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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 June 13th, 2008

Ask Egg – Volume 4

by @ 20:48. Filed under Ask Egg.

I’m almost out of pseudophedrine, and some political types seem to have ignored my advice, so let’s go into the mailbag once again to out them…

Letter #1 –

Dear Egg,

My state endured historic flooding over the weekend. Fortunately, the country club where I hold my annual golf fundraiser for my campaign didn’t suffer any real damage. Should I cancel it?

-Waterlogged in Madison

Waterlogged,

Of course not! However, you should turn over the proceeds of that to flood relief efforts. I’m sure you could find another day to shake down your donors for your own benefit.

One more thing; don’t spend most of the day there.
-Egg

Letter #2 –

Dear Egg,

Some terrori…er, freedom-fighters seeking to destroy this coun…er, liberate Gaia from the ravages of Americanism are being warehoused in Guantamino Bay. My fellow Justices and I currently have a lawsuit before us seeking to overturn action by Congress that we previously ordered them to take. How should we dispose of this case?

-Witless in Washington

Witless,

Get your behinds out of the business of conducting war. A previous iteration of the Court you’re on unanimously allowed the summary execution of Nazi saboteurs during World War II. Besides, Congress acted undier its Constitutional authority to cut you Lawgivers-In-Black out of the process.

Don’t commit treason.
-Egg

Letter #3 –

Dear Egg,

My opponent opposes drilling in ANWR and doing anything substantial to reverse the flow of illegal immigrants. He also supports making the tax code even more top-heavy, and closing Club Gitmo. How can I differentiate myself from my opponent while being true to myself?

-On The Road

Since you used an anonymizer, I can’t tell which candidate you are. You need to do what is right with the country and start differentiating yourself from him.

And no, I don’t mean a left turn either.
-Egg

RIP, Tim Russert

by @ 16:03. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Tim Russert passed away after suffering a heart attack while recording voiceovers for “Meet the Press” at NBC’s Washington bureau. My prayers go out to his family.

Michelle Malkin has a far better tribute than I could come up with.

Roll bloat – Blogger School edition

by @ 15:56. Filed under The Blog.

The first of the people who attended Americans for Prosperity’s Blogger Schools, held in Oshkosh and Madison earlier this week, has started a blog. Jessi has started up Wake Up America. Welcome to the Cheddarsphere.

New NRE poll – Should/will Doyle donate his golf fundraising money to flood relief?

by @ 15:51. Filed under NRE Polls, Politics - Wisconsin.

I missed this Wisconsin GOP press release yesterday (thanks for waking me up, Kevin):

MADISON – After news broke yesterday that Governor Doyle held a campaign fundraiser instead of helping flood victims Tuesday, the Republican Party of Wisconsin Chairman Reince Priebus, along with conservatives across the state like radio hosts Jerry Bader and Vicki McKenna, called on Doyle to donate the money he raised golfing to the flood cause.

"With Barack Obama in the state, Obama’s top campaign staffer, Jim Doyle, gave voters a glimpse of the Democrats’ priorities this year – politics over Wisconsin families," said Priebus. "Thousands of families spent the day cleaning-up flood damage while Doyle raised thousands of dollars golfing, the least he can do is donate his proceeds to their behalf."

Governor Doyle held his golf outing Tuesday charging $1,250 a person.

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With that, I’ve got a new poll up…

Should/will Gov. Doyle donate the proceeds of his golf outing fundraiser to flood relief?

Up to 1 answer(s) was/were allowed

  • He should, but he'll hang onto all the money. (53%, 17 Vote(s))
  • He shouldn't, and won't donate any of the money. (25%, 8 Vote(s))
  • He should, and he will donate all of the money. (9%, 3 Vote(s))
  • He shouldn't, but will donate at least some of the money. (9%, 3 Vote(s))
  • He should, and he will donate some of the money. (3%, 1 Vote(s))

Total Voters: 32

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The Mornin…er, Afternoon Scramble – 6/13/2008

by @ 15:31. Filed under The Morning Scramble.

I have enough pseudophedrine in me to do another edition of Ask Egg, which combined with the fact that it’s Friday the 13th, means this thing’s late. Sorry about that. Hopefully this mega-edition of the Scramble will fix that.

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  • First, I’ll highlight someone at Wednesday’s AFP Blogger School who will be on my bloated roll presently. Jessi relays a whacking of Rep. Tammy Baldwin’s (D-Madison, WI) weak response to rising gas prices by her presumptive opponent, Peter Theron.
  • Charles Johnson wonders when Barack Hussein Obama will throw his brother Malik under the bus.
  • Bull Dog Pundit fills Obama’s FICA tax increase full of holes.
  • TexasFred finds a few ‘Rats not falling for Obama. Hopefully there’s more of them than those of us not falling for John McCain.
  • Neo-Con Tastic comes back from the dead to do a wicked Photoshop as his entry to Red State’s Fake It contest. I’m a sucker for mushroom clouds.
  • John Hawkins caught Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) wishes the hottest ring of Hell for those of us who disagree with Michelle Obama. Sorry, Dick; that’s already occupied by your friend Saddam Hussein.
  • Gabriel Malor caught another Obama supporter with a Che pic in his office. This time, it’s a Lawgiver-In-Black in Ohio.
  • Ed Morrissey asks, “Think that the Florida issue is over?” Seems the Obama crowd is trying to get more delegates than they’re entitled to.
  • Related to that, Jim Geraghty quotes from an e-mail sent by Obama’s Florida finance chair. Since Jim censored it, we need to do some character substitution: & = u, ^ = c, and % = k. Stay classy, Kirk Wagar.
  • While I’m done with Obama, I’m not done with the ‘Rats. Jim Hoft notes the continued free-fall of the Pelosi Congress. As my fellow Morons would say, “Epic FAIL!”
  • Hack-A-Chuck Part I – Shoebox hacks Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) on his inconsistency over “windfall profits”. Last year, Schumer protected his constituents (investment fund managers) from an “windfall profits” tax.
  • John McAdams teaches Economics 101 to the ‘Rats.
  • Hack-A-Chuck Part II – Flip hacks Schumer on his inconsistency over the filibuster.
  • Dupray exposes the reason behind the lack of a ‘Rat energy plan.
  • Brian Faughnan notes the next step in the envirowhackos’ plan to return the US to the 17th Century – kill the Canadian oil industry through lawsuits. Considering that would put us even more at the mercy of the Islamokazis, maybe I should’ve said 8th Century.
  • Headless Blogger renews his call for the end of ethanol mandates in the face of a lot of flooded-out corn fields.
  • See-dubya teases us with news of 7 new refineries. Unfortunately, they’re in Iran.
  • Gopfolk explores whether solar is a viable alternative. The short answer is “No”, but do read the extended answer.
  • Michelle Malkin joins the calls for McCain to actually visit ANWR, and more importantly,
  • Neocon catches McCain doing some waffling regarding drilling. Considering he is willing to let states veto offshore drilling, and the states with the largest unexploited developments are against it, it’s more of a case of being disingenuous than waffling.
  • Uncle Jimbo takes President Bush to task for squandering the time that Club Gitmo bought us. Now, thanks to a power grab by the Lawgivers-In-Black, enemy combatants now hold more rights than the average citizen going before the IRS.
  • Jim Hoft has some good news; the Brits are able to tell the difference between crossdressing Islamokazis and the women in countries dominated by Islamokazis. Since the dead tango was wearing pink, I wonder when Code Pink starts their protests.
  • Elliot has the latest example of guns not killing people.
  • David St. Lawrence has a timely tip for those job-hunting; beware of bait-and-switch on your salary.
  • Gawfer celebrates his 500th post with a trip to the US Open. Lucky bastich; great pics.
  • Speaking of Club Gitmo, Matt has pics of the American staffers having fun on the water.

Change We Can Believe In?

by @ 5:09. Filed under Politics - National.

Chuck Schumer, the senior Senator from New York, has been a vocal proponent of the windfall profits tax.   In fact, Schumer was co-sponsor of the bill that was defeated this week in the Senate.   Schumer’s rationale for the windfall profits tax was pretty straight forward:

"Oil companies are wracking up obscene profits while American families are stretched to the limit by skyrocketing gas prices," Schumer said. "It’s not asking too much to redirect a portion of these companies’ windfalls to rebuilding our roads, bridges, and tunnels that are in serious need of repair."

Schumer actually believes that some level of profit is unwarranted.

Interestingly, a year earlier, Schumer had a different perspective about obscene profits. In 2007, Schumer stood in the way of a windfall profits tax on investment fund executives who reaped enormous incomes.

From the NY Times:

But there is another way Mr. Schumer has been busy with hedge fund and private equity managers, an important part of his constituency in New York. He has been reassuring them that he will resist an effort led by members of his own party to single out the industry with a plan that would more than double the taxes on the enormous profits reaped by its executives.

Schumer’s hypocrisy is not noteworthy. What is noteworthy is the advice he was giving his Democrat colleagues when they wanted to increase the executive’s taxes:

"Unintended consequences often occur when you do major tax work. And you have to be careful," Mr. Schumer said in the interview, held in his office just off the Senate floor.

Wow, unintended consequences! Obviously Chuckie had figured out all of the consequences of a windfall profit tax on the oil companies…or maybe there was nothing that was unintended?

But wait, the best is this…Schumer had found a way to ensure that the bill would fail. He tied other industries to the tax. Industries he knew no one would possibly look to increase taxes on:

But in his conversations with Wall Street executives about the tax proposals, Mr. Schumer said, he has told them that he would oppose a tax increase as long as it did not also apply to other industries, like energy and real estate.

So let’s recap:
A year ago, it wasn’t fair to impose a windfall profit tax on one industry
A year ago, Schumer thought that energy companies were off limits for increased taxes
In the last year, Schumer has continued to fleece Wall Street execs for contributions to the Democrats

Maybe Schumer should be planning Obama’s campaign strategy. At least Schumer’s hypocritical and self serving change in position over the past year is change we can believe in!

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