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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.
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October 5, 2007
Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity tells us about taxpayer-funded lobbying
Nan, a new blogger at the Freedom Works blog and I are sitting here, getting ready to blog-interview Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity.
Nan is adorable and young but I’ll try to be nice to her anyway.
ME: Phil, tell us about your priorities at AFP.
PHIL: At the federal level, our majority priority is to win this fight against the disgraceful earmarks we’ve been fighting for several years, and address institutional issues such as taxpayer-funded lobbying.
NAN: What do you mean by taxpayer-funded lobbying?
PHIL: Well, the forces of big government often use our own tax dollars to hire lobbyists to lobby for higher taxes and higher spending. We’ve seen an explosion in recent years of local governments hiring lobbyists to go to state capitols and Washington, DC, to lobby for higher taxes and spending. As taxpayers, we’re paying them to work against our interests and for higher government. Most taxpayers don’t even know that’s what’s going on.
ME: How does AFP plan to promote awareness of this issue?
PHIL: In March 2007, we did a public relations campaign around the time of the NCAA basketball tournament. We highlighted the fact that lobbyists for public universities could provide free tickets to the basketball tournament, free roundtrip airfare and other goodies to legislators. The University of Florida has a president’s box that provides deluxe seating and treatment to legislators. [The university] claims that because they don’t charge for these tickets, they actually have no value.
The great thing about AFP is that we already have hundreds of thousands of people that we have already trained to be activists, so when we work on an issue like this, and can get the facts and information to them, they are ready to engage with the issue at the state and federal level.
NAN: What has your role been in this event?
PHIL: I helped book speakers–Giuliani and McCain–and I’m moderating the 4:00 panel on policy issues.
ME: Well, then, Phil, are you actually having any fun and if so, please tell us about that.
PHIL: Oh, I’m having a ball. I love seeing the ordinary people from all over America, the energy in the room this morning, and the real excitement about bedrock issues of fiscal accountability that are often disregarded. I’m just really excited to see it.
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October 2, 2007
Comment editing now available!
I’ve done a bit of rooting around and finally found a comment editor that looks halfway-decent, and with just a wee bit of modification, plays nicely with Filosofo Comment Preview – WP Ajax Edit Comments by Robert Huereca. You now have 15 minutes from the time you post a comment to edit that comment, your name/URI, or both.
I’ve also found a semi-replacement for Bad Behavior, which runs like molasses in January. Now, all comments (and allegedly, trackbacks/pingbacks) on threads with no activity for the past 15 days will go into the moderation queue if they survive Akismet.
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September 28, 2007
HamNation is an omnivore
Mary Katharine Ham delivers the perfect answer to PETA and Alicia Silverstone. Bonus points – unlike the PETA ad, this one is work safe.
Let’s go hunting.
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National Review Online goes Star Trek
Hey Chris, this one’s for you.
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September 24, 2007
Blogging about Americans for Prosperity
Steve and I met because we’re both going to DC at the end of next week to attend the Defending the Dream summit sponsored by Americans for Prosperity.
That’s the first time I’ll be on a blogger’s row and I’m looking forward to it.
Americans for Prosperity first crossed my radar screen when I encountered the pioneering work that their office in Texas has done on the problem of taxpayer-funded lobbying.
Taxpayer-funded lobbying is when cities, counties and school districts pay dues (with money, obviously, from their taxpayers) to belong to groups that spend that money on lobbying.
Here in Wisconsin, that includes groups like the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and the Wisconsin Alliance of Cities.
I’d like to see cities, and counties, and public school districts in Wisconsin adopt the habit of putting information on their websites that clarifies how much in dues they pay to belong to these organizations, and what bills those organizations lobby for.
September 23, 2007
Packer Nation Returns.
This week the Green Bay Packers won their 3rd consecutive game (all against teams that made the playoffs last year) today.
This from the prognisticator Steve: San Diego @ Green Bay (+6.5) – I’m going for broke here. You may like the points, you may want the points, and reputable bookies will give you the points (though most of them are only going to give you 5.5 to 6), BUT YOU’RE NOT GONNA NEED THEM! The receiving band is back together.
Steve, buddy. I hate to break this to you and the rest of the naysayers, but the Packers are much better than you think they are.
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September 17, 2007
Off to jury duty – UPDATE – done for 4 years
I hate having a low-end last name; it seems they always pick from the beginning. I get to fight downtown traffic to get there by 2 and pay boku bucks for parking. Could be better; I could be fighting Zoo Freeway traffic and have to get there by 1. Hopefully I’ll be back soon. In the meantime, the guest-blogging sign is lit.
Before I go, there is a reason why Milwaukee County uses DMV records rather than voting records; non-existent people usually don’t drive, but they sure do vote in Milwaukee County.
Update (4:35 pm 9/17/2007) – That was a wasted 2 1/2 hours. The $11 that the county is coughing up just about covers parking ($8) and gas (about a gallon). I’m back.
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September 11, 2007
Drinking Right Presidential straw poll
Uncle Fred (Dooley, not Thompson) and I decided to run a short straw poll at Drinking Right tonight. John Washburn ensured that the process was cleaner than Milwaukee’s elections. Short-and-simple; every vote was a write-in, so no bitching that a candidate got short shrift. Here are the results (there was a late voter; since he wasn’t there when the rest of the ballots were handed out, we let him vote):
Fred Thompson – 5 votes
Ron Paul – 2 votes
A Fucking Candidate – 1 vote
Blank ballot – 1 vote
Keith Conrad – 1 vote
Fred – 1 vote (wish that voter had been more specific; after all, Dooley was in attendance)
Duncan Hunter – 1 vote
Tommy Thompson – 1 vote
If you missed Drinking Right this month, we’ll see you again same time, same day, same place next month.
September Drinking Right – TONIGHT
Nobody’s seen Casper since who knows when, Sean’s gone to DC, and I was gone last month, but there’s still lots of drinking to do. I’ll be at the usual spot (Papa’s Social Club – 7718 W Burleigh in Milwaukee) at the usual time (7 pm) on the usual date (2nd Tuesday – Sept. 11).
Be there, or be somewhere.
Revisions/extensions (5:28 pm 9/11/2007) – Bumped to the top. Now, let’s drink.
September 4, 2007
Boy am I glad we banned DDT
Mosquitoes have to eat too </sarcasm_bit_up>. Got chased into the house early yesterday evening, had the bitches buzz the window all night, and then the kicker, they swarmed me when I got the morning paint-catcher.
Hell, I’m ready to create and unleash WMDs on them; I can’t wait until the first freeze of the season.
September 1, 2007
Roll bloat – heavy hitter edition
Since Ed Driscoll was up later than I was last night and stumbled here, I guess it’s time to rectify a serious wrong and add him to the roll.
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August 29, 2007
Sick as a dog
Blogging will be light for a while. Head’s spinning and hurting, body’s as frigid as an ice road, and my eyes are bulging.
August 21, 2007
“24” attempts to jump shark, gets digested
If this exclusive from TV Guide is right, unfunny “commedianne” Janeane Garofalo will become a regular on the 7th season of “24”.
Between that, the Hiliary-stand-in President, the focus on being green and the aborted attempt to take the show to Africa, it’ll make the craptastic compilation season 6 look like Seasons 3 and 4. Please tell me that Jack at least gets to garrote Janeane
Punching in a link to bRight & Early’s First Cup/Overnight News Post to get the attention of B4B regular Jim.
August 18, 2007
Perfect way to waste your early Saturday evening
Radio4Bauer is having its second show tonight at 5:30 (not 4:30 CDT; if you’re smart enough to be here, you’re smart enough to figure out the conversion). I wonder if the rumor that Joel Surnow and company snagged Karl Rove and Tony Snow to make season 7 less craptacular than the compilation season 6 is true.
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August 17, 2007
I’m BAAAAAACK!!!
So, what did I miss besides a Brewer collapse only exceeded by a Flubs collapse and a dropout by The Other Thompson (nicely covered by Charlie) (besides a combined Sykes/P-Mac Spike; funny how that happens on my way out the door :-)
Revisions/extensions (1:42 am 8/17/2007) – I found a couple, First, the WTMJ/WKTI blogs do not have an archive system (or comments or pingback generation). Without going through my logs, the only reason I know I had a Sykes Spike is Peter found it when Charlie posted it. Not only do the Journtinel blogs have an archive system, and not only do they generate pingbacks, but Technorati picks them up as well. Now only if Technorati would recognize that the norunnyeggs.eggstor.com version is dead and stop saying that’s being updated,….
Speaking of Technorati, they did pick up SVC Alumnus Blogger’s catch of an old post of mine while outlining the trail of found WMDs in Iraq. Hmmm, I seem to have left off a comment exchange with Jay by saying that it’s his witness.
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August 13, 2007
Extreme Canoeing
Uncle Steve is up in the boundary waters, where I hear the canoeing is excellent.
I wonder if his trip is as much fun as this looks:
Revisions/extensions (Steve – 1:48 am 8/17/2007) – For some reason, Viper’s Video Quicktags Aaron used for this keeps on resetting the “updated” flag in my reader, so I stuffed the original embed code in. So I break the validation; oh well.
August 12, 2007
Freeeeeeeeeeud
Revisions/extensions (5:02 pm 1/3/2008 – steveegg) – I don’t know how Curt got this post from Fred Dooley (who is also supporting Thompson) instead of my own Thompson endorsement, but as long as it’s on the list, I’ll take it)
Fred, Fred, Fred: Thompson’s Challenge Has a Name
By Monica Hesse
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, August 12, 2007; D01
In the swampy soup of hopefuls for the 2008 presidential election, there is a man with a funny name. (No, not that one.)
We’re thinking of the one named Fred (Thompson).
Say it out loud. Do it. Fred. Fred. In the South, Fray-ud.
Fur-red-duh.
It has the tonal quality of something being dropped on the floor, something heavy and damp-ish.
Waterlogged paper towel.
Fred.
The phonetics of the name seem integral to its image problem: On Urbandictionary.com, a “Fred” is defined as “a person who does stupid, annoying, or idiotic things” (Fred Flintstone, Fred Mertz). The best-case descriptors a Fred can hope for are terms like well-intentioned, predictable, benign (Fred Rogers).
There has never before been a major presidential candidate named Fred. There were two Alfreds, in 1928 and 1936. But Alfred, being all British and Batman-y, is not the same.
Then, out of almost nowhere, came Thompson, who is transcending the notion of Fred.
Some of the regular readers on No Runny Eggs may not know my name is not actually Real Debate, it is Fred. The Washington Post can kiss my fanny.
Fred is a fine name, worthy of Presidential stature. Ever heard of Frederick the Great? How about the brilliant Fred Astaire? Fred Savage, come on now, The Wonder Years.
Need I say Frederick Mellinger, inventer of the pushup bra and founder of Fredericks of Hollywood?
What of sausage genius Fred Usinger, or beer pioneer Frederick Pabst?
Need I remind you of Fred Jones? Come on he drove The Mystery Machine for cryin’ out loud.
Frederick Banting co-discovered insulin and won a nobel prize!
How about some Fred’s of Royalty?
I think I have made my case.
Fred for President is a fine idea. He looks quite Presidential doesn’t he?
August 8, 2007
Two post Bonds thoughts.
In the wake of Mr Steroid hitting his 756th home run two reactions stand out…
Bud Selig missed the game to go to a meeting with George Mitchell about steroids in baseball. Classic.
I thought by doing a prepared video Hank Aaron showed the ultimate amount of class. To me that gesture said I am man enough to congratulate you, but by not being there in person I do not acknowledge you. Aaron has always been a class act.
To those who wish to apply race into this. No one did not want Bonds to set this record because he is black. People dislike him because he is a cheater and more than anything just because he is a monumental jerk.
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August 7, 2007
Testing 1-2-3
This is a test of the Steve is almost on vacation blogger fill-in system.
If this were an actual vacation emergency this post might have been filled with some useless bit of information or a provocative thought to ponder.
In the event of an actual vacation hopefully a suitable replacement will be found.
We will now return to our regularly scheduled blogging.
This was only a test.
August 5, 2007
Co-rinkidink or dry runs?
(H/T – See-dubya Geoff at JunkYardBlog – that’ll learn me to try to pound this out on a tight time schedule) –
Somehow, I don’t think that this series of 4 “questionable” incidents over the last 36 hours is a coincidence:
– Somebody has been shining lasers into the cockpits of airplanes landing at Daytona Beach Airport.
– 2 passengers were pulled off a flight in Miami after someone overheard them talking about hijacking the plane (’tis good we’re about to have the John Doe law go into effect; otherwise, CAIR and their lawyers would be swarming down to Miami)
– Two live anti-vehicle mines on timers were detonated in rural Canada.
– A pair of Middle Eastern people driving what appeared to be a car bomb were stopped in Goose Creek, South Carolina.
That last one is quite “interesting”, especially since Michelle Malkin points out that Goose Creek is home to a Naval Weapons Station that hosts a floating drydock used to drydock nuclear submarines as well as U.S. Naval Consolidated Brig, where various enemy combatants have been held.
August 2, 2007
Obama and Pakistan
By now, you’ve heard Dem Presidential candidate and Senator Barak Hussein Obama (IL) advocating an invasion of Pakistan if Pakistani “President” General Pervez Musharraf doesn’t do more to battle Al Qaeda and Taliban forces taking refuge in his country. Welcome to the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, Barak. Too bad you don’t seem to recall the host of reasons why we went to war in Iraq (one of which was to keep Iraq from acquiring the same WMDs that Pakistan has, another of which was because of ties between Saddam Hussein and elements of Al Qaeda).
Question; considering Musharraf can charitably be described as walking a tightrope now between the Islamokazi forces he nurtured pre-9/11 and the US, has Obama considered the ramifications of conducting a large-scale invasion of a putative ally (as opposed to a “plausably deniable” small-scale operation, several of which appear to have happened already)? I hope you’ll have a plan to secure Pakistan’s 40-50 nuclear weapons (thanks, Clinton) before they’re used against us by either Musharraf in defending Pakistani territory or by the Islamokazis that will seize power in the wake of said invasion in revenge. I doubt you would, however, and I doubt that, when Pakistan turns into Iraq Part Deux, you’ll have the stomach to tough it out.
That’s not to say that I am opposed to a large-scale invasion of Pakistan; I believe it absolutely necessary. I’m just advocating it with eyes wide open to the likely consequences.
Now, why did Obama suddenly join the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy, especially since Dick Morris said that he was “brilliant” in saying that he would meet with America’s mortal enemies? Simple; despite 55% of the Dhimm base agreeing with him, and only 22% agreeing with Hillary Clinton that Obama was “naiive”, that display of neck wasn’t flying.
So, will the real Barak Hussein Obama please stand up.
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July 31, 2007
NRE Poll – When will Midwest Airlines be absorbed by AirTran?
Given that, after a disappointing 2nd quarter for Midwest and a gangbusters 2nd quarter for AirTran, Midwest announced that it will open negotiations with AirTran, the sale is now imminent.
When will Midwest Airlines be sold to AirTran?
Up to 1 answer(s) was/were allowed
- Between Labor Day, 2007 and the day before Thanksgiving, 2007 (27%, 4 Vote(s))
- They won't be sold to AirTran, but will be sold to somebody else (27%, 4 Vote(s))
- Prior to Labor Day, 2007 (13%, 2 Vote(s))
- Between January 1, 2008 and June 30, 2008 (13%, 2 Vote(s))
- They'll remain independent (13%, 2 Vote(s))
- Between Thanksgiving Day, 2007 and December 31, 2007 (7%, 1 Vote(s))
- A date after June 30, 2008 (0%, 0 Vote(s))
Total Voters: 15
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July 30, 2007
One time Charlie is definitely in the minority
At least he is and should be on the last idea from Sheldon Lubar he excerpted from the Journal Sentinel’s latest roundtable –
“Something that I do believe is a solution, and I’m bringing this out for the first time . . . a Milwaukee metropolitan fiscal control board. A board that would have as its purpose the final approval of annual budgets of these entities: No. 1, the Milwaukee Public Schools. No. 2, MATC, or if this board didn’t govern it, you could at least delegate it to the board of regents. They already make 30% or 35% more than the people at the University of Wisconsin who do have higher degrees.
“The Milwaukee sewerage commission. The Wisconsin Center. The Miller Park stadium authority. . . . We’ve got to revise this whole governance system, and I don’t think you’ll find an elected person that will disagree.”
I believe I covered that before. To wit, while it (probably) would be elected, it would suffer the same fatal flaw that the state Legislature suffers with shared revenue; namely, it makes funding decisions for others, as well as the fatal flaw that MATC and MMSD already suffer – a dominance by the city of Milwaukee.
To be fair to both Charlie and Sheldon, much of the rest of the ideas Charlie cherry-picked, from education being the key to boosting people out of poverty, to taking MEA out of the reins of MPS, is good.
The 5 stages of state budget delay
Steve Baas, the government affairs director for MMAC and former spokesman for former Assembly Speakers Scott Jensen and John Gard, has a great piece of what to expect in the next weeks of the budget impasse over at WisOpinion. They are:
Stage 1 – Denial
Stage 2 – Anger
Stage 3 – Bargaining
Stage 4 – Depression
Stage 5 – Acceptance
The language of “bargaining” is invariably applied only to the Republican/conservative half of the “impasse”. Don’t believe me? I know it’s not the budget, but take a look at the attempted hammering of Scott Walker on the $93.5 million in “new” transportation funds the Journtinel and the Milk Carton want spent on choo-choos.
Now, go read the rest of the piece.
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