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Heartbeat of Red Cliff Band Arrested in Capitol

January 27, 2012 by Barbara With Sam Morris of the Red Cliff Band was arrested for drumming a prayer in the Wisconsin state capitol just after noon today. He was escorted out of the building by Capitol Police officers and was issued a $260 ticket for disorderly conduct. Tribal attorney Glenn Stoddard was nearby and attempted […]

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Senator Kathleen Vinehout reacts to Governor Walker’s “alternate reality” speech

January 26, 2012 by Lady Forward Senator Vinehout comments on Governor Walker’s State of the State speech and talks of her possible plans for launching her own campaign for governor.

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What a Walkerful World

WALKERFUL WORLD by Ed “Thanks a Million” Kuharski [Apologies to songwriters: George David Weiss, George Douglas, Bob Theile] I see trees of brown…….. dead roses too I see em die….. for greed and for fuel And I think to myself…. what a Walkerful World. I see skies of hate….. clouds of spite God-blessed days….dark scary […]

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Fascism For Dummies PART I: Vukmir Diverts Democracy

January 16, 2012 by Barbara With Last week, the Jobs, Economy and Small Business Committee held a hearing in Hurley to listen to public testimony on AB426, the new mining bill being introduced into the Assembly on January 26th. Truly one of the worst pieces of legislation to come down the Republican pike yet, from […]

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Walker’s “Governor of the Year” Award: Think Time’s 1938 Man of the Year, Hitler

January 2, 2012 by Barbara With Last week, Governor’s Journal, a little-known online publication focusing on all things gubernatorial gave Scott Walker the Governor of the Year Award. Dean Pagani, editor and sole proprietor of this one-man shop sat down to an interview with Wisconsin Reporters to explain the intention behind the honor. [See video […]

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Voigt Decision Trumps Mining in Northern Wisconsin

December 19, 2011 by Barbara With On December 14, I attended a 10-hour pubic hearing in Milwaukee on the proposed mines in Northern Wisconsin. To be clear, my home of Madeline Island would be tremendously and adversely affected both environmentally and economically by a 4-mile or more open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee […]

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