tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post1592190942528694635..comments2024-02-20T19:58:27.733-06:00Comments on Jake's Wisconsin Funhouse: Slow population growth shows another way Wisconsin is sufferingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-7202652367264258972015-12-27T21:26:29.783-06:002015-12-27T21:26:29.783-06:00Thanks for the examples. The State Journal front-p...Thanks for the examples. The State Journal front-page story today was about UW Faculty and Staff being poached by other states that value education. Maybe we should give them the higher pay and incentives, and not the state's mediocre CEOs (aka WMC Board members) who seem to create nothing except more inequality.Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-52351587666423206572015-12-27T19:52:06.377-06:002015-12-27T19:52:06.377-06:00Just found out that a PH.D. candidate ( which he ...Just found out that a PH.D. candidate ( which he will obtain ) as of this June is seriously considering other universities because of the uncertainty created by Walker. What a monster. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-33420948844036342872015-12-27T14:05:32.240-06:002015-12-27T14:05:32.240-06:00I have two examples. Close friends, both great tea...I have two examples. Close friends, both great teachers, pulled plug and moved to MN to teach. One of them with less duties took a $20K raise. My child is graduating college next year in engineering and only state he isn't looking at for work is WI. The dummies are not the ones leaving WI. As for FIBs, get over it, all in fun, no hate that I know of. We like you guys, but do roll our eyes to to aggressive driving habits.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-64203208582618847812015-12-27T12:11:41.472-06:002015-12-27T12:11:41.472-06:00I was born a FIB (moves to Wisconsin at age 4) and...I was born a FIB (moves to Wisconsin at age 4) and both my father's and mother's families have plenty of members still in Illinois. Unlike the average meathead in Wisconsin, I use "FIB" as shorthand, and as a way to mock the type of dope who uses the word seriously and out of resentment.<br /><br /> Sorry it triggered bad memories for you, but consider yourself fortunate- like my family, your folks made the right move when.you were young. Not sure it's still the right move today (although Illinois is quite the train wreck these days)Jake formerly of the LPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15660401299391001751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3426800777521979578.post-28843404227859352432015-12-27T11:00:53.248-06:002015-12-27T11:00:53.248-06:00Jake, I appreciate your blog and read it all the t...Jake, I appreciate your blog and read it all the time and have come to agree with a lot of the things you right. I think you are better than using FIBs in your article to describing people from Illinois. My family moved to wisconsin when I was 9 and I was called that all the time by my classmates, who didn't even realize what it meant, that is how hate is spread.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00963268593023673085noreply@blogger.com