Monday, December 28, 2009

Censored In 2009, Part I

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The following Media Rants column will appear in the January, 2010 edition of The SCENE .--TP Censored in 2009, Part I Media Rants By Tony P...
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Friday, December 25, 2009

Not Quite Blowin' In The Wind . . .

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. . . but Bob Dylan is now using music to help feed the hungry. Proceeds from his " Christmas in the Heart " recording will suppor...
Monday, December 21, 2009

Buyer Beware Care Passes Senate

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I had an opportunity to watch some of last night's US Senate "debate" over health insurance reform. Earlier in the day, the e...
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Thursday, December 17, 2009

Tell Feingold to vote NO on Lieberman Bill

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Back in June Senator Feingold said he was "not interested passing health care reform in name only." He called a strong public opti...
Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Dean: Vote NO on Health Bill

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Howard Dean urges the Senate to kill a "reform" bill that no longer includes even a diluted public option. Russ Feingold, who ough...
Tuesday, December 15, 2009

House Honors "Kind of Blue"

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Rep. John Conyers (D-Michigan), who recently received a request from the POTUS to stop "demeaning" him , hasn't been able to g...
Thursday, December 10, 2009

Brooklyn Guerrilla Bike Lane Painters

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Thanks to Lo for passing this on. I'm actually from the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn where this biketroversy is taking place.

Palmeri, Egelhoff on Friday "Week in Review"

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Jo Egelhoff of FoxPolitics.net and I will join Joy Cardin for WPR's Week in Review on Friday, Dec. 11 from 8-9 a.m. You can call in du...
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Tuesday, December 01, 2009

The 2009 TONY Awards

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Yes, what everyone's been waiting for . . . the 2009 TONY Awards Media Rants for excellence in local media. The hard copy can be seen in...
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Referendum on Domesticated Animals in City Parks

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Back in August, the City Council passed Resolution 09-315 , the purpose of which was to "amend ordinance to allow dogs at Rusch/Sawyer ...
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Friday, October 30, 2009

Media Rants: A Socratic Dialogue

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The November Media Rant for the The Scene reveals that the great philosopher Socrates anticipated the schlock that today we call corporate...
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Sunday, October 04, 2009

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Mercury Marine and Media: The Low Road Media Rants By Tony Palmeri The nonpartisan think tank Center on Wisconsin Strategy (COWS) distinguis...
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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Week in Review on Friday

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I'll be on WPR's Week in Review on Friday (8-9 a.m.) opposite Ann Althouse . You can join the conversation live by calling in at 1-...
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Friday, September 18, 2009

C.R.O.C PSA

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hat tip: Counterpunch
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Tuesday, September 08, 2009

The State of Working Wisconsin

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From a recent report released by the nonpartisan Center on Wisconsin Strategy : Wisconsin has lost over 137,000 jobs, almost 5 percent of it...
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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

Friday: Amina Figarova Sextet Live At The Time

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In Oshkosh, the Grand Opera House is not the only historic theater in need of restoration. Just a few blocks from the Grand, at 445 N. Main ...
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Friday, August 28, 2009

ObamaCare: Bad Press, Bad Policy, Bad Politics

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The September Media Rant for the Scene takes a look at ObamaCare. Here it is.: ObamaCare: Bad Press, Bad Policy, Bad Politics Media Rants B...
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Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Grand Efforts

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The outcome of last night's vote to use tax dollars to repair the Grand Opera House was never in any serious doubt. The difficulty was i...
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Monday, August 24, 2009

Taxpayer Support For The Grand

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Quite a few people have contacted me in the last few weeks to tell me (in some cases yell) that "the Grand only gets about $65,000 a ye...
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