From the monthly archives: January 2009

It’s called satire…

On January 31, 2009 By

…but apparently Peter DiGaudio doesn’t understand what that means. In a recent blog entry, Peter is whipped into a frenzy about a report that members of the United States military will soon be pledging allegiance to President Barack Obama rather than the U.S. Constitution. Curiously, Peter seems to believe the blog entry that first reported [...]

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Koschnick’s reversals

On January 30, 2009 By

I want to talk a little about Randy Koschnick, the conservative candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court. However, before I do I want to encourage you to go and read Xoff over at Uppity Wisconsin and the illustrious illyT, because they’ve done a great job of exposing all Judge Randy Koschnick’s warts as [...]

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Feingold appears on Maddow

On January 29, 2009 By

Among the topics Senator Russ Feingold discussed during his appearance on the Rachel Maddow Show were the nomination of Eric Holder to Attorney General, possible Bush Administration crimes, and Feingold’s proposed Constitutional amendment doing away with U.S. Senate appointments by state governors.

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Lena Taylor makes news

On January 29, 2009 By

On Tuesday, I noted State Senator Lena Taylor made Milwaukee Magazine’s list of the worst legislators in Wisconsin, I noted I was no fan of Sen. Taylor’s. At the risk of jeopardizing my standing as a liberal, I’ll just say that I find Sen. Taylor to be a less than impressive legislator and campaigner, [...]

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El Rushbo rules the roost

On January 28, 2009 By

Courtesy of Matt Yglesias of Think Progress, here’s footage of Congressman Mike Pence of Indiana admitting he’s so beholden to Rush Limbaugh that he won’t criticize El Rushbo for saying, “we have to bend over, grab the angles, bend over forward, backward whichever, because his father was black, because he’s the first black president.”

Here’s [...]

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There’s a bad apple in every bunch…

On January 28, 2009 By

…and at the Milwaukee Secure Detention Facility (MSDF), that bad apple sure appears to be Sergeant Paul Vick Jr. Sergeant Vick has been charged with 15 felonies in connection with alleged sexual contact with three women inmates. Sergeant Vick was suspended with pay in August after the first allegations surfaced, and late last week [...]

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SarahPAC

On January 27, 2009 By

Sarah Palin really wants to be president someday, and she’s got the PAC to prove it.

While some had hoped she’d fade into obscurity after the 2008 presidential election, Gov. Palin has other plans. She recently set up her own Political Action Committee, SarahPAC, based out of Virginia, she’s been active on the [...]

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Hey, I’m not perfect 100% of the time…

On January 27, 2009 By

In response to an entry I wrote a couple of days ago that noted a flip-flop by Oak Creek Mayor Dick Bolender on the issue of a funding compromise on the proposed Drexel interchange at I-94, Mayor Bolender emailed me a response (originally sent to Greg Kowalski of Metro Milwaukee Today):

Subject: Drexel Interchange [...]

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The best & the worst

On January 27, 2009 By

The latest issue of Milwaukee Magazine is out on newstands and available on the internet, and
Marc Eisen has a great feature highlighting the best and worst of Wisconsin’s legislators. Among the worst? State Senator Mary Lazich, of whom the article says:
Sen. Mary Lazich (R-New Berlin): “Everybody hates her, even the [...]

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Girl Scouts downsize cookie boxes

On January 26, 2009 By

If any of you are as addicted to Girl Scout cookies, you’ll want to take note – the Girl Scouts of the USA made the decision to shrink its cookie boxes by a centimeter, package fewer cookies into boxes of Thin Mints, Do-si-dos, and Tagalongs, and reduce the size of its Lemon Chalet Crèmes. [...]

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