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 November 30th, 2006

So the Baker/Hamilton Commission is going for Retreat and Defeat

by @ 14:07. Filed under Politics - National, War on Terror.

Allahpundit and Peter analyze it pretty damn well. Make no mistake; even though there is no firm timetable for the last chopper to leave the US Embassy in Baghdad under enemy fire, negotiating with the two thuggish countries that are turning Iraq into a hellhole along with a reduced presence both in numbers and in role for our troops over there will inevitably have the same effect on Iraq and Lebanon that negotiating with North Vietnam did for South Vietnam and Cambodia, namely a collapse of governments not necessarily anti-American in favor of virulently-anti-American ones. The effect in the rest of the world will also mirror the Vietnam experience; other countries will (rightly) see the US as an untrustworthy partner, unwilling to protect any interests that can’t be done via a short cruise-missile barrage.

One thing left untouched by just about everybody; Iraq will be turned into an unblockable superhighway between Iran and the frontier of Israel. Hope everybody likes strontium-90 and caesium-137 in their food, because one way or the other, that inevitable war will go nuclear.

Carnival of the Badger: The Pitching Coach is up

by @ 11:03. Filed under Carnival of the Badger.

Nick has filled in for the ailing Phel, and serves me up a fat fastball. Get up, get way out of here, and GONE!

Oh the weather outside is frightful

by @ 10:13. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Or at least it will be, if the weathermen are right. 6-10 inches by about this time tomorrow. Time to review the checklist:

– Boots; check
– Full-time AWD vehicle; check
– Snowblower; check
– Snow brush/icescraper; check
– Canned laughter for when the overspending/overtaxing/underperforming Oak Creek-Franklin School District shuts down; check

I am ready. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow.

New Berlin mayor robbing from the taxpayers to give to the city

by @ 7:09. Filed under Politics - Wisconsin, Taxes.

Matt Thomas has all the details, including an update from one of the 2 aldermen who voted to not rob the taxpayers blind. To sum it up, the city of New Berlin, after finding out how much the School Tax Levy Credit was going to be, used that money to justify increasing their budget despite direction from both the state Department of Revenue and the Legislative Fiscal Bureau to not consider that money as revenue for the city (or any other taxing authority). Thomas, who is Vice President of the New Berlin School Board, was not informed by the city that this credit had increased before the New Berlin Common Council meeting last night, where the budget was adopted, despite the city knowing since no later than November 22.

If any of you Photoshop geniuses can do Matt a favor, he’d like a pic of Chiovatero/Swiper/Robin Hood/Fonzie jumping a shark.

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