Archive for the 'Disasters and Fiascos' Category

Mr. Right’s Reward

Friday, December 12th, 2008

A long time ago, life was fair and government people did their jobs with the long-term interests of their constituents in mind. Agencies, state employees and affiliated businesses would toil diligently to do the right thing, and to provide a fair hearing for each new idea and vendor that showed potential to improve government services.  In this world, all was green and well in the land, and deficits were non-existent.

Wake up Dorothy - you haven’t been listening to Froggy! You’re not in Kansas any more; you’re in the ossified shell of the once-proud emerald ship of state known as Wisconsin.

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Politician’s Dictionary: The Meaning of “Success”

Wednesday, October 15th, 2008

If you are in government administration, success means being able to blame someone other than yourself for the failure of major initiatives, and to assure a majority of voters that a DIFFERENT set of taxpayers will be tapped to pay for the resulting socialized losses.

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Wisconsin, Like Galena, Just Doesn’t Matter Any More

Saturday, January 27th, 2007

With apologies to Buddy Holly …

A little history lesson is appropriate here, relating the railroad era to today’s “fiber highways of commerce.”

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