Brewtown Gumshoe

• The Funnies

  Jon Stewart skewers Glenn Beck.
  
  Stephen Colbert satirizes private health care and mocks privatization, in general. [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:57am EST
  

• Lies, Lies, Lies

  As is their want, the right-wing is energetically espousing revisionist and false views, and accomplishing their objective of having these lies envelop and permeate public discourse, thereby, sadly, steering the debate.
  
  Complaints regarding President Obama's employment numbers are simply petty, bitter, and nothing less than an attempt to besmirch' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 10:34am EST
  

• A Vacancy of Development Ideas

  More hilarity from the Journal Sentinel in Right Place, Right Time.
  
  Yes, more development boosterism. They editorialize about the Moderne, on Third and Juneau, being a project that will "kick-start" the Park East. And it will only cost the city "about $10 million."
  
  They quote a Wally [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:19am EST
  

• Luring Lunacy

  The Journal Sentinel's 'bend over and take it for business' boosterism is on full display in Tax Credits, Loans Luring Entrepreneurial Start-ups.
  
  The article basically rounds up the cast of giveaways Wisconsin (and others) uses to try to attract and retain business. It then concedes they work wonderfully' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 9:03am EST
  

• A Giant Sucking Sound

  Half of the $1.4 trillion in commercial real estate mortgages due in the next five years currently owe more than they're worth.
  
  We're not out of the woods yet. We should listen to Joe Stiglitz, nationalize bad banks, and get these toxic assets out of the system [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:52am EST
  

• Holding Cities Hostage

  The Institute for Wisconsin's Future has the whole story of the Mercury Marine debacle.
  
  For Further Reading:
  Mercury Marine Twisted Saga' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:48am EST
  

• Soak 'Em

  Shouldn't the water rate increase difference between the City and the suburbs be a disincentive for persons or businesses to locate in the suburbs? I can accept higher water rates as a City resident. But suburban rates should be substantially higher, to dissuade further sprawl. Shouldn't the cost of [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 8:09am EST