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Tommy Thompson And The Politics Of Exhaustion

October 4, 2011 by The Political E...

I went out of my way Tuesday afternoon to listen to John Mercure on WTMJ-AM radio interview apparent US Senate candidate Tommy Thompson, and frankly, Tommy brought nothing to the conversation.

Short answers.

No pep.

No snappy three-point program, no fresh pitch to listeners and voters who may have little information about a who last held office in Wisconsin 11 years ago.

And even his offering up a contemporary conservative talking point to prove he could speak in modern Tea Party lingo about taking the country back and denying Barack Obama a second term had theh inspirational content of used Cliff Notes and the energy of a batting practice toss.

There wasn't anything worthy of writing down and quoting.

His campaign hasn't even started formally, the election is a year away and already Tommy sounds weary.

Mining, militarism, and more on agenda for Wis Network for Peace & Justice

October 4, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

From Wis. Network for Peace & Justice:

WNPJ's member assembly and awards reception  Saturday, October 8th at the Pyle Center in Madison just got more exciting!
Bad River Tribal Chair Mike Wiggins, right, will join our discussion of "Extreme Mining in Wisconsin."  The tribe strongly opposes the proposed Penokee Hills open pit mine.

Member assembly

Dam A Trout Stream, Fill Wetlands - - For Many Years - - Get A Wisconsin Wrist Slapped

October 4, 2011 by The Political E...

Newspapers and blogs and social media have been buzzing about Republican-led efforts to sneak wetland filling permissions into Special Session job-creation legislation, but truth be told, when businesses are caught filling wetlands, damming streams, even laying in a road - - intentionally, without permits - - the fiscal consequence is chump change.

Like less than $3,000 a year.

Sounds like a bottom-line best practice, if you ask me.

Case in point:

NEWS RELEASE

Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen Announces Judgment Requiring Monroe County cranberry operation to restore wetland, restore flow to trout stream, and pay $50,000 for wetland filling violations

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If someone 'breaks into' your driveway, can you legally kill them?

September 30, 2011 by Uppity Wisconsin

Hard to believe, but it looks like an Assembly committee has made the Castle Doctrine/Shoot Firstbill even worse.  Now you could shoot to kill someone who breaks into your driveway.

It's unclear how this would work, and the legal language isn't available online yet, but the report from WisPolitics.com is that: