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...

...

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...

...

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...