably will criticize anyone who brings up Sarah Palin’s ethics scandal , truth bending , right-wing extremism and revisionist history. Or those who point out that Palin refuses to talk to reporters and won’t answer questions. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk/commentary#comments Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:08:28 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBk 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/CHBk/ A story has been popping around the internets about a lawsuit John McCain’s mom filed against his first wife back in 1980. While this tale may at long last make the story of McCain leaving his injured first wife to court the millionaire beer baroness to whom he is now married of interest to the media – in the same way Jeremiah Wright’s image was omnipresent for weeks, what would be great it’ll bring up how hypocritical McCain is when it comes to so-called tort reform. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBV http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBV/commentary#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:16:02 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHBV 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/CHBV/ From the legislator who brought the great state of Wisconsin a plan to arm teachers with guns in an effort to curb school violence (you all remember his hilarious appearance on the Daily Show about 2 years ago…), comes another idea worthy of all kinds of jokes and ridicule – lifting a ban on drilling for oil in the Great Lakes. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHBB http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHBB/commentary#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:14:40 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/CHBB Robert http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/98373c53a0534c14fd_ppbmvypq9.jpg Robert 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/CHBB/ Pro-corporate soulmate Supremes Mike Gableman and Annette Ziegler get closer by the day. The latest revelation, Gableman’s going to pull a Ziegler and rule on cases where Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce is involved – despite WMC dumping nearly $2 million during his run to get on the high court. Ziegler earned front page headlines after she provided the deciding vote and wrote the opinion on the WMC-backed Mensha Corp. case – costing taxpayers $265 million and making WMC’s $2 million investment in Ziegler’s ascendency to the top court a worthwhile investment. Now Gableman tells wispolitics.com that he makes distinctions between those special interests which filled his campaign coffers and those special interests which dumped $2 million in smear ads. Sounds like WMC is getting let off the hook on a technicality. And we know how they hate technicalities . http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGh http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGh/commentary#comments Wed, 13 Aug 2008 13:07:40 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGh 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/CHGh/ WMC has launched a (multi-)million dollar fundraising campaign to its members to finance continued issue-based smear campaigns against progressives who don’t kow-tow to WMC’s pro-corporate, anti-worker agenda.   We all know WMC has distorted the records of numerous public officials over the years, most notably in recent efforts to get the ethically-challenged Mike Gableman and Annette Ziegler onto the state’s highest court, as well as put the pampered JB Van Hollen into the state’s top cop slot. These moves were designed to create Supreme Court and Justice Department that lets business do whatever it wants and put to death any remaining consumer protections the people of Wisconsin still maintain. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGG http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGG/commentary#comments Fri, 08 Aug 2008 12:36:18 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHGG 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/CHGG/ As a top advisor to predatory lenders, as well as John McCain ex-Texas Senator Phil Gramm has been taking heat for calling people concerned about the tanking economy and the loss of the homes, jobs and futures as “whiners” experiencing a “mental recession.” Having studied the career of Gramm as part of a research paper I had to write in the mid-90s, it was like a trip down memory lane when I heard the Huffington Post had posted something about Gramm investments in a couple failed Russ Meyer-inspired soft-core porn flicks . To be certain, in the hypocrite hall of fame, Gramm’s got his wing. The smaller government, except when it comes to giving taxpayer money to my corporate clients, Gramm made a career of railing against “guvment” spending. http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMW http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMW/commentary#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:47:05 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/scotross/CHMW 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/CHMW/ 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/ 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/ Hey everyone!   Robert from OWN here, and welcome you to La Crosse Progressives! Here are a couple of tips and tricks to get the most out of your local group. First, when you joined the group, you should have been prompted to create an account. Definetely make one! You'll be able to post blogs to this page and to the "tOWN Hall," OWN's main blog - with 15,000 readers a month! Use the "Blog" button at the top of the page to start blogging right away. If you want to post something to the group page, make sure to click the "La Crosse Progressive" box in the 'Group Post' section at the bottom of the page. Also, you can use the listserv to email all the members of the La Crosse Progressives with one easy click! It's a great way to plan events and to share ideas with each other. I'm glad to answer any questions about the group tools available , or any other questions you might have about OWN's tools or features. Thanks, and welcome! Robert, Netroots Director  http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/C2PR http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/C2PR/commentary#comments Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:02:44 EDT http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/post/theduke/C2PR Robert http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/profile_picture/98373c53a0534c14fd_ppbmvypq9.jpg Robert 2 http://www.onewisconsinnow.org/page/community/comment_rss/C2PR/