Last week we had the country of Australia. I don’t think they can get much easier than that!
This week we are looking at a 7 out of 10.
Good luck!
The left loves to say that we are “behind several other states” when it fits their agenda like AB 157 (the Wisconsin Safe Climate for anything other than Business Act).
“I mean there are 10 other states that have already done it why are we so far behind!”
But when a conservative points out that 48 other states have conceal carry for law abiding citizens, they dig in their collective heels and wail that “we don’t want Wisconsin to become the “wild west” do we?”
AB 157 is BAD for Wisconsin.
My favorite quote today about AB 157 was: “Scientists continue to amass data showing the disastrous ecological and economic consequences of global warming pollution,” said Shahla Werner, Ph.D., Director of the John Muir Chapter of the Sierra Club.
You’d think with a Ph.D. she would know that the “data” she is talking about in this press release is hypothetical data NOT actual data!!!
Big difference! Maybe she should stop trying to get crappy legislation through the State House and do a little reading about the subject she should know something about.
Well check this out…I found this photo on Watts Up With That?
Mount Kilamanjaro - Tanzania, Africa - still snowy. Photo by Neil Modie, January 2008
But the better image is the one Kate put together over at Small Dead Animals (don’t ask me I just read the blogs I’m not the one naming them!!)
Well it looks like it is official Wendy Christensen (Caledonia’s Village Clerk) has filed the necessary paperwork to run for Racine County Clerk!
For all of the sorted details head on over to Caledonia Unplugged and get the full scoop!!
Press Release: Assembly Bill 157 not the Answer
“We should all protect our natural resources,” said State Rep. Jim Ott. “However, AB 157 will have no impact on reducing global temperatures, but it would have a significant and negative impact on Wisconsin’s economy.”
“As recently as the late 1970s and early 1980s scientists and the media were talking about the possibility of an approaching ice age,” said Ott. “Imagine if lawmakers had rushed in and mandated all sorts of changes based on that assumption?”
This is why we love you Jim!!
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State Rep. Spencer Black can’t even get the facts correct in a 5 paragraph press release how can the people of Wisconsin even think that the 15 pages of “climate” legislation is worth the paper it is written on?
In the press release it states “carbon dioxide pollution, the main cause of global warming” had they done any research at all they would find that H2O, not CO2, is the “main cause” of global warming; CO2 only contributes about 2-10%.
Next he states that “We have an obligation to act before we see severe damage to our environment, our economy and our quality of life”
Really? A longer growing season here in Wisconsin would be bad? Fewer deaths due to cold weather would be bad? (BTW you do know that more people die due to cold weather than hot, right?) A longer tourist season would be bad for the economy of Wisconsin? What exactly would be wrong with a warmer Wisconsin…assuming we are getting warmer? Have they looked at any of the recent stats about the global climate over the past few years? We are down about 0.3 degrees…oh my!
Lastly, one must only read the first paragraph of the legislation to understand what is going on here. From AB 157:
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. 15.347 (5) of the statutes is created to read:
15.347 (5) GREENHOUSE GAS MANAGEMENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COUNCIL.
There is created in the department of natural resources a greenhouse gas management environmental justice council consisting of at least 3 members, appointed by the secretary of natural resources from nominations received from environmental justice organizations and community groups, representing communities that have the most significant exposure to air pollutants, including communities with minority populations and communities with low−income populations.
So that is what this is all about…more government bureaucracy and “help” for minority and low-income populations from the state DNR.
But it gets better…you see this bill isn’t as cut and dry as it would seem
286.23 Emission limits and reduction measures.
(2) REQUIREMENTS CONCERNING RULE PROMULGATION.
(b) Ensure that activities undertaken to comply with the rules will not have a disproportionate impact on communities with low−income populations.
So this means even though areas that are “run down” may have a higher out put of CO2…we can not force them to fix it to meet the state requirement under this bill but we would then be able to force other businesses and/or producers of “green house gases”* to further reduce their output in order to make up for these low-income areas.
* limited to carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexaflouride
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON!!!!
On this day in history, February 22:
1732 – George Washington, 1st US President, born
1819 – Spain ceded Florida to the United States
1854 – 1st meeting of the Republican Party, Michigan
1856 – 1st National meeting of the Republican Party, Pittsburgh
1872 – 1st National convention of the Prohibition Party, Columbus, OH
1879 – 1st Woolworths’s opens in Utica, NY
1889 – North and South Dakota, Montana and Washington were admitted to the Union
1900 – Hawaii becomes a US territory
1924 – The first presidential radio broadcast from the White House made by Coolidge
1932 – “Teddy” Kennedy, Senator D-MA, born 
1935 – Planes were no longer allowed to fly over the White House
1968 – Jeri Ryan, Actress, born
1971 – Gilbert Brown, Defensive Tackle, born
1980 – The US Olympic Hockey Team defeats the Soviets 4-3 at Lake Placid
AP: Wolves to be removed from species list
Are they no longer an animal?
AP: Pakistan opposition parties to ally
Isn’t this head line one big oxymoron?
AP: Obama wins global primary
I didn’t know that this election cycle had gone global!?!
Reuters: Total lunar eclipse turns Moon red
I hope it turned it back again!!
Reuters: USDA unsure if Calif. cattle case isolated to plant
You know it’s bad when the government doesn’t know that cattle are not plants!
Now that that is over…Last week was hard but I thought the clue was really good, the country was Fiji.
This week I can’t make it much easier than this…1 out of 10.
Hydrazine is the rocket fuel that was still in the satellite the US Navy destroyed on Wednesday night.
But the question still remains: was the destruction of the satellite really due to this fuel or was it to:
a) show that we could do something the Chinese recently did?
OR
b) destroy a satellite that contained classified information and/or technology that we did not want a foreign country to get a hold of?
Just some food for thought.
This has been in the news quite a bit lately. Can you tell me what it is any why it has been in the news?
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I am having an ongoing debate with a co-worker about her (him) not voting and my cross over vote.
Here are the pertinent parts of our many e-mails…you decide if my co-worker has a point.
Why my co-worker did not vote:
“I'm not voting for Hillary, because I'm not convinced she is the most beatable candidate and I think it's wrong and immoral.
I'm not voting for McCain, because I don't support him, yet, and I want him to know that.
I'm not voting for Huckabee, because although he is my favorite candidate and I support him, I do not want to increase the Republican base that is voting. I want Republican voter turnout to be low (which it may likely be due to those voting for Clinton anyways). So, perhaps my choice is more diluted because of that reason. Yet, my mind is made up.
Therefore, my vote is not to vote, because I want to make a point to McCain that he needs to think long and hard about his next steps if he wants the Republican base to support him. I want him to know that I'd rather not vote at all than to vote for him if he stays the current course. Maybe a vote for Huckabee does that, but I don't think so. I think a vote for Huckabee shows that I'm going to vote Republican no matter what; whereas; a no-vote says... maybe not so much.”
What (s)he thinks of me (and any of you) for voting for Hillary (that still leaves a nasty taste in my mouth…ugh!!!):
"Once again - not voting is more of a civic duty than tampering with the election. The founding Fathers would be turning in their graves if they knew people were casting dishonest votes - they should all be ashamed of themselves and should have no say about the state of politics or what policies are originating out of Washington since they consciously tampered with an election bringing down the respect of America to that of a 3rd world country
- Good Job!"
...AND...
"There is no difference between not voting and voting for a candidate you don't want to win. None. Except one is a bit more honorable. You can say it's not tampering, but we all know it is, no matter what shade of gray you want to call it. It was an immoral thing to do and shame on you!"
So what say all of you?
Is staying home because your guy has no chance of winning sending a message to the winner?
Would the founding fathers be proud of my co-worker for sitting on his(her) hands and not voting?
Is voting in an open primary in Wisconsin tantamount to “tampering” with an election?
Is it more “honorable” to stay home and not vote?
How do all of you that crossed over feel about your “immoral” act?
The “show” will begin at about 7:43 p.m. CST and the total eclipse will occur between 9:01 and 9:51 p.m.
Click the graphic for more information!!
When he was later asked to clarify the quote he tries to argue that his campaign is similar to that of Ronald Reagan’s 1976 campaign against Gerald Ford…now that is a laugh!!!
Huckabee actually thinks that being in a no win situation with a zero chance of winning the nomination and a near zero chance of preventing McCain from getting the nod is somehow close to Reagan’s close delegate race with Ford. Reagan won a clear majority of caucuses while Ford won the majority of primaries.
Huckabee is no Reagan!! The fact that he continues to compare himself to Reagan proves just how far off base the guy really is.
It seems that the “left leaning” group One Wisconsin Now is a little upset with Judge Michael Gableman’s campaign and have filled a complaint (way back in December) with the Judicial Campaign Integrity Committee but the Wisconsin State Journal is reporting on it just this last weekend.
They claim that the Gableman campaign violated the judicial ethics code which states in part “a candidate for a judicial office shall not knowingly or with reckless disregard for the statement’s truth or falsity misrepresent the ... present position or other fact concerning ... an opponent."
So the question is “what did the Gableman camp say that violated this rule?”
In a fundraising letter the following was written Louis Butler “provided the deciding vote to overturn a sexual predator decision by a circuit court, resulting in the release of the predator into Milwaukee County.”
Here are the facts:
In a case of Richard A. Brown, Louis Butler voted with the majority, in a 4-3 ruling, that ordered Brown to be released into Milwaukee County.
So the statement in the fundraising letter is in fact truthful and does not misrepresent Louis Butler’s position on this case at all. The One Wisconsin Now crowd is all hung up on the fact that, to date, Brown has not been released. That information does not change the any of the facts of the statement.
Gableman’s campaign will not be found to have violated any ethical standards.
I’m an hour into the show right now and I have to say that it has potential…I will watch another couple of episodes before I say I love the show but at this point it is entertaining!!
Here is more info on the show and the new car!! Knight Rider
Mayor Michael Bloomberg was quoted as saying:
"Nobody wants to sit there and say, 'Well there's no easy solution,' They want to send out a check to everybody to stimulate the economy. I suppose it won't hurt the economy but it's in many senses like giving a drink to an alcoholic."What do you think?
Is the “rebate” program good or bad for us?
Bloomberg also said that the US “has a balance sheet that's starting to look more and more like a third-world country."
Harsh words for a guy that people think will be a 3rd party candidate for President.
I had the good fortune of talking with one of Judge Gableman’s schedulers yesterday…Judge Gableman will be at the Racine County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner next week (I’ll post that Invite later)…and found out that he will be in Racine today!!!
So with a little prompting from his scheduler I set up a “meet and greet” gathering today!!
Come meet Judge Gableman, candidate for the Supreme Court of Wisconsin, today:
4:00 p.m.
JavaVino
424 S Main St
Racine, WI
I guess this goes with my last post…with Romney’s endorsement of McCain…does that mean if I vote for Romney in the WI primary I’m really voting for McCain?
I’m not quite sure what to think of that…
Is anyone really going to “cross-over” and vote the other side of the ticket?
My wife told me she just might do that.
What are you going to do?
