Tweeting from the Civil War

Tweeting from the Civil War - CharlotteObserver.com "My grandfather was furious, worried that he might fall and suffer injury. But he just wanted, my Dad said, to take one last ride."

The Tea Party vs. John Boehner

Our Workforce Lost 2.33 Million People in One Year?

Our Workforce Lost 2.33 Million People in One Year? - By Jim Geraghty - The Campaign Spot - National Review Online "The number of people who were “not in the labor force” In March 2010 was 83,264,000 (seasonally adjusted). In March 2011, it was 85,594,000 (seasonally adjusted). If you want to know how unemployment dropped a point, look no further than this statistic. If you remove 2.33 million people from the labor force within one year, that will indeed help lower the unemployment rate. It is, however, not the same as helping the unemployed find jobs."

Frances Fox Piven and Richard Trumka Join Forces April 5th - Kyle Olson

Frances Fox Piven and Richard Trumka Join Forces April 5th - Kyle Olson - Townhall Conservative "They include demonstrations or sit-ins at banks, “fights over the public sector,” (whatever that means), and protests against home foreclosures. She explained that all of these tactics are part of the fight against the “corporate campaign to take down America.”"

Funded Ratios For States' Pensions Continue To Weaken

S&P: Funded Ratios For States' Pensions Continue To Weaken "Meanwhile, demand for government services and the tab for public-worker pensions and health care have continued to grow."

Costly Union Worker Special Favor Barely Survives With Help of Two Michigan Republicans

Costly Union Worker Special Favor Barely Survives With Help of Two Michigan Republicans RIONism is a cancer and it infects even those that we call conservatives after at time. Case in point: Costly Union Worker Special Favor Barely Survives With Help of Two Michigan Republicans

Wisconsin Unions Get Ugly

Review & Outlook: Wisconsin Unions Get Ugly - WSJ.com "Having lost their fight in the legislature, Wisconsin unions are now getting out the steel pipes for those who don't step lively to their cause. A letter we've seen that was sent to businesses in southeastern Wisconsin shows that Big Labor's latest strategy is to threaten small businesses with boycotts if they don't publicly declare their support for government union monopoly power."

WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? | Newsradio 620 - Milwaukee, Wisconsin News, Talk, Sports, Weather | Charlie Sykes

FRIDAY HOT READ: WHAT COUNTRY IS THIS? Newsradio 620 - Charlie Sykes "We learn that Supreme Court candidate Joanne Kloppenburg used her position as environmental prosecutor to jail an 80-year old farmer, soon after he recovered from heart surgery, because he refused to plant native vegetation on his own property. What country is this? The answer Wisconsin gives April 5th will have deep and lasting consequences far beyond this state. The government unions, the mayor who takes sides against the taxpayers, and the green prosecutor who jails elderly farmers are not tyrants, but they’d dearly love to be, and they hope to make an example of those who want reform next Tuesday"

Wisconsin Judicial Tyranny

Wisconsin Judicial Tyranny - Page 1 - Kyle Olson - Townhall Conservative "Our Founding Fathers warned against 'the tyranny of the minority.' This must have been the type of situation they had in mind."

Retired Teachers in California Earn More Than Working Teachers in 28 States

Retired Teachers in California Earn More Than Working Teachers in 28 States « Hot Air "In other words, the average retired teacher in California made more than the average working teacher in 28 states, according to the salary rankings published by NEA."

Top 10 Google April Fool’s Day Hoaxes

Top 10 Google April Fool’s Day Hoaxes Top 10 Lists TopTenz.net

Raises dropped in Fruitland budget

White Lake Beacon - Whitehall and Montague, Michigan "At the time, the decision by Fruitland Township Supervisor Sam St. Amour to include in the 2011-12 budget a three-percent raise for all salaried township employees created quite a stir. Yet, the decision to drop the wage raise request at the board’s March 21 regular meeting seemed to raise little attention."

President Barack Obama's First Ad of 2012

Wal-Mart CEO Bill Simon expects inflation

Wal-Mart CEO Bill Simon expects inflation - USATODAY.com "U.S. consumers face 'serious' inflation in the months ahead for clothing, food and other products, the head of Wal-Mart's U.S. operations warned Wednesday."

We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers

Stephen Moore: We've Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers - WSJ.com "Today in America there are nearly twice as many people working for the government (22.5 million) than in all of manufacturing (11.5 million). This is an almost exact reversal of the situation in 1960, when there were 15 million workers in manufacturing and 8.7 million collecting a paycheck from the government."

ESCALATING THE WAR ON BUSINESS

ESCALATING THE WAR ON BUSINESS- Charlie Sykes "Nice business you got there. Pity if anything bad were to happen to it if, like, you fail to put up one of our pro-union signs. And we won't take no for an answer."

Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza

Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza News.com.au "The shop, in the city's Fortitude Valley, has put the slice on eBay, and as of this morning bidding was up to $65" Imagine if it was a pepperoni and it was muhammid?

Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.

When they tell you a half truth, they are lying to you.

Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.

Total per pupil expenditure 2008/9

Whitehall $11,589
Mona Shores $10,581
N Muskegon $9,986
Muskegon $13,407
Muskegon Heights $14,174
Detroit $14,280

 http://www.mackinac.org/depts/epi/fiscal.aspx

http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/teacher-union-employee-exaggerates.html

http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/rochester-schools-raise-pay-report-cuts.html

THE OP-ED THE NYT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO READ

THE OP-ED THE NYT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO READ Charlie Sykes

Below is the Op-Ed that Governor Walker wrote that the New York Times chose not to run:

READ IT and UNDERSTAND the IMPORTANCE of the BATTLE in WISCONSIN!

Washington Considers Taxing Mileage

Washington Considers Taxing Mileage:
"The Congressional Budget Office has released a report on taxing the number of miles traveled by vehicles to help fund the highway system, as an alternative to raising fuel taxes."

Remember this will be an additional NEW tax, not a replacement for the old tax.
Like you didn't already know that.... 

A Requiem for Detroit

McGurn: A Requiem for Detroit - WSJ.com

"In Detroit, of course, we do not see lives being lost to an angry and capricious Earth.
But the human wreckage is there all the same—the consequence of crime, strangled opportunity, and lives without hope."

Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court

Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court - National Review Online
"The Prosser–Kloppenburg bout has political implications beyond the fate of Walker’s bill.
Numerous GOP state senators are facing recalls, and Walker himself could face one next year.

If Prosser falls, it will be a heavy blow to Republicans, especially for the backbenchers who stood with Walker, many of whom had hoped to emerge from the fiery budget debate with their careers intact.

....“This is for all the marbles,” says Charlie Sykes, a prominent conservative talk-radio host in Milwaukee."

Michigan Political Conference Draws Hundreds

6 Foot 2 In High Heel Shoes

 "Celebrating President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, 250 tea party leaders and conservative activists gathered in Holt, Michigan for the first annual statewide Conservative Political Action Conference on March 26."

State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV

CARPE DIEM: State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV
In another sign that the U.S. economy has made a full recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, state and local tax collections reached a new record high in the fourth quarter 2010.

Sorta belies their claims of drastic cuts.

Amazon launches online media storage service

Amazon launches online media storage service - Washington Times

The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered

The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered - Forbes.com
"Have we ever seen such a 'green economy'?

Yes we have; in the 13th century.

Renewable energy is quite literally the energy of yesterday."

Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling remains highlight decline of Motor City

Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling remains highlight decline of Motor City Mail Online

"Must the show go on? The United Artists Theater in Detroit, derelict and open to the elements."

Fraud contaminating free health-care pool

Fraud contaminating free health-care pool - BostonHerald.com
"Gaping loopholes in the program that covers poor uninsured Bay Staters have cost taxpayers tens of millions in bogus claims from out-of-staters and foreigners —not to mention gynecological bills for men and foot X-rays for headaches, according to the commonwealth’s inspector general.
“We’re finding overpayments, double payments and medically unnecessary payments,”"

 Fraud? I'm shocked, shocked to find that fraud is going on here!

Jean Auel concludes prehistoric saga with 6th book

Jean Auel concludes prehistoric saga with 6th book - latimes.com "The cycle first appeared in 1980 with 'The Clan of the Cave Bear,'"

Taxpayers’ K-12 Money Diverted to Union Business

Taxpayers’ K-12 Money Diverted to Union Business [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
 "Maryanne Levine is a full-time elementary school teacher with the Chippewa Valley School District who was elected to the Michigan Education Association board of directors.
The district releases her from teaching responsibilities so that she can deal 100 percent with union issues.
But Chippewa Valley still pays for $103,807of Levine’s $145,117 total compensation.
The union pays the remaining $41,310."

So, a teacher who doesn't teach gets paid $145,117 not to teach for the nine month she doesn't teach?
That makes sense, doesn't it?