The rejigger tax shift shaft flim flam from Van Mobley

At least he's up front about it. Literally. On the first question on Wisconsin Public Television's Here and Now (television so good they oughtta sell commercials), Dr. Van Mobley answers the school funding question by suggesting we get the money from increasing the state sales tax, and then says he would "like" that it be done with a cut in the property tax. "That's the way these grand bargains are normally consumated."

In other words, it's the way taxpayers are normally screwed. Dr. Mobley should take a look at with whom he would bargaining. He might not be so excited to climb into bed with the teachers unions and their fellow travelers that have proposed the same thing, anticipating an overall increase in tax money.

Van Mobley also takes the opportunity to "me too" the Fernandez plan for MPS, a sure disappointment for Dr. Mobley's biggest fan. Only he would trust one person, either the mayor or the governor.

He's against No Child Left Behind, considering it an unfunded mandate.

Dr. Mobley also wants his students to know he cares, and he shows it by calling the roll.


The interview is painful to watch, actually.

It's not the size of the government but how big Obama's head is on your t-shirt

Since everybody else is cashing in, I thought I might as well cash in, too. Gwen Ifill says it's okay.





Update! 1/22/09 Strangely, Cafe Press keeps flagging the artwork as a violation. We'll have to design a different shirt. Sorry.

Damn the tote bag! Get a satellite dish instead!

The begging on PBS continues this week. But before you pick up that phone, think. Will they show that program ever again "without commercial interruption?" Or will they only show it with frequent interruptions to ask you for more money? And after you fork over the cash, will they go back to showing their usual fare that you ignored the rest of the year?

Dare them to put Big Bird on a spit and roast him because you ain't gonna contribute no more.

By the way, Barney eats the children.

Johnny Cash "Live at Montreaux"

On Channel 10 in Milwaukee right now. Yep, it's a fundraising drive, because that's when they show television programs people want to see. If they showed more programs people wanted to see they could sell commercials and not have to beg for money.

Yeah, it's that simple.

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