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Par For The Course
Sounds about right for this administration. “President Obama proved today that he’ll do anything to protect the narrow interests of his home state of Illinois, even if it means destroying Michigan’s economy,” he said in a statement. “Officials from his administration unveiled a 25-step plan ...
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School Board Candidates Questioned By Daily News
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Speaker’s tryst shakes public trust
My column for the Daily News is online.  It’s called, “Speaker’s tryst shakes public trust.”  Here’s a part: The question remains, is it unethical for an elected official to date a lobbyist? Not necessarily. Most people can keep their private affairs from affecting their public ...
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More Trouble For Sheridan
Speaker Sheridan is becoming a one man tabloid. Assembly Speaker Mike Sheridan is not living in the district he represents but plans to return as soon as possible, a spokeswoman said Friday. The change in addresses is the result of a pending divorce between Sheridan and his wife, spokeswoman ...
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Snarlin’ Marlin Lies About CCAP Complaints
Color me shocked  Rep. Marlin Schneider, D-Wisconsin Rapids,  wants to restrict the popular service, known as CCAP, to only records of people who have been convicted of crimes, not those that are only pending or have been dismissed or ended in acquittals.. He said he sought the ...
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Grinding to a Halt
That’s what will happen with this summit. The focus of Monday’s White House Asian carp summit is to stop the giant, ecosystem-ravaging fish from slipping in the Great Lakes’ back door - the Chicago canal system that links the Great Lakes and the Gulf of Mexico. But the governors who called for ...
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Super Bowl XLIV
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New Environmentalist Poster
Effective. 
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White House Wants People to Stop Being Critical of Their Governance
Waaaaaaa!  WAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! An exasperated White House newly committed to preaching partisan peace slammed Republicans for playing politics on national security and making ignorant allegations about the investigation into the Christmas airliner plot. Deputy national security adviser ...
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Massive Explosion in Connecticut
bootsandsabers.com — Hoping and praying... There has been a large explosion at a power plant in Connecticut, causing mass... casualties, US media report. Ambulances and fire engines have been called to the 620MW gas- and oil-fired Kleen Energy plant in Middletown, south of the state capital, Hartford. The ... (more) Massive Explosion in Connecticut
Girl Arrested For Doodle
What.  The.  Heck? A New York City junior high student has been arrested for doodling on her desk with a marker. Twelve-year-old Alexa Gonzalez scribbled “Lex was here 2/1/10” on her desk Monday at Junior High School 190 in Queens. She also wrote “I love my friends Abby and Faith.” ...
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Jerry Rice and Emmitt Smith Enter the Hall of Fame
Two guys who defined a generation of NFL football.  “We are blessed to achieve this level of greatness together,” Smith said, referring to Rice. They will be inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton, Ohio, on Aug. 7. Rice and Smith each won three Super Bowls and was the ...
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Soaking Up Saturday
Yet another busy, but fun day.  Attended a basketball game for Kid #3 this morning.  Then after lunch, Wendy decided to make it a girls’ day at the mall with Kid #2 and Kid #3 (Kid #1 had a dance thing to attend).  So Kid #1, The Boy, and I spent some time Wiiing all over the ...
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West Bend Teachers’ Contract Negotiations Continue
Yeah, just remember this when we’re being asked to tax to the max (again) because of overcrowding and poor facilities. Bracken said the West Bend district is asking its teachers for a reprieve to get through tough times. The district’s offer would raise pay for teachers about 2% in 2009-‘10 and ...
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Challenge Day Returns
Reported by Judy Steffes. A Challenge Day program cancelled late last month in the West Bend School District is now back on, but will not involve students.   “I’m still working with the people from Challenge Day to determine what services they’re going to provide us because we are ...
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Pocket Stuff
The Desert Defender disclosed what he carries in his pockets.  Here’s what I carry: - chap stick - comb - keys - pocket knife (4 inch lock blade) - wallet - phone (AT&T 8525) I used to carry a little .32, but that’s illegal and whatnot.  How about you?
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She Shoots, She Scooooooores
Tonight, our 10-year-old short and sweet daughter scored her first-ever basket during a basketball game. Almost as exciting as the basket was the amazing reaction from her teammates and the crowd. Way to go, Kid #2!! (Not an actual photo of our child, but if she were animated, she would ...
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Amusing Letter
This is entertaining.  3 school candidates as scary as Schlafly   I thought Phyllis Schlafly’s Eagle Forum was one of the scariest anti-progressive organizations ever, alongside the wacko John Birch Society. I’m reading “The Family” by Jeff Sharlet. It’s a hard read; if you ...
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Woman Shoots Son
This story raises all sorts of questions.  A 21-year-old man whose mother shot him in the groin Thursday night told police he was trying to be funny by wearing a ski mask and pretending to rob her, but investigators aren’t necessarily buying his story, a Milwaukee police spokesman said ...
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Whiskey Update
They found it! Five crates of whisky and brandy belonging to polar explorer Ernest Shackleton have been recovered after being buried for more than 100 years under the Antarctic ice, explorers said Friday. The spirits were excavated from beneath Shackleton’s Antarctic hut which was built in ...
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