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Kevin Fischer has an awfully high opinion of himself, as evidenced by his recent assertion that’s a multi-genre star:

This is Kevin Fischer.

Star of TV.

Star of radio.

Star of the blogs.

Now call me crazy, but by my definition, hosting one weekly show on PBS does not make one a “star of TV.”

And call me crazy, but serving as a fill-in host on WISN radio when the regular guy is sick does make one a “star of radio.”

And as for Fischer being a “star of the blogs,” I don’t know what makes someone a star of the blogs, but based on some of the tired talking points Fischer’s rehashing on his blog, I don’t see him being a “star of the blogs.” There’s plenty of other conservatives folks in the blogosphere who are far more original and insightful than Kevin Fischer, so I have a hard time believing he’s a star of the blogs. I’d also note that it’s easy to think you’re a star on your own blog when you discourage any opinions that differ from your own through the use of your moderator powers to delete comments.

I will give Kevin Fischer credit where credit’s due; he certainly is a star of something, but I don’t think he wants to be known as a “star of exaggeration.”

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For the past few months, Cindy Kilkenny over at Fairly Conservative has been blogging about the escapades of Kevin Fischer. Among the topics Cindy’s blogged about has been the suspicion that Fischer has been blogging in his personal blog on state time. After careful examination of Fischer’s time sheets, Cindy has come to the realization Fischer used roughly 209 hours of vacation in 2007. What’s interesting about the amount of vacation Fischer took is the fact that as an exempt state employee with 5 or less years of state employment, Fischer should only be eligible for 120 hours of paid vacation time per year. Here’s more from Cindy:

Fischer consistently defends his time spent on WISN as his own. He takes vacation for it. When he filled in every day the week of 12/3 to 12/7, it’s on the time sheet for 2 hours each day. Lots of other WISN/vacation days line up, too. (He’s got most of the dates on his blog.) The wild thing is, in 2007 - even with September’s number unkown - Fischer claimed (and Lazich signed off on) 209 hours of vacation. Ok, I thought, there’s something I’m missing.

What I’m wondering - and I know I’m not alone - is how Kevin Fischer managed to take 209 hours of vacation time in 2007, despite the fact that he should only have 120 hours to take. As a taxpayer, I’m more than a little concerned about this situation, and I hope Kevin Fischer and his boss, State Senator Mary Lazich, have a good explanation.

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Barack Hussein Obama steps in it again

That’s the title of a blog entry last night by Kevin “Excessive Vacation” Fischer, one of this blog’s favorite conservative bloggers.

What’s most interesting to me about the blog title is the fact that the inclusion of Barack Obama’s middle name really has nothing to do with the substance of the blog entry, and given the following warning from Fischer, I can’t help but think his use of Obama’s middle name is nothing more than a pathetic attempt to draw some attention to his blog entry. Here’s the disclaimer:

NOTE TO READERS: If you intend to leave a comment, please stick to topic. Any comment referring to my use of Obama’s middle name will be considered off-topic and removed immediately. Thank you.

What amuses me the most about Fischer’s warning is the fact that the inclusion of Obama’s middle name in the title of his blog entry has nothing to do with the actual substance of the blog entry, making the inclusion of the middle name off-topic.

Keep up the good work Kevin!

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Just last week, Other Side came under fire for posting side by side pictures of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and Adolf Hitler, and while he had a reasonable explanation for posting those pictures, he still came under fire for his use of a photo of Adolf Hitler. Predictably, conservatives voiced some of the strongest opinions on the issue, and so I wonder if those same folks will now focus their outrage on Kevin Fischer.

See, last weekend Fischer spent some time blogging about the Wisconsin DNR, and here’s what he had to say:

The Wisconsin wing of the Nazi Party, the DNR did get involved. (“Now we’re getting somewhere” thought the litigious mob).

Fischer - who by the way doesn’t look nearly as corpulent on television as he does in the photo posted on his blog - doesn’t seem to think it’s in poor taste to compare entire state agencies - and by default those folks who work at said agencies - to Nazi, which I find to be curious, given the fact that the Nazis were responsible for killing millions of Jews, while all the DNR has done to warrant a Fischer comparison to Nazis seems to be the approval of a permit for a waterpark.

So where’s the outrage from folks on the right? It’s been a little over a week, and yet not one conservative that I’ve seen has called Fischer to task for his comparison.

Edit: Michael Mathias over at Pundit Nation, James Rowen at The Political Environment, and capper over at Whallah! have more on this story.

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Not only is Blogging Blue banned in China, but apparently yours truly has been banned by Kevin Fischer. The offense that got me banned? Making comments that apparently hit too close to the ugly truth for Kevin Fischer’s liking:

As for me being free with the insults, that’s an ironic statement coming from you. At least I can take solace in knowing I can come up with better insults than calling someone “cheesecake breath.”

Oddly enough, Mr. Fischer has subsequently edited his entry announcing my ban, so I suppose there’s a chance I’m not banned, but even if the ban has been lifted, I’m sure I’ll say something soon that’ll result in being re-banned.

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