Primary vote numbers (by Ben)

Let’s take a look at the numbers. The Wisconsin General Accounting Board (GAB) said recall organizers had turned in 931,053 signatures of which 26,114 were found to be invalid and 4,001 were duplicates and had been voided. The total number of valid signatures of 900,938 to recall Walker.

I find it interesting that the total number of votes cast for all Democratic Governor primary  candidates collectively was 670,000. Where did 230,938 people who signed the recall go? That is over a third of the recall signatures that didn’t vote Democratic.

Total votes cast for Walker was 626,000 and 20,000 for his Republican fake challenger.

Total votes cast for all Dems collectively was 670,000.

Not sure how many of the 20,000 votes of Walkers fake challenger were cross over votes. Could be 20,000 Republicans who don’t like Walker but will now vote for Walker in the June election vs voting Democratic.

No one knows how many of the votes cast for the Dems were cross over votes but the number was substantial for sure. A lot of Republicans crossed over and voted for Falk hoping she would beat Barrett knowing she would be easier to beat than Barrett, I know I did.

Dems 670,000 minus Walker 626,000 equals only 44,000. I’m betting over 44,000 Republicans crossed over.

The June election will be close but it looks like Walker has it from my seat.

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Wis school teacher caught in lie regarding Walker cuts

The Jerry Bader program on AM 55 radio today reported on Somerset Wi school teacher Meg Farrington claiming on this You Tube video that because of Scott Walkers cuts, there are kids in her school going hungry. Jerry Bader knowing this was false called the Administrator of the Somerset School district to confirm if what Ms. Farrington was claiming was correct or not. The Administrator stated the school district has never contributed into the Fill a Back Pack Program. The Fill a Back Program has absolutely nothing to do with the school budget or Walker cuts. The claim that Walkers cuts are forcing children to go hungry is totally false and a bold faced lie by this public school teacher. Notice how tears well up in her eyes as she flat out lies knowing full well no kid in her school is going hungry because of Walker cuts. Bader attempted to contact Ms. Farrington who has not returned his calls.

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Food for thought

Michigan English teacher Terri List is upset she won’t be able to retire at age 47 because of Senate Bill 1040. Sound familiar with Governor Walkers Act 10 here in Wisconsin ?

http://watchdog.org/14508/teacher-upset-she-cant-retire-at-47-contributes-to-pension/

What I find interesting is her comment “By the time I’m 60, I would have put in 43 years of service“. Good thing she teaches English and not math because 60 minus 43 equals 17. I doubt she began her teaching career at age 17.

Note also her statement that by the time she is 60 she would be earning a salary at the top of the pay scale. “You could hire two people for the cost of one and encourage young people to join the profession, how does that save the district money“?

Here in Wisconsin Kathleen Falk, teachers union favorite is running in the primary race with hopes of being Walkers replacement in the recall election for Governor. Kind of scary huh ?

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Antigo’s James Buckley faking a run in the 29th Senate District

Saw this story on WAOW and thought it may be worth mentioning on the Buzz.

According to that story, James Buckley of Antigo filed paperwork Friday to run as a Democrat.

The state Republican Party confirms that Buckley is a protest candidate.

**You can find the WAOW story here:  http://www.waow.com/story/17332738/fake-democrat-files-to-run-in-29th-senate-district

Antigo Daily Journal story – Antigo political figure running as ‘fake’ Dem

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A Country Divided

I don’t ever remember a time in my life when our country was more politically divided than it has been the past several years. Liberals and conservatives are going at each other tooth and nail. Both sides are convinced that that they are correct and the other side is just ignorant.

I know it is not possible but I would love to do an experiment. I would like to divide the country for ten years…with the liberals living west of the Mississippi and the conservatives living east of the Mississippi. Liberals govern the west and conservatives govern the east.

A survival of the fittest contest so to speak. Which side do you think would be the survivor?

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ALL Government & Taxpayer Funded Jobs Should be Drug Tested

Not only should the Teachers and Employees of our schools be drug tested, but, all government and taxpayer-funded jobs should be.  I have heard people say that all welfare recipients should be drug tested, which I don’t argue with, but, the same should apply to others.  Is it really any different when you think about it, I mean, welfare is funded by taxpayer money, and SO are government jobs, so they should be held to the same standard.  Actually, they should be held to a higher standard, but, to be fair, I will say the same standard.

The people who work in the private sector have to do this, so everyone should.  There is no reason that it shouldn’t apply.  Like the other blog said, they should also have to pay for it themselves.

We have given the government employees great salaries and great benefits and we are paying for that, so I think we should demand that they also be drug free.

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How could DCF fail so horribly in Madison?

I have read some of the stories about the young girl in Madison who was severly abused, physically, emotionally and sexually, and I just can NOT comprehend WHY nothing was done when there were multiple reports made to Dept. of Children & Families.

In one of the stories I read, I recall them stating that the girl was only 70 pounds when she was found walking barefoot on a sidewalk in Madison. It also read that she ate garbage and food off the floor and was forced to stay in the basement.

What is wrong with these people!?  How could ANY agency not act on reports about this?

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Recall petition signatures

Here is the link with all of the signatures collected for the Walker recall. I was able to open some of them but not all of them. Some of the forms only have 4-5 signatures per page.

http://webapps.wi.gov/sites/recall/Recall%20Petitions/Governor/GOV%201601-1650.pdf

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Drug testing should be a violation of our rights

I have understood that the reason the laws were drawn up the way there were is because the Government can not tell us what we can and can’t ingest.  That would be a violation of our rights.  So, instead they created the laws so that it is illegal to POSSESS drugs, MANUFACTURE drugs, etc., but, not INGEST drugs.

With that being said, shouldn’t it also be a violation of our rights to be drug tested?  If no one has a right to tell us what we can and can’t ingest then how is drug testing legit?  It ASSUMES the fact that if you have drugs in your system, then at some point you POSSESSED them, and so you broke the law.  This is completely ridiculous to me.

Another thing that is ridiculous is how the drug companies have created synthetic heroin and many other variations of drugs that resemble our current “illegal” drugs.  It’s OK for people to be on those because they are prescribed.  Not much different than medical marijuana in my opinion.

I think our government is too big as it is, and we should not be controlled by them in this manner.  If we want to kill ourselves with drugs, we should be able to.  It should be our right.

Just for the record, I am NOT a crackhead.

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This article appeared in multiple Wisconsin news papers today.

http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20120116/WDH0101/201160394/Expert-Average-gambling-debt-soars

There is good news and bad news in the Wisconsin Council on Problem Gambling’s 2011 annual report.
Make that extremely bad news. But leaders of the organization were stunned to learn that the average reported debt from callers in 2011 was an eye-popping $157,074 — the largest debt level in the center’s history and more than $113,000 higher than in 2010.

Way to go Wisconsin. Legalize gambling in an effort to create revenue, but create a massive gambling addiction, ruin lives, and then spend millions of taxpayer dollars to create a gamblers hotline and rehab program. What a joke. I personally know a person who cashed his paycheck (2 weeks pay) at the casino and left pennyless. The very next payday he returned to the casino “to win his money back”. Needless to say, he left another 2 weeks of pay at the casino and then asked to bum a few bucks off me on Monday so he could eat lunch. Legalizing gambling was one of the worst decisions the state ever made.

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