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November 3, 2005

Carnival of the Badger 12 is up

by @ 7:46. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Patrick even started things off with me. Guess it paid off to get that submission in early :-)

November 2, 2005

Jimmy Carter signing his new book in West Bend?!?

by @ 22:21. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Jeff Wagner expresses amazement that former President Jimmy Carter will be signing copies of his book at the West Bend Wal-Mart next Thursday. I’m not surprised that it would be a Wal-Mart (you go where the books are sold, after all), but West Bend? Which genius of a handler thought that going into the heart of conservativism in Wisconsin was a good idea? Of course, West Bend is undoubtedly safer than Milwaukee.

UW-Eau Claire bans dorm-room Bible studies

by @ 21:36. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(H/T – Patrick)

In what has to be one of the most-despicable attacks on Christianity yet in this country, NewsMax is reporting that UW-Eau Claire (excuse me, somebody must have farted) has banned Resident Assistants from leading Bible studies in their own dorm rooms on their own time. Even if one can successfully argue that this does not violate the federal First Amendment right to “free exercise” of religion, it is a clear violation of the Wisconsin Constitution, Article I, Section 18 –

Freedom of worship; liberty of conscience; state religion; public funds. Section 18.   [As amended Nov. 1982] The right of every person to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of conscience shall never be infringed; nor shall any person be compelled to attend, erect or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry, without consent; nor shall any control of, or interference with, the rights of conscience be permitted, or any preference be given by law to any religious establishments or modes of worship; nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of religious societies, or religious or theological seminaries.   [1979 J.R. 36, 1981 J.R. 29, vote Nov. 1982]

Homer nod – fixed link; Internut Exploder kept the search term in the address bar.

Speaking of racist lieberals…

by @ 21:13. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Michelle Malkin brings us the latest attack on Maryland Lt. Governor (and candidate for Senate) Michael S. Steele (story in the Washington Times). She, the blogs she links to, and the ones that appear in the trackback to the post say it better than I could.

Still no apology for this, but

by @ 20:56. Filed under Miscellaneous.

…I don’t think Gregory Stanford* wrote this editorial on Milwaukee County Board Chair Lee Holloway’s overreaction to Orville Seymer’s opening statement at a budget hearing the other day. The money quote – “What Holloway should be asking himself is how would he have reacted as a citizen if the shoe was on the other foot?”

It still isn’t enough to restore the main link to the local paint-catcher, but I do need to give credit where credit is due.

* The editorial board member who feels it’s okay to take racial shots if the target is conservative.

Speaking of asterisks…

by @ 10:18. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Sykes Writes has an extensive runthrough of the blogosphere’s reaction to the asterisk editorial* There’s enough links there to take up an entire day’s worth of blog-reading, but I highly recommend Don Surber’s take.

* Any semblance between a Racist Jentinel editorial and either reality or sanity is merely a coincidence and purely unintentional.

Revisons/extensions – More of Charlie’s round-up on the asterisk reaction here. Hey, we made the Drudge Report, Rush Limbaugh, and yesterday’s OpinionJournal Best of the Web.

Welcome Sykes Writes readers

by @ 9:17. Filed under Miscellaneous.

As Charlie pointed out, the Racist Jentinel did not even mention the fact that they touched off a firestorm with their racist editorial in today’s paint catcher (I wouldn’t sully a dead fish with the product, and it is considered animal cruelty to subject birds or dogs to it).

Jessica McBride takes a look at the racial makeup of the edit board. There’s a higher precentage of blacks on the Supreme Court than on the edit board. Of course, there is the same percentage of conservatives on the edit board as blacks (10%), and there’s a strong indication that Patrick McIlheran was only added as a token to the non-target audience of the edits at 4th and State.. Actually, Patrick is only a columnist and not a member of the idiotorial board. Substitute newspaper editor Marty Kaiser for him, and thus there are is a grand total of ZERO ONE conservative voices on the Racist Jentinel idiotorial board

Revisions/extensions – corrected the roster of the idiotorial board

Further revisions/extensions – Dean pointed out that Mabel Wong is something of a conservative. Thanks.

November 1, 2005

No apology from the racist Jentinel forthcoming

by @ 21:15. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Charlie Sykes has an exchange between a pissed-off reader and asterisk-writer Gregory Stanford* (the asterisks are in the Sykes post)-

Mr. Poole:

Thanks for your message. Mr. Pimentel* asked me, as the writer of the editorial, to respond. We were merely noting in the passage to which you object that the elder President Bush had appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court for the sake of racial diversity, but that, because Thomas often takes stands at odds with mainstream black thought, his appointment does not help the court mirror America as much as it could have – which is what diversity is all about. Noting that Thomas is on the fringes of black thought is merely observing a fact, not stereotyping. Justices Stevens and Ginsburg do represent wide swaths of American thought.

Gregory Stanford*
Editorial Writer/Columnist
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Figures that the black racist on the board would write this tripe. I wonder what Eugene Kane* will spew forth.

*Self-named, racist arbiter of who’s who.

Moonbats at 4th and State strike again*

by @ 10:10. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(H/T – Charlie Sykes)

I hereby invoke my right to refuse service to anyone, removing the racist Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from the list of links until such time they apologize for this remark in an editorial in today’s fishwrap –

In losing a woman, the court with Alito would feature seven white men, one white woman and a black man, who deserves an asterisk because he arguably does not represent the views of mainstream black America.

For the record, I consider David Souter and John Paul Stevens asterisks as they don’t represent the views of mainstream Republicans (much less conservative ones).

*I’m now in the market for a new Milwaukee news source, but since the TV stations do not cover anything the racist Jentinel doesn’t, I don’t know what I’ll use.

Join the Confirm Alito Coalition

by @ 9:45. Filed under Miscellaneous.


I did…

October 31, 2005

Alito for SCOTUS – YES!

by @ 10:16. Filed under Miscellaneous.

In response to the multi-pronged shootdown of the Harriet “Mushroom” Miers nomination, President Bush ignored the pressure from the left to nominate a more-“provable” like-for-like to left-of-like replacement for Sandra Day O’Connor and nominated Samuel Alito (who can fairly be called the Anti-Mushroom). Fight on!

October 30, 2005

Middling Pubbies sound like Peter Jennings

by @ 16:15. Filed under Miscellaneous.

GBfan, in his excellent rant about the behavior of the pro-Mushroom crowd, compares them rather unfavorably to Peter Jennings infamous “temper tantrum” rant in 1994 when the CONSERVATIVE Contract With America brought the Republicans both Houses of Congress.

Go, read.

Homer nod – link fixed

NFL Week 8 – Can I keep rolling?

by @ 10:05. Filed under Miscellaneous.

We’re closing in on the halfway point, and I’m at a money-making 56-44-2. Let’s see if I can continue (the line is the Sunday AM line from Yahoo) –

Minnesota @ Carolina (-7.5) – Stick a one in front of that 7.5.
Green Bay @ Cincinnati (-9) – What’s the over/under on the week Sherman gets fired?
Arizona (+9) @ Dallas – Somehow, the Cowboys’ defense always keeps it close.
Philadelphia @ Denver (-3.5) – I can’t bet against the altitude.
Chicago (+3) @ Detroit – Take the under 32.5 as Duh Bears take sole possession of first and wrap up the division.
Cleveland (+2) @ Houston – How is a winless team favored?
Jacksonville (-3.5) @ St Louis – No Martz = no points.
Buffalo @ New England (-9) – Tedy Bruschi will outscore Buffalo in his return.
Miami vs New Orleans (-2.5) @ Baton Rouge – It will be a happy almost-homecoming for the Saints, not-so-happy for Nick Saban.
Washington @ NY Giants (-2) – Too bad Tony Stewart can’t play quarterback.
Oakland (-1) @ Tennessee – The coin landed tails.
Kansas City (+6) @ San Diego – Just too many points to give.
Tampa Bay (-11) @ San Francisco – Tampa Bay -36 might be a fairer bet.
Baltimore @ Pittsburgh (-10) – Take Blitzburgh -33; the OldBrowns ain’t scoring.

Cross-posted over at The Wisconsin Sports Bar by request of the owner.

Weak 7 – the distant replay

by @ 9:14. Filed under Miscellaneous.

I’ve been hiding all week from my bookie :-). Let’s review the piss-poor performance:

Kansas City 30 (+1.5) @ Miami 20 – Short week, late hurricane, what’s the difference?
Pittsburgh 27 (+1) @ Cincinnati 13 – …and there’s gonna be trouble.
Detroit 13 @ Cleveland 10 (-3) – Huh? Duh Lions won? On the ROAD??? Break out the end-of-the-world survival kits.
Green Bay 20 (-1.5) @ Minnesota 23 – It’s sad when I can’t even hit the over.
Indianapolis 38 (-15) @ Houston 20 – At least I didn’t take Indy -45.
San Diego 17 (+3.5-WIN) @ Philadelphia 20 – At least I got the points ;-)
New Orleans 17 @ St Louis 28 (-3) – Where did I go wrong on the prop bets?
San Francisco 17 @ Washington 52 (-13) – The Deadskin defense didn’t have to outscore Duh Whiners.
Dallas 10 @ Seattle 13 (-3.5-LOSS) – Damn half-points.
Baltimore 6 (+1) @ Chicago 10 – …and this is an unpredictable year.
Tennessee 10 @ Arizona 20 (-3.5) – Or at least they’ll find it often enough.
Denver 23 @ NY Giants 24 (-2-LOSS) – Of course, Hoffa’s dead.
Buffalo 17 (+3) @ Oakland 38 – Wha happen? Someone set us up the bomb.
NY Jets 14 @ Atlanta 27 (-7) – Brooks Bollinger is NOT an NFL quarterback.

Well, maybe it wasn’t such a piss-poor performance. 8-6 puts me at 56-44-2 on the year.

October 29, 2005

Welcome Dad29 readers

by @ 12:32. Filed under Miscellaneous.

I’m not usually as much on-fire as I am in the post that Dad29 linked to, but feel free to stop on back now and again anyway.

October 28, 2005

Time to throw some gasoline on the fire

by @ 13:47. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Pyre #1 – Wisconsin Governor Jim “Craps” Doyle (WEAC-Potawatomi) wants Congress to force oil companies to refund “excess” profits. You mean like the 9 cents/gallon “excess” profit mandated by Wisconsin’s minimum markup law when wholesale gasoline was trading at $2.60/gallon instead of $1.80/gallon? You mean like the mandated immediate price spike and delayed price fall at the pumps also mandated by Wisconsin’s minimum markup law every time the speculators move the price of gas on the spot market? You want relief at the pumps? How about getting rid of part of the gas tax since you can’t find enough road projects and empty buses to fund; oh that’s right, the teachers own you and are expecting the same kind of return on their investment that the Indians got.

Pyre #2 – ADM and the ethanol sycophants are airing commercials saying that we could save $0.10/gallon if only we required every station in Wisconsin to sell gasoline that contains 10% ethanol. That’s funny, when I travel out of this little corner of the state, where every station has to carry ethanol-laced Algore Memorial Gas, I notice ZERO price difference between stations that have straight E0 gas and bad E10 gas. I do notice, however, that my engine runs a bit better (and the engines in my lawn mower and snowblower run a LOT better) on the regular gas. I won’t even mention that ethanol creates a whole new set of pollutants, ruins the fuel injectors on GM vehicles, and that a vastly-different blend is required in winter to prevent fuel-line ice-up (oops, guess I just mentioned it).

Sticking with the ethanol, I’ll head back in 2000, when I had a 1995 Saturn SC2 and the Algore Bad Gas was so much more expensive than good gas available in places like East Troy. Using the Algore gas, I got 30 miles per gallon in city driving (or 300 miles on a 10-gallon fillup leaving a 2-gallon cushion), but when I took the trip out to East Troy (60 miles round-trip), I got 33 mpg combined city-highway on that same 10 gallons (or 330 miles).

Ah, you might say, 60 of those miles were highway driving, and thus that explains the difference. Au contraire. While it does explain some of it (I was getting about 37 mpg in strictly highway driving), let’s do the math. The trip out to East Troy took 1.62 gallons and 60 miles from the 10 gallon/330 miles. That meant I burned 8.38 gallons over 270 miles. I come up with over 32 miles per gallon on driving that would otherwise have burned a gallon of Algore Gas every 30 miles. That’s right, I burned 6.25% MORE gasoline when burning the ethanol-laced stuff.

Craps’ tax “freeze” continues to sublimate, Racine Unified edition

by @ 0:44. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Fred at RealDebateWisconsin relates his personal story on the sham of Craps Doyle’s tax “freeze”. It seems the Racine Unified Screwel Board (yes, the “typo” is intentional) is raising their portion of his property tax 8%. Allow me to remind you gentle readers what Craps said back in July (courtesy Milwaukee Journal Sentinel the racist Jentinel) – “The result of the freeze that I will sign will be that the average property tax on the average home will not go up at all next year, and will actually go down $5” in December 2006.

Revisions/extensions – removed link to the racist Jentinel

Lucy preparing to pull the ball away from Charlie again

by @ 0:12. Filed under Miscellaneous.

(HT: McBride’s Media Matters via Dad29)

It seems the National Republican Senatorial Committee is working on getting Tim Michaels to run against Nobody’s Senator, Herb Kohl (D-Bucks). Would that be the same NRSC that abandoned Wisconsin after Michaels upset the applecart by winning the Pubbie nomination? Why do I get the feeling that they, and the RPW (who bailed on Michaels, John Gillespie in 2000, and Mark Neumann in 1998), are happier having Nobody’s Senator around than actually picking up this seat?

October 27, 2005

Carnival of the Badger 11 is up

by @ 23:51. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Sean provides an eclectic take on the Cheddarsphere. I wonder if I should’ve put my various Mushroom posts in :-)

BlogFather

by @ 22:32. Filed under Miscellaneous.

The Politburo Diktat‘s commisar asks, “Who’s Your Daddy?” I’m unable to limit myself to the one that he requests. My immediate BlogFather is GBfan of Spotted Horse, who pushed me into the posting side of the blogosphere after he invited me into The Wisconsin Sports Bar.

I do trace my roots a bit further than that. Going back a bit further in the “true” blogosphere, Owen at Boots and Sabers was instrumental in getting me to think about getting my own blog, and the Badger Blog Alliance get-together attended by Owen, Jib, Sean, Kevin, Mary Eileen and John McAdams got things rolling. There’s more blogs I’ve commented on before this little place opened up, just look over to the right (and I’m sure I’ve forgotten one or two; if so, please remind me because I’m forgetful :-)

I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Free Republic, where I’ve been since January 2001. Over there, running into fine folks like the crow and LouD at the Bush rallies in 2000 got me in to the Robinsons’ playground.

The Poison Mushroom is gone

by @ 8:15. Filed under Miscellaneous.

HURRAY!!!

If anybody from the White House happens to be reading this, please pass along to President Bush that a conservative is expected this time around, as well as for any future vacancies.

October 26, 2005

MATC continues to sublimate the Doyle property tax “freeze”

by @ 18:22. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Yes, I know, technical colleges, as unelected taxing bodies, are exempt from the Craps anti-freeze, but that didn’t stop the Jeanette Bell-led Milwaukee Area Technical College board (yes, the same Jeanette Bell that complained that the 2.75% property tax levy increase that she shoved down West Allis taxpayers’ throats wasn’t big enough and the same Jeanette Bell that that made possible a 4% property tax levy increase from MMSD) from raising the MATC levy 6.6%.

The Journtinel claims that it actually is a victory for taxpayers because it could have been $1.4 million worse and have been a 7.8% levy increase; by a 6-3 vote, the board lowered the tax rate to keep the total tax take at what they approved back in June. It seems that property values in the district went up greater than expected, and if they kept the rate at that June level, they would have taken in $127.9 million instead of the already-bloated $126.5 million they planned on taking in. Left squealing are various spend-and-spenders like the teachers’ union and the 3 idiots who can’t seem to live within the 6.6% levy increase means they had approved not 5 months ago. Despite the whine, I don’t exactly feel victorious; it could be the empty wallet.

Revisions/extensions – removed the link to the racist Jentinel

For those of you who wanted the Oak Creek power plant to be gas-powered…

by @ 11:31. Filed under Miscellaneous.

How much higher would electricity be? It’s already going up 8%, and that is with the Oak Creek plant being replaced with another coal plant.

Revisions/extensions – hope you saved the link to the racist Jentinel story; it’s out of here.

Caption time over at Free Will

by @ 11:29. Filed under Miscellaneous.

Brian has an interesting picture of a very nervous Brian Burke at his plea-deal hearing, and he has invited his readers to caption it. Go, have fun (it’s why I disabled comments here).

Poison Mushroom update

by @ 10:45. Filed under Miscellaneous.

More evidence of Miers’ political and judicial views comes to us from the Washington Post, and it casts serious doubt on the mushroom-eating crowd’s last defense that Miers would at least be better on the Roe issue than O’Connor. It also reveals her as a liberal who at times sees the courts as the agent of social change.

Meanwhile, the Journal Sentinel racist Jentinel reports on a meeting that Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) had with Miers yesterday where the question on the role she had on convincing President Bush to sign the patently un-Constitutional McShame-Slimeroad Liberal/DemonRAT Protection Act. I bet he was expecting an answer like this – “Yes, I did convince him to sign this, and no, I won’t recuse myself from Round 2 because I realize I’m the swing vote,” but instead…

“She said she couldn’t even tell me if she was involved,” Feingold said. “That is, to me, a fairly extreme blocking of our ability to examine her record in general.”

And this stealth Souter in a skirt is what we conservatives have to swallow? According to the Green Bay Press-Gazette, Feingold has no problem with her on a district court (bear in mind that he helped ramrod Lynn Adelman to the federal bench). Put me down in the “HELL no to Justice Miers!” camp.

Revisions/extensions – continuing expunging links to the racist Jentinel

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