4th Street Forum With host RAUL VASQUEZ: WISCONSIN’S SUPREME COURT — ELECT OR APPOINT?
Big money, outside money, tacky TV ads: even Supreme Court elections have become a battleground of nasty politics. Should the Supreme Court be appointed instead? Would that restore its dignity and raise the quality of Wisconsin justice?
And with guests in order of [...]
What is the truth about politics in the United States? What can you do to make it better? Read this book and find out.
Terri McCormick did what few politicians do. She wrote this a book to tell the truth and offer positive fixes for a broken system. There are many politician-written books on the market. [...]
One wonders what the loony left in this country would have thought of the American Revolutionaries in the 1700”s. Are the Tea Party Patriots looney, racists, “hang them from a tree”, “go to hell”? Would the left have called the the same thing? Truth is a lot different than the fiction peddled by Joe Biden, [...]
“Money Madness vs. Democracy” taped by the Public Broadcast System
DEMOCRACY vs. MONEY MADNESS Big money – mysterious money – fuels expensive election campaigns.
Do you like what you’ve been seeing and hearing? Who is behind the flood of cash and what does it mean for Wisconsin?
With host ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD, Director, Roberto [...]
“Why do we fall?… So that we may learn how to pick ourselves up and stand on our own two feet.” – Jessie Boyle, 1944, Irish American businesswoman
“Power is distancing … Politicians must know two languages and cultures-here and home. However, home soon becomes lost, forgotten by those who reach the seats of power.” Wall [...]
APPLETON, Wis., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement was issued today by Terri McCormick:
In the rush to pass the so-called “healthcare reform bill,” U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) stomped his feet and held his breath until he extracted his presents from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. One such gift exempts Nebraska from paying the [...]
On September 12th in Washington DC – Citizens from across the country attended a march on Washington and Congress to make their voices heard. They were from Oklahoma, California, Missouri, Michigan, Texas, Indianapolis … with one message. That message was ‘they are unhappy with the spending of government and were given notice that all incumbents [...]
by Terri McCormick
(former State Representative
& chair of Healthcare Cost Partnerships committee)
July 24, 2009
Regardless of political party or ideological persuasion, there are limited resources and outcomes possible with H.R. 3200 America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. There is no doubt that the stakes are high for individuals and businesses. It is critical that citizens engage [...]
The McCormick Standard serves as a benchmark for citizen leaders to exchange ideas and share solutions to issues facing us in education, energy, the economy, justice and politics. The United States Constitution and the rule of law is our American governing principle. It is in this tradition and its call for integrity leadership that the McCormickStandard.com was created. The McCormick Standard serves as a benchmark in the public debate on how best to get our government and economy back on track. Our nation has veered off course from its founding principles and documents. As a consequence, the American people have become vulnerable to economic hardship and government malpractice. It is time for all of us to do something about it. The McCormick Standard relies on the rule of law and the role of a free press in preserving our republican form of government. The Rule of Law is based on the fact that the United States Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It presumes that... more
“Money Madness vs. Democracy” taped by the Public Broadcast System DEMOCRACY vs. MONEY MADNESS Big money – mysterious money – fuels expensive election campaigns. Do you like what you’ve been seeing and hearing? Who is behind the flood of cash and what does it mean for Wisconsin? With host ENRIQUE FIGUEROA, PhD, Director, Roberto Hernández Center, UW-Milwaukee. And with guests, in order of appearance: MIKE McCABE, Executive Director of Wisconsin Democracy Campaign;... more
“Why do we fall?… So that we may learn how to pick ourselves up and stand on our own two feet.” – Jessie Boyle, 1944, Irish American businesswoman “Power is distancing … Politicians must know two languages and cultures-here and home. However, home soon becomes lost, forgotten by those who reach the seats of power.” Wall Street Journal contributing editor Peggy Noonan writes that the GOP is losing confidence because of what she calls “detachment from... more
The McCormick Standard serves as a benchmark for citizen leaders to exchange ideas and share solutions to issues facing us in education, energy, the economy, justice and politics. The United States Constitution and the rule of law is our American governing principle. It is in this tradition and its call for integrity leadership that the McCormickStandard.com was created. The McCormick Standard serves as a benchmark in the public debate on how best to get our government and economy back... more
PR Newswire GREEN BAY, Wis., May 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement was issued by Terri McCormick in May, 2010: (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100514/DC05241) The retirement of Congressman David Obey (D-WI-07) last week marks the end of what can be dubbed as “The Era of Entitlement.” All too often in public policy today, the political class elected to office generations ago trust that government can and should be all things to all people. Home... more
APPLETON, Wis., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following statement was issued today by Terri McCormick: In the rush to pass the so-called “healthcare reform bill,” U.S. Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE) stomped his feet and held his breath until he extracted his presents from Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. One such gift exempts Nebraska from paying the $45 million increase in Medicaid imbursement costs. Nelson was the 60th Democrat to get his stocking stuffed. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20091223/DC30345) Smart... more
