Politifact Mary Burke - FALSE

Politifact Wisconsin Has Rated Mary Burke FALSE on her latest bash on Gov. Walker.

Politifact Wisconsin:

A new TV ad from Democratic candidate for governor Mary Burke plows some familiar ground, arguing that Wisconsin is heading in the wrong direction in terms of job creation.

The ad began airing Sept. 23, 2014, several days after the latest set of jobs numbers were issued.
It opens with a narrator saying "It’s happened again. The new August jobs numbers are out, and Wisconsin lost another 4,300 jobs."

The narrator then cites Gov. Scott Walker’s now-unreachable pledge to create 250,000 private-sector jobs, criticizes "tax cuts to the wealthy" and cuts to education, and continues with a claim that has become a Burke campaign mantra:
"And we’ve fallen to dead last in Midwest job growth."

Anniversary of Prosecutor Chisholms Drug Dealer Style Raids

It was a year ago.  Still no one has been able to explain to me the sense in the style of raids that Prosecutor Chisholm and his cohorts performed on Conservatives.

It was in the pre-dawn hours and houses were surrounded and lit up with flood lights.  Officers and Investigators threatened to use battering rams and rifled through the targets house. 

This is the type of raid performed on Drug Dealers and felons. 

The worst part about it is that as we now know, they had no real proof of any crime.  They were trying to find a crime.  That is like if the Police and Prosecutors showed up at any residence and came into your house in the pre-dawn hours and rifled through your house hoping to find anything that they could turn into a crime.

To make matters even worse, there were children involved in many of these instances.

Then to top it all off, because of the John Doe laws, these people were not allowed to tell anyone anything.

So your neighbors house gets raided before daylight in the early morning hours.  Police and Investigators light it up and go in.  They go through all of their belongings and haul out boxes and more boxes. 

What do you think of your neighbor?

Now you ask what happened and they can't even tell you?

If that isn't plain and simple misconduct on behalf of the Prosecutor then I don't know what is.

There should be repercussions for this type of behavior.

This time it was someone else, it could be you next!!!

New Poll Says Majority of Americans Would Kick California out

In a tongue and cheek poll by FOX News, 53% said they would vote California off the island.  I guess the proper wording would be, kick them out of the Union.

The second choice for those voting would be New York.  However the number was nearly as high with only 25% agreeing with that choice.

They then followed with Texas and Florida. 

It almost appears that maybe it was a swipe at the electoral college.  Kicking out the states with the highest numbers.  Although they picked New York over Texas which has a higher number.

Imagine how our Presidential Elections would change if you got rid of California?

Stupid Act 10 Saves Milwaukee Public Schools $6 Million

Governor Walker forced that stupid Act 10 down our throats.  He pushed it as part of a plan to help the State and Local Governments save money and fix their Budgets.

This bill was so wrong for Wisconsin that Democrats fled the state and hid out in Illinois to avoid the
vote.

Right Wisconsin - Milwaukee Public Schools (MPS) expects to save $6 million a year as the school board opts to switch health plans for their retirees.

Maciver Institute - in-depth analysis by the MacIver Institute of local and state savings brought on by Wisconsin 2011 Act 10 has found that tax payers have saved $2.7 billion since the law was enacted.

 Watchdog.org - By 2020, Gov. Scott Walker’s controversial public-sector collective bargaining reform law will save Milwaukee Public Schools more than $100 million a year, according to a new report.

Now here we are 3 years later.  What in the heck is going on?

This Act 10 thing is really actually saving money!!!!!???

Huh, who knew?

Mary Burke Campaign tries to Kill Story in Newspaper

Candidate for Governor of Wisconsin Mary Burke's spokesman tried to get any mention of the press restrictions or VIP treatment at the rally removed from story?

Right Wisconsin Story:

Jim Stingl reports:

 

The partisan attacks worry Burke campaign spokesman Joe Zepecki. He called the Journal Sentinel newsroom and tried to have the mention of press restrictions deleted from the online news article. Editors refused. Zepecki then complained bitterly in emails to Kissinger and said it wasn't news, nor was her inclusion in the article that people at the rally who needed to sit down were having trouble finding chairs.

 

Zepecki later told me no other reporters mentioned any of this in their news accounts. That just proves Kissinger is the only one who got it right. We can't have politicians or their staffs dictating how news is covered, because you know they'd love to.

 

Zepecki admitted it was a mistake to restrict press interviews with anyone who showed up for the rally. These were Burke and Michelle Obama fans filling the convention hall, and I would think the campaign would be thrilled to see them quoted in the news.

Leon Panetta Blasts Obama Administration Over Iraq

Former CIA Director and Defense Secretary in the Obama Administration blasts his former boss in is upcoming Memoir.

Panetta talks in detail about the Obama Administrations decision not to leave any forces in Iraq.

FOX News Story:

Panetta explained that Iraqi leaders privately wanted some U.S. forces to stay behind after the formal 2011 withdrawal, though they would not say so publicly. The former secretary, though, said the U.S. had “leverage” to strike a deal, and the Defense and State departments tried to do exactly that.

“But,” he wrote, “the President’s team at the White House pushed back, and the differences occasionally became heated. … and those on our side viewed the White House as so eager to rid itself of Iraq that it was willing to withdraw rather than lock in arrangements that would preserve our influence and interests.”

He said the negotiations with then-Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki went down to the wire in December 2011, but the White House never stepped up.

Obama has claimed  that it was the Iraqi Government who didn't want any boots left on the ground and that they had tried to keep some. 

However we are now finding out otherwise.

FOX News Story:

Sens. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., though, seized on Panetta's comments -- as well as similar remarks by former Iraq Ambassador Ryan Crocker that the U.S. "could have gotten that agreement" if officials had been more persistent.

"The latest statements by two of the most respected national security officials to serve under President Obama definitively refute the falsehood that this Administration has told the American people for years about their efforts to leave a residual force in Iraq," the senators said in a statement. "As we have said all along ... the Obama Administration never made a full effort to leave a residual force in Iraq."

It has become clear to anyone with any common sense that the Obama Administration, time and time again, has put politics over what is the best thing for the United States.

Many Democrats and their supporters blasted Bush and made comments calling him an idiot.  They blasted Romney when he talked about Russia.

Well now if you look back, Bush warned anyone who would listen about withdrawing the troops from Iraq too soon.  He said exactly what would happen and it has.  So I guess now we know who the not so smart people really are.

We also have seen what Russia has been up to.  I guess Romney wasn't off base either.  Again I guess we now know who the not so smart people are.

Judge Jeanine - Be Prepared, Govt Won't Protect You from ISIS/ISIL

Obama Ignored and Overruled Military Leaders

Reports that in 2010 the Commander in Charge in Iraq had informed Obama directly that we needed to leave a residual force of 20,000 in Iraq to maintain the gains against Al-Qaida.

Obama decided to not pursue the matter and negotiate that with any real intent.  Instead he and many Democrats touted the Iraq Withdrawal as a promise kept and war won.

Obama also has said recently that the Intelligence community underestimated ISIS.  I am guessing that he has forgotten, oops, never read his briefings.  Many people, even within his own administration, has been talking about the threat of ISIS for over a year.

Now we have also found out that Military leaders have said that destroying ISIS will require ground troops from the United States.  Obama again has chosen to ignore and overrule the Military leaders and do it his way. 

Here we go again

Wisconsin Voter ID Law Taken to Supreme Court

The ACLU and Advancement Project have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to block implementation of Wisconsin's Voter ID law.

Their main argument is "that the law is unconstitutional, in part because it unfairly burdens poor and minority voters who may not have valid IDs"

If I was a betting man, and I am, this will go absolutely no where.  

Latest Poll Shows Walker Extending Lead

If you believe polls, the latest Marquette Poll has Scott Walker taking a 5 point lead on Challenger Mary Burke.

Any lead for Walker has got to have him and his supporters feeling pretty good going into the home stretch of the campaign.

Anyone who remembers, during the recall, the poll had the race between Barrett and Walker at a dead heat.  It was reportedly too close to call going in.  Within an hour of the polls closing it was over, Walker won going away.

I have thought that the race really wasn't going to be that close.  I know the polls have been showing it a tight race and within the margin of error.

I just don't think that Mary Burke even comes close to a viable candidate.  She doesn't have much name recognition and made so many mistakes in the campaign that I will be shocked if it is much of a race.  She hasn't shown the ability to get the Democratic Base fired up and this election will be all about turn out.

More Secret Service Issues?

There have been multiple reports that we have only just begun to hear about all the mistakes from the Secret Service.

It seems that every day we are hearing another revelation about something that has happened with the Secret Service.

Now there are reports that the Director has resigned and that many more things are yet to follow.

So, how many jobs will be lost and what has truly happened to the Secret Service?

Democrats Complain about Walker Flights

Democrats are complaining about flights that Gov Walker has taken on State planes.

Many of those flights have been easily explained by the Walker Administration, but Democrats are trying to push it off to voters as an issue.

I am never amazed at the Hypocracy of Politicians.

Comparing records between the Walker and Doyle Administrations, the flight records are almost identical.  Democrats had no issue back then.

I also sure don't recall Democrats complaining about Obama and his use of planes or overpriced events on taxpayer money.

Secret Service Head Resigns

Finally.  Someone in Washington DC has a brain!

It a time where it seems that the people in Washington feel that they are beyond consequences, it is nice to finally see someone finally do the right thing.

She made not have been a good leader for the Secret Service, but at least she has enough common sense to know when to call it a day.

County Budget Appears Sheriff Friendly

County Exec Chris Abele has presented his budget to the County Board and it appears that he is increasing the budget for Sheriff Clarke after the last several years of cutting it.

Is the feud calming after Clarke fairly easily won re-election despite a major push by Democrats and many believe Abele himself?

What doesn't show up in the budget is any new taxes or pay raises.

What has Happened to the Secret Service

What is going on?  It is like everything is just falling apart.

Now revelation after revelation of one of our great institutions has got people from both sides of the aisle in an uproar.

The Secret Service has been well known for providing a level of Security that is unmatched.  That is all crashing down.

We all heard about the prostitutes and drinking in Columbia, but the latest stories are down right incredible.

A man jumps the fence and makes it all the way to getting inside the White House?  He was eventually taken down by an off duty agent.  Everyone is in shock that someone could get that far.

Then it got worse.

Shots are fired at the President's living quarters.  Agents are told by a Supervisor to stand down.  The sound is backfire from a construction site or something.  Nothing further was done.  Until a maid found broken glass and bullet holes in the window and the building.  So, 4 days after the actual event they did something.

Now the latest.

On a visit by the President to the CDC in Atlanta the Secret Service allowed a Security Guard who had not been screened to enter the Elevator with Obama inside.  Agents were suspicious when he was video taping the President with his phone and refused to stop.  He was then pulled aside for questioning.  He was fired by a supervisor and then and only then did the Secret Service find out that the man had a gun.  They also later found out while doing a background check on the man that he was a convicted felon.

I am in no way a fan of the President.  But this lax security around him is a product of the failure to hold people accountable.  There needs to be more people losing their jobs and cushy Government Benefits and maybe some of this crap would get straightened out.

Reports of Mary Burke & Michelle Obama Event go National

Locally we heard multiple reports from multiple sources of behind the scene events at the event for Mary Burke headlined by Michelle Obama.

Today those reports have gone National.

There have been several more reports about both the staff for Burke and Obama forbid reporters from talking to patrons of the event.

What are they trying to hide?

Mary Burke Puts VIP's ahead of Veterans and Disabled

There have been multiple reports that came out of First Lady Michelle Obama's visit on behalf of Mary Burke.

First there were reports that the Press was told it was not allowed to interview persons in attendance.

Then came the report that Veterans, Seniors and Disabled Persons attending were shuffled to the back so that VIP's could have the prime seats.  Those VIP's included Dem State Senator Chris Larson.  I guess it was more important for him to be up front instead of a Veteran from the Korean War.

This highlights the priorities of Mary Burke.

Potawatomi's Bed Bug Problem

Multiple reports have surfaced of a bed bug problem at the new Hotel that the Potawatomi built.

Wish I could say that I was sorry to hear about it, but what I really have been thinking is, Kharma is a bitch.

The Potawatomie have been throwing around their weight lately and it is payback time from Kharma.

From their fighting about another casino being built and their withholding funds owed to the state, it is good to see Kharma throwing something back at them.

Just google, bedbugs Potawatomie Casino

Obama Blames Everyone Else for ISIS

This weekend Obama was throwing the blame for ISIS at the Intel Community. 

FOX News story:

In the interview, Obama was asked how the Islamic State was able to gain so much territory. "Our head of the intelligence community Jim Clapper has acknowledged that I think they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria," the president said.

Yep he did say that.  However the President and his team had been looped in on the growing  threat of ISIS for quite some time.

FOX News Story:

A military intelligence official told Fox News that the Obama administration had options on the table to target senior leadership of ISIS -- as well as the Al Qaeda-aligned Khorasan Group -- in the 18 months leading up to the strikes in Syria which began last week.

The official, who is familiar with the data collection, said the threat from ISIS and Khorasan was well-documented in the president's daily brief for over a year, but the White House failed to act.

The official said the intelligence community "pushed hard" to identify the leadership of both groups for targeting purposes and these options were presented to the president's team -- and every option was denied.

As Obama tries to deflect the blame, I hope that people get the real story.  Maybe the Intel Community did make some mistakes.  However so did Obama.  Huge ones.  Leaving Iraq and knowing of the ISIS Threat, as well as not acting on the Intel for over 1 1/2 years.