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in The Way We See It on June 05, 2011
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From the June 5, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
As the clamor to relax security at the Wisconsin Capitol continues — a mediator will help the Walker administration and public-employee unions resolve the dispute over access — we are reminded by yet another “educator” that safety, indeed, remains a concern for Republican legislators who dare take on government labor.
The threat of another illegal union occupation of the People’s House arguably has declined over time, but an atmosphere of intimidation remains, as caterwauling liberals continue to shower Republicans with shrieks of, “Shame, shame shame!” every time a disputed bill is passed, and as reports persist that aggrieved union members happily fantasize about the deaths of their political opponents.
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in The Way We See It on May 29, 2011
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From the May 29, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
Over the years, as Americans became further removed from the great conflicts of the 20th century, we’ve wondered whether the soul of Memorial Day has been sacrificed to a national obsession with recreation.
Today, however, the continuing conflict in Afghanistan reminds us — some more intimately than others, to be sure — that this solemn holiday always will be much more than just a day at the beach.
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in The Way We See It on May 22, 2011
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From the May 22, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
The price of plain-spoken honesty in politics today is vilification. The measure of a man in such circumstances is whether truth-telling becomes tempered — reduced by nuance and serial accommodation.
By this standard, Paul Ryan is standing tall among political Lilliputians.
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in The Way We See It on May 15, 2011
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From the May 15, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker regularly sends public-sector union types into sputtering fits of apoplexy, but among American CEOs, he’s a political hero.
In a new ranking of the best and worst states in which to do business, Chief Executive magazine placed Wisconsin 24th, up a record 17 spots from 2010. Each year, the magazine surveys more than 500 American CEOs who are asked to rate states based on taxation, regulation, work-force quality and living environment.
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in The Way We See It on May 08, 2011
From the May 8, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
As news broke last Sunday that Navy Seals had killed al-Qaida mass murderer Osama bin Laden, we were struck by the youthful face of the spontaneous celebrations that erupted across the country. Thousands of flag-waving college-age students took to the streets of Washington, D.C., New York City and elsewhere to cheer the news, reminding a war-weary nation that for most people under the age of 20, terrorism has always cast a long shadow on the homeland, with bin Laden as Bad Guy No. 1. For young people whose childhood dreams too often were haunted by the awful images of Sept. 11, 2001, bin Laden’s demise indeed is cathartic.
President Obama, meanwhile, should be commended for his fidelity to the Bush administration policy that made the death or capture of bin Laden a national priority. Obama’s approach to the war on Islamic terror might be largely feckless, but when given an opportunity to take out the symbol of worldwide jihad, he didn’t wilt. His self-referential speech Sunday was difficult to stomach, but in this case, it’s easy to take the bad with the good.
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in The Way We See It on May 01, 2011
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From the May 1, 2011 CSI Walworth County Sunday "The Way we see it" column:
The irony is perfect and precious. President Obama, suddenly faced with rising gas prices as a mortal threat to his re-election — and with echoes of his support for higher energy prices ringing in the ears of voters — releases the hounds of yet another federal task force to bray about “fraud” in spiking oil markets.
It is, to be sure, classic Obama. As a liberal — and cynical — ideologue beholden to the demanding environmental left, the president regards fossil fuels as an abomination, even as he jets about guilt-free on date nights with the first lady. But when the effects of a miserly energy policy that curbs the supply of gasoline threaten to deprive him of a second term, Obama turns to the cudgel of government to batter familiar industry scapegoats, never mind that their profit on a gallon of gas is less than the leviathan’s share taken in taxes.
