Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson
In 1976, when Gerald Ford was President, Governor Pat Lucey appointed Shirley Abrahamson to the Wisconsin Supreme Court.
Justice Abrahamson has served the state a long - long time. Perhaps too long.
This week she gave a speech heavy on the need for the judical branch to be non-partisan and above all else non-political.
When approached after her elequent remarks by an admirer that congratulated her on the remarks she said:
“IT WAS JUST A SPEECH”.
Perhaps the voters of the great state of Wisconsin will Do The Right Thing and retire Justice Shirley Abrahamson in Spring of 2009.
Observations from GOP State Convention-Wisconsin-2008
Stevens Point Wisconsin was the place to be this weekend if you wanted to observe the Wisconsin Republican Party and here are some observations.
Congressman Paul Ryan rocks!!! I have said it many times-I hope to live long enough to see him President of the United States or at least my kids will be able to vote for him.
Congressman James Sensenbrenner told it like it should be told. In blasting Speaker Mike Huebsch he make it clear that Republicans will could be in the minority in the Wisconsin Assembly with leadership that governs like the GOP Congress did prior to the elections of 2006.
“Unfortunately, Speaker Huebsch decided to push it [the budget repair bill] through the Assembly. And he did so in a manner which does not fix the problems of overtaxing, and replaces transportation fees with more state borrowing - exactly the same move which helped destroy the Republican brand. Everyone can see this is a political shell game that simply postpones the hard decisions. Sometimes, leadership consists of saying “NO” to bad policies, rather than going along to get along.”
Congressman Tom Petri did not attend the convention. He was only Republican Congressman from Wisconsin that voted with the Democrats this week for a tax increase.
County Executive Scott Walker is Doing The Right Things to prepare for a run for the Governor’s office in 2010.
Chairman Reince Priebus is one of my heros. He is doing an incredible job in rebuilding a party that lost “it’s brand”, and not only talks the talk - but walks the walk.
However as you looked around the convention hall you had to wonder why the Waukesha County delegation seats were almost empty -
McCain will carry Wisconsin.
Hey Big Brother - What’s next?
The Wisconsin Department of Revenue recently sent over 1,000 letters to people that buy cigarettes on the Internet and told them to cough up the tax owed.
I predicted last year that raising the tax on a pack of cigarettes would decrease the total amount of taxes the state collected due to people buying on the Internet and the dramatic increase in smuggled products to escape paying the absurb tax that hits the poorest of people.
(side bar: I have a very biased opinion cause I smoke)
I hope to write in the next couple months how much tax revenues went down because of the tax increase. Perhaps our legislature will actually repeal the tax increase - right 
What group is next to get letters from the State Department of Revenue??? Do you buy anything over the Internet??
p.s. If you don’t think that smuggling is taking place - here is a good article from the Wall Street Journal.
Cell Phone Telemarketers - You Might Want to Do The Right Thing
REMINDER….12 days from today, all cell phone numbers are being
released to telemarketing companies and you will start to receive sales
calls.……YOU WILL BE CHARGED FOR THESE CALLSTo prevent this , call the following number from your cell
phone: 888-382-1222.
It is the National DO NOT CALL list. It will only take a minute of your time.
It blocks yo ur number for five (5) years.
You must call from the cell phone number you want to have blocked.
You cannot call from a different phone number.
It takes about 20 seconds
It Must Be The Glasses
Americans for Prosperity’s Mark Block is blogging. He was inspired.
I just spent two day with Roy Innis. Mr. Innis is 74 years old and the national chairman of the Congress of Racial Equality.
He came to Wisconsin on behalf of Americans for Prosperity to discuss the hysteria surrounding the Global Warming issue.
In all of his meeting he continued to tell his audiences - The American People Are Good People and Want to Do The Right Thing - If Only They Know What The Right Thing Is.
Our mission is to educate them on what we believe the right thing is. They may or may not agree. But if they only get one side of a story they will not have the facts to Do the right thing.
In a way, Mark kinda looks like Spike Lee.
Posted by James Wigderson
Spike Lee
Mark Block
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