More Big Fibs from Paul Ryan.

Keep in mind that Ryan's entire public career has been about finding moral justifications for selfishness. It helps keep his pathology in context.

FACT CHECK: Paul Ryan Falsely Claims He Supports Ending Subsidies to Wealthy, Eliminating Loopholes | DCCC

Today on Fox News Sunday, Republican Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (WI-01) falsely claimed he wants to stop "subsidizing the wealthy" and "get the loopholes out" of our tax code.

In reality, Paul Ryan and House Republicans have repeatedly voted to protect tax breaks for the ultra wealthy and tax loopholes for Big Oil. In fact, Ryan himself authored a plan to give the ultra wealthy tax breaks and supported the creation of tax loopholes for some of his top contributors. Ryan and House Republicans are now opposed to ending these kind of tax breaks for the ultra wealthy in order to stop a payroll tax hike at the end of February.

Waring Fincke's Daily News Column: What it would be like with no government

The "Don't Tax Me" Plutocrats who've been running the country for much of the past 30 years have been rewriting America's social contract without consulting everyone.

Here's why they're wrong.

What it would be like with no government

Glenn Grothman on Walker: doesn't know what year this is.

Oh Glenn, the country you and your fellow travelers are worried about losing existed for only 20 minutes, in 1952, on television.

Grothman: "If we let Scott Walker go down our country is going down" - JSOnline

From Wausau: Walker's jobs claims strain truth

Walker's betting the Big Lie technique will work... and why shouldn't he? It works all the time.

But not everyone's bought it.

Our View: Walker's jobs claims strain truth | Wausau Daily Herald | wausaudailyherald.com

Gov. Walker is using superficial and disingenuous arguments when it comes to his record on job creation. But he's not the only one. His enemies in the Democratic Party claim that Wisconsin's six straight months of private-sector job losses at the end of 2011 are proof that Walker's policies not only have failed to create jobs so far, but that they never will work.

It's simply too early to make that claim, and it ignores all the national and international factors that have stunted job growth in Wisconsin.

The truth is, it is neither Walker's fault that the state lost private-sector jobs in the last half of 2011, nor to his credit that some businesses were hiring.

What Did Walker Know? When Did He Know It?

Right, so either he didn't know -- which makes him an idiot -- or he *did* know -- which makes him a criminal.

I suppose the Koch's will be happy to support either one.


Wisconsin 'John Doe' Probe: What Did Walker Know? When Did He Know It? | The Nation

Just hours after he delivered a State of the State address that he hoped would set the tone for his campaign to avert a recall election threat, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker was hit with exactly the sort of news that embattled politicians fear most.

Two former aides to Walker—one of whom was in the employ of his campaign until just days ago—have been charged with felonies and misdemeanors in the ongoing “John Doe” investigation of wrongdoing by aides, political allies and campaign donors with links to the embattled governor.

Does Wisconsin have a budget deficit?

Does Wisconsin have a budget deficit? - JSOnline


First we didn't and now we do - so Walker was lying which time?  It all depends on what "accounting procedures" means.

Scott Walker billboard outside closed GM plant in Janesville, now removed.

Conservatives used to be better at irony.  No William F Buckley's in this bunch.

Scott Walker billboard outside closed GM plant in Janesville (long) - YouTube

Walker lied about Wisconsin being broke... and...

... and about whether he was interested in job creation or something else. The blue (gains) are under Doyle's budget. The red (losses) are under Walker's budget. Any questions?

2011 jobs by month WI

Remembering why Wisconsin Recalls by a Naught TEA Republican |

I remember REAL Republicans who were interested in fiscal responsibility and uninterested in imposing loony morality and science on the rest of the nation. Remember them?

Some of them are coming out of the closet.

Remembering why Wisconsin Recalls by a Naught TEA Republican |

Today there were tears in my eyes as I watched boxes of Recall petitions being carried into the GAB office in Madison WI. Over 1,000,000 WI citizens gave our Governor Scott Walker a peoples referendum on his TEA Party Budget and theft of open and transparent politics in WI. For, you see, I am a WI Republican, and have watched with horror as the TEA Party infiltrated our Party of Lincoln, LaFollette, Reagan & Thompson turning it away from exactly what we in WI stand for…Progressive People Powered Democracy.

Here we go again. All Current Creationism Bills Originate From An Amendment Drafted And Proposed By Rick Santorum In 2001

How long until local fundamentalists in West Bend, and now perhaps the ideological zealots controlling Madison, attempt --once again -- to override the US Constitution by imposing their religious views in place of science?

Not too long, I'm guessing.

All Current Creationism Bills Originate From An Amendment Drafted And Proposed By Rick Santorum In 2001 | Addicting Info

Since January 1st, three state legislatures in Missouri, Indiana, and New Hampshire have all introduced bills that would force schools to teach creationism as an accepted science even if students, parents, and teachers are not Christians. Such bills infringe upon religious freedom as protected by the United States Constitution. Since 2004, 12 states have tried to pass creationism bills. Only one, in Louisiana, has become law. You may be wondering, where did all of these bills come from?

Ron Johnson Ducks Questions On His $10 Million Payday

Once again demonstrating that he's no Russ Feingold...

Ron Johnson Ducks TPM Questions On His $10 Million Payday: ‘It’s A Private Company’ | TPMDC

Johnson’s office also ignored multiple questions about the windfall payment on Monday. He has yet to produce a written deferred compensation agreement that was signed and dated before he launched his campaign. Election law attorneys say a written agreement is critical, and without one, Johnson could face serious charges that he violated campaign-finance laws barring direct corporate funding of federal candidates.

America Isn’t a Corporation

Krugman nails another one....

The primary conceptual dissonance siting between neoconservatives and reality: economics is different from physics and citizens are different from consumers.

We're seeing this confusing in Wisconsin's university system funding (7% of the state budget taking 38% of the cuts). You can impose a business model on anything ... but only if you want it to be a business. What if it's not?

America Isn’t a Corporation - NYTimes.com