tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54334332025-12-16T09:16:33.360-06:00folkbum's rambles and rantsJay Bullock's journal of politics, music, and education.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.comBlogger4096125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-83875557018127272552012-01-01T10:44:00.004-06:002015-11-15T13:52:59.586-06:00The last postThese City Walls by Jay Bullock
by folkbumThis blog is not disappearing. The archives will still exist, and I may clean up the sidebar (kill the ads, etc.).And I am not disappearing, either: Starting today, I will be posting political and cultural whinings at the Zach Wisniewski Home for Wayward Bloggers, also known as Blogging Blue.My monthly column will continue in the Bay View Compass.And, Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-91593041881203551452011-12-31T06:30:00.003-06:002011-12-31T06:30:00.718-06:00The next-to-last post(I'm not quitting, per se; tomorrow, I will post some information about where you can find--or avoid--my writing from here on out.)by folkbumWhen I was in high school, back in nineteen-somethingy-something, my junior English teacher, Mrs. Harding, insisted I needed a bigger venue for my wit and wisdom than, say, high school. A TV show, she suggested, no--a TV network. In retrospect, of course, Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-19610350840397077972011-12-30T16:26:00.001-06:002011-12-30T16:30:48.655-06:00FriTunes: Last FriTunes Evarby folkbumFrom what may be my favorite album of 2011.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-76945575706518311862011-12-26T20:08:00.004-06:002011-12-26T20:14:49.568-06:00Entrepreneurial Spiritby folkbumI started a magazine! See?** See the Siren on the meaningfulness of the award Walker actually received.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-20021866282946111002011-12-25T08:37:00.001-06:002011-12-25T08:38:44.165-06:00Happy Holidays, allby folkbumHowever you are choosing to celebrate this season, please enjoy yourselves appropriately.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-76810697809332516342011-12-21T16:09:00.004-06:002011-12-21T18:08:40.939-06:00"Mines for Wisconsin" updateby folkbumThe Government Accountability Board, the body that oversees recall (and other) elections in Wisconsin, has referred the group from my last post, "Mines for Wisconsin," to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office for a possible felony investigation. (I firmly believe "Mines for Wisconsin" is simply the "Christian Civil Liberties Union" with a new name.)The GAB's statement in fullJay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-80219691623641140102011-12-20T18:01:00.007-06:002011-12-20T23:02:26.342-06:00"Christian" group upgrades from book-burning to dyslexic fraud advocacyby folkbumRemember a couple of years ago when the book-burners--literally! they demanded to burn a book!--descended on the West Bend Library because something threatened their worldview? One group in particular went even beyond just asking for books to be banned and burned, and actually tried suing the city of West Bend for "damages" because "their mental and emotional well-being were damaged" Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-8434215895815351132011-12-16T06:15:00.004-06:002011-12-16T07:03:18.081-06:00Republicans still blaming the GAB for following the lawby folkbumThere's an old saw among lawyers--well, I don't know if any of them use it, but us common folk have heard it a lot and assume it is so--about how to win your case. When the facts are on your side, they say, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither the facts nor the law is on your side, pound the table.Yesterday, the Wisconsin GOP pounded the table so Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-40651170111611631342011-12-15T05:41:00.004-06:002011-12-15T06:11:28.867-06:00Shorter Christian Schneider, NRO, WPRI, WTFDUDE?by folkbumVote fraud is just like rape--underreported.Paraphrasing Illusory Tenant there, citing the Brawler, and via Jonathan Bernstein, who reads "The Corner" so you don't have to.Schneider's post does double-duty, both legitimizing GOP racism and sticking it in the eye of feminists. I bet he gets paid more for that. And it's also very exhausting to think that I've been fighting Schneider on Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-79462163756460177592011-12-13T10:09:00.002-06:002011-12-13T10:09:46.688-06:00Unhinged, Violent—Anti-Recall Scott Walker Illegals Need Lesson in Civics
Jeff Karnitz, the guy who got arrested for
defacing recall petitions in December
Too many Republicans frustrated with their inability to persuade fellow citizens NOT to recall Scott Walker are becoming "unhinged."
The next graf here would naturally call on responsible Republican officials to issue a statement acclaiming Article XIII, Section 12 of the Wisconsin Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-28868299019006918102011-12-11T22:08:00.001-06:002011-12-11T22:09:29.887-06:00RecallFitz Is Calling For Volunteersby capper
Hey, good people of #wiunion and #wirecall-
I received word from Lori Compas, the person leading the movement to recall Scott Fitzgerald.
She told me that they are looking to make a big push on the recall effort of Fitzie, which has not been getting the attention it deserves.
Lori is asking for 30 volunteers a day for 30 days to make sure they make this a sure deal.
If you can at Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-10306853648489894122011-12-10T09:10:00.002-06:002011-12-10T10:12:14.336-06:00WKOW: Anti-Recall Man Repeatedly Harassed Pro-Recall Residents at Their Homes
Recall Scott Walker
Fight Harassment
Update: Stoughton man cited for allegedly taking a swing at recall volunteer.We can't ignore this. No matter that politicians see no need to protect this woman's sense of security in her own home.Waukesha County man uses TV news video to phone and challenge recall signers at night. Police have been contacted.
“It’s 10:30 at night and there’s Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-63977940856708928722011-12-09T05:19:00.001-06:002011-12-09T05:20:54.135-06:00FriTunes: On this day in history editionby folkbumRoy Orbison died in 1988.And yesterday, of course, was the anniversary of John Lennon's death.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-59693879957824006372011-12-08T09:03:00.005-06:002011-12-09T05:55:54.948-06:00Scott Walker's TV Spot Front—Applauds White Pride SpeechWhite and Proud of ItUpdate: Call to Mark Neumann campaign for comment has not been returned.With an assist from U.S. Senate candidate, Mark Neumann, a racist at a December event in Kenosha, Wisconsin gives a white pride tirade as Scott Walker's poster woman and other attendees applaud.This is known is the political business as: An improper vetting. Or arguably, perhaps you have to appeal to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-53870734737395041952011-12-07T05:27:00.005-06:002011-12-07T06:04:31.437-06:00Republicans' dumb PO rule exemplifies anti-stimulusby folkbumThe news that the Post Office is set to dump another quarter-million people into the unemployment market next year should thrill exactly no one. Here in Wisconsin, with a craptacular couple of job-creation years behind us (and another in the making), and with 8500 local, state, and federal jobs lost in the last year already, we should not relish the idea that five mail processing Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-60401501079350327492011-12-05T15:50:00.001-06:002011-12-05T17:22:58.739-06:00Citizens Uncover Huge County-state Mistakes in Voter Obstruction Efforts
Wisconsin Catch 22 on Voter Obstruction
Update: Here's Richard Pinney's PR with contact info.Citizens acting to ensure registered legal voters in Wisconsin are not denied their right to vote due to the Voter ID law have uncovered a big snafu with the potential to invalidate the entire law.State law doesn't require a photo ID to get a birth certificate, but 2/3 of the counties are using forms Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-34705909017697613172011-12-02T06:39:00.002-06:002011-12-02T06:48:36.517-06:00FriTunes: It's getting to be Redbird Season againby folkbumI didn't shoot this, but I think this was the show I was at last year:It's not too late to get tickets for some of these shows.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-70778729017146970092011-12-01T05:37:00.003-06:002011-12-01T06:05:28.523-06:00NaNoWriMo** National Novel Writing Month, for the uninitiatedby folkbumA rough estimate: In November, I wrote about 40,000 words, but not one of them toward a novel.The vast bulk of those words I wrote to students, as feedback on their writing, directions for assignments, rubrics, mentor texts to use as models--much of that while perched at the counter of my favorite local coffee shop on weeknights and Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-56194261222479276072011-11-30T21:49:00.004-06:002011-12-01T21:49:39.774-06:00Quote of the Day: Are they daring us to strike?by folkbumFrom the Wisconsin Club for Suckers Growth:Government unions exist chiefly to enable those who seldom produce anything of value to the real economy to take freely from those who produce value every day.Really? You think that, say, police offers add no value to society? Prison guards? Mail carriers (don't you want your Christmas cards?)? Teachers? The guys who make sure that your shit Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-52378128536474418352011-11-28T20:25:00.002-06:002011-11-28T20:51:34.608-06:00Cypher Mondayby folkbumI spent the day skeptical that the 300,000 number I was hearing--the purported number of signatures so far collected in the recall of Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker--all day but then dammit if they didn't make it official.Because it's Cypher Monday, time to do some cypherin': The signatures collector are not, as far as I have heard, verified, but if they're all good, that means that Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-61434125147507646792011-11-25T20:33:00.004-06:002011-11-25T23:37:41.018-06:00E-mail Confirms Sexual Harassment Complaint in Scott Walker Administration
Manuel “Manny” Perez - Former Wisconsin
Dept. of Workforce Development
(DWD) Secretary
Patrick Marley and Don Walker of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel broke a piece late Friday afternoon saying allegations of sexual harassment by former Administrative Services Administrator Allison Rozek against Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development (DWD) Secretary Manuel “Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-34570405442294426062011-11-25T08:03:00.002-06:002011-11-25T08:03:00.409-06:00FriTunes: No doors to bust here editionby folkbumJay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-12579850383390581532011-11-24T08:01:00.002-06:002011-11-24T08:02:33.512-06:00Happy Thanksgivingby folkbumThere are many things I am thankful for.But you're busy, so I won't bore you with the details. Enjoy your weekend.Also: kitd.html5loader("flash_kplayer_iLyROoafYtDe");Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-42139325679721426492011-11-23T21:36:00.003-06:002011-11-23T21:44:49.892-06:00RIP, Tim Cuprisinby folkbumWhen I saw this flash across the twitter at lunchtime this afternoon, I felt a literal pang of hurt. Tim was one of those old media types you really got the new media; he always engaged his audience and embraced what he could do with social media. For that, I always appreciated him. Plus, he knew his TV.I hate adding to the continuing theme of Cancer Sucks, but here it is.Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5433433.post-21896791054345209952011-11-21T05:29:00.008-06:002011-11-21T06:32:56.458-06:00Q: What happens when two key Wisconsin wingnut values clash?A: The more hateful one wins, of courseby folkbumToday's topic: "double-dipping." The competing Wisconsin wingnut values: reflexive anti-tax advocacy vs. personal animus against gubmint workers.Back in the olden days, when I used to be more involved in my union, we hated what the folks are now calling "double-dipping." This is when my (or any) school district would hire a retired individual Jay Bullockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18303687624670151530noreply@blogger.com0