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VIDEO: Gov. Scott Walker Addresses Education, Recalls, War on Women
After reading to about 20 preschoolers in Hudson on Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker spoke to the local media about education, the upcoming recall elections and the War on Women.
After reading to about 20 preschoolers in Hudson on Thursday, Gov. Scott Walker spoke to the local media about education, the upcoming recall elections and the War on Women.
3:07 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Our Gov. Walker Is moving WI Forward. The Dems want to keep us down and broke. If you want better teachers, more private sector jobs and lower taxes, Walker is the Only choice. If you vote against him, you just want union control over WI and you can't think straight or for yourself. It's just that simple. Walker is turning around the mess left by the Dems ten years of control and he is doing it very quickly. Keep the union leaders out of WI. They just want your money and your children. Don't sell WI out people. Support Walker!
3:20 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Democrats want Wisconsin to look like bankrupt Illinois. Walker is a leader who wants Wisconsin to prosper! Cull the herd of the over paid, over fed and under worked government workers!
David Tatarowicz
5:33 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
@ Alfred Illinois has not been losing jobs like Wisconsin since Walker took over, and the income tax rate in Illinois is a flat 5%, while in Wisconsin it goes from 4.6% up to 7.75% !!!
Regarding the "over paid, over fed and under worked government workers" --- what do you do Alfie ?
Do you work? If so what kind? Are you underpaid or overpaid? Do you have workers, how do you pay them?
Hiding your identity, we don't know if you are a man, a woman, working, retired, a politician, a political hack or whatever --- why not tell us about Alfie ?
Steve ®
11:56 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Thanks Doyle for the 7+% income tax bracket.
Whats the sales tax like again in cook county David?
Keith Schmitz
1:31 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
Hey Alfred, if we wanted Mississippi, we would have moved to Mississippi, not have Walker bring it to us.
Hell, we don't even know if you even live here.
4:54 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
I find it interesting that he said the recent law change for women that's can't sue now on state level has never been used? If so, then why was the law changed at all? How was that so important to take out options for women if it wasn't costing any money? If never been used then it probably costed the state more money to change it!
7:50 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
It was costing money. It wasn't ever used by any women. It created a two-level, redundant legal process that was already covered under the combined state and federal law. Doyle created the law to reward the trial attorneys who supported him. Prior to that, there were no activist women's groups asking for the law.
8:32 am on Monday, April 30, 2012
ha ha Luke
You post from the MacIver Institute--which is Walker's and ALEC's and Bradley Foundations (add other extreme Right places) horn. ha ha.!! That website lies more than Walker (if that is possible!!).
5:00 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Funny; people want free health care, but they do not want to give up the right to sue if the Dr. misdiagnosis or makes a mistake!
I wonder if one can sue Barak Hussein if their free birth controll doesn't work?
David Tatarowicz
5:37 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
@Craig --- if you check out the law, you CANNOT just sue a doctor, a hospital, a health organization, etc ..... Not even in Small Claims Court !!
The current law is that you MUST submit a claim to arbitration and cannot use the court system until after that.
The Health Lobby has it rigged so that it discourages anybody from filing a lawsuit. They make you jump through hoops, so unless you have a Major Injury that will interest an attorney in taking your case, you will give up and go away.
Small Claims Court is suppose to be where the everyday person can get justice -- but not if it is medical related in the state of Wisconsin
7:46 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
David: "The current law is that you MUST submit a claim to arbitration and cannot use the court system until after that."
Just another legal load of crap written into law by politicians who are, by the way- LAWYERS.
A whole lot of problems could be solved in a heartbeat if we replaced lawyer politicians with regular folks. Imagine Washington ran by Plumbers, Ditch diggers, Trash collectors who were called up to serve like jury duty! No earmark spending, no payoffs, no screwing around.
Jim Bob
8:19 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Craig, I was under the assumption that people wanted AFFORDABLE health care. Where in the Obama Care legislation does it say anything about "free?"
Keith Schmitz
1:34 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
Hearing stories about a lot of Republican who were in favor of controlling malpractice law suits in order to screw those evil trial attorneys who of course, support Democrats, we're shocked when they ran into a malpractice situation and found that they and their family were screwed as a result of these laws.
Celeste Koeberl
5:57 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
FYI, for Wisconsin's 2011-13 Biennial Budget, Governor Walker proposed, and Republican legislative majorities approved, a ten-percent cut (- 10%) in state funding of four-year-old kindergarten start-up grants to public schools (- $400,000), as well as a ten-percent cut (- 10%) in state funding of Head Start programs (- $1.4 million); Governor Walker also proposed a $106 million cut in state funding for the Wisconsin Shares budget, which is the state funding source from which private childcare businesses such as KinderCare may be paid.
See, Wisconsin Council on Children & Families, "Comparative Analysis of 2011-13 Biennial Budget Bill", 7/6/11, at http://www.wisconsinbudgetproject.org/budget_comparative_analysis_2011-13.pdf; and "Falling Support of Schools Threatens Wisconsin's Economic Future", 1/9/12, at http://www.wisconsinbudgetproject.org/education_cuts_wisconsin.pdf
7:58 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Celeste, an excellent cut, really. 4K has no evidence of working, and head start has been a boondoggle forever. Good reformative stewardship of tax dollars, and good riddance to failed programs! We need to redirect to pay for the essentials, before we raise more taxes to toss down the sewer of liberalism.
9:38 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Great cuts in wasteful state spending. What's your point Celeste?
Lilliom Magyar
1:20 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Thank you Celeste. I find rather ironic that Mr. Walker would come here to tell us about how much he cares about educating our children when he has not even been able to apply himself enough to obtain a bachelor's degree. Mind you, Mr. Walker is the first WI governor since the 1940's to not have obtained a college degree. It is obvious that Mr. Walker does not see the value of education even for himself. All of the cuts to education that he has signed into law clearly indicates that he does not understand that education is essential for a secure economic future for our children either. June 5th for the ouster of this drunk on power monster cannot come soon enough.
2:55 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Are you saying that parents who don't have college degrees do not value or care about their children's education?
12:44 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
Non-college educated parents usually care just as much about the education of their children as anyone else. Usually.
Head Start is designed to expose young children to cultural influences that might be missing from their homes and to bring them even with pre-schoolers whose parents are watching PBS, reading the New Yorker, and reading to their children every night. It makes sense.
4K? I'm sorry, but how early are we going to be putting our children in an academic setting? There is a minimum age at which children can be expected to read, and no amount of early schooling will hurry that along. I've been watching the debate about 4K in the Elmbrook district, and it seems to me that the people who would most benefit are the middle-class double-income parents who would save on childcare.
1:54 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
The value of K4 and Head start is all about school readiness and closing the achievement gap. I was appalled to learn during a recent foray into literacy research that the best prepared children enter K5 with an average of 1,000 hours of story reading time. They know what a book is, have gained some understanding of letters, alphabet, even sounding out words, pre-literacy. The least prepared children have 25 total hours. There are a number of reasons for this--illiterate parents, working parents, lazy parents, non-English speaking parents, social issues in the home (addiction, etc.), no parents, etc.
The underprepared child may never be able to catch up to peers.
Years back, growing up, the family had a crash course in French before an overseas trip. Our instructor told us that amazingly, no matter how hard adults tried, the ones who picked up the most in these classes were the little kids playing on the floor and not actually even being tutored.
It's because the brain builds neural bridges and we learn and retain the most up to about age 9. (Have you ever experienced clearer memory of a childhood event than a more recent activity?)
That's why programs that give children the tools they need to enter K5 on an equal footing are essential for a successful life.
Adam Wienieski
2:42 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
But Celeste, tax revenues are down on account of the slow economy, the one-time stimulus money borrowed from China is gone and the state faces a budget deficit. How high would property taxes have to go to do everything you want with no spending cuts?
Do Tom Barrett (D-WEAC) or Kathleen Falk (D-AFSCME) have any ideas besides raising taxes so we can restore everything and keep spending? Now would be the time for us to hear about them so republicans can't say they were lied to before the election. Why the deafening silence from democrats on fiscal matters?
7:25 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Walker moving Wisconsin forward? More and more undeniable FACTS and NUMBERS that show the complete opposite and you still believe that load of garbage? Sounds like you are the one who can not think for yourself. How sad.
7:35 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
Could anything make matters worse for Democrats? Yes, and it's already happened. Moody's Investors Services last week downgraded the City of Milwaukee's bond rating.
8:46 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
I wish we had Michigans law where the state has the tools to declare a city financially stressed so they can declare financial martial law and take over and straighten things out as the governor sees fit. I'll bet central government could fix Milwaukee much better than elected representatives from the locality. Does anyone know if republicans in Wisconsin are considering bringing the emergency manager tools to our state? Sure hope so.
Keith Schmitz
1:36 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
You're not a fan of causality are you Alfred. No doubt that was a result of the slashing in state aid to Milwaukee.
9:44 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
@ Gearhead
Educating our youth isn't an essential?! And since when have 4k and headstart been failures and a 'boondoggle'? Only in your self-centered, limited, little world.
#1 son
10:50 pm on Thursday, April 26, 2012
What a hypocrite! His concern is the "out of state money coming in from special interest groups"! Make me gag. All the time he is spending out of state begging for his special friends for $ for his recall and his defense!!
And he doesn't think people want to rehash the slaughter of the middle class workers at his hand, think again, why else are you being recalled! He really isn't very smart! Scooter,you angered alot of people with you bulling tactics and your failing policies speak for themselves. I have spoken with numerous Wisconsinites who voted for you last time, but not this time. You time is up!
Tom Barrett
12:52 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Is this bad?
""Governor Walker understands the needs and concerns of small business owners and has helped us operate in a better environment for job creation," said Pete Madland, executive director of the Tavern League of Wisconsin. "Governor Walker's decisive leadership has led to the creation of 15,600 private sector jobs in 2012, the state's lowest unemployment rate since 2008, and the first statewide drop in property taxes in over a decade. The Tavern League of Wisconsin is proud to endorse Governor Walker for reelection." "
2:38 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Hmmm..metro Milwaukee includes Waukesha County, you know the place where the poor put-upon "Job Creators" live. Apparently they didn't do much "creating".
What a shock also that the evil "liberal infested" Madison gained jobs.
Oh, and did any of the Walker-worshipers notice that "bankrupt" Illinois was #3 in job creation. I thought not.
8:22 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Governor Walker is awesome! The job losses are an important part of the forward progress Wisconsin is making. By having less jobs and lowering the wages for public employees, Wisconsin is creating an environment for lowering the wages of all employees across the state which should really help industry make greater profits. That's what we need to compete with China and other third world countries. The Governor expresses his belief that graduation from school is important. He believes in education and is putting Wisconsin on the right track. The massive home foreclosures around the state are making housing very affordable and should draw new workers to our state who have lower wage expectations. That'll be great for industry and help bring Wisconsin more in line with working wages around the world making our state a magnet for corporations looking for a willing work force that is deregulated with a cheap labor force free from the threat of the law. Wisconsin is moving in the right direction.
2:41 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@Horswaggle. What a great piece of satire.
Following the Walker plan to win "The Race to the Bottom" will create that wonderful libertarian paradise of Somolia of the Midwest.
If you post wasn't meant as satire, then you are a complete moron. I hope for you sake that it was satire.
Anna Zapata
7:57 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012
More like the creation of the "haves and the have nots" I don't want to live in a society without a middle class.
Cedric Ellingson
11:14 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
We all agree that we have different political philosophies, hopefully we all agree that elections matter, after this next election lets decide that we will elect people, allow them serve, judge them at the next election and rehire or replace...
Bob McBride
11:25 am on Friday, April 27, 2012
Cedric, probably the most logical post I've seen about these parts in a long time. Thanks.
Keith Schmitz
1:40 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
No it's not Bob. From our founding father Bob LaFollette http://tinyurl.com/89qdhr2. More immature, Orwellian crap from the right wing, cloaked this time in bogus moderation. As he put, nip the evil in the bud before it has a chance to take hold.
Good words then, certainly good words now.
12:08 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@ Steve
Hard to feed your kids when dip#*it's economic policy has eliminated 23,000...again, TWENTY THREE THOUSAND PLUS JOBS!
CEDRIC- I agree to a point. But where might we be in three more years if this abuse of power and of the people is left unchecked?
Steve ®
12:36 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Sweet. Since most were government employees and includes the rush of retires trying to avoid Act 10 I support this.
Cedric Ellingson
1:08 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
BRG again that really isn't the point.. everyone's decisions
make one side happy and one side mad... every decision helps someone and hurts someone... the easiest decisions ever made are when everyone is making so much money they don't really care what the costs are.. it is easy to give everyone more money and more benefits, in fact it is quite popular, but when you have run out of budget and someone needs to make cuts, that person is going to be unpopular and that is why we have 4 year terms, so that people can make very difficult decisions, we get a little time to see how the decsions effect our daily lives and then we make informed decisions on where we need to go from there!!
#1 son
2:29 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Cedric- one side doesn't have to win and one side doesn't have to lose. In a good collective bargain, neither side should be happy with the result, but it is something both sides can live with. Scooter and his policies want the all or nothing. Shared sacrifice, no winners no losers. With Walkie Talkie, the rich get richer the poor get poorer. He has split this state, split families- he should split. Go be with all of your out of state friends so they can keep their money out of here.
2:41 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
The issue here, #1 son, is that in public sector unions the collective bargaining isn't really 'bargaining'. The unions are often negotiating with the people that they helped put into office through their campaign donations. We don't get shared sacrifice, we get unsustainable wage and benefits packages.
The private sector has been watching their wages shrink with the economy while their tax bills get bigger to maintain the wages and benefits of those in the public sector. Why should the public sector be immune from the effects of the economy that everyone else has to deal with?
2:48 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
It is not true that every decision hurts someone and helps someone else. That binary view of the world is exactly what the sociopathic TEAPublicans operate under. Informed people know that the world is not black and white; rather it i composed on unending shades of grey.
It's like when Buss the Lesser said, "Either your with us, or against us." We all know how his eight years of excellent rule turned out. He doubled the debt and allowed the economy of the world crater.
Intelligent people understand nuance.
2:52 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Mrs. Peel:
For a side that supposedly 'understands nuance', there certainly has been a rather harsh reaction to Walker and his policies. Isn't it the 'binary view' that inspires the 'draconian cuts' labels and the 'gloom and doom' predictions of doubled class sizes, mass teacher layoffs, and the like? If your side truly views things as varied shades of gray, we wouldn't be suffering through this seemingly endless series of recall efforts...
1:25 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
I just posted this in his Reading Dick and Jane segment. It seems to fit here, also. FYI: I'm a hard working independent voter. And I know that his ALEC pals and he are the worst thing that has ever happened to democracy. Corporations have no social conscience--and neither does he. We are watching the ALEC sponsored Wisconsin bills signed into law by this loser ruin lives of endless wonderful citizens in Wisconsin. They could all use one of those good jobs he has promised--and they are all willing workers. For the less fortunate, do you want them in the street? Will you offer them bread and water if they beg? What happens if they have a life-changing illness? Hope they die soon? Where are you people who aren't hard-working independents coming from? Just don't ever say the word Christian (conservative) because we will all have to laugh at that thought.
2:53 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@SAM. Excellent summary of the Walker World. Be prepared for the attacks from the sociopathic Walker supporters. They will be incapable of understanding what you wrote and will villify you for saying it. It will disturb their pea-sized brains to even read the words.
#1 son
3:04 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@ CowDung- excuse me if I am mistaken, but I don't believe that a single one of my local school board members were assisted in their campaigns by our local teachers union. Non of my family members who are teachers, gave any money to any of their local school board candidates either. Public vs private they are constantly being compared and they are by nature so different they shouldn't. If my brother receives bad product, he sends it back. My sister has to teach everyone they put in her classroom. If my brother workers longer hours, works harder, he can make more money. No matter how many hours my sister works (remember she has to keep all of the raw materials that come to her) she doesn't make any more. So what is the attraction to teaching. Her response was that, there will always be students to teach so even in bad times that kind of job security is important. The health care fringe was a big draw- in lieu of making 6 figures. My brother's job is down now, his business is tied to the housing market. But there were times when he had bids that were into the next year. You can't compare Public and Private, but that is what you do. If you value education like I do, you are willing to pay a reasonable amount for it. Our local teachers were willing to pay more for their health care, pay more into their retirement, it was reasonable. Walker and his policies has gone too far, beyond reasonable- besides the fact that he lied his way into office and that is why he is being RECALLED!
3:21 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
I guess the question is how one defines a 'reasonable amount'. The US spends more on education on a 'per student' basis than almost every other country in the world, yet the quality of our education doesn't seem to correspond to that figure. MPS spends about the same amount as the suburban schools, but there's a definite difference in quality of education between the city and suburban schools.
Great benefits are a big draw for teachers. Even with Walker's changes, the teachers have those same great benefits and still contribute far less toward the costs than the average private sector employee. How many private sector jobs even offer a pension these days? How many '6 figure earning' jobs give employees the summer off as well as vacation and sick days? What percentage of the workforce actually earns in the 6 figure range?
3:30 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
...and it does seem that the union does make a practice of endorsing the occasional school board candidate.
#1 son
3:50 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
There you go comparing public and private apples to oranges. We do need to do a better job, but we educate all of our students the same we don't track them like many other countries we get compared to. We also don't have the support from home like we used to. Is that the schools fault? I don't have the answers, wish I did. But I do know taking more and more money away is not the anser. Walker pledged to bring state school funding back to 2/3 and instead cut $1.7 BILLION from education in his budget! This attack on public education is criminal and if he doesn't got to jail for other reasons he should be for this.
And BTW endorsing a candidate is far from Koch funding!
4:08 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Considering that the private sector pays a large percentage of the public sector compensation costs, why isn't it fair to compare the two?
I don't know about your district, but the decrease in state aid under Walker is much smaller than almost all of the decreases we had under Doyle.
#1 son
4:23 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@CowDung- Hello... McFly... you can't compare the two for the reasons I stated to start this thread, if a private worker wants to make more they can work longer and harder, teachers can not.
As far as cuts to education- much smaller under Scooter, give me a break! True Doyle made cuts so why keep upping the ante? So he can take the money away from teachers and others in the middle class and kick it back to the big businesses that contributed to his campaign.
Steve ®
11:37 am on Monday, April 30, 2012
►if a private worker wants to make more they can work longer and harder◄
Not if you are salary. And not if you are hourly and your boss says no overtime.
Teacher's have 3 months off in the summer, paid. Plenty of time for part time work if they wish. Full time salary private employees do not have this luxury.
12:00 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
@Steve-- Yes. Hourly workers are told to simply get more work done in 40 hours, although no one explains how. Salaried workers are told to work extra hours and they know better than to expect any compensatory time off. There's always the implied threat that someone else will be found to do the job for less. And somehow, over the course of the past thirty years, we've been taught to think that this is okay.
Why is it okay, Steve? I can understand asking employees to make sacrifices when the company is going through hard times, but in most case, profits are increasing and CEO salaries are increasing too. Management is doing this because the CAN, and we're letting them.
It was perfectly reasonable to ask public workers to make sacrifices during this period of low revenues for the state. And they were willing, for the most part. It was not reasonable to end their right to bargain for good.
And you call it a 'luxury' for a person with a graduate degree to take a second summer job to make ends meet.
12:10 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
If the unions were truly perfectly reasonable and actually were open to making concessions to help communities during difficult economic times, then collective bargaining wouldn't have been restricted. Unfortunately, the unions stated very clearly that they were unwilling to negotiate or concede anything for Walker.
Steve ®
12:21 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
I have no idea what you are yamminger about Randy. None of it relates to this, unless you are sidestepping the quote:
►if a private worker wants to make more they can work longer and harder◄
We are finally making the necessary cuts to government and abuses of collective barging.
12:30 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
@Steve -- ►if a private worker wants to make more they can work longer and harder◄
As you yourself pointed out, a private worker cannot make more simply by working longer and harder. They can make more by taking a second job. Same as with teachers. I think it's perfectly reasonable of me to ask why you support this state of affairs.
3:17 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
People are now re-naming the Tea to "Me(a)" Party. It fits, doesn't it?
Steve ®
3:31 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Bout time re reinstate personal responsibility and cut back on the government. Freedom.
3:45 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
TH III - You give another good example of what TEA people stand for! And they make a lot of money being hired to blog with the TEA points always intended to persuade rather than educate (in other words, truth is not required).
5:19 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Walker does not value-that is a well know fact.
Coffee Bean @CoffeeBean26
Gov Walker 2.6 billion dollar cut to education hurt kids, while he gave $2.3 billion to corporations http://politiscoop.com/us-politics/wisconsin-politics/1315-breaking-report-shows-scott-walker-education-cuts-far-worse-than-expected.html #WIunion #WIrecall
Adam Wienieski
10:11 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@Moroninthemist I know you can hardly be troubled to read your own links before posting them with a non sequitur rant but your story says nothing about $2.3 billion in giveaway's to corporations. Care to provide proof of that from somewhere other than a batcrap crazy left wing site?
What the report that supposedly forms the basis for the histrionics fails to point out is that 68 percent of the layoffs are from the 3 school districts that rushed to sign contracts before Act 10 was passed (Milwaukee, Kenosha and Janesville.) By refusing to ask teacher's to contribute a modest 5.8 percent to their retirement and 12.8 percent for healthcare the only alternative was mass layoffs. This is the formula favored by both Tom Barrett (D-WEAC) and Kathleen Falk (D-AFSCME) -- teacher layoffs and higher property taxes.
Cedric Ellingson
5:34 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
The arguement goes back and forth like it is all or nothing, perfection or hell, good vs evil... Walker made some decisions, they helped balance the budget, they cut public pay, good, bad... the recall mechanism is fine if we have to use it for legal or catostraphic reasons, I dislike your policy means in 4 years you will get voted out.. the smoking ban killed both businesses that pay my salary, but you spend less, you market different, and you realize this is not good for me, but evidentily this is what the majority wants.. in my mind it was ok Doyle in 2 years your up for re-election and you have ruined my business, I hope you don't get re-elected, happily he didn't, but that is the way politics goes... in the end you have to follow the will of the people or you lose your job... we just can't follow the will of some of the people every day, we have to have time to let legislation work and see the benefits or pitfalls of our decisions and our votes... quite honestly after 2 years I don't hate the smoking ban as much as I used to... but I still haven't made anywhere near the money I did, before the ban!!
6:27 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
@ Cedric
Seems pretty selfish to cry about how a law that was clearly for the better health of ALL people has taken money from your pocket. I am going to make an assumption that you are a bar owner. My brother in law owns a bar, as do other relatives. They haven't lost a dime. If you did, then you might want to rethink your business management approach or skills.
6:46 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
All the arguing and bickering boils down to this:
Whether intentional or not, the policies of the Walker administration and radical republican party have succeeded in dividing Wisconsin's largest and strongest assett: the working middle class. Public v. Private, Repub v. Dem, brother v. brother. The sad thing is that many of Walker's supporters don't see that and have been fooled by the false promise of balancing things out. The truth is the wealth disparity has grown, the middle class is shrinking, the numbers of those in need have grown. How is that fixing things? And then to add insult to injury, cut programs that give those in need a fighting chance. All b/c a few want to save a measley bit of money on taxes, or maybe find someone to blame b/c they took a pay cut.
12:40 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Or because some are sick of being ripped off by the likes of WEA Trust, just so the tax payers fund the democrats. Don't minimise the corruption within the unions and the left, it makes you sound stupid.
7:03 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Divide and conquer...that's the Walker way. How do you push an agenda through that really benefits a few at the top? Oh, I know...divide the group of people it will affect most (middle class), let them bicker amongst themselves, and continue on.
OK...I'm done now.
8:12 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
Read everything you can about ALEC--American Legislative Exchange Council. That's all you have to put into any browser (ALEC) and you can get educated. Walker is their errand boy and Governors in at least 20 other states lied their way into office, too, to put the ALEC agenda into place. Remember, "Corporations have no social conscience." ALEC/Walker have one goal--to serve corporations. Grandma can die in the gutter or the little child can cry from hunger--they truly will not care.
Adam Wienieski
10:20 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
The ALEC agenda: free markets, limited government and individual liberty.
11:58 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
For a select few Adam.
You are a doormat to Walker-ALEC just like the majority of us are. If you were honest you would admit it. He uses you as a doormat.
Adam Wienieski
10:20 pm on Friday, April 27, 2012
The ALEC agenda: free markets, limited government and individual liberty.
6:48 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012
Where does voter suppression fit in the free markets, limited government, or individual liberty agenda? Suppose it is limited government! If you can limit anyone who is elderly, disabled, poor, etc., you can probably try to skew the voting to the wealthy--and take care of ALEC's agenda to serve corporations. The 800+ bills out there are all of concern. Here's a real life story from Wisconsin: Ruthelle Frank is an 84 year-old former elected official who voted in every election for the last 63 years, yet she will be unable to obtain a voter ID unless she pays a fee to obtain a birth certificate from the Wisconsin government—despite the fact that the Constitution explicitly forbids any voter from being charged a fee in order to vote. Worse, because the attending physician at her birth misspelled her name on her original birth certificate, she may need to pay hundreds of dollars in court fees to petition the state judiciary to correct her certificate before she can obtain a voter ID. And one more: Rita Platt is a Wisconsin resident who was turned away from her attempt to obtain a voter ID because she required either a birth certificate or a passport to obtain one—both of which can only be obtained if the voter pays a fee. Worse, in Wisconsin, voters must fill out a misleading form that suggests that they cannot obtain the birth certificate they need to obtain a photo ID unless they already have a photo ID. Limited government for sure--
9:32 am on Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Click here for a list of Worker and Consumer Rights bills (plus Trade, Pensions, Privatization, Banking, Housing, Property Insurance, Transportation, Telecomm & IT). Click here for a zip file of the bills. Click here for our analysis.
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Adam Wienieski
10:01 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
ALEC stands for free markets, limited government and individual liberty. Please support these common sense legislative initiatives.
10:15 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012
@ADAM... you disappoint me with your thinly veiled suggestion that Mr.Howell and SAM are Communists/Marxists. Quite lame.
Please explain why people should not be concerned by an organization that has been funded by the Bradley Foundation, Exxon/Mobil, Allegheny Foundation (Scaifes), Castle Rock Foundation (Coors), Lambe Foundation (Kochs), and the Charles Koch Foundation for starters.
These are the organizations (not people) who underwrote ALEC. Other corporate sponsers have paid annual membership fees to be able to participate in the development of "model law templates". Hundreds of these "model laws" have been thrown into the legislative hoppers of many state legislatures, often by legislators who have neither read nor understood the proposed laws.
A thinking person could easily come to the conclusion that this is a complete corruption of the legislative process. AlEC does not register as a lobbying organization, and it's tax exempt status is now being challenged by a lawsuit.
You saw the list of topics that ALEC works in and there is no way that many of these relate to: "free markets, limited government and individual liberty."
It's interesting that when the "light of exposure" has been trained on ALEC recently, that a significant number of corporate sponsors have chosen to cancel or not renew membersips in ALEC. That list currently includes, McDonald's, Pepsi, Coke, Procter & Gamble, and Intuit, among others. Methinks that there is some rot in ALEC?
Adam Wienieski
7:57 pm on Sunday, April 29, 2012
Unlike Thursty and SAM who believe socialism is the cure all for society's problems most Americans do not trust government more than business. A recent Gallup poll showed 64 percent think big government is the biggest threat to the country while only 26 percent think big business is the bigger threat (8 percent said big labor.)
We live in a center right country that doesn't believe we're just one more government program away from utopia. Will Thursty and SAM ever have the power of their convictions and move to the socialist paradise?
Democrats passed the Obamacare/Affordable Care Act that to give bureaucrats effective control of the health care industry and 15 percent of the economy with speaker Pelosi famously saying we had to pass the law in order to find out what's in it and yet you never fretted about legislators not reading or understanding that law.
Leftists are consistently the biggest hypocrites on the planet. When George Soros funded the "Secretary of State" project starting in 2006 to elect sympathetic left wing candidates in seven swing states to control the influential Secretary of State office that determines who votes and how votes are counted did you voice your concern about a complete corruption of the electoral process or are you simply a partisan?
Celeste Koeberl
10:20 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2012
Governor Walker, who the facts show proposed reducing state funding for both public and private early childhood education programs, speaks in this video clip about the importance of providing early childhood education programs to the state's long-term good--his actions and words seem a bit inconsistent, at best.
FYI, studies comparing the relative efficacy of Head Start and private childcare programs have found that expanding Head Start to children who are currently not eligible has beneficial effects on cognitive achievement, because even children from relatively high quality home environments spend significant amounts of time in low quality child care; but for the typical subsidy-eligible population, child care subsidies have small positive effects on cognitive skills by inducing families to move children from low quality home environments to relatively higher quality child care environments. For example, see, "Evaluating the Effects of Child Care Policies on Children's Cognitive Development and Maternal Labor Supply", November 2011, D. Griffin, Dept. of Economics, University of Pennsylvania, at http://economics.sas.upenn.edu/~griffena/Griffen%20JMP.pdf.
6:28 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012
Thanks for paying attention to our democracy, MrsPeel. We will fall into the scenario Adam paints of Cuba soon if we all don't open our eyes and pay attention. Voter suppression is just the beginning--an ALEC sponsored "bill" in over 20 states. Minnesota has a referendum coming now. Let's hope their good work prevails in keeping voting rights for all.
9:01 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012
This is a very education article and hope all will read.
Where they stand: Democratic governor candidate Q&A
Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:00 am
The State Journal asked the four Democratic candidates vying to face Gov. Scott Walker in the upcoming recall election about key issues in the race. For the candidates' full responses, go to our Recall Voter Guide page here.
Cedric Ellingson
11:44 am on Sunday, April 29, 2012
BRG as I was re reading the post today you said it was selfish for me to whine about policy that is better for the greater good, even if it wasn't great for me!! I guess you could say the same thing about Walker, if balancing the budget is better for all
Of us, we have to overlook that it might not be good for some of us!!
12:01 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Wisconsin used to value education-and the teachers who taught their kids. No more. Not since gov walker set up a divisive climate.
This tweet is spot on and we should all seriously think about what we are doing to education in our state--all to save a few pennies.
"How precious are our children if we rejoice at property tax savings of $11 at their expense?" http://www.lakelandtimes.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=11&ArticleID=15158 #wiunion #wiright
12:50 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Saved $11 and made up a $3.6 billion deficit that would otherwise required a large tax increase. Other than that, the spot on tweet is just more of the same WEAC BS. Education is better off now than it was under Doyle and Walker will continue to improve education.
Cedric Ellingson
12:50 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
morninmist, your statement could not be further from the truth... I myself have 3 kids in the Wisconsin School System and a wife in the Minnesota School System teaching Special Ed.. I have been very appreciative of their education, the beautiful buildings they have to learn within, and the quality teachers that have looked after my children!!! But just because I love the system and all the people in the system, does not mean there should not be a budget or that we should allow unions to make decisions for us locally... Gov Walker is not purposely trying to make Wisc children dumber and it would be ingnorant to suggest he is. We may disagree with each other on how to balance the budget and how to educate our children, but we do share the same goals and the same desire to have well paid, high functioning, and caring teachers!!!
Cedric Ellingson
12:55 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
I believe the word I was shooting for was ignorant, not ingnorant, the Patch needs a spell check, or at least I do!!
7:38 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
I disagree with you.
An uneducated-or undereducated populous is exactly what the TeaGOP is aiming for.
7:37 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
America United @Progress2day
Walker's Claim to Fame: 'Worst job losses in the nation' http://bit.ly/IJkv9g #wiunion #wiright #p2 #p2b #wipolitics #1u #tcot #teaparty
Cedric Ellingson
8:47 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Barrett's record is statistically much worse!! And he had time to actually effect the situation!!
Again it is simply nuts to think someone, anyone is hoping more for a less educated society... Make a more logical argument!!
10:23 pm on Monday, April 30, 2012
Walker created 8 jobs since thursday yfrog.com/ocox0sdj #WIUNION


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A smart alec is generally characterized as a person who can take any argument, no matter how sound it may appear to be, and pick it apart piece by piece while offering large amounts of evidence to the contrary of the target argument, effectively forcing the opponent to realize he's a complete idiot. An alec will also mix in various subtle yet sharp insults, humorous wit, and a devastating amount of logical reasoning to add salt to the wound. This Internet personality is usually well liked and honored in the community for their intelligence, clever wit, wisdom, and strong fighting capabilities, even by those who are unlucky enough to be the butt of his assault. "That smart alec is amazing. He's funny, clever, intelligent, witty, honest, and demonstratively loyal to all that is right and good. The only people who hate him are people who want to be like him." - Forum participant
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A sweet quiet boy, Alec's generally like to read and are very polite. Well muscled but slightly "soft", Alec's never fight. Alec's are not rude, do not brag, and are very patient. They tend to like Annie's. girl #1: Ahhh! He's sooo sweet!
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Opening your heart with complete trust is quite deep and wide door to open for us. To experience complete trust that everything will be alright brings us uncertainty. There is the feeling of "what if?" that skeptic voice that lingers around our head that tells us, do you really trust this person? When we are in intimate relationship with someone we become vulnerable to our weaknesses and when something triggers these soft spots we become unclear with our truth. Trust is such a treasure and important to have within yourself if you want to create a pure loving relationship with someone or others.
As we are shifting from all our lower emotional vibrations, we become aware of our feelings and our weaknesses. We want to elevate these feelings of doubts and fears. We have to open our hearts to these new doors that open to us to realize that we are able to love and trust ourselves and others. There are hidden triggers that will touch your core when you are in this space of confusion. Sometimes they are so subtle that you don't realized you are creating a wall of separation of intimacy. When you have this wall you are not aware until something triggered this situation and you became defensive of what truly feels. You try to hide your truth and there's a part of you that wants to separate because that is the only way you knew to protect yourself. The wall that you create for protection of your vulnerable heart becomes the tool for isolation to have true love in your life.
When your awareness becomes clear of what is transpiring then you can heal and connect to your emotional pain. Feel the love and light of this new door and allow healing to take place. Allowing this space of letting go and surrendering to the flow of new light and love within your core being and the relationships that you choose. Trusting is a leap of faith, that whatever happens to the situation is what is meant to happen or the lesson to learn. We can't hold unto expectation because there is no permanency here in our world of illusions. Expectations breed resentments and we are all human beings learning our lessons in our chosen paths.
Focus on what you want to create with your relationships and be clear on your attention. Don't let the shadow of fear and doubt disillusion you in moving forward towards truth and love. The separation that you are creating is your own comfort zone and you are turning away from fear of the unknown. The lighted path of a spiritual warrior is being able to face his shadow and see himself with total kindness and compassion. Understand that you are here to learn and master yourself beyond chaos and conflicts of life. Take every problems as opportunities to delve in the abyss of the dark nights of your souls.
Listen to your heart and completely trust in the unknown, surrendering your ego and be at one with the pain of your core being and existence. When you have accepted your shadows, you will feel release from the corruption of your soul. You will see yourself in a new light and feel true love for yourself. When this happens trust for others begin to grow as you are able to trust yourself to go beyond the fear and separation that you created from others.
You are now embarking in a new dimension of your new loving self. You are meant to trust your Divine self and others. We just forget this sacred contract when we got hurt in our abusive world. Our perceptions of our wholesomeness became tainted with darkness. We are love and light. Our perceptions of our new selves will bring alignment to our soul's true path. We will shine this light to others and we will feel love beyond measure because we learn the lesson of trusting our Divine selves and others. Together we will create a peaceful, loving and joyful lives.
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The Damansara Jaya Residents and Owners Association (DJROA) grabbed the Petaling Jaya Sustainable Community Premier Award 2010/2011 for the third time in the last 10 years. This annual contest is for best outstanding achievements and initiatives in promoting sustainable communities in Petaling Jaya.
Mentri Besar of Selangor Abdul Khalid Ibrahim presented the awards to all the winners of the contest organised by Petaling Jaya City Council (MBPJ) at the ballroom of One World Hotel in Petaling Jaya recently.
"We have a good batch of committees who worked very hard to serve the community. Hard work and perseverance in serving the people helped us win the award," said DJROA chairman Yew Cheng Hoe who was beaming with delight when the result was announced.
The award carried a RM50,000 development grant, a trophy and a certificate.
"We thank the residents of Damansara Jaya for actively participating in our events and activities…that's the success story.
"Of course we are happy to win again. In the 10 years that we have taken part in the competition, we won four times; thrice we emerged as champions in 2001, 2009 and now 2011 and won second placing in 2004," added the 69-year-old former Thomas Cup single player who was in the 1967 Thomas Cup squad where Malaysia won 6-3 against Indonesia in the finals.
On the RM50,000 monetary grant, he said it would be ploughed back on sustainable community projects that will bring benefits to the residents.
The Rukun Tetangga SS2B won second placing with a RM25,000 development grant, trophy and certificate and the third placing was won by Persatuan Penduduk Taman Mayang Jaya with RM10,000 development grant, trophy and certificate.
Five other neighbourhoods won the Petaling Jaya Sustainable Community Initiative Award 2010/2011 each in their respective category. Each of the award carried a RM3,000 development grant, a trophy and a certificate.
The competition first introduced in 2000 was opened to Residents Associations (RA), Rukun Tetangga (RT) and Village Safety and Development Committees (JKKK) in Petaling Jaya.
"The award is one of the initiatives of MBPJ to give recognition to the development of Petaling Jaya community in creating a neigbourhood that is sustainable, prosperous, safe and green in line with the principles of Local Agenda 21 Petaling Jaya," said Petaling Jaya city mayor Datuk Bandar Dato' Mohamad Roslan Sakiman.
"For this year's award, we have made careful and comprehensive observations in terms of safety, environmental protection, cleanliness and social integration which have become the neighbourhood community's priorities in Petaling Jaya.
"The significant impact of this award has had positive effects on the recycling programs by the community, green zones and utilities adoption scheme, river rehabilitation program, active participation in Town Hall Meetings and major festival celebrations managed by the main community."
The five merit winners of the Petaling Jaya Sustainable Community Initiative Award 2010/2011 in their respective categories were : (see photos below)


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The Deol family, right from He- Man Dharmendra to his macho-men sons Sunny and Bobby; has entertained all cine lovers. And now it's time for Sunny's son Karan Deol to carry forward the legacy. Karan, who is currently learning the skills of acting, will make his acting debut in 2013. But will he land successful as his father? Do you feel this star kid will live up to the expectations?
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This series by Denis Alexander reflects on advancements in genomics as well as their theological implications. He focuses on the relatedness of hominin genomes, arguing that this does not interfere with the image of God in humans. The image of God depends more on the capacity for relationship and covenant, not on a list of particular physical qualities. He then discusses why the recent studies of genomics provide "no grounds for genetic determinism."
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In this three-part series, Cal DeWitt offers insights and examples of why science and ethics must work together to help us make informed, practical decisions within our society. DeWitt's science-ethics-praxis model provides a framework by which we can live more effectively as God's stewards.
Series: To Serve and Preserve—Genesis 2 and the Human Calling
In this series, David Buller pays careful attention to the original language and cultural context of Genesis 2, revealing that our responsibility to care for creation is a sacred task given to us by God, not merely a modern secular activity. By taking Scripture seriously, we learn that we have a God-given mandate to be diligent stewards of His creation.
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In short, Lewis made it quite clear in his writings that he believed that there is no real conflict between mere evolution and mere Christianity.
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In this series, we reexamine the claim made by Intelligent Design proponent Michael Behe to have found a limit to "Darwinian" evolution in light of recent results from the laboratory of Richard Lenski.
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As an Evangelical and a scientist, Katharine Hayhoe is already a member of a rare breed. As a climate change researcher who is also married to an evangelical Christian pastor, she is nearly one of a kind.
Series: Genesis Through Ancient Eyes
In this talk, originally delivered at the BioLogos President's Circle meeting in October 2012, Dr. John Walton discusses the origin stories of Genesis 1-3, and why their focus on function and archetypes mean there is no Biblical narrative of material origins.
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The BioLogos Foundation explains to the findings of the Encyclopedia of DNA Elements (ENCODE) project and responds to the claims that its discoveries challenge the theory of evolution, especially regarding so-called "junk DNA".
Denisovans, Humans and the Chromosome 2 Fusion
The Denisovans, an extinct hominid group that interbred with modern humans, made the news again lately with the publication of a more detailed study of their genome. One of the many interesting findings was that the Denisovans share the same chromosome 2 fusion that modern humans have.
Science and the Bible: Theistic Evolution, Part 1
The dictionaries I checked don't define the term, "theistic evolution," so I offer my own definition: the belief that God used the process of evolution to create living things, including humans.
Science and the Bible: The Framework View
Although the Framework View has existed for about ninety years, its attitude toward the Genesis "days" is similar to that held by Augustine. He taught that God created all things at once and told us about it in the pattern of six days, in order that we could understand it. The days themselves, however, were "unknowable" and not meant as a "literal" description of the passage of time.
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I make these cookies for my family and our neighbors every Valentine's Day. The heart-shaped treats stay soft for at least a week, and they look so pretty frosted bright pink and then piped with lacy frosting.Carolyn Walton, Smoot, Wyoming
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Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 197 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 16 mg cholesterol, 84 mg sodium, 30 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 starch, 1-1/2 fat.
Originally published as Sour Cream Sugar Cookies in Taste of Home February/March 2008, p41
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Reviewed on May. 13, 2012 by Anjelcakes123
The recipe it self needs more flour...and then becasue you add more flour you need about 1 1/2 cups of sugar. if you wanted it more of a sugar cookie like sweetness than 1 3/4 cup.....but even after the 1 hr of chilling it still was a little soft so we had to add even MORE flour....but it still comes out fine! :)
Reviewed on Dec. 17, 2011 by MandaG81
Absolutely LOVED this recipe...I used butter flavored shortning though. It made all the difference!Happy Baking!Manda
Absolutely LOVED this recipe...I used butter flavored shortning though. It made all the difference!
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Reviewed on Mar. 17, 2011 by KaPurnell
Excellent cookies!!! My kids and I made these for St. Patrick's Day and they turned out Fantastic! The dough was easy to make and it rolled out nicely. Soft and moist when baked. I altered the recipe just a little, instead of using the 1 1/2 tsp of vanilla, I used 1 tsp. of vanilla and 1/2 tsp. of lemon extract. This recipe is definitely a keeper! Thanks for sharing!
Reviewed on Feb. 14, 2011 by jbbox
I used Crisco sticks for shortening and the cookie dough came out just fine. But the taste of these cookies was very bland. I even used a quarter cup more sugar because of the reviews, but it didn't help. I didn't frost them, but used sugar sprinkles before baking. Still weren't very tasty. I won't make them again.
Reviewed on Feb. 12, 2011 by CAEmbry
Absolutely love this recipe! It reminds me of the sugar cookies my grandmother would make at Christmas. I make them year round for various occasions. Delicious!
Reviewed on Feb. 10, 2011 by Mitzimom3
A question really...what do you use for "shortening"? I think of Crisco when I think of shortening. Can Crisco baking sticks be used?
Reviewed on Dec. 20, 2010 by dionan
I was disappointed with this recipe. chilled the dough for several hours and it was too sticky to work with.
Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2010 by mcogley
Loved these cookies. So soft. I don't like crunchy sugar cookies,would rather eat soft ones. I thought it had plenty of flavor. Will be making them again.
Reviewed on Oct. 29, 2010 by kari_l_jj
This recipe is Great and to all of you out there who are complaining that it has no flavor because it isn't made with butter, have you ever heard of butter flavored shortening??? Maybe you should try that instead.
Reviewed on Aug. 14, 2010 by blondiehlv1210
My Fiance and his family LOVE these cookies! I do not use this buttercream recipe I have one thats a favorite but, these cookies are fluffy, light, and yummy! Would totally recommend them to anyone! I just make simple plain round ones and forget the work of shapes! Its the best way to go!Buttercream:3 cups confectioners' sugar1 cup butter1 teaspoon vanilla extract1 to 2 tablespoons whipping creamThee best! =)
My Fiance and his family LOVE these cookies! I do not use this buttercream recipe I have one thats a favorite but, these cookies are fluffy, light, and yummy! Would totally recommend them to anyone! I just make simple plain round ones and forget the work of shapes! Its the best way to go!
3 cups confectioners' sugar
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One of the great Rhône vintages; the syrahs from the north are exceptional.
The secret of the vintage's success was the drought which concentrated the flavour of the grapes allowing a long, gentle ripening, without excessive heat, keeping the fruit fresh. The build up to the harvest, however, began with a warm and wet April. May was dry with rising temperatures, so flowering was perfect and up to two weeks early. June and July were very hot and dry. August was not good for tourists, with temperatures in the low 20s with cool nights, but, for the grapes, these conditions were perfect as they encouraged slow but steady ripening. There was even a little rain at just the right time to relieve the pressure. By the end of August, temperatures began to climb and September was generally glorious. The customary storm on the 6th and 7th September was followed by end-on-end blue skies.
2005 is an outstanding vintage for the northern Rhône and overall the best since 1990, although quite different in style. The crop was reduced because the grapes were small, thick skinned with little juice. The 2005s, impressive to look at, fragrant with great depth of flavour and a structure based on very ripe tannins, are destined for long-term keeping.
Côte-Rôtie: a fantastic vintage. Lovely seductive wines for drinking between six and 20 years.
Cornas: 2005 has produced some stunning wines of tremendous depth and concentration. The best will last at least 20 years and more. 2005 was an outstanding year for Saint-Josephs grown on steep terraces hewn out of the rock; drink from five to 15 years. Crozes-Hermitage: Generally softer, rounder, less demanding wines that offer delicious dark fruit flavours. One or two, like Jaboulet's Thalabert and the Cuvée Gaby from Colombier, are more serious.
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Amy Fox | 2/8/2013During the winter, cold air can come in through windows and doors. Then, you have to crank up the heat, which can get expensive. Well, this may be the answer to your problem. It`s called the Twin Draft Guard. It claims to seal the draft on any door or window.
But, does it actually work? Well, "Don`t Buy It, Until We Try It."
As your home or apartment ages, so do its doors and windows. The extra space can become one cold problem.
"With the big weather changes in North Dakota, there`s a lot of things that a person can do to their house to help prevent spending so much money on heating costs," said Minot Ace Hardware Assistant Manager Guy Stevens.
We wanted to try out the Twin Draft Guard, one of the products on the market to help keep cold air out.
Stevens said, "It keeps the cold air from coming in from beneath your doors. You're able to open and shut your doors with it instead of removing it every time you want to go outside."
We pulled it out of the package and read through the instructions. There is a little bit of assembly required for the Twin Draft Guard. It comes with a total of four tubes: two of them with connecters and two without. Now, I`m going to recommend you put them along the base of your door or window to determine its length. Once you do that, it may be as simple as connecting the two together. But, for smaller doors, you may have to cut off some of the tube.
"The first one slid in pretty easily," said Stevens. "After you assemble it, you place it under the door, like this, with one piece of foam on each side of the door and slide it underneath."
To better illustrate the wind, we attached plastic bags to the bottom of the door. As we began to use the hairdryer, the bags didn't move around with the Twin Draft Guard in place.
"For how much it is, it would actually save you in your heating bill and some of the air movement beneath your doors," said Stevens.
We just got done trying out the Twin Draft Guard. From easy assembly to keeping the cold air out, it was exactly what they advertised on TV.
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Situated near the airport, in Volcano, this bed & breakfast is close to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and Volcano Art Center and Gallery. Area attractions also include Kilauea.
Aloha Crater Lodge & Lava Tube Tours provides free parking and wedding services.
Televisions come with satellite channels. Guestrooms also feature kitchenettes, refrigerators, and DVD players.
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The inspiration for this cake came from one of my favorite flowers, the sunflower. The yellow peeps make eye-catching flower petals, and I carefully placed chocolate chips in a circular pattern to resemble the seeds in the middle of a sunflower. This cake is easy, but looks quite impressive. —Bethany Eledge, Cleveland, Tennessee
Nutritional Facts 1 slice equals 702 calories, 33 g fat (12 g saturated fat), 53 mg cholesterol, 502 mg sodium, 97 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 4 g protein.
Originally published as Peeps Sunflower Cake in Taste of Home February/March 2008, p67
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Reviewed on Apr. 01, 2013 by JannieG
What a fun recipe. I made this for Easter and everyone, kids and adults alike, thought it was great. It was quick, easy and festive. What more could you want.
Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2013 by Marcia G
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It has become an annual tradition to make this cake in my family. Several co-workers have taken the idea home as well. This year I made the traditional way and then with orange peeps and orange creamsicle frosting on a white cake with white chips in the center. A bit hit.
Reviewed on Mar. 31, 2013 by mikki3200
Made this!! Sooo easy n cute!
Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2013 by MaMel
This was so easy to make! I used my own chocolate buttercream frosting, though; can't stand canned stuff. I used 8" cake pans so the cake stood a little taller, but wow - how very cute!! Super easy! I had to run my hands under cold water a few times while putting on the chocolate chip "seeds" - the heat of my hand holding the chips made them melt and I couldn't pick them up - LOL! Can't wait to take it to church and watch the kids devour it!
Reviewed on Mar. 30, 2013 by lizzybee2000
I love the idea!!!
Reviewed on Mar. 28, 2013 by Candykiss02
Very Tasty and cute .
Reviewed on Mar. 19, 2013 by mebolen
I made this cake for a get together with families and everyone, kids and adults, loved it. To answer the question about freezing Peeps, yes you can freeze them and since they are available now in the stores, it would be a good time to stock up. I think this cake would be a good addition all summer long so be sure to buy plenty of Peeps!
Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2013 by woodsmandad
These were so fun to make and so yummy. Guests hated to eat them because they were so pretty.
Reviewed on Mar. 13, 2013 by ironbutterfly45
anybody know if you can freeze the peeps?
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I can very well calculate & compare the relative performance in terms of speed of both the devices with-in the same benchmark X. eg: if X1 ( 0.5 ) < X2 (2), then Device D1 is 4 times faster than D2.
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Tiffany Rose: passionate about beautiful clothes, produced locally.
Rosa Dress (Vintage Blush) |
Colour Block Dress (Purple) |
Twilight Lace Dress (Mocha) |