Sensenbrenner shows his love of the troops…

A story that has not received many headlines, has Wisconsin’s own Jim Sensenbrenner in the spotlight. The Ferschke family from Tennessee has been in a two year battle to bring their grandson and daughter-in-law to TN to live with them. Unfortunately they will not be able to bring their son, Marine Sgt. Michael Ferschke, home [...]

Grumpy Old Man McCain Snivels his disdain on DADT

To follow up on my previous posts and Zach’s recent commentary on DADT here we have McCain questioning Admiral Mullen’s leadership in his nasty sniveling way. He has the gall to say “every great leader I’ve known has asked what are your views on this issue”, yet when the people speak and provide their views he denies the validity of the same. [...]

Glenn Beck is a Grade-A idiot

Watch and listen as Rachel Maddow describes how “patriot” Glenn Beck has taken to attacking veterans of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan: I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…Glenn Beck is a Grade-A idiot…

Honoring our veterans

I’m proud of each and every man and woman who has put on a uniform in defense of our nation, and our nation’s veterans deserve this day of honor for all they’ve done in defense of our freedoms.

Milwaukee County’s veteran of the year

I’m hellaciously proud of Milwaukee County’s Veteran of the Year: Leon Zalewski of Milwaukee will be honored Thursday night as the Milwaukee County Veteran of the Year.

Zalewski will receive the honor from the Milwaukee County Veterans Board. He joined the Navy in 1951 and served for more than 30 years before he became an [...]

The Scooter Story…

It is interesting that while George Bush is on A Book tour to restore his legacy. In the meantime there is also a movie opening that has a different view of his legacy. Fair Game, is a movie about the Valerie Plame affair, based on the books by both Valerie Plame herself and her husband [...]

Ron Johnson: homeless vets are just “details”

In a recent interview, Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ron Johnson was asked to articulate what he felt was the Department of Veteran’s Affairs’ responsibility is to homeless veterans. Predictably – and unfortunately – Johnson stated that his election fight against Sen. Russ Feingold is not “about details,” as if homeless veterans are just unimportant “details” [...]

Sensenbrenner doesn’t support our veterans

Every Sunday the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel runs the feature: Congress Following the Vote. For those of you who haven’t seen it, the MJS runs a short explanation of the major legislation in Washington from the previous week with a short synopsis of the bill and the voting record of Wisconsin’s House and Senate delegations. Since [...]

Feingold’s statement honoring veterans

U.S. Senator Russ Feingold issued a statement today honoring veterans:

“Today, I join all Wisconsinites in honoring our veterans. I also extend my deepest sympathies to the loved ones of those service members whose lives were tragically taken at Fort Hood Army base. I am particularly saddened by the loss of two Wisconsin service members. [...]

Honoring veterans

Today I honor all veterans, but most especially my grandfather, who served this country with pride and distinction as a member of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves for over 40 years.