Thursday Music: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers!

Moanin’ (live 1958):

Quick hit: College Student Loans and Interest Rates

In the Sunday print edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel there was a quarter page ad from a local bank offering 1.0% APY on a certificate of deposit (I don’t remember the number of months) with a MINIMUM deposit of $50,000. My bank is paying like 0.1% on my passbook account.

Why the flock would [...]

Marriage Equality, President Obama, and Freedom of Religion

“…I’ve just concluded that for me personally it is important for me to go ahead and affirm that I think same sex couples should be able to get married,” President Obama

I had started down this path earlier this week in response to Vice President Joe Biden’s comments from Sunday May 6th edition of Meet [...]

The Pitch for Mahlon Mitchell for Lieutenant Governor

I normally don’t like to just pass through emails or pr blurbs verbatim…but since the election starts in about 10 hours from now and I’ve already endorsed Mr. Mitchell, I am not going to spend time working this up as a blog post…here it is:

Hello, friends, neighbors and fellow citizens who I haven’t [...]

Endorsements for the Recall Primaries Tuesday May 8th!

Governor: Kathleen Vinehout…the only candidate to clearly provide solutions to what’s ailing Wisconsin!

Lt. Governor: Mahlon Mitchell…a passionate young man who will be a strong progressive voice in Madison even from an office that is usually a cozy hiding place.

State Senate District 13: Lori Compas…the only 100% certified organic grass roots campaign in the [...]

A Thought on Lincoln Republican Arthur Kohl-Riggs Campaign for Governor

When I first encountered the Arthur Kohl-Riggs campaign for governor running as a Republican, I thought it was a joke. I’ve been paying attention since then and of course he’s gotten short shrift from the official media and bloggers alike. But after watching this video, whether you take his campaign seriously or not, I have [...]

Jon Huntsman our next Secretary of State?

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has already stated that she will not continue in that post when President Obama is re-elected. Jon Huntsman has said a few things in recent interviews that were rather negative of the Republican Party as a whole and the group of Presidential candidates in 2012 in particular. Because Mr. Huntsman’s [...]

Thursday Music: Rolling Stones Jumping Jack Flash

One of my favorite songs in my youth…and as some of the guys in one of my former bands will attest, I used the riff from this to warm up before rehearsals until they couldn’t stand it anymore:

Governor Walker Unveils Economic Plan for Milwaukee

During a visit to a business in Milwaukee, Governor Walker unveiled a plan to revitalize a strategic portion of Milwaukee’s inner city. The main focus of the program will be the defunct 30th street industrial corridor. Ironically that has been home to the Spanish train builder, Talgo, which the governor essentially put out of business [...]

Where in the World is Gov. Walker’s Campaign Headquarters?

In the April 30, 2012 edition of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, No Quarter columnist, Daniel Bice, asked a question that everyone should be able to find the answer to: “So where in the world is the governor’s campaign HQ?”? Well apparently it’s a classified secret and only the official apparatchiks are let in on the [...]