Friday, September 3rd, 2010

President Barack Obama is coming back to Wisconsin for Labor Day. I notice that he’s not going to Green Bay, where Congressman Steve Kagen is in trouble. He’s not going up north, where State Sen. Julie Lassa is in real danger of losing Congressman Obey’s seat to Sean Duffy. He’s coming to [...]

We all know the deal with Woot!, right? One special deal per day most days. Sometimes the deal is pretty good. Other days it’s just a special for that hoarder in your life. Here’s today’s Woot!
Kimberly4woot asked in the product discussion,
Is it possible to paint the plastic without harming it’s [...]

Are Governor Jim Doyle and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett feeling neglected yet by their old friend Barack Obama? You know, the guy they endorsed for president? The guy who was supposed to take care of his own the Chicago way? The guy who would remember his friends?
He remembers them about as well as Henry [...]

As you may have heard if you were listening to Pat Snyder interview the MacIver Institute’s Brian Fraley this morning on WSAU-AM, my latest perspective piece is up over at the MacIver Institute’s website, “About President Obama’s Visit.”
The new federal education money, of course, is counter-productive. It will not reward those school districts that were [...]

Governor Jim Doyle asked that the flags be lowered to half staff today to honor Rod Nilsestuen, the Wisconsin Agriculture Secretary who died last week.
However, President Barack Obama issued a proclamation today in honor of the armistace that ended the Korean War:
“As we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War and [...]

If you’re paying attention to the flags this Independence Day weekend, you might notice the flags are going up and down like yo-yos. It’s the result of the lowering of the flag to honor Senator Robert Byrd.
President Barack Obama this week ordered that flags at federal buildings across the nation be flown at half-staff [...]

Publication: Waukesha Freeman (Conley);
Date: Jul 1, 2010;
Section: Opinion;
Page: 8A

A black mark for the green economy
Bucyrus affair shows costs of environmental rules
Last Thursday when the U.S. Export-Import Bank denied a loan guarantee to Reliance Power Ltd. in India, Wisconsinites got an instant lesson of what Democrats really think an environment-friendly economic future should look like.
The loan [...]

I’m going to Las Vegas in July. July. What’s the temperature going to be, 112 in the shade?
The 2010 RightOnline Conference will bring together influential new media activists, representatives of conservative organizations, and hundreds of citizen activists to provide important leadership and grassroots training, offering the tools and inspiration to more effectively impact [...]

Dear President Obama:
On behalf of the people of Wisconsin, I respectfully ask you to reverse the environmental policies enacted by your administration that are directly killing jobs in our state. 

Right now, 300 Wisconsin jobs at Bucyrus International are in jeopardy because of radical environmental policies created by your administration. Today, you have [...]

“People are upset with BP CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. When President Obama heard that he was relaxing, he missed a putt.”
- David Letterman