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.
Brian Fraley says so; now you can too. After all, we’ve got part of County Stadium back in the Mercedes-Benz Field Haus.
Hey Monica Sitter, try and stop me from promoting this with the (not-yet-)official picture of the Bring Back the Barrel Campaign (notably missing, any disclaimer):
It seems that Chloe “Russet Potato Face” O’Brian not only hacked her way into the Miss Blogs4Bauer contest, she hacked her way to a lead over Michelle “Too Hot To Handle” Dessler. Do you really want a pouty cheater to win? No? Then vote for Michelle, dammit!
Took me a while to realize that the public version of StatCounter’s stats gives way too much potentially-identifiable information to anybody out there. I’ll still be using them to collect my stats, but they won’t be publicly-available anymore. Sorry for the inconvenience.
There’s more than a few newsworthy stories that’s happened over the last 24 hours. Since I’m headed out to be what Mark Belling the Blowhard terms “stupid”, the time is right to launch what I hope to have as a new feature; Open Thread Thursday.
See you after the Tribe scalps the Halos (or if you’re “stupid”, at the site of the coming scalping).
…it falls on me to break out his poster.
Everyone to the fight with the blizzard, especially you Indians fans (since you guys have so much recent experience).
Thank God for the dome; see you at Miller Park.
Reading beyond the headlines of this DayWatch blurb that focuses too much on Milwaukee County’s piss-poor job-creation performance yields a very dark and bleak picture. The US Bureau of Labor Statistics ranked job growth in the 326 largest counties in the country, including the 6 largest counties in Wisconsin (in alphabetical, Brown, Dane, Milwaukee, Outagamie, Racine, Waukesha and Winnebago), between the third quarter of 2005 and the third quarter in 2006. The average job growth among employers subject to unemployment insurance laws was 1.5%. Waukesha County came in on top of the Wisconsin heap and slotted in at 213rd nationally with a 0.5% increase. Milwaukee County came in second with a 0.1% increase, “good” enough for 252nd nationally, Racine broke even statistically, and the other 4 all lost jobs.
I guess having a very hostile tax/legal/regulatory business climate does have consequences.
That is how long it’s been since the 3-person panel of Lawgivers-In-Black on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals released Georgia Thompson from Club Fed, and there is still no opinion from them to back up their order. Inquiring minds from Madison to Chicago, both in politics and organized crime (or are they really one and the same?), want to know whether there is something specific about this case that caused a crash-stop reversal of Thompson’s conviction that they can exploit or whether the new standard is that, as long as the fixer remains clammed up, no conviction in the Great Lakes will remain upright.
Jumpin’ Jim Cantore, he of the 30-foot storm surge, is in town. The snow is a bit late (just started flurrying here in Oak Creek), but we’re still in for 6-12 inches depending on where you are.
Ah heck, it worked when we had Mike Seidel here – let’s give Jim a warm welcome.
Revisions/extensions (10:00 am 4/11/2007) – The white death is starting to stick to the ground here in Oak Creek, but the pavement (even the untreated pavement) is still just wet (or perhaps frozen; my thermometer says it’s 31.3 degrees, though I trust that about a quarter as far as I could chuck it left-handed).
Revisions/extensions part 2 (12:50 pm 4/11/2007) – Demon Snow continues, as I can no longer tell the difference between asphalt and grass. I can, however, still see the tops of the tallest stalks of grass (I didn’t get a chance to mow before things got wet and white), and still tell the difference between concrete and grass.
Revisons/extensions part 3 (4:52 pm 4/11/2007) – Hey Newt; I’ve got 6 or so inches of Global “Warming” for you to shovel. Just jump out of the plane on its final approach to Runway 1L…oops, that Global “Warming” pretty much shut down Mitchell Field.
Welcome to Cleveland. Thank God for the somewhat-leaky roof at Miller Park and all-wheel drive.
Let’s troll around a bit through the roll, shall we?
John 20:1-8 (NIV):
1Early on the first day of the week, while it was still dark, Mary Magdalene went to the tomb ans saw that the stone had been removed from the entrance. 2So she came running to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one Jesus loved, and said, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we don’t know where they have put him!”
3So Peter and the other disciple started for the tomb. 4Both were running, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. 5He bent over and looked in at the strips of linen lying there but did not go in. 6Then Simon Peter, who was behind him, arrived and went into the tomb. He saw the strips of linen lying there, 7as well as the burial cloth that had been around Jesus’ head. The cloth was folded up by itself, separate from the linen. 8Finally the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went inside. He saw and believed.
Thanks to Pete for digging out the fact that SiteMeter has been planting tracking advertising cookies from Specific Media’s specificclick.net in its stat-generation code. Because I HATE tracking cookies and third-party crap, I dumped them from both here and the TownHall version of NRE. At the same time, StatCounter said that it specifically rejected Specific Media’s offer, so I now have their counter installed (at least here; I can’t install it over at the TownHall version). I do automatically reject third-party cookies with Internet Explorer (there’s no direct analog in Firefox, but I keep a tight leash there), so it didn’t affect me directly; however, most people aren’t savvy enough to do so. I apologize for unknowingly planting Specific Media’s crap on your computer.
The good news is that StatCounter has an invisible counter, which I took advantage of. The bad is that it’s a bit harder for you mugs to see just how few of you there are, so I dumped a “Site Stats” link in the Internal links section of the left sidebar.
I’ve also enlisted FeedBurner’s site stats, which is why you’re seeing an “Email this” link in the posts both on the site and in the feed, and seeing “Subscribe to this feed” in the posts on the site.
…I’m “borrowing” a few pictures from Curt at Flopping Aces.
I’ll sit back and enjoy the fireworks with a cold brew and a hot BBQ pulled pork sandwich.
I sincerely hope that a future liberal doesn’t end up echoing Pastor Martin Niemöller. Considering the news that the House ‘Rats are eliminating all references to the Global War on Terror from their 2008 budget bill (H/T – Sister Toldjah) and some of Britain’s teachers have stopped teaching the history of the Holocaust to appease the Holocaust-denying Islamokazis (H/T, among others, Peter), I doubt they’ll be bright enough to echo Pastor Niemöller, much less brave enough to act before their endgame is played out, so I present this as a warning.
First they came for the Jews,
But I did not speak out because I was busy going after the conservatives.Then they came for the Christians,
And I cheered on because I too was going after the Christians.Then they came for the Animists,
But I didn’t speak out too loudly because I was busy going after the Republicans.Then they finally came for me,
I died because there was nobody left to defend me.
This will be revised and extended as further numbers come in. The time-stamp will be updated to reflect this. As of 11:04 pm, however, I’m done updating. One last update since the New Berlin numbers came in.
Also, a correction; I should know better than to depend on DayWatch to provide accurate information; the Mukwonago land grab scheme passed handily.
Further revisions/extensions (12:28 pm 4/4/2007) – It was wishful thinking on the Goron who ran the Journtinel’s vote tabulator last night. The townsfolks in Mukwonago did NOT, repeat, did NOT approve the land grab scheme, though the DayWatch article I depended on originally had the wrong numbers.
Good news – As I type, Annette Ziegler is leading Lieberal Linda Clifford 57%-43% with 51% in. AP has declared Ziegler the winner. Make that margin 58%-42% with 84% in.
Bad news – Fred Dooley got waxed 362 votes to 226 votes.
Good news – Mark Verhalen is my new alderman, winning 401 votes to 386 votes.
Bad news – Junior McGee-Jackson intimidated enough voters in his district to survive his recall without having to go through a run-off.
Good news – The largest tax increase referendum in the history of Wisconsin (Elmbrook School District’s attempt to borrow $99.3 on the big question to remodel the high schools to Taj Mahal standards and another $10 million to build marble-lined field-houses at those schools) went down in flames to the tune of 61%-39% on the big question, 64%-36% on the not-as-big question.
Bad news – The second-largest tax increase referendum in the history of Wisconsin (New Richmond School District’s attempt to borrow $92.9 million new high school/new elementary school/remodeled future middle school/remodeled elementary school) passed 2,370 votes to 1,818 votes. The relatively-good news is a 5-year “non-recurring” $500,000 cap-buster for the new elementary school fell 2,122 votes to 2,047 votes.
Good news – The third-largest tax increase referendum in the state (Franklin’s attempt to borrow $75.9 million to build a Taj Mahal high school) also went down in flames 60%-40%, with the related $1.18 million recurring cap-buster falling 62%-38%.
Bad news – Ryan McCue will continue Cudahy’s descent into the 9th ring of Tax Hell unabated as he won the mayoral race there 60%-40%.
Good news – Bill McReynolds won another term as Racine County Executive 54%-46%.
Bad news – Brown Deer voters continue the trend of turning northern Milwaukee County into a lieberal tax-hell bastion, voting themselves a $4.1 million tax increase so their school district could overspend on science classrooms without having to make any cuts in Cadillac benefits.
Good news – Delafield’s $20.15 million plan to build a pair of Taj Mahals for the cops and firefighters fell 56%-44%.
Bad news – Despite no more potential for growth, the Greendale School District suckered the taxpayers into taxing themselves an additional $14.6 million for “adding to, improving and renovating” their schools.
Good news – The Washington County land-grab scheme fell 63%-37%.
Bad news – The Mukwonago School District got a pair of victories to spend an additional $23 million so they could continue to offer Rolls-Royce benefits while catching up on intentionally-delayed repairs and continuing to offer the same level of education.
Good news (I hope this is final; the initial call from JSOnline’s DayWatch had the correct result, but incorrect numbers, while JSOnline’s running vote totals had the incorrect result but the right if transposed numbers) – The townsfolk in Mukwonago rejected their town board’s land-grab scheme 64%-36%. While the board said it would respect the voters’ decision in this advisory referendum, it remains to be seen whether they follow through.
The ultimate bad news – Every school official reached by the Journtinel from the districts that were slapped down, plus the Gorons that are ruinin…er, running Delafield, promised to not listen to the voters that said to practice fiscal restraint and to come back again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again until they sucker the voters like the Brown Deer, Greendale and the Mukwonago School Boards successfully did.
Revisions/extensions (10:05 am 4/2/2007, with a timestamp update) – Dingy Harry and Russ el-Slimeroad aren’t waiting to introduce their certain-and-swift-defeat bill. Also, I’m pissed enough to unhide the rest of the original.
Revisions/extensions part 2 (5:56 pm 4/2/2007) – Curt at Flopping Aces skewers Reid and Feingold far better than I did below, bringing back the Dingy One’s recent and not-so-recent words to haunt him, as well as el-Slimeroad’s fresh admiration for the last time we retreated and defeated, despite what that lead to. Again, if you didn’t blogroll Flopping Aces, I recommend it after you read that.
(H/T – Owen) Also, there is a salty-language warning here because I am right pissed off. If you want the “clean” version, head on over to No Runny Eggs – TownHall and don’t click the “more” link.
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has signed on to Russ el-Slimeroad’s (Moonbat-Al Qaeda) defeat-by-next-April plan, which features a mandatory 120-day start on retreat and no more funds for the Iraq front after 3/31/2008. Reid promises that the el-Slimeroad certain-defeat plan will be voted on by the Senate when (hopefully not “if”) the weaker forthcoming conference plan is vetoed.
A few things:
– El-Slimeroad said, “Congress can’t afford to be characterized as backing down at this point…. If he vetoes it, he’s basically challenging us to accept his will.” Isn’t your desires for dhimmitude and an emasculated Presidency what you and the DhimmiRATs are trying to cram down the President’s and our throats, Russ?
– If a pork-laden, mealy-mouthed “soft” defeat date could only get through the Senate by a single vote, what makes Dingy Harry and el-Slimeroad think that a hard-and-fast certain-defeat will get through? Hey dumbshits, the first rule of compromise is that you start with what you want and go down to what you will accept, not the other way around.
– If the goal is merely the handover of Iraq to either al Qaeda or Iran, why start small and ratchet up when there is no arguable victory in small ball? I think the goal is to find 16 RepubicRATs willing to do what no ‘Rat did in 1999. Impeachment, as we found out, is more a political exercise than a legal or even a Constitutional one, and Senators are more likely to vote for a conviction on a trumped-up charge of defying Congress than for breaking an actual law. Considering that Quislings Cut-and-Hagel and Gor(d)on Smith have embraced retreat-and-defeat, and Cut-and-Hagel recently brought forth the “I” word in glowing terms, they’re at least 1/8th there. I wonder if Hiliary Rotten Von Der Schlikmeister and Barak Bin Obama realize that they’re nowhere on the Presidential succession list, and that the power of incumbency, even one ill-gotten, is nigh impossible to overcome.
Well, FUCK you, el-Slimeroad, FUCK you Dingy Harry, FUCK you SanFranNan, and FUCK you DhimmiRATs.
I’ll keep them short and sweet, I promise.
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