Glenn interviews his 2012 favorite: Allen West

 Thursday, Apr 28, 2011 at 2:03 PM EDT




It doesn't get any better than this....my 2 favorite guys, Glenn Beck and Congressman West.

School District Employee Disciplined for Political Phone Call

By Molly Hendrickson  WBAY

A Sheboygan gas station owner is baffled after a mystery caller tells a clerk it's a bad idea to do business with a Sheboygan-area state senator.

It started Tuesday when a woman called Dick Hiers's Northeast Standard gas station after she thought she saw Senator Joe Leibham there. Her call was caught on the answering machine.

"I think that this whole thing has to end. It has to stop," said Hiers. "This type of stuff is totally uncalled for."

Hiers never thought his little gas station in the heart of Sheboygan would be the stage of political controversy. Then again, his week has been full of surprises.

"I was working back here and the answering machine went off, and I was a little surprised by that, and when I heard the message here, I was even a little more surprised."

The answering machine here in the back of the store was left on from the night before and was recording the entire conversation.

Caller: "Can you verify that was Senator Leibham at the gas station this morning?"

Gas station clerk: "Senator Leibham?"

Caller: "Yes. Do you guys support him?"

Clerk: "I have nothing to say about that, I am not politically involved."

Caller: "Alright, well you can tell Dick he's not good for business, I'll tell you that."

Shocked over the 26-second conversation, Hiers quickly traced the call -- only to get surprise number two.

"And it turned out to be coming from the Sheboygan area district school office," he said.

"Obviously our school district equipment and the facilities are for the purposes of school," Superintendent Joseph Sheehan responded. "Any type of phone call leaving any types of threats or condoning any type of intimidation is strictly prohibited."

The superintendent, who was out of the area Friday, said the district's taken what it calls "appropriate disciplinary action."

The woman is a district employee but school officials say that 8:15 call was made before she was on the clock.

It turns out it wasn't the senator but his brother at the gas station.

As for Dick Hiers, he is still wants answers, saying this week full of surprises is a sign things have gone too far.

"Everybody's money is green, it's all the same, and I don't pick and choose who can come into my business," Hiers said.

Senator Leibham, who was not available for comment, has filed an open records request with the school district. The district says it's working on the request.

Please contact the Superintendent to let him know this is unacceptable:

Executive Management Team

Dr. Joseph Sheehan, Superintendent
(920) 459-3512 | superintendent@sheboygan.k12.wi.us

Sheboygan School District

Milton Friedman on Libertarianism

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What are the elements of the libertarian movement and how does one of its most illustrious proponents, Milton Friedman, apply its tenets to issues facing the United States today? Milton Friedman, Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Inst., Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences discusses how he balances the libertarians' desire for a small, less intrusive government with environmental, public safety, food and drug administration, and other issues.

This is a 4 part video. Here are the links to all 4 parts.

Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PaN9M4WwHw (7:21)

Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUDV0YII6lk (7:42)

Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhgy0ymD-NI (4:31)

Part 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64mr-cjxZfU (5:59)

Use this link to watch all 4 parts back to back in one playlist: http://www.youtube.com/cp/vjVQa1PpcFNgJPmAJf6QfTiTZYOFo2hLronsqh_lzzs=

Milton Friedman, recipient of the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize for economic science, was a senior research fellow at the Hoover Institution from 1977 to 2006. He passed away on Nov. 16, 2006. He was also the Paul Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Chicago, where he taught from 1946 to 1976, and a member of the research staff of the National Bureau of Economic Research from 1937 to 1981.

Recorded February 10, 1999. Please see the end of Part 4 for all of the credit and ownership information.