Tonight was the first commercial I was impressed with since Clara Peller Asked "Where's the Beef?" albeit [...]]]> I do not watch the Super Bowl for the commercials for a couple reasons, 1. They usually suck and 2. if they are good you will see them about 157,000 times in the next month.

Tonight was the first commercial I was impressed with since Clara Peller Asked "Where's the Beef?" albeit for different reasons. Tonight Chrysler stole the show(at least until Eli Manning engineered the game winning drive) and aired this “Halftime in America” spot narrated by Clint Eastwood.

This was a commercial touting American Made cars and the resurgence of Chrysler. They even used some footage from WI.

The bailout/saving of the American auto industry by President Obama will be a campaign issue. I stand with President Obama on this and will be interested to see who stands against him,especially Paul Ryan’s view!

We will all be awaiting the answer to Clint’s questions. ”

By the way, what was the hero of the right Rush Limbaugh doing while Chrysler was airing this commercial asking tough questions?

Picking his nose:

Well Miss Piggy and Kermit did not take that lying down. They recently held a press conference to fight back!

Not a good move for Fox News, [...]]]> Fox News recently attacked the newest version of the Muppet Movie(maybe they were mad Pee Wee Herman didn’t make an appearance) as being too liberal(honest)

Well Miss Piggy and Kermit did not take that lying down. They recently held a press conference to fight back!

Not a good move for Fox News, because we now know that Miss Piggy is more credible, speaks more clearly and has more relevant things to say than Brit Hume!

I am not the consummate economist like our prolific Phil Scarr! Although I look forward to his posts on economics and despite my classwork in economics, I tend to feel my eyes glaze over and hear my head scream: ‘Just show me the damn graph!’ after a [...]]]> Everything Ultimately Costs What It Costs :: EUCWIC.

I am not the consummate economist like our prolific Phil Scarr! Although I look forward to his posts on economics and despite my classwork in economics, I tend to feel my eyes glaze over and hear my head scream: ‘Just show me the damn graph!’ after a paragraph or so. And when Phil and his cohorts start tossing around co-efficients my mind wanders off to articles by LJK Setright on unobtainable Italian sports cars and their remarkable co-efficients of drag…BUT I digress…

Under the heading of EUCWIC, I hope to publish a note or two or three about discussions or occurrences in the modern culture, society, economy or government that doesn’t take into account the true or total cost of a program or policy. I certainly won’t be as erudite as Mr. Scarr but will most likely be as verbose (just kidding Phil). But hope to bring a little of my knowledge of accounting and economics with whatever common sense I can muster to this table!

As Zach might say: ” ouch, bro. That’s gonna leave a mark.”

1. As many of you know, BloggingBlue went dark yesterday to protest SOPA. Well it turns out that one of the authors of this insane bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R- Texas), was caught violating his own bill.

Isn’t it funny when a Republican [...]]]> Because you just can not make these stories up!

1. As many of you know, BloggingBlue went dark yesterday to protest SOPA. Well it turns out that one of the authors of this insane bill, Rep. Lamar Smith (R- Texas), was caught violating his own bill.

Isn’t it funny when a Republican calls for a law against something only for them to get caught doing what the new law punishes? The latest Republican to commit this kind of hypocrisy is Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, who happens to be the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

Jamie Lee Curtis Taete of Vice.com did some digging to find out if Lamar Smith has been honest when it comes to copyrights. It turns out, he may be guilty of violating one. According to Taete, Smith violated a copyright by using a photograph on his website without crediting the photographer.

2. A Rick Santorum staffer says "It is against God's Will for Women to be president":

Rival presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s Iowa coalitions director, Jamie Johnson, sent out an email saying that children’s lives would be harmed if the nation had a female president. [...]

“The question then comes, ‘Is it God’s highest desire, that is, his biblically expressed will, … to have a woman rule the institutions of the family, the church, and the state?’ ” Johnson’s email said.

3. In Virginia, Republican Bob Marshall had this to say:

“The number of children who are born subsequent to a first abortion with handicaps has increased dramatically. Why? Because when you abort the first born of any, nature takes its vengeance on the subsequent children,” said Marshall, a Republican.

“In the Old Testament, the first born of every being, animal and man, was dedicated to the Lord. There’s a special punishment Christians would suggest.”

4. The four times married Rush Limbaugh defends the three time married Newt Gingrich and says Newt is the victim!

LIMBAUGH: I got a great note from a friend of mine. “So Newt wanted an open marriage. BFD. At least he asked his wife for permission instead of cheating on her. That’s a mark of character, in my book. Newt’s a victim. We all are. Ours is the horniest generation.” [...] That’s from a good friend of mine, “Newt’s slogan ought to, ‘Hell, yes, I wanted it.’”

(ED Note: Newt was already cheating with Calista when he wanted the open marriage.)

5. Finally, closer to home: Wiggy is amazed that they are prosecuting Brian Pierick since he asked if the underage boy he was trolling for was 18. He is also amazed that Bruce Murphy(amongst a myriad of others) disagrees with him:

Conservative blogger James Wigderson takes issue with the complaint of child enticement, saying it “appears that Pierick had no way of knowing the boy was 17, not 18 or 19 as the boy claimed.” I read it differently, as the boy’s text messages make it clear he was worried about his mother and had to sneak out of his house, among other clues. It’s clear, by the way, that Pierick shared all the details of the back and forth texts with Russell.(Murphy’s words)

It’s also clear that Pierick discovered that the boy did live with his parents and was still in high school. However, Pierick did ask the boy repeatedly if he was over 18, making it clear to the boy that they were not interested in someone younger than 18. The district attorney’s office practically conceded that point when the complaint stated that ignorance of the boy’s actual age was not an excuse.(Wiggys desperate attempt at an excuse)

Wiggy does not stop there he lives by the old saying “when in a hole keep digging” So he does:

I’m certainly not condoning the behavior but I still find it hard to believe that the district attorney is prosecuting this case

Dr. Phil always says, “BUT” means, let me tell you what I really mean. So let me tell you what Wiggy really means. Wiggy is actually “condoning the behavior” , hell they did ask if he was 18 and he said almost 19. Thats good enough if, like Newt’s example above, your horny. Besides these guys are very close to Governor Walker so they can do no wrong! By the way have you heard someone threw a beer on Robin Vos’ head?

How much water are you carrying for the local party when you start defending that? is there a big bonus in it for him? Does that ever wash off?

Photo from Boots and Sabers where they said “The Walker supporters, who ranged in age from children to senior citizens“, although I am assuming they are counting the grandkids pictures in the [...]]]> The Washington County Republican Party recently came out (in force?), to show support for Scott Walker.

Photo from Boots and Sabers where they said “The Walker supporters, who ranged in age from children to senior citizens“, although I am assuming they are counting the grandkids pictures in the wallet for the “children”.

This strong showing (of force) was very impressive(to them anyway, many complaining about not getting press coverage) yet during February, there were more pizza delivery men in the Capitol(delivering pizza paid for from people all over the world showing support) at any one time, but hey small victories…

Then there came word of a “Big” Pro-Walker pep rally, loaded with GOP "heavyweights"(no not Chris Christie), :

Former Gov. and U.S. Senate candidate Tommy Thompson;
Former congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Mark Neumann;
Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly and U.S. Senate candidate Jeff Fitzgerald;
State Sens. Leah Vukmir, Alberta Darling, Glen Grothman and Van Wanggaard; and
State Reps. Robin Vos, Jeff Stone and David Craig;
State Treasurer Kurt Schuller.

Nationally known political activist Kim Simac, Libertarian speaker Tim Nerenz and teenage political activist Jerrid Madden also will take part in the rally, which will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.

With all of that talent gathered in one place, there has to be huge crowds right?

Kind of. More than 500 people have clicked “Going” on the event’s Facebook page, and it’s possible that more than 1,000 will show up.

“In a perfect world, that would be a target,” Organizer Santo Ingrilli said. “I’d like to see 600 people. If we had 750, I’d be happy. If we got 1,000, I’d throw a party.”

I mean if the democrats pulled out all of their elected officials, what kind of attendance would they draw??? Well, luckily for compare/contrast versions, we just so happen to have pictures(this is awesome, I highly recommend this link)!

This crowd showed up at the Capitol to support the 14 Democratic Senators, and "nationally known political activist" Kim Simac was not even there! By the way, notice who is not attending the Pro-Walker pep rally? Scott Walker and Rebecca Kleefisch.

As Russ Feingold likes to say “kinda makes their “tea party” look like a tea party!!”