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  • Yesterday, small business owners, state and local chambers and concerned Americans from more than a dozen states descended on Washington, DC, to fight for a more responsible health care bill. The health care fly-in could not have come at a better time. With the health care debate now being vigorously debated [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 9:17pm EST

  • Here are the topics the panel discusses on InterCHANGE Friday night at 6:30 on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10 with a repeat Friday morning at 11:00: 1 – MPS. Governor Doyle calls for a vote in a special legislative session being held next week to consider his MPS mayoral takeover plan. Lawmakers [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • Every year, my friend and colleague at Newstalk 1130 WISN, Jay Weber asks for help for the annual Christmas with the Hospitalized Vets. The event this year takes place on Saturday I apologize for the short notice, but you still can help with a donation if you act quickly. Take a look [...]
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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 11:55am EST

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    Posted: December 10, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • Here we go.... Ready? OK. I believe I can make out the White House logo at the top. Very good. Now go on. The object underneath the logo appears to be some sort of chocolate. Maybe some candy.Yes.That's it. A piece of chocolate candy. Not quite, but keep working. Alright. It’s not a confection. But is it edible? Yes, it’s edible. Take another [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:35pm EST

  • Congress' Newest Budget Buster CFPA Will Increase Deficit by $4.5 Billion We already know that Congress' flawed bill to create a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA) will create massive bureaucracy and onerous new regulations for American employers. But now we're learning that the bill also is a budget buster. According to The' [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:11pm EST

  • It’s happening in Howard County, Indiana. The Catholic League has reaction. [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • The debate rages every winter, and every wicked, cold, snowy season the people we depend on to bring us timely, accurate weather information open themselves wide up to the overhype argument, more so every year. It began last week when 4-5 inches of snow was the forecast. We got a dusting [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:30pm EST

  • UPDATE from WISN.COM @ 12:38 p.m.: Snowfall as of 8 a.m. Wednesday: Milwaukee (downtown): 2 inches Mitchell International Airport: 2.2 inches [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:38pm EST

  • 1983.... 26 years later.... Kids, just don't ever try this, ok? ' [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • Evidence of counseling abuse at Planned Parenthood continues to surface in undercover student video taken in Appleton. Read and Watch… HT: Dad29 [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 11:30am EST

  • The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel poses the question on its website. As of this posting, 3036 respondents out of 3844 say YES. That's 79%, folks. [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 7:15am EST

  • A minivan..... With license plates from..... Why? vs. Today's Wisconsin State Journal Dean Genthe of Madison clears his driveway early on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The winter storm dumped about 12-15 inches overnight in the Madison area. [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:45am EST

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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • *** MEDIA ADVISORY *** WISCONSIN WEATHER FORCES POSTPONEMENT OF MADISON VIEWING OF LIVE WEBCAST Madison, WI – The lack of climate change in Wisconsin is forcing the postponement of a live viewing of a live broadcast from Copenhagen to expose the hype of global warming hysteria. The State Director for Americans for Prosperity says the canceling [...]
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    Posted: December 09, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • Throughout 2009, I’ve blogged about individuals I’ve known that have been taken from this life too early. They knew their fate, but never let that dim their optimism or diminish their desire to make a difference. Because of my heavy involvement in high school and college sports in the area, I’ve [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:15pm EST

  • Yours truly is truly a diverse individual. Elvis, the Beatles, the Stones? Yep. Sinatra, Bennett, the big bands? Check? The symphony? Yes. The ballet? But of course. Broadway? Really, must you ask? Real jazz? You bet. Smooth jazz? Gotcha. The polka…… > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The polka…. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Psst, hey, Kev, wake up. I SAY THE POLKA! JINKUYA! And I must confess, again, because I believe I’ve divulged this many times in the past…….I am [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:35pm EST

  • Recently, Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute spoke to the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. The MacIver Institute was there. Their first report appeared on This Just In Monday. In Part Two, Tanner discusses some of the gimmicks and outright dishonesty used to try to make government health care appear to far [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:15pm EST

  • National Right to Life Urges Defeat of Health Care Bill After Senate Votes to Keep Abortion in Federal Programs For further information: Derrick Jones, <a title="blocked::mailto:mediarelations@nrlc.org mailto:mediarelations@nrlc.org" href="mailto:mediarelations@nrlc.org">mediarelations@nrlc.org 202-626-8825 Federal Legislation, <a title="blocked::mailto:legfederal@aol.com mailto:legfederal@aol.com" href="mailto:legfederal@aol.com">legfederal@aol.com 202-626-8820 WASHINGTON (December 8, 2009) -- By <a title="blocked::http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00369 http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00369" href="http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=111&amp;session=1&amp;vote=00369">a vote of 54 to 45, the U.S. Senate today tabled (killed) an amendment to [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:00pm EST

  • This past Saturday, one of the VILLAINS OF THE WEEK in my weekly Week-ends was Van Barfoot&rsquo;s Homeowner&rsquo;s Association. Here&rsquo;s the latest. I love a happy ending, but the folks running that homeowner&rsquo;s association need to get a life, be very ashamed, and turn the reins over to someone else. [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:48pm EST

  • Is there a better, more scenic location for a restaurant in Milwaukee than our fabulous lakefront? Of course not, but we can&rsquo;t make any kinds of improvements development-wise, including restaurants at that spot for fear that dozens of ultra-sensitive enviros would launch themselves out of windows. From the &ldquo;I&rsquo;ll believe it when [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 7:30pm EST

  • Guess who has visited the White House the most this year? [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • Top Ten Reasons Why Liberals Hate the Holidays [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • Let&rsquo;s see. The nation&rsquo;s best college football team with the nation&rsquo;s best quarterback lost last weekend, convincingly to Alabama. So Florida, because of some screwy system won&rsquo;t be in the national championship game and their multi-talented QB, Tim Tebow will not win the Heisman Trophy. Alabama will play for the title against [...]
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    Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • WATCH. , Hawaii could sure use you now! [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • Michael Tanner, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute provided the answer as he spoke recently to the Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce. The MacIver Institute was there. [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:45pm EST

  • <img title="http://lyris.wrtl.org:81/t/445689/30159454/10/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cnRsLm9yZy8%3d&amp;x=231344c8 Life - Wisconsin Right To Life - News Release" height="113" alt="Life - Wisconsin Right To Life - News Release" src="http://www.wrtl.org/emails/newsrelease/header.gif" width="596" border="0" /> Sen. Kohl Tells Audience at Marquette He Opposes Government- Funding of Abortion But How Will He Actually Vote on the Nelson-Hatch Amendment? Call Senator Kohl IMMEDIATELY and Hold Him to His Word! Monday, December [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • <img title="http://lyris.wrtl.org:81/t/445606/30159454/10/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cnRsLm9yZy8%3d&amp;x=66f3afa1 Life - Wisconsin Right To Life - News Release" height="113" alt="Life - Wisconsin Right To Life - News Release" src="http://www.wrtl.org/emails/newsrelease/header.gif" width="596" border="0" /> Vote on Government Funding of Abortion Could Occur as Early as Today Wisconsin Right to Life Urges Kohl and Feingold to Support Nelson/Hatch Amendment Monday, December 7, 2009 This week, the U.S. Senate continues [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:15pm EST

  • &quot;The Spotlight&rsquo;s Bright Glare&rdquo; New York Times December 6, 2009 Paragraph 8: &ldquo;As social secretary, Ms. (Desir&eacute;e) Rogers is responsible for every event that goes on in the White House residence, from the Easter egg roll to Christmas parties to visits from heads of state.&rdquo; Paragraphs 12 and 13: &ldquo;When former social secretaries gave a luncheon [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:53pm EST

  • The group is called, &quot;Go Fish.&quot; From their album, &quot;Snow&quot;......... Read more... [...]
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    Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:11pm EST

  • If we weren&rsquo;t at the county park swimming pool, we were in the alley behind the building that housed the Juneau Theater and Juneau apartments. Me, Stanley, Eddie, Mike, John, Carol, Skipper, Duane, Rheiny (short for Rheinholdt; yes, his parents actually did that to him). The long water pipe running down the [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:23pm EST

  • EVERY SUNDAY I REVIEW THE MOST COVETED EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE WEEK BY OPINION-MAKERS AS WELL AS THE MOST WIDELY-READ, THE SUNDAY &ldquo;CROSSROADS&rdquo; SECTION OF THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. I WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL PIECES CONTRIBUTED BY NON-JOURNAL SENTINEL WRITERS AND KEEP A RUNNING SCORE THROUGHOUT [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 6:30pm EST

  • The day after Thanksgiving as I filled in on Newstalk 1130 WISN, the listeners and I had a good time chortling over the Journal Sentinel&rsquo;s front page announcement that Wisconsin was no longer a tax hell. Of course, that infers that at some time, Wisconsin was a tax hell. That&rsquo;s odd, [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 5:05pm EST

  • Last week, a serious weather advisory was issued that I posted on my blog. Yes, we got snow. Yes, it accumulated on our driveways. Yes, it accumulated on our lawns. And yes, it all just about melted within 24 hours. Milwaukee TV stations went into full-blown scare mode. But despite their sky is falling warnings, [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 4:43pm EST

  • Once again, the United States Postal Service (USPS) has issued a beautiful Christmas stamp. The stamp has to just frost atheists like fruitcake Annie Laurie Gaylor of the Freedom From Religion Foundation based in Wisconsin. There&rsquo;s a wonderful story behind this year&rsquo;s stamp. The image of Madonna and the Christ Child is [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 9:30am EST

  • US President Barack Obama addresses the nation on Afghanistan at the United States Military Academy at West Point in West Point, NY, December 1, 2009. Obama said sending 30,000 more troops into Afghanistan is in the &quot;vital national interest&quot; of the United States. JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images U.S. soldiers listen to President [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:30am EST

  • Today is the feast of St. Nicholas. From Christianity Today: &ldquo;In the most famous story about his life, he threw bags of gold through the windows of three girls about to be forced into lives of prostitution. At least that's the most common version of the story; there are others, including [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 8:03am EST

  • As I post every Sunday, here are the five most read blog entries of mine from the previous week. NOTE: some entries may have been posted prior to the past week. 1) It's starting already.....The Tiger Woods Family Christmas Portrait 2) Culinary no-no #142 3) In case you missed it last Thursday.... 4) Photos [...]
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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 7:50am EST

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    Posted: December 06, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • For the second day in a row, those clever editors at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in their infinite wisdom have decided that with all the important news items going on in the world, the most important warranting front page above the fold attention was a massive fish poisoning. When we last [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:32pm EST

  • Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read). Tiger [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 4:37pm EST

  • A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In... HEROES OF THE WEEK Patti Bringe-Blomquist and Richard Blomquist and the MSO Brian Butzler Volunteers Ira Hayes Brian McKeever and Dave Sayers Michael Scalia Big Business WebMD Health Heroes VILLAINS OF THE WEEK Rev. Carlton Veazey Rembert Weakland Van Barfoot's' [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:21am EST

  • The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in&hellip;Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it&rsquo;s DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy! THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We [...]
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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 7:00am EST

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    Posted: December 05, 2009, 6:30am EST

  • All the regular weekend material begins tonight on This Just In with our regular Friday night Goodnight music post, and this week, it&rsquo;s more Sounds of the Season with a decidedly retro lounge feel. Oh, it's going be a party, Santa Claus' party! Saturday morning, wake up to The Barking Lot, our' [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 5:00pm EST

  • Forgive me, but I do not lay awake nights worrying about Asian carp. Maybe I should because the little monsters are reportedly a threat to the Great Lakes. I DO get concerned about government inefficiency and wasteful spending and a story in today&rsquo;s MJS is riddled with one public sector goof [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:11pm EST

  • Here are the topics the panel discusses on InterCHANGE tonight at 6:30 on Milwaukee Public television Channel 10 with a repeat Sunday morning at 11:00: 1 &ndash; MPS Condoms. Some MPS officials think it would be a good idea to hand out condoms to high school kids. The thought being, if they&rsquo;re [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2009, 6:30am EST

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  • Jack Park tries to warn America about a judge we know every well in Wisconsin, Louis Butler. Tossed on his ear by statewide voters, Butler is still good enough for President Obama who has nominated &ldquo;Loophole&rdquo; for a lifetime position. Park writes: &ldquo;Judicial elections provide voters with a way of holding judges [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • I call it a waste of time and money. [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In. The weekend has finally arrived. The sun has set. The evening sky has erupted. Let's put controversy and provocative blogs aside for the rest of this work week and smooth our way into Saturday and Sunday. We continue the [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 4:21pm EST

  • Last week while filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN, I discussed the inaction on the part of the states and Washington to deal with REAL ID. During the call-in portion of the program, a caller referenced the DMV, leading me to mention how many different languages our DMV offices use to, [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • This is just plain nuts, especially the incredibly foolish argument that kids are fooling around anyway. Instead of handing out a free invitation to kids to go have sex, I suggest taking one of my blogs and reading the column that I link to in every MPS high school classroom as [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:26pm EST

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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 12:08pm EST

  • She&rsquo;s only 15, just a sophomore in high school. Get this. She never leaves home....... Without a book in her hand. She writes a blog about how cool it is to read. She is Jill Metzler, and her blog is entitled, &ldquo;Reading is Bliss.&rdquo; Go there. Enjoy. And remember. She's only 15. Metzler does what far too many at her [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • Now for the non-fiction... In this magazine cover image released by US Weekly Magazine, the Dec. 14, 2009 issue of &quot;US Weekly&quot; featuring Tiger Woods, is shown. The issue is available nationwide on newsstands on Friday, Dec. 4. (AP Photo/US Weekly) Rachel Uchitel arrives from New York at the Los Angeles International [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 6:30am EST

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  • Wiscosnin forward Jon Leuer dunks over Duke's Mason Plumlee in the first half of the Badgers' 73-69 victory on Monday. Craig Schreiner/Wisconsin State Journal Trevon Hughes, who had 26 points, drives past Duke's Kyle Singler for a shot. Journal Sentinel photo: Mark Hoffman Keaton Nankivil finishes off a dunk.Journal Sentinel photo: Mark' [...]
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    Posted: December 03, 2009, 11:49pm EST

  • I sure did. NOT SO FAST! The Franklin Common Council will hold a special meeting Thursday night at 8:30 to discuss more budget cuts. Currently, the budget as adopted last month has the same tax levy as last year, a 2.9% increase. However, the tax rate is $6.04 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • A GREAT editorial in the Wausau Daily Herald... [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 5:15pm EST

  • Well-known Milwaukee businessman Sheldon Lubar is calling for a complete makeover of Milwaukee County government. I do not dismiss the idea outright. The argument can be made that the manner in which Milwaukee County government operates has long outlived its usefulness. I wrote this blog on this subject over two years ago and [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • The Wisconsin 9/12 Project FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Kirsten Lombard Monday, December 2nd, 2009 Ph. 608.237.7034 MESSAGE TO WISCONSIN LEGISLATORS: &ldquo;WHILE YOU WERE OUT&rdquo; TAXPAYERS WERE PAYING ATTENTION When taxpayers from over 14 Wisconsin counties traveled to the State Capitol in Madison to protest out-of-control taxes and spending on Monday, November 23rd, it wasn&rsquo;t an isolated event. Kirsten Lombard, organizer of [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • Most Americans do not want their tax dollars funding abortion. [...]
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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 12:07pm EST

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    Posted: December 02, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • That is, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the newspaper that stomps its feet and screams to anyone that will listen that it&rsquo;s not a liberal newspaper, yet hasn&rsquo;t encountered a tax or spending increase it won&rsquo;t embrace. If you missed it last week, the paper had a blaring front page [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:28pm EST

  • Tea Party: The Documentary Film premieres Wednesday, December 2. [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 8:00pm EST

  • But here's a holiday special he won't interrupt [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 7:30pm EST

  • Millions of American families will settle down in front of their televisions tonight in great anticipation of one of the greatest and most loved Christmas specials of all-time. They are not going to be happy. For the longest time, President Obama dithered and limped and paused and staggered and stammered and stumbled [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:30pm EST

  • When you need him? [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 5:15pm EST

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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 4:15pm EST

  • With his stats, his team's record, and how he has elevated the play of his teammates, he certainly deserves to be in the mix. [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • The MacIver Institute has more.... [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:30pm EST

  • <img id="editableImg1" title="http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/JWPELROPLR/EIYSLROTOY/4327765851 Americans for Prosperity" height="91" alt="Americans for Prosperity" src="http://www.americansforprosperity.org/files/AFPLogo.jpg" width="520" align="center" border="0" /> In 8 days President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. No doubt, the President intends to commit the United States to an energy rationing scheme that makes the U.S. [...]
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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 12:04pm EST

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    Posted: December 01, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • &quot;Have a holly jolly Christmas And when you walk down the street Say hello to friends you know And everyone you meet&rdquo; That is a stanza from one of the best Christmas songs of all-time, &ldquo;A Holly Jolly Christmas&rdquo; from Burl Ives. Say hello to friends you know and everyone you meet, Hello? Hell no! &quot;A new Rasmussen [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 9:17pm EST

  • And it&rsquo;s entirely possible because you were watching the Packers struggle in their first quarter against the Detroit Lions last Thursday&hellip;. At the end of NBC&rsquo;s coverage of the Macy&rsquo;s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Matt (Big Lib) Lauer said, and I&rsquo;m paraphrasing, that it&rsquo;s always great to see Santa Claus on this [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 8:52pm EST

  • &quot;Two in five Democratic voters either consider themselves unlikely to vote at this point in time, or have already made the firm decision to remove themselves from the 2010 electorate pool. Indeed, Democrats were three times more likely to say that they will 'definitely not vote' in 2010 than are [...]
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    Posted: November 30, 2009, 5:02pm EST

  • This week, how appropriate that our entry is a host, a hodgepodge of Culinary no-no leftovers, some that have been darkening our This Just In files for awhile. We start with the more timely taboos. Take a look at the eggnog latte at Strabucks, described as, &quot;Rich espresso beverage with subtle [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:07pm EST

  • What to get Grandma? I know. I&rsquo;ll have a star named after her! [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • EVERY SUNDAY I REVIEW THE MOST COVETED EDITORIAL PAGES OF THE WEEK BY OPINION-MAKERS AS WELL AS THE MOST WIDELY-READ, THE SUNDAY &ldquo;CROSSROADS&rdquo; SECTION OF THE MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL. I WILL KEEP TRACK OF THE CONSERVATIVE AND LIBERAL PIECES CONTRIBUTED BY NON-JOURNAL SENTINEL WRITERS AND KEEP A RUNNING SCORE THROUGHOUT [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 5:03pm EST

  • In this handout image provided by The White House, President Barack Obama greets Michaele Salahi and Tareq Salahi at a State Dinner in the State Dining Room of the White House November 24, 2009 in Washington DC. It was later determined the two had gained access to the event without [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:32am EST

  • As I post every Sunday, here are the five most read blog entries of mine from the previous week. NOTE: some entries may have been posted prior to the past week. 1) Photos of the Week (11/22/09) 2) Culinary no-no #140 3) I'm on WISN 4) &quot;Pray for President Obama. Psalm 109:8.&quot; 5) Phooey on' [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:01am EST

  • Here are, in my view, interesting, noteworthy columns and articles from the past week that I highly recommend (You will note that on occasion, I do not endorse the opinions of the author and may point that out. Despite my disagreements, I still feel the piece is worth a read). One [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 12:00pm EST

  • The Barking Lot is a regular weekly feature of this just in&hellip;Written by my lovely wife, Jennifer and me. It opens with the weekend dog walking forecast followed by the main blog from dog lover, Jennifer. Then it&rsquo;s DOGS IN THE NEWS and our close. Enjoy! THE WEEKEND DOG-WALKING FORECAST: We [...]
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    Posted: November 28, 2009, 7:00am EST

  • It's Friday night. Time to unwind with our regular Friday night feature on This Just In. The weekend has finally arrived. The sun has set. The evening sky has erupted. Let's put controversy and provocative blogs aside for the rest of this shortened work week and smooth our way into Saturday and Sunday. Tonight, sounds [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 7:00pm EST

  • We&rsquo;re about midway through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Hope you&rsquo;re having a great time.. It&rsquo;s a weekend of regular features on This Just In, and because we have many new readers, let me go through what we do here every weekend. Throughout the week, my blog can get rather rambunctious. So on [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 5:00pm EST

  • After the murders of 9/11, Wisconsin Congressman James Sensenbrenner authored the Real ID bill. Sensenbrenner wrote the following in an editorial published in the USA TODAY on May 9, 2005: &ldquo;On Sept. 11, 2001, 18 of the 19 hijackers deliberately used valid driver's licenses and state IDs &mdash; as opposed to [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 1:05pm EST

  • TIME Magazine in its cover story this week claims the 2000&rsquo;s, the decade about to end, is the worst decade in world history. Here is the article I discussed today filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. I disagree. While this decade was tough in many ways, it doesn&rsquo;t compare with times like [...]
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    Posted: November 27, 2009, 12:50pm EST

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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 10:00pm EST

  • A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In... HEROES OF THE WEEK Alvin Shell John Gaffaney Ryan Seibert and his helpers Mike Scalia Robert Skaggs and Lonnie Hood Orianne Green Chloe McCourt The birth mom, a Safe Haven law, and new parents Debbie France Charles Woodson Jason [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 8:56pm EST

  • The gentleman who consistently delivers my morning paper. Pat, who&rsquo;s been waiting on me Sunday mornings for *** years. My church, the most beautiful in Milwaukee, that hasn&rsquo;t changed other than a coat of paint here and there in decades. A wonderful community in which to live. Police officers and firefighters that protect. Our brave [...]
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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 9:43am EST

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    Posted: November 26, 2009, 5:00am EST

  • Turkeys of the Year &ldquo;As we gather &lsquo;round the Thanksgiving table, bow our heads in prayer, and feast on the holiday bird, it is only fitting to take a moment to fete the unforgettable turkeys of 2009.&rdquo; A Troubled Thanksgiving 2009 &quot;It is with a heavy heart that I write that my mood [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • &ldquo;I happily suspend disbelief when a magician says he'll saw a woman in half. That's entertainment. But when Harry Reid says he'll give 30 million additional people health coverage while cutting the deficit, improving health care and reducing its cost, it's not entertaining. It's incredible.&rdquo; Great piece by John Stossel... includes [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • I have zero sympathy for sex offenders. If there was a way to have less than zero sympathy for these vermin, I would be in that category. That separates me from well-known sex offender apologist and on-the &ndash;moon liberal Joel McNally who defends these scum and places medals on them simply [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:45am EST

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  • PIE FIGHT! There are just some things you shouldn&rsquo;t do to a turkey. What do gravy and whipped cream have in common? And if you somehow missed it (for shame), Culinary no-no #140. [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 12:30am EST

  • Those of you who read state Senator Mary Lazich&rsquo;s blog know how fond she is of attending Eagle Scout ceremonies and presenting state plaques. I am honored to fill in for the Senator when she is unavailable. I&rsquo;m always amazed at the folks who attend Eagle Scout ceremonies and concede how [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 9:11pm EST

  • So I share the joy! <img title="http://thecheesecakefactory.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9205c6bcf45125a3884167d6a&amp;id=48a5bce0a3&amp;e=1f1517cde7" height="175" alt="Share the Joy. Share the Joy this holiday season with great gifts from The Cheesecake Factory&reg;. We've got something for everyone on your holiday list! The Cheesecake Factory." src="http://cdn.thecheesecakefactory.com/celebrate/images31/eml1_splash.gif" width="620" border="0" /> <img height="195" alt="Peppermint Bark Cheesecake is Back! Start a new holiday tradition and share a' [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 8:02pm EST
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