From Overlawyered: \”The mother of a teen killed by a drunken driver was standing at his casket during his wake when lawyers Robert D\’Amico and Jimmy Burchfield sidled up next to her and offered their services. Kathleen Gemma filed a complaint with the Supreme Court\’s attorney disciplinary board, saying the two should have left her […]
So it\’s official: Johnny Depp, Christian Bale, and that Frenchie that won Best Actress will be coming to Wisconsin to film the movie \”Public Enemies.\” This shouldn\’t be all that important, but it does seem pretty cool – especially since I have an inexplicable man-crush on Christian Bale. Anyway, let\’s hope this is a sign […]
As we get closer to the general election, a lot of names are being thrown around as John McCain\’s possible running mate. This includes Wisconsin\’s own dreamy Paul Ryan, who was named as a contender by columnist Bob Novak on \”Meet the Press.\” Conventional wisdom says that McCain has to pick someone strong on the […]
I hate to beat a dead horse (see previous post), but come on, Wisconsin State Journal. Here\’s yesterday\’s headline with regard to the State Supreme Court race: Gableman Won\’t Retract Letters The dust-up is about a letter sent by Judge Mike Gableman that references a vote cast by Justice Louis Butler to free a convicted […]
Here’s what we know about Barack Obama: He wants change, and he wants hope. The only question seems to be in what order. Both of these promises are somewhat perplexing. How is being for “change” really a serious position in a presidential campaign? News reports actually refer to some voters as “change” voters – as in, “Barack Obama is […]
This cold weather has been tough on all of us. But I just realized how hard the cold has been for those who don\’t have a voice. The ones who cry in silence. Namely, the plants in my house. My wife was going around watering the plants on Saturday. They\’re all wilted and pathetic looking. […]
Not surprising at all to see Barry Alvarez chicken out of a game with the all-powerful Virginia Tech Hokies. Too bad the Badgers aren\’t man enough to play a perennial top-10 team. That late season game against a Division II team will be a big draw in December. Sadly, I won\’t ever get my chance […]
It wasn\’t until Saturday that I realized there was a newspaper sitting in my driveway. This concerned me, since I do not subscribe to a newspaper. It turned out that it was Friday\’s Wisconsin State Journal. This has happened before – a paper just shows up in my driveway, unsolicited. I asked my wife how […]
An evil corporate industry jacks its prices up – in some cases to four times their previous levels – to take advtange of a natural disaster/stretch of unforseen severe weather/attack on America and soak the people of Wisconsin. Behold, the next enemy of the left…BIG SALT!! Surely by Monday morning, Jim Doyle and Russ Decker […]
This Winter\’s Wisconsin Interest magazine has hit newsstands, and it contains some outstanding essays. To see them all, go here. Or, you can read each of the essays separately via the links below: A Conservative Campus Pushback? Don\’t Look Now, But There are Conservatives on Those Campuses – Charles J. Sykes Making Wisconsin the Health […]
Potatoes Au Gratin: What\’s In It: Scalloped potatoes, cheese, cream and butter Recommended By: Mayor Quimby (\”Ah. Au gratin potatoes. That\’s a quality side.\”) Potatoes O\’Brien: What\’s In It: Cubed potatoes, onions, peppers and spices Recommended By: Oreida Potatoes O\’Bama: What\’s In It: Uh…hope? Um…change? The chef promises us it\’ll be delicious and satisfy our […]
The recession of 2001 exposed a dark secret in the way Wisconsin plans for economic downturns. It doesn’t. Wisconsin is near the bottom in the nation in setting aside money for fiscal emergencies, which makes budgeting during a recession a fiscal high-wire act. Nearly every state in the U.S. sets aside a portion of their […]
I implore you to immediately stop working (unless you happen to be performing head cancer surgery on someone) and check out \”Stuff White People Like.\” It is absolutely hysterical. It is kind of hard to navigate around, so I\’ll provide a handy list of links: 1-6 \”Coffee,\” \”Farmers\’ Markets\”7-16 \”Having Black Friends,\” \”Wes Anderson Movies,\” […]
Now that the New York Times has supposedly uncovered John McCain\’s declaration that he\’s down with OPP, I have some thoughts: In a subconscious way, I kind of saw this coming. In McCain\’s Wisconsin victory speech Tuesday, he slid this line in near the end: \”I have been an imperfect servant of my country for […]
I\’m getting sick, so I\’ll just throw out a couple lazy and moderately considered thoughts about American Idol this year: Most of the white girls are total junk. Especially that pasty Irish illegal immigrant. I might vote against John McCain if his plan gives her amnesty. And if the \”Rock and Roll Nurse\” were singing […]
