Candidates for Wisconsin's 7th Congressional District, Julia Lassa (D) and Sean Duffy (R), debated various issues including the economy, health care, Social Security, and the federal deficit.
Video of their debate can be seen here.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Republican Women's Clubs Hold Joint Meeting Oct 14
The Lakeland Area Republican Women's Club along with the Republican Women of the North held a joint meeting today in St. Germain at the Bear's Den of Black Bear Lodge. Ron Johnson's daughters Carey and Jenna were attendance and spoke to us about their dad's campaign, recent debates, and thanked us all for our support and efforts to get out the vote for Johnson this Nov 2. Dan Meyer's wife Karen along with their daughter Amanda were also in attendance and spoke about all Dan's campaigning efforts and thanked our clubs for supporting Dan Meyer's campaign. Jim Knuth also shared some comments about 8th Congressional District candidate Reid Ribble and urged all of us to support his campaign as well.
Our members gathered with special guests from the Ron Johnson and Dan Meyer campaigns:
Campaign signs, literature, bumper stickers were made available for GOP candidates at the meeting plus we have a wide array of GOP clothing and campaign materials available at the Vilas County GOP Headquarters in Eagle River at 155 S Railroad St., Eagle River. We urge you to stop in and see how you can help promote Republican candidates and encourage high GOP turnout on election day.
Upcoming opportunities to volunteer begin October 22 so email us if you are interested in helping to get out the conservative vote!
Next Vilas GOP Meeting is Monday, Oct 18 at the GOP HQ in Eagle River starting at 6:30pm. That night we will work on compiling materials for our first Vilas County blitz Oct 22. Hope you can join us!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Monday, October 11, 2010
Kurt Schuller for State Treasurer
Appleton Post Crescent interview with Kurt Schuller.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
October Luncheon and Membership Meeting
October Luncheon and Membership Meeting
Thursday, October 14
Bear's Den at Black Bear Lodge
Doors open at 11am
Lunch to be served at 12 noon
$13 Lunch
--includes coffee/tea, dessert, tax and tip
RSVP: Kim at 715-479-8784 or email
We have invited the Lakeland Republican Women to join us. We will discuss the year in review, upcoming elections and our plans to help "Get the Vote Out."
We will be working on organizing for our upcoming scholarship fundraiser at the hot dog stand at Trig's Grocery Store on November 19. This is the day before Hunting Season and is always a very busy day in town. The grocery store is a stop for most hunters and we will be there to offer them lunch and homemade bakery goods for their hunting camps.
We will be discussing plans for the election and ways we as Republican Women can (and will) encourage a strong voter turnout for Nov 2nd!
With the holidays around the corner, we will discuss plans for November and December meetings.
Please RSVP to Kim Simac before Tuesday October 12. We would like to let the Black Bear Staff know of how many are attending first thing Wednesday morning. Call 715-479-8784 or email Kim to RSVP.
Bear's Den at Black Bear Lodge - map & directions
- Invite a girlfriend!
- Let's make our club grow!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Friday, October 1, 2010
LT Governor Candidate Kleefisch shares motivational cancer story
From: Rebecca Kleefisch
Dear Friends,
About two and a half weeks before I became Scott Walker’s running mate, my life changed. No doubt my life changed the night of the primary, too, but what happened before is something I want to share with you.
Statewide campaigns are a rigorous business. I had traveled Wisconsin time and time again getting to know you. I was eating on the run, drinking a lot of coffee, and keeping a demanding schedule. My excuse for exercise was 8 consecutive Independence Day parades!
That’s why, when I started having stomach cramps and feeling tired, I blamed it on my schedule. I went to my doctor a couple of times and he agreed that I probably needed a lifestyle adjustment after the election.
A few weeks before the primary, I told my doctor that I was sick. Not just campaign-sick. Really sick. He ordered some blood tests and called me with the results. He wanted to know how I was feeling.
“Fine,” I told him.
The test results were not as fine. He said that I was bleeding somewhere, that I might have an ulcer and that I needed an endoscopy right away, and probably a blood transfusion. I hung up the phone and got back behind the camera to shoot my “Mom with a Minivan” ad.
I didn’t want a blood transfusion.
The next day, I had an endoscopy that revealed no ulcer, but instead of being excited, my doctor told me I needed a colonoscopy the next morning.
It was August 26th. Two and a half weeks before the primary I woke up from my colonoscopy to my doctor telling me, “Becky… you have colon cancer, but, 9 years ago I was diagnosed with stage 4 brain cancer, and I’m here to tell you about it.”
He was like an angel, giving me the bad along with hope. He refused to guess what stage the cancer was.
Eight years earlier, my dad died of pancreatic cancer, and I was so thankful the doctor hadn’t said “pancreatic cancer.” Regardless of the stage, I knew I could beat colon cancer. I went straight to get a CT scan and transfusion.
That weekend I researched my disease and the treatments available. I found the best colorectal cancer surgeon around: Dr. Kirk Ludwig. He was internationally renowned and taught others how to remove colon cancer laparoscopically. He was at Froedert Hospital and the Medical College of Wisconsin…amazingly, just 30 minutes away.
I saw him Monday morning. My tumor was the size of a grapefruit, he said. When I asked whether he would still be able to take it out laparoscopically, he said it wouldn’t be a problem.
“And in ten years…?” I said.
“In ten years, you’ll look back on this and say, ‘Oh, that wasn’t so fun.’ And that’s it.”
The next day when I went for genetic testing I started bleeding and was admitted Wednesday. Thursday morning, around the same time I got my diagnosis the previous week, the cancer was gone.
Dr. Ludwig sent my tumor to pathologists to determine the stage of the disease. After I had been home for a day, he called with the results: despite the fact that the tumor had broken through my colon wall and was creeping up my side, despite the fact that it looked like it had compromised lymph nodes, all the nodes tested negative. I had survived Stage 2 cancer. It was like a miracle.
Last week, the genetic test results finally came. “No mutation detected” they said. I will not pass this on to my daughters. Another miracle.
I’m telling you because perhaps you’ve been touched by cancer. If you have, you know that the stories of hope, of beating it, are the ones you hold on to. Just like my doctor awakened me with a story of hope, I hope you will share my story with someone who needs it.
My story also illustrates how dire my future might have been if we had socialized medicine. What if the government had told me I had to wait in a 6 month line to get a CT scan? Or that I couldn’t have Dr. Ludwig perform the surgery? That’s unacceptable to me and my family.
So please hug your family tonight and be thankful for your blessings. I have a renewed gratefulness for each day. And please join me in fighting for healthcare reform that keeps us in charge of our choices. After a hard-fought primary and cancer, Tom Barrett doesn’t seem very scary.
Rebecca Kleefisch
P.S. – Last night, my husband Joel and I shared our story on WISN12 News in Milwaukee (the news station we both used to work for). You can watch the video HERE.
Paid for by Friends of Scott Walker, John Hiller, Treasurer
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Saturday, September 18, 2010
GOP Candidate Slate for Nov 2
2010 Candidate Slate
Now is the time to donate, volunteer, support and encourage our GOP candidates! Let’s get out the vote for limited government, defense of the US Constitution, and commitment to free-market economic principles to bring freedom and prosperity back in our country!
Governor: Scott Walker
Lt. Governor: Rebecca Kleefisch
State Attorney General: JB Van Hollen
State Treasurer: Scott Schuller
Secretary of State: David D. King
US House of Representatives: Reid Ribble - 8th CD
Sean Duffy - 7th CD
US Senate: Ron Johnson
State Assembly: Dan Meyer - 34th Assembly District
Representative Dan Meyer's 2010 campaign ad
Vilas County Sheriff: Frank Tomlanovich
and Harvey Hyslop - on Independent Ticket, also a Vilas GOP member
Wisconsin Republican Candidate Slate - full state-wide list
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI,mailto:rwotnorth@gmail.com
Vilas GOP Meeting Monday Eve - Sept 20
Vilas GOP Meeting Monday Eve - Sept 20, 630pm at Eagle River Headquarters
The Vilas County Republicans will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, September 20th at the Republican Headquarters on South Railroad Street in Eagle River. The meeting will start at 6:30 P.M.
Now that the primaries are over, and we know who our candidates will be, there will be a lot of planning before the November elections. Plan on attending with your suggestions, and your willingness to volunteer your time and efforts to make sure that our candidates are elected. Bring your conservative friends. Refreshments will be served.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
The Vilas County Republicans will hold their monthly meeting on Monday, September 20th at the Republican Headquarters on South Railroad Street in Eagle River. The meeting will start at 6:30 P.M.
Now that the primaries are over, and we know who our candidates will be, there will be a lot of planning before the November elections. Plan on attending with your suggestions, and your willingness to volunteer your time and efforts to make sure that our candidates are elected. Bring your conservative friends. Refreshments will be served.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
The Krauthammer-Rove Axis of Disdain, from American Thinker
September 18, 2010
The Krauthammer-Rove Axis of Disdain, By Lee Cary
Washington Post columnist and FOX News contributor Charles Krauthammer has joined Karl Rove, the consigliere of Establishment Republicans, in a continuing attack on GOP Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell. Some longtime fans of Krauthammer are surely startled and saddened by his sustained assault on O'Donnell since she won the primary race against Mike Castle.
As has Rove, Krauthammer is invoking the "Buckley Rule." It was born in 1967, when William F. Buckley was asked whom he would support, Barry Goldwater or Richard Nixon, in the GOP primary for the 1968 Presidential election. Buckley said he'd vote for the most conservative candidate who was electable. That was Nixon.
In his September 17, 2010 column, Krauthammer essentially declared O'Donnell unelectable -- he said she has a one-in-ten chance to be elected -- and accused Sen. Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin of being "reckless and irresponsible" by endorsing her. Krauthammer also criticized Sharron Angle, running against Harry Reid in Nevada, as a weak candidate, although he has not yet declared her defeated before the votes are counted.
Meanwhile, Washington Post staff writer Amy Gardner titled her article posted after the O'Donnell victory "O'Donnell's victory in Del. highlights tension in tea party groups." She may wish that's the most significant "tension" at play here, but it's not.
The fulcrum of the GOP internal debate is obviously between establishment Republicans and the conservative upstarts -- upstarts in the eyes of the GOP's establishment. And what's at issue is ideological control of the party. The establishment heralds victory as the overriding prize that trumps ideology and principle. It's what all establishments do. It's in their DNA. It's about self-preservation. They can't help it.
The Bush 42 campaign used the term "compassionate conservative" to counter the Democrat-designed image aimed to paint Republicans as insensitive and uncaring toward all but the rich. It helped get Bush elected, but what it meant was never clear. In retrospect, it's now obvious that it was never about ideology; it was all about marketing. No surprise there. It's the nature of campaigns, or at least it was until the hardcore ideologues of the Left took over Congress and the White House. In opposition to the Leftists, conservative principles are not an expendable option. Political expediency works only in battles with other expedient mentalities. Hardcore socialists eat relativist politicians for lunch, as they did in 1933 Germany.
When President George W. Bush said, during the advent of TARP, that, "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system," conservative Republicans all across the country looked at each other and said, "What did he just say?" It was a Gestalt moment for some. "Where did his principles go?" we asked. Then some wondered, "Were they ever there in the first place?"
The recent and ongoing rant of Rove against O'Donnell provides context to understand "compassionate conservative" and Bush's "free market principles" statement. In retrospect, it also frames the domestic political failures of the Bush presidency. According to "Bush's brain," expediency trumps ideology. It's all about winning power.
Now, sadly, Charles Krauthammer has joined Rove in essentially calling the Republican voters of Delaware stupid. The only possible upside of all this is that the comments of both men may throw gasoline on the enthusiasm of O'Donnell supporters and win new ones for her.
We've yet to see how well Mike Castles loses. Several recent GOP establishment losers in primary races have not been good losers. Senator Lisa Murkowski last night announced a write-in effort in Alaska after losing the GOP primary to newcomer Joe Miller. Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running as a third-party candidate after losing the primary to Marco Rubio. Will Mike Castle endorse Christine O'Donnell or support the man that Harry Reid called his "pet" Democrat candidate, Chris Coons? Will Castle "pull a Murkowski" and run as a write-in?
Politicians, columnists, and consultants most closely associated with the GOP establishment are feeling disoriented these days as the levers of control over their party move out of their reach and, more and more, into the hands of rank amateurs, or those they perceive to be amateurs. The old guard is feeling...threatened.
In making his case for the Buckley Rule, Krauthammer said this during the "FOX News All Stars" discussion on September 15:
I think Senator DeMint is wrong when he says "I'd rather have a party that believes in something and not a party that doesn't." Well, the party he is in in the Senate right now -- the forty Senators believe in something, and it's stopping the Obama agenda.
Ironically, the day after Krauthammer spoke, the Senate passed the $30-billion Small Business Jobs Act supported by President Barack Obama by a vote of 61-38. Republican Senators George Voinovich of Ohio and George LeMieux of Florida broke the Republican filibuster and voted for the bill. Up went the deficit. So much for united Republican senators "stopping the Obama agenda."
There's an historical precedent for what's happening. Although some dispute it, tradition says that on October 19, 1781, as eight thousand men under the command of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown marched out to surrender to the Continental Army, the British band played a tune appropriate for the unexpected turn in events that brought defeat to the world's strongest army. The song was entitled "The World Turned Upside Down."
What is more widely accepted about that day is that the British soldiers surrendered with composure and dignity. And the Colonists accepted their surrender in the same style. According to an eyewitness account, among the victors, "You could not have heard a whisper or seen the least motion throughout our whole line, but every countenance was erect, and expressed a serene cheerfulness."
In this battle within the GOP ranks, let's hope that that general demeanor eventually reigns on both sides. So far, though, we're not there yet.
Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/the_krauthammerrove_axis_of_di.html at September 18, 2010 - 08:29:27 AM CDT
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
The Krauthammer-Rove Axis of Disdain, By Lee Cary
Washington Post columnist and FOX News contributor Charles Krauthammer has joined Karl Rove, the consigliere of Establishment Republicans, in a continuing attack on GOP Delaware senatorial candidate Christine O'Donnell. Some longtime fans of Krauthammer are surely startled and saddened by his sustained assault on O'Donnell since she won the primary race against Mike Castle.
As has Rove, Krauthammer is invoking the "Buckley Rule." It was born in 1967, when William F. Buckley was asked whom he would support, Barry Goldwater or Richard Nixon, in the GOP primary for the 1968 Presidential election. Buckley said he'd vote for the most conservative candidate who was electable. That was Nixon.
In his September 17, 2010 column, Krauthammer essentially declared O'Donnell unelectable -- he said she has a one-in-ten chance to be elected -- and accused Sen. Jim DeMint and Sarah Palin of being "reckless and irresponsible" by endorsing her. Krauthammer also criticized Sharron Angle, running against Harry Reid in Nevada, as a weak candidate, although he has not yet declared her defeated before the votes are counted.
Meanwhile, Washington Post staff writer Amy Gardner titled her article posted after the O'Donnell victory "O'Donnell's victory in Del. highlights tension in tea party groups." She may wish that's the most significant "tension" at play here, but it's not.
The fulcrum of the GOP internal debate is obviously between establishment Republicans and the conservative upstarts -- upstarts in the eyes of the GOP's establishment. And what's at issue is ideological control of the party. The establishment heralds victory as the overriding prize that trumps ideology and principle. It's what all establishments do. It's in their DNA. It's about self-preservation. They can't help it.
The Bush 42 campaign used the term "compassionate conservative" to counter the Democrat-designed image aimed to paint Republicans as insensitive and uncaring toward all but the rich. It helped get Bush elected, but what it meant was never clear. In retrospect, it's now obvious that it was never about ideology; it was all about marketing. No surprise there. It's the nature of campaigns, or at least it was until the hardcore ideologues of the Left took over Congress and the White House. In opposition to the Leftists, conservative principles are not an expendable option. Political expediency works only in battles with other expedient mentalities. Hardcore socialists eat relativist politicians for lunch, as they did in 1933 Germany.
When President George W. Bush said, during the advent of TARP, that, "I've abandoned free market principles to save the free market system," conservative Republicans all across the country looked at each other and said, "What did he just say?" It was a Gestalt moment for some. "Where did his principles go?" we asked. Then some wondered, "Were they ever there in the first place?"
The recent and ongoing rant of Rove against O'Donnell provides context to understand "compassionate conservative" and Bush's "free market principles" statement. In retrospect, it also frames the domestic political failures of the Bush presidency. According to "Bush's brain," expediency trumps ideology. It's all about winning power.
Now, sadly, Charles Krauthammer has joined Rove in essentially calling the Republican voters of Delaware stupid. The only possible upside of all this is that the comments of both men may throw gasoline on the enthusiasm of O'Donnell supporters and win new ones for her.
We've yet to see how well Mike Castles loses. Several recent GOP establishment losers in primary races have not been good losers. Senator Lisa Murkowski last night announced a write-in effort in Alaska after losing the GOP primary to newcomer Joe Miller. Florida Governor Charlie Crist is running as a third-party candidate after losing the primary to Marco Rubio. Will Mike Castle endorse Christine O'Donnell or support the man that Harry Reid called his "pet" Democrat candidate, Chris Coons? Will Castle "pull a Murkowski" and run as a write-in?
Politicians, columnists, and consultants most closely associated with the GOP establishment are feeling disoriented these days as the levers of control over their party move out of their reach and, more and more, into the hands of rank amateurs, or those they perceive to be amateurs. The old guard is feeling...threatened.
In making his case for the Buckley Rule, Krauthammer said this during the "FOX News All Stars" discussion on September 15:
I think Senator DeMint is wrong when he says "I'd rather have a party that believes in something and not a party that doesn't." Well, the party he is in in the Senate right now -- the forty Senators believe in something, and it's stopping the Obama agenda.
Ironically, the day after Krauthammer spoke, the Senate passed the $30-billion Small Business Jobs Act supported by President Barack Obama by a vote of 61-38. Republican Senators George Voinovich of Ohio and George LeMieux of Florida broke the Republican filibuster and voted for the bill. Up went the deficit. So much for united Republican senators "stopping the Obama agenda."
There's an historical precedent for what's happening. Although some dispute it, tradition says that on October 19, 1781, as eight thousand men under the command of British General Cornwallis at Yorktown marched out to surrender to the Continental Army, the British band played a tune appropriate for the unexpected turn in events that brought defeat to the world's strongest army. The song was entitled "The World Turned Upside Down."
What is more widely accepted about that day is that the British soldiers surrendered with composure and dignity. And the Colonists accepted their surrender in the same style. According to an eyewitness account, among the victors, "You could not have heard a whisper or seen the least motion throughout our whole line, but every countenance was erect, and expressed a serene cheerfulness."
In this battle within the GOP ranks, let's hope that that general demeanor eventually reigns on both sides. So far, though, we're not there yet.
Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com/2010/09/the_krauthammerrove_axis_of_di.html at September 18, 2010 - 08:29:27 AM CDT
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Eighth District Congressional Race - GOP Primary Election Research Links
Three candidates for the US House of Representatives are vying for the GOP nomination to unseat vulnerable Dr. Steve Kagen in Wisconsin's 8th CD this November. Please take time to review the three Republican candidates so your vote is a confident and knowledgable one on primary election day - Tuesday, September 14. Kagen's vulnerability has made national news as the country looks to WI-08 as an opportunity to change the makeup of Congress come November.
Candidate Websites: Terri McCormick, Reid Ribble, Roger Roth, are vying for the GOP nomination to challenge Steve Kagen in the general election.
Great Debate of the North - May 2010 - Video (by Wisconsin Eye) - all republican challengers were in attendance. Click here for Great Debate Video - congressional debate is in Part II.
Northwoods Patriots: vetted many of the candidates and have recorded some speeches and interviews. A few of their meetings were recorded and many of their Northwoods Patriots Talk Radio shows are archived for your review.
Wisconsin Eye Interviews: See video archive of 8th district activity including candidate interviews with McCormick and Roth
Polling: The McCormick and Ribble campaigns have both issued internal polling results that indicate they are ahead of Kagen, but only the McCormick campaign has polling that compares the three GOP candidates as well. That poll puts her ahead of both Ribble and Roth and best positioned to defeat Kagen in the general.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Friday, September 10, 2010
Celebrate Constitution Day - Sept 17
A Message from Jolene, who is working for Wisconsin's families: (1-800-662-1227)
Are you aware that Friday, September 17 is Constitution Day in America? How will you be spending this day? Will you take some time to read our federal and/or state constitutions? Will you take some time to educate a young person in your life about the importance of our Constitution in ensuring our fundamental rights and restraining an overreaching state and federal government?
On Thursday, September 16, numerous citizen groups from around the state that support the Constitution will be sponsoring a special education session with esteemed Judge Randy Koschnick here at the State Capitol. Judge Koschnick will speak on "How the Wisconsin Constitution Links to the U.S. Constitution." The presentation will start at 12 Noon in Room 412-East, State Capitol, and is free and open to the public. Disabled parking is available at each of the main entrances to the Capitol.
America's Essential Documents: U.S. Constitution - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html Bill of Rights - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/billofrights.html Wisconsin Constitution - http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html Declaration of Independence - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html The Federalist Papers - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/federalist.html Gettysburg Address - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Gettysburg.html
If you do not have a copy of the Wisconsin Constitution, it can be found on Page 193, of the State of Wisconsin Blue Book (2009-2010). If you do not have a copy of the Blue Book, you may request a copy from your elected officials by contacting the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-362-9472. The Blue Book is also available on-line at: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/09bb/index.htm
While researching their website recently, I see that The Heritage Foundation is making copies of pocket U.S. Constitutions available to the public. http://www.askheritage.org/premium.aspx
As we see various judicial activists serving on America's courts looking to foreign treaties, statutes, and case law in rendering their extreme decisions, we need to remind citizens that the United States is a Constitutional Republic consisting of elected representatives of the people acting in accordance with Constitutional law which involves a separation of powers to the various branches to restrain the government's power against the people.
I hope you will be able to join us as we remember the founding of our country and help maintain this great experiment in freedom and liberty known as America.
Constitution Day Resources from the Library of Congress - http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html
World War II Veteran - I Fought for You and Your Freedom -- 4-minute YouTube video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYLr_LfhLo&feature=player_embedded
Charlton Heston brief video clip -"A Torch With No Flame" because we haven't taught the next generation-note the responses of the children
http://atorchwithnoflame.com/
Wikipedia - brief explanation of Constitution Day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(United_States)
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Are you aware that Friday, September 17 is Constitution Day in America? How will you be spending this day? Will you take some time to read our federal and/or state constitutions? Will you take some time to educate a young person in your life about the importance of our Constitution in ensuring our fundamental rights and restraining an overreaching state and federal government?
On Thursday, September 16, numerous citizen groups from around the state that support the Constitution will be sponsoring a special education session with esteemed Judge Randy Koschnick here at the State Capitol. Judge Koschnick will speak on "How the Wisconsin Constitution Links to the U.S. Constitution." The presentation will start at 12 Noon in Room 412-East, State Capitol, and is free and open to the public. Disabled parking is available at each of the main entrances to the Capitol.
America's Essential Documents: U.S. Constitution - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Constitution.html Bill of Rights - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/billofrights.html Wisconsin Constitution - http://www.legis.state.wi.us/rsb/2wiscon.html Declaration of Independence - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/DeclarInd.html The Federalist Papers - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/federalist.html Gettysburg Address - http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Gettysburg.html
If you do not have a copy of the Wisconsin Constitution, it can be found on Page 193, of the State of Wisconsin Blue Book (2009-2010). If you do not have a copy of the Blue Book, you may request a copy from your elected officials by contacting the Legislative Hotline at 1-800-362-9472. The Blue Book is also available on-line at: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/lrb/bb/09bb/index.htm
While researching their website recently, I see that The Heritage Foundation is making copies of pocket U.S. Constitutions available to the public. http://www.askheritage.org/premium.aspx
As we see various judicial activists serving on America's courts looking to foreign treaties, statutes, and case law in rendering their extreme decisions, we need to remind citizens that the United States is a Constitutional Republic consisting of elected representatives of the people acting in accordance with Constitutional law which involves a separation of powers to the various branches to restrain the government's power against the people.
I hope you will be able to join us as we remember the founding of our country and help maintain this great experiment in freedom and liberty known as America.
Constitution Day Resources from the Library of Congress - http://thomas.loc.gov/teachers/constitution.html
World War II Veteran - I Fought for You and Your Freedom -- 4-minute YouTube video clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgYLr_LfhLo&feature=player_embedded
Charlton Heston brief video clip -"A Torch With No Flame" because we haven't taught the next generation-note the responses of the children
http://atorchwithnoflame.com/
Wikipedia - brief explanation of Constitution Day - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Day_(United_States)
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Thursday, September 9, 2010
Dave Ross - Candidate for Lt Governor - Video Vetting Session by WI 9/12 Project
Various candidates have been vetted by the Wisconsin 9/12 Project and we urge you to visit their YouTube Channel for Lt Governor and other enlightening candidate information!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
September 14: Wisconsin Primary Elections AND Obama Day at School!
Yes, Obama will again address children across the country this school year on September 14.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Monday, September 6, 2010
2011: Major tax shocks coming, by Richard Moore of Lakeland Times
2011: Major tax shocks comingMajor increases will hit most Americans next year
Richard Moore, Investigative Reporter
Friday, September 03, 2010
Guess what could be coming to a paycheck near you?
Some of the largest tax increases in American history, by almost all objective analyses, unless Congress acts.
Federal tax hikes set to take effect in 2011 would hit virtually every working American, regardless of the level of household income.
Because of the protracted health care debate this past year, many citizens missed the words and actions - in some cases, inactions - of the Obama administration and Congress on taxes, so here's a summary of the changes scheduled to take place next year.
That's when most of the so-called Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 are set to expire, and neither the Obama administration nor Democratic congressional leaders have appeared eager to extend them, especially for higher income citizens.
If Congress does nothing, personal income tax rates are going to climb for everyone who pays taxes. The top income rate would increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent (those making more than $379,650), but the percentage jump is even larger for the lowest tax bracket.
The 10-percent tax bracket, for instance, would vanish and those people would move into the 15-percent bracket, a 50-percent jump. That bracket would apply to everyone with incomes below $34,550.
Others bracket moves are more moderate: the 25-percent bracket rises to 28 percent; the 28-percent bracket, to 31; the 33-percent bracket, to 36.
The phase-out of many itemized deductions and of the personal exemption would resume as well, helping to further boost taxes.
And that's not all.
The child tax credit would be reduced from $1,000 per child to $500 per child, while the so-called "marriage penalty" - the difference between what you pay in taxes as a married couple and what you would pay as two single persons making about the same amount - will make a comeback.
The standard deduction would no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The standard deduction for couples would now stand at 167 percent of the standard deduction for singles, rather than at 200 percent.
The dependent care and adoption tax credits would be cut, too - dependent care from $3,000 to $2,400 - while credits to purchase energy-efficient home appliances would end, along with tax credits to hire unemployed veterans and young people.
It doesn't stop there, and don't think death is a sure fire way to escape the tax man, either. Right now, there is no death tax, but next year that grim reaper would return with a 55-percent rate on estates exceeding $1 million in value.
Opponents of the death tax say it would fall especially hard on those who inherit small businesses, because often they have to sell the business to pay the tax.
The end of the Bush tax cuts also means higher tax rates on savings and investments. For example, the capital gains tax would rise from a maximum of 15 percent this year to a maximum of 20 percent. In addition, qualified dividends would journey from a 15-percent rate to the taxpayer's regular bracket rate, or, for many, an increase of 167 percent.
Then, too, the ability of small businesses to expense certain purchases up to $250,000 would be rolled back to purchases not exceeding $25,000. Larger businesses, who are now able to expense half of their purchases of equipment, could no longer do so but would have to depreciate such purchases.
Education? Reading, writing and arithmetic will all add up to higher taxes when you read the fine print and write your check. For instance, the deduction for tuition and fees will be gone, and education tax credits limited. Teachers will be unable to deduct classroom expenses, and hundreds of thousands of households will forego eligibility for the student loan interest deduction.
Charitable contributions from IRAs would no longer be permitted. Right now, a retiree with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 a year to a charity from an IRA.
Not set in stone
None of this is a done deal.
The truth is, there are few people in the dominant Democratic Party who want to see all the tax cuts go away, despite Internet hyperbole to the contrary.
While many Republicans want to extend all the cuts, President Barack Obama has urged lawmakers to keep the tax cuts for lower brackets - keeping the 10, 15 and 25 percent brackets - and to reconfigure the 28-percent bracket to comprise married couples with household incomes of less than $250,000 and single taxpayers with incomes of less than $200,000.
Rates on income higher than that would rise to 36 percent and 39.6 percent from their levels of 33 percent and 35 percent.
There is no predicting whether Congress will side with the president or chart a compromise course, but talk of compromise is getting louder as mid-term elections approach.
Supporters of the tax cuts also got an unexpected boost two weeks ago from the Congressional Budget Office, which issued a report saying extending the cuts would boost the gross domestic product and reduce unemployment.
"In addition, under current law, both the waning of fiscal stimulus and the scheduled increases in taxes will temporarily subtract from growth, especially in 2011," the CBO report stated. " . . . .If, for example, (the tax reductions enacted earlier in the decade were continued, the alternative minimum tax was indexed for inflation, and future annual appropriations remained the share of GDP that they are this year), growth of real GDP in 2011 would be 0.6 to 1.7 percentage points higher than it is in the baseline forecast, and the unemployment rate at the end of 2011 would be 0.3 to 0.8 percentage points lower."
Stay tuned. The stage is set for a September Senate debate over the expiration of the tax cuts.
Other taxes
No matter the outcome on the Bush tax cuts, as the CBO report observed, the Obama administration and Congress must also decide whether to pass legislation to index the aforementioned alternative minimum tax for inflation, which legislators regularly do.
If they do not, millions more are going to be paying the tax, which was enacted in 1969. The levy was intended to give taxable income a broader range with fewer allowable deductions and was meant to affect only higher income taxpayers.
Under the system, taxpayers must figure their taxes the normal way as well as by using the AMT formula and then pay the higher tax. By not indexing the tax to inflation, however, it has caught up to many more Americans as incomes have risen through the years.
In 1970, 155 Americans paid the AMT, Fox News has reported, while CBO numbers indicate it hit 4.5 million citizens in 2009.
For that year Congress excluded most couples earning a combined $70,950 and less and individuals making $46,700 or less from the AMT.
Without a change in the law, it's going to be a lot more, CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said on the CBO website.
"About 4.5 million taxpayers were affected by the AMT in 2009," Elmendorf wrote. "That number has been kept relatively small by annual modifications to the AMT rules, but the most recent modifications expired at the end of calendar year 2009. Consequently, about 27 million taxpayers - one out of every six taxpayers - will be affected by the AMT in 2010, paying on average an additional $3,900 in tax."
Nearly every married taxpayer with income between $100,000 and $500,000 will owe some alternative tax, he stated, and the total cost will come to $102.2 billion from those 27 million taxpayers.
"Of those taxpayers, nearly two thirds will make between $50,000 and $100,000 this year," Elmendorf wrote.
Health care.
The Obama administration and Congress injected the new health care law with a syringe full of taxes, too - more than 20 in fact.
There is a tanning tax, already in effect, subject to a 10-percent excise tax when tanning at a salon.
In addition, citizens will no longer be able to use a health savings account, a flexible spending account, or health reimbursement pre-tax dollars to purchase nonprescription, over-the-counter medicines.
And if you take money out of a health savings account early for a nonmedical reason, the additional tax is slated to rise from 10 percent to 20 percent.
Add to that a multi-billion dollar tax on name-brand drugs and many taxpayers might likely soon feel the pain of the new health care law.
Also built into the health care law was a 3.8 percent tax, starting in 2013, on the unearned income of individuals who earn more than $200,000 - for married couples filing jointly, $250,000 - including interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents.
The tax will be allocated to the Medicare Trust Fund.
All totaled, according to the CBO, reviewing all of the provisions related to health care and revenues, the legislation is estimated to increase mandatory outlays by $401 billion and raise revenues by $525 billion.
Richard Moore can be reached at rmmoore1@verizon.net.
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Content © 2010
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Richard Moore, Investigative Reporter
Friday, September 03, 2010
Guess what could be coming to a paycheck near you?
Some of the largest tax increases in American history, by almost all objective analyses, unless Congress acts.
Federal tax hikes set to take effect in 2011 would hit virtually every working American, regardless of the level of household income.
Because of the protracted health care debate this past year, many citizens missed the words and actions - in some cases, inactions - of the Obama administration and Congress on taxes, so here's a summary of the changes scheduled to take place next year.
That's when most of the so-called Bush tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 are set to expire, and neither the Obama administration nor Democratic congressional leaders have appeared eager to extend them, especially for higher income citizens.
If Congress does nothing, personal income tax rates are going to climb for everyone who pays taxes. The top income rate would increase from 35 percent to 39.6 percent (those making more than $379,650), but the percentage jump is even larger for the lowest tax bracket.
The 10-percent tax bracket, for instance, would vanish and those people would move into the 15-percent bracket, a 50-percent jump. That bracket would apply to everyone with incomes below $34,550.
Others bracket moves are more moderate: the 25-percent bracket rises to 28 percent; the 28-percent bracket, to 31; the 33-percent bracket, to 36.
The phase-out of many itemized deductions and of the personal exemption would resume as well, helping to further boost taxes.
And that's not all.
The child tax credit would be reduced from $1,000 per child to $500 per child, while the so-called "marriage penalty" - the difference between what you pay in taxes as a married couple and what you would pay as two single persons making about the same amount - will make a comeback.
The standard deduction would no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The standard deduction for couples would now stand at 167 percent of the standard deduction for singles, rather than at 200 percent.
The dependent care and adoption tax credits would be cut, too - dependent care from $3,000 to $2,400 - while credits to purchase energy-efficient home appliances would end, along with tax credits to hire unemployed veterans and young people.
It doesn't stop there, and don't think death is a sure fire way to escape the tax man, either. Right now, there is no death tax, but next year that grim reaper would return with a 55-percent rate on estates exceeding $1 million in value.
Opponents of the death tax say it would fall especially hard on those who inherit small businesses, because often they have to sell the business to pay the tax.
The end of the Bush tax cuts also means higher tax rates on savings and investments. For example, the capital gains tax would rise from a maximum of 15 percent this year to a maximum of 20 percent. In addition, qualified dividends would journey from a 15-percent rate to the taxpayer's regular bracket rate, or, for many, an increase of 167 percent.
Then, too, the ability of small businesses to expense certain purchases up to $250,000 would be rolled back to purchases not exceeding $25,000. Larger businesses, who are now able to expense half of their purchases of equipment, could no longer do so but would have to depreciate such purchases.
Education? Reading, writing and arithmetic will all add up to higher taxes when you read the fine print and write your check. For instance, the deduction for tuition and fees will be gone, and education tax credits limited. Teachers will be unable to deduct classroom expenses, and hundreds of thousands of households will forego eligibility for the student loan interest deduction.
Charitable contributions from IRAs would no longer be permitted. Right now, a retiree with an IRA can contribute up to $100,000 a year to a charity from an IRA.
Not set in stone
None of this is a done deal.
The truth is, there are few people in the dominant Democratic Party who want to see all the tax cuts go away, despite Internet hyperbole to the contrary.
While many Republicans want to extend all the cuts, President Barack Obama has urged lawmakers to keep the tax cuts for lower brackets - keeping the 10, 15 and 25 percent brackets - and to reconfigure the 28-percent bracket to comprise married couples with household incomes of less than $250,000 and single taxpayers with incomes of less than $200,000.
Rates on income higher than that would rise to 36 percent and 39.6 percent from their levels of 33 percent and 35 percent.
There is no predicting whether Congress will side with the president or chart a compromise course, but talk of compromise is getting louder as mid-term elections approach.
Supporters of the tax cuts also got an unexpected boost two weeks ago from the Congressional Budget Office, which issued a report saying extending the cuts would boost the gross domestic product and reduce unemployment.
"In addition, under current law, both the waning of fiscal stimulus and the scheduled increases in taxes will temporarily subtract from growth, especially in 2011," the CBO report stated. " . . . .If, for example, (the tax reductions enacted earlier in the decade were continued, the alternative minimum tax was indexed for inflation, and future annual appropriations remained the share of GDP that they are this year), growth of real GDP in 2011 would be 0.6 to 1.7 percentage points higher than it is in the baseline forecast, and the unemployment rate at the end of 2011 would be 0.3 to 0.8 percentage points lower."
Stay tuned. The stage is set for a September Senate debate over the expiration of the tax cuts.
Other taxes
No matter the outcome on the Bush tax cuts, as the CBO report observed, the Obama administration and Congress must also decide whether to pass legislation to index the aforementioned alternative minimum tax for inflation, which legislators regularly do.
If they do not, millions more are going to be paying the tax, which was enacted in 1969. The levy was intended to give taxable income a broader range with fewer allowable deductions and was meant to affect only higher income taxpayers.
Under the system, taxpayers must figure their taxes the normal way as well as by using the AMT formula and then pay the higher tax. By not indexing the tax to inflation, however, it has caught up to many more Americans as incomes have risen through the years.
In 1970, 155 Americans paid the AMT, Fox News has reported, while CBO numbers indicate it hit 4.5 million citizens in 2009.
For that year Congress excluded most couples earning a combined $70,950 and less and individuals making $46,700 or less from the AMT.
Without a change in the law, it's going to be a lot more, CBO director Douglas Elmendorf said on the CBO website.
"About 4.5 million taxpayers were affected by the AMT in 2009," Elmendorf wrote. "That number has been kept relatively small by annual modifications to the AMT rules, but the most recent modifications expired at the end of calendar year 2009. Consequently, about 27 million taxpayers - one out of every six taxpayers - will be affected by the AMT in 2010, paying on average an additional $3,900 in tax."
Nearly every married taxpayer with income between $100,000 and $500,000 will owe some alternative tax, he stated, and the total cost will come to $102.2 billion from those 27 million taxpayers.
"Of those taxpayers, nearly two thirds will make between $50,000 and $100,000 this year," Elmendorf wrote.
Health care.
The Obama administration and Congress injected the new health care law with a syringe full of taxes, too - more than 20 in fact.
There is a tanning tax, already in effect, subject to a 10-percent excise tax when tanning at a salon.
In addition, citizens will no longer be able to use a health savings account, a flexible spending account, or health reimbursement pre-tax dollars to purchase nonprescription, over-the-counter medicines.
And if you take money out of a health savings account early for a nonmedical reason, the additional tax is slated to rise from 10 percent to 20 percent.
Add to that a multi-billion dollar tax on name-brand drugs and many taxpayers might likely soon feel the pain of the new health care law.
Also built into the health care law was a 3.8 percent tax, starting in 2013, on the unearned income of individuals who earn more than $200,000 - for married couples filing jointly, $250,000 - including interest, dividends, annuities, royalties and rents.
The tax will be allocated to the Medicare Trust Fund.
All totaled, according to the CBO, reviewing all of the provisions related to health care and revenues, the legislation is estimated to increase mandatory outlays by $401 billion and raise revenues by $525 billion.
Richard Moore can be reached at rmmoore1@verizon.net.
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Content © 2010
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Obamacare Is Here to Stay, by Chris Rowan
Mark Levin says "This is the problem with non-conservative Republicans." We agree! PLEASE take time now before our Wisconsin Primary Election September 14 to be sure we send the BEST Republicans forward to the General Election in November.
Obamacare Is Here to Stay
Posted By Chris Rowan On September 4, 2010 @ 6:00 pm In Big Government,Democratic Party / Democrats,Email,Feature,Health Care and Socialized Medicine,Politics 7 Comments
Hugh Hewitt interviewed House minority leader John Boehner a few days ago, and could not get Boehner to commit to a rapid legislative agenda to repeal and reverse the Democrat’s leftist legislative cramdown after the midterms in November. Boehner hemmed and hawed, sounding every bit like the establishment inside-the-beltway career politicians that got us into the dire economic mess that we’re in now.
To make matters worse, Bill Kristol related to Hewitt on yesterday’s podcast that he asked a “high-ranking GOP leader” what their plans were, what they intended to do should the GOP take control of one or both Houses of Congress, and this unnamed source said that they were trying to get members to sign off on a “No Earmarks” pledge, but said it was very tough going. Kristol was incredulous.
In this election year, with this blatantly obvious tidal wave of resentment and outright anger rushing toward establishment politicians (and quasi-socialist redistributionist Democrats), there are not enough Republican lawmakers with the backbone and moral courage to sign a pledge banning pork barrel spending?
The Beltway elite professional political class is neither Democrat nor Republican. They are, as coined by Mark Levin, STATISTS first and foremost. What’s good for the state is ultimately good for them, the elite professional political ruling class.
Watch for it. Obamacare should be repealed, completely, every single provision, rule, and regulation GONE, stricken from the public record and expunged from public consciousness.
But it won’t happen. Why? Because state control of health care is the ultimate power grab. Boehner and those who comprise the ruling class elite realize that as long as Obamacare exists, they will have a windmill to tilt against, a cause to rally the troops around, an issue to rail against.
Think about it. Imagine the seductive appeal of that kind of power over the lives of others.
Think your congressman can resist the urge to use his new authority as one of 435 quasi-health care administrators to ensure his re-election? Doubtful, right?
Stealth statist Republicans will nip at the edges of Obamacare, but will never repeal it because they have as much to lose (and, ironically, as much to gain) as the radical leftist Democrats who crammed it down our throats.
Obamacare is here to stay.
Article printed from NewsReal Blog: http://www.newsrealblog.com/
URL to article: http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/04/obamacare-is-here-to-stay/
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Obamacare Is Here to Stay
Posted By Chris Rowan On September 4, 2010 @ 6:00 pm In Big Government,Democratic Party / Democrats,Email,Feature,Health Care and Socialized Medicine,Politics 7 Comments
Hugh Hewitt interviewed House minority leader John Boehner a few days ago, and could not get Boehner to commit to a rapid legislative agenda to repeal and reverse the Democrat’s leftist legislative cramdown after the midterms in November. Boehner hemmed and hawed, sounding every bit like the establishment inside-the-beltway career politicians that got us into the dire economic mess that we’re in now.
To make matters worse, Bill Kristol related to Hewitt on yesterday’s podcast that he asked a “high-ranking GOP leader” what their plans were, what they intended to do should the GOP take control of one or both Houses of Congress, and this unnamed source said that they were trying to get members to sign off on a “No Earmarks” pledge, but said it was very tough going. Kristol was incredulous.
In this election year, with this blatantly obvious tidal wave of resentment and outright anger rushing toward establishment politicians (and quasi-socialist redistributionist Democrats), there are not enough Republican lawmakers with the backbone and moral courage to sign a pledge banning pork barrel spending?
The Beltway elite professional political class is neither Democrat nor Republican. They are, as coined by Mark Levin, STATISTS first and foremost. What’s good for the state is ultimately good for them, the elite professional political ruling class.
Watch for it. Obamacare should be repealed, completely, every single provision, rule, and regulation GONE, stricken from the public record and expunged from public consciousness.
But it won’t happen. Why? Because state control of health care is the ultimate power grab. Boehner and those who comprise the ruling class elite realize that as long as Obamacare exists, they will have a windmill to tilt against, a cause to rally the troops around, an issue to rail against.
Think about it. Imagine the seductive appeal of that kind of power over the lives of others.
Think your congressman can resist the urge to use his new authority as one of 435 quasi-health care administrators to ensure his re-election? Doubtful, right?
Stealth statist Republicans will nip at the edges of Obamacare, but will never repeal it because they have as much to lose (and, ironically, as much to gain) as the radical leftist Democrats who crammed it down our throats.
Obamacare is here to stay.
Article printed from NewsReal Blog: http://www.newsrealblog.com/
URL to article: http://www.newsrealblog.com/2010/09/04/obamacare-is-here-to-stay/
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Republican Women's Meeting Update - Aug 19
- Fundraising: raise funds toward a $250 scholarship we awarded to a NPHS senior
- Movie Nights - working on plan to offer movie nights at the GOP office on Thursdays this fall. Meet & Mingle at 7pm and movies to be shown at 7:30pm starting some time in September.
- Announce our work being done to register voters, encourage voter turn-out, and stop Voter Fraud using tactics from the We're Watching - Wisconsin Elections campaign.
- GOP Headquarters - stop in for signs, literature, loads of GOP clothing, and help spread the word about Republican candidates across the northwoods. If you can donate time by working at the office, please contact Mary Lou at: 715-479-8224.
- A Women's Luncheon is being planned for mid-October. Email us if you are interested in helping organize this event!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Thursday, September 2, 2010
A Message from RWN-endorsed Vilas Sheriff Candidate, James Maillette
Dear Voter,
My name is James Maillette and I am running for the office of Vilas County Sheriff. I am asking for your vote in the upcoming Republican primary on September 14th. I am a constitutional conservative, a strong leader, and a vocal advocate for fiscal responsibility at all levels of government. I am running because I believe outside of the box thinking and a business like management philosophy will be required to effectively run the Sheriff's Department in the coming years. Whether it is impending budget shortfalls, or evolving criminal practices, I believe we can no longer afford to maintain a reactionary posture when addressing upcoming problems.
Like Sheriff Joe, I believe that understanding and protecting the Constitution is the most important duty of the county sheriff. I have been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus specifically because I understand the Constitution better than anyone else in this race. As your Sheriff, my priority will be to ensure that in Vilas County the Constitution of the United States is upheld as the supreme law of the land, and that your rights are protected from anyone who would seek to infringe upon them.
Secondly, I believe your Sheriff should be a man of the people; approachable, involved in the community, respectful, and trustworthy. The sheriff is your representative in the law enforcement community, accountable only to you, the citizens of Vilas County. As a department outsider, I believe I am the candidate that can truly represent your best interests.
What I am offering you:
Proactive Leadership: The job of sheriff isn’t about being a cop; it is about being a good leader. The sheriff must be proactive, not reactive. He must understand what challenges the future has in store, and preemptively prepare for them. As the holder of the highest degree attainable in the intelligence field (Masters of Strategic Intelligence - with honors); I am the only candidate capable of preparing our officers for the law enforcement demands of the uncertain future we are facing, as I am the only one who has taken the initiative and advanced my understanding of today’s complex security environment. For over seven years, I dedicated my time and money to the study of areas such as Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Industrial Espionage, Criminal Law, Threat Analysis, Tactical Intelligence, and Counternarcotics Operations, so that I would have the knowledge base needed to make good decisions on your behalf.
I am also the only candidate that brings with him the discipline and sense of duty gained by serving one’s country in the military. I will apply at your department the leadership skills I learned in the Army, where I served as a Scout/Sniper and Sniper Team Leader in 1/508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT); as an Assistant Reconnaissance Team Leader in the 82nd Airborne Division’s Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD), and as an Intelligence Analyst in the 397th Engineer Battalion in Eau Claire. Having conducted extensive training with police and military personnel from around the world, I believe I am uniquely suited to identify and correct the training deficiencies that currently exist in our department. I will work to properly fund and train your tactical response team, which is currently underfunded and under trained, and will work to put in place much needed physical fitness standards for all department personnel.
Protect You From Intrusive Government: You need to look no further than my opponent to find the threat of increasing government intrusion, as he has expressed the desire to issue more citations in order to increase department revenue! Despite a 9.8% increase in union salary costs over the last two years, or the $17,000+ per year health insurance coverage he receives, my opponent maintains that it should be you the taxpayer who foots the bill for the department’s irresponsible spending habits. Despite his 33 years of police experience and his 18 years as a union representative, my opponent still fails to differentiate between what is, and is not, the proper role of government in our lives. I believe that in a free country, law enforcement should only be used to ensure the peace, and should always attempt to have as minimal an impact on society as possible. Law enforcement should never be used as a tool to collect revenue for the purpose of offsetting budget shortfalls! If elected, I will work to protect you from unreasonable revenue collection efforts such as that which my opponent is proposing, I will fight on your behalf when my opponent and his union negotiate their new contract next year, and I will stand up for your rights when outside government agencies come here to Vilas County.
To Run Your Department Like a Business: My opponent has continually said throughout this campaign that “You can’t run the Sheriff’s Department like a business, because a business can fail, and the Sheriff’s Department can never fail.” I adamantly disagree. Just like businesses, governments can and do fail; and if we don’t make major changes in the way we do things at all levels, ours will fail as well. Budget cuts are coming whether we like it or not, and I believe we must be proactive in planning for them. I plan on adopting a lean business model at the sheriff’s department, and promise to cut costs at the administrative level before terminating the positions of the people we need the most- our deputies and detectives.
Contrast this with my opponent, who despite all the evidence to the contrary, has continually refused to even acknowledge that the economic situation we are facing will have any effect on us here in Vilas County. He has steadfastly taken a hard line approach, saying time and again that the “department is run as bare bone and as efficient as possible.” And in typical union fashion, my opponent has promised that if faced with budget constraints, he will first move to eliminate the positions we value most as a community, such as our prescription drug detective. In short, he is using fear as a tool against you, attempting to scare you into thinking you will be “unsafe” if you don’t give him the funding he is demanding. It is an old and effective tactic, but one that I believe has been used one too many times. What my opponent fails to even recognize or acknowledge, what we in the free market have known for some time now, is that there is no more money to give!
Having owned and operated two businesses here in the Northwoods over the last nine years, and having served in a consulting capacity with a number of others, I know what it is like to run on a tight budget. I will value every dollar allocated to the Sheriff’s Department as if it were my own, and will establish a culture of fiscal frugality. In the business world, we know how to distinguish between luxuries and necessities, and I believe it is time for those who know only government to learn the difference between the two as well.
In Closing, I am running for this office because I truly believe we are living through historic, atypical times. More than anything else, your next Sheriff will have to be proactive and creative; he must be able to think outside the box, as the problems of tomorrow will be much more complex than those encountered in recent years. I believe that the combination of my military experience, educational background, and time spent in the business world make me the candidate best suited to deal with the uncertain times ahead. Because of this, I am asking for your support and for your vote in the upcoming republican primary on Sept. 14th.
Your friend in Liberty,
James Maillette
Endorsed By: Republican Liberty Caucus, Wisconsin Family Action PAC, Republican Woman of the North
Recipient of 86% of the votes in a recent Northwoods Patriots Straw Poll - I am the Tea Party Candidate!
Paid for by citizens for James Maillette, Juliana Martin Treasurer, PO Box 2197, Eagle River, WI 54521 715-889-3550
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
My name is James Maillette and I am running for the office of Vilas County Sheriff. I am asking for your vote in the upcoming Republican primary on September 14th. I am a constitutional conservative, a strong leader, and a vocal advocate for fiscal responsibility at all levels of government. I am running because I believe outside of the box thinking and a business like management philosophy will be required to effectively run the Sheriff's Department in the coming years. Whether it is impending budget shortfalls, or evolving criminal practices, I believe we can no longer afford to maintain a reactionary posture when addressing upcoming problems.
What is the job of the Sheriff?
“To uphold and defend the U.S. Constitution is our primary duty and our sworn responsibility.”
~Sheriff Joe Arpaio, Maricopa County, Arizona
Like Sheriff Joe, I believe that understanding and protecting the Constitution is the most important duty of the county sheriff. I have been endorsed by the Republican Liberty Caucus specifically because I understand the Constitution better than anyone else in this race. As your Sheriff, my priority will be to ensure that in Vilas County the Constitution of the United States is upheld as the supreme law of the land, and that your rights are protected from anyone who would seek to infringe upon them.
Secondly, I believe your Sheriff should be a man of the people; approachable, involved in the community, respectful, and trustworthy. The sheriff is your representative in the law enforcement community, accountable only to you, the citizens of Vilas County. As a department outsider, I believe I am the candidate that can truly represent your best interests.
What I am offering you:
Proactive Leadership: The job of sheriff isn’t about being a cop; it is about being a good leader. The sheriff must be proactive, not reactive. He must understand what challenges the future has in store, and preemptively prepare for them. As the holder of the highest degree attainable in the intelligence field (Masters of Strategic Intelligence - with honors); I am the only candidate capable of preparing our officers for the law enforcement demands of the uncertain future we are facing, as I am the only one who has taken the initiative and advanced my understanding of today’s complex security environment. For over seven years, I dedicated my time and money to the study of areas such as Terrorism & Counterterrorism, Homeland Security, Industrial Espionage, Criminal Law, Threat Analysis, Tactical Intelligence, and Counternarcotics Operations, so that I would have the knowledge base needed to make good decisions on your behalf.
I am also the only candidate that brings with him the discipline and sense of duty gained by serving one’s country in the military. I will apply at your department the leadership skills I learned in the Army, where I served as a Scout/Sniper and Sniper Team Leader in 1/508th Airborne Battalion Combat Team (ABCT); as an Assistant Reconnaissance Team Leader in the 82nd Airborne Division’s Long Range Surveillance Detachment (LRSD), and as an Intelligence Analyst in the 397th Engineer Battalion in Eau Claire. Having conducted extensive training with police and military personnel from around the world, I believe I am uniquely suited to identify and correct the training deficiencies that currently exist in our department. I will work to properly fund and train your tactical response team, which is currently underfunded and under trained, and will work to put in place much needed physical fitness standards for all department personnel.
Protect You From Intrusive Government: You need to look no further than my opponent to find the threat of increasing government intrusion, as he has expressed the desire to issue more citations in order to increase department revenue! Despite a 9.8% increase in union salary costs over the last two years, or the $17,000+ per year health insurance coverage he receives, my opponent maintains that it should be you the taxpayer who foots the bill for the department’s irresponsible spending habits. Despite his 33 years of police experience and his 18 years as a union representative, my opponent still fails to differentiate between what is, and is not, the proper role of government in our lives. I believe that in a free country, law enforcement should only be used to ensure the peace, and should always attempt to have as minimal an impact on society as possible. Law enforcement should never be used as a tool to collect revenue for the purpose of offsetting budget shortfalls! If elected, I will work to protect you from unreasonable revenue collection efforts such as that which my opponent is proposing, I will fight on your behalf when my opponent and his union negotiate their new contract next year, and I will stand up for your rights when outside government agencies come here to Vilas County.
To Run Your Department Like a Business: My opponent has continually said throughout this campaign that “You can’t run the Sheriff’s Department like a business, because a business can fail, and the Sheriff’s Department can never fail.” I adamantly disagree. Just like businesses, governments can and do fail; and if we don’t make major changes in the way we do things at all levels, ours will fail as well. Budget cuts are coming whether we like it or not, and I believe we must be proactive in planning for them. I plan on adopting a lean business model at the sheriff’s department, and promise to cut costs at the administrative level before terminating the positions of the people we need the most- our deputies and detectives.
Contrast this with my opponent, who despite all the evidence to the contrary, has continually refused to even acknowledge that the economic situation we are facing will have any effect on us here in Vilas County. He has steadfastly taken a hard line approach, saying time and again that the “department is run as bare bone and as efficient as possible.” And in typical union fashion, my opponent has promised that if faced with budget constraints, he will first move to eliminate the positions we value most as a community, such as our prescription drug detective. In short, he is using fear as a tool against you, attempting to scare you into thinking you will be “unsafe” if you don’t give him the funding he is demanding. It is an old and effective tactic, but one that I believe has been used one too many times. What my opponent fails to even recognize or acknowledge, what we in the free market have known for some time now, is that there is no more money to give!
Having owned and operated two businesses here in the Northwoods over the last nine years, and having served in a consulting capacity with a number of others, I know what it is like to run on a tight budget. I will value every dollar allocated to the Sheriff’s Department as if it were my own, and will establish a culture of fiscal frugality. In the business world, we know how to distinguish between luxuries and necessities, and I believe it is time for those who know only government to learn the difference between the two as well.
In Closing, I am running for this office because I truly believe we are living through historic, atypical times. More than anything else, your next Sheriff will have to be proactive and creative; he must be able to think outside the box, as the problems of tomorrow will be much more complex than those encountered in recent years. I believe that the combination of my military experience, educational background, and time spent in the business world make me the candidate best suited to deal with the uncertain times ahead. Because of this, I am asking for your support and for your vote in the upcoming republican primary on Sept. 14th.
Your friend in Liberty,
James Maillette
Endorsed By: Republican Liberty Caucus, Wisconsin Family Action PAC, Republican Woman of the North
Recipient of 86% of the votes in a recent Northwoods Patriots Straw Poll - I am the Tea Party Candidate!
Paid for by citizens for James Maillette, Juliana Martin Treasurer, PO Box 2197, Eagle River, WI 54521 715-889-3550
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
US Senate Race -- which GOP candidate (Johnson or Westlake) is best suited to defeat Russ Feingold?
Wisconsin Eye conducted personal interviews with each of the three US Senate Candidates to assist us in deciding who we'll vote for in the GOP primary election September 14. Please take time now to listen to all three and share with your friends and neighbors. The GOP candidates have never debated each other, so interviews such as this serve as primary vetting research for us:
09.01.10 Campaign 2010: Dave Westlake for U.S. Senate
Republican U.S. Senate candidate David Westlake said he will soon propose a new “consumption tax” that would replace income and other federal taxes, be easier for taxpayers to understand, and all but abolish the Internal Revenue Service. In a Campaign 2010 interview in the WisconsinEye studio on September 1, Westlake said his new tax plan will provide one more reason for voters in the September 14 primary to back him instead of Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson. Westlake predicted that he will beat the better-funded Johnson in the primary and said he looks forward to being the GOP nominee against Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the November 2 election.
Watch Westlake Interview: http://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100901_WESTLAKE.wmv
08.30.10 Campaign 2010: Ron Johnson for U.S. Senate
In a Campaign 2010 interview in the WisconsinEye studio on Aug. 30, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson said Democrats are trying to “demonize” small businesses by repeatedly criticizing help his Oshkosh business got from local government in the 1980s. Johnson also again said he has never lobbied for any type of government aid for his medical plastics manufacturing company. Johnson also discussed immigration reform, the withdrawal of combat troops in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and his comment that “sunspots” may be to blame for severe weather that some blame on global warming.
Watch Johnson Interview: mms://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100830_johnson.wmv
09.01.10 Campaign 2010: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
In a Campaign 2010 interview on September 1, Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold said he is an “underdog” in his campaign to win a fourth term on November 2. Feingold also said his expected Republican opponent in November, Ron Johnson, is part of a group of conservative Republicans nationally whose goal is to “destroy” President Obama. On another campaign issue, Feingold said Johnson’s credibility was badly damaged when he said businesses – and not governments – create jobs, since Johnson’s Oshkosh business got help from a local government in the 1980s. Johnson may not have personally lobbied for the government help, but signed the application for it, Feingold added.
Watch Feingold Interview: mms://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100901_FEINGOLD.wmv
Please share your thoughts/comments below and spread the word to VOTE September 14!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
09.01.10 Campaign 2010: Dave Westlake for U.S. Senate
Republican U.S. Senate candidate David Westlake said he will soon propose a new “consumption tax” that would replace income and other federal taxes, be easier for taxpayers to understand, and all but abolish the Internal Revenue Service. In a Campaign 2010 interview in the WisconsinEye studio on September 1, Westlake said his new tax plan will provide one more reason for voters in the September 14 primary to back him instead of Oshkosh businessman Ron Johnson. Westlake predicted that he will beat the better-funded Johnson in the primary and said he looks forward to being the GOP nominee against Democratic Sen. Russ Feingold in the November 2 election.
Watch Westlake Interview: http://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100901_WESTLAKE.wmv
08.30.10 Campaign 2010: Ron Johnson for U.S. Senate
In a Campaign 2010 interview in the WisconsinEye studio on Aug. 30, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson said Democrats are trying to “demonize” small businesses by repeatedly criticizing help his Oshkosh business got from local government in the 1980s. Johnson also again said he has never lobbied for any type of government aid for his medical plastics manufacturing company. Johnson also discussed immigration reform, the withdrawal of combat troops in Iraq, the war in Afghanistan, and his comment that “sunspots” may be to blame for severe weather that some blame on global warming.
Watch Johnson Interview: mms://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100830_johnson.wmv
V. Democrat Incumbent Russ Feingold
09.01.10 Campaign 2010: U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
In a Campaign 2010 interview on September 1, Democratic U.S. Senator Russ Feingold said he is an “underdog” in his campaign to win a fourth term on November 2. Feingold also said his expected Republican opponent in November, Ron Johnson, is part of a group of conservative Republicans nationally whose goal is to “destroy” President Obama. On another campaign issue, Feingold said Johnson’s credibility was badly damaged when he said businesses – and not governments – create jobs, since Johnson’s Oshkosh business got help from a local government in the 1980s. Johnson may not have personally lobbied for the government help, but signed the application for it, Feingold added.
Watch Feingold Interview: mms://71.87.25.133/IVOD/CPN/CPN_100901_FEINGOLD.wmv
Please share your thoughts/comments below and spread the word to VOTE September 14!
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Friday, August 27, 2010
8th District Congressional Debate occuring Now - Jerry Bader's Live Stream this morning
Click Here for link to live streaming 8th District Congressional Debate. Terri McCormick, Reid Ribble and Roger Roth are all participating...
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-jerry-bader-show#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://www.wtaq.com/congressionaldebate/&medium=4185321
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/the-jerry-bader-show#utm_campaigne=synclickback&source=http://www.wtaq.com/congressionaldebate/&medium=4185321
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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Upfront Townhall Challenge, Gubernatorial Debate: Neumann v Walker
August 25 Gubernatorial Debate featuring Scott Walker and Mark Neumann.
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
WI Lieutenant Governor Candidate Research
Post revised August 26, 2010
GOP Lieutenant Governor candidates include: Brett Davis, Rebecca Kleefisch, Robert Lorge and Dave Ross.
Brett Davis is a current state legislator, Rebecca Kleefisch is a former television anchorwoman and plans to use the position to market Wisconsin and recruit businesses to locate and grow here. Robert Lorge is a businessman who entered the race in June and has been a candidate in various races for the GOP in past elections. Dave Ross is a businessman who now serves as Superior's mayor. Ross plans to invoke fiscal responsibility into the position while supporting the newly elected Governor's agenda.
Three of the candidates attended the Great Debate that was held May 8 in St Germain, WI. Wisconsin Eye covered that event and posted full-length video at: Part I (US Senate and Lt Governor Debate) and Part II (US House of Representatives - WI 8th District Debate)
Wisconsin 9/12 Project Vetting Efforts
Brett Davis: Vetting Questionnaire
Rebecca Kleefish:
Dave Ross:
ROSS VIDEO - scheduled to occur this week - to be posted soon.
Rock River Patriots Vetting Efforts
Dave Ross met with the Rock River Patriots in July and his videos are now posted on YouTube (first of the series is below). The other two candidates have not responded to the Rock River Patriot's invite (per web site post).
Link to Wisconsin Eye's 2010 Campaign full Video Archive: http://www.wiseye.org/wisEye_programming/campaign10/ARCHIVES-CPN10_GOV.html
Wisconsin Eye interviewed Robert Lorge (WisEye interview - click here)
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
GOP Lieutenant Governor candidates include: Brett Davis, Rebecca Kleefisch, Robert Lorge and Dave Ross.
Brett Davis is a current state legislator, Rebecca Kleefisch is a former television anchorwoman and plans to use the position to market Wisconsin and recruit businesses to locate and grow here. Robert Lorge is a businessman who entered the race in June and has been a candidate in various races for the GOP in past elections. Dave Ross is a businessman who now serves as Superior's mayor. Ross plans to invoke fiscal responsibility into the position while supporting the newly elected Governor's agenda.
Three of the candidates attended the Great Debate that was held May 8 in St Germain, WI. Wisconsin Eye covered that event and posted full-length video at: Part I (US Senate and Lt Governor Debate) and Part II (US House of Representatives - WI 8th District Debate)
Wisconsin 9/12 Project Vetting Efforts
Brett Davis: Vetting Questionnaire
Rebecca Kleefish:
Dave Ross:
ROSS VIDEO - scheduled to occur this week - to be posted soon.
Rock River Patriots Vetting Efforts
Dave Ross met with the Rock River Patriots in July and his videos are now posted on YouTube (first of the series is below). The other two candidates have not responded to the Rock River Patriot's invite (per web site post).
Link to Wisconsin Eye's 2010 Campaign full Video Archive: http://www.wiseye.org/wisEye_programming/campaign10/ARCHIVES-CPN10_GOV.html
Wisconsin Eye interviewed Robert Lorge (WisEye interview - click here)
Republican Women of the North, Northern WI, rwotnorth@gmail.com
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