tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post6987171377342401558..comments2023-11-03T03:52:37.873-05:00Comments on Cognitive Dissidence: Wisconsin Citizens Need Cancer Drug Bill; No Vote PlannedSomebody DO Something!http://www.blogger.com/profile/08717747685928127724noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-58921052745870752942014-03-18T20:48:17.103-05:002014-03-18T20:48:17.103-05:00And Czaja followed along with every one of her fel...And Czaja followed along with every one of her fellow Republicans to delay this bill in the Assembly today. Party unity over common good and common sense- the words today's GOP lives by. <br /><br /> It only ends when we end their tenure in office.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-33075036865695522982014-03-18T19:23:07.435-05:002014-03-18T19:23:07.435-05:00Well said CJ. Walker is the consummate politician...Well said CJ. Walker is the consummate politician. Look back from where he comes and you see the stinking pile he leaves behind. He is a demagogue and chameleon dressed as a the innocent boy scout and son of a preacher man. His lies and hubris will be his downfall. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-25254655140829579922014-03-18T18:25:24.350-05:002014-03-18T18:25:24.350-05:00Totally off topic but--- Are you effing kidding me...Totally off topic but--- Are you effing kidding me?! Here we go again... http://www.waukeshanow.com/news/nickolaus-hired-to-be-town-clerk-treasurer-b99226921z1-250835531.htmlCJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833070877059285634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-56788551653657696132014-03-18T14:23:15.481-05:002014-03-18T14:23:15.481-05:00Anyway- You guys are more informed. I just read ...Anyway- You guys are more informed. I just read what's "out there" in the media/blogs and offer my two cents. Maybe I'm all wet on this one. But I do appreciate the discussion and feedback. :)CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833070877059285634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-25598738116018161622014-03-18T13:58:02.024-05:002014-03-18T13:58:02.024-05:00@ Jeff- Because MJS and other newspapers around th...@ Jeff- Because MJS and other newspapers around the state sold it as "Walker saves federal funding". We all know it was b.s., but there's a whole lot of people drinking the kool aid. Walker has given all kinds of his criminal and unqualified friends promotions, even switching them out when embarrassing information becomes available about them, and yet nothing sticks. It drives me nuts. <br /><br />@Jake- Walker will say anything, do anything, yes, even lie if it gives him political advantage. (you knew that). So for him to say (paraphrasing) that he's not "well informed on the language of the bill" gives him tons of wiggle room if the tide turns. He crafts his statements very carefully. This guy is the slipperiest f*ck on the planet. <br /><br />Also note- on the Republican side- who's "for", who's "against" and who "has not taken a position" on the red team. Vukimir, Vos and Fitzgerald are keeping them in check even while allowing them to "be for" the bill. Election cycles are coming up and there's a few folks who don't want this on their voting record. Call me skeptical, but I don't trust any of these slick b@astards. <br /><br />Let's hope there's enough votes to pull this to the floor.CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833070877059285634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-64533076608100708152014-03-18T11:42:20.119-05:002014-03-18T11:42:20.119-05:00Explain to me 1. how walker looked like a hero wi...Explain to me 1. how walker looked like a hero with United Sportsmen? He only escaped public humiliation because the dems let him. Let's not forget he gave suder a promotion. <br /><br />2. Why would Burke need to tread lightly? The only way i can see that being realistic if you are looking at this issue from Keith gilkes point of view. <br />Jeff Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118335402641807712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-77244423320394694742014-03-18T11:35:48.457-05:002014-03-18T11:35:48.457-05:00Except Walker said yesterday that the cancer bill ...Except Walker said yesterday that the cancer bill wasn't important enough for him to talk about - which would make Mr. "Unintimidated" quite the flip-flipper if he was to do what you said<br /><br /> Now it looks like some GOP Senators may join with Dems to pull the bill to the floor today. Let's see who votes to go this....and who doesntJake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-19450878417954780322014-03-18T08:32:11.634-05:002014-03-18T08:32:11.634-05:00Another thought- Walker could drag this out, then...Another thought- Walker could drag this out, then flip it right before the election. He's an expert at stagecraft and playing out an issue. Either the insurance lobby gets their way or Walker becomes a "hero" like he did with the Sportsman scandal. Mary Burke needs to tread very carefully on this and she knows it. CJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833070877059285634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-19119988961043820132014-03-18T00:52:12.471-05:002014-03-18T00:52:12.471-05:00Rotten scoundrels who line their pockets while the...Rotten scoundrels who line their pockets while the good people of Wisconsin suffer. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-91631884472116670512014-03-17T22:36:35.839-05:002014-03-17T22:36:35.839-05:00And yet another "issue ad" writes itself...And yet another "issue ad" writes itself. To what depths of depravity is WISGOP prepared to go during the next 8 months? They just get uglier and more evil. This sh#@ is real now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-68915660623227142002014-03-17T21:57:47.329-05:002014-03-17T21:57:47.329-05:00Please be aware of this sensitive development.
In...Please be aware of this sensitive development. <br />In November 2012, Mary Czaja was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly as a Republican member of the Wisconsin State Assembly from the 35th district. <br />Czaja is also the owner of CIS Insurance Group in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. <br />In January, Czaja was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer, and is now going through 16 weeks of chemotherapy along with four to seven weeks of radiation treatment.<br />“I had done everything right, everything preventative I could do, and here I was diagnosed with breast cancer,” said Czaja to the Antigo Daily Journal. “Women can never let their guard down. We must always be vigilant about our health.”<br />We wish for her to have a healthy recovery.<br />Health care is a primary consideration for us all, regardless of political affiliation. How it is paid for is key to receiving health care or not.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-47873760869411161462014-03-17T21:57:30.950-05:002014-03-17T21:57:30.950-05:00Outstanding analysis! It will be incumbent upon AL...Outstanding analysis! It will be incumbent upon ALL of us who stand for what is right and just to NEVER let the people of this state forget that it is Fitzgerald and WALKER who torpedoed this bill. <br /><br />Scott Walker is an EVIL MAN who surrounds himself with evil, corrupt people. Does Wisconsin want to re-elect a Governor who is OK with denying oral chemotherapy drugs to cancer patients? <br /><br />It really is THAT simple. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-62588893359788446052014-03-17T21:48:53.487-05:002014-03-17T21:48:53.487-05:00It is possible this has to do with Obamacare/ACA? ...It is possible this has to do with Obamacare/ACA? Failure to pass this legislation will probably increase patient costs. If that is true this would be the perfect issue for the Dems to run with right now. How much more will the most common oral cancer drug cost cost would make a great 30 sec ad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-2971657410205647902014-03-17T20:12:08.788-05:002014-03-17T20:12:08.788-05:00Had a relative, staunch republican to the core who...Had a relative, staunch republican to the core who always loathed people for unhealthy habits. He worked out, took care of his body, ate all the healthy foods. He also preached against health care reform.Then one day he had a heart attack. A few years latter he was diagnosed with cancer. <br /><br />No matter what you do in life you can't beat your genetic makeup. What goes around does eventually come around. It will be very interesting if one of these Fitzgeralds comes down with cancer some day and ends ups up being on the short side of their own policies. The movie "Bucket List" comes to mind when Jack Nicholson's character had to share a room.......... with a black man.<br /><br />The average republican never wants to pay for anything when they don't see an immediate need or gratification. If it was up to them only the roads to just their houses would get paved.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-26520772671749159052014-03-17T19:09:16.219-05:002014-03-17T19:09:16.219-05:00Walker could bring this bill to his desk in a minu...Walker could bring this bill to his desk in a minute. He values the donor dollars that the insurance industry provides his campaign and that of his Republican legislators far more than he cares about people suffering from cancer. It is their plan [Walker, Vos and Fitzgerald ] to delay the bill as the legislative session is about to end and they figure that everyone will forget this come November's election. Yes the endorsements from his media friends will undoubtedly still occur but it's up to all of this to keep this front and center as an election issue. Burke will be criticized if she uses cancer patients as a campaign issue. But this action by Walker and the other two is morally and ethically reprehensible and we must make sure that we make it an issue for voters as they have crossed the line on this one. All of Walker's money cannot buy his way out of this truth and there is no way he can spin it and get away throwing Fitz under the bus. When all the Republican voices in support of this bill go silent it is obvious that the order came from the governor's office. He could bring this bill to pass with a simple nod and a wink to Vos and Fitzgerald but he's refusing to stand up for the people not just cancer victims but the people of this state. For this he must pay!!!!!!! prep-hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02722631142024422312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-59412775004793795802014-03-17T18:35:47.919-05:002014-03-17T18:35:47.919-05:00Is it possible that there is some research showing...Is it possible that there is some research showing that cancer patients who are most likely to take oral chemotherapy would be likely Democratic voters? <br /><br />One would think that cancer would cut equally across all political lines; so that opposing equal treatment for oral cancer drugs would negatively impact Republican voters equal to Democratic voters. <br /><br />But maybe, just maybe, with the Fitzgerald's connections to researchers at Koch Industries and ALEC, maybe they are relying on some research that shows more Democratic voters will die over the next 20 years if this bill does not pass. Chilling !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-20240025627330197342014-03-17T17:14:59.263-05:002014-03-17T17:14:59.263-05:00Individual Republican legislators *approve* of thi...Individual Republican legislators *approve* of this bill, knowing full well that Fitz will sit on it. So that protects Republican legislators at the next election.<br /><br />But as the article notes, not one single Republican legislator denounces Fitz for the move...again, because they know full well that he has no intention of moving this forward.<br /><br />Ingenious evil in the Republican Party of Wisconsin.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-30792863675550722722014-03-17T17:12:24.356-05:002014-03-17T17:12:24.356-05:00Wisconsin Republican legislators = KILLERSWisconsin Republican legislators = KILLERSAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-77785841914252306612014-03-17T15:24:44.759-05:002014-03-17T15:24:44.759-05:00My Republican in-laws both had parents die while o...My Republican in-laws both had parents die while on Medicaid. One of them had cancer and was not, at that time, denied cancer treatment. Doyle was governor, and for as many reasons that I didn't like him, Doyle never made it his position to deny Medicaid patients chemo. For that, Doyle is a far better man than Walker & Fitz. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-67305921352336668412014-03-17T12:59:54.752-05:002014-03-17T12:59:54.752-05:00and who knows how these Republicans would really v...and who knows how these Republicans would really vote on the floor on this issue. It is all nicey-wicey to say you will vote for something if you know in your caucus there will be no floor vote.advocatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14713768298214991950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-52863805883425004872014-03-17T11:32:27.088-05:002014-03-17T11:32:27.088-05:00Gareth,
Many things that they are doing are unexp...Gareth,<br /><br />Many things that they are doing are unexplainable. <br /><br />Jeff Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118335402641807712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5888314760091661875.post-45998547818288718352014-03-17T10:53:39.290-05:002014-03-17T10:53:39.290-05:00If the Republicans are doing any internal polling ...If the Republicans are doing any internal polling at all, they will realize this looks very bad for them as the election approaches. How will they spin denying cancer patients oral chemotherapy? That's a tough one. If the Burke campaign goes all out on this issue right now, it may even force that lizard-brained bastard Walker to do the right thing. What's the downside for Burke on this? I don't see it.Garethnoreply@blogger.com