Archive for Hudson Star Observer
What Would You call It
Posted by: | CommentsWhat is the legal terminology where one person attempts to extract money from another through a threat of consequences where no services or goods had been exchanged.
I suggest you read the Superintendent Second Choice Two Names column in the Hudson Star-Observer this last week. What would you call it?
Unfortunately, the HSO did not have the guts to print it online.
Could Happen Laws
Posted by: | CommentsIn a rebuttal to an editorial opinion by the staff of the Hudson Star-Observer the other week over the recent passage of conceal and carry, Saint Croix County Supervisor Steve Hermsen talks about what I call the “could happen” society. The encroachment of government force outside of our constitutionally protected rights is a direct result of this mentality. No longer does a crime need to be committed in order for government forces to conduct searches without warrants or prosecute an individual for what they could do.
Opponents to conceal and carry gun law chew their finger nails down to a nub worrying that a person packing heat with a legal permit might shoot someone. The whole purpose for an individual absent of criminal intent for carrying a weapon is to shoot a person when threatened with deadly harm. We do have the right to self-defense. If we do not protect ourselves when threatened, then who will? The police arrive well after the other person shoots or robs you. Admittedly a person carrying a gun could run into a situation where they are called upon to fire the weapon. But could is a long way from actually doing it and furthermore, it is a huge leap to believe a citizen legally carrying a gun will do so without provocation.
In our modern “worry about the possibilities” culture, laws have been created to assume guilt without a criminal act because the person could commit an illegal act. Drug crimes are based on the presumption that a person strung out on drugs could commit a crime to support a habit; maybe or maybe not. If the person does rob or murder, then we have laws that punish the act. Ironically, if the victim to be is carrying a gun, then the crime might be stopped beforehand. But what about the person that does not commit a crime against another’s property or life while smoking or popping. They are guilty of nothing but minding their own business.
As Steve Hermsen asks, where do you draw the line when it comes to possible danger? On our roads 30,000 to 40,000 people die annually in automobile accidents, which mean a chance exist every time we get into a car that somebody could die. Why don’t we outlaw cars? Of course people have been known to suffer serious injuries involving motorcycles, bicycles, or skateboards. Why don’t we outlaw all means of transportation outside of our own feet? Of course a person could run into another causing an individual to fall and suffer an injury. Because a person could hurt another anytime movement is involved, perhaps we should make it illegal to move.
A person can imagine hundreds of “could happen” scenarios. Taking all possibilities to a logical conclusion results in only one law; it is illegal to live.
Was He Writing About Meg Heaton
Posted by: | CommentsIn the linked article, Thomas DiLorenzo breaks down the real purpose of journalists. For a second I thought he was talking about the shills at the Hudson Star-Observer with the exception of Margaret Ontl.
Immoral Education
Posted by: | CommentsI read a story in the Hudson Star-Observer about a young lady in town that perfectly piggy-backed with my post the other night regarding student loans and, pardon the language, bullshit college programs. My issue is not with the girl highlighted in the article; she just happens to be this week’s poster child for education immorality.
In the linked article below notice her major and career aspirations. We are wasting scarce resources on crap like a Youth Studies major. I don’t know whether student loans were involved to pay the annual tuition of $15,000 plus other expenses, but without the lure of cheap money, it is hard for me to imagine anyone paying cold hard cash for such a degree.
Where is the moral compass of University Chancellors that abet the enslavement of naïve youth to a life of debt in an exchange for a rolled up piece of paper full of nonsense? And we all pay for it. What will most do holding degrees in Youth Studies, Sociology, Women’s Studies, Homosexual Studies, Black Studies and whatever crap studies? They will find a desk in government and vote to suck the wealth out of the productive individuals.
I truly feel sorry for this generation that has been misled, misguided, and treated by the academic elite as nothing more than a walking ATM. And who will give a damn after they run out of money?
ACT Scores and Jethro Bodine
Posted by: | CommentsThe local shills for government education, Meg Heaton of the Hudson Star-Observer and New Richmond News reporter Jackie Grumish, once again missed the story behind the ACT scores reported by the local school districts. The story out of New Richmond even boasted how their average test scores bested every other district in the county.
Students in New Richmond had an average test score of 23.8, which was a full point higher than last year. Hudson students came in second with an average of 23.7 and the River Falls average was 23. Scores from St, Croix Central and Somerset came in with a moron like averages of 21.5 and 21 respectively.
The New Richmond scores caused New Richmond Curriculum Director Jess Ferguson to crow about what she termed awesome results. Perhaps intentionally, everyone is missing the percentage of seniors taking the ACT at our local high schools and how they fare against the top districts in the state.
The number of students taking the ACT in New Richmond equaled 58.4% of the senior class. Hudson on the other hand had 70% participation and 77% of the seniors in River Falls took the exam. One can only speculate what the scores in New Richmond would look like if a higher percentage of the senior class had taken the exam. But this should give no comfort to the parents and taxpayers in Hudson and River Falls about the quality of their schools.
Whitefish Bay High School north of Milwaukee and a similar size to New Richmond turned in an average score of 26.6% and a participation rate of 88.4%. Over the last 15 years the lowest score was 24 and the minimal percentage taking the test was 78.4%.
Elmbrook High School students turned in average score of 25.2 with 87% of the seniors participating, a rate that has steadily risen over the last 15 years.
Rounding out are sample is the Arrowwhead School District that showed 83% of the senior class turning in ACT scores with an average result of 24.8.
It is obvious that our local government institutions of learning not only lag behind the top districts in scores, but come up dreadfully short in the percentage of the senior class taking the ACT. The real question behind the local test score stories is: How low would the scores be if Jethro Bodine and Ellie Mae had decided join the ones that did take it?
Naught goes into naught, naught.
Witnesses to a Rape
Posted by: | CommentsOnce again the Hudson Star-Observer and the Hudson Patch failed to report on the real story contained within a news article. As reported by these two outlets for government propaganda, the Hudson School Board voted to abandon their long standing relationship with the WEAC insurance trust and contract with other carriers for district employee health and dental insurance. The cost savings to Hudson School District taxpayers is estimated to be one million dollars annually.
If Meg Heaton of the Star-Observer cared to peruse the paper’s archives, then she would have discovered letters to the editor by some that write for this blog detailing such a proposal almost a decade ago. The real story here is how the taxpayers of the district have been bilked out of tens of millions over the years.
The other part of the big story is how past and present members of the school board abdicated their fiduciary responsibilities to the taxpayers of the school district. None was more complacent in this rape and pillage than 18 year sitting member and union thug patsy Dan Tjornehoj. How can a person of any morals allow this theft to go on for so long and not utter one word of outrage? If Dan had one vertebra in his cowardly spine, then he would publicly apologize for his role in this grand theft and then resign never to be heard from again.
The other past and present members of the school board are also culpable in this heist. Perhaps one of them can ask forgiveness of their sins. Meg Heaton has demonstrated time after time her inability to reason or like others involved, she is a just a stupid stooge for the union thugs.
In the coming days make sure to give Dan Tjornehoj, past members of the school board, and Meg Heaton a call to thank them for allowing a bunch of thugs to rape you.
Steve Dzubay on Margaret Ontl
Posted by: | CommentsThis week in the Hudson Star Observer you will find another outstanding column by Margaret Ontl. Margaret has written some excellent pieces in the past 3 months and this week’s edition is no exception. Hats off to Margaret on a job well done!
I just wish the other writers at Rivertowns had the courage (and knowledge) to write such great columns…..
Shelly Hanson or is that Randy Moore
Posted by: | CommentsAfter reading Randy Hanson’s bumbling opinion in the Hudson Star-Observer this week, I have to wonder whether teacher union thugs and State Senate candidate Shelly Moore ghost wrote the piece or his brain is incapable of anything other than controlling bowel movements. No proper functioning brain could produce such illogical crap.
Hanson writes about the Budget Repair Bill:
The so-called budget repair bill currently being held up in a state court because it was rammed through the Legislature under dubious circumstances would only allow teachers to negotiate their salaries. And any raises would be limited to the rate of inflation, unless voters approved a bigger increase in a referendum.
The same rules would apply to municipal, county and state employees — except for police officers and firefighters.
That isn’t how a modern free-market economy is supposed to work. It isn’t enlightened capitalism.
You are right Shelly (Randy), it does not look like the free market or enlightened capitalism (sounds like educrap speak) because it is about government. A person employed in the free market cannot force a customer to pay. As far as passing the legislation under dubious circumstances, what did the duly elected legislature run across the border to shack up with a 37 year-old divorced union thug in a skirt? Read More→
One Guy Spills the Beans
Posted by: | CommentsIf any doubt existed whether the walkout by Hudson teachers on February 18th was a spontaneous spasm of illegality, then a teacher that goes by the blog name of One Guy puts any speculation to rest.
The following is a quote from One Guy (an admitted government union teaching thug) taken from the Hudson Star Observer online chat about the penalties meted out to striking teachers:
One Guy said: On April 15, 2011 at 3:00 PM
John,
Yes, I am a teacher. And in the meeting Scott Ellingson held with us on the afternoon of the 17th it was made quite clear that the Union was asking us to go to Madison to protest against Scott Walker’s tactics and the content of the budget repair bill.
The teachers had no axe to grind with the District. Those who called in sick did so to go protest in Madison against the legislation.
I do not know how many actually went to Madison. I do know that at least 8 people confirmed to me that they had gone to Madison.
Political Sanctuary
Posted by: | CommentsAccording to a story running on the Hudson Star-Observer, area churches may be in coordination with union thugs in an attempt to recall Shelia Harsdorf. The article mentions petitions being passed inside a church during a “prayer vigil”. One of the interested congregations is the United Methodist Church in Hudson.
This church has been for years rumored to harbor socialistic preaching. Long time members spanning generations have parted ways with the gospel teachings of the church. Twice in the last few weeks the Methodist name has surfaced in the course of public discussions. First, Roy Sjoberg mentioned the Methodist at the School Board meeting as an opponent of Budget Repair Bill, which had nothing to do with the topic of the teachers illegally walking out. And now this article with the church involved with union mobs and a recall effort.
It should come as no surprise that one of the influential elders at the church is none other than Roy Sjoberg, who just happens to be leading the recall effort against Senator Harsdorf. The same Roy Sjoberg spotted among the thugs protesting. He is the same Roy Sjoberg that heads the Joint Library Board.
HSO Confirms Existence of Teacher Mafia
Posted by: | CommentsI find Margaret Ontl’s opinion piece in the Hudson Star-Observer disturbing on a couple of fronts. She appears to confirm the extortion and bullying charges made in a letter by Marion Shaw printed below the fold on the same page. Mr. Shaw highlighted the extortion email sent by Baldwin-Woodville education goons to area businesses. The email was first documented here Ontheborderline. Ms. Ontl describes anecdotal evidence to similar strong arm tactics by Hudson teacher thugs.
In her piece Margaret writes, “What is even sadder is that business owners in Hudson have been and continue to be intimidated (extortion would be my word) by the teachers’ perceived power. Through the course of the morning six independent business owners refused to comment on the record how they felt for fear of repercussions.”
Margaret admits to her own fears despite her coziness with the local teacher thug establishment. Her admission reveals what we here at Ontheborderlie have said for years. The reporting by the staff at Hudson Star-Observer on the Hudson School District has been so compromised that it properly can be called propaganda at worst and yellow-belly journalism at best. It has been obvious for quite some time that the HSO had no desire to dig for the facts when it came to district finances.
In the past, the paper allowed thug spouses of teachers to smear those exposing the truth about government-run education in Hudson. The paper itself ran hit pieces against this blog after being embarrassed by stories the “journalists” and head buffet eater at the HSO were too afraid to print. They even went as far as to protect the education mafia by running a hoax story about a supposed threat to the City Administrator.
Ms. Ontl later describes in details the absurdity of the teachers’ new wage contract. Where was the paper’s outrage when the deal went down? The only anger expressed by school reporter Meg Heaton was the lack of glazed doughnuts with her morning coffee.
The actions of the teachers’ union are eerily similar to the tactics one would expect from a mob family. The only difference is that the mob traffics in drugs and prostitution where the teacher union thugs disgustingly make their living off of kids.
It’s For The Kiddies
Posted by: | CommentsThis week the Hudson Star-Observer showed pictures of mostly unproductive adults greeting the kiddies at the government high school. Isn’t that special. What about the kids that don’t go to government schools. Why didn’t they get a howdy-doo from the do-gooders.
Interesting that two-names, two-bags is not in the picture. I suppose there wasn’t enough space in the hallway for her. I guess that is the reason they want a new school so she can be in the picture next year.
Anyway George Carlin nails this “you are special” in our government schools. Including the four pages of honor roll students that appear in the Hudson Star-Observer.
h/t Lew Rockwell
Jim B. (aka Bob Muchlinski) a drain on the Hudson taxpayers
Posted by: | CommentsSince Jim. B. (aka Bob Muchlinski) continues to berate citizens on the Hudson Star Observer website, we will take this opportunity to expose Bob for the little twit that he is. His feigned “concern” for the taxpayers is nothing more than a sham. Bob and his family are a serious drain on the average hardworking citizen that doesn’t slurp from the public trough like he does.
In this several part series we will take a good look at how Bob Muchlinski is costing the taxpayers of Hudson a pretty penny. Look for numerous posts over the next week, because there is a lot to be said about good ole Bobby boy…….
Jim B. (aka Bob Muchlinski)
Posted by: | CommentsJim B., also known as Bob Muchlinski, continues to lash out at people on the Hudson Star Observer website. Under an anonymous name, Mr. Muchlinski (who happens to be married to Mary Muchlinski, an art teacher at the high school) belittles and slanders anyone that he disagrees with. This week he lashes out at new school board member Pat German. It seems that Mr. Muchlinski, oops I mean Jim B., believes that spending $2 MILLION of taxpayer money acutally SAVES $100,000!