In my world, everyone's a pony and they all eat rainbows and poop butterflies! -Ode to Scott Walker

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An Ode to Scott Walker in Dr. Seuss Quotes


“Sometimes the questions are complicated and the answers are simple.”


“I meant what i said and i said what i meant. An elephant's faithful one-hundred percent!”


“I have heard there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!”


“I know, up on top you are seeing great sights, but down here at the bottom we, too, should have rights.”


“A person's a person, no matter how small.”


“He who makes a beast out of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.”


“I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.”


“You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room.”


“All alone! Whether you like it or not, alone is something you'll be quite a lot!”


“Poor empty pants With nobody inside them.”


“I’m glad we had the times together just to laugh and sing a song, seems like we just got started and then before you know it, the times we had together were gone.”


“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened.”

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1. Like that Ass-In-The-Hat would try and step foot in a MPS school....nt

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2. The governor said “it’s hard to tell” whether he should be concerned.

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker commented briefly Friday about the FBI raid on the Madison home of his former aide, Cynthia Archer.

The governor said “it’s hard to tell” whether he should be concerned. Walker says he does not know anything about the raid, other than what he’s seen in news reports.

FBI agents raided Archer’s home earlier this week. There has been no official response from authorities about the purpose of the raid.

However, The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel has quoted unnamed sources who say the raid was part of a John Doe investigation, which is looking into whether Milwaukee County workers did political work for Walker – on the clock -- when he was county executive.


http://www.wuwm.com/programs/news/view_news.php?articleid=9182

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3. Wisconsin teachers retire in droves after union loss in bargaining fight

n the small Monona Grove School District in Wisconsin, three teachers had planned to retire this year. But then, says history teacher Thomas Howe, the "political dust-up" happened – the controversy over a law, eventually pushed through by Gov. Scott Walker (R) and supporters, that restricts public employees' collective-bargaining power.
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In the midst of the battle last spring, 17 teachers, including Mr. Howe, retired from that school district. "Many of us felt very bittersweet about it," he says.

Across Wisconsin this year, teachers have opted to retire at higher rates than usual, partly in response to the new law. Under the law, teachers have to contribute a considerable chunk of their salaries to health and retirement plans, and districts can decide to lengthen the school day or year without increasing salaries.

http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2011/0916/Wisconsin-teachers-retire-in-droves-after-union-loss-in-bargaining-fight

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4. Gov. Scott Walker says he asked unions for concessions and they refused -- Mostly False

In a September 2011 campaign fundraising letter pegged to staving off a possible recall drive against him, Gov. Scott Walker mocked his opponents as the "old order" and "screaming protesters" blocking bold fiscal reforms.

He focused sharply on labor unions, which fought legislation by Walker and Republican lawmakers to curtail collective bargaining and force public workers to contribute more toward pensions and health care. That push, which became law, attracted massive and prolonged protests in Madison.

"I asked the unions to pay into their own health care insurance (just as their Wisconsin neighbors do) and they said I was being unreasonable," Walker’s letter said. "I requested that they contribute toward their own pensions (just as their Wisconsin neighbors do) and they screamed it was unfair."

He added: "Obviously I made the protectors of the status quo boiling mad."

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/sep/16/scott-walker/gov-scott-walker-says-he-asked-unions-concessions-/

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5. FBI Raid Involving Walker Campaign Records May Foretell Bigger Threat - Great Article

Gov. Scott Walker of Wisconsin and his Republican allies have been conducting themselves with contempt toward those opposing their policies.

This contempt includes an utter disregard not just for labor and Democratic legislators, but the vast majority of Wisconsin citizens, judging from polls about the right to a union voice for public workers and Walker’s 59 percent disapproval rating.

But an FBI raid on the Madison home of a former top Walker aide—who served him both during his term as Milwaukee County executive and as governor—may signal big trouble for the governor and might also diminish his "I'm-on-a-mission-from-God" zealotry.

The biggest step thus far

The raid was the most dramatic step thus far in a “John Doe” investigation into whether Walker used his county staffers to campaign for governor on the taxpayers’ dime. The fact that Walker is a Tea Partier supposedly favoring the restricted use of tax dollars (except for corporate subsidies and contracts to cronies) makes the matter all the more interesting.

http://inthesetimes.com/working/entry/11974/fbi_raid_involving_walker_campaign_records_may_foretell_bigger_threat1/

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6. Republican-controlled Wisconsin Assembly approved "only one out of 376 amendments offered by Dems.

In early August 2011, after surveys tagged him as possibly the nation’s most polarizing governor, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker pledged a renewed focus on bi-partisanship and jobs.

Later that month, Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald, R-Horicon, echoed the call. He said some jobs-related bills proposed by Democrats were good and would take them up by the Assembly after it returns from its summer recess on Sept. 13, 2011.

Rep. Brett Hulsey, D-Madison, professed doubts about the sincerity of the GOP calls for bi-partisanship. On Aug. 27, 2011, the day Fitzgerald’s comments were posted online, Hulsey said in an opinion column in The Capital Times of Madison:

"On the floor of the Legislature, Assembly Republicans have rubber-stamped Walker’s corporate agenda while rejecting hundreds of Democratic amendments, even though many were common-sense measures that emphasized accountability or saved money. So far, Republicans have accepted only one out of 376 amendments offered by Assembly Democrats."

http://www.politifact.com/wisconsin/statements/2011/sep/11/brett-hulsey/wisconsin-rep-brett-hulsey-says-only-one-376-bill-/