Tony Gordon
- Location
- Stevens Point, Wisconsin, USA
- Birthday
- September 23
- Bio
- I am a father, husband, teacher and writer. I grew up in the Berkshires of Massachusetts but currently live in Central Wisconsin.
MY RECENT POSTS
- A Preview of NonUnion
Wisconsin, Courtesy of My
School Board
March 03, 2011 01:45PM - Breaking news...
March 18, 2011 11:59AM - In Wisconsin, An injury To One
is an Injury To All
March 07, 2011 11:16AM - In Madison, The Crowds Won't
Stop
February 27, 2011 02:20PM - Saturday Could Be Tense in
Wisconsin
February 25, 2011 08:00AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Heidi - haven't checked
in in a while but I'm glad to
see you
are still working
a…”
June 29, 2011 10:58AM - “Thanks for all the
comments. Meek shall inherit
dirt is
right. While I a lot
of…”
March 19, 2011 11:50AM - “I admire you more and
more as this goes on. Keep up
the
fight! Things here
are…”
March 17, 2011 11:01AM - “Wow Heron, keep it up. I
wish i had none you'd be
there
yesterday i would have
l…”
March 13, 2011 11:46AM - “Heron - keep up the good
work! Didn't see you in
Madison, but
hope you made
it.…”
March 07, 2011 10:11AM
Tony Gordon's Links
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A Preview of NonUnion Wisconsin, Courtesy of My School Board
When the protests here in Wisconsin began, our School Board made a point of telling us teachers and staff just how much they appreciated us. We are all a family, they told us. The appreciated our professionalism and dedication. Teachers in my district did not call out… Read full post »
Breaking news...
A stay has been issued to block the budget repair bill Walker pushed through...http://host.madison.com/wsj/news/local/govt-and-politics/article_9b967cde-5176-11e0-b8df-001cc4c002e0.html
In Wisconsin, An injury To One is an Injury To All
I was going to write about how yet again I underestimated what is happening here in Wisconsin, about how I expected to show up in Madison to find a crowd diminished, but instead found 50,000 or more people unwilling to give up; about how typically dishonest the local and national corporate… Read full post »
I walked out of the snow and into the warm lobby of the Student Union on the campus of UW-Stevens Point, shook off my coat and stamped my shoes and looked for some indication that I was in the right spot. I was looking for the union sponsored… Read full post »
Saturday Could Be Tense in Wisconsin
This is a quick post but I wanted to get the word out. A massive rally is planned for Madison this Saturday - in the mean time Republicans have passed a rule that closes the State House at 6pm, almost guaranteeing a conflict with protesters if the rule is enforced...see this… Read full post »
The Revolution Will be Captured On My Cell Phone
Just thought I'd post some pics from the protest...
Our orange-shirted Democratic Assembly Persons making an appearance to the delight of the crowd...
The incredible mass of people outside the Capitol Building on
Friday... 
Making noise outside the Senate chamber on Thurs… Read full post »
This is What Democracy Looks Like - An Update from Madison
Saturday at the protest...
I was unsure what to expect. The media was saying the crowd
was going to be massive (in the end, about 70,000 to 80,000
protestors showed up), and that with the Teapartiers showing up,
things might get tense. On Friday at the protest, upon hearing
Teapartiers were plan… Read full post »
And the Beat Goes On...More From Madison
Yesterday, I realized what it meant to be living history. Today I realized what it meant to be a part of shaping history.
Once more, the rotunda swelled and shifted and swayed with masses of people. It still fills me with wonder. From the center of the crowd, occasional balloons… Read full post »
Maybe as a Social Studies teacher, this kind of stuff hits me deeper. I don’t know. What I know is that when I walked into the Capitol Building in Madison and saw the mass of people, saw them packed in together on every floor, saw blue-collar workers in hard… Read full post »
Oh God
I have nothing but loathing for Newt Gingrinch (mis-spelling intended). Regardless of your ideology, I'm not sure how anyone can look at this man and not feel the need for a shower. He promotes himself as an intellectual and a moral giant. Hence, his latest moralizing on FOX regard
… Read full post »This post was supposed to be funnier. Bush's fault.
I’ve got to start reading Sarah Palin’s Twitter account more often, or perhaps in order to safe guard my mental health, not at all. Once again, The Immoral Minority pointed out a bizarre Palin tweet – although for the real fun stuff concerning things like Palin’s mag/… Read full post »
Arizona, land of the free, depending upon what you look like
It's been a while between posts, life has gotten in the way, as it tends to sometimes. I'm back, and while late to the party, wanted to talk a bit about Arizona. Specifically, Arizona's desire to stop and demand papers of anyone who looks to be a possible
Crazy Talk - Teabaggers, Palin, and “Conservatives”
I read this quote and thought it perfectly encapsulated the particular brand of crazy many teabaggers and so-called conservatives are suffering from.
From the Teabag rally in Boston: "After her speech, an event organizer yelled out, 'You hear that, my lefty friends? See that? Conservative women: the
… Read full post »Conservative darling sells her book by defending pedophiles
I understand we all have to make a living. I would hope that in order to be successful, one does not have to defend pedophile priests and their protectors. Not accused, or alleged, but actual admitted-to-it pedophiles. And not alleged protectors, but admitted-to-it protectors. I kn
… Read full post »The Rapture is close...
It would seem that health care reform is due to be voted on. The Congressional Budget Office has released its analysis, and states it will reduce the deficit by $130 billion or so.
Here’s what they didn’t point out:
Death Panels. Oh, there are in there. Sarah Palin said… Read full post »
John Yoo Waterboards Customers
Memo By Makes Treatment
Legal
Newly hired waiter and so-called torture memo author John Yoo
surprised customers and coworkers alike when he whisked an
indecisive customer away on a waterboard during his first Saturday
shift.
“I know I’m new,” Yoo said. “But what the
hell? I aske… Read full post »
Cupp, breasts and trivia
This post has nothing to do with breasts. Just so you know. The reason I put it into the title is because a surprising number of searches used to find my blog have the words SE Cupp and breast, boobs and/or legs more often than you would imagine. I'm sorry
… Read full post »Ban it all anyway
I have a confession. My name is Not SE Cupp and I am an ex-smoker. **Imagines a room full of anthropomorphic computer screens saying, "Hi Not SE."** I started early, quit for a long time, then started up again for a few years, quit again, and have been "clean" for/
… Read full post »Oh Snap (Crackle and Pop)! – Palin gets pwned
An imaginary scene that plays out in my head - Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, Lettermen, the writers from SNL, and all sorts of other comedians stand over a cauldron,wearing bras as hats. Smokey steam tendrils wind around their heads as they lean over its bubbling contents, &n
So Much Idiocy, So Little Patience
In starting a blog designed to refute the ideas spouted by one particular writer - in this case SE Cupp, I may have overlooked a huge downside: What do you do when the writer simply spouts talking points, only infrequently writes anything approaching original, and seems to not really care
… Read full post »Hoisted by your own retard, er uh, petard...
I don’t know the production schedule of the TV show, The Family Guy, but through either plan or fate, the most recent episode was perfectly placed to show the utterly unfathamable depths of Sarah Palin’s hypocrisy and idiocy. To recap, The Family Guy, an incredibly crude, Jr. High-humor
In Cupp's latest article at the NY Daily News, she makes a valid point I agree with - Danica Patrick's GoDaddy.com commercials seem to be not-so-family friendly and out of sync with the image NASCAR wants to portray. The ads are very sexual, which in and of itself isn't a bad/
… Read full post »Defending Sarah
It seems as if the web has exploded with criticism of Palin’s Teabagger speech and of her using notes (a crib sheet, if you will) written on her hand. Some anti-Palin sites have been very unkind, especially sites like Palin’s Q&A and The Immoral Minor… Read full post »
In Defense of Meghan McCain
This post is in defense of Meghan McCain.
Excuse me? Yup, I am going to write in defense of Meghan McCain.
I am just as surprised as you. I never had much interest in Ms McCain. The few times I saw her on TV she did ok (I enjoyed her on… Read full post »
Sarah Palin, Critics, and SE Cupp
This post originally appeared at my other blog, but I wanted to reprint it here to give Salon readers an idea of what my other blog is like...hope you enjoy.
I actually was going to have the first-ever post on this blog be a post about this article, but I hesitated. I thought… Read full post »
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Jane Brogan
Gina Hayes
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
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