We have all heard the battle cry of the “tree-hugging” left that there is “consensus among the scientific community that man-made global warming is real.”Well I hate to rain on their parade…yet again…but scientific fact is not based on general agreement but in cold hard data. While the anti-warming nuts were basking in the warm climates of Bali in recent weeks the US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works produces that following report…I have to say it is well worth the read!U.S. Senate...

Seeing how I was out of the country in Italy last week I think that it would only be fair if I were to offer you a 2 for 1 deal. This week I will offer up 2 countries and I’d like to see if you can name 1.The first country is a 9 out of 10 just due to its shape.The second country is a 7 out of 10…just because!Good Luck!!! PS: in case you were wondering the country from 2 weeks ago was Kazakhstan...

There are times I write what I think about an article and there are times like this…I don’t think I could say it better that this.Article published Dec 19, 2007Year of global coolingDecember 19, 2007By David Deming - Al Gore says global warming is a planetary emergency. It is difficult to see how this can be so when record low temperatures are being set all over the world. In 2007, hundreds of people died, not from global warming, but from cold weather hazards.Since the mid-19th century, the mean...

Hello everyone!Did you miss me?Last week I was attending a worldwide audit meeting in Turin, Italy for the company I work for. It was a great time.Once again we got to see that the “hatred” of Americans is far from the reality. While the dollar is weak against the euro right now we still managed to spend quite a bit of money in the area and loved every minute of it.We had people from Italy, China, Poland, Brazil, Spain, and the US in attendance.The hotel we stayed at had CNN and MSNBC Europe as...

Today Mitt Romney answered some of the questions that people have been wondering about him, his faith, and the Presidency.You can find the entire speech here but I have selected a few excerpts I particularly thought were worth while.EXCERPTS FROM:Thursday, Dec 06, 2007"Faith In America" Remarks As Prepared For Delivery The George Bush Presidential Library College Station, Texas"Let me assure you that no authorities of my church, or of any other church for that matter, will ever exert influence...

A few weeks ago I pointed out that former Congressman Cynthia McKinney was being courted by the California Green Party to run for the Presidency (link) well not to be out done the Wisconsin Green Party is welcoming her with open arms next week when Cynthia comes to Madison to announce her entry into the Wisconsin Primary.For those of you who have forgotten Cynthia she was one of the vocal Democrats stating that the Bush Administration had a hand in 9/11. She assaulted a white security officer...

Last week’s county was really mean but considering that the country is some where between the size of Ohio and Pennsylvania I thought that someone would come up with Malawi in South Eastern Africa.This week’s country I will give 7 out of 1...

AP: Climate change meeting adds to emissionsMakes you think what the real purpose of these “man-made” global warming Nazi’s is…hmm?Considering they keep going to WARM vacation destinations versus any cold regions of the world I’m thinking that they might like the idea of global warming if they thought about it a littl...

AP: Briton pardoned in Sudan Islam insultLet me start by saying I am offended at the AP titling a story like this!! There was no intent to insult Islam. In their own story they state ‘Muhammad is one of the most common names for men in the Arab world. Muslim scholars generally agree that intent is a key factor in determining if someone has violated Islamic rules against insulting the prophet.’I am glad to hear that the teacher has been pardoned but saddened that this whole event took place. ...

Ask yourself this question:If a teacher in the US were to have her students name a teddy bear Jesus, Moses, Buda, God, or anyone of the other gods/prophets would anyone here be calling for her to be killed?AP: Calls in Sudan for execution of Brit...

This morning when I turned on the TV they were talking about the big tree in Rockefeller Center and as I gazed upon the huge Christmas tree I wondered…what do the Nobel Prize winners (Algore and the IPCC) think about NBC cutting down a huge tree that was scrubbing evil CO2 from the atmosphere? Then I read this post by Caledonia Unplugged: NBC's "green" agenda continues to be a joke!You just have to love it when we all think alike!!...

Many of us didn’t watch the debates last night but we have all heard the news: 'Gay question' general linked to ClintonI find it amazing that CNN couldn’t do a simple job to ensure that this guy was not from a Democrat campaign. I think the question he asked has some merit and should be discussed at a debate but to have the question sullied by having a democrat operative ask it is just outrageou...

I must have picked one heck of a hard country this time…the country was Taiwan, you know the country…"little one" off the coast of China.If you thought last week’s country was hard then you haven’t seen anything yet…10 out of 10.Good luck!!...

Today is a sad day for Republicans…Former Ill. Rep. Henry Hyde has passed at the age of 83. The man was kind and a political animal. We will all miss him.AP Story...

Is it any wonder how we became one of the highest taxed states in the Union? When we can’t figure out how to put together a simple Voter Registration System…mind you one that has now cost us over $24 million!!!Here are the highlights of the Legislative Audit Bureau’s findings…but I would encourage you to read the full report. There is a lot more here than meets the eye!!The media and some politicians wonder why we don’t trust government…this is one of the reason...

Every year we hear it and every year it drives me nuts!!“This year retailers are predicting a bad Holiday shopping season!” Every news station runs this story and every one does some sort of crappy analysis that shows just how bad things are going to be. But the kicker is they are wrong most every time and never correct the storyI am sick and tired of the lies that the media would like us to all buy into and try to turn this into some sort of political...

*****UPDATE****** No one got this yet so: I'm willing to bet that your have suff made here.Well still unreal still has it…the country was NorwayThis week’s has a unique shape but I’m not sure it is that obvious a country so I rate it an 8 out of 1...

I realized that I have not posted a thing since just before Thanksgiving!!! WOW!!!Sorry about that…I didn’t post a country for the week but then again no one got last week’s so I’ll bump that up to the top again.I hope everyone had a great Turkey Day! I know I did…I got to see my wife complete a 10k and get a new Personal Record!!! There are a lot of things going on so I’ll try to post more later...

I have liberal friends that look at me regularly and ask ‘how can you not believe global warming is real?’ I always smile and say ‘global warming is real…in the last 30 years the average ‘global temperature’* has risen by about 0.5 degrees Fahrenheit but you can not prove to me that man is to blame.’ Their retort is always out of some sort of script...’well ‘scientific consensus’ says that it is caused by man!’ They say this like science and consensus are like the holy grail in all of science...

I know this might be a strange concept to those of us here in Wisconsin but 48 other states have some form of conceal carry laws that allow law abiding citizens the right to carry their firearm, concealed, in public.There is a growing number of college students and faculty that are now asking that this right be extended onto the campus. http://concealedcampus.org/index.htmImagine if you would the implications of students and faculty that could defend...

Tom McMahon is known for his irreverent humor and in the case of the ‘bumper sticker seen in Madison’ he was, of course, trying to provoke a bit of thought…personally I thought it was quite good.His posting has made its way around the blogs and when it hit Charlie Sykes’s blog all hell broke loose.The Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee took offence to the bumper sticker and Charlie’s posting of it on his blog. They wrote a letter asking for its removal from the WTMJ website, even while...

It is the show down that most have been waiting for: the novice versus the old horse (not meant to be offensive but if the shoe fits…) Clinton vs. Obama.It looks like it is in full throttle…see the AP story here: Clinton mocks Obama on foreign policyFrom the story:"Voters will have to judge if living in a foreign country at the age of 10 prepares one to face the big, complex international challenges the next president will face," Clinton saidSo what does Hillary think she has done to prepare her...

My wife point out this story to me last night and I thought that it had to be a fake but in doing a little research I found out it is true!!!AFP: Santas warned 'ho ho ho' offensive to womenWhat kind of world do we live in where there are people that would actually try to claim Santa’s catch phrase is offensive?!? If there is a woman out there that takes offense to someone saying ‘Ho, Ho, Ho’ then they must not have a very good self image!!!The thing that shocked me the most is where this is taking...

I have criticized the building of KRM since METRA finished their study and said that the population density was not enough to sustain the line.I have openly argued that the numbers that are shared by the Transit Now group are “pie in the sky” numbers with no basis in reality.I have made it crystal clear that the economic development in areas such as Durand and 31, Mayfair, and Bayshore were done with out a single train ever coming into these areas.But I have never heard the argument against KRM...

Do you remember this woman?Well it looks like the great people of Georgia would like to forget her too!!! Fox News Story.Rep. Mike Jacobs is supporting a resolution in the Georgia State House to have the 20 mile stretch of I-285 that currently bears the name the Cynthia McKinney Parkway stripped of that name and replaced with the old name, Memorial Drive.Cynthia, after loosing her Congressional seat (again) in a Democrat primary in 2006, moved across...

For those of you that think that the wealthiest 1% doesn’t pay their “fair share” then you are not looking at the IRS data!!!Read the most recent Tax Foundation Newsletter and they show just how far off the Left is on taxes.Take for instance the following facts about taxes: The top 1% of wage earners pay 39% of all Federal Income Taxes while the bottom 90% pay only 29.7%. If your household income topped $145,300 in 2005 you were in the top 5% of all wage earners in the US. When Clinton won the...

Well ladies and gentlemen, I’m back from ‘down under’ and I have to say, once again, we (America and Americans) are loved.I found it amazing that even though elections are compulsory in Australia the people there knew more about American politics than their own...

Well folks it is Thursday here in Australia and I’m going to be boarding a plane in a few hours and will not be able to post this week country so I decided to do it now.Last week was almost too easy…it was, of course, Iraq. Great job everyone!!This week I think is really easy to just because of the shape. Good Luck!2 out of 1...

Arizona Republican John Shadegg convinced fellow members of the Republican Party to support Democrat Dennis Kucinch’s resolution to impeach VP Cheney.This move would force Democrats to debate the impeachment resolution thereby forcing Democrats to take a side. This will make most Democrats either look nuts (like Kucinch) or like hypocrites for supporting Cheney…either way Democrats look bad!!!See article here: The Hill - Republicans keep Cheney impeachment bill ali...

In an article posted on the This is London Entertainment Guide was this little piece asking Santa, the Jolly ole’ man himself, to loose weight! (H/T Drudgereport)Santa told to slim down for Christmas to 'set a good example'I’m not sure if this is good or bad but I did enjoy this picture!?! ...

This one made me laugh!! Just think...the election is a year away and people are already getting sick of it!...

Well I know it is only 12:30 AM on Thursday back home but here (Australia) it has been Thursday for 16 ½ hours already so I’m ready to post this week’s country.Wow! Last week’s was obviously very hard…I had expected still unreal to be all over this one but I guess I was wrong!! The country last week was Azerbaijan located on the shores of the Caspian Sea.This week the only way you will not be able to name the country is if you have been living under...

For those of you that follow the raging global warming debate here is a must read...it’s 21 pages, some of it technical, but most people will understand the underlying issues.Global Warming: Forecasts by Scientists or Scientific ForecastsHere is an excerpt from the Abstract:“The IPCC WG1 Report was regarded as providing the most credible long-term forecasts of global average temperatures by 31 of the 51 scientists and others involved in forecasting climate change who responded to our survey. We...

The UK is actively perusing the capabilities! See picture here!See the DailyMail story her...

If you have $50,000 to spend you could have the chance at naming a butterfly!Think I’m joking read the story here.Here is the butterfly and the link to the bid page:Just for kicks what would you name this butterfl...

I know, I know, last weeks country was just too easy. It was Egypt!I’m thinking that this one will be more to your liking. I give it a 9 out of 10. ...

6.6% increase to the State Budget is what the State Senate and Assembly agreed to tonight. They agreed to spend $3,560,337,000 more over the next 2 years than they did in the past 2 years. To Rep. Turner (D), Rep. Mason (D), and Senator Lehman (D) I am simply appalled that you would allow this to go through…not surprised…but definitely appalled.Thank you to Rep. Vos, Gunderson, Kerkman, and the 36 other Representatives for listening to your constituents and voting against this dreadful budge...

I’m not sure how many of you are aware that the Aussies are getting ready to elect a new Prime Minister but down here the main topic of political conversations has to be about the ‘worm.’Now I know that most of you are asking ‘what the hell does a worm have to do with politics?’This is not some environmental issue it is truly a political one.You see, as most political geeks will tell you, many pollsters will have groups of people watch political debates and political speeches with a small dial...

I know that many of you can’t wait to see my country each Thursday and have been wondering why it had not been posted as of yet. Well I’m currently in Australia and the 15 hour time difference is playing a little bit of a mind game with me! So please bear with me while I’m over here. Thanks.Well I’m glad to see that still unreal is back and right on target…unfortunately none of us know who that person was that you referenced.For those of you that...

For those of you who are wondering Sen. Kreitlow is a Democrat from the Chippewa Falls area.Sen. Kreitlow now has the distinction of being yet another Democrat Senator to back away from his own party’s budget by calling Democrats Education and Municipality funding “Empty Promises: the Education and Local Government Deficit Act.” You see, the Republican Assembly saw that the budget battle was going to be a long fight but instead of making education and municipalities suffer because of the massive...

Doyle put the out a press release Monday evening stating that the Assembly “failed once again” to do their job. On the contrary Mr. Governor, the Assembly is doing just what they are there to do, protect the citizens of Wisconsin from dictatorial governors that believe that asinine tax increases are the only way to get the State out from their spending habit.The Governor accuses “extreme elements of the Republican Assembly” of refusing to deal with “the cost to operate school buses, pay heating...

What is Sen. Robson smoking?The reason I ask this is because any one that has read the Democrat’s Budget, Doyle’s Budget, or the new “Compromise” Budget (whose compromise…I have no idea and I’m willing to bet the Republicans on the committee are wondering the same thing) would not be able to make the following statement:Robson noted the budget cuts state government spending by hundreds of millions of dollars.“These cuts won’t be easy and there will be a noticeable reduction in services. We didn’t...

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You did not misread that it is true today in a Press Release by Senator Robson, Senate Majority Leader, and for those of you who don’t know, a major Democrat, stated the following:“Local officials who want to make sure they have enough cops and firefighters for their growing communities and schools wanting to maintain a quality education for kids have been left in limbo.”Whose fault is that Sen. Robson? The Republican lead Assembly passed, not one but two, bipartisan bills (AB 506 & 507) that...

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I was surprised to find most of my fellow bloggers not having fun with Algore’s winning of the Noble “Peace” Prize. AP: Al Gore, UN panel share Nobel for PeaceThe only blog’s I found that were talking about Algore were An ‘Ol Broad’s Ramblings and the Daily Dollop. Here is what they had to say:From the Daily Dollop: The Ten Commandments of Climate ChangeAnd from An ‘Ol Broad’s Ramblings: Proof!My thoughts are this...how whacked out was the committee when they made that decision. Why didn’t they...

I guess last week’s was easier than I thought! Peter was right the country was Oman. He didn’t mention that there is a part of Oman missing from my map…due North of Oman’s Northern tip, at about 20 miles and 35 miles, you will find two additional pieces of land inside of the UAE that are part of Oman.This week’s is rather hard. 7 out of 1...

AP: Clinton proposes 401(k)s, matching fundsThis woman has no shame! She just wants the size of the federal government to be HUGE!!!Democrats should be outraged that a member of their party is calling for such extreme expansion of the government. They were all opposed to allowing individuals to invest a portion of their social security how is this different…other than is being a blatant “buy-your-vote-scheme”?If she keeps opening her mouth this way…I’m going to become even more hopeful of a Republican...

Does this mean Coors will be a better beer or will Miller become a worse beer?AP: Molson Coors, SABMiller combine U.S. ops...

I was one of the participants in Sunday’s Chicago Marathon but thankfully I was not one of those who had to be hospitalized.You can read my race report here.On today’s CBS2Chicago.com site there is an article asking if the problems with the race will hurt Chicago’s bid for the Olympic Games. LinkI find the whole issue interesting…do you think that this event should in any way sway the Olympic Committee’s decision?Personally, as one of the thousands of runners told that I would not be able to complete...

Imagine a politician using his political office and influence to obtain confidential financial records (violating the law in the process) and using that information to leverage his political will…its happening right here in Wisconsin!Charlie Sykes has the details right her...

I have been running rather short on time lately so I apologize for not posting as much but this will change in the next few weeks.I’m a day late but I’m sure it is worth the wait…Last week the country was Vietnam.This week I know there is going to be some discussion about my maps again but I can only do so much. Can you figure out what I’m talking about?6 out of 10...

I read this article (JT: Johnson Foundation goes solar) this morning and saw a glaring problem in the article…or more likely the obvious omission from the story.Can you spot the problem?If you’d like to read a little more about this before making your guess here is an article from the Johnson Foundation itself: Renewable Energ...

I can not believe it! First she wants the government to run healthcare and now she wants the government to give money to babies just because they were born!!AP: Clinton: $5,000 for every U.S. babyDo you think she will exclude the rich babies? What about illegal immigrant babies?This is just nut...

Republicans have given Democrats exactly what they wanted related to K-12 education and local government funding. (AB 506 & AB507)Now the Republicans are willing to give the Democrats the cigarette tax increase. Huebsch Press ReleaseWhat have the Democrats given in on to get this budget passed?Anything?Anyone?Buelle...

This is the message from Senate Democrats who are unwilling to budge an inch on their huge tax increase.Today Senate Democrat Breske put out the a press release where he says in part, “It’s time to compromise and work out a budget and stop shortchanging Wisconsin residents.” So does this mean that the Democrats are willing to give up their HUGE tax increases? Are they willing to actually negotiate or are they expecting the Republicans to cave completely?Assembly Republicans realized that the...

The country from 2 weeks ago was Rwanda…The clue refers to the plot of Hotel Rwanda “Don Cheadle stars in the true-life story of Paul Rusesabagina, a hotel manager who housed over a thousand Tutsis refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia in Rwanda.”Last week’s country was Costa Rica.This week you should have no trouble identifying the country. I give it a 2 out of 10....

I wonder if most global warming alarmists would agree that the Earth’s climate system is damaged. Reuters: Gaia Guru Urges Ocean Pipes to Fix Earth’s Clima...

I find it interesting that while our schools are approaching a budget deadline that will create chaos for the school systems of Wisconsin as well as huge tax increases to the people of Wisconsin; the Senate Democrats are running around talking about how the State should mandate that businesses in Wisconsin spend billions of dollars to curb greenhouse gases. (Senator Mark Miller (D-Monona))Maybe if Democrats held their breath this whole global warming thing would go away…Senator Miller is right...

As most of you know the State Senate still has not taken up AB506 & AB507. Have you written your State Senator and asked for them to take action?Here is my contribution…why not write to your Senator today?!?! For your convinence I’ve included all of their e-mails below!Subject: The State BudgetSenator Lehman,I would like to urge you to push your colleagues in the Senate to take up AB506 and AB507 and put these items up for a vote.As you know these items are of the utmost importance in order...

…so why not play the USA Today Candidate Match Game.No real surprises here but it is interesting to play and see whose opinion matches your...

It’s not dead yet…here is a letter from our Democrat elected officials in Racine to Rep. Vos trying to get him to change his mind.Rep. Vos is on the right side of this issue! Call your legislators today and tell them we do not want to pay for another “service” that will not be used by the majority of people in the area.This train will only drain our paychecks in the future when there isn’t the ridership to continue service and the business community...

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Yesterday’s Investor’s Business Daily published the following editorialThe ‘Old’ Consensus?Climate Change: Did NASA scientist James Hansen, the global warming alarmist in chief, once believe we were headed for . . . an ice age? An old Washington Post story indicates he did.On July 9, 1971, the Post published a story headlined "U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming." It told of a prediction by NASA and Columbia University scientist S.I. Rasool. The culprit: man's use of fossil fuels.The Post reported...

Three white teens make overt racial references by hanging empty nooses in a tree.Six black teens physically assault a single white teen.The white teens broke no laws but committed a morally offensive gesture and they were suspended from school.The black teens broke the law by beating on another person and they have been arrested and are going to be charged with battery.Rev. Sharpton wants “federal intervention to protect people from Southern injustice”Why don’t we turn the tables on Rev. Sharpton...

The Bureau of Printing and Engraving has decided that the $5 bill is going to go through a make over!It seems that due to a high number of counterfeiters “bleaching $5 notes and printing fake $100 bills with the bleached paper to take advantage of the fact that some of the security features were in the same locations on both notes” It was time for the 5 to have a face lift.Here is an image of the new $5 bill and if you click on it, it will take...

You guys don’t really think I’m going to allow no one to guess the country and get away with it do you?Here is last week’s country with a hint:Don (Paul actually) would love to have you as a guest.Country #1:This week’s country should be easier to get. 3 out of 10.Country #...

I like to give people my opinion all the time but on the following issue (which I have expressed my opinion on once before) I’d like to know what you all think about this…Many of you may have read the Journal Times article of Friday talking about the GOP Budget Compromise: Local GOP legislators ready to deal on budgetBut did you get the chance to read the letter to the editor on Saturday from Rep Vos and Rep Gunderson?GOP firm on taxesOn Saturday The Journal Times ran a story that indicated Republicans...

Still unreal got the country last week…Seinfeld references always make me laugh.Babu: Quiet!! You shut up! You make me change restaurant, but nobody comes! You say make Pakistani, Babu Bhatt have only Pakistani restaurant. But where are people? You see people? Show me people. There are no people! Jerry: You know, I think I'll just take the check. Babu: You bad man! You very very bad man! [leaves] Jerry thinking: Bad man? Could've my mother been...

It is time that the Democrats pull their collective head out from there ass and see what is going on in the world.PR Newswire: Pelosi: President's Policy is a Path to 10 More Years of War in IraqAP: Democrat Reid: Iraq plan unacceptableReuters: Democratic 2008 contenders bicker over Iraq pulloutIf they truly believe that the Iraq policy is wrong then they have the ability to pull the plug…but they won’t do it. They can’t do it.Democrats could, right now, vote to de-fund the Iraq War and have the...

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September 11Almost everyone remembers where they were on a bright, comfortable Tuesday morning six years ago today, when 19 men dispatched by al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden and armed with boxcutters brought the reality of jihadist terror to our shores. Five terrorists, one pilot and four "muscle hijackers" (used to subdue passengers) hijacked three planes; American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were flown into the World Trade...