Steve - I think your assessment that "it is over" may be premature. The Blue Fisters won't be satisfied until they destroy the productive of Wisconsin. They plan on doing this through costly acts of civil disobedience and, if they don't get their way - violence and riots - a time honored tradition of the left.

Wisconsin Wave - an organization devoted to protests, riots and economic resource exhaustion has arrived on the scene. They will crush the State by incurring resource draining activities against the State. Kvon Smith is linked to this group. The cost of their protests and riots will bankrupt the State - they need to be prosecuted and imprisoned immediately for crimes against the State and the People.

"RALLY TO REJECT THIS PUPPET LEGISLATURE! "

http://wisconsinwave.org/

Richard Head -

I'm just WAVING at you...

"... they need to be prosecuted and imprisoned immediately for crimes against the State and the People."

Do we have to incur all these costs, plus feed, clothe, house and provide healthcare for all these folks, and do so IMMEDIATELY?

I really don't know if you were born on Newt's Moon Colony and just now arrived on planet earth, however, America does have a Constitution, can you imagine that! The 1st Amendment of that Constitution guarantees, well, "freedom of speech."

Really now, we have allowed you to indulge all your psychotic ramblings here on the Patch; hence, you will just have to learn to accept the fact that other folks have the same freedom to speak.

Now, if you are a really, really good boy, and you are capable of understanding the concept of freedom of speech, you will do yourself and the rest of the many fine people blogging on the Patch and take your prescriptions, as the doctor ordered and get some long overdue sleep time...

I'm still waving at you...

WE should hope Voter ID is much of the same story. Even YOUR vote should mean something Lyle- not votes cast by dead people or FIBs.
For voter ID to be killed is foolishness, I have to show ID at the Dr.'s office for Christ sake ! The Dr. doesn't have to worry that a dead man is coming in for an office call using my name !
Oh wait....maybe medical treatment is not a right, so -bad example.
I have to show ID when I buy a pack of cigarettes, am I being disenfranchised?

Lyle, The victory over legislating from the bench is worthy of celebration.

Ever heard of balance of powers Craig? Guess not, unless of course the ruling benefits what you want.

Keith what's your deal?
Felons can't vote anyway, so mind your business.

Um Craig, you're posting on the wrong string.

Keif, No I am not.
You just have your head up your ass again.

Looong neck bottle, lego my hand!

Mr Schmitz-Balance of power? Really is there such a thing? Liberals only know strong arm thug tactics and whine when things dont work out

Craig -

Other than posting on the wrong topic... this TENTATIVE ruling on Collective Bargaining will be appealed.

Additionally, felons CAN VOTE in the state of Wisconsin, once they have satisfied the full term of their sentence.

Now I know YOU cannot vote, as your felony conviction will not be completed until 2016; moreover, one might expect that you could bring ONE ACCURATE piece of information to at least ONE of your mountain of superfluous blahs...

@Wilson: You know nothing.
Felons like Schmitzie who have not repayed their debt to society can not vote.
When you claim I can not vote until 2016 on this thread and make comments about me owning guns on other threads- it makes you a hypocrite.
You are drifting away in the Ocean Wilson. becoming more meaningless with each post.
Tom Hanks, "Wilson ! Wilson, come back! WILSON !"
Your IQ matches your PSI.....8

Interesting. Both are constitutional rights. You are paying for a weapon, you are not paying or getting paid to vote (well most don't). If a store owner gave you a gun, for free, you would still have to show and ID.

- seems pretty racist to me

This is what democracy looks like!! Thank you Scott Walker!!

Yeah, democracy, right. Rolling over a large group of people to benefit a few. So what's your idea of a democracy? Louis XIV?

Rolling over union pigs like you to benefit the entire State.

Nasty little piece of work aren't you pal?

Suppressing wages has worked wonders for this state's economy.

How does you face look without you nose?

Me face looks fine with me nose.
It ain't all blue and puffy like a drunkard.
Suppressing wages hasn't caused people to default on loans. Well, not sober people.

Keith wrote: "Yeah, democracy, right. Rolling over a large group of people to benefit a few. So what's your idea of a democracy?..."
Let's do the math Keith:
Number of teacher's in Wisconsin-68,000
Number of taxpayers in Wisconsin-5,726,398

Sounds like the large group of people won!

@The Anti-Alinsky

I think Keith is thinking of his ideal future, when public employees outnumber those in the private sector.

The Anti-Alinsky -

Understanding that your red sister, Craig, is always inaccurate and you feel compelled to support her – two Cro-Magnons – you really should not follow her practices of INACCURACY.

It really negates whatever infinitesimal credibility you ever had.

The estimated population of Wisconsin from the Census Bureau 2012 is 5,726,398.

YOU, inaccurately, misstate "Number of taxpayers in Wisconsin-5,726,398."

Please write SOMETHING, reasonably intelligent, accurate and verifiable, sometime this decade...

@Wilson: Oh please Mr. smart ass, tell us everything you know about the mating habits of the tsi tsi fly. Wash your hands before you begin, your practice of fisting can be unhealthy.

Don't throw such a hissy fit Johnny. Yes, rather than do an exhaustive search and find out how many people pay income taxes, how many people pay sales taxes, and how many people pay property taxes, then cross-reference them to eliminate duplicates (like myself) across those lists, I reasoned that we are ALL taxpayers.

Even my children since the money I pay to taxes doesn't go into their college accounts.
Even my retired mother since property taxes factor into the amount of rent she pays.
Even those that live in their parent's basement (thanks to the Obamaconomy) that drive and pay 51.3¢ per gallon for fuel.

About the only ones that don't pay any sort of taxes are those, like yourself, that live completely off government assistance!

But let's play your game. What percentage people pay just property taxes in Wisconsin. let's not even count those that indirectly pay through rent. 1/2? 1/4? Lets take 1/4. That still means the ratio is
Number of teacher's in Wisconsin-68,000
Number of taxpayers in Wisconsin-(5,726,398/4=)1,431,599

Still a HUUUUUUUUGE ration Johnny.

Wilson don't care how many pay taxes until his Goobermint teet dries up.
Want to trade that cow for some magic beans Johnboy?

Craig –

"@Wilson: Oh please Mr. smart ass, tell us everything you know about the mating habits of the tsi tsi fly.”

I think the insect you were attempting to allude to here is actually called: Tsetse Fly.

Your appellation “tsi tsi fly” does not apply to anything currently in existence; however, that is precisely how you uneducated and misinformed WISHFUL THINKERS muddle your way through life…

The Anti-Alinsky –

In other words, you are disseminating INACCURATE, MISLEADING and patently FALSE INFORMATION while displaying an incredible degree of intellectual dishonesty. Thus demonstrating your intellectual laziness and penchant for WISHFUL THINKING.

Now, you make a rather pathetic attempt to clean up your sloppiness with a plethora of childish rationalizations, diversions and obfuscation.

Red Sisters of the world unite; we are meeting at Walker’s house for another daily dose of WISHFUL THINKING!

Actually Johnny, you are the one that is "disseminating INACCURATE, MISLEADING and patently FALSE INFORMATION while displaying an incredible degree of intellectual dishonesty.'

I may be making a stretch here, but I think you are smart enough to know that taking 4,800 jobs created in December as jobs created since Governor Walker took office is about as misleading and inaccurate as you can get.

Of course, I noticed in this last post that again, there was not ONE fact or insight, just as I stated earlier. Just more innuendo and rhetoric that we are accustomed to coming from you.

The Anti-Alinsky –

The 4,800 number came from YOU!

YOU used it in YOUR silly math calculation, showing how Walker could ALMOST come up to 250,000 jobs IF you simply multiplied 4,800 by 48!

The actual number of “estimated” jobs reported to have been created in December is 4,500.

YOUR POST:
The Anti-Alinsky
11:38 am on Saturday, January 19, 2013
Johnny and his fuzzy math again. Lets see 4,800 jobs per month times 48 months of Governor Walker's FIRST term = 230,400. A little shy, but the state economy is like a train engine, it has to get a little traction before it gets rolling.

OK Johnny. Calm down. I made a simple mistake when responding to your ridiculous inference that we had only create 4,500 jobs since January of 2011. And that still doesn't excuse you from your blatant attempt to misdirect the content of your post.

Even if I took the wrong number the conclusion is the same:
We are still WAAAAAAAAAY ahead of the 121,000 jobs LOST under Diamond Jim Doyle and the Democrats.

By the way Craig, I have seen it as tsi tsi fly as well. But of course, rather than respond to any of our posts with facts and insight, Johnny will just attack an nitpick in a failing attempt to diminish the effect of our posts.
(BTW Johnny, OUR as in myself, Craig, Keith Best and others that respond to correct you on your silly talking points posts)

Ok Wilson, talk me to in college.

The Anti-Alinsky -

http://www.deptofnumbers.com/unemployment/wisconsin/

LOTS OF “CATCHING UP” TO DO!

Wisconsin Unemployment History: Dec. 2011 - Dec. 2012

When you check the chart - Dec. 2012 is not included - you will see the percentage of the unemployment rate fell by -0.3% and the total NET JOBS GAINED at 9,402 for 11-months!

IF you additionally factor in the -0.1% decrease in the unemployment rate for Dec. 2012, you get a total reduction in percent of unemployment of -0.4% for 12-months.

Furthermore, if you add in the "Preliminary Estimate" of 4,500 jobs for Dec. of 2012, you arrive at a TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS GAINED OVER 12-months: 13,902.

YES, you do have much "CATCHING UP" to do... please share this with ALL your Red Sisters...

I WILL ANXIOUSLY AWAIT THE “CORRECTIONS” FROM THE WAUKESHA REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE CABAL: I.E., DUMB, DUMBER AND DUMBEST…

The Anti-Alinsky -

"By the way Craig, I have seen it as tsi tsi fly as well."

Of course, you have; it was probably in the book “My Pet Goat” when you two went to study for your GED in Mississippi… gosh, I suspect you two have even seen a Unicorn, and probably had many rides on a live dinosaur as well...

Johnny, nice link to the department of numbers (not a government entity from what I can see). Which part of link are you referring to? The one that state:
"The number of people unemployed in Wisconsin peaked in June 2009 at 287,166. There are now 83,400 fewer people unemployed in the state."

We are having ups and down thanks to this economy, but the general trend us up.

And it still beats the 121,000 jobs LOST under Diamond Jim Doyle!!!

The Anti-Alinsky –

TOTAL NUMBER OF JOBS CREATED IN 2012: 13,902

"The Department of Numbers contextualizes public data so that individuals can form independent opinions on everyday social and economic matters.”

“It is a report by the According to the BLS current population survey (CPS), the unemployment rate for Wisconsin fell 0.2 percentage points in November 2012 to 6.7%”

PLEASE CONTACT: ben@deptofnumbers.com [IF you have questions or want more BLS hard data.]

Wisconsin Unemployment History: Dec. 2011 - Dec. 2012

"The number of people unemployed in Wisconsin peaked in June 2009 at 287,166. There are now 83,400 fewer people unemployed in the state."

[These 83,400 does not include December 2012, 4,500 new hires; it does not include people who left the state between 2009 and today and it does not factor in GWB reckless fiscal policy and effects on WI economy.]

There is also a very convient link along with this quote to asses the population differential in WI, between June of 2009 and today.

Vastly more important, THE REAL POINT: Walker only created 13,902 jobs in 12-Months!

The Anti-Alinsky -

The Department of Numbers is a government agency under United States Department of Labor [BLS] Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The report from Dec. 2011 to Dec. 2012, showing a merger 13,902 jobs gained in 12-Months, does not give anyone any degree of confidence that Walker will be capable of fulfilling his promise of 250,000 jobs by Jan. 1 2015.

It also clearly demonstrates the impossibility of Walker creating 10,000 new businesses by Jan. 1, 2015.

Jobs gained or lost by previous WI governors is decidedly NOT the issue(s) here… deflect though you might. The only two issues here are Walker creating 250,000 jobs and 10,000 new businesses in WI before Jan. 1, 2015, as he promised…

“Our latest count put the number, as of the end of November 2012, at 37,011 new jobs since Walker took office.

We use two sets of data to arrive at that figure, which is tracked in a monthly graphic.

Highly accurate census data showed there were 27,811 jobs created in Wisconsin in 2011. For the best approximation, we add to that the net total of 9,200 jobs created in 2012, according to monthly Current Employment Survey reports issued by the Department of Workforce Development.”

As of today, Jan. 20, 2013: 37,011 + 4,500 [December 2012] = 41,511 TOTAL JOBS IN 2-YEARS!

That leaves 208,489 jobs left to create in less than 2-years!

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/promises/walk-o-meter/promise/526/create-250000-new-jobs/

John Wilson wrote: “The Department of Numbers is a government agency under United States Department of Labor [BLS] Bureau of Labor Statistics.”

If so it raises a number of questions Johnny:
1) Why does the address end in .com instead of .gov?
2) Why are they using third-party advertising to raise revenue?
3) Why is there no direct link to the Bureau of Labor Statistics?
4) Why does a site search on bls.gov provide no mention of a Department of Numbers.
5) How come a gentleman named Ben Engebreth maintains the site with no mention of even a sponsorship from the BLS and mentioned directly on his own site: http://www.benengebreth.org/ ?

oh boy, here come the bongo drums, the solitary singers, and death threats

Don't forget the Vuvuzela Orchestra.... for some more sour notes....

No reason to ask for one.

Don't give us this blacks buying guns. Most of you tin foil hat crowd are buying guys because of guns. Otherwise, you are being suckered by the gun industry.

What?
Got a snoot full already I see.
Sleep it off and come back when your BAC is below .4

Found your detonator. Ever thought about anger management?

Guess the reason why you don't like the Blue Fisters as you imagine them because they occupy where your head should be.

Go away and find a fulfilling hobby besides making yourself look like an out of control fool.

Am I missing something--where's the anger, Keith?

He's angry because he has emptied another bottle and isn't sleeping it off yet.

now Keith, your journey to the Dark Side is complete. Arise Darth Moocher and take your place at my side

Keith, I know your not talking to me like that....what a loon! You da fool!

I wouldn't say outsmarted. It's simply a victory for what is right.
It's a victory for taxpayers.
It's a victory for public employees who don't want to be FORCED to join the union. Membership should NEVER be compulsory.
It's a victory against union thuggery and against hags like Shelly Moore.

Right on Frank !
Walker outsmarted the goon squad.

Aren't you in it?

No whisky Keif I am not in it.
But I bet one of them union goons has been in you.
Not only do you slur your words when you are drunk, but you talk with a lisp.

Young Conservative -

Are you old enough to be out of your crib?

Do both your mommies know what you are doing?

The Mafia typically WINS at almost everything they do, I just wonder if that is because they "outsmart" everyone, or buy, intimidate, kill, threaten and torture the police, corporations and judges to WIN... Nah, they probably just dropped out of college with Walker…

"It's is terribly funny that a college dropout has just outsmarted a state full of college educated teachers and other union members."

YC - you make the mistake of assuming that college "educated" these people and gave them anything besides indoctrination on how to be an effective bureaucrat, and punched some tickets to get a piece of paper - that doesn't make one intelligent or effective - it means one has a state sponsored piece of paper, of dubious value.

The ugly truth is that many become teachers - NOT ALL - but many default because they are not set our for higher endeavors. Those who can do - those who can't teach! They want to be paid as though they were responsible for the information they are passing along.

NOW - that information they pass along is less and less useful - and some of it is highly suspect as to it's truth or origin.

Look at Engineers and true scientists in hard disciplines if you want to see educated people that act upon and add to the knowledge base of education.

Wisconsin is full of indoctrinated fools who are only full of themselves.

John Wilson wrote:"Young Conservative -

Are you old enough to be out of your crib?

Do both your mommies know what you are doing?"

John, stop being such a condescending creep. It just makes you look like an idiot since you can't argue a point without name calling.

BTW-Young Conservative, I find it very funny, and interesting that the college dropout can run the state better than the Harvard educated lawyer, including finding a way to eliminate a 3.6 BILLION budget gap without raising taxes!

Richard Head -

"Wisconsin is full of indoctrinated fools who are only full of themselves."

YES!

YOU are the very personification of those "indoctrinated fools who are only full of themselves."

Now please get out of your cave and get yourself some much needed social and community skills.

Again Johnny, nothing of substance, no fact or insight. Just more slander.

The Anti-Alinsky –

I have provided you with many FACTS, DATA and REFERENCES... I am not in a position to do your research... besides, you are just too lazy to do anything except name calling and spout talking points for the TAP...

You really do need more remedial educational assistance than I could possibly provide to you in a lifetime…

Slander is the SPOKEN word, untruths, which cause you pain, undue suffering, personal or professional injury and monetary loss… MAY be actionable in a court of law… IF you can prove, they are UNTRUE.

Libel is the WRITTEN word, same methodology.

Think about it for a year or two; you just may begin to turn the light bulb on…

Johnny, you mean facts like:
“The TAP... is overflowing with people who have either walked in the front door of a college or trade school, or then proceeded to walk directly out of the back door.”
“Ignorance, like gun freaks, always seeks their own incredibly low homeostasis...
they even enshrine it as an ideal...”
“Wisconsin has a severely limited government now, characterized by a limited IQ governor, assembly, senate, AG, and court system”
“I really don't know if you were born on Newt's Moon Colony and just now arrived on planet earth...”
“It really negates whatever infinitesimal credibility you ever had…”
“Now, you make a rather pathetic attempt to clean up your sloppiness with a plethora of childish rationalizations, diversions and obfuscation.”
"Red Sisters of the world unite; we are meeting at Walker’s house..."
“…however, that is precisely how you uneducated and misinformed WISHFUL THINKERS muddle your way through life…”
“Please try to give them a break, their gene pool came from the sewers of Bangladesh...”
“Red Sisters of the world unite; we are meeting at Walker’s house for another daily dose of WISHFUL THINKING!”
“Young Conservative – Are you old enough to be out of your crib? Do both your mommies know what you are doing?”
“Now please get out of your cave and get yourself some much needed social and community skills.”

BTW-I was wondering how long before you would respond to slader/libel.

And I almost forgot:
When C. Sanders wrote: "God is with Walker, so lets move on."

you wrote: C. Sanders -
I am NOT with Walker nor shall I ever be; Walker is attempting to impersonate me and it only works with the MAGICAL THINKING PEOPLE IN THE CLOWN CAR..."

Yea that's a "fact" you can take to the bank.

Frank McGruber -

You just did it... you red sisters are really thick...

Thick in comparison to little John's skinny blue willy?

AWD -

You finally reached the anger stage in your grief, good boy!

President Obama is in the White House until January 20, 2017, followed by Hillary for the next 8-years. The TAP is in shambles, and still can't figure out which way is UP, as they are forced to concede ground on every proposal President Obama wishes...

Yeah, about all you Neanderthals have left is name-calling, out of control anger, racism and monolithic stupidity... Oops, sorry to remind you, that's all you ever had...

Again Johnny, not facts or insight. Do you have even one original thought in your head?

Illinois is close. They have all their tax problems solved and budget balanced. I think he would fit right in.

Dorothy -

"... OUR GREAT SCOTT WALKER IS DOING alone!!"

You seem to have set the bar for "GREAT" so low Charlie Manson would exceed Walker!

4,500 private sector jobs in December - lets party - only 245,500 to go!

Johnny and his fuzzy math again. Lets see 4,800 jobs per month times 48 months of Governor Walker's FIRST term = 230,400. A little shy, but the state economy is like a train engine, it has to get a little traction before it gets rolling.

Anyway you look at it, it still beat the 121,000 jobs LOST under Diamond Jim Doyle.

The Anti-Alinsky –

“Lets see 4,800 jobs per month times 48 months of Governor Walker's FIRST term = 230,400. A little shy, but the state economy is like a train engine, it has to get a little traction before it gets rolling.”

Walker has NOT created 4,800 jobs per month for 48 months (Fantasy hypothesis). Actually, using your own spurious numbers Walker has only created approximately 86,000 jobs, in some 24 months. Therefore, Walker has – in the REAL WORLD – to this point bought only 3,583 jobs per month on average. IF we extrapolate from these REAL WORLD numbers and apply them to the forthcoming 24 months, we would end up with 172,000 jobs during Walkers only term as governor. That is 78,000 jobs from what he PROMISED! It just doesn’t look too good for the ACCOMPLISHER; in fact, it seems more in line with the MISSION ACCOMPLISHED and DECIDER insanity…

“… but the state economy is like a train engine, it has to get a little traction before it gets rolling.”

Yes, of course, and trains never go off the track, have breakdowns run out of fuel or encounter any number of impediments.

Please remember – if you can’t, then use your tremendous cognitive abilities – and use Google to check the last years of the Doyle Administration to discover that America was suffering from the 2nd worst Depression, ever. Now this phenomenally positive event was brought to us by THE DECIDER, the world's greatest MAGICAL THINKER…

And yet, that 86,000 is still infinitely better that the 121,000 LOST under Diamond Jim Doyle and the Democrats.

By the way Johnny, let's review your math, only with the correct numbers:

250,000 jobs set as a GOAL
minus 86,000 created in a little less than 2 years
equals 164,000 left to go to meet Governor Walker's GOAL.

With 2 years to go means plenty of time to catch up!!!

The Anti-Alinsky -

Let us review the FACTS, as NO ONE employs your spurious 86,000 jobs created as of today!

[Walker took office Jan. 3, 2011]

Current data reveals that Walker – through January 18, 2013 – has created a total of 37,511 jobs; IF he is going to fulfill his PROMISE of 250,000 jobs by 2015, he is going to have to create 212,489 more jobs!

http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/2012/09/the_employment_5.html

Walker’s words Will "get government out of the way of employers ... who will then help Wisconsin create 250,000 jobs by 2015, and as we create those new jobs, we will be able to add 10,000 new businesses.”

I am not even addressing those "10,000 NEW BUSINESSES!"

"December numbers continue a slow rise upward
Updated: Friday, January 18th, 2013 | By Tom Kertscher
Wisconsin added 4,500 private-sector jobs in December 2012, according to "preliminary figures" for the month from the state Department of Workforce Development."

"That's progress for Gov. Scott Walker on his campaign promise to add 250,000 jobs by the end of his term in January 2015."

"However, for the promise to be kept, the pace of hiring will have to accelerate, given that 212,489 more jobs are needed to reach that mark."

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/promises/walk-o-meter/promise/526/create-250000-new-jobs/

YOU need to find a way to GET REAL, as your WISHFUL THINKING is NOT making it...

Well, we still have no answer if the budget "surplus" is what was achieved after the $500 million Walker borrowed to "balance the budget" in time for the recall election has been paid back, or if borrowed money has been placed in the cash register and we're calling it a surplus. If the latter is the case, he should pay as much of the $500 million down as possible with the so-called surplus to avoid some of the $150 million in interest charges coming our way over the next 20 years.

Furloughed employees, borrowing money, instead of calling him Gov. Scott Walker it's beginning to look more like Doyle II. Except Doyle knew how to negotiate with public employees.

That campaign promise, recently doubled-down upon, was 250,000 new jobs by the end of his first term, no, wait, by the end of 2015. We are nowhere near that and the probability of it being achieved is near "0." So why promise it.

I seem to recall that Doyle ripped off the Patient Compensation Fund, to the tune of $250 million, and Doyle also forgot to pay Minnesota tuition of around $59 million. Those two line items alone appear to cover about 60% of the total that you speak to.

And Walker's egotism incited a recall action that cost a few million dollars, furloughed and terminated public employees contributed to a revenue shortfall that led to $28 million in our state's portion of the mortgage settlement being "ripped off" from Wisconsin residents, etc., etc. (Not to mention the money he cost Milwaukee County because of boo-boos, and of course, the expense of the John Doe investigation.) Seriously. Walker is different in that he's a marionette of a national special interest group; Doyle's cronies (as far as I know) were more regional. Nice.

Walker's egotism incited a recall? I thought it was a knee-jerk overreaction on the part of the unionistas that incited the recall...

...or should I say recallS. How many republicans were targeted with recall attempts?

Wasn't ego Bren. It was prudent and reasonable. And constitutional. It saved the state and history will note his brave action. So stop trying to rewrite history.

@Bren:
Walker's egotism? Really? Boy, you really don't live in reality, do you?

Go ahead and mention ALEC. You know you want to.

@Bren... I think the focus of the discussion is the State and its financial condition;not the County.

The monies received in the mortgage settlement were allocated/spent within the confines of the legal agreement. Direct foreclosure relief to homeowners accounts for 82% of the total funds. No court order to return monies from the mortgage settlement exists and I am not aware that a legal challenge is contemplated..

There is/was a Court Order for the State to return the funds+interest, to the Patient Compensation Fund, because the State(Doyle) mis-allocated the funds.

The refinancing(Walker) saved the State $78 million over the first two years, due to a significantly lower interest rate.

So, its 78(Lower Interest)+250(repay Patient Compensation Fund+59(MN Tuition)= 387 or about 77% of the total that you speak to.

Bren- Your infatuation with ALEC really is getting old. Let's also place blame for the recall and its costs, along with the legal challenges with those it belongs; the whining Democrats and the public unions. As far as Doyle, it was not negotiating; it is called giving in for political favor.

As far as the surplus. it is real and he didn't have to raid the Transportation fund to the tune of $800 million and $750 million from a bll crap lawsuit against the tobaco companies. And Doyle still had a deficit, all because he "caved" to the union interests.

And despite a federal government led by Barry Obama, he's managed to lower the unemployment rate by 2 points and create jobs, despite the state democrats best efforts to kill them.

I'm not sure what alternate universe you reside in, but you might want to stop sipping the koolaid and enter the world of reality.

Bewildered -

1) You do not know how to abbreviate WI; it is not Wi

2) Almost EVERY economic index is POSITIVELY UP, since President Obama instituted his economic policies... WI is just riding the coattails of President Obama’s policies and leadership

3) 245,500 private sector jobs to go [the 36k jobs "created" in 2-years were bought with WI taxpayer money]

4) I'm a humanist and therefore I do not "hate" anyone... Walker is simply too insignificant to "hate"

5) It is your nature to be and remain “Bewildered”

@John Wilson:
"1) You do not know how to abbreviate WI; it is not Wi"
Be careful before you start criticizing typos Johnny, it may come back to bite you in the butt. Besides, it's just a blog.

"2) Almost EVERY economic index is POSITIVELY UP, since President Obama instituted his economic policies... WI is just riding the coattails of President Obama’s policies and leadership"
Anyone could make the economy look good for a short time with 6.1 billion dollars of borrowed money.

"3) 245,500 private sector jobs to go [the 36k jobs "created" in 2-years were bought with WI taxpayer money]"
Actually Johnny the total for 2011 and 2012 is a little above 86,000. Yes, not yet on target, but it STILL beats the 121,000 job LOSS under Diamond Jim Doyle!!!

"4) I'm a humanist and therefore I do not "hate" anyone... Walker is simply too insignificant to "hate"."
You may not "hate", but your overly demeaning responses indicate a superiority complex riddled with disdain for people that don't agree with you.

"5) It is your nature to be and remain “Bewildered”."
We are all bewildered when reading the tripe you place on these blags.
(oops, a typo. I'm going to leave it just to drive you nuts Johnny)

The Anti-Alinsky –

It is impossible to “…overly” demean Walker… he does that all to and for himself; I just give him the approbation and kudos that is his rightful due.

“We are all bewildered when reading the tripe you place on these blags.”

“We”? Are you pregnant or do you speak for some religious cult, such as the TAP?

Most of the folks I associate with would refer to this as a blog; however, given your penchant for misinformation and INACCURACIES, you may call it a “blag.”

“(oops, a typo. I'm going to leave it just to drive you nuts Johnny)”

That would be Oops to anyone who actually observed even the outside of a post-secondary institution.

Now, with 5,726,398 – the entire population of WI paying taxes – why, golly gosh Gomer, WI should soon be the richest state in the entire Republic!

Sadly, I have the suspicion that your entire life is nothing more than a “typo.”

And once again, instead of responding with facts or insight, Johnny Wilson slings the insults.

Bewildered wrote
MJS today reported Wi unemployment as of Dec at 6.6 %, lowest since 2008 and significantly lower than US average of 7.8 %. 4,500 private sector jobs added. Overall non farming jobs + 1,300.

What say yea now, Walker haters ?

When I listen to retard radio and they report that Jobless numbers are down for the Presidrent, its because it doesn't include people who are no longer looking for work or they are no longer on unemployment because it ran out or because people are underemployed. I'm sure the same holds true for our unemployment numbers right?

sparky -

You are correct; the same methodology that applies to the national unemployment numbers also clearly apply to each state.

Both - the federal and the states - attempt to play games with the numbers and percentages by not counting people not currently collecting unemployment benefits, those who have given up looking for work through state agencies and contract employment agencies, those who are in some government or school training program and those who are working 2-3 minimum wage jobs and would thus not be eligible for benefits.

Some employers will not even look at you unless you are currently employed.

I know of several employers who have their sons and daughters working for them full-time, and they are collecting full-unemployment benefits from the state at the same time. I have reported them to the Dept. of Workforce Development.

Sadly, there are many good employment opportunities to be had in the labor market today. On the other hand, there are too many people without the skill sets to fill them. You need degrees, CNC Programming skills, computer skills, robotic skills, a good stable work record, no drug or criminal record.

What I refer to as the “brawn class” is going to grow beyond all comprehension, as there is increasingly no need for a strong back type of worker. Additionally, employers do not want to be stuck with older workers – at around 50-55 you are an insurance and productivity liability – but they will not tell you that.

Bren –

In addition to the problematic and convoluted financial machinations contrived by Walker to claim he has balanced the budget, he did promise to do two other Mission Impossible feats.

Walker’s words Will "get government out of the way of employers ... who will then help Wisconsin create 250,000 jobs by 2015, and as we create those new jobs, we will be able to add 10,000 new businesses.”

Hence, we have his promise that he will create 250,000 jobs by Jan. 1, 2015 – he took office on Jan 3, 2011. Clearly, this is not going to happen.

He also promised to create 10,000 new businesses during that same period. Clearly, that is not going to happen either.

Obviously, I do not know what is going to occur between now and the 2014 election – the John Doe Probe is still out there – however, I do know that these two promises are not going to happen.

C. Sanders -

I am NOT with Walker nor shall I ever be; Walker is attempting to impersonate me and it only works with the MAGICAL THINKING PEOPLE IN THE CLOWN CAR...

You know, I have suspected for a long time that Johnny has a GOD complex.

Oh yeh, I talked to God today too! You wack job

I'd guess you would say the same about the federal government too? At least Wisconsin's government finances are sound, which is way better than tax and spend Barry.

Then why are the Blue Fisters always chasing productive people demanding that they have some "higher right" to take from the productive and redistribute it as they see fit?

Why don't the Blue Fisters become productive in their own right?

Take out the productive, and there are no Blue Fisters. Odd how that works. Does that make Blue Fisters PARASITES - who are trying to kill the host?

Are you an Ass or what. Go back to your tanning bed or is it the Turd bucket in which your name came about. bitch

Keith Best, you forgot about the Liberal Secretary of State that held up publication, and thus implementation, of the law long enough for the Lefty judge to stop publication. It was a concerted effort which shows that they will go to any extreme to stop Wisconsin from moving forward.

JayZee -

Just in case you really want an answer to your inane question... you can take your thumb out of your mouth, severe it from your paw and attach it to back fender of your bicycle...

I love Johnny's clever put-downs. It really show that he and the rest of the Liberals have no answers.

Your right we need more lawyers as politicians .. Oh NO wait .. those are the a-hats that put us in this hole. I think your indoctrination is complete, I am sure your pipes are leaking and you have no electricity and house is falling down .. because these people didn't have "college degrees" OHHHHH NOOOOOOOO

U.S. Citizen- And the guy without a degree made the ones with degrees look like a bunch of raving lunatics, acting like 2 yr olds that didn't get there way. Sorry chump, I'll take the guy without a degree anytime with the results he's shown.

U.S. Citizen

College does not mean a person is educated - at least not today. Indoctrinated - more likely.

College once meant something - not so much today. Your thinking is all wrong.

U.S. Citizen -

The TAP [Take-Away-Party] is overflowing with people who have either walked in the front door of a college or trade school, or then proceeded to walk directly out of the back door. The two that were caught, before they could reach the back door, were handcuffed to a chair and subsequently completed their four-year course, in twelve years, in underwater basket weaving.

Please try to give them a break, their gene pool came from the sewers of Bangladesh...

Brian Dey -

Ignorance, like gun freaks, always seeks their own incredibly low homeostasis...
they even enshrine it as an ideal...

john wilson- I say again factually, that a guy without a degree dismantled a whole bunch of people with degrees. Logic shows in this example that the piece of paper does not make one smarter than the person without the piece of paper. Again, you have nothing to say.

All government funding should be on a consumption tax. We need limited government. Seems like you are just another A-hat

Johnny Blade -

Wisconsin has a severely limited government now, characterized by a limited IQ governor, assembly, senate, AG, and court system; the only way we could possibly achieve a more limited government would be to put Archie Bunker in charge of the entire state…

Archie Bunker was union.

And a TV character. So stifle yourself.

Walker vs Obama. No Contest. Walker has a surplus and low unemployment. Obama created almost $11 trillion debt in his first term and unemployment has been above 7.8% all four years. Walker got his whole caucus to vote for his budget; Obama got zero in his caucus to vote for his.

Seems that Law degree from Harvard and his degree from Occidental taught him nothing. And even Archie Bunker could balance his checkbook. Apparently, Obama can't. Wilson, next time you have a thought...let it go.

U.S. Citizen - Yes its the freeloaders that expect us to pay for their college education, have free government cell phones, sit on unemployment for 2 years because many jobs are beneath them and when they don't get there way, they whine like a 2 yr old with a temper tantrum. Once we get these morons to stop bellying up to the government trough, maybe we can make some head way. Act 10 was just a starting point.

Let's stop putting the young in chains and end student loans and debt.

The cost of an education is too much to bear - student loans allow the cost to be pushed forward - and college budgets are bloated and teachers overpaid.

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@Richard Head.....I agree, let's make post secondary education tuition free at public institutions.

@Marty....Sounds like education envy.

@Lyle - I have a college degree. So what's your point?

@Marty.....My point is that whether someone has a college degree or not is immaterial. In regards to our governor, although he didn't complete his degree, Professor Mordecai Lee has made repeated statements that Scott Walker is the most gifted and natural politician he has ever met. However, those with a real advanced education tend to have a better grasp on more complex issues and not all college degrees are created equal. The truly educated have been taught to think and write critically as well as possessing the ability to clearly communicate. People holding degrees in what I term occupational degrees; such as business degrees, nursing, teaching, social work, etc; are more occupational training programs than true collegial programs. Also, where one does their post secondary work is important as well. Those educated in liberal arts institutions come closer to being members of the educated elite. I've known many with college degrees that didn't know much of anything and couldn't begin to discuss art, literature, philosophy, politics, religion, etc. You could probably label me an elitist, but I don't see that as a negative.

@Lyle - and my point was that a college degree doesn't make someone any more valuable a human being than someone who doesn't.

If being an elitist means you think you are better than someone who doesn't have a degree, than I say that makes you simply a jerk (not saying YOU are, but someone who thinks that is clearly)

We are all created equal...

@Marty....Yes, all are created equal and should be afforded the up most respect until such time as they act in such a manner as to lose the respect of others. There are a number of individuals who post comments or blog who are beyond being civil and appear to be barely civilized. They are either incapable or unwilling to discuss controversial issues in a manner deserving of respect or serious consideration.

There is clear and unquestioning bias against those who are better educated and it is expressed as disdain towards anyone who is an open intellectual or pursues intellectual pursuits.

Lyle, apparently, the degree didn't help you. And the educated elite are legends in their own minds. I proud that I have been able to accomplish much in life without a degree. And I harbor no ll feelings towards those that have degrees. But it doesn't make one smarter than the other. But for elitist like you, it only serves as toilet paper for everyone else.

Your comments have shown that you do not deserve our respect.

Would that include the Gun Rights the king wants to take away? A Real Right...

It looks like morninmist changed screen names.

Kate, Act 10 was in the legislature for a month. Remember the Democrats fled to Illinois during the debate? The Assembly had 60 hours of debate, hardly behind closed doors.

kate wrote: " And what was more "strong arm" than passing this law in the dead of night, behind closed doors, without due process?"

Actually kate, that was two years earlier with the Democratic controlled Assembly and Senate.

"And what was more "strong arm" than passing this law in the dead of night, behind closed doors, without due process?" Are you referring to the wicked witch from the west, Nancy Pelosi and the Obama care bill signed in the dead of night before most could read or understand it????? Talk about selective outrage. But then again you're liberal, what else should I expect!

I posted this yesterday, but it is still pending for some reason:

kate wrote: " And what was more "strong arm" than passing this law in the dead of night, behind closed doors, without due process?"

Actually kate, that was two years earlier with the Democratic controlled Assembly and Senate.

@Keith Best....Thank the powers that be that you aren't a teacher. Education has enough problems without someone like you, who can barely put together a thought of your own, attempting to teach.

Keith Best -

You would also get on with the NEW BIOLOGY/SCIENCE PROGRAM OF WALKER TOO; you know, where our children are taught that babies are delivered to your house by the stork!

You do not have a CHOICE there, but you BELIEVE that is how babies come into the world, so, no problem there...