1) The judicial race between Gableman and Butler was about as filthy as could be with the vast majority of the lies coming from the WMC ads. This is not my opinion alone. Newsweek, in an unusual move for a nationalmagazine, covered the story. You can find its story here: http://www.newsweek.com/id/119952 (The article was written by Viveca Novak of Factcheck.org, a non-partisan reporting agency.)

2) This is not the first time the WMC has boosted a judge onto the Supreme Court. Their first one was a woman named Annette Ziegler who was elected in April, 2007. WMC spent two million dollars on her election. One of her first duties was to accept a reprimand from her fellow justices because she did not recuse herself from cases involving a bank her husband helps run. In my not so humble opinion, it looks as if the WMC has found out how to pack courts and will continue to do so.

3) What the WMC does not like is someone with guts and strength standing up to them. Epic is standing up so the local conservative bloggers in Madison are throwing their unwarranted accusations at Epic in the hope of diverting people from the scum at WMC.

4) I have been reading this blog for quite a while and I have noticed a lot of people throw garbage Epic’s way for no particular reason. Fourth Hansen Brother is one of them. I, too, hang around the IT community in Madison and I have never heard Judy referred to in the manner FHB suggests. (By the way, a good chunk of that community works at Epic.)

5) I worked at Epic for a couple of years and I would like to say:
(a) Epic is not a cult.
(b) The people who work there are smart and work hard but not the incredible hours imputed to them.
(c) They do not worship Judy but they do respect her and they also respect their colleagues.
(d) Judy does work the incredible hours imputed to her.
(e) OK. So I don’t like her taste in art. So what.

And, a simple count of UW students at Epic would render his comment for what it is – garbage. And, the builder of phase one was unseated by the builder of the previous buildings in Madison who did a great job. Both firms have done pretty well as you can tell by walking around. Both firms have collected many awards and show the place off routinely as an example of their best work.

Not sure why you have a problem with Epic flexing their muscle about something they care about. There is a free-for-all going on right now. Churches, judges, conservative organization who are all supporting their beliefs that they promote as morally right.

Remember the secrete meeting at the White House with Cheney? All the big oil companies were asked to come in and help with the country’s energy policy. I don’t know about you but as a consumer I thought I might have something to add.

Or, how about the CEOs of big oil coming to Capital Hill to testify but not under oath. I know when I’ve been testifying the whole under oath thing wasn’t an option.

Smells like rotten eggs to me.