tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:46:39 +0000http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/noreply@blogger.com (Administrator)Blogger214125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115106749271942183Fri, 23 Jun 2006 12:16:00 +00002006-06-23T07:58:13.030-05:00It was in October of 2004 that I began the Eye on Wisconsin blog. I joke with friends that it started as a form of "therapy" to allow myself to vent regarding the 2004 Presidential Election. Not quite two years later, so much has changed for this blog. Last year I started providing investigative reports on a variety of issues. Not long after, to remain on the cutting edge, I produced and hosted http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/cory-is-moving-to-one-wisconsin-now.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115103842870026159Fri, 23 Jun 2006 04:49:00 +00002006-06-22T23:53:48.720-05:00I will be moving to a new blog starting tomorrow morning. I will provide you with my reasoning and the specific details at that time. Please stay tuned.http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/notice-to-eye-on-wisconsin-readers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115100473387360580Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:13:00 +00002006-06-22T14:32:14.833-05:00According to a report in the Washington Post, the U.S. is losing it's middle class neighborhoods. While at the same time the story reports that rich and poor neighborhoods are growing. The story relies on a Brookings Institution study that was released yesterday. It found that as a share of all urban and suburban neighborhoods, middle-income neighborhoods in the nation's 100 largest metro areas http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/tale-of-two-americas-revisited.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115099645106889515Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:01:00 +00002006-06-22T12:14:11.433-05:00Yesterday the non-partisan group Wisconsin Democracy Campaign came out against the Discrimination Against Gays Amendment (ht to In Effect). WDC takes a slightly different angle against the amendment than we usually hear. Take a look at part of the group's statement: The effort to ban gay marriage and civil unions by amending the state Constitution does serious harm to the principles and http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/discrimination-amendment-harms-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115099479622675277Thu, 22 Jun 2006 16:18:00 +00002006-06-22T11:47:49.243-05:00The U.S. Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee will be holding a hearing today to examine several medical malpractice issues. One of the concepts to be examined will be the idea of replacing judges and juries with a so-called "health court." Several consumer groups have expressed their opposition to this change stating that it would take away a victim's right to a jury trial. Inhttp://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/health-courts-unhealthy-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115099119898942133Thu, 22 Jun 2006 14:38:00 +00002006-06-22T10:46:39.140-05:00The Republican run Congress is having to delay renewal of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which eliminated many anti-black voting practices of the past. Apparently what caused the the delay was House Republican disagreement on providing bilingual ballots and continuing federal oversight of Southern states. This delay has also pushed back the U.S. Senate taking up the issue next week. To his credit, http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/against-old-poll-tax-but-for-new-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115092942300273589Wed, 21 Jun 2006 20:59:00 +00002006-06-21T17:37:03.153-05:00Yesterday we learned that two of our soldiers in Iraq were killed and likely tortured beyond recognition. In the raw emotion of these events, the U.S. Senate acted in a rarely bipartisan fashion. They passed an Amendment that said the following: "To express the sense of Congress that the Government of Iraq should not grant amnesty to persons known to have attacked, killed, or wounded members of http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/why-would-19-gop-senators-oppose-this.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115092197204922717Wed, 21 Jun 2006 19:52:00 +00002006-06-21T15:32:54.683-05:00The U.S. Public Interest Research Group just released a study on national and state trends in Carbon Dioxide emissions since 1960. Since our government has decided to allow global warming pollution to increase unchecked, the news is not good. According to the report, from 1960 to 2001 the total U.S. increase in Carbon Dioxide emissions has risen by 95%. The regions with the largest rise was in http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/staggering-rise-of-global-warming.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115091227817950512Wed, 21 Jun 2006 17:23:00 +00002006-06-21T13:00:07.786-05:00As George W. Bush is meeting with European leaders in Austria today, he may want to know that the image of the U.S. in the world seems to continue it's rapid decline. Apparently Bush appointing his trusted aide, Katherine Hughes, to help improve our image has not been very successful. Today in the Christian Science Monitor they report results of some recent polls. Results of a new global http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/our-bad-image-in-world-is-costing-us_21.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115090410673721692Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:07:00 +00002006-06-21T10:35:06.900-05:00The Democratic Party of Wisconsin put out a press release yesterday entitled "Big Oil Gives Thousands to Mark Green." In the release they list the thousands of dollars in contributions that Mark Green has received from Big Oil. In an attempt at "gotcha" politics, the Republican Party of Wisconsin sent out a press release this morning listing contributions to Doyle from oil companies (although http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/did-republicans-misplace-part-of-their.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115085868393793243Wed, 21 Jun 2006 02:40:00 +00002006-06-20T21:58:03.983-05:00Fair Wisconsin is the lead organization fighting what I call the Discrimination Against Gays Amendment (even though it is discriminatory against many other groups and people). Fair Wisconsin has launched what they are calling the "$30 by June 30th"campaign. The idea is to donate 30 bucks to Fair Wisconsin by June 30th, then get a few friends to do the same. Their goal is to raise $30,000 during http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/fair-wisconsin-launches-30-by-june.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115083806509273296Tue, 20 Jun 2006 20:43:00 +00002006-06-21T05:10:29.486-05:00What welcome news reported in today's Oshkosh NorthWestern! In the last two weeks, more than 700 religious congregations have taken a public stand against the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin to ban civil unions and same-sex marriages. According to the story, this represents over 500,000 congregants in Wisconsin. The story goes on to mention that even entire http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/favoring-some-churches-over-others.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115083603777353041Tue, 20 Jun 2006 19:58:00 +00002006-06-20T15:40:37.930-05:00Just last week we learned that the big Medicare Prescription Drug plan has continued to cause problems for some of our country's elderly. Some have even lost coverage because of the various glitches in the program. Now we find that Congress has caused even more problems for the nations most vulnerable. When Congress passed the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 they included in the legislation new http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/congress-creates-more-confusion-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115081207620367527Tue, 20 Jun 2006 13:42:00 +00002006-06-20T09:10:39.936-05:00Yesterday George W. Bush gave the commencement address at the Merchant Marine Academy in King’s Point, NY. The Merchant Marines help secure our ports, so I thought it quite strange the Bush would actually appear there to speak. Why might it be an awkward speaking engagement for him? Well, isn’t he the one that approved the outsourcing of our port security to the United Arab Emirates. Even the http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/presidential-speeches-will-not-protect.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115075224377480474Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:16:00 +00002006-06-19T16:24:03.826-05:00Eddie Favre Mayor of Bay St. Louis Mississippi and distant cousin to Brett Favre has taken a vow. He has vowed not to change his shorts until the citizens of his Katrina ravaged town have been “made whole.” In an AP story we learn that more than 70% of the homes in Bay St. Louis were wiped out. Also this from the AP: Roughly three-quarters of the city’s pre-storm population of 8,000 is back, buthttp://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/mayor-favre-takes-vow.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115073715116234392Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:07:00 +00002006-06-19T12:12:31.400-05:00So it’s official, former State Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen will be appealing his convictions in the freedom of his own home rather than serving his time in prison. This from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Day Watch: Dane County Circuit Judge Steven Ebert said he remains convinced that the former Republican leader was convicted based on overwhelming evidence. But the judge said he recognized http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/some-convicted-felons-have-more-rights.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115073552876772793Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:33:00 +00002006-06-19T11:45:28.830-05:00How strange that on the same weekend that I was able to see the Al Gore movie, “An Inconvenient Truth,” it was reported that three of Wisconsin’s four Republican members of Congress voted against increasing funds for monitoring vehicle fuel efficiency. Congressmen Paul Ryan, F. James Sensenbrenner, and Tom Petri were the offenders. It was an amendment to HR5576 and was passed without the three http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/ill-pay-for-paul-ryans-ticket-to.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115072362672326911Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:21:00 +00002006-06-19T08:27:06.753-05:00In Saturday’s edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel they reported on the sentencing of two men convicted in the killing of a minister on Milwaukee’s north side. Judge Kahn stated at their sentencing that this was clearly a hate crime. Judge Kahn is quoted in the story as saying the following: "I can come to no other conclusion (than) Mr. Ward's suspicion or belief that Mr. Jemison was gay http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/bone-to-pick-with-milwaukees-da.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115049353245809824Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:20:00 +00002006-06-16T16:33:01.150-05:00A new Wall Street Journal/NBC Poll addressed a large variety of issues. Below I have listed a few of the more interesting findings: The EconomyBy 39%-16%, Americans expect economy to get worse in next year; 43% say it’ll stay the same. Democrats lead on handling the economy by the largest margin, 16 percentage points, since 1993. The poll’s margin of error is plus or minus 3.1 percentage points.http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/interesting-numbers-from-new-poll.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115049158771894142Fri, 16 Jun 2006 20:49:00 +00002006-06-16T15:59:47.736-05:00In a recent radio interview Dick Cheney claimed that the war in Iraq was "in part responsible" for the absence of terrorist attacks since September 11th. The fact that Cheney failed to mention is that his own State Department has reported that world-wide terrorism rose fourfold last year.http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/what-about-world-wide-terrorism-mr.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115047768410301685Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:39:00 +00002006-06-16T12:08:04.250-05:00How many reports do we have to read regarding the massive Medicare Drug Plan and it's many glitches and problems? Is someone eventually going to fix this monstrosity? The latest report appears today in a USAToday story. The problems that plagued low-income seniors and people with disabilities during the rollout of Medicare's prescription-drug program in January have continued on a smaller scale, http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/would-you-fix-medicare-drug-plan.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115047023101137028Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:52:00 +00002006-06-16T10:03:51.053-05:00Spivak and Bice first broke the story that Republican Party Chairman Rick Graber might be taking a new job with the Bush Administration. It seems that some on the right are not crying over his departure. I can say that I don't blame them. During Graber's tenure Wisconsin voted for Gore and Feingold in 2000, Elizabeth Burmaster in 2001, Jim Doyle in 2002, and John Kerry in 2004. Hardly a record http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/is-graber-record-worthy-of-promotion.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115046938075962161Fri, 16 Jun 2006 14:15:00 +00002006-06-16T09:52:45.780-05:00State Representative and Republican Candidate for the 8th Congressional District, Terri McCormick, put out an interesting press release today. Apparently her primary opponent Assembly Speaker John Gard has declined to debate her later this month. McCormick states that this is the fourth time that Gard has run away from a debate. McCormick makes the following point in the release: "The people http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/john-gard-runs-from-another-debate.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115040128416360982Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:17:00 +00002006-06-15T14:57:05.086-05:00Yesterday I posted that Rudy Giuliani feels that the folks in D.C. don't have an energy policy. I also provided a link to Republican attacks against Bill Clinton in a position paper from 2000. They accused him of not having an energy policy. Below I have listed some of the Republican attacks used against Clinton and compared them to economic times under Bush. Attack: When OPEC slowed oil http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/they-attacked-clinton-will-they-attack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20145082.post-115038440288512007Thu, 15 Jun 2006 14:36:00 +00002006-06-15T10:13:23.010-05:00In today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Spivak and Bice reveal that Congressman Paul Ryan has been leaning on bureaucrats regarding the proposed casino in Kenosha. This from today's column: U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan, as we earlier reported, dialed up the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Minneapolis late last year to lean on the bureaucrats about the $808 million casino being proposed at the Dairyland http://www.wisopinion.com/blogs/eyeonwi/2006/06/could-this-be-called-paul-ryans-pay.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Cory Liebmann)