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

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

  • "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, "Rich espresso beverage with subtle [...]
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    Posted: November 29, 2009, 8:07pm EST

  • What to get Grandma? I know. I’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 “CROSSROADS” 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) "Pray for President Obama. Psalm 109:8." 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…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’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’re about midway through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. Hope you’re having a great time.. It’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: “On Sept. 11, 2001, 18 of the 19 hijackers deliberately used valid driver's licenses and state IDs — 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’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’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’s been waiting on me Sunday mornings for *** years. My church, the most beautiful in Milwaukee, that hasn’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 “As we gather ‘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.” A Troubled Thanksgiving 2009 "It is with a heavy heart that I write that my mood [...]
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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • “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.” 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 –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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    Posted: November 25, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • PIE FIGHT! There are just some things you shouldn’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’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’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

  • <img id="editableImg1" title="http://capwiz.com/americansforprosperity/utr/1/IVGKLRIMVU/FZTULRIMVZ/4309631791 Americans for Prosperity" height="91" alt="Americans for Prosperity" src="http://www.americansforprosperity.org/files/AFPLogo.jpg" width="520" align="center" border="0" /> Over the last year, Americans for Prosperity has criss-crossed the nation holding rallies featuring AFP's 7-story high hot air balloon emblazoned with our message --- &quot;Cap-and-Trade means higher taxes, lost jobs and less freedom.&quot; Now, with the battle [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 7:46pm EST

  • One of the most basic rules in soccer is that while the ball is in play, players are not allowed to touch the ball with their hands. Exceptions are throw-ins from the sidelines and, of course, the goalies. I have personally witness about 500 high school soccer games. How incredibly boring. [...]
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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 5:15pm EST

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    Posted: November 24, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • I fill in this Friday morning from 10 a.m. to 12 NOON for Vicki McKenna on Newstalk 1130 WISN. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 9:23pm EST

  • She is 17-year old Jackie Seal. The young girl was wearing a T-shirt that said: &quot;The US government handed out $700 billion in Wall Street bailouts and all I got was this lousy T-shirt.&quot; Watch as MSNBC tries to sandbag her. Turns out this young gal blogs under the title, &ldquo;Red, White, [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:35pm EST

  • They are three lucky young girls. [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 5:15pm EST

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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:30pm EST

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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • Columnist David Stokes is correct. This new bumper sticker that has popped up isn&rsquo;t funny. Stokes writes: &ldquo;At first glance it appears innocuous, even pious. But when time is taken to look up the reference, well, then it&rsquo;s chortle, chortle time for buffoons.&rdquo; Stokes continues: &ldquo;It needs to be said that a president can [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • During the just completed high school football season, I published a weekly POO AWARDS entry highlighting teams that ran up the score on their opponents unnecessarily. I never handed out a final year-end overall winner, but it would have to go to Milwaukee Riverside. With all POO AWARD recipients, they must [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:58am EST

  • State Representative Tony Staskunas (D-West Allis) is introducing legislation that would make the make the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) subject to the state&rsquo;s open meetings laws. The WIAA governs high school athletics in Wisconsin. It is a private organization that accepts public money. Surprise, surprise! The WIAA opposes Staskunas&rsquo; bill. Makes [...]
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    Posted: November 23, 2009, 11:13am EST

  • Holiday feasting officially begins Thursday, and Thanksgiving is a cornucopia filled with culinary no-no&rsquo;s. We will explore, but first&hellip;. Mention Thanksgiving and what immediately comes to mind? Well, of course&hellip;. That's just for starters. Don't we need some..... Looks good but for heaven's sake, would someone please toss some whipped cream on there! Oh, yeh! Much better! And' [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:44pm EST

  • A Providence bishop has informed Congressman Patrick Kennedy (D-R.I.) that he is not to receive Holy Communion because of his stance on abortion. &ldquo;The bishop instructed me not to take Communion and said that he has instructed the diocesan priests not to give me Communion,&rdquo; Kennedy said in a telephone interview [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 5:11pm 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 22, 2009, 3:15pm EST

  • President Obama bowed practically to Japanese Emperor Akihoto's waist during his visit to the country last weekend. (AP photo) U.S. President Barack Obama walks alone atop the Great Wall in Badaling, China, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Newsweek Cover, issue dated November 23, 2009 &quot;The choice of photo for the' [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 9:03am 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) The most important vote the Franklin Common Council will take all year 2) That is one happy dog! 3) The Palin [...]
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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 8:44am EST

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    Posted: November 22, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • For immediate release: Saturday, November 21, 2009 For more information: Derrick Jones, (202) 423-3329 (mobile) mediarelations@nrlc.org National Right to Life to Obama and Reid: You wanted debate? Now you'll get debate &ndash; on government-funded abortion. WASHINGTON (November 21, 2009) -- The U.S. Senate tonight barely cleared an initial 60-vote procedural hurdle, setting the stage for a 2,074-page' [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:44pm EST

  • Senate Health Care Vote Tonight The Senate will begin voting today on Sen. Harry Reid's 'health care reform' bill. While the bill includes several improvements over the fatally flawed House version, the Senate's efforts to protect American jobs and revive the economy fall flat. With the first major vote beginning tonight at 8:00 [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:14pm 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). Hammering [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 2:11pm EST

  • The December issue is out with the cover story, &ldquo;Sacred Churches.&rdquo; Adorning the cover is a magnificent photo of the dome atop St. Josaphat's Basilica. The magazine mentions the 25 most beautiful and influential churches in Milwaukee. In an obvious sacrilege, it unconscionably fails to mention my beloved St. Anthony&rsquo;s at [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 12:57pm 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 James Gorden Atkins Matt Bordoni Derrick Tabb Sandy Snarski Two-year old Jeremiha Taylor The huge number of Milwaukee County residents who called their county supervisors asking that cost-saving budget vetoes [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 11:21am EST

  • You might be waking up to news that Waunakee Friday won the state Division 2 football championship. Like they did against Franklin in the semi-finals last week, Waunakee won convincingly, beating two-time defending champion Kimberly. So, Franklin football fans are you&hellip;. 1) Pleased that Waunakee won. After all, you can now claim [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 8:57am 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 21, 2009, 7:00am EST

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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 6:00am 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 work week and smooth our way into Saturday and Sunday. Tonight, a special [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:00pm EST

  • Senate Health Care Vote This Saturday This week, Sen. Harry Reid introduced the Senate's 'health care reform' bill and scheduled voting for this weekend. While their bill includes several improvements over the fatally flawed House version, the Senate's efforts to protect American jobs and revive the economy fall flat. With the first major [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 8:00pm 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. Tonight, a special [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 7:00pm EST

  • We&rsquo;re not hunting so 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 a special two part series wit some real heavy hitters. Saturday morning, wake up to The Barking Lot, our weekly dog blog with the [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 5:00pm EST

  • We just didn't complain so darn much! Utterly ridiculous. ' [...]
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    Posted: November 20, 2009, 12:35pm EST

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  • In his recap of this week&rsquo;s Franklin Common Council meeting on the 2010 city of Franklin budget, FranklinNOW&rsquo;s Mark Schaaf included this nugget: &ldquo;Some residents who spoke during a public hearing said they wanted no tax increase at all. 'I oppose any tax increase at this time with all the economic things' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:30pm EST

  • Townhall has the details. MSNBC has no shame. [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 8:19pm EST

  • I'm so glad you asked. Here are the topics the panel discusses on Milwaukee Public Television's INterCHANGE Friday night at 6:30 with a repeat broadcast at 11:00 Sunday morning.. 1 &ndash; Walker Budget. After being flooded with calls urging them to support County Executive Scott Walker&rsquo;s budget vetoes, the majority of supervisors go' [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 7:00pm EST

  • Understanding that it&rsquo;s the property tax levy that&rsquo;s important as opposed to the tax rate, here is a scorecard for Franklin taxpayers to compare how bodies with taxing authority treated you in their budgets during the current recession: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) : 0% levy increase Milwaukee Area Technical College (MATC) [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:30pm EST

  • The Monthly Newsletter of Wisconsin's First Craft Distillery -Number 28- In This Issue Tasting Room Open Cocktail Database Blog / Facebook Be a Holiday Genius Repeal Day Another Great Review Recipe of the Month Quick Links Where Can I Buy A Bottle? Where Can I Buy A Drink? Order Online More About Us Press FAQ Friends American Distilling Institute Great Lakes Distillery is the only distillery member of [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:00pm EST

  • Can you imagine the carnage this could cause? Who will be the first nanny state lawmaker to draft a bill to outlaw them? [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 2:30pm EST

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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:45pm EST

  • When the Milwaukee County Board adopted the county budget, nine supervisors voted against the document. But when hit with close to three dozen vetoes by County Executive Scott Walker, some of those supervisors changed their minds. HEROES: The supervisors who voted to sustain most, if not all of Walker&rsquo;s cost-saving vetoes [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 12:15pm EST

  • CRG Network PO Box 371086 Milwaukee, WI 53237 414-801-0800 www.crgnetwork.com crg@crgnetwork.com PRESS RELEASE November 18, 2009 For Immediate Release CRG Network Issues Budget Veto Analysis Decries Supervisor&rsquo;s Public Attacks Against Constituents CRG Network has prepared a preliminary analysis of the 2010 Budget vetoes. Of 35 items vetoed by the County Executive, 21 contained spending reductions totaling $12,409,306. The county board sustained [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:56am EST

  • <img title="http://lyris.wrtl.org:81/t/440631/30159454/10/0/?u=aHR0cDovL3d3dy53cnRsLm9yZy8%3d&amp;x=05e38a17 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" /> Reid Abortion Funding Language is Unacceptable Must Be Replaced with Stupak-Pitts Language Thursday, November 19, 2009 Wisconsin Right to Life is joining with its parent organization, the National Right to Life Committee, [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 11:29am EST

  • Christmas Time is here. That&rsquo;s how the song goes, and it&rsquo;s true, even though Snoopy has yet to fly over Macy&rsquo;s. Decorations are up. Sales are underway. And the music&hellip; The halls have been decked 14, 697 times already. Christmas music has made its annual onslaught onto FM radio weeks and weeks before the [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • Conservative columnist John Hawkins has another of his creative lists to review, this time, the Five Terrible Cruelties of Liberalism. Good stuff&hellip; [...]
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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:15am EST

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    Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • Given my heavy involvement in high school athletics that actually began when I was juts a youngster, I am intrigued by a proposal by state Representative Tony Staskunas (D-West Allis). Staskunas wants to make the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association (WIAA) more open and transparent. Staskunas describes the WIAA this way: &ldquo;This organization [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 8:00pm EST

  • Strictly from a property tax levy perspective.....figures from DPI listed in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:30pm EST

  • There needs to be a fundamental organizational change in city of Franklin government. Franklin&rsquo;s Common Council needs to have an odd number of members. That would avoid tie votes broken by the mayor. To do that, Franklin would have to add or subtract a member from the current body of six. Tie [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 4:21pm EST

  • The Franklin Common Council deadlocked on its vote on the 2010 city budget Tuesday night, so Franklin Mayor Tom Taylor broke the 3-3 tie, approving the document. The budget contains a 2.9% property tax levy increase and fills one vacant firefighter and one vacant police officer position that had been left [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 12:35pm EST

  • She skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan in order to take care of her infant son. Now she faces criminal charges. Is this single mom a hero? I know people who&rsquo;ve been deployed who have left behind as many as six children. However, they kept their obligation and commitment to their country. [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:30am EST

  • She skipped her deployment flight to Afghanistan in order to take care of her infant son. Now she faces criminal charges. Is this single mom a hero? I know people who&rsquo;ve been deployed who have left behind as many as six children. However, they kept their obligation and commitment to their country. [...]
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    Posted: November 18, 2009, 6:30am EST

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  • The stimulus has been the biggest bust since Dolly Parton. The Center for Fiscal Responsibility notes a new page in the Obama playbook for faking the impact of the break the bank stimulus spending: The administration is not only making up jobs that weren&rsquo;t created, it&rsquo;s making up new places to get jobs! And [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 5:15pm EST

  • That would be Emma! Are you ready, everybody? Uh one..... Uh two..... Uh three..... Ladies and gentlemen, Emma is a whole great big 5 today! Happy Birthday, Emma!!!! [...]
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    Posted: November 17, 2009, 12:00am EST

  • It&rsquo;s the 2010 budget. Aldermen will vote Tuesday night at City Hall following a public hearing. It&rsquo;s your budget, Franklin taxpayers. It&rsquo;s your tax dollar at stake. What are you going to do about it? Take a stand? Or sit home? The way I see it, the Franklin Common Council has three [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 8:59pm EST

  • By Guest Blogger, The Conservative Casanova, a member of &quot;Kevin Fischer's Whippersnapper Hall of Fame&quot; This photo taken Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009 and released Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 by Harpo Productions, Inc., shows talk-show host Oprah Winfrey, second from right, with former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her daughters, [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 7:18pm EST

  • The MacIver Institute has examined the budgets from Tom Barrett and Scott Walker and writes, &ldquo;We can see stark differences that reflect the vision, perspective and philosophy of the two leaders.&rdquo; Personally, I prefer voting for a person based on their ideology, philosophy, and practices. Likability is a factor, but I&rsquo;m [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 5:15pm EST

  • In September of 2005, Andrew Schmidt returned home from his deployment in Afghanistan. As he proceeded to the front door of his home, his wife, Jen was capturing the moment on video. In April 2008, Andrew put the above video up on You Tube, writing: &quot;I'm uploading this for family. This was' [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:45am EST

  • &quot;As a blogging, Facebooking, texting American who values the explosion of democratic user-generated Internet content and its contribution to intellectual debate, political activism, government transparency, entertainment, access to data and community, I can safely say I still see no reason to tweet.&quot; Why? Because it's useless, according to columnist David Harsanyi who [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 6:30am EST

  • Franklin alderman Steve Olson sent an e-mail to residents in his district calling for support for his proposed 0% property tax levy budget. Some time ago, I asked Alderman Olson to include me on his mailing list. (I am also on Aldermna Wilhelm's e-mail list). I wholeheartedly support Olson and the [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:46pm EST

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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:51pm EST

  • Within the past few weeks, there has been an explosion of Culinary no-no&rsquo;s in the media and blogosphere. The New York Times has written a two-part series of the &ldquo;100 Things Restaurant Staffers Should Never Do.&rdquo; The writer, Bruce Buschel is opening up a seafood restaurant. His list will serve as [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:03pm 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 15, 2009, 4:00pm EST

  • A large VETO sign rests against a wall at the Italian Community Center during a rally Saturday in support of Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and his proposed 0% increase budget. The Milwaukee County Board approved a budget with a 3.8% increase. Journal Sentinel photo: Gary Porter Taylor Stagg, 17, of [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 9:08am EST

  • Caught this in Bob McGinn&rsquo;s column in today&rsquo;s Milwaukee Journal sentinel (the article is not online): &ldquo;As the quarterback, Aaron Rodgers has borne the brunt of the (offensive) line breakdowns. He has been sacked 37 times, an NFL leading figure that leaves these Packers in uncharted territory as far as the [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:29am EST

  • From today&rsquo;s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article, &ldquo;Walker takes tax fight public.&rdquo; &ldquo;Many in the group said they have had it with higher taxes, among them Steve Butler of Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood. &lsquo;I am fed up with irresponsible government,&rsquo; he said. &lsquo;Pretty plain and simple, I don't want another dollar taxed out [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 8:16am 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) Nidal Hasan deserves and should get the death penalty.... 2) Aldermen Olson, Sohns the voices of reason on Franklin budget 3) [...]
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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 7:39am EST

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    Posted: November 15, 2009, 6:00am EST

  • College football in the south is becoming more genteel if you please. I say what, I say what in tar nation are you talkin&rsquo; bout boy? Well, it goes somethin&rsquo; like this. Members of fraternities in southern schools for as long as there&rsquo;s been a Grand Ole Opry have had the privilege of [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:45pm 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). Dr. [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 5:28pm EST

  • Yes, you read correctly. Duly elected governors, no matter the party, should be allowed to select their own cabinet secretaries. The electorate put their trust in the winning candidate to make these decisions with appropriate nominees. Jim Doyle was right. [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 5:00pm EST

  • Milwaukee&rsquo;s new Archbishop, Jerome Listecki took Speaker Nancy Pelosi to the woodshed about her statements on abortion. Listecki wrote: &ldquo;Let me be clear. To say that there is ambiguity about when human life begins is utterly and completely false, and any Catholic (which Speaker Pelosi professes to be) who tries to interpret [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:36pm EST

  • After scoring on their opening drive, Franklin gave up the next 42 points, losing to Waunakee, 42-14. Congratulations, Sabers on an outstanding season. [...]
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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 3:18pm EST

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    Posted: November 14, 2009, 12:30pm EST
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