In case you missed it last night, Glenn Beck had State Senator Erpenbach on to defend the HUGE tax increase to those in Wisconsin. You can find the entire transcript here but these are some of my favorite parts:GLENN BECK: I apologize to the people in Wisconsin, but believe it or not, I actually hope this passes, because, by bankrupting your state, it may be the best chance we have to prevent the other 49 states from making the same ludicrous and disastrous decision.Jon Erpenbach is a Wisconsin...
Recently a Cleveland Councilman wrote a rather blunt letter to an alleged drug dealer who was caught selling drugs in the Councilman’s neighborhood.Here is the link to The Smoking Gun story: Dear Piece of Trash:and here is the letter:I don’t know how to feel…I’m thinking that the politician in question has just become my new her...
On GreenBayPressGazette.com you will find the following column: 'Madison Math': Make sure a cut is a cut written by State Representative Karl Van Roy (R – Hudson.)The following analogy is great and I for one am going to use it everyday!If you ask your boss for a $3 an hour raise and he agrees to give you $1, is it fair to tell your friends and relatives your boss just stuck it to you and gave you a $2 an hour pay cut?He finishes the though by adding:Telling people you were cut something that you...
AP: Atlantic tropical storms have doubledThere are a group of researchers actually saying that there is a noticeable change in the number of tropical storms and hurricanes seen in the Atlantic in the last 100 years and that the “increase” in these storms is largely blamed on “man-made” global warming.For those of you that actually pay attention to this issue it is worth noting that former IPCC hurricane scientist and current Science and Operations Officer for NOAA’s Hurricane Center, Chris Lansea,...
From today’s Investor’s Business Daily Opinion section: Tempest In a Teapot Posted 7/25/2007 Global Warming: A private firm's downgrade of its hurricane forecast raises an obvious question: If scientists can't get near-future projections in a limited area right, how can they predict the climate decades from now?A reasonable response is: They can't. But the global warming climate of fear did not blow in on the soft breezes of reason, but by the storm winds of emotion.Forecaster WSI Corp. said Tuesday...
I have been a very outspoken person related to global warming and the media’s interpretation of scientific data and today I have another example but from my side of the argument.A headline I saw today on Drudge intrigued me: NOAA: Vegas Temps Down Since 1940’s. But the title is erroneous. If you click on the link you will see the following chart: This is for the Average Maximum temperature by decade! As you can see there has been a decline in the...
Every week I get accused of having the wrong difficulty on the countries and last week was no exception. I rated the country a 9 due to its unrecognizable shape but it is a BIG country.grumps came up with the right country - Bolivia!This week there can be no complaining about the rating of the country since I can not make it any easier than a 1.1 out of 1...
Last week I think I tripped a few of you up…Congrats to still unreal for getting the right answers.sin θ = Opposite over Hypotenuse = Y/Xcos θ = Adjacent over Hypotenuse = Z/Xtan θ = Opposite over Adjacent = Y/Zcsc θ = 1/Opposite over Hypotenuse = 1/(Y/X) = X/Ysec θ = 1/Adjacent over Hypotenuse = 1/(Z/X) = X/Zcot θ = 1/Opposite over Adjacent = 1/(Y/Z) = Z/YThis week we will use the same “lopsided” triangle and solve for Z (and before someone points...
There are just days or in some cases weeks where there is little that I want write about because I just want to scream about everything. Here are the foot notes of what’s going on in my head:AP: Judge: Sudan owes USS Cole families $8M – WHAT?!?! These 17 families are only worth $8 million...The Sudan should pay far more for supporting terrorism.AP: Doc won't face charges in Katrina deaths – Hope that the law suits against her also fail…she did nothing wrong!AP: N.M. works on rodent recovery plan...
To all you political geeks out there…I have to admit that I am one…I saw an interesting article last night on Fox 6 news discussing Fantasy Congress.I’m sure some of you are already participating in it but for those that are not I’d like to introduce you to the game. Go to www.fantasycongress.com Sign up Join a league (mine if you’d like!)Draft your team of CongressmenPlay the game!!It’s just that easy!!!I have set up a private league and any of you wishing to join are welcome.The League name...
Healthy Wisconsin is the Democrats way of introducing Wisconsin to Universal Heath Care in a “wolf in sheep’s clothing” kind of way. By slipping this $15.2 billion mandatory tax into the State Budget in stead of discussing this issue like real leaders they have decided to use our health as a “political football.”I attended a meeting yesterday in Kenosha staring Senators Erpenbach, Wirch, and Lehman for the purposes of having them tell us why this...
Algeria was last week’s country…Great job guys!!This week we are keeping things difficult…9 out of 10…Next week will be too easy....
JT: GOP Assembly budget is disastrous for Racine by State Sen. John Lehman D-RacineSenator, how would you describe your budget? You know, the one in which you burden the poorest in our state with monstrous taxes including the cigarette and gasoline tax and deny poor children in our community a chance at a better education. You sir, are “heartless.”You and your Democrat friends worked tirelessly to bring socialized medicine and the enormous cost of the plan to a state that is not in need of it...
I was a little worried that as I posted harder math problems that there would be fewer responses but you have proven this to be untrue. It looks like everyone was able to get the right answer to last week’s problem but for those that have not looked at the great responses here is my work 2 different ways:x^2 + x – 2 = 0(x + 2)(x – 1) = 0x + 2 = 0 and x – 1 = 0x = -2 and x = 1Or using the quadratic formula (that I’m sure you all remember)if ax 2...
Please welcome Former State Senator Cathy Stepp to the blog-o-sphere!Cathy will be posting occasionally on RealDebateWisconsin, so be sure to check her out!!Here is her first post: My Maiden VoyageGood Luck Cathy...
I’m sure most of us are not surprised to hear that Jim Gilmore is out of the race for the presidency, but for some I think they are surprised to hear that he was even in the race.AP: Gilmore 1st major candidate to drop outGilmore was a long shot to be sure but at least he is a conservative…I’m wondering how long it will be before Giuliani and McCain drop ou...
H/T to Denis Navratil of Free Racine for the following blog:On Gender Disparities in the Justice SystemWell it seems that some don't like my suggestion that racial disparites in the jail population may be caused by increased criminal activity among black people. So I will apply their thinking to the problem of gender disparities in the criminal justice system.Of course it is common knowledge that our jails are mostly filled with males. Why are there so many men in jail relative to women? It must...
randy got it this week on the first try! The country was Argentina.This week is a bit harder….6 out of 1...
Congrats to caledonia unplugged who got last weeks Math problem correct!!0.59375 as a fraction is 19/32.This week’s is all about algebra.Solve for x…and show your work! ;^) x^2 + x – 2 = 0(hint: the carrot (^) between the x and the 2 means “raised to” or in other words “x^2” means “x squared....
… you all feel it right? That looming behemoth of taxes just waiting to be dropped right on out heads is still out there.I’ve read over the Assembly’s budget and if I knew that the final budget was going to be anywhere close to this I would be happy but the reality is we are in for a HUGE tax increase and unfortunately there is very little the Republicans can do about it.Republicans are already being painted as though they took a machete to the budget…just look at these headlines:Racine JT: Bad...
As I have stated time and again, science is about research and knowledge, not consensus.From Reuters: Scientists Find Clues to Ice Cap Longevity: StudyIt appears that scientists who are looking at the ice caps around Greenland have noted that their previous theory related to free ice flow in the region was off by about 330,000 years! This finding shows just how resilient the ice caps really are.What has now been determined is that the models that show rising ocean levels may not be as bad due...
Well I thought that the country last week would give you guys a little more trouble than it did! david got it right on his first try…the country was Tajikistan!!This week I give it a 2 out of 10....
On this day we must remember those who have gone before, those that fight for freedom now and those who will be called to service in the future. Our Nation is strong but only because a few of its citizens are willing to risk their lives to ensure the tranquility and freedoms that we all take for granted.I’d like to say thank you to all who have served. We can never repay you for what you have done.On this day our founding fathers signed a simple...
You know just when you think that you have a good line on the environmentalist wackos they surprise you with something new.In today’s Sydney Morning Herald you can find this article: Human greed takes lion's share of solar energyI’m hoping that this is some sort of joke but when you see claims like “reducing the amount of energy available to them (other species) by almost 10 per cent, scientists report” you do start to worry that these people are being serious.So I guess we should stop farming…it’s...
The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) released its 2006 Congressional ratings on Thursday June 28th and here are how our legislators stacked up:The Senate rankings were based on 21 pieces of legislation.Feingold rated a 43% (Lukewarm to taxpayers); while Kohl received 19% (Hostile toward taxpayers.)The House rankings were based on 44 pieces of legislation:Baldwin 0% (Obviously lowest score in the house – Hostile toward taxpayers);Green 86% (Taxpayer Hero – Why isn’t he Governor?!?!);Kind...
Last week I asked you to show me the factors of 20 and for extra credit show the prime factors of 20…jdopierala got it right. Factors of 20 are 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, & 20. Prime factors are prime numbers that when multiplied together you get the resulting number 2*2*5 = 20This week I’m still taking it easy on you. Please convert the following to a fraction: 0.593...
