Badger Bites

Memorial Day has come and gone, and still we wait for summer in Wisconsin. Grab a hot cup of cocoa and imagine warmer times over a hot plate of Bites.

• Christian gives the Wisconsin Democratic Party a well deserved slap upside the head.
• Two sides of a mouth, a Sensenbrenner, NAFTA, and Obama.
• From Sean at the DC news desk comes the question: When will Obama meet Petraeus?
• Obama sees dead people.
• Saving the George Washington.
• LIB offers a thoughtful critique of the NYT article on electing judges.
• Is Ethanol Immoral?
• Sometimes that which appears below the surface belies appearances.
• Russ's super-duper, double-secret foreign junket.
• Wigderson brings us party politics flipped on its head.
  

Badger Bites

It was a pretty good week around the Wisconsin blogosphere, but today was especially good. Today's Bites skews towards today, but we have some highlights from the past week, too. Enjoy.

• Who knew Lennon was our only hope?
• Little Miss Sunshine and Nick both take a look at Pro Life Wisconsin.
• And how can we not link back to coverage on that compromise.
• We need to joke more...especially when they are about Democrats.
• Kevin Kennedy gets a same-day registration surprise while in D.C.
• Bloomer ain't just the jump rope capital of the world anymore.
• A book recommendation from LIB.
• Article I, Section 10, and how it applies to Wisconsin.
• Obama-Carter links always make me nervous.
  

Badger Bites

No theme this week. Unfortunately, no haiku, either. Just good ol' Bites. Enjoy.

• To start off tonight's Bites, I can think of no better link to hit than this one to the petition at Badger Blogger.
• Staying with Badger Blogger, they have continuing coverage of the Brittany Zimmerman 911 call.
• Christian Schneider proposes the "Vice Wife". That's Vice Wife, not vice wife-there is a difference.
• Wigderson sullies a good point with a bad joke.
• Nick has a sensible gasoline relief plan for summer.
• "One Less Victim in Milwaukee"
• But gosh darn it, people like him...don't they?
• Kathy thanks...Hillary?
• No food for you.
• Jim Doyle clings to a bad policy? And it's ethanol? Pshaw.
  

Badger Bites, In Haiku

Technically, Badger Bites is now a Wednesday feature. I'm jumping the gun a little, because my schedule looks tough tomorrow. Enjoy!!!

Tweaked inflation rates...
The Pelosi Premium...
This is gonna hurt!

Secret ballot vote?
Not so fast! Sign your name here.
The union says so.

Our Constitution
is a living document,
unlike The Bible

Old School Milwaukee?
Dave says, "Natatorium."
Don't order the fish.

He saw dead people.
Wigderson sees idiots.
They're everywhere, too.

Schlitz, Miller, Pabst, Blatz:
The four Titans of Brewtown.
The Rushmore of Beer!

Disneyland, Baghdad?
Quite a cultural surprise,
let's preview some rides.

MPS snow days
will cost three million dollars
unless they're made up.

Badger ex-pat, Sean
survived all the tornadoes.
He still needs a job.

Badger Bites

Remember, next week this feature moves to Wednesday, and Aaron will be doing the first one in the new night. So don't miss next week's edition, and enjoy tonight's bites.

• Wiggy on PA, begat by Fraley on PA, and the fun little discussion in his comments.
• Head on over to Atomic Trousers, if only for the 'staches.
• Wigderson comes in with the rare double bite. Did you know Sheldon Wasserman is a liberal Democrat?
• It pays to remember how much of that gas price goes to not big oil but big government.
• Nick's line on ethanol subsidies is about as sharp and blunt as you are going to find. I'd add mandates to that, too.
  
• Sean brings us one reason why the Clinton-Obama brawl isn't all bad for the Dems.
• If you don't know what the Dalton Minimum is, then it might pay to find out.
• If I didn't know better, I'd say Dean has a crush.
• A plan to make Milwaukee some money, although I could see it being pretty unpopular.
• A plan for Wisconsin's budgetary and economic health. It probably makes too much sense for Madison, though.
  

Badger Bites

I'm not sure what this virus that went around my office is, but it seems to have been more virulent than socialism at an Oscar party. I'm still 3/4's flattened by it, but I managed to make it around the Badgersphere tonight. Enjoy the links.

• Let's get Bites started off right with this must read from Cathy Stepp.
• What is going on at the Madison police department?
• A quite apt quote of the day.
• Freedom's just another word for...nothing left to lose to government?
• Get to know Obama.
• Obama, a bigger fumbler than Ahman Green.
• Beware the price controls on food.
• Joy. More hollow, empty, symbolic, actionless support for Tibet.
  

Badger Bites

I thought about intro'ing the Bites tonight with a take on Ice, Ice, Baby, but neither you nor I really want that. So let's get to it.

• The great stadium debate lives on.
• A winning argument...for the right?
• A civility gauntlet is thrown down.
• But Marcus asks, "Was (it) ever civil?"
  
• Calling all stalkers!
• Sean says the Journal Sentinel's Pulitzer is well deserved.
• Charlie excerpts a couple of highlights from the CEO of Brigg's.
• The sky is falling because the sky isn't falling!
• Dad29 looks at the meal in your tank.
• Daniel reports on the Wisconsin College Republican Convention in Madison.
• The blogging is gonna kill ya.
• "Wisconsin fever: catch it!"
  

Badger Bites

Okay. Some of you out there are dodging the flood waters. Others are still suffering the indignities of winter. Either way, the miserable winter of 2007-2008 holds on by the finger nails. Grab a warm beverage, a cozy blanket, and tuck into tonight's Badger Bites.

• What of autism?
• Is there an actual on-the-record Obama position on hand gun bans?
• What say you...Jaguar or Jag-wire? I'm with E.
• MU warrior looks at Louis Butler's latest incarnation.
• Bruce brings us a positive Milwaukee police story.
• Elliot looks at a double standard in politics.
• Do your voting homework.
• Finally, an issue of TIME worthy of sending to your state and Federal elected officials.
• Folkbum offers up a ringing endorsement for Butler.
• And tonight we wrap with a dumb post, even by Michael Mathias' standards.
  

Badger Bites

I can't talk about snow again this year and I'm fresh out of puns, so without further adieu, here's today's Bites.

• Phel looks at how energy prices affect an individual-herself.
• Floating an insinuation against Scott Walker at JSOnline.
• Freedom of choice...to use your preferred type of light bulb.
  
• What is fair game when it comes to Chelsea Clinton?
• Times are tough, especially if your last name is Obama.
• Fraley brings us the Wisconsin Club for Growth's take on the Butler illegal campaign contribution allegation.
• Meanwhile, Daniel at GOP3 looks at why some big state unions are showering him with support.
  
• What exactly does abortion have to do with education?
• More on the effect ethanol (amongst other things) has on food production.
• The, uh, crazy Libertarian gets it right.
• Scary thought of the week: Syphilitic dinosaurs.
• Yeah, but you should see it when she hacks up a furball.
• Kathy gets an endorsement.

Badger Bites

I hope everyone had a nice Easter and, for those of you in the southern part of the state, a good snowblower. Spring is just around the corner, but as long as you're still snowbound, you might as well see what's springing up on Wisconsin blogs. (Yes, it is a terrible pun)

*Wheaton Franciscan might as well have a company store with employee relations like this.

*Could Nader affect the presidential race?

*Nick ponders dangerously.

*I'm with James-this is refreshing.

*Peter looks at a good thing born from a bad.

*Sinbad is the new Honest Abe.

*This should be Wisconsin's new state verse.

*Ah, nothing like American pessimism.

*Heh, the wimpy WiSJ.

*Yeah, what about that blog summit?

*The return of the Cheese League?

Badger Bites

This is going to be an abbreviated version of the Bites. Since I boogie all over the Wisconsin blogosphere for this, anyway, I'd just as soon have a full version but it has been a slow few days around the state. Enjoy the links. We'll be back with a full version on Monday.

-Yuck, yuck, yuck.

-The Depprivation of Wisconsinites.

-Dad29 brings you the cutest baby animal pics you'll see today.

-Little Miss Sunshine draws an apt comparison between the vandalism of a Milwaukee Army recruiting office and...

-Of course, some just can't be bothered to care. At least they're honest about it.

Badger Bites Bytes

That would be news, wouldn't it? A badger biting a byte? Well, until it happens, we still have Badger Bites (or is it Bytes)? Either way, thanks to Lance and Marcus for picking up my slack last week, but now you're stuck with me again.


-Imagine Wigderson's best Joan Crawford impersonation: "No more political yard signs!"

-Shoebox asks whether Obama's Wright problem creates a McCain problem for the conservative right.

-Owen looks at a prime example of the First Amendment being rendered meaningless by campaign finance laws.

-The Nat & Singh, rapidly becoming safer thanks to citizens.

-OTBL nails Jim Cramer to the wall.

-Sean examines the left's newest BushHoover claims and finds them lacking.

-Personally, I think Dean hits the nail on the head.

-Handouts has to be the number one seed in that bracket.

-And so it was written in the book of Revelation that Al Sharpton would become the right winger upon the breaking of the seventh seal.

Badger Bites, Jibless Version

Hey, this Badger Bites thing is like work. You've gotta go through pretty close to the whole internet to find enough stuff you find interesting, and all for one post.

What? You're supposed to find stuff that other people will find interesting?

Oh. Well...maybe next time. Onward.

Calvin Frieburger “fisks” a “letter” to the “editor.”

And if punctuation mark preposterousness amuses you, click here.

Eulogizing the Democratic Party.

Hi, I’m Brett. And this is my brother, Favre.

Paul Noonan explains why Voltron was Favre’s downfall.

Cats and Dogs Living Together.

At least Fred has a healthy self-image.

Kathy is doing the delegate math.

And the Proletariat does some number crunching, too.

“On the other hand, you just never know what the hell is going on these days.”

Happy Birthday, Kato. We’re so proud!

You’re an alarmist.

And finally, one Sauk County family can say something nobody else can: La Valle family has four siblings in military academies.

Phew. I think it's Leinie Time. When's Jib get back?

Badger Bites Back

After a hibernation of a couple of weeks, Badger Bites is back. Things seem a little quiet around the Wisconsin blogosphere, mostly because half the state is sick with a cold or flu and the other half is tired of winter, but there still are plenty of posts out there that are worth checking out.


-Shoebox at NRE looks at possible data integrity problems in climate research.

-Fred has a problem with the new, environmentally friendly compact fluoarson light bulbs.

-Lance Armstrong, a man of many shirt colors (plus you have to wonder what they had in their water bottles back in the day).

-OTBL looks at what isn't essential.

-Peter takes a long look at last week's MPD report of voter fraud.

-The rise and fall of Oshkosh blogging.

-Paul Soglin has been eating spicy food before dinner and needs a dream reader.

-Mac VerStanding relates some background on ELF.

-Elliot asks an excellent question.

-Silent E brings us an interesting case in the Sheboygan school district.

Badger Bites

Southern Wisconsinites tonight are nursing their sore backs. Meanwhile, Northern Wisconsinites are enjoying a little schadenfreude as their snowblowers rest in their garages. Northern or Southern, the internet is never snowbound, so enjoy tonight's trip around the Badgersphere.

-Patrick points to a new tool coming down the road for taxpayers.

-"The Church" as seen from the eyes of a Protestant.

-Wigderson wanders out on a limb and finds a VeeP candidate.

-Super delegates, super headache.

-Nostalgic for the Capital Times.

-Fraley looks at the advertising trends behind the deaths of dailies.

-Never say never?

-A lefty government in Australia displays fiscal sanity.

-Fred starts a movement to keep the death tax dead.


And a note to BBA members: I'm probably going to need a 'Bites' substitute on both Monday and Thursday next week.

Badger Bites

Welcome to Super Tuesday Eve! All across the nation, children wait with baited breath for Sa....what, I have the wrong day? Ah, that's right, today is Christmas Eve for poligeeks, and if you're here, you're probably one of us. Although the white death is probably more important for many of us, we're on the cusp of the primaries' stretch run, and Wisconsin's talking politics. Enjoy.

-If you want to see behind the scenes of politics, there is no better place to start than the Olsen Papers.

-Speaking of ethanol mandates, is the current one dead or still lurking?

-Nick expounds on why he's drawn a line.

-Just in case you wanted to keep up on Ralph Nader, Babblemur has you covered.

-"A Conservative Case for McCain"

-Pheisty looks at smoking, choice, and a push from Minnesota.

-Dean has a Super Duper Tuesday chart for your reference.

-Marcus looks at how not to make friends.

-George Allen as the source of current Republican disarray?

-And tonight we close with a story that is funny to everyone but the parent-a poo covered toddler.

Badger Bites

Okay, we waited to release tonight's Badger Bites until well after the SOTU, which I'm sure everyone out there watched. So minus the distractions, you can now enjoy tonight's Bites.

-Sean Twitters the SOTU.

-Meanwhile, if you still haven't caught up on the State of the State, Dean has the links for you.

-It took an Obama endorsement to upset NOW?

-Operation Jericho...in Atlanta.

-Remembering Challenger.

-Did MillerCoors have their choice made for them?

-This is just too cool not to add, even though the cameraman will give you motion sickness.

-Yep, he's right: He is the furthest thing from an expert on the topic.

-Paul Soglin endorses...well, let's just say NOW probably wouldn't be happy.

-Kevin Fischer irritates conservatives?

-And here's a link to Kevin Fischer for the hell of it.

-The benefits of the giant tax bill.

-Pheisty resigns from the Republican Party.

Badger Bites

There is nothing thematic about tonight's Badger Bites. Topics are all over the board. Enjoy.

-A lesson in long term investments.

-80%.

-"Crack Tax"

-No more bashing.

-The new nuclear option for conservatives?

-The top issue for Floridians is...

-Woe to the white male Democrat in SC.

-Longing for the salad days of Michael Irvin.

-The problem with the finger pointing.

-The reward for information in the murder of LaLa Brown.

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You've got pretty much three choices on topics to read about today: The Packers, John McCain, and Fred Thompson. Enjoy.

-A little fun for grieving Packers fans.

-George Clooney, peace maker.

-All of Milwaukee's continuing problems are the fault of...two talk radio hosts?

-Fred, and McCain & Wisconsin. Plus a Fred write-in.

-Fear McCain?

-Too bad...it was just coincidence.

-Rick is taking the loss quite hard.

-Calling on Thompson to quit.

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Packers this, Packers that, Packers around the clock. Even a BBA blogger claiming to be The Official Blog of the Green Bay Packers. Before you start having green and gold hallucinations, take a short break and see what else is going on at state blogs.

-Voter I.D.-it must be a conspiracy.

-Contributing to the problem.

-Blinding glass in the Marquette Interchange?

-Funding and the constitution.

-Milwaukee supports D.C. on guns.

-The ethanol mandate stirs again-this time with a costly twist.

-A thanks from Kenosha for the help.

-Childless communities-a lively discussion.

-NATO cracking?

-There is a Beloit International Film Festival?