Badger Blog Alliance

There Is Even A Time For Endings

2009-06-25T17:57:00.002-05:00

It is with some sadness that I announce to you all that the time has come to shutter the BBA. In the heady early days of political blogging, this site played a role in making the right side of the political blogosphere self aware. As blogging and individual bloggers grew, matured, and spread into other new media, the BBA has not kept up. As a result, this particular concept of an umbrella group blog for the right in the state of Wisconsin is a concept whose time has come and gone.

Thank you to everyone who participated here, read our bloggers, and supported this site. The BBA is officially on mothballs. If another concept arises that can be helped by what's left of the Badger Blog Alliance brand, perhaps something will appear in this space again.

As a request from one long time member of the BBA, I leave you with Freebird.

New product in search of a law suit

2009-06-16T10:33:00.000-05:00

"First 'Stab-Proof' Knife to Go on Sale in the U.K. "

Do you think he'll get an OJ jury?

2009-06-13T13:11:00.003-05:00

Oklahoma Trooper Martin pulls over an ambulence that's en route because they failed to yeild to him, his partner and the mystery woman in the patrol car.

His priority must have been really important for him to stop with the ambulance for more than five minutes and bicker/choke the attending EMT (who's not the driver)/etc.:

As an EMT, I'd like to see Officer Martin in a more suitable job... say something at White Castle, if you know what I mean.

I could swear I hear the non-choking officer in the video respond to White's statement that they're transporting a man's mother to the hospital with, "Your momma."

Wedding March

2009-06-13T08:01:00.001-05:00

Cool tribute to the happy couple from Mr. & Mrs. Subject 2 Change's wedding:

Happy one-week anniversary!

2009-06-12T20:05:00.000-05:00

Don't forget:

Whale Wars!

Tonight!! On Discovery channel at 9pm CT!

Feud

2009-06-12T19:52:00.002-05:00

Even the Trib's .. Steve Johnson thinks Letterman should apologize.

Trib readers lean that way too. Vote!

Dead on

2009-06-12T13:59:00.003-05:00

Is it a sign of the Apocalypse when NOW aligns itself with a Republican front-runner?

Even that "women's advocacy group" - among others - took offense at Letterman's remarks about Palin's "slutty stewardess look" and her daughter (14-year-old Willow) getting "knocked up" by A Rod during their Yankees outing.

Who wants to sit by Letterman on his next flight? I'd keep my seatbelt on, 'cause it might be a bumpy ride.

Politically, Palin made an astute point that one can hope will be taken to heart (or any major organ) by the media:

[Palin] said there was a double standard where the media treats President Barack Obama's family as generally off-limits while her family was the target of jokes during last fall's presidential campaign and beyond.

Honey, that ain't the only double standard working here, but it's true.

Chelsea Clinton? The media called her horsey-faced and left her alone. When does that kid ever hit the radar? The Bush twins? Who do you think tipped the cops off so often to their bar-hopping antics? The Gore kids? Crap, I think the press used to buy them coke, hide their joints and alert them when the cops were in the neighborhood.

So now we know it's open season for anyone to take shots at Republicans and their children.

If a tree falls in a forest

2009-06-11T15:30:00.000-05:00

Kevin - they've been trying to blame the storms for this Air France crash from day one.

I appreciate the "global warming" humor, but if anyone believes it, pardon the pun, it won't fly. The pilot had been monitoring the storms and was/would have been flying fairly high in an attempt to get above them. The velocity theory doesn't work well either, for the same reason:

Both of these difficulties, had they become critical, would have been reported by the pilot, but no such transmission was received.

These theories will stand, however, unless the black box is found, which doesn't look like it'll happen - the proof is in the silence until the black box proves otherwise.

Best part of not knowing: If terrorists killed themselves and the rest of the Air France passengers and crew to draw publicity and support to their cause, they failed miserably.

2009-06-11T10:54:00.000-05:00

I bet a certain someone wishes his new GM concoction could move at the speed of sound...

Cage fight smack

2009-06-11T09:23:00.001-05:00

As you know, I'm a big fan of MMA - it's a hundred times more exciting than boxing, or any other sport for that matter.

Of course I watched Mike Brown vs Urijah Faber 2 on Sunday - great fight! Mike Brown's great, but I root for Urijah Faber, who lost the Brown v Faber 1 fight after a wicked elbow strike left his jaw open for the first time; Brown caught him hard.

Here's why my man lost BvF2: a broken hand, which he carried for four of the five rounds, losing to Brown by decision.

Brown v Faber 2 replayed last night. Catch it when it replays again; check here for dates.

Brit 2-year-old with IQ of Stephen Hawking

2009-06-11T06:45:00.000-05:00

Not to take away from an amazing toddler, but this doesn't pass the smell test. For example,

"What do you use your eyes for?" brought the answer, "You close them when you go to sleep" and "You put your contact lenses in them."

The child-psychology expert who gave little Karina the classic Stanford-Binet IQ test "noted imaginative responses."

What if she'd quoted something she'd heard on the radio, like lines from "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," or some childrens' poem? What's a child who's had Uncle Shelby read to her bound to come up with?

RE: If you're surprised by this, raise your hand

2009-06-10T18:42:00.002-05:00

Tee,

As much as we shouldn't be surprised by the discovery of Islamic terrorists on Air France Flight 447, frankly this little discovery at Cafe Hayek is also unsurprising.

Speculation has blossomed concerning the causes of the loss of Air France Flight 447 ("Wreckage yields clues in jet crash," News, Thursday).

It would be irresponsible to get ahead of evidence, but important factors are emerging. First, some experts blame global warming for the increased severity and frequency of hurricanes (most of which originate at latitudes within 5 to 15 degrees of the equator). Second, the flight appears to have passed through a band of equatorial megastorms. Finally, levels of turbulence in such storms are being investigated in the crash.

Perhaps the memorial service in Paris will be recognized as the first for airline victims of global warming.

Richard Danforth - Seneca, S.C.

Yes, according to the above letter from today's USAToday, the flight was taken down by...Global Warming.

If you're surprised by this, raise your hand

2009-06-10T18:01:00.000-05:00

Two names on doomed Air France Flight 447's passenger list also appear on a list of radical Muslims considered a threat to France, according to French investigators.

2009-06-10T14:54:00.000-05:00

Got a sensative tummy? You might want to stay away from Slim Jims.

Strangely, that was the first thing I thought when I read the headline, "Third Body Found in Slim Jim Plant Explosion Rubble."

Gas plants explode. Oil refineries explode. Fireworks plants explode. But Slim Jims?

Maybe Beloit should rethink having the Frito Lay factory and the Hormel's plant near the main freeway exit. They should definitely not be right next to each other.

"There's a part of her record that seems to be, up to now, been flying under the radar a bit. And that's her tough stance on criminals"

2009-06-10T11:52:00.000-05:00

"and her unyielding commitment to finding justice for the victims of crime."

Joe Biden on what judges are all about: A tough stance on criminals and finding* justice.

*Find: as in, to come upon by chance; to locate or recover; to gain or regain the use of; etc.

Seller's market

2009-06-09T08:09:00.002-05:00

Jib makes me rethink the whole thing about selling your kids to pay your mortgage. If you do, remember to think like a capitalist and market that kid as an exotic baby:

Good patriots spend money, dammit!

2009-06-08T15:44:00.000-05:00

Obama is trying to look like a blue Ronald Reagan. Obama's become a hard-core capitalist.

"White House focuses on stimulating the stimulus ."

He's not the second leader in the past quarter-century to encourage Americans to spend for the economy. Wasn't this one of the most comforting early calls from Bush in the days following September 11 when people were afraid the markets would collapse? The old "show 'em they can't stop our way of life with heinous, cowardly attacks, Islamofascist bastards!" Okay, I've modified that a tad, but same thing.

Final analysis:

Reagan's 'trickle down economics'? Successful.
Bush's 'comfort in consumerism'? Successful.
Obama's 'trickle blue economics'? Let me put it like this:

And the talking heads sing
doo, doo doo, doo doo,
doo, doo doo doo, doo doo, doo doo,
doo doo doo doo
(that's an updated version of Lou Reed)

From the article:

"Today's announcement is an acknowledgement that the Democrats' trillion-dollar stimulus is not working, and the American people know it," House Minority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, said in a statement Monday.
"When they passed this spending plan, Democrats said it would immediately create jobs, yet nearly four months later unemployment has continued to climb and none of their rosy predictions have come true," he said.

Snark winner: "I think if you were to poll all of America they would probably think that there is $800 billion worth of asphalt in the Recovery Act," said Chris Whatley, Washington director of the Council of State Governments. That's a crack about Obama's never-ending road to recovery, in case you don't read the article.

Bad news?

The nation's jobless rate is at 9.4 percent, but the administration predicts that job creation will come next.
"The president said it was going to take some time for it to filter through the system and that employment was the last thing that was going to respond," White House senior adviser David Axelrod said Sunday on CNN's "State of the Union."
But by then, critics of the stimulus argue the economy will be staging a comeback on its own [emphasis mine].

Forget your mortgage foreclosure or the gas-guzzler you sold and all the macaroni-and-cheese grocery cuts you made that are starting to stick to your thighs. And for heavens' sake, don't sell the kids to the gypseys just yet!

It's simple. Go! Go now! Spend, spend, spend this country back to economic health!

Which reminds me of another call to "buy, buy, buy!":

Um... yeah, that didn't go well, what with spending fake money to make money and all.

I'm gonna go collect some bottles to recycle and buy a six pack of Miller Lite.

2009-06-08T14:37:00.000-05:00

Since you're probably like me and will take a working holiday instead of a summer staycation this year, I give you one more good reason to avoid the beach and take five on the office dime:

Do whales chase their tales?

2009-06-08T13:17:00.001-05:00

OMG!!! Chris is a fan of Whale Wars too!

Just in time for UN World Oceans Day!

Sometimes the Sea Shepherds' tactics are all too lamely pulled off, from what I've seen so far.

I find I'm rooting for both sides - the hippie pirates and their crazy antics and then the evil corporate killers.

First off, PIRATES!!!

Second, no one else will take on the job of making sure our seas aren't raped to death, even if in terms of "law" the hippie pirates only have a UN mandate (buried somewhere in here) to oversee restrictions on commercial whale hunting, with no specific procedure or oversight.

Which, of course, conflicts with my Libertarian-leaning stance on economics and free-market support of a business that happens to be repugnantly slaughtering whales. Under the pathetic guise of "research" and the loopholes between International Whaling Community regulations and UN Convention on the Law of the Sea recommendations.

I find the lynch pin if fascination is their tussle over notions of "International Law." I support coalitions of nations working together to protect common interests, but this crosses a line I just can't cross. The Japanese have a right to manage their waters, but they've ranged far beyond their own seas.

Does the UN have uhthoruh-tie in this situation? Should they?

Some info links here, here, here, and of course here.

Yes congress critter Obey will have to one day answer for his crimes

2009-06-07T11:39:00.002-05:00

"Obey dedicating his clout to health care reform"

He is also responsible for a lot of the terrible and useless "Stimulus" Bill

Yes Congress Critter Obey who has never had a real day job since he has been in Congress for 40 years entering in 1969. Talk about being out of touch

Some day Obey will have to answer for the crimes he is committing in this session of Congress

40 years in Congress? Term limits anyone

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

Note to self:

2009-06-06T09:53:00.000-05:00

Don’t put Wendy in charge of my funeral.

food for thought

2009-06-06T08:08:00.001-05:00

From NRO's Andy McCarthy:

If you read nothing else all weekend, or for the foreseeable future, read Ramesh's feature story in the new edition of NR about why senators do not owe deference to the president (in the form of a "yes" vote) on a judicial nominee — especially one who is not committed to the Constitution and judicial restraint. In a word, it is masterful.

What are the odds that a single public representative will be swayed an iota by the truth of their responsibility, let alone Ponnuru's pursuasive prose?

The Life Aquatic

2009-06-05T23:52:00.000-05:00

I'm watching Whale Wars season 2 episode 1 and wishing I could type fast enough to live-blog it. For those of you like me who don't live by the dial, it's a show about the greenies from the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society.

Just now we had try-outs for chemical bag throwing to find three crew members most likely to hit the deck of a whaler at about 100-plus feet with a compound that makes people puke uncontrollably, then the bad weather set in and the puking began (not the chemical bag-induced kind), along with the newbies describing sea sickness. Fun!

Why am I not surprised by the type of person that makes a Sea Shepherd? What do you think:

They look a lot more Berkeley on the show, but this is a cute pic.

We wondered who was financing this spendy endeavor. "Your cable dollars at work," said I. L guessed that a lot of the crew were probably paying their way to get their doctorates. Which begged the question:

"Do the interns get Glocks?"

Truth is, you can fund the SS Crew efforts with a Visa, a cool cap or other gear.

Favorite moment and quote from the show: They've located the main whaler and are frantically prepping to attack; an intern notes that one of the leaders was "waving his hands kind of confusingly and saying we need to head north while gesturing south." Then the narrator says

The Sea Shepherds crew and the Steve Irwin have missed their chance to catch the Nisha Maru and are extremely off course.

They needs some technologies 'n stuff. Like the helicopter they had in the sky not too long ago to point out the whaler in the small antarctic cove they just flew past.

Is it just me, or in another time, wouldn't a guy who makes a living taking video of himself and other "experts" hugging crocodiles, whales and other innocent aquatic bystanders be kind of anathema to the Sea Shepherds? You know, the guy known as "the Crocodile Hunter"? But somehow, now he's a good name for a ship of wildlife pirates?

That part about throwing "chemical bags," which are basically some kind of tear gas that make anyone who comes in contact with it wretch uncontrollably, reminds me: the website has a page titled "Is There a "Law of the Sea" All Ships Are Obliged to Follow?"

You know, laws, like the kind that hold you responsible for harrassing others and trying to put people "out of business. I'd like to send them to the bottom of the sea," as the captain put it.

Hoist the Jolly Roger for the Sea Shepherds!

What crazy, whacked-out alternate universe have I stumbled into this time?

2009-06-05T18:47:00.000-05:00

Can anybody else lick their backs? Does Mr. Spock have a beard? Are donuts going to start falling from the sky?

Did the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorialize in favor of abstinence education and restoring the QEO on the same day?

One: Abstain and prevent teen pregnancy.

If K-12 students master the academics, their launch into the working adult world can take them to career heights. Nothing will thwart that trajectory more conclusively than a pregnancy.

Young people must acquire skills early to resist the pressures to become sexually active. But because sexual activity often will occur, equally important is the knowledge to still avoid pregnancy and the health- and life-threatening diseases that can accompany unprotected sex.

Odd that the only mention of "abstinence" is in the title, but still.

Two: Restore the QEO

To repeal the QEO in uncertain economic times is unwise. To do it without retaining fairness in arbitration rules is irresponsible.

...A QEO would impose necessary soberness. With it gone, arbitrators should be able to give heavy weight to the economic realities imposed by revenue limits and local conditions.

Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.

The Obvious Unasked Questions

2009-06-05T12:45:00.002-05:00

Since it is State Budget time and all, I was just wandering around the state's various websites for pending legislation, the Joint Finance Committee's website, and the LFB's website. And I just couldn't find it.

So the 'obvious unasked question' is...

Where the hell is the Joint Finance Amended Budget? It's been eight days since they passed it out of committee. Why hasn't the public seen it yet?

It has been over a week since the all-night session after all.

Just asking.

I think he meant "trick" question.

2009-06-04T19:39:00.000-05:00

Jiblog:

How do people blog, tweet, Facebook, and participate in other various social media like Myspace (spit) and Flickr while still maintaining a real life?

Kill Bill 3: Salute to David Carradine

2009-06-04T12:20:00.002-05:00

Sad news about Carradine - he appears to have commited suicide in a Thai hotel. Even after Kill Bill 2, most people suspected there wasn't anyone else who could have stood up to the man.

Most of us know him from the Kill Bill movie(s), later realizing that we've probably seen a lot of his more than 200 roles in movies and television. He's also produced, provided music and directed - who knew he was the eye behind the camera of several Lizzy Maguire episodes? Interesting.

And there was that Kung Fu show that Grandpa Steve always talks about. Sounds weird, but I bet it'll be dusted off and aired sometime soon.

Still, I have questions... Do you believe that a guy who has a career behind him like Carradine's and seven movies under way (six of them in post-production) would suddenly become so distraught that he'd hang himself naked in a foreign hotel closet?

It may be within the realm of the possible, but 72 is late for any kind of life crisis short of a terminal disease. Foul play seems to be ruled out; does a Michael Hutchence-type of accident seem possible?

Time will tell, but I expect it will be a sad footnote to an amazing career and actor.

Since I am asking questions a question for all you people who voted for Jim Doyle

2009-06-04T10:30:00.002-05:00

Does it bother you or embarrass you at all that your guy is such a whore to WEAC the Trial Lawyers and State Unions?

When you look at the payoff he is putting into the Budget does it make you even a little bit sorry that you support this whore?

Or do you have the mindset as long as it is my guy we do not care what he does?

Chris

A fun what if Question

2009-06-04T09:53:00.002-05:00

A purely hypothetical question.

If we could take the United States and divide it in half giving half to the Socialists and have to the rest of us normal people. Would you do it.

I know there are a million issues with this who gets what states who gets what resources how do you split the military etc.

But that is the beauty of hypothetical questions you can ignore facts that might get in the way.

I personally would take a country that was free of Socialists in a heart beat. Even if I was forced to move wouldn't it be nice to live in a country that actually appreciated us? It would also be fun to see the Socialist Workers Paradise fail like we all know it would. Then we could reoccupy that part of the country after its collapse ;)

So if it could be do would you be willing to move to a so called Red America half of the Country?

Oh and Hermann I do not care what your opinion is ok :)

Chris

Michael Roehling of Berlin is going to have a full dance card in Prison

2009-06-03T11:22:00.002-05:00

Listen to this thief cry like a baby Oh yeah they are going to love him when he gets to Portage or Waupun

what little bitch anyone want to lay odds that Mr. Roehling might have needed a new pair of underwear and pants by the time the police arrived.

quick aside someone needs to explain to Heather Shannon that defending your home is not "taking the law into your own hands" Now if he had put him against a wall and executed him that would be taking the law into your own hands.

I really thing you should be allowed to at least pistol whip the thief if you capture them in the act. But that is just me

A BBA PSA in cases like this if you end up shooting the guy put one of your big kitchen knives in his hand. And when the police arrive make sure you repeat over and over "you feared for your life and the life of your family"

Trust me they will not doubt you claim too much, just do not go crazy and empty the gun into the guy I think any more than two shots and it stops being home defense.(that is if the first two shots have put the intruder down now if they are still coming at you feel free to keep putting holes in them till they stop coming)

Now in the world of a lot of our Socialist Friends the home owner would not have been able to use anything stronger than harsh language to defend his home.

Score one for the Good Guys

Chris

Just great Obama Moters sells Hummer division to ChiComs

2009-06-02T16:18:00.002-05:00

Well there goes my dream of some day buying a Hummer. I won't by a Chi Com Hummer I do not care where it is made. A man has to have some principles.(well if you are going to be a conservative I do not believe most of our socialist friends would know a principle if it bit them in the ass)

If Ford was smart they would start marketing themselves as the Anti Obama Motors Car company. That message would play in a lot of homes in this country.

Plus we need one American Car Company that will build real cars and trucks not the tiny recycled beer cans the Greens and Socialists want to call cars.

I own two Fords and doubt I will be buying many GM aka Obama Motors products in the future

Who knows in 10 years being able to afford and drive a car or truck that will seat more than 4 adults comfortably will be a status symbol.

The Federal Government does nothing well what makes people think they can run a car company well?

Have you driven a Ford lately ;)

Chris

Um... more good news?

2009-06-02T13:15:00.000-05:00

Economists interviewed "supply managers and other business executives in nine Midwest and Plains states" claim we've 'hit bottom' but won't turn around right away here in the Midwest.

Do you agree we've hit bottom in Wisconsin?

Who'd they surveyed: Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

Put a helmet on that soldier!

2009-06-02T11:10:00.002-05:00

Good news: Total number of STDs in Wisconsin has flattened out.

Bad news: The total number of women with 'buyer's remorse' rose:

21 percent of new infections were women, up from 16 percent in the 1990s and six percent in the 1980s.

Your tax dollars at work

2009-06-01T06:37:00.002-05:00

Just because you're going to earn take fewer billions this year is no reason to shut down the party:

An Oshkosh opera house, a playground in the Town of Beloit and a stone barn in northeastern Wisconsin are among the beneficiaries of spending items quietly inserted into the state budget.
Democrats who control the Legislature's budget committee approved millions of dollars of spending in lawmakers' home districts on construction and road projects early Friday despite the state's $6.6 billion budget shortfall.
There's $500,000 for a climate change center in a park between Madison and Monona, $46,000 for recycling bins in Wrightstown, $50,000 for a shooting range in Eau Claire County, and much, much more. The earmarks need approval from the full Legislature and Gov. Jim Doyle to become law.

The story in the Journal Sentinel? "Budget writing done mostly behind closed doors: All-night committee sessions took a toll on openness." Well, transparancy would be good too, but it's the failure to reign in spending and increase taxes that's the real problem.

Another Day in Obamaland

2009-05-30T14:43:00.000-05:00

A few Packers headlines

2009-05-30T13:36:00.000-05:00

Is Kampman happy moving to OLB?

The coaches say no, but Kampman isn’t talking.

Justin Harrell feels better than ever!

Maybe he’ll play in a whole six games this year.

Collins, Driver skip workouts

Collins wants a new deal, plus his father died a couple weeks ago. Driver may want a new deal, too.

Two words: Pay, and Them.

And finally:

Aaron Rodgers still looks better with whiskers

I guess anything that covers up more of that face…

Word is Rodgers looks sharp in practice. Well, great, he looked sharp in games last year, most of the time. This is the year he shows us whether we can count on him to be sharp, or whether we can count on him to WIN GAMES.

Ed Garvey is off the reservation

2009-05-30T11:33:00.000-05:00

I know, I harped on this last week. Sue me. I enjoy it.

Ed Garvey, the Uber-Lefty's Uber-Lefty, just can't stand Democrats these days:

Common sense MIA: Whatever your view of the budget, you may feel the urge to up-chuck over this item reported in JS: The majority rushed to finish the budget in time for a "fundraiser for Democratic Senators" scheduled for 9:30 this morning. Whoa Nelly!

And Herb Kohl can rest easy because his fellow Dems voted to spend $5 million on the Bradley Center. Buckle your seat belts--next they will agree to fund a new arena in Milwaukee--home of the hapless Bucks.

Dems better watch themselves, or Garvey’ll be supporting some other party come election time.

Snort! Ha! I can’t believe I wrote that with a straight face!

One good thing about the new budget

2009-05-29T09:04:00.002-05:00

Most of, if not all of the felons who will be released from Wisconsin Prisons due to the new Budget(Thanks Mark Pocan and Governor Doyle)will move back to Dane and Milwaukee Counties. I personally hope they all move into the neighborhoods where our socialist friends live.

You get what you deserve and lets hope the Socialists get theirs from this act.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

The New Wisconsin State Slogan

2009-05-29T08:38:00.002-05:00

"Other Peoples Money"

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

The State of Wisconsin keeps sliding down the slippery slope

2009-05-29T08:05:00.002-05:00

Early this morning the State of Wisconsin took another huge step towards being even more of a tax hell.

"Joint Finance OKs budget in early morning vote"

It is amazing no real cuts and lots of higher taxes, it is becoming the Wisconsin Way.

Elections have consequences and all these fools who voted for the Socialists are going to reap what they sow.

Why does anyone who can leave still live in this state?

At some point you have to wonder if the people of this state will wake up to the evil they have put in power in Madison. Will they see the long term damage their choices are causing. Once again the fools who live in Dane and Milwaukee Counties are going on a tax bing and the rest of us are going to be forced to pick up the tab.

Sometimes I wonder if it is even worth trying to stop these assholes the vast majority of the people in this state fall into the class of looters they do not pay taxes so they could care less that the minority of us who actually do the heavy lifting are getting crushed. But they do not care as long as they get their handout from Madison they are oblivious to how our once great state is circling the bowl.

It is a sad day to be a Badger

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

'Judges’ proper roles are limited. Their job is not to choose the best policy or decide who they would like to win the case, but apply the law evenly'

2009-05-29T06:35:00.000-05:00

So says Robert Alt and, as of last November, 70% of American voters.

Not everyone sees it that way; they're pushing the 'don't fight it, you'll only look like a tool' strategy of debate.

Which is the strategy of losers. And the disengenuous who know that our court system was built to allow for compassion and human consideration to be included in the process already.

Sotomayer and Obama want something else entirely. My guess? She'll probably be confirmed. She'll also have an uphill fight trying to get around Roberts.

There's a light

2009-05-28T17:22:00.003-05:00

Will they reopen the Janesville GM plant?

If General Motors can successfully reorganize or emerge from a likely bankruptcy, the automaker has agreed to use one of its idled plants to build small cars that it isn't producing anywhere else in the United States.
And the fact that GM will do so at an idled plant where the local union has ratified a competitive operating agreement leads to an obvious question: Could the automaker's Janesville plant be the one retooled to annually crank out about 160,000 compact cars?
On one hand, a union summary of the tentative agreement reached last week between the United Auto Workers and GM supports the notion.
On the other, however, it dispels it.

Talk fit for any union thug!

For some reason it's got this song running through my head. Sing it with me, Susan:

Well, Red Bull stock just went through the roof

2009-05-26T09:45:00.000-05:00

"Germany May Ban Red Bull After Traces of Cocaine Found."

Still looking for the MJS coverage of the state budget from the weekend

2009-05-26T08:54:00.002-05:00

I might have missed it but I cannot seem to find any coverage of what the Socialists were doing this weekend in Madison.

Wouldn't it be nice if the paper had some coverage of what the Joint Fiance Committee was doing to screw us all over.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

A hat tip to Grumps

2009-05-26T08:49:00.003-05:00

Just for fun I decided to go down the list of Liberal/Socialist/Progressive blogs we have in our side bar and see if any had a Memorial Day Post.

Grumps was the only one of the whole lot who had a Memorial day post and he should be commended for it.

As for the rest of them, shame on the whole lot of you. A lot of brave men and women had died defending the rights you are all in such hurry to give away, you could at least take a moment once a year to acknowledge their sacrifice.

I will be honest I have never bought the whole Lefty "We Support the Troops" mantra.

And yes there were Conservative blogs that did not do a Memorial Day post but there were a large number that did.

Chris

The Obama SCOTUS Nominee Theme Song

2009-05-26T08:42:00.002-05:00

Feelings nothing more than feelings who needs law when you have empathy.

All you moderates who voted for "The One" because you though he would govern as a centrist I hope you are happy now you asshats Probe Justice Sonia Sotomayor would be more at home on a Soviet Union Court than the SCOTHUS.

I cannot wait to see what kind of moonbat decisions this justice is apart of.

This is what happens when you care more about feelings and political positions over actual ability to interpret the law.

Time for the GOP to do what ever it takes to stop this nomination.

Feelings nothing more than feelings

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

Ed Garvey is very, very disappointed

2009-05-25T15:07:00.002-05:00

Governor Jim Doyle seems to be losing ol' Ed:

...why would a Democratic governor cut school aid, lay off state workers, cut aid to local government, and threaten to cut more jobs unless the unionized state employees agree to reduce their pay "or else"? (No bargaining? Bad faith? You betcha. Is that how Democrats negotiate in good faith with the union? "My way or the highway?" Heck, Tommy treated state employees better than that.)

I don't get it. Isn't it time Jim Doyle opted to lead? Leadership in these tough times would require him to step on lots of Gucci slippers worn by the big campaign contributers.

Not that Governor Doyle ever really had Ed.

President Obama, on the other hand, did have Ed. But:

When W. spoke about "preventive detention" or repeal of habeas corpus, we all knew in head and gut he had no idea what he was talking about. Ignorance cloaked in gibberish.

Poor Barack. He knows what he is saying when he talks about holding people without a trial forever(?). He taught constitutional law.

Yesterday, Obama talked about "preventive detention" and "prolonged detention" for people in our custody. My conclusion? Cheney's baiting worked. By going head-to-head with the nutty veep, O sounded more like W and Cheney than candidate Obama.

Obama equals Dubya? Ouch. Time to call for impeachment!

"The Dark Pelosi" (With Waterboarding!)

2009-05-25T14:33:00.001-05:00

Remembering what Memorial Day is really about

2009-05-25T09:19:00.002-05:00

"People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." George Orwell

Giving Thanks to all of those who made the ultimate sacrifice

Chris

Aaaah! Nature! I got nature all over me!

2009-05-24T18:51:00.003-05:00

Look what we found in the yard the other day:

Yep, that's a deer. Bedding down in the twelve feet or so between my house and the neighbor's.

Not the first time we've had deer in our yard. Two years ago, day after Thanksgiving, we found four of them bedding down in the back. Trying to avoid all the hunters. And that's after we hunted all opening weekend and saw bupkus.

Also: yes, we are exactly the kind of rednecks who leave the Christmas wreath up even into May.

And now we're gonna hafta leave it longer:

At least long enough for those guys to be more than just a mouthful.

Danica takes 3rd

2009-05-24T18:41:00.002-05:00

Danica Patrick finished third in the 2009 Indianapolis 500. That's her second top-5 finish, and her fourth top-10 finish in five years.

Danica jumping to NASCAR soon?

2009-05-24T13:30:00.001-05:00

The Indianapolis 500 started just a few minutes ago, so naturally, we're asking whether Danica Patrick is headed to NASCAR:

The Indianapolis 500 is Sunday and we know this because we’ve been treated to a month of questions to Danica Patrick about when she’s going to give NASCAR a try.

It’s a sign of how far general interest in open-wheel racing, not to mention its signature event, has fallen. The hard-core fans will still turn out and tune in this weekend, but it’s saying something when the most asked question is about the future of a driver who isn’t even a favorite to win the race.

I've gotta say, that sounds like a good move. Danica would be a sponsorship magnet, even if she never won a race. Plus, NASCAR has so much more visibility in the U.S. IRL might be more popular internationally, but I'd guess that's not nearly as lucrative.

Say, how much do they charge for those decals? Think we could get a BBA one on her car?

Couple news vids at the link, including one of her milk mustache photo shoot. Here's the YouTube version:

Or maybe a slightly better shooting posture?

2009-05-23T12:07:00.002-05:00

Via Right Wing Video

Apropos of absolutely nothing:

2009-05-23T12:00:00.000-05:00

I got suckered into clicking this link over at Instapundit: Six tips for coping with the fact that you don’t remember a person’s name.

Problem being, this thing is useless for me. I forget people's names pretty easy, and so I've already used every suggestion in this list:

1. The “I know your name, but I’m blocked” dodge:
“I keep wanting to call you "David," but I know that’s not right.”

2. The “Of course I know you -- in fact, I want all your information” dodge: “Hey, I’d love to get your card.”

3. The “The tip of my tongue” dodge:
“I know I know your name, but I’m blanking right now.”

4. The “You’re brilliant!” dodge:
“Wow, you have a terrific memory. I can’t believe you remember my name from that meeting six months ago. I can’t remember the names of people I met yesterday! So of course I have to ask you your name.”

5. The “Sure, I remember you” dodge:
“Remind me – what’s your last name?” If you ask a person for his last name, he’s likely to repeat both names. “Doe, John Doe.”

6. The “One-sided introduction” dodge:
“Hey,” you say to the person whose name you can’t remember, “let me introduce you to Pat Smith.” You introduce the two and say the name of the person whose name you remember. Almost always, the nameless person will volunteer his or her name.

What I need is tips on how not to forget people's names.

Yeah, but this was the Navy's original drill:

2009-05-23T10:11:00.000-05:00

Navy Norway

2009-05-23T01:22:00.001-05:00

Brilliant

Question for PETA or DNR?

2009-05-22T18:33:00.002-05:00

Is it stealing if a gorilla takes a banana that happens to be in a Kwiki Mart?

The big hairy beast burst into Erber's shop on Park Avenue about 12:30 a.m. Wednesday to try to steal the $50 item, WLUK reported.
"Somebody dressed in a gorilla suit entered the store and was apparently trying to take a large banana that they had as part of a banana display," said police Capt. Steve Klein. There was a scuffle during which an employee tried to rip off the gorilla-suited thief's mask — discovering the culprit was a woman.
After that robbery was foiled, the fake ape reportedly went to a nearby Kwik Trip on Johnson Street and attempted the same crime. And it — she? — returned for a third try later.
The Park Avenue store staff is trying to lure the gorilla back so they can catch her.
"We're going to hang it up again tomorrow, see what happens," Erber told WLUK.

There are gorillas in Wisconsin, aren't there?

Does anyone really believe this?

2009-05-21T19:55:00.002-05:00

"Doyle: Budget fix will include steep cuts, no tax hikes"

Like our wonderful President Barry Governor Doyle has a long history of not telling us tax galley slaves the truth.

I have a hard time believe that Socialists like Mark Pocan are going to go along with this.

Someone Cue the State Workers doing their scenes from Les Miserables or singing its a hard knock life from Annie

I am going to the Woods for the Weekend I sure hope I do not come back to even higher taxes

When it comes to Governor Doyle never forget the immortal words of rapper Chuck D

Don't Believe the hype

Chris

And another thing... Bailout edition

2009-05-21T13:53:00.002-05:00

Chris makes a good comment here that brings up the bank bailout, which I have a question about.

Who thought it would be a good idea to give money to banks?!?

A. If banks can't raise money or hang onto what they've got, it's not them who needs the money; they clearly don't know what to do with it and should be out of business soon to safeguard anyone more who might be suckered into their schemes or facade of competence and prosperity.

B. Giving capital to a business only helps if they have a reasonable need for expansion that offers firm prospects of greater commercial success, which would then more than repay the original investment. Furthermore, said investor should be able to absorb the risk in case things don't pan out.

2009-05-20T11:51:00.000-05:00

Whiny State Workers

2009-05-20T09:10:00.002-05:00

A quick thought if you go through every story in the Cap Times or Wisconsin State Journal and read the comments you will find State Workers or their allies whining about how hard their jobs are and how underpaid they are.

They go on and on about how they work so hard they should not have to take furloughs or pay freezes.

Here is an idea if these state jobs are so terrible than quit go get one of them cushy private sector jobs.

Come on I double dog dare you state union thug workers to walk away from the terrible galley slave ship that you are forced to work in. This is still America and at least for a little while we are still free(well sort of) so quit your terrible state job fly be free.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

We Meddle Report #1

2009-05-20T08:58:00.002-05:00

We meddle... People don't like to be meddled with. We tell them what to do, what to think, don't run, don't walk. We're in their homes and in their heads, and we haven't the right. We're meddlesome.

Welcome to a new BBA feature the "We Meddle Report" where we will document our friends on the left meddling in our lives by taking away our freedoms in an effort to make us all "better"

"Obama calls for 40% increase in auto gas mileage by 2016"

This time the Socialists are about to sacrifice your SUV or Pickup Truck at the alter of their false Green Religion.

They cannot get us to buy and drive the little clown cars they want us to switch to. So they will take away our choice to drive what we want by forcing to Car companies build nothing but green clown cars.

Personally this will not effect me I can afford to pay the bribe it will take me buy a New Pick Up when my mini van finally buys the farm. But a lot of you blue collar guys who voted for Mr Hope and Change are about to lose your pick up trucks thanks to him and his Green Religion fanatics.

Wake up people this President is doing everything in his power to destroy the America we all love. If he continues on this pace we will all wake up in a decade and think we are living in France or Germany.

It is us or them it is time for you to pick a side people and get into this fight.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

630 to 680 too many

2009-05-19T14:37:00.002-05:00

Wolf population shows large increase

Gee the DNR got the population wrong go figure they cannot get the deer herd right so why should we expect them to get the wolf population right.

Kill every last one the damn things and you will never have to worry about how the population is growing.

Scott Walker you want votes in the Northern half of the state start saying you will help get rid of the damn wolves the DNR reintroduced, even though no one outside of Madison every wanted them back. Being Anti-Wolf in Northern Wisconsin will get you votes Mr Walker.

The Only Good Wolf outside of a zoo is a dead one.

Chris

Cover her head?

2009-05-19T11:59:00.000-05:00

The debate is already going: Did our First Lady ditch the Turkey trip because she wasn't needed and wanted to be home for the start of her daughters' school week?

Or was it because she didn't want to face the chador, the hejab, the burka, or whatever they use in Turkey to gag and disappear their women?

There's a telling quote in the Times article:

A picture of her at the G20 summit in London, standing next to Emine Erdogan, the wife of the Prime Minister, Tayyip Erdogan, attracted mixed emotions, however, since Mrs Erdogan’s Muslim headscarf is viewed with distaste by secular Turkey’s establishment, which fears that she creates a negative, over-conservative view of the nation seeking membership of the EU.
"I bet she decided not to come because she didn’t want to be involved with our headscarved crowd," said Cigdem, 39, an accountant. “Who would? I'm glad we don't have to watch her posing side by side with them here."

Sounds like mainstream Turks don't want to see covered women, and muslims don't want to see infidels faking it in garb.

The real question is, Will she be the first First Lady to refuse to bow to Eastern "conventions"?

Today's word: 'heteropaternal superfecundation'

2009-05-19T10:51:00.000-05:00

We're going to learn a new word today.

Say it with me now: heteropaternal superfecundation.

That's right, kiddies. It means "that's why Jimmy doesn't look like his twin brother Jay-Jay."

It also explains why Mr. Robinson is paying child support to Mr. White.

for the lady Badgers

2009-05-19T06:49:00.000-05:00

Still looking for Mr. Right?

Maybe you're looking in the wrong places.

Help bail out Obama: Real democracy now!

2009-05-18T16:40:00.000-05:00

An email from my new bff, David Plouffe, unnamed Obama lackey, info@barackobama.com:

Friend --
We knew healthcare reform would face fierce opposition -- and it's begun. As we speak, the same people behind the notorious "swiftboat" ads of 2004 are already pumping millions of dollars into deceptive television ads. Their plan is simple: torpedo healthcare reform before it sees the light of day by scaring the public and distorting the President's approach. We need the resources to take them head on with an urgent, grassroots campaign to pass real healthcare reform in 2009.
When the swiftboaters flood the airwaves with distortions, we'll flood the streets with volunteers armed with facts. When they send lobbyists to tell Congress to back down, we'll send millions of calls, letters, and stories from real Americans asking them to stand up.
Please donate $5 or more by midnight Sunday to fight back against these phony attacks and take our message of reform to the American people.
The swiftboaters are once again trying to sell the American people short. As during the election, we deserve a serious conversation -- not fear-mongering and deceit. You and I see the importance of healthcare reform every day. We can't miss this once in a lifetime opportunity to face one of America's greatest challenges head on. Passing real healthcare reform will be the toughest, most important challenge we've faced together since electing Barack Obama President. But it's also a big reason we fought so hard to get here. I know that by working together, and speaking with one, determined voice, we can prevail over the cynics and defenders of the status quo. America's families are counting on us to do just that. Donate $5 or more to defend healthcare reform today:
https://donate.barackobama.com/defendhealthcare
Thank you,
David Plouffe

You know what? I like this form of democracy. I've already signed on to voting with your dollars, so why not repeal taxes and truly mandate from the masses?

It's how Obama got to be president: He out-earned McCain in the campaign and won.

That means we should probably get some "petitions" going. I'm thinking:

Overturn Roe v Wade - let the states decide
Stop Unions from stealing workers' earnings - make dues voluntary and anonymous
Term limits now: two terms only

What do you want to "petition" for?

Geeks, rejoice!

2009-05-18T15:31:00.001-05:00

Your search engine is here: "Wolfram Alpha search to launch today." As of just over half an hour ago. Touts CNN journo-geek John D. Sutter:

Some see Alpha as a major advancement in the search world, primarily because it does something Google doesn’t: it creates new information, rather than just searching for what’s already available online.

More geek considerations: CNN answers the age-old question, "What happens to your digital life when you die?" Answer? LegacyLocker.com

It's a lot of work being super-smart and super-nerdy.

Political Nanny 911

2009-05-18T12:16:00.000-05:00

Where was that woman twenty years ago?

BEDFORD, Ohio — An Ohio man who argued with his grown son over a messy bedroom says he overreacted when he called 911.
Andrew Mizsak called authorities Thursday after his 28-year-old son threw a plate of food across the kitchen table and made a fist at him.
His son, also named Andrew, lives with his parents and has a room in the basement.
The father declined to press charges and told police he doesn't want to ruin his son's political career. The younger Mizsak works as a political consultant and is a school board member in Bedford, a Cleveland suburb.
The son says he and his father love each very much and that he's lucky to be living in the house rent free. He also promises to keep his room clean.

Like Your Professor, I struggle to pinpoint where to start... unfortunately, some of the funniest stuff is what they left out of the article.

Journalism 101 with Maureen Dowd

2009-05-18T11:05:00.002-05:00

"N.Y. Times' Dowd Admits Lifting Blogger's Words" without citing the source.

"It's just a friggin' blogger," Dowd responded when the Times "issued a formal correction on Monday and corrected the version that appears online."

A past draft blast

2009-05-16T12:41:00.000-05:00

I'm a little bit anxious for football to get started. So. Apropos of nothing (except a Sports Illustrated article that appeared last week), let's talk about Tony Mandarich.

You remember him. The guy the Packers took in the NFL draft - right before the Lions took Barry Sanders?

That's him.

He's seen the error of his ways now and is talking about his steroid use, his drug use, and his generally rotten attitude.

ESPN has a good video on his story here. I highly recommend it, if only for the really awesome clips of him when he was THE dominant offensive lineman in history.

And here's the Sports Illustrated article. An excerpt:

His lowest point may have come when his brother was near death from cancer in the winter of 1993. Tony drove off on a 16-hour round-trip to pick up pills for himself that he'd persuaded a doctor to prescribe. When he got back, John was dead. "Painkillers were more important to me than holding my brother's hand as he died," Tony says.

The addictions ruined his first marriage and left him depressed. He was emotionally arrested, he tries to explain, and needed to grow up. Rehab and Alcoholics Anonymous finally got him straight. Fourteen years later he hopes his book will help others, even as it helps him wipe his own slate clean and show that there is hope even for "a bust, a loudmouth, a no-good liar at the very bottom, like me."

Mandarich's second wife, Charlavan, who dated him for two years at Michigan State, and with whom he shares four children (two from his first marriage, two from hers), says she has seen great change in Mandarich during their five-year marriage; he has become humble and calm and spiritual. They work extremely hard and close together at their web-design and Internet marketing business. Char almost mists up describing her husband—"a brilliant, gentle, white light, a beautiful light," she says.

I’m tempted to say: wonderful. Glad everything worked out, that he got over all that crap, that he’s become a good husband and father and is making something good come of his failures. A failure that big – seems like that could really eat a guy up, when he was as proud and successful as Mandarich was.

I’m also tempted to wonder whether he’d be so humble and sorry if he still had a multi-million dollar football career to shoot for. Now that that’s all over, now he’s sorry. That’s awfully easy.

I’ll go with the first one, of course, because I try to think the best of people, and because there's no going back to change what happened: he can only go forward from here.

Still. Imagine if we'd taken Barry Sanders. In 1989.

No Gun Friday Gun Porn this week

2009-05-15T07:33:00.001-05:00

My life is a tad bit out of control right now(in a good way) it will be back next week

I know this will upset Grumps he really looks forward to this post every week but hang on little camper it will be back next week

Chris

Random Quotes

2009-05-15T06:20:00.000-05:00

Heatherradish: "I had a professor back at engineering school who told us not to bother making every design completely idiot-proof, because nature is constantly designing bigger idiots."

Gerald Ford via John Ruberry: "Which brings to mind something Gerald Ford said, "A government big enough to give you everything you want is a government big enough to take from you everything you have." "

Rick Esenberg: "The problem with the President's emphasis on empathy are twofold. First, the type of empathy he called for (at least during the campaign) does not seem to be ideologically neutral. He says he wants judges to "recognize what it's like to be a young teenage mom. The empathy to understand what it's like to be poor, or African-American, or gay, or disabled, or old." He doesn't call for empathy for religious folks who face what they see as a hostile secular culture, the victims of crimes, working families burdened by taxes, small businesses hampered by regulation or the unborn."

From Wiggy's Top ten revelations in Archbishop Rembart Weakland's new book: "Really wished the Village People would play more church festivals."

target practice

2009-05-14T19:54:00.000-05:00

For some reason, that reminds me, Chris - when we goin' skeet shooting?

Is anybody gonna go to this?

2009-05-14T17:41:00.000-05:00

An open-carry picnic in Onalaska this Sunday:

TOWN OF ONALASKA — Alcohol is prohibited during Sunday’s picnic at Marvin Gardens Park. Firearms are not.

A family-friendly picnic for those who favor open carry of firearms will be held from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sunday, the first event of its kind in Wisconsin on public property, said organizer and gun rights enthusiast Hubert Hoffman.

The outdoor event celebrates Wisconsin Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen’s recent opinion to the state’s district attorneys that citizens should not be cited for disorderly conduct if openly carrying a firearm.

Everyone's invited, even if you don't pack heat. Free food, too. But no beer: guns and alcohol are a no-no.

While he can’t predict attendance, Hoffman said he’ll be happy if the event draws 30 people. He’s heard people plan to come from as far away as Milwaukee.

Hoffman has shelled out thousands of dollars to host the event. All proceeds raised from a donation bucket will be given to the Wisconsin Badger Camp.

He says reaction has been good, including from the police:

He has not received “one iota” of negative feedback about the picnic, which will include discussions about gun laws in school zones and private vehicles.

The La Crosse County Sheriff’s Department is not planning increased patrols during the picnic, but any complaint will be investigated, said sheriff’s Capt. Mike Horstman.

“They’re doing what they’re legally entitled to do,” Horstman said.

Badger Blogger has more. Lot of talk about limp wrists in the comment section, which is bad shooting posture, if you ask me.

We're really busy this weekend, and even if we weren't, my yard is a mess, so I wouldn't be going anyway. But if anybody is, let us know. We'd love to post pics.

2009-05-14T16:29:00.000-05:00

Ya know, here's something I've been wanting to ask about the whole Miss California faux news storm:

Who is Shanna Moakler, former Miss USA,, Playboy playmate and what's-his-name's baby momma, that she should be considered some kind of moral compass?

Hope & Change revisited

2009-05-14T14:40:00.000-05:00

I wonder what these folks think of the headlines today.

"Basically, I just want the wars to end."

"He's not going to be president of the top 10%, or president of the most powerful corporations, or the president of the most powerful lobbiests, he's gonna be our president. He's gonna speak for us."

Thanks for the memories, J. Hope Texas is going well.

Speaking of the Onion...

2009-05-14T13:52:00.001-05:00

They bring us an update on Favre Watch:

"Brett Favre Mails Arm To Vikings."

Somebody snuck an 'Onion' article in my news

2009-05-14T12:38:00.000-05:00

"Obama Considers Detaining Terror Suspects Indefinitely."

Seriously, are they just pulling old Bush articles and changing names and dates, or what?

In true Onion fashion - "Manny Ramirez: Am I in Trouble?" - it just keeps gettin' better:

The Obama administration is weighing plans to detain some terror suspects on U.S. soil -- indefinitely and without trial -- as part of a plan to retool military commission trials that were conducted for prisoners held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
The proposal being floated with members of Congress is another indication of President Barack Obama's struggles to establish his counter-terrorism policies, balancing security concerns against attempts to alter Bush-administration practices he has harshly criticized.
On Wednesday, the president reversed a recent administration decision to release photos showing purported abuse of prisoners at U.S. military facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mr. Obama cited concern that releasing the pictures could endanger U.S. troops. Mr. Obama ordered government lawyers to pull back an earlier court filing promising to release hundreds of photos by month's end as part a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.
The decision to block the detainee photos contrasts with the administration's release last month of Bush-era Justice Department memorandums outlining the interrogation tactics used on prisoners by the Central Intelligence Agency. The release of the memos set off a heated political fight, with supporters of the Bush administration accusing the Obama White House of endangering the country and some of the current president's supporters calling for criminal probes of those responsible for the interrogation policies [emphasis mine, in case you're having trouble reading ~~between~~ the lines].

Wait - this is from the Wall Street Journal.
Obama's going to

Indefinitely detain terrorists without trial
Withhold photos of prisoner abuse in Iraq and Afghanistan
He ordered government lawyers to reverse a court filing
In so doing, favors his own adminstation's @ss while tossing the last one to the dogs by releasing old memos and calling for a criminal investigation of Bush-era officials.

How's your bloodpressure? Think O Admin flacks are thinking about what small island nation they'll retreat to should a Repub take the White House and not play by Repub decorum, but rather by Dem decorum (read: Jimminy Carter, Obama's "criminal probe")

I so can't wait to see The Daily Show tonight.

Wisconsin State Government votes to pee on Private Property Rights

2009-05-14T09:06:00.003-05:00

"Assembly, Senate pass indoor smoking ban"

What the headline should say is "The lefts attack on private property rights continues to move forward".

It is sad that so many people in this country and state think they have a right to tell other people how to live and what to do with their private property.

Where are the health Nazi's calling for the State to stop the sale of Tobacco? Cue Charlies crickets.

This law is so Madison and Milwaukee Elitists can have it their way no matter where they go.

Prediction this law will be totally ignored in many areas of the state that are not full of Madison and Milwaukee Elitists.

Unjust laws should be ignored and this is a unjust law.

Sic Semper Tyrannis
Chris

'A completely made up sh*t storm.'

2009-05-13T13:27:00.001-05:00

May Jon Stewart have the last word on the "naughty pictures":

I cannot believe that a beautiful young woman who wants to be a model would have these... pictures ... taken of her by what appears to be a professional photographer.
Officianls threatened to take her crown away. Apparently these photos would take away from the dignity of the bikini walk, which she is required to do for the competition...

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"Carrie will remain Miss California. Carrie is totally beautiful, and her answer because of that took on greater importance," prounounces The Donald, reminding Americans what's really important. "If her beauty wasn't so great, nobody would care."

Buy Black

2009-05-13T11:23:00.001-05:00

I totally support voting with your dollars: "Chicago Family's 'Buy Black' Experiment Becoming a Nationwide Movement."

Good marketing people could get them connected to target shoppers together; advertizing sections could be purchased through a retailers association; and that next big fashion thing for home or wardrobe or technical accessories and food could have additional flare and vibrancy, coming from a non-Vogue stamped quarter.

The one thing this clearly needs:

Maggie and John Anderson of Chicago vowed four months ago that for one year, they would try to patronize only black-owned businesses. The "Empowerment Experiment" is the reason John had to suffer for hours with a stomach ache and Maggie no longer gets that brand-name lather when she washes her hair. A grocery trip is a 14-mile odyssey.
"We kind of enjoy the sacrifice because we get to make the point ... but I am going without stuff and I am frustrated on a daily basis," Maggie Anderson said. "It's like, my people have been here 400 years and we don't even have a Walgreens to show for it."
So far, the Andersons have spent hundreds of dollars with black businesses from grocery stores to dry cleaners. But the couple still hasn't found a mortgage lender, home security system vendor or toy store. Nonetheless, they're hoping to expand the endeavor beyond their Chicago home.

Seed money. Which Anderson is preparing to raise. And Gregory Price, Moorehouse College's chairman of the economics department, notes, "It would be nice to see some real, hard data. Otherwise, it could just be an episode of ethnic cheerleading."

Timeline shows Bush, McCain warning Dems of financial and housing crisis; meltdown

2009-05-12T17:16:00.001-05:00

CNN: 'Soldier held in killings was clinic patient'

2009-05-12T15:55:00.000-05:00

Says the Left: Aren't we all, after the Bush war, man. Aren't we all.

Garofalo meltdown II

2009-05-12T14:39:00.000-05:00

"Since you won't admit there is a racist element*, I can say all Teabaggers are racist. Nya nya nya!"

*Garofalo refers to the Tea Parties, based on a single sign stating "What you talkin' 'bout, Willis?", which, wtf?!?

Janeane, same shit, different day. One stupid makes everybody stupid. Dems have used that ad hominem slam for as long as I can remember. In the greater context, since they were all human, that makes all humans stupid and racist, including you.

Janeane Garofalo is a racist!!!

PS Did anyone besides you see that "Willis" sign? Maybe you should just admit that it's all about getting relevent in the public eye again.

Obama and Carrie Prejean agree: no gay marriage

2009-05-12T13:49:00.004-05:00

This is so funny I almost fell out of my seat: ~~"Donald Trump: Miss California Carrie Prejean Keeps Her Crown."~~ "Trump stands by Miss California USA."

"It's the same answer that the president of the United States gave," Trump said at a press conference. "She gave an honorable answer. She gave an answer from her heart."

Update

Don't you hate it when a blogger uses a quote but doesn't include the link, or when they include a misleading link? Yeah, me too.

It's not that hard, they're just that lazy or dishonest. Even when they don't have to be.

Garofalo meltdown I

2009-05-12T08:43:00.002-05:00

First, the backstory: While you were sending Congress a clear message about tax abuse, even before your humble president referred to you with disdain as "waving teabags around," Janeane Garofalo was trying to squeeze out a few more bucks from her anthro course while riding your grass-root coattails:

Limbic brain? She knew that term would pay quality dividends someday.

Garofalo, the only one who sounds like they don't know anything about the history of the Tea Parties and has a paranoid hatred of a stereotypical archetype is you. At least you admit "I didnt [sic] grow up when I should have.”

PS Overusing words like "foment" doesn't give you the sound of the vocabulary of the intellectual upper crust. It sounds more like your Bush Derangement Syndrome is mutating.

PPS Garafoalo, Olbermann - one of you remember to turn the lights out when you bail on your pathetic little paranoia party, m'kay? Green Peace out and all that.

'Nazi Guard Suspect Demjanjuk in German Prison'

2009-05-12T07:49:00.004-05:00

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Demjanjuk's son, John Demjanjuk Jr., said Monday that his ather is dying of leukemic bone marrow disease and had maintained that he would not survive a trans-Atlantic flight.

Demjanjuk backstory here.

A £ittle $ense

2009-05-12T06:29:00.000-05:00

Reader Bob Beales notes, "Not that I'm looking for handouts..."

Dammit, Bob, get with the program.

If the game is your money gets thrown in the air, I say it's fair game to grab that cash.

BBA Bow, Wisconsin Hard News edition

2009-05-11T21:55:00.003-05:00

To steveegg for "Give them an inch, they’ll take a mile, GPS edition."

This Week in Wisconsin

2009-05-11T10:21:00.006-05:00

There's still time, so don't panic, just drag out your best little black dress, Jimmy Choo heels and get your hair done now! Wisconsin Fashion Week kicks off in Madison next Tuesday, and one lucky attendee will win a $2,000 shopping spree! And there's an after-party at Frida's Friday at 10pm. For more information
contact Kristi Moe at 608-
320-3322, kristi@
wisconsinfashionweek
.com.

Interested in strengthening Wisconsin's rural communities? Make plans now to attend Wisconsin Rural Summit 6 on June 5 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens Point. This year's theme: "Rallying Communities: Re-frame, Re-build, Innovate!" For more info: Rick Rolfsmeyer, Executive Director, 608-967-2322 or ricky@wirural.org .

Hate to bring you down, but here in the Stateline area, we're still waiting for drier weather to put corn in. Then along comes this pour-a-bucket-on-little-Mary-Sunshine's-head bit of news: "Nice today, but storms coming mid-week."

Good news! You can plan your Dells getaway beginning now: "Lake Delton in the Wisconsin Dells has been refilled after it emptied into the Wisconsin River during heavy rains last summer."

The only weapon we will be able to stock pile if the Human Rights groups get their way

2009-05-11T10:14:00.003-05:00

Do human rights groups understand the actual purpose of fighting wars and using weapons?

First they try to get the use of Land Mines outlawed.

Than they whine and bitch about Cluster munitions

Now they complaining about using White Phosphorous as an actual weapon

I am sorry I think the idea of any weapon being more socially acceptable than another is just a joke.

I want enemies of the United States and our Allies to worry that they might be burned to a crisp by a WP round if they decided to fight our troops

You fight wars to win not to make friends and this constant movement by the surrender monkeys of the World Socialist/Peace groups to deny certain weapons to our forces will eventually lead to US troops dying when they do not need to.

If using a WP round can save one US soldiers life or for that matter one trooper from the UK or the IDF life I am all for its use as a weapon.

Do not make our forces fight with one hand tied behind their backs.

Chris

Dan Bice "When Governor Doyle gets bought he stays bought"

2009-05-11T09:54:00.002-05:00

Dan Bice points out what most of already know.

That when a special interest buys Governor Doyle he stays bought.

Be it the Casinos WEAC or in this case Trial Lawyers the song remains the same you give Jim the big money he becomes your big bitch.

The Trial Lawyer money bought this provision in the budget that is going to make it so you can be charged for 100% of the damages even if you are only 1% at fault. Think of that hell just by waking up every morning you are 1% responsible for everything bad that happens in the world. Well that is how the Trial Lawyers see it.

We do not call him Diamond Jim Doyle for nothing

Chris

Oh yeah that smoking ban is going over really well in the North Woods.

2009-05-11T09:23:00.002-05:00

I ended up in one the local watering holes Saturday night to have a few beers and watch some of the Brewers game on their TV's. Satellite TV is the greatest thing to every come to the "Up North" but I digress.

Being the social scientist that I am I actually took a moment to look around the bar I would say out of 40 people in the bar(it was the party for their pool league) There might have been one other person besides me who was not a smoker. And I even asked a couple of patrons and the owner what was going to happen when the smoking band went into effect.

There were a couple of common themes to the replies, the first was "F-ck Jim Doyle and the rest of those asshole in Madison.

The Second was general dislike of the type of people who are pushing this band. It was seen as the yuppies wimps in Madison and Milwaukee trying to push their life styles and beliefs on the people up there.

The third answer was let them try and stop us. Remember a lot of the taverns are already ignoring the law when it comes to gambling many have gambling machines. Do you really think they are going to just stop doing it their way because someone in Madison says they should do it this a certain way?

You know if the state GOP was smart they would start campaigning in the Northern Half of the state in a "Us vs those assholes in Madison " mode. Scott Walker needs to get up there and start telling the people up there that when he is Governor he is going to get Madison off their backs as best he can. No matter what the issue wolves or smoking bands or taxes if he runs on the side of the common man vs. the Madison Socialist Elites he can win up there.

He also needs to play up how much the local Milwaukee Politicians hate him that will also play in the Northern half of the state.

We need to get the message out to "Out state" voters that we as a party are going to get out of and stay out of their shat. We are going to defend private property rights. That we are going slow down the flood of tax dollars that go to Milwaukee to be wasted. We are going to pull in the reins on the DNR

There are a lot of votes in the Northern Half of the state just waiting to come over to our side if we just get our message out to these voters.

The smoking ban is going to be an issue that we need to beat the Socialists over the head with in the next election.

Every day I wake up looking forward to the 2010 elections more and more.

Chris

Hey I was away all weekend, did anyone get shot in Milwaukee this weekend?

2009-05-11T08:51:00.003-05:00

Is that a stupid question or a rhetorical question or both?

Domestic dispute led to Monday morning homicide

Man, 22, dies after being shot in face

Not really this weekend it was last week.

Man charged in shooting of ex-girlfriend

I think there was also at least one Wounding in Milwaukee where a young man was shot in the ankle.

Now to be fair I will list all of the shootings in the Counties that surround Milwaukee.

Waukesha ----------------------------------------------------------

Ozauakee ----------------------------------------------------------

Washington --------------------------------------------------------

Sheboygan ---------------------------------------------------------

Jefferson ---------------------------------------------------------

Dodge -------------------------------------------------------------

Hell I am feeling generous I will list some of the shootings in some of the out state counties

Iron ---------------------------------------------------------------

Rusk ---------------------------------------------------------------

Green---------------------------------------------------------------

Iowa ----------------------------------------------------------------

I don't want anyone saying I am just picking on the fine people who live in Milwaukee.

Milwaukee delenda est
Chris

In honor of Wisconsin's impending smoking ban:

2009-05-10T12:49:00.002-05:00

2009-05-09T16:02:00.000-05:00

Are you an overlapper?

Headlines the left never thought they'd see

2009-05-09T12:24:00.000-05:00

Somewhere, in the far reaches of Canada, some expat will get their San Francisco Chronicle long about Sunday and catch this bit of news:

President Obama's proposed defense budget includes $130 billion for the nation's two wars, a figure that may not be enough.

I imagine we'll be able to hear the screams from here.

Guantanamo Bay Terrorists: Coming to a Neighborhood Near You?

2009-05-09T11:26:00.001-05:00

Pastor Josh

2009-05-09T10:57:00.001-05:00

Josh Schroeder is going to Seminary.