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• Map - 2008 Hate Crime Rate by State

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  The map below shows the reported number of hate crimes per million residents in 2008, color-coded by state. The data is from the FBI's latest hate-crime report, which came out earlier today. Wisconsin, with a rate of 16.3, is in the low-middle of the range, but comparable with neighboring states.' [...]
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  Posted: November 23, 2009, 3:46pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• US Verses the World in Wind Power

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  I saw an article recently about the success of wind power in Spain. Made me wonder how we compare to other countries in terms of what percentage of our electricity comes from wind, but a quick Google search didn't turn up much of an answer. So, as usual, I' [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 10:21pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Don't Get Married in Texas...

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  ...because it looks like Texas accidentally outlawed all marriages in its rush to keep those awful gays out. The anti-gay marriage constitutional amendment that Texas passed in 2005 says in part:
  
  "This state or a political subdivision of this state may not create or recognize any legal" [...]
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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 1:34pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Democratic Party of Wisconsin History Project - DPW Membership Data 1998 to 2008

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  The Democratic Party of Wisconsin is a membership organization, and membership dues are its single largest source of income. Thus, membership levels are an important indication of the health and vitality of the party, both at the county and state levels. Unfortunately, membership data is one of those things that [...]
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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 10:06am EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Federal Stimulus Dollars - Wisconsin Ranks Dead Last!

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  Wisconsin, which historically has received far less back from the US Government than we've paid in federal taxes, is getting screwed once again by the federal stimulus program. We rank dead last, by a large margin, in terms of how many stimulus dollars we've received per unemployed citizen. The national [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 9:57pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Map - Wisconsin Unemployment by County

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  Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  
  This is the first fruit of an experiment to fully automate ReformDem maps. It's based on the work of Nathan Yau, who uses Python scripts to do all the heavy lifting for the choropleth maps on his very [...]
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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:40pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Fort Hood

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  I have a personal connection to Fort Hood that makes today's events even sadder for me. I lived there as a kid, and many of my earliest and happiest memories are of our house in Comanche Village (now called Comanche I), just north of Tank Destroyer Blvd., on the west' [...]
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  Posted: November 06, 2009, 11:31pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• For Democratic Candidates to Win, Democratic Voters Need to Vote

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  You might think that's pretty obvious, but apparently not given what just happened in the Governor's race in Virginia.
  
  Unfortunately for us, the Deeds campaign freaked out and read these polls wrong over the summer. Instead of attempting to energize more young and minority voters to the polls [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 4:48pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Nope, No Racism Here...

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  Comment posted earlier today on the Wisconsin page at freerepublic.com regarding Obama's visit to Wright Middle School:
  
  >> Obama ... promotes the Race-to-the-Top initiative
  
  Yeah? Which race does he intend to push to the top? Probably not mine, I’m guessing.
  
  You gotta love' [...]
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  Posted: November 05, 2009, 11:22pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Can the Policy Positions of Elected Dems Damage the Democratic Party?

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  The relationship between Democratic elected officials and the Democratic Party is complex. Usually the Party, local, state, or national, is controlled by the most powerful elected official at that level, although that isn't always the case. The Democratic Party of Dane County, for instance, is essentially controlled, quietly and behind' [...]
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  Posted: November 02, 2009, 9:25pm EST
  by Russell Wallace

• Democratic Party of Wisconsin History Project

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  Have you ever been curious about the history of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin? To the best of my knowledge the only relatively recent info published on this subject is The history of the Democratic Party of Wisconsin, 1949-1999, by Dr. Richard Carlton Haney, Professor (now emeritus) of History at [...]
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  Posted: November 01, 2009, 1:28pm EST
  by Russell Wallace