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.
Canada.com reports that the court-appointed lawyer of “suspected” Islamokazi Omar Khadr, the sole surviving member of a group of Taliban Islamokazis who initiated a firefight with American forces in July 2002, wants Khadr released because he wasn’t read his rights.
I support his release…from an aircraft flying at 35,000 feet sans parachute and oxygen tank.
Among the things I missed yesterday was Mary Katharine’s return to the blogosphere at her new employer’s place. Guess it’s time to change the roll to the new home of Ham Blog.
I could put up the theme from “Welcome Back Kotter”, but she’d probably kill me.
The trip back from Madison yesterday drained me more than I thought. I’m feeling a chest cold coming on…
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It’s a day late because I didn’t turn the computer back on after I got back from Madison yesterday, but it’s time to add The Liberty Tree Lantern by Capt. Karl.
This will be brief; I have to find a way to Madison by 8:30 (or so). We need some speed (metal, that is)….
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I don’t even have time to put up an Eggs On The Road post, even though there will be some traveling this week. I am off to Madison and Jim Sensenbrenner at the Center Right Coalition.
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
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.
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.
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
Total Voters: 32
Loading ...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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Constant thunder, but other than that, nothing yet…
TORNADO WARNING
WIC079-122000-
/O.NEW.KMKX.TO.W.0028.080612T1936Z-080612T2000Z/BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MILWAUKEE/SULLIVAN WI
236 PM CDT THU JUN 12 2008THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SULLIVAN HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR…
SOUTHERN MILWAUKEE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN…* UNTIL 300 PM CDT
* AT 233 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR FRANKLIN…
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 39 MPH.* THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR…
MILWAUKEE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT…CUDAHY…SOUTH MILWAUKEE AND WEST
MILWAUKEE BY 245 PM CDT…
ST. FRANCIS…MILWAUKEE HOAN BRIDGE AND DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE BY 250
PM CDT…A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHEASTERN WISCONSIN.LAT…LON 4284 8804 4285 8805 4298 8805 4308 8785
4306 8784 4303 8787 4300 8786 4298 8782
4291 8782
TIME…MOT…LOC 1936Z 239DEG 34KT 4291 8800$$
BORGHOFF
R&E (2:48 pm 6/12/2008) – Storm passing north. Things got real quiet, almost clear to the southwest. Weather Underground isn’t showing a vortex signature.
R&E part 2 (2:55 pm 6/12/2008) – That was close. The warning’s cancelled, but the cancellation message included something ominous – trained spotters observed a rotating wall cloud about 1.5 miles west of the airport. That would be too close to comfort.
I wish the weather weren’t going to be changing for the worse, but you know what they say about sticking one hand under the wish fountain and the other under a faucet…
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One more thought on that; I guess it isn’t all the collapsed dollar’s fault that gas prices are high here.
So it’s a bit longer than the usual bare-bones Thursday. Don’t let that stop you from contributing.
As of 7 am this morning, there are only two roads closed in Oak Creek with either flooding or flood-related damage:
– E. County Line Rd. between 10th Ave. and Nicholson Rd.
– E. Drexel Ave. between Clement Ave. and Quincy Ave. (crews were working on repairing the damage a bit before 7).
Since 1-3 inches of rain is in the forecast for today and tomorrow, expect some roads that were closed and reopened to be closed again.
Doug Seymour, the Director of Community Development, just released an update:
Oak Creek Storm Response Update
The state of emergency declared by Mayor Bolender, Saturday, June 7th remains in effect in response to flooding that has occurred in the City of Oak Creek.
As of Wednesday, June 11th at 12:30 p.m. the only road that remained closed due to flooding was South Pennsylvania Avenue from Oakwood Road to STH 100.
East Drexel Avenue between Clement Avenue and Quincy Avenue is closed until further notice because of road damage due to the flooding.
Future road closure information will be updated at the City of Oak Creek website. (www.oakcreekwi.org).
It is strongly advised that people, especially children should avoid creeks, flooded areas, ditches and areas of standing water, as they represent potentially dangerous situations.
Please contact the City of Oak Creek Emergency Operations non-emergency line at (414) 766-6600 if you have experienced flooding damage or if you have other, non-emergency questions relating to this event.
Additional information and resources are available on the City’s website at www.oakcreekwi.org
The City of Oak Creek Streets Department will be having a special curb-side pick-up for flood damaged items. Please contact (414) 570-5682 to request this service.
Flood clean up kits are available for pick up at Oak Creek Fire Station No. 1 (240 East Puetz Road) and at Fire Station No. 3 (7000 South 6th Street).
For more information please contact Doug Seymour, Public Information Officer for the City of Oak Creek, at (414) 768-6526 or dseymour@oakcreekwi.org.
News Release By Authority Of:
_______________________________________________
Doug Seymour, Public Information Officer on behalf of Dick Bolender###
In addition, the recycling center at 720 W. Puetz Rd. will have extended hours on Friday, and will be open from 8 am until 8 pm.
Thanks for the fast response. Hopefully the rains in the forecast for tomorrow will hold off.
Per JSOnline’s DayWatch, 27th Street between Elm Rd. and I-94 has been reopened. Earlier, I had noted that the barricades in the southbound lanes but not the northbound lanes just south of Elm had been moved aside, and that the “road closed ahead” signs at 27th and Ryan were still up.
However, the DOT still lists the off-ramp from north/westbound I-94 to 27th as closed. That ramp is, if memory serves, lower than the rest of the area, so it may well still be flooded.
I also have a request in to Oak Creek for an updated list of closures in the city. Their website hasn’t been updated yet today, but other than that bit of slowness, they’ve been quite good at providing information.
Hopefully the National Weather Service is going to be wrong about a fresh round of heavy-rainfall storms coming in tomorrow.
Mainly because I’m guest-blogging at E’s place, I finally remembered to add a couple of friends of E:
– American and Proud
– TexasFred’s
I really should have done this long before now, but better late than never.
How long have I been doing this? Oh well; let’s continue flying…
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Let’s see if I can come up with some good stuff for Silent E while he’s on vacation. I’m one of those he left the keys of the blog to (I helped move his and Kate’s blogs to a more-reliable server).
Most of the east-west routes are now open, but most of the north-south routes are still closed. What is still closed:
– E. County Line Rd. between 10th Ave and Nicholson Rd.
– S. Pennsylvania Ave. between Ryan Rd. and Oakwood Rd.
– S. Nicholson Rd. between County Line Rd. and Vista Dr. in Caledonia (the first barricade is now at Oakwood; no barricade at Elm halfway between Oakwood and County Line; I expect it to reopen once Caledonia cleans up the road just south of County Line)
– S. Howell Ave (STH 38) between Oakwood Rd. and Caddy Ln. in Caledonia
– S. 27th St (STH 241) between Elm Rd. and I-94 (includes the I-94-to-27th off-ramp and the west frontage road in Racine County, but not 8 Mile Rd./County Line Rd.; somebody moved the barricades from the southbound lanes but not the northbound lanes at Elm; I expect it to officially reopen sometime today)
Roads closed yesterday that are now open:
– E. Forest Hill Ave. between Pennsylvania Ave. and Shepard Ave.
– E. Ryan Rd. between Pennsylvania Ave. and Nicholson Rd.
– E. Oakwood Rd. between John Aron Dr. and Redwood Ln.
– E. Elm Rd. between 10th Ave. and Nicholson Rd.
– S. 13th St. between Oakwood Rd. and the Milwaukee/Racine county line.
From the Wisconsin GOP into my mailbox…
Obama Campaign Pulling Out of Wisconsin?
MADISON – After a series of puff articles over the weekend raving about Senator Barack Obama’s Wisconsin operation, it was discovered Obama actually doesn’t have any campaign offices in the state.
"Perhaps Democrats realize that the most liberal member of the United States Senate is no fit for Wisconsin voters and took their field offices back to Chicago," said Mark Jefferson, Executive Director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. "This isn’t the first time the Obama campaign has sought to mislead folks in Wisconsin, and it no doubt won’t be the last."
Phone numbers listed on the Obama website for Wisconsin campaign offices were discovered to be inoperable this week. Obama’s national campaign said there hasn’t been campaign offices since the state’s February primary and didn’t know when they would reopen.
According to Jefferson, Obama’s visit this week could be to mask his anemic state operation or it might be a farewell visit to the Badger State.
"It will take more than overblown pep rallies to convince Wisconsin voters that Barack Obama shares their values," Jefferson said. "John McCain has a history of independent leadership that appeals to Wisconsin. Senator Obama has never put partisan interests aside to bring about progress. Maybe that’s why Democrats have to exaggerate their campaign operations."
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I think it’s a bit too early to say that the Obama campaign isn’t looking at Wisconsin as a battleground state. After all, the Dems are but one Presidential election away from removing the last roadblock to unfettered vote fraud here. Also, Obama is fresh off a protracted, high-cost battle for his party’s nomination coronation, and Wisconsin’s primary came in relatively-early in that.
Still, it is rather interesting that there is no effective Presidential ground game on the other side. That draining of the Obama coffers and resulting lack of Wisconsin offices are a couple benefits of Operation Chaos.
In today’s editorial on the status of slave labor as compiled by the State Department, the editors of The Wall Street Journal noted that the “successful” Brazilian sugar-to-ethanol program comes at a terrible price; a growing use of slave labor in the sugar cane plantations.
Is it any end to the drive to waste our food supply at all costs on transportation?
(H/T – Charlie Sykes)
Kristen Lopez Eastlick links the increases in the minimum wage to the two worst years since World War II for teen summer employment:
You don’t need a business degree to understand why employers are making these cuts. The classic summer jobs "” cashier, waiter, grocery clerk "” can help an employer with increased service or make up for full-time employees who take vacations.
When the minimum wage gets boosted, however, employers cut down on hiring teens who typically fill lower-priority slots. Most of the work still gets done, but customers may get stuck standing in longer lines, and teens suffer because they’ve been priced out of work.
These summer jobs are often teens’ first exposure to the workplace. They are where teens learn that life is a 52-week-a-year mix of work and fun, and how to balance the two. Take that away, and you get the shooting gallery that is the north side of Milwaukee (where unemployment both measured and unmeasured has always been far worse than average) as the unemployed youth seek “less-than-legal” means of getting the cash to fuel their “fun” and “less-than-legal” means of having that “fun”.
Moron Pundit decided to fire up his mad programming skillz and create a Obama Policy Generator. My favorite (so far):
Live From Spread Eagle
by Moron PunditDemocratic Presidential hopeful Barack Obama gave a speech here today detailing his breathtaking new policy proposals:
Hello! It’s so wonderful to be here in Hell today!
You see, the thing is er… um… I can’t hear myself think… The cost would be… I’m glad you’re fired up… this misguided War in Iraq has taken money away that we could be spending on something important, like Palestinian/American toddler exchange.
Bravo Zulu, MP.
I’m sure you need a break from the water. Fortunately, we bloggers of souteast Wisconsin have one – Drinking Right. As usual, it will start at 7 pm over at Papa’s Social Club (7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee).
BE THERE!
Sorry I’m late with this one, but I’ve been out of it the last few hours. Direct from the Oak Creek Emergency Operations Center:
The state of emergency declared by Mayor Bolender, Saturday, June 7th remains in effect in response to flooding that has occurred, or has the potential to occur in the City of Oak Creek.
As of Tuesday, June 10th at 9:00 a.m. the following major roads remain closed due to flooding:
East Forest Hill Avenue from 1400 block East to 2000 block East
South Pennsylvania Ave. from Oakwood Road north to STH 100
East Elm Road from 2000 block to 3000 block
South 13th Street at Racine County line
East County Line Road from 1600 East to Chicago Road
South Howell Avenue at Racine County Line
South 27th Street at Racine County LineRoad closure information will be updated at 9:00 a.m., Wednesday, June 11th.
It is not safe to drive through these areas, as well as any road that may have standing water. It is strongly advised that people, especially children should avoid creeks, flooded areas, ditches and areas of standing water, as they represent potentially dangerous situations.
Please contact the City of Oak Creek Emergency Operations non-emergency line at (414) 766-6600 if you:
- are in need of evacuation assistance, or are unable to access or exit your property
- are in need of shelter
- are experiencing, or have experienced flooding damage
- have other, non-emergency questions
Oak Creek businesses are also encouraged to call this number if they have experienced flood related problems.
The City of Oak Creek Streets Department will be having a special midweek curb-side pick-up today and Wednesday for flood damaged items. Please contact (414) 570-6582 to request this service.
Flood clean up kits are available for pick up at Oak Creek Fire Station No. 1 (240 East Puetz Road) and at Fire Station No. 3 (7000 South 6th Street).
For more information please contact Doug Seymour, Public Information Officer for the City of Oak Creek, at (414) 768-6526 or dseymour@oakcreekwi.org
News Release By Authority Of:
Doug Seymour,
Public Information Officer
on behalf of Dick Bolender
Of particular note, there will be a special curbside pickup of flood-damaged items. Do contact the city at 570-6582 if you need to have flood-damaged items picked up. Also, since it is summer, the city recycling yard at 720 W. Puetz Rd. is open until 8 pm tonight and every Tuesday through September (it normally closes at 3 pm).
Revisions/extensions (3:23 pm 6/10/2008) – Fixed formatting.
As bad as things are in southeast Wisconsin, they don’t compare to losing an entire town (Gays Mills) or lake vital for the local tourism industry (Lake Delton)….
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