Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Lakewood Police Department, a small town near Tacoma Washington where four police officers were gunned down at a coffee shop. “It was just a flat out ambush,” Pierce County Sheriff’s spokesman Ed Troyer said.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
Today is a day where we all express our Thanks for the goodness and bounty we in America have. There is always more we would like to have, but there is undoubtedly no place where these wishes [...]
I got this from my BrotherFromAnotherMother Jime, it is too true not to post. It is a bit long, but if you think voting for Barack Obama didn’t matter, you will have to click below the fold (if viewing from the main blog page).
The Fundamental Transformation of America
When Obama [...]
If you had bad news to release, could you ask for a better time than this afternoon? The start of a 4 day holiday (for most people), gives a great opportunity to dump unsavory information, giving you 4 days of very little news coverage, and by the time next Monday [...]
Now Barry is bowing down before a commie.
That’s Communist Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao that your president is bowing before today. Nice job Barry.
[...]I’m glad that those that watch the media are noticing that most of the media is refusing to cover the fact that Global Warming “scientists” have been caught red handed falsifying data to perpetuate their lie to the American people.
As Rush Limbaugh has been pointing out for years, [...]
After many months, and many deaths, your President seems to have finally been told what to do on the request for more troops that HIS General has been begging for for months while Obama ignored and avoided him. Reports are that he will finally announce on Dec. 1st. that he [...]
Woah, James T. Harris has made an incredible educational video, please take a few moments and watch it.
If you aren’t part of The National Conversation, you are missing out!
[...]Rep. Jon Richards (D-Milw.) is the latest liberal that thinks you are stupid. He has an opinion piece telling us that our parks are falling apart, but he will save us by… wait for it… Raising our taxes.
This is the same Parks System that just won the National Recreation [...]
Most of Courthouse custodial staff calls in sick
19 of the 25 county custodial workers called in sick today in an obvious job action… I’d mail their last check to their home address.
[...]This will be an ongoing post for the rest of the day as the County Board votes on Scott Walker’s vetoes.
Check Comments for updates.
[...]The AP has dedicated 11 reporters to investigate and fact check every line of Sarah Palin’s book Going Rogue: An American Life, but not one reporter was tasked to investigate books by Barry Obama, Sen. Ted Kennedy, then-Sen. Joe Biden, or the autobiographies by Bill or Hillary Clinton. [...]
Charlie Sykes brings us another look into the typical SEIU union thug mentality.
In pursuit of an Eagle Scout badge, Kevin Anderson, 17, has toiled for more than 200 hours hours over several weeks to clear a walking path in an east Allentown park.
Little did the do-gooder know that his [...]
Scott Walker has done his part:
Walker uses veto to revive spending cuts, privatization
As promised, Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker used his veto Monday to cut $10 million in spending the County Board added to his 2010 budget and to thwart the County Board’s efforts to kill several privatization [...]
Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett, the most reluctant candidate I have ever seen, has decided that he will run for Governor Jim Doyle’s 3rd term.
Barrett says he’s healed, ready to run for governor
So the man who, as a state legislator voted for the largest state tax increase and while [...]
The local media will show you a soundbite or two of today’s Citizens for Responsible Government sponsored Veto Super Rally, but here at BadgerBlogger, you can get the whole story. We start with Scott Walker speaking to the crowd of 1,100 on why his budget vetoes must be upheld.
[...]
Why do judges continue to release people that are convicted if a serious crime? As of now, no one knows for sure where this convicted Pedophile is, his mother thinks this Pedophile is taking one more swing through Disney World… Pedophile — Disney World… Yeah.
Daniel Acker Missing
Accused Sexual [...]
Here’s where I and hundreds of my fellow Milwaukee residents will be, showing our support of Scott Walker’s 0% increase budget!
Citizens for Responsible Government has gathered a great group of speakers, including Scott Walker himself to join us. Make your voices heard!
Join with Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker [...]
I wish more judicial races were contested, but Waukesha County will have at least one. State Rep. and Iraq War veteran Mark Gundrum will be challenging Doyle appointee Richard Congdon in April.
State legislator announces run for Waukesha County judgeship
State Rep. Mark Gundrum (R-New Berlin) said Friday that [...]
The Journal Sentinel is reporting, Barrett plans to run for governor.
So the most reluctant candidate I have ever seen has finally decided on, although still hasn’t announced, a race against Scott Walker for Wisconsin Governor.
Bring It On!
[...]Welcome to Milwaukee Archbishop Listecki.
Listecki named Milwaukee Archbishop
Seven months after Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan left for New York, the Vatican on Saturday announced his successor, naming Bishop Jerome Edward Listecki of La Crosse as the new spiritual leader of Southeastern Wisconsin’s nearly 700,000 Catholics.
Listecki, 60, will be installed [...]
Yep, Barack Hussein Obama had decided that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four other Guantanamo Bay detainees will be sent to New York to face trial in a civilian federal court. This means they will have all of the same rights and protections as you do.
Unfortunately, [...]
it’s Friday, that means this is your Weekend Open Line! You may use or abuse this post as you see fit.
I just have one reminder, if you believe that Milwaukee County should approve Scott Walker’s budget, join Scott and a few thousand fellow supporters this Saturday at a rally to [...]
Mayor Tom Barrett said he would announce if he will or will not run for governor, by the end of this week… Will he run or will his refusal be a Friday Document Dump?
My opinion, as it has been all along, he will not run.
What say you?
[...]Good ‘ol Chris Liebenthal, known to the Wisconsin blogosphere as the prolific “capper,” has once again confirmed where the true hatred is in American politics. How hate filled do you have to be to mock a child with Down Syndrome, then attack and blame the child’s parent, just because he [...]
The MacIver Institute brings us a warning from Wisconsin State Rep. and former meteorologist Jim Ott that Governor Jim Doyle’s Global Warming Task Force may be ready to launch a series of bills that will launch Wisconsin’s own little Cap & Trade legislation. This would be devastating to Wisconsin’s already [...]
Sorry, it’s been a little slow, I have been fighting off a bug, but there are a few things I need to point to, perhaps others will expound on them in Comments.
First, I am so proud that my state senator Lena Taylor pleading the 5th so she could get [...]
Sorry, it’s been a little slow, I have been fighting off a bug, but there are a few things I need to point to, perhaps others will expound on them in Comments.
First, I am so proud that my state senator Lena Taylor pleading the 5th so she could get [...]
I thank God every day for America’s Veterans and for those serving on active duty. The words “thank you” are so small, but the feeling behind them can’t be expressed with mere words.
[...]Your President couldn’t be bothered with it, but 20 years ago, the Berlin Wall came crashing down.
Why didn’t you attend Mr. President? Is is because your party fought to preserve, and today even fight to institute socialist oppression in America?
[...]This Saturday (11/14/2009), you have your chance to make your voices hears on the Milwaukee County Budget. The VETO SUPER RALLY will be held at the Italian Community Center in downtown Milwaukee from 1-3PM. Join your fellow taxpayers in telling the Milwaukee County Board that we are Taxed Enough [...]
Happy Birthday BadgerBlogger.com!
Wow, it’s been 5 years since I decided that I would put my thoughts and ideas about current events and politics, on a blog that I originally called My View of the World. I never thought anyone would care, I expected it would be sort [...]
The House of Representatives just passed Pelosi Care. Fascism is alive and well, in the American Democratic party.
Feel free to leave your thoughts.
[...]PELOSI: Buy a $15,000 Policy or Go to Jail
Today, Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee Dave Camp (R-MI) released a letter from the non-partisan Joint Committee on Taxation (JCT) confirming that the failure to comply with the individual mandate to buy health insurance contained in [...]
My State Senator, Lena (I’m an attorney, you know) Taylor was called to testify before a secret John Doe hearing. She refused to testify, invoking her 5th Amendment right against self incrimination. Since she is not the target of this investigation, prosecutors granted her immunity from prosecution in this case [...]
This is probably going to be a busy Weekend Open Line, there are lots of things to talk about, PelosiCare, Cap & Trade, local & state politics & more.
So without further ado, here is YOUR Weekend Open Line, the place where you decide what the topic of discussion is.
[...]I am sure you all join us in prayer for the victims and families of those killed and wounded in the attack at Fort Hood today.
[...]Thousands have joined in Washington DC for an impromptu TEA Party to protest the gargoyles health care disaster. It should also be noted that the Dems just slammed Cap & Trade, the largest tax increase in US history, through a key committee too.
[...]Let’s make a deal with the Saudis to ship our child molesters over there for trial.
Saudi court upholds child rapist crucifixion ruling
[...]AARP to its members: Screw you.
AP Sources: AARP to endorse House health care bill
[...]It’s time we kill off the money grab known as a Wheel Tax. This is a “fee” added by a local municipality that is included to your car registration fee. it is one of those hidden taxes that they keep sneaking in on us. They are gaining popularity with local [...]
I got a good laugh when WTMJ’s Charlie Sykes talked about this article from the Chicago Tribune. They know how Chicago politics work, and Barry is nothing but a Chicago politician, so they ran the numbers.
Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don’t add up
More than $4.7 million [...]
I got a good laugh when WTMJ’s Charlie Sykes talked about this article from the Chicago Tribune. They know how Chicago politics work, and Barry is nothing but a Chicago politician, so they ran the numbers.
Illinois data on stimulus-related jobs saved, created don’t add up
More than $4.7 million [...]
Today marks the one year mark from the election that we hope will sweep Scott Walker, and common sense back into to the Governors mansion in Madison. There is still a long way to go, and even though the Democrats are in disarray, we know that liberal forces will put [...]
It would be nice of guys like Newt would remember that Republicans win when Conservatism leads the way.
Republican Scozzafava Endorses Democrat After Exiting N.Y. Congressional Race
[RINO] Republican Dede Scozzafava endorsed her former Democratic opponent Sunday in the race for an upstate New York congressional seat, shaking up the [...]
Here are some videos from the Haunted TEA Party, held today in Franklin. I will have more video tomorrow.
James T. Harris gives the crowd a laugh, before getting serious.
State Rep. Leah Vukmir.
Rep Jim Ott takes on Global Warming.
Rebecca Kleefisch.
I will have more [...]
Wow!
Scozzafava Quits In NY23 — The Underground Conservative.
The RINO candidate in New York’s 23rd congressional district, Dede Scozzafava, has dropped out of the race and thrown her support to conservative Doug Hoffman.
That’s following the National Republican Congressional Committee, the folks who tried to shove this crap sandwich down the [...]
County Employee Layoffs Averted
Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker and the County Board have averted the layoffs of 180 county employees by agreeing to meet weekly to work on the county’s budget.
“I appreciate the efforts of the County Board to work with us on alternatives to avoid laying off County [...]
Interesting, Journal Communications, who locally owns the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel as well as WTMJ radio and TV stations. The Journal company is always lecturing us on how good unions are for us… But when it comes to them, maybe not so much.
Tomorrow, Journal Communications will be the target of [...]
Professor McAdams has a Great Vacation Idea!
What a great vacation getaway, spending a week or more cruising off the coast of Somalia inviting hijackers, just so we can blow ‘em out of the water! And if you don’t have your own guns, or want to try something special, like [...]
CNN questions The One? How dare they, what do they think they are, a news organization? Perhaps after falling to dead last among cable news outlets, CNN has decided that they need to inject a little reality into their reporting.
In the following clip, CNN’s Campbell Brown questions Obama flack Valerie [...]
Wisconsin has chosen the new endangered species license plate design, and my submissions didn’t win…
Roadkill.
The Pothole.
And the winner is? The Badger. No, not the mean one at the top of this blog.
[...]This is a powerful statement from Milwaukee County Treasurer Dan Diliberti. It proves that Liberals are terrified of Scott Walker, but they know he’s going to be our next Governor.
Hike sales tax before Walker’s elected guv, says Diliberti
Milwaukee County Treasurer Dan Diliberti said Tuesday the last, best chance [...]
There are plenty of reasons to attack policies, lets knock off the childish personal attacks, thanks.
[...]Wow, now what do Dems do if Obama’s people can’t talk Milwaukee Mayor, Tom Barrett into running?
WisPolitics: Lawton drops out of guv’s race 10/26/2009
Lt. Gov. Barb Lawton is dropping out of the governor’s race, citing “very personal reasons.”
“My deep commitment to our state is second only to my [...]
A Milwaukee Alderman is feeling the heat for sponsoring the Rental Property Inspection ordinance. The Remove Kovac Committee is being formed to explore the possibility of recalling Third District Alderman Nik Kovac from office.
We reported on this issue, which amounts to a back-door tax on renters.
At a [...]
Are you Taxed Enough Already? Well, there will be another TEA Party in the Milwaukee area on October 31st, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex at 60th & Ryan Rd. And don’t worry about the weather, it’s indoors.
Franklin Fright Fest Haunted [...]It’s going to be cold and blustery all weekend, so it would be a good time to make a pot of chill and comment on the news of the day, right here on your very own BadgerBlogger Open Line!
[...]Good for them, the citizens said no, the county board ignored them and today, 7 of the 8 are unemployed.
Seven of eight Monroe supervisors recalled over vote
Seven of eight Monroe County Board supervisors who voted in favor of building a $27 million justice center in Sparta have been [...]
Good for them, the citizens said no, the county board ignored them and today, 7 of the 8 are unemployed.
Seven of eight Monroe supervisors recalled over vote
Seven of eight Monroe County Board supervisors who voted in favor of building a $27 million justice center in Sparta have been [...]
WEAU in Eau Claire is reporting that Rep. Jeff Wood was arrested for OWI and bail jumping. This comes about a month after his last arrest, this would be his third.
[...]Obama’s Appearances at Fundraisers Outpace Presidents Bush and Clinton
Just nine months into his presidency, President Obama has appeared at 23 Democratic fundraisers, including the two he attended Tuesday night, compared with George W. Bush, who did six political fundraisers, and Bill Clinton, who did five, during their first [...]
The next time you see one of those Islam = Equality billboards around Milwaukee, keep this story in mind…
Police: Man ran down ‘too Westernized’ daughter
Arizona police are looking for a man who they allege ran down his daughter and her friend because he believed his daughter had become “too [...]
7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs
And if you were foolish enough to take a government bail out…
Treasury Said to Set Pay Cuts for Aid Recipients’ Executives
The Obama administration will order seven companies that received the most government assistance to cut salaries of [...]
Insidious.
City of Milw Rental Property Inspection Scheme
The City of Milwaukee is virtually broke with tax and fee revenues falling. It is politically unpopular to raise fees and taxes on property owners so they are scheming to place a “backdoor tax” on renters. The scheme seeks to create new [...]
Do these idiots actually believe this crap? The British Prime Minister, someone you would hope would be a halfway intelligent person, is saying that if the fallacy of Global Warming is “solved” within the next 50 days, we are all doomed
PM warns of climate ‘catastrophe’
The UK faces [...]
I wish I had more time to devote to this at this time, since it is actually something that effects me and a lot of people I work with. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel is running a story blaming Scott Walker (shocking, isn’t it?) for cutting a transportation program for elderly [...]
Are you Taxed Enough Already? Well, there will be another TEA Party in the Milwaukee area on October 31st, 2009 from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Milwaukee County Sports Complex at 60th & Ryan Rd. And don’t worry about the weather, it’s indoors.
Franklin Fright Fest Haunted [...]It’s Friday, that means it’s your turn to drive the conversation on the blog. Anything we didn’t talk about this past week? Questions? Comments? Feel free to post em’ here, your Weekend Open Line.
[...]Just an update on the blog problems of this morning. It seems that one of the plugins took a dump on us overnight and caused the blog to show just a blank page. I don’t have time to figure out which plugin is the problem, so I disabled them all [...]
Interesting, the best media condemnation of Lee Holloway’s stupid claim that Scott Walker reminds him of David Duke, comes from a Madison liberal.
Scott Walker is not Wisconsin’s David Duke
[...]Congratulations to my sister Doorknob, okay, her real name is Deanna, but… long story. Anyway, congratulations to Deanna and JP, they are going top make me an uncle again!
[...]Wish I could be there.
2010 Budget Hearing
Mayor Tom Barrett, members of the Common Council, and other elected city officials will receive input on the proposed 2010 city budget during a joint public hearing at 6:00 p.m. tonight (Tuesday, October 13), in the Common Council Chamber (room 304) [...]
With Wisconsin’s business climate, this shouldn’t be a surprise, but it still is.
Kohl’s to close Falls distribution center
The Kohl’s Corp. announced Tuesday that it would close its huge distribution center in Menomonee Falls on Jan. 29, 2010.
The decision affects approximately 250 workers, according to Vicki Shamion, a Kohl’s [...]
This afternoon, the Milwaukee Professional Firefighters’ union and Milwaukee Police Association, along with Alderman Bob Donovan held a rally to tell Mayor Tom Barrett that it is not acceptable to make his budget cuts at the expense of public safety. Reductions in on the street staffing of the Milwaukee Fire [...]
I want to wish my parents a happy 45th Anniversary today!
I would have posted a picture from their wedding day, but I don’t think they had cameras way back then… I better duck and hide now, huh?
[...]
During the campaign, Barack Hussein Obama told the American people that Afghanistan was the war that had to be won. He claimed that Iraq was a distraction, and he would focus on winning in Afghanistan… Now, 8 months later, after meeting with the general that he placed [...]
It’s time for those of us in Southeastern Wisconsin to prepare to use the dirtiest of all four letter words…. The weather forecast for Saturday night includes… Snow.
[...]Once again, Comrade Obama knuckles under to the wishes of a communist dictator. This time, it’s the Communist Chinese.
For the first time in over two decades, the Dalai Lama is visiting the United States, without meeting with the president. The president will not meet with him now because he refuses [...]
If 800+ taxpayers demand lower taxes, and the newspaper refuses to cover it, does it make a sound?
Wow, still no coverage of the huge rally at Serb Hall in the newspaper. The TV outlets covered it, but the dead tree media is proving to be pretty dead themselves… And they [...]
I am not going to be able to get everything edited and uploaded tonight, but here is a start. The Scott Walker speech was longer than the 10 minute YouTube limit, so it had to be split into two parts. More videos will be added to this post as they [...]
Milwaukee County Taxpayer Rally
Who: Every Milwaukee County taxpayer that believes we already pay enough in taxes. (Sponsored by Citizens for Responsible Government)
What: Milwaukee Taxpayer Rally.
When: Today, Sunday, Oct. 4th. from 2:00 to 4:00.
Where: American Serb Hall (51st & Oklahoma)
Why: To support Scott Walker’s zero increase budget!
Public employee unions [...]
Remember back about three years ago when the state of Wisconsin released the states most notorious child sexual predator, Billy Lee Morford? Morford, the 4 time convicted pedophile, that admits to molesting 25 children, is registered as a Chapter 980, Sexually Violent Person. When they released him, they told us [...]
Citizens for Responsible Government is holding a Taxpayer Rally on Sunday, Oct. 4th at Serb Hall in Milwaukee (51st & Oklahoma).
County Executive Scott Walker will be there and I hope you all show your support by joining us at Serb Hall. The public employee unions are already lining [...]
Not Chicago! Chicago was knocked out in the first round. Good job Barry!
[...]Watch this moonbat howl about how Republicans want people that get sick to die… Die quickly. And we are the ones they say are mean spirited.
Not surprisingly, local moonbats howl that it is only tongue-in-cheek.
[...]While we haven’t had a direct topic on the Badger Guns story, there has been a lot of discussion about it, here and everywhere else in the Milwaukee area.
In a nutshell, Badger Guns is a store from which about one third of all guns used in crimes are sold, [...]
