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.
(H/T – Ed Driscoll)
I know The Hammer doesn’t read this blog, so if she finds out what James Lileks has done to a few peeps, it won’t be from me. If, however, you don’t mind explosives, go ahead to Page 2 for some Egg-approved male snow-crazy explosive fun.
Matthew 27:45-54 (NIV):
At the sixth hour until the ninth hour darkness came over all the land. About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?” — which means, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?”
When some of those standing there heard this, they said, “He’s calling Elijah.”
Immediately one of them ran and got a sponge. He filled it with wine vinegar, put it on a stick, and offered it to Jesus to drink. The rest said, “Now leave him alone. Let’s see if Elijah comes to save him.”
And when Jesus had cried out again in a loud voice, he gave up his spirit.
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook and the rocks split. The tombs broke open and the bodies of many holy people who had died were raised to life. They came out of the tombs, and after Jesus’ resurrection they went into the holy city and appeared to many people.
When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified, and exclaimed, “Surely he was the Son of God.”
Thank you, Savior.
(H/T – Clint)
The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development has a sortable list of various “top 25” employers. One can specify either private enterprise, government, or both, various industry groups, and even narrow a search down to either a county or municipality level. While Clint took a look at the larger picture, I’ll go local. With the caveat that some of the information does not appear to be accurate as to locale, I’ll roll through some selected highlights (or should that be “lowlights”):
– In Milwaukee County, no Oak Creek entity, on its own, is among the top 25 employers among both public and private employers.
– Again in Milwaukee County, among school districts, the Oak Creek-Frankin School District only trails Milwaukee Public Schools, West Allis-West Milwaukee and Wauwatosa, and is larger than any municipal government other than the city of Milwaukee.
– Among Milwaukee County municipalities, the city of Oak Creek trails only the cities of Milwaukee, West Allis and Wauwatosa. That’s right; there are more city of Oak Creek employees than city of Franklin employees or city of Greenfield employees despite a smaller population.
– In the city of Oak Creek itself, the school district trails only Midwest Airlines, Bechtel Construction (which should drop to nothing when the power plant is done), UPS and Delphi (which, the last I heard, is on the chopping block). I do have to note that the DWD numbers for Oak Creek-based employees of We Energies appears to be off.
– Meanwhile, the city also trails PPG, Reinhart/County Market, and the Postal Service. I do have to note that, if all three Pick ‘N Save locations were combined (the Ryan Rd. one is owned by Ultra Foods, the other two by Mega Foods), Pick ‘N Save should jump ahead of the city.
Is it any wonder why taxes are out of control?
Jim Lynch did a recreation of one of Geno’s “Speak English” signs yesterday. Indeed, he noted that it was a reproduction as he could not find a clear picture of the sign in question.
Imagine his surprise when, while surfing through Yahoo’s news, he found a story from Agence France-Presse that contained a very familiar graphic (I do have screen prints of both pages at his request). I don’t have the equipment to compare what AFP is claiming is their own to Jim’s graphic (especially the large version) so I don’t have the “Presstitute Follies” tag on it, but they are eerily-similar. Indeed, if it were a photo, why would it be cropped so closely?
Revisions/extensions (12:58 pm 3/21/2008) – Jim sends along a site, specifically WFMZ-TV 69News, that has an actual photo of the sign. Though it is not a high-quality picture, neither Jim’s graphic nor the one APF claims is a picture taken by them is the sign; “America” is capitalized on the sign, and is not on the graphic.
Hence, I’ve moved this into the “Presstitute Follies” category. Guess AFP’s too lazy to send an actual photographer to Philly for an actual picture and would prefer to rip off bloggers. Bad decision.
The view out of my living room window a few minutes ago…
(click for the full-size pic)
A couple of things to note:
– The snow’s already a good 5 inches deep
– The water tower, about a quarter-mile away, is all-but-invisible
And here I am without a working snowblower. Figures.
I defer to James T. Harris. He too brings up his grandmother, but the takeaway is in the last two paragraphs:
When I asked my grandma about how she felt about the interracial marriage, she looked up at me with a perplexed expression; “What’s the matter with you?” she asked. I reminded her of what she had told me a few years back. Her response was: “James, people change. That was a long time ago." She was in her late 80’s.
Now that’s the audacity of hope.
Go, read.
Many church’s are known to be giving organizations. In the case of Barack Obama’s church, they just keep giving support to the thought that Barack Obama is an opportunist who will say and do anything that will serve his personal purpose.
Reported at Worldnetdaily.com, Jeremiah Wright reprinted a Hamas terror manifesto as his “Pastor’s Page” in the church newsletter.
How much more does Barack need to know about Wright’s views before he goes beyond simply denouncing them and separates himself from this person?
On this Good Friday we are reminded that the Gospels are ultimately a story of forgiveness, hope and salvation. This does not appear to be the gosple of Jeremiah Wright. His gospel appears to be a gospel of hate!
The regularily-scheduled bracket coverage will be found at TheWisconsinSportsBar today. That is all on the Moldy Mozzarella front.
I guess I should celebrate going better than .500 yesterday considering my 2008 record, but since I know that’s the high point of my tournament this year, I feel the need for some more blues.
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– Speaking of songs, James Wigderson breaks out into song.
– Lawhawk discovers who is behind the scandals in New York and New Jersey’s governor’s offices.
– I bet that Elliot Spitzer is wishing he hung onto power right about now; Brian notes that his replacement is suspected of billing his campaign for some of the costs of his affair. Next in line for the governorship is a Pubbie (or at least what passes for one in New York).
– Plebian goes back into the memory vault to pull yet another wrong prediction or two from the Gorebal “Warming” crowd back from the memory hole.
– Jo Egelhoff put together a list of programs the state could cut to get rid of the deficit. I’ll bet you didn’t know that the state of Wisconsin subsidizes ethanol at the rate of 20 cents per gallon (which is on top of the federal 51-cent-per-gallon subsidy).
– Justin Higgins notes the ‘Rats believe a yearly salary of $31,850 makes one “rich”.
– Doubleplusundead is shocked, SHOCKED the ‘Rats selectively enforce election laws they routinely break.
– Stan bemoans the fact that President Bush will still be going to Red China for the 1936 Muni…er, 2008 Beijing Olympics.
– Curt asks Obama, “Was the Iraq front for oil or not?”
– Stable Hand finds a pastor not afraid of the big bad Obama wolf.
– John Hawkins answers a heap of questions.
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