Ginny Maziarka promotes the abuse of drugs and alcohol!

Wow - I was shocked at the glorification of the abuse of drugs and alcohol over on Ginny's site.

Check this out.

A double whammy!

Dave/Ginny/Mary/Tim/Randy got served in the paper today!  The cover photo shows a sign made by one of the marchers last weekend that brilliantly manages to shut down all the homophobic arguments made by the homophobic school board members in less than 100 words.

Next up is a fantastic Letter to the Editor by Mark Maley check it out here, it is a must read!

Does anyone know what Ginny Maziarka (and Mary Weigand) is (are) talking about?

I've tried reading through this 3 times and I still don't understand what local homophobe Ginny Maziarka is trying to say.  Do you?  Click here to give it a shot.

UPDATE - Ah, I just realized that Ginny's post is just highlights cut and pasted from an even longer rambling post on Mary Weigand's blog.  Mary Weignad, as in the wife of School Board Member Dave Weigand.  It's a good thing Ginny and Mary are so unorganized and hard to understand - if they had their shit together they might actually be dangerous.

The leader of the Baptist cabal speaks

There is a front page story in the paper today on the GSA controversy.  In it, for some unknown reason, Rev. Bruce Dunford form First Baptist Church is quoted.  Here is that part of the story:

"The Rev. Bruce Dunford of First Baptist Church has urged people in the community to express support for the school board members who voted against the Gay-Straight Alliance.


'A club of that nature, I don't think is an appropriate venue for school sponsorship,' Dunsford said.  He said he has received several e-mails in support of his position on the issue.  'The school board members took a stand that I knew was going to be difficult given the militancy of some of those involved in trying to promote that club.'


He said he believes everyone would agree bullying and bogotry is wrong, but there is a morality that needs to be considered.


'I am not saying that this GSA is a club that is trying to engage in illicit sexual activity, but the whole nature of sexual activity in the high school is not something that our children need more peer pressure with or enticement in to,' Dunford said.  'Our kids need the moral value of integrity of respecting one another and respecting their own bodies.'"


Wow.  Can we officially call Rev. Bruce Dunford, Ginny Maziarka, Tim Stephanski, Dave & Mary Weigand and Randy Marquardt the core members of a West Bend cult?  What on earth would have their charter school been like, had it been approved?  Bruce - if you want a school, just open one up.  If there is demand in the West Bend market for what you are teaching Im sure you will be successful.  Dave/Mary/Ginny - Don't you homeschool?  I'd respect your opinions on all this a bit more if you actually enrolled your kids in the very institutions you seek to control.  Tim - why are you aligning yourself with these folks?

So many questions...

I couldn't have said it better myself!

Three excellent letters to the editor in the paper today in response to the events unfolding around the decision by Randy Marquardt (of Speciality Engineering Group, LLC), Dave Weigand and Tim Stephanski (of Custom Service Hardware) to tell the members of the GSA to "stay at the back of the bus".

Read the letters here.

A robust fisking of Randy Marquardt

You really can't make this stuff up!  There was a story in the paper today about the GSA filing suit against the District.  The last few paragraphs include some pretty revealing quotes by new Board President Randy Marquardt.  From the story:

"School Board President Randy Marquardt said part of his objection was the GSA's tactics, which he characterized as threatening.  'I don't see any discrimination,' he said.  'They are allowed to have a club just like everyone else.  But if you come to the board looking for our endorsement, we are not going to endorse something that is against our views.'  Marquardt said the Board will sit down with administrators and the district's attorney to determine what happens next.  'It didn't need to come to this,' he said."

1) Part of your objection was due to the GSA's "tactics"?  What on earth on were their "tactics"?  They wanted to be recognized like other clubs, you and your fellow Christian board members voted them down because you have a fear of gay people.  Now they are suing.  I think you are confusing their "tactics" with the "consequences" the taxpayers of West Bend will face as a result of you trying to impose your religious views on them.

2) Randy, they aren't allowed to have a club, as you say, "just like everyone else".  That is the entire issue here.  They aren't allowed the basics that other clubs are allowed, which include, as I understand it, the ability to make announcements over the PA, post on bulletin boards, meet on HS property, be allowed to raise funds for club activities or have a page in the year book.  Your comment is at best uninformed and at worst a willing attempt to mislead - neither of which are acceptable coming from the President of the School Board.

3) "They are allowed to have a club just like everyone else".  Sure Randy, just like blacks in the south could take the bus just like everyone else... except that they had to sit in the back.
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4) Your personal "views" on the GSA should be irrevelent.  If you personally hate the Theater, would you not approve of the Drama Club?

5) I agree Randy, it didn't need to come to this.  It's a shame you decided to take this the litigation route.  Or is this just practice for when you and Dave try to get creationism introduced into the science curriculum?

UPDATE: Here is a link to the story 

Welcome Dan Savage in to the mix!

In looking at the stats for this site (it's BLOWN UP since last night) I noticed that the one and only Dan Savage is on top of this!  You may know Dan from the *brilliant* "It Get's Better" campaign.  Prepare for West Bend to again enter the national spotlight, thanks to our local Christian homophobes - Ginny Maziarka, Dave Weigand, Tim Stephanski and Randy Marquardt.

CHECK THIS OUT!

You get what you vote for

Congratulations West Bend!  Your three self-proclamed "fiscal conservative" school board members just decided to have the district incur needless litigation costs after voting down the GSA application for official status... despite meeting all the club criteria as established by the board.  Add these three to the list of good, Christian homophobes:  Dave Weigand, Tim Stephanski and Randy Marquardt.

Stay classy West Bend!

Keeping up with Ginny Maziarka

For those of you who are first hearing about Ginny Maziarka, here are two blogs that can get you up to speed on her bigotry.  Read the posts and comments backwards if you want to fully grasp how nuts she is:


Sleepless in West Bend - Chronicles Ginny's Library and related follies from April thru September of 2009.
WISSUP - Uncensored - Created by the same person as Sleepless, and was a post-for-post copy of Ginny's WISSUP blog as a place for people to actually comment on what Ginny wrote, once Ginny stopped allowing comments herself.
GinnyMaziarka.com - This has pointed to some pretty funny places in the past.  Currently is points back to her own blog.

Why is Ginny Maziarka so afraid of gays?

The latest incarnation of Ginny Maziarka's homophobia is her crusade against the GSA being granted official club status at the high schools.

Head over here to read her nearly incomprehensible rant.  Ginny, why is when you organize people to attend a meeting they are called "taxpayers", but when someone who isn't afraid of "the gay" does the same,  the people are a "mob"?

Nice work on posting screenshots from Facebook!  How can you be sure that Shana's page wasn't hacked though?  :)

I'm back.

Thanks to those of you who have sent nice notes asking where I have been.  Truth be told, I took a bit of time off because I needed a break from all the hate in West Bend.  Honestly, keeping up with Ginny, Mary and their ilk is pretty depressing.  From here on out I will try to at least put up a post to allow people to comment.... because we all know Ginny doesn't allow comments on her blog.

Here is a photo of local tea party, creationist, ultra right-wing nutjob radicals Ginny Maziarka and Mary Weigand from the cover of the West Bend, Wisconsin daily newspaper.  Ginny and Mary got their undies in a bunch because a local police officer didn't bend over and kiss her ass while she was having people sign a thank you card (seriously?) to Glenn Grothman:

Fun with Tags

Can anyone explain why Ginny felt the need to tag our local YA librarian in this post, which has nothing to do with the West Bend library? Oh right, she is still bitter over what happened 18 months ago.

On another note, it's funny that someone so afraid of what might happen if kids find out about sex has "Deep Throat" on the top of her blog.  WISSUP is no longer safe for children!

Another video for Ginny

Talk Radio inspired shooting

Despite your take on the shooting in Arizona, I think public discourse has seemed to reach all-time lows.  Belling, Rush and the rest are now doing little more than scaring the shit out of simpleminded folks for ratings.  I'll remind you of our own little incident back in March:

From the paper:

Anger over health care boils over

Man accused of threatening Obama, shooting at deputies
By KRISTIN WALDEN Daily News Staff 



    A drunken rage over health care reform allegedly sent a man on a shooting rampage at his town of Polk home.

    Darin E. Haizel, 34, appeared in Washington County Circuit Court Friday on felony charges of attempted first-degree intentional homicide, three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment and one count of intentionally pointing a firearm at a law enforcement officer.

    The charges stem a March 19 incident during which Haizel allegedly made threats against President Barack Obama, armed himself with several guns and shot at Washington County Sheriff’s deputies, according to a criminal complaint.

    According to the complaint:

    Haizel’s girlfriend, who lives with him and their two daughters at the Highway Z home, told deputies Haizel was drunk and had listened to a discussion of health care reform on the radio. The woman told officers Haizel is opposed to health care reform and the president. She said Haizel told her they needed to stockpile food because things were going to get ugly after the reform passed. Haizel allegedly said Obama messed with the Constitution, the country is becoming Communist and he was “going to Washington to kill that (expletive).”

    The woman said Haizel continued to drink and yell at the radio. Haizel told her he didn’t want his children to see how bad the world was going to be or live in that kind of situation. Haizel then asked her to wake up the children and talked about having them baptized. At about 11:30 p.m., she said, he sang “I will see you in heaven.”

    The woman left the home with the children and called Haizel’s parents, who she said have been able to calm him down in the past. His parents were unable to calm him, however, and Haizel armed himself with a shotgun and assault riffle.

    Deputies arrived and reportedly heard a gunshot from inside the house. Five minutes later, deputies said they heard 19 shots in rapid fire, breaking glass and the sound of smoke detectors.

    Haizel allegedly shot several more rounds through windows, the home’s siding and roof before climbing out a back window. He walked toward a deputy and shot at him, hitting a tree about 6 to 12 inches away.

    That deputy and another deputy returned fired at Haizel, who fell onto a snowbank and eventually dropped his gun.

    Deputies found 12 shell casings from a .45 caliber semiautomatic handgun and 19 shell casings from a 7.62 caliber rifle in the house. A total of nearly 6,500 rounds of ammunition were also found in the home.

    In addition to the request for charges, the Sheriff’s Department notified the Secret Service of the threat against Obama.

    According to Sheriff Dale Schmidt, District Attorney Todd Martens told him the deputies’ use of force was justified under state statutes.

    The deputies who responded to the incident — Dirk Stolz and Jeremy Miller — were back at work on Friday.

    During Friday’s court appearance, Haizel was in a wheelchair with a bandaged arm.

    “We’re asking for a high cash bail, with conditions of absolute sobriety and no possession of firearms. (Haizel), if convicted, faces up to 120 years in prison,” said Martens. “He discharged 31 rounds out of the house surrounded by officers. This was a violent and extremely dangerous situation.”

    Martens added that Haizel has a conviction for using a firearm while intoxicated.

    Attorney Erin Larsen, however, asked for a “reasonable cash bail,” citing his life-long residency in the county and good court attendance for earlier operating while intoxicated charges.

    “This was extremely dangerous behavior. Not only for the officers, but for the individual residents in adjacent homes. If these (allegations) are true, it could have resulted in the death of an officer,” said Judge David Resheske, who set a $100,000 cash bail.

    Haizel will next appear in court on April 9. 

Haizel 

Tyree Retires

Small item in the paper today... Michael Tyree retired on Friday.  You may remember him as the director of the local library and from the class he showed in standing up to the local religious bullies in town.  Thanks for that Michael!

Once per month or once every 30 days?

Below is the editorial policy for the Daily News.  There were only 17 days between Mary Weigand's letters, so I assume the policy means one letter per calendar month, not every 30 days, right?  I had always assumed it meant one letter every 30 days.  Might be a good time to write a letter responding to Mary's nonsense since she can't reply for about 4 weeks!

Mary Weigand strikes again

Sad letter from Mary Weigand in the paper today.  She must realize she has very little support because she resorts to the old Mark Belling standby (it's like the Green Bay Packers power sweep - you know it's coming and there is nothing you can do about it) of attempting to paint this as a liberal vs. conservative issue, when of course, it isn't.  

Most of my friends are conservative (true!) and they think Pastor Dunsford's charter school - as proposed - was not a good idea.  

Mary, it's not liberals who think you are crazy.  It's people with brains.

It was nice to see a letter right after Mary's that again calls her and the whole crew behind this proposal out for what they are trying to do.

Read the letter here:

  I’m always amused how liberals respond when conservatives make their views known or become involved in public policy. After reading Joseph Palma’s editorial I’m as convinced as ever that liberals are closed-minded and will stop at nothing to misinform in order to advance their ideas. 
    My recent editorial stated that several modern items have been found “permineralized (in other words as fossils in rock form),” a true statement. I know it is surprising, given that we’re always told it takes millions of years for that process to occur.
    Palma also might not know that fresh, unfossilized dinosaur bones have been found in the Western United States. Even evolutionists say they couldn’t have survived in that state for 70 million years. These bones have soft tissue inside, while being permineralized on the outside.
    A Google search will bring up articles on the subject. Crocks of butter in bogs in Ireland have been found in the same condition-soft on the inside, yet rock hard on the outside. 
    Science is about facts, not about presuppositions. I can’t help it if the facts undermine the evolutionary paradigm. These facts don’t fit in with the conclusions evolutionists draw from paleontology and are food for thought.
    Palma must not know either about the fraud of Haekel’s embryos as “evidence for evolution.” This is slowly being corrected in science texts, but still the lie lingers in some people’s minds.
    Now to the real reason for his editorial. He is opposed to educational choice for parents and their children. He likes the current school monopoly.
    In reality, tax dollars are supposed to be used for the educational needs of all children in the district. The School Board must take all children into consideration when fulfilling this mission.
    Thankfully, we now have a governor who seems to understands this. 
    Mary P. Weigand Trenton

Mary & Dave Weigand got served!

Clearly the people of West Bend aren't as dumb as Mary & Dave Weigand think we are.  From the paper today:

Misinformation of fossilization should raise education concerns

 Here’s a quiz. Which one of these modern items has been found fossilized? 

    1. A hat
    2. Butter
    3. A boot with partial foot
    4. A ham
    5. A bag of flour
    Answer: NONE OF THEM. Mary Weigand erroneously claimed these items have been found fossilized. Fossilization occurs when minerals replace the original organic material. The items above are examples of concretion or calcification. This is where the original organic material remains and is only covered with minerals leached from surrounding strata by water. This is similar to the calcium build up on your faucet. Mary should check the validity of her creationist sources by going to www.talkorigins.org to debunk this and other creationist canards.
    The overwhelming evidence for the theory of evolution is not at all dependent on how fast or slow fossils form. This is a straw man argument. The evidence for evolution spans many disciplines from genetics to paleontology to embryology and beyond. Evolution is the foundation of all the life sciences that we use today. Try Jerry A. Coyne’s book “Why Evolution is True” for a comprehensive explanation of the evidence for evolution. Creationism has no scientific evidence in its favor and must rely on fallacious arguments like the one above to trick people into believing in it.
    We should be concerned that West Bend School Board member Dave Weigand, Mary’s husband, shares these fundamentalist ideological views. One might think that his recent support for Pastor Bruce Dunford’s charter school proposal was based on his personal relationship with his clergyman or his religious ideology and not on the betterment of the schools of West Bend. It would be unfortunate if Dave would, so easily, cast away his vaunted fiscally conservative values in favor of a constitutionally dubious, financially reckless and unproven religious charter school proposal.
    Joseph A. Palma, West Bend