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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 November 3rd, 2008

Sarah Palin exonerated by the Alaskan State Personnel Board

by @ 23:41. Filed under Politics - National.

(H/T – Hot Air)

Fox News (among others) report that the non-partisan Alaskan State Personnel Board has found no violation of Alaskan ethics law by anybody in the Troopergate episode. Quoting from the report – “There is no probable cause to believe that the governor, or any other state official, violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in connection with these matters.”

I’m surprised that this news didn’t keep until Wednesday.

Follow-up; expiration dates for Obama statements

by @ 18:03. Filed under Politics - National.

Jim Geraghty has kept track of most of the expired statements from Barack Obama. From Iraq to Iran, from debates to public financing, from Jerusalem to NAFTA, from Jeremiah Wright to Jim Johnson, it is a great primer to the fickle winds of most of Obama’s positions, and a fine companion piece to MKH’s video What has not changed is Obama’s calls for socialism.

The not-so-awaited Egg endorsements

by @ 16:19. Filed under Elections, Politics - Milwaukee, Politics - Milwaukee County, Politics - National, Politics - Oak Creek, Politics - Wisconsin.

I’ll start down the ticket because I can with a quick revision/extension at 9:55 pm 11/3/2008 to add most no-challenger races –

Various advisory referenda in Wisconsin asking for government-provided health care, including Oak Creek – No. This is a back-door attempt to try to bully the Legislature into adopting universal health care in Wisconsin. The one plan that meets the suggestion of the standard referendum, Healthy (and Depopulated) Wisconsin, comes with a price tag that would double the tax burden in Wisconsin.

The Milwaukee County sales tax advisory referendum asking for a tripling of the county sales tax to 1.5% – No. Even the supporters admit that this is a $65 million-$80 million tax increase. That is assuming that, if that tripling is authorized by the state, half of the receipts would go to property tax “relief”. If not, and all indications including historical are that it won’t, it’s a $130 million-$160 million tax increase in a county where a $200 item would become cheaper to purchase outside the county.

The city of Milwaukee direct legislation asking for paid sick leave to be imposed on all businesses in the city – No. Another 9 days of vacation will drive what’s left of business out of Milwaukee. How bad is it? Even the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel came out against it.

Various school building and tax-increase referenda – No. At the risk of being called Dr. No, a time when the economy is at best tightening is not the time to be building new Taj Mahals for the teachers and administrators. Kids won’t know the difference between a 40-year-old building and a shiny new one, at least if the school districts wanted to do maintenance instead of create a “crisis”.

21st Assembly District – Mark Honadel The math is simple; Honadel wants a stable-to-lower tax burden. Brower wants an ever-higher tax and regulatory burden.

14th Assembly District – Leah Vukmir

57th Assembly District – Jo Egelhoff

97th Assembly District – Bill Kramer

Any other Assembly or state Senate race I missed – The Republican Folks, I’ll put this in simple terms. The Democrats, should they gain complete control of state government, will make this a regulatory and tax hell. From Healthy (and Depopulated) Wisconsin to Gorebal “Warming” to a complete lifting of whatever property tax limits are in place, they promise more-expensive government.

Any other race where only one party or the other is represented except the 5th Congressional (specifically the Waukesha County District Attorney race) – Dave Casper (write-in) Asian Badger pointed out in the comments I missed the idiot DA in Waukesha County. That’s probably because I don’t live there, but I’ll correct that oversight and give Dave a second chance for a victory party.

1st Congressional District – Paul Ryan Yes, Ryan is my Congressman. He is also a visionary who isn’t afraid to touch the third rail of entitlements.

8th Congressional District – John Gard Gard frankly got screwed two years ago. Those of you in northeast Wisconsin have seen subpar representation out of Kagen, and this is your best and probably last chance to oust him.

Any other Congressional race out there – The Republican (with the exceptions of Don Young and Ted Stevens, where I recommend a write-in) This will be much like my state Legislature endorsement. The current crop of Democrats are chomping at the bit to turn us into Cuba; don’t reward the leaders of the worst Congress ever with more seats.

President/Vice President – John McCain/Sarah Palin I know I’ll probably be fighting a McCain administration more than I’ll support it. The alternative, a socialization of this country, is too frightening.

RIP, Madelyn Dunham

by @ 15:52. Filed under Miscellaneous.

AFP reports that Barack Obama’s grandmother has died of cancer at the age of 86. Today, my prayers go out to the family. Tomorrow, my vote goes to John McCain.

Obama’s attack ad…on himself

by @ 15:45. Filed under Politics - National.

Mary Katharine Ham has collated the lowlights of Barack Obama’s flops, flips, and contradictions. Even though I’m not quite surprised anew (yes, I am THAT jaded), it is very useful to have them in one, convenient place.

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Revisions/extensions (6:05 pm 11/3/2008) – Jim Geraghty put up a rather exhaustive list of expired statements from Obama. It is, in my humble opinion, a great companion to this.

The Morning Scramble – 11/3/2008

by @ 9:10. Filed under The Morning Scramble.

I missed the blues on Thursday, so let there be blues today.

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  • Before I get to the meat of the weekend, I have to note something that I really need to add my way-outside-the-power $0.02 cents to, specifically the latest part of the ongoing discussion on where the right end of the online presence goes from here. John Hawkins has a second part to that. I hope to have my nearly-8-years of thoughts together by Wednesday; I’m just too busy right now.
  • Now, on to your irregularily-scheduled Scramble; Slublog says to not trust the pollsters. If you haven’t voted by Tuesday afternoon, don’t look at the exit polls, or indeed the early-state returns.
  • Stix1972 lists the three head games the press organs for the Obama/Biden campaign will be playing. Again, I stress, at least if you’re going to vote for the McCain/Palin ticket, to not believe the hype.
  • Tom McMahon encapsulates what to expect after Tuesday in an instant-classic 4-Block. I do have to disagree with the lower-right; in that case, Mitt Romney is the next in line.
  • E.M. Zanotti has yet another reason to vote for the McCain/Palin ticket; a win will send the entire celebrity universe into debilitating depression.
  • Jim Geraghty has a reason to thank Wile E. Thompson (suuuuper genius and Packers GM) for forcing Brett Favre to the New York Jets – their pre-election record is a very good predictor of results, missing only once. Every time the Jets have had at least 5 wins before Election Day, the Republican candidate for President has won, while the Democratic one has won 5 of 6 times the Jets didn’t have at least 5 wins. By the way, the Jets have 5 wins.
  • Michelle Malkin found an instance where the ‘Rats want investigations into whistle-blowers; John Conyers has called for an investigation into how Barack Obama’s aunt’s illegal alien status became news. There’s still no word from the ‘Rats on the abuses of power done to try to break Joe the Plumber (which has backfired spectacularily; he has endorsed the McCain/Palin ticket on today’s Fox and Friends).
  • Jay found said aunt under the Obamination Express. Who knew that bus had room for one more family member </sarcasm>.
  • Today’s ObamiNation In Your Face Violence Tour update, part 1 – Sean M. reports the Yolo County (CA) Republican headquarters had its windows smashed in.
  • Today’s ObamiNation In Your Face Violence Tour update, part 2 – Stable Hand reports that a liberal talk show host aired a death threat against Joe the Plumber.
  • Today’s ObamiNation In Your Face, No Violence Edition Tour update – I reported on a couple of Obama supporters who were arrested for stealing McCain/Palin signs in Burlington, WI.
  • Doc combines both halves of yesterday’s Obama energy policy meme – death to coal and extremely-high electric rates.
  • Kathy Carpenter reports that the ever-lowering Obama middle-class bar has dropped to $50,000-$70,000.
  • John McAdams pictured trick or trick at the Obama residence.
  • Phil breaks out the Wimpy line for Obama’s continued refusal to hold a press conference.
  • Charles Johnson found yet another example of the Obama campaign ripping off old Soviet propaganda posters.
  • Jim Hoft caught Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) proving that Obama doesn’t have the intestinal fortitude to be President, as Nadler said that Obama didn’t have the political courage to leave Jeremiah Wright’s racist church.
  • John McCormack caught Nadler wishing for the reformation of the old Soviet Union with Georgia as part of the empire.
  • Staying in New York, lawhawk caught Charlie Rangel (D-NY) illegally using campaign funds to pay his legal team who represented him in a tax-scam scandal. For those that don’t recall, Rangel is the chair of the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee.
  • Rick Moran brings the Middle America view of the election to the blogosphere.
  • Jay Nordlinger busts the myth that the Republican Party is the Party of the Rich.
  • Sister Toldjah found two new media studies that prove that presstitute coverage has been overwhelmingly favorable to Obama. As James Taranto would say if he still did the Best of the Web, “What would we do without studies?”
  • Jeni reports that Gannett is still in full slash-and-burn-jobs mode. LSM, RIP.
  • Back to lawhawk – he relays a report that the raid in Syria targeting an Al Qaeda bigshot was done with the approval of the Syrian government.
  • Conservative Belle found yet another “victim” of the economic downturn – Code Pink. In this case, I’m celebrating.
  • Huckleberry Dumbell has the sign of the times. While he put up the falling coyotes warning for Packer football, it’s equally-appropriate for the political sphere.

I’ll have my extended endorsements up in a while, but the very-short version – despite the likelyhood that the Republicans will continue the march toward Western Europe, they are infinitely preferable to the Rats’ and their march toward Eastern Europe circa 1985. Also, be Dr. No on the local tax-and-spend-and-tax-some-more referenda.

Drinking Right – Election Edition

by @ 0:08. Filed under Miscellaneous.

I can’t promise I will be there either on-time or at all (one of the two forward observation posts I will be at may keep me busy beyond the time frame), but once again we will have a Drinking Right – Election Edition on Tuesday. The place is the same (Papa’s Social Club, 7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee), as is the time (7 pm). Dave Casper, the Ghost of DR’s Past, even made a commercial for us…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXs31WGpL4Q[/youtube]

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