No Runny Eggs

The repository of one hard-boiled egg from the south suburbs of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (and the occassional guest-blogger). The ramblings within may or may not offend, shock and awe you, but they are what I (or my guest-bloggers) think.

Archive for December 11th, 2010

Weekend Hot Read – Dave Thompson’s “We Had an Election . . . Remember?”

by @ 20:23. Filed under Politics - National.

Incoming Minnesota State Senator (and previous candidate for Minnesota GOP chair) Dave Thompson unloaded on Le Grande Compromise on his campaign blog today:

On November 2nd, the voters sent a clear message: stop the spending already. Less than six weeks after the election, the Congressional Republican leadership has gone right back to the old playbook. They are “compromising” and giving in on bad policies when they don’t need to do so.

Extending unemployment benefits is a terrible idea. Let’s see… we really want people to go to work… so I think we’ll continue to pay them not to work. Brilliant! And of course the unemployment benefit extension will add over $56 billion to the national debt. But never mind. Concern about the national debt was for last week’s news cycle.

We all understand the need for compromise. Otto von Bismarck said, “Politics is the art of the possible.” However, the American people are troubled when politicians make unnecessary concessions on important issues. Every reasonable analyst agrees that we should not raise taxes….

Democrats supposedly haven’t grasped the message sent last November. Seems to me the Republicans are equally unaware.

There is a reason why 63% of the voters in Minnesota’s 36th Senate District sent Thompson to St. Paul – he gets it.

Politics of Envy and Greed

by @ 14:45. Filed under Politics - National, Taxes.

There really is no editorial required on these.  Simply listen to the statements of one admitted socialist and one member of the Democratic Socialists of America.  It’s not hard to understand that their real complaint about “tax cuts” is that no one’s money is their own.  Their belief is that all money, regardless of how it was gained, is the government’s to use as it sees fit.

See Bernie Sanders Here.

Keith Ellison

To both of them I say, “Bring it on!” I don’t like this deal either. Let’s let the tax rates increase and see what the American people have to say about it…..shall we?

Big Jim Slade takes over for impotent pose…er, President

by @ 8:52. Filed under Politics - National.

(H/T – JammieWearingFool)

The New York Post’s Charles Hurt dug out the apt reference from “Kentucky Fried Movie” after Bill Clinton took over for Barack Obama at a press conference designed to salvage Le Grande Compromise (which, in typical Washington fashion, got larded up with all sorts of pork, including a 1-year extension of corn-a-hole subsidies – H/T Michelle Malkin, to try to get recalcitrant House Democrats on board). Because it’s the weekend, I don’t have to give you the standard NSFW warning on the clip of Big Jim taking over…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ96dy93mP0[/youtube]

Oh wait, that wasn’t Big S(l)ick. HERE’S Big S(l)ick Willie taking over (courtesy Daily Caller):

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dODwyYpDmqY[/youtube]

For those of you who doubted Jay Weber when he said that Teh Won doesn’t really want to be President, watch and weep.

Stripping away the histrionics – off the rails edition

by @ 6:54. Filed under Choo-choos, Politics - Wisconsin.

When one looks past the latest whining from those deeply saddened by the death of the Lobbyist HO Train that was going to run from Milwaukee to Madison, the bottom line becomes far less than what they claim:

  • Instead of building 6 trains (2 trains for the now-dead Lobbyist HO Train, 2 trains for the Hiawatha line between Milwaukee and Chicago, and 2 trains for an Oregon line) before shutting down the production line, Talgo will build 4 trains before shutting down the production line.
  • Instead of the maintenance facility maintaining 4 trains (the now-dead Lobbyist HO Trains and the Talgo-built trains for the Hiawatha line), the maintenance facility will maintain 2 trains (the Talgo-built trains for the Hiawatha line).

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