You Ask the Candidates in a Online Forum

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Sen. Bob Wirch, D-Pleasant Prairie, and his Republican challenger Jonathan Steitz will be available to answer your questions Wednesday - and you don't even have to leave your desk.
Join us at 1 p.m. Wednesday at www.journaltimes.com for a live forum with the candidates in the Aug. 16 recall election.

The hour-long forum is completely open, just type in your question for the candidates. They'll type in their response live.
And if you can't make it at 1 p.m. Wednesday, you can see the replay anytime at www.journaltimes.com.

The Results Are In

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Remember the violent and disgusting demonstrations over Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker doing away with collective bargaining for teacher's unions?

The results are in. :

• Some school districts went from a $400,000 deficit to a $1,500,000 surplus as a result.

Why?
It seems that the insurance company that provided all the "so-called" benefits to the teachers was an insurance company owned and operated by the teacher's union. Since the outfit was guaranteed to get the insurance business from the teachers, and the State had to pay for it (not the teachers) the insurance company was increasing annual costs every single year to become the most expensive insurance company in the state. Then the company was donating millions and millions of dollars to its favorite democrat politicians who, when they got elected, guaranteed to keep funding the union's outrageous costs. In other words, the insurance company was a "pass through" for Wisconsin taxpayer money directly to the Democratic Party politicians.

Nice racket, and this is the racket that is going on in every single State that allows collective bargaining. No wonder the States are taking it away. Now the State of Wisconsin is free to put the insurance contract out for bids and, lo and behold, they have saved so much money it has turned deficits into surplus amounts.

As a result,:

• None of the teachers had to be laid off,
• Everyone got a raise, etc., etc.,
• and the taxpayers of Wisconsin don't have to pay more taxes to fund the union's political ambitions.

If you weren't aware of the reasons Gov. Walker was fighting to take away collective bargaining, it gives you an idea of the problem the Republican Party has. Outside of one or two, none of them know how to speak up and explain properly what the problem was.

 

Change of Location for the Tea Party Express Saturday 2:30 PM Lincoln Park 6900 18th Ave

The Location of the Tea Party Express Rally has been changed to 6900 18th Ave Kenosha WI 2:30PM Saturday Aug. 6th

It has been moved from the Birchwood Grill to Lincoln Park

Now it's our turn

As you know, Wisconsin became ground zero in the fight against bloated state budgets and lavish public-sector union benefits earlier this year when Governor Scott Walker bravely passed his Budget Repair bill.

Democratic lawmakers fled the state to stall the legislative process, President Obama publicly denounced Gov. Walker and liberal activists from MoveOn.org and the public-sector unions flooded the Capitol in Madison.

Now it's our turn.

Please consider attending the "Restoring Common Sense" Tea Party rallies happening all over Wisconsin in the next few days to support limited government principles: 

Saturday, August 6th

Rally in Kenosha, WI

2:30 PM -- 4:00 PM

Location: Birchwood Grill - 7515 125th Ave, Kenosha, WI

Our rally will feature Jonathan Steitz, our candidate for State Senate.  

We cannot overemphasize the importance of this election.

So become involved.  

      Volunteer.

              Make Phone Calls.  

                        Distribute Literature.  

                                  And, most importantly, Vote.

If you can volunteer, contact the Steitz camp[aign at 

info@steitzforsenate.com.

Tea Party Express Saturday 2:30 PM Birchwood Grill Kenosha WI

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Tea Party Groups To Tour Wisconsin In Support Of Republicans Facing Recall Elections

This should be interesting, given how popular the tea party is with the Democrat Media Complex at the moment, and how closely Wisconsin’s left wing unions and activists work with the party.

Via Conservatives 4 Congress,

CNN reports:

Two of the nation’s prominent tea party groups will merge for a Wisconsin bus tour in support of six Republican state senators facing recall elections.
Tea Party Nation and Tea Party Express will kick off their four-day “Restoring Common Sense” tour Friday, holding rallies in multiple cities and defending Republicans who supported Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial bill that curbed collective bargaining rights for state employees earlier this year.
“The tea party stands for fiscal responsibility, and Republican Senators in Wisconsin stood firm for those principles,” said Amy Kremer, chair of Tea Party Express. “Now they are under attack for doing the job they were elected to do. It is critical that we support and defend them from these undeserved attacks and in that effort we are proud to be joined by our friends at Tea Party Nation.”
The next round of recalls, scheduled for Aug. 9, is part of a summer long series of elections pitting six Republicans and three Democrats against challengers. An incumbent Democrat already won the first election in July.
If three Republicans can’t keep their seats, then the GOP will lose control of the state legislature and Democrats could be poised to overturn Walker’s budget reforms.

More about the tour, HERE.

Legal Insurrection: Wisconsin, next week is Recall Week

Schedule for Restoring Common Sense Tour: August 5th – 8th:

FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

12:00 Noon – 1:30pm :: Rally in Hudson, WI
Location: Lakefront Park Bandshell
First Street
Hudson, WI

5:30pm – 7:00pm :: Rally in La Crosse, WI
Location: Copeland Park Oktoberfest Shelter
1130 Copeland Park Dr.
La Crosse, WI

SATURDAY, AUGUST 6

2:30pm – 4:00pm :: Rally in Kenosha, WI
Location: Birchwood Grill
7515 125th Ave
Kenosha, WI

5:30pm – 7:00pm :: Rally in Milwaukee, WI
Location: Thiensville Village Park
250 Elm Street
Thiensville, WI 53092

SUNDAY, AUGUST 7
11:00am – 12:30pm :: Rally in Fond du Lac, WI
Location: Village Park
North Fond du Lac, WI

2:30pm – 4:00pm :: Rally in New London, WI
Location: Crystal Falls Banquet Facility
1500 Handschke Dr.
New London, WI 54961

6:00pm – 7:30pm :: Rally in Merrill, WI
Location: Riverside Park
East End of O Day Street
Merrill, WI 54452

MONDAY, AUGUST 8

12:00 Noon – 1:30pm :: Rally in Rhinelander, WI
Location: Rhinelander Band Shell
Young Street (Next to Trig’s RiverWalk Centre)
Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501

5:00pm – 6:30pm :: Rally in De Pere, WI
Location: Legends Brewhouse and Eatery
875 Heritage Rd
De Pere, WI 54115

Democrats call on Obama to Rule Like a Dictator

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More liberal Democrats are calling for the President to rule like a dictator on the debt ceiling.

On Thursday, House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-MD) gave President Obama the green light to bypass Congress and unilaterally rule on the debt ceiling invoking the 14th Amendment.

"It's arguably his power to do so," Hoyer said, according to a report at The Hill.
"Very frankly, if it came down to his looking default in the eye on Tuesday or taking this action, as President Clinton said, better to take the action and find out later that perhaps he went beyond his authority but at least protected the credibility of the United States of America," he added.

A number of Democrats, including Texas Democrat Sheila Jackson Lee, have called on the President to commit what Rep. Tim Scott called an "impeachable act" - that is, usurping the Congress to rule on fiscal policy.

James Clyburn (D-SC) and John Larson (D-CT), Chair of the Democratic Caucus, have also said the President should use the 14th Amendment to effectively rule on the debt like a dictator.

"The Republicans, through their failure, have given you license to do whatever it takes to not let the American family go down into [the] abyss," Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-CA), vice chairman of the Democratic Caucus, said Wednesday.

On Friday, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) added his voice to those calling for Obama to don the mantle of dictator on the debt ceiling.
According to The Hill:

Harkin, attacking the Tea Party as "nuts," told liberal talk show host Bill Press the country would applaud a President for taking dictatorial action to get things done:

"I think the American people would stand up and applaud a president who had the guts and the courage to stand up and make sure the political battles don't tear this country apart,” he said. “I think the Tea Party will probably go nuts, but what the heck, they're already nuts anyway.”

Proud to be a Hobbit

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The “Lord of the Rings” metaphors crept into the debt-limit fight on Thursday, as tea-party heroes fired back at Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) who mocked members of the conservative grassroots movement as “tea-party hobbits.”

“I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll,” freshman Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) said on a conference call when asked by POLITICO about McCain’s remarks. “I think in reading the books, the hobbits were the heroes. They overcame great obstacles, and I think I’d rather be a hobbit than a troll.”

Added fellow freshman Sen. Mike Lee, who co-founded the chamber’s tea party caucus with Paul and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.): “It’s stunning to me that some people have resorted to name calling rather than simply addressing the issue.”
McCain, his party’s presidential nominee in 2008, took to the Senate floor a day earlier, blasting tea-party “As in the fable, it is the hobbits who are the heroes and save the land,” she added. “This Lord of the TARP actually ought to read to the end of the story and join forces with the TEA Party, not criticize it.”