Day 27 - Friday, May 18, 2012

To start off--this is not a picture from Friday, May 18.  I didn't take a picture, and in a way, I'm pretty glad I didn't, because I've got a bone I'd like to pick.

Warning:  If you're a Republican, just exit this page now.

One of the tips I had when I started my blog, was to be not political.  Keep politics off it; obviously this a great dividing point in our state currently.  But I can't.

There has been a combination of things leading me up to this point--but I'll keep it limited to the three main things that have really just been pissing me off to no end.

1. Scott Walker and the Wisconsin GOP's job creation numbers.
2. Scott Fitzgerald's recent radio advertisement.
3. Scott Fitzgerald's comments to the Wisconsin State Journal regarding Lori Compas.

Scott Walker's Job Creation Numbers:

Let us start with Scott Walker's job creation numbers.  Just this week, Walker went on the offensive touting how his reforms have lead to job creation in Wisconsin.  His touted information came from a methodology NOT USED IN ANY OF THE OTHER 49 STATES IN THE NATION.

I mean, really?  We have a standardized method for measuring job growth, but Scott uses a different method for reporting his "job creation?"  The Department of Labor has been measuring job growth in the economy for years, but apparently that's not good enough.

What's the bigger problem here?  The DOL's initial report for Walker's first year in showed Wisconsin losing jobs. The finalized version of this report will happen towards the end of June.  Walker is attempting to use these job numbers to help boost his recall election chances.

BE HONEST SCOTTIE, WE ALREADY HAVE VIDEO OF YOUR DIVIDE AND CONQUER IDEA.

Forbes.com article on Walker's job creation numbers can be found here.


Scott Fitzgerald's Radio Advertisement

I was in the car getting lunch for the family when I heard Scott Fitzgerald's political advertisement on 101.5. This has also erk'd me to no end.  There's just one thing that really gets me; his comment on "...Wisconsin facing an unprecedented recall election attack by special interests and career protesters."  

Really? Really?!?!?! This is where my photograph came from today.  I took it when I had JUST gotten my old D3100. It's a panoramic stitched together in CS5.  Do those 85,000 people look like career protestors?  #)% off Scott.

Perhaps there is a reason why this an unprecedented.  Just think Scott.  Now go have your seat by Judas, Benedict Arnold, and Scott Walker.


Continuing with Scott Fitzgerald:  His comments on his recall opponent Lori Campas

To add the cherry on top of everything else for me, I was shocked to actually see these comments (well, not so much as shocked as in surprised, more so disgusted.)

Fitzgerald commented about Compas, stating "I don't for one minute believe she is the organizing force behind this whole thing."  He went on to say that he believed that her husband and unions were the driving force behind her campaign.

There is this thing, with old white men in power that is sweeping the nation.  They have no respect for women, at all.  I got pissed off earlier this week when I read that birth control was going to become more difficult to get for women in Kansas.

I do, however, have to say I enjoy Lori Compas' response to Fitzgerald's comments in the paper.  Please watch the video below.

That's it.  I'm done.  For now.  Back to picture taking, and lack of politics on this blog.