Okay, let's get this straight. Because the Dalai Lama is Tibet's spiritual leader, he is now a slave driver. So, China is taking on the heroic Abe Lincoln role of preventing Tibet's independence, just like Lincoln forced the South to stay in the Union. Hmmm. Last I looked, the monks were not owned by the Dalai Lama. Isn't this China statement totally warped and bizarre?
November 12, 2009
America, the Gullible
The original America, the Beautiful is well-written and inspiring. An old lefty version can be viewed at Democratic Underground. I came up with a couple verses in response to the attack at Fort Hood. Seeing as there has been much discussion of the massacre, I thought it might be of interest to one or two RDW folks.
November 11, 2009
Time for another beer summit.
This time a liberal university proffesor sucker punched a woman in a bar.
I'm sure she behaved stupidly to deserve that.
Predictions Revisisted.
Here is the list of predictions made at last year's Christmas party. How did we do?
Inflation will be at 14% in one year. The Asian Badger. (Silly AB, unemployment, not inflation)
Jesse Jackson Jr will NOT be appointed to BHO's vacant Senate seat. Lisa, Caledonia Unplugged. (Nailed it)
A major scandal in the Doyle administration, all the facts and proof will be there although they won't matter. That, and I will get back into my size 2's. Phelony Jones, The Confidentials. (Not sure about the 2's, Doyle never gets called on his scandals)
Algore will be eaten by a Polar Bear. Ric, Silent E. Speaks. (Sadly wrong but there is still some time left in the year)
The Celtics will win the NBA Championship. Josh Block. (Lakers)
Scott Walker announces he will run for Governor. Jimi, Prozak Playground. (No brainer)
Obama will pass out bailout money like candy, increase government spending and not solve the economic crisis. Kathy, Stepping Right Up. (Correct, correct, correct)
Name change, colostomy bags will become known as Democrat bags. Glenn, Badger Blogger. (Health care bill not yet passed)
A close member of the Obama team will be indicted. (Obama will throw them under the bus) Kathy, Stepping Right Up. (Silly Kathy investigations will be ongoing ones until further notice)
Packers will not go to the playoffs, Brewers win the NLCS, Obama will continue the Bush legacy. Steven Thompson. (True, flase, true)
Brett Favre will retire for good. Chris from Racine. (Stick to Bears predictions)
Obama puts us in a a bigger war. Jessi Olson, Wake Up America. (If you want to count class warfare you are correct)
Ted Thompson will be fired. Steve, No Runny Eggs. (Make that a 2010 prediction)
The Packers will not fire Ted Thompson. James Wigderson, The Wigderson Library & Pub. (Correct)
Fred Dooley will NOT run for Alderman again in this, or any other year. Mrs RDW, Real Debate Wisconsin. (It helps when you set the rules. Dooley for Assembly?)
A Major WI Corp., will threaten to leave the state. Sean, The American Mind. (Just one? Mercury Marine gives Sean a checkmark)
The State Superintendent's race will be much more interesting than the State Supreme Court race. Kevin Binversie, Lakeshore Laments. (Judgement call)
The oil drilling bans will be put back in place. Patrick, Badger Blogger. (True)
Glaciers will advance, global warming will be blamed. Heather, Hasenpfeffer-Incorporated. (Ice has expanded, global warming is blamed for everything)
Matt Kenseth, 2009 Sprint Cup Champion. Deep Economic trouble. No World Series for the Yankees. Chad, The Chad Has Spoken (Wrong, right, wrong)
Scott Walker will officially announce his candidacy for Governor. Doreen Wigderson. (Did Doreen copy Jimi or did Jimi copy Doreen?)
Someone will ask me, "You're Owen right?" James Wigderson, The Wigderson Library & Pub. (Wrong Owen, D'oh!)
Eric Holder will not be confirmed as AG. Kathy, Stepping Right Up. (Radicals welcome sign is out in DC)
Rose Fernandez wins the DPI Race. Mark Block, AFP WI. (Nope, though I wish you had been right)
Milwaukee Brewers, NL Central Champions. Fred, Real Debate Wisconsin (Holy starting pitching disaster Batman)
Blogger Christmas Party Extravaganza
Our Cheddarsphere Christmas this year party will be on Sunday, January the 3rd, from 2pm until whenever at Papa's Social Club, 7718 W. Burleigh Milwaukee .
Just like last year we'll be collecting predictions from the attendees for the coming year. (Hopefully we'll do better than last year!)
The Packers will be facing the Cardinals on the big screens. (Hopefully the game will matter in some way)
Since it was so popular last year, we'll be doing a white elephant gift exchange this again. Participation is optional, buy a gift valued at no more than $5, wrap it and bring it with you to the party. Everyone who brings a gift will throw their name in a hat and then you draw and pick a gift at random. (Gift exchange to commence at halftime of the Packer game)
Just like every year this is a NON PARTISAN CHRISTMAS PARTY, all are welcome, blog authors and blog readers, those who comment and those who hide in the weeds.
Bloggers, please do what you do best, spread the word.
If you will be attending PLEASE leave a comment so we can give the bar an idea of how many people will be coming along.
Here's to the Heroes: A Military Tribute
Hat Tip to: http://www.blackfive.net/ on the video.
A huge thank you to all of our veterans.
November 10, 2009
Your Justice Department Running Wild.
Asking for all visitors from a news website. (A left of center one at that)
OK, all you Patriot Act rabble rousers should be all over this one.
(This occured at the end of the Bush administration) Why would they want to look at all the visitors?)
November 9, 2009
MRQ sweetest, snarkiest, smart-assiest
MRQ
A little spooked. Jimi.
what a ride Hale-Bopp
shrinkage. Steve
you're nuts. Owen
glass shards in my underwear Plebian
I am disgusted. Mary
What is this? AWL
sweetest, snarkiest, smart-assiest CFR
fourth-generation gleeful snatcheritis Trog
TRQ
didn't get the delivery guy!! Chris from Racine
full of Vikings Shoebox
non-creeper Adam
easier to kill blind pedestrians. Nick
nice looking grill. Todd
Bromance. Corky
laughing all the way from Minnesota Peter
Twinkie Casserole Bizymare
snortin' the salad Candid Carrie
Happy freaking birthday to me!! Sarandipity
Gorby and Bon Jovi Samdham
taking advice from a horse on how to play the accordion Chris
dumb and dumber kckenosha
The Packers are like White Castle: Get 'em by the sack! Tom
make it an even $10,000,000 Dean
morally superior Caughill
land on something hard... Scoff
Strippers in danger Wigdy
Immediate brain bleach Jones
consequences are intended Egg
Amazing....
When I pointed out that the young Jared Christiansen was the only declared candidate for Governor on the donkey ticket (a post clearly made on the lighter side of things), local left wing blogger Zach W. had to stick his nose into things. (taking a post intended on the lighter side and accepting it literally is a specialty of left wing bloggers after all)
He attempted to zing me saying, "Fred, the fact that you think he's the "big hope" of the Democrats speaks volumes about you."
I have no idea what Zach was trying to say, I really don't. Jared is the only declared candidate brave enough to run on Jim Doyle's stellar record of destroying Wisconsin.
Well apparently Zach is excited about having an interview with young Jared, he even used an exclamation point!
By the way Zach, ask Jared about his fundraising efforts. I understand he raised his first 10 bucks. You are on your way Jared. You might also want to ask him how his first speech went. The one nobody showed up for.
Zach's just watching his tail folks, he is a state employee after all. Jared could be his boss one day.
Last week the President said....
Last week Obama told the American people not to jump to conclusions....
The President also said the following while trying to get Democrats to pass the House health care bill, "Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going to support them if they bring down health care? All it will do is confuse and dispirit” Democratic voters “and it will encourage the extremists.”
So, persons concerned enough about the out of control growth of government to voice their opinion are "extremists" and we should not draw conclusions about the terrorist who opened fire on unarmed US Troops.
This is the man we elected President. The same man who had time to go to Camp David this weekend but has not been to Ft. Hood.
This is the man the liberals will continue to defend.
And those same liberals will try and make me the bad guy for pointing this out.
November 8, 2009
Racine County Executive Bill McReynolds Statement On Cory Mason's Activity
Actions speak louder than words. Representative Cory Mason says he opposes child care fraud. Last week, he twice helped vote down fraud investigation funding for counties, including his own. For good measure, he refused to close loopholes in the program.
Representative Mason told fellow legislators not to give Racine County any funds to investigate child care fraud, saying, “Racine County, under the leadership of Bill McReynolds, has really failed to take full responsibility for the child care fraud that’s been going on in Racine.”
He’s flat wrong about that; we’ve stepped up. But here’s the real point: even if there were mistakes early on, blocking funds to Racine County only punishes county residents and hampers anti-fraud efforts. Why did he do it?
A recent Journal Times series showed that our welfare fraud investigative resources declined over time, because state funding kept dwindling. In 2010, the state is giving us nothing, leaving county property taxpayers to pay the costs of investigating fraud in a state program. That’s why Representative Mason’s actions are as puzzling as they are troubling.
Equally troubling is his breathtaking ignorance, or disregard, of what Racine County and the Wisconsin Department of Children & Families (DCF) are doing. In a Journal Times commentary last week, the Sheriff, the District Attorney, and I announced a multi-agency county fraud task force with DCF. Our Human Services Department (HSD) is hiring a seasoned investigator.
Sheriff Carlson and the Racine and Mount Pleasant Police Departments promise investigative resources. DCF promises data and analysis, and the DA promises to prosecute provable cases.
But the commitments of the DA and three law enforcement agencies apparently aren’t good enough. Representative Mason refused to give Racine County any fraud investigation funds without adequate “oversight and … assurances that it won’t just be more of the same and we’ll get better fraud investigations from Journal Sentinel reporters than we will from Racine County.”
But why punish Racine County taxpayers? If he thinks some part of county government won’t investigate cases properly, why not direct funds elsewhere—to the Sheriff, the DA, or even DCF—where they can still help combat fraud? Don’t we all want to end fraud?
And why not vote to change the child care program to close loopholes that look wrong and invite fraud? Although Representative Mason speaks of “child care fraud that’s been going on in Racine,” no case has been strong enough to be criminally charged. What he calls fraud are practices that we all agree are unacceptable, but permitted under current rules; e.g., child care providers sending their own children to other providers, and child care provider employees caring for their own children. For months, we’ve told our legislators those loopholes must be closed. We’ve also urged a “card swipe” system to prove attendance and rules to permit quicker termination of benefits when provider infractions are discovered.
Each of those items was the subject of an amendment to the child care reform bill. They would have cost little or nothing and would have sent no extra funds to Racine County. But they would have weeded out “bad actors,” strengthened the program, and helped restore public confidence. So why did Representative Mason vote against every one of them? Don’t we all want to make the program accountable?
Some disputes in government seem like “inside baseball,” but these facts are clear to everyone.
We’re all outraged by child care fraud; but ending it requires closing loopholes and conducting sometimes expensive investigations. Representative Mason explicitly refused to help his county fund investigative resources, and he systematically voted against measures to close loopholes.
Actions speak louder than words.
That they do Mr. McReynolds. Cory Mason voted for every single tax increase in the latest budget, he also voted to allow every single piece of pork in that bill. Cory Mason never met spending he didn't like until it came time to fight fraud in his own district.
November 7, 2009
It is official
The House of Representatives passed a health care bill designed to lead to a government takeover of 1/6th of the economy.
This is pure politics folks. For all of their posturing and whining about the uninsured this bill is not scheduled to kick in until 2013.
Then, after the next Presidential election, all the bad stuff starts to happen.
If this "crisis" was half as bad as the Democrats say it is, why in the hell would you wait 4 years for it to kick in?
The American people are not stupid, in a little less than a year these people will be removed from power. I just hope we can make it that far.
Hopefully we can undo all the damage that is being done.
November 6, 2009
Racine County Officials Call Out Assemblyman Cory Mason.
Amazingly the Racine Journal Times and the Racine Left Post have still not covered this story. Both have had puff pieces on Mason on recent days. Cory Mason is playing ridiculously partisan games instead of voting to get the people of Racine the resources they need to combat fraud.
The only conclusion one can reach is Cory Mason favors fraud.
Amazingly when Racine residents hired an airplane to fly a banner telling citizens about Mason's record of voting for tax increases the paper and the Racine Left Post went nuts demanding to know who paid for those banners. Mason's refusal to fight fraud has warranted exactly zero words from the local leftist media.
I asked Dustin from the Racine Left Post why he has not covered this, he has not responded. I also spoke with a reporter at the Journal Times, I have no idea where that will go.
MEDIA RELEASE
November 6, 2009
RACINE COUNTY OFFICIALS DEMAND STATE REPRESENTATIVE
EXPLAIN VOTE AGAINST FRAUD INVESTIGATION FUNDS
Racine-Six Racine County elected officials today demanded that State Representative Cory Mason (D-Racine) explain why he voted against additional state funds to help Racine County investigate welfare fraud. Expressing serious concern about Mason’s actions were three County Board Supervisors--Chairman Peter Hansen, Vice Chairman Bob Miller, and Health & Human Development Committee Chair Mike Miklasevich--as well as County Executive Bill McReynolds, District Attorney Mike Nieskes and Sheriff Bob Carlson.
On November 3rd, the Wisconsin Legislature’s Joint Committee on Finance, of which Representative Mason is a member, considered legislation to address problems in Wisconsin Shares, the state’s child care assistance program. Representative Mason voted against an amendment to the bill that would have appropriated $500,000 in each of two years, to be distributed to counties to help them investigate welfare program fraud.
During committee deliberations on the amendment, Representative Mason went out of his way to criticize Racine County government, saying:
I have real concerns about allocating additional monies to Racine County when they clearly have some problems with their human services on enforcement, whether it’s on the Shares program or even being out of compliance with the Child Long-Term Care waivers. Clearly, there is [sic] some real problems with the way that Racine County implements these programs and without more oversight and more assurances that it won’t just be more of the same and we’ll get better fraud investigations from Journal Sentinel reporters than we will from Racine County, I’m not inclined to release this money today.
After Representative Mason’s diatribe against Racine County government, the amendment was defeated by a vote of 10-5. Voting for the funding in committee were Senator John Lehman and Representative Robin Vos, Racine County’s other Joint Committee on Finance members.
On Thursday, Representative Mason repeated his opposition to fraud prevention funding for counties on the Assembly floor, where a similar amendment also failed to be adopted, 49-44. In explaining his vote, he said:
These amendments coming from the Racine County Board are hard, very hard to take in good faith, because Racine County, under the leadership of Bill McReynolds, has really failed to take full responsibility for the child care fraud that’s been going on in Racine.
County Board Chairman Peter Hansen reacted to Representative Mason’s statements by saying: “We expect our state legislators to advocate for Racine County, not to criticize it in front of people from around the state. But Representative Mason has made serious charges, and the County Board is not ignoring them. On the contrary, the board is inviting him to appear before it to explain in detail what problems he perceives. We look forward to a frank discussion of these matters and his views on them.”
“Racine County is committed to weeding out child care fraud, but we need help in Madison,” affirmed Vice Chairman Bob Miller. “Senator Lehman and Representative Vos understand that county taxpayers shouldn’t have to cover the costs of investigating fraud in a state welfare program. Representative Mason’s votes are disappointing, and his attacks on county government are inexplicable.”
Sheriff Bob Carlson pointed out that, only two weeks ago, he stood with the County Executive, the DA, RCHSD Director Debbie Jossart, Wisconsin Department of Children & Families (DCF) Secretary Reggie Bicha, and local law enforcement officials to announce a child care fraud task force. Noting that Racine County HSD will hire at least one retired officer to do “front end” investigations, he stated that, to build prosecutable cases, the Sheriff’s Department and the Racine and Mount Pleasant police departments will contribute investigators’ time. Carlson added: “We’d hoped there might be some extra funding from Madison, but we’ll do the job with or without more money. It’s just very disappointing that a Racine County state legislator has stopped that funding.”
To that, District Attorney Mike Nieskes added: “I’ve said that my office will prosecute any public assistance fraud case that can be proven beyond a reasonable doubt, and I mean that. I’d have told Representative Mason the same thing, but he’s never spoken to me on this issue—nor, to my knowledge, has he spoken to HSD or the Sheriff’s Department on the efforts that have been and are being undertaken.”
County Executive Bill McReynolds observed: “If this story weren’t such bad news for county taxpayers, it would be funny. We had to tighten our belts on fraud investigations because the state reduced our funding. Despite that, we put together an anti-fraud task force, with no additional funds.”
McReynolds continued: “But Representative Mason isn’t satisfied. He seems to think that he knows better than our County Board, our Sheriff, our DA, and our HSD director. Maybe he’s entitled to his opinion. But he’s not entitled to stick it to Racine County taxpayers by blocking state money to help cover the county’s costs of investigating fraud in a state program.”
Obama owes an apology.
This statement was just released from Americans for Limited Government. I agree with it completely.
Mr. President, You Owe an Apology – and an Explanation
By Bill Wilson
Yesterday, in an unspeakable act of domestic terrorism, a Fort Hood psychiatrist with a long history of erratic and anti-American behavior systematically murdered 13 American soldiers.
As a stunned nation hung its head in sorrow, it was told that the President of the United States would emerge from the White House to make a statement.
And, indeed, he did make an obligatory statement of regret – but only after spending three full minutes in front of the camera clowning with his fellow cabinet members and those who had shown up earlier for his hastily convened Indian Summit. The President even went so far as to do a fun-filled "shout-out" to one Summit attendee.
Then, and only then – at the conclusion of his self-serving stand-up routine – did Barack Obama get around to deploring the massacre and extending sympathy to the bereaved families and a grieving nation.
Mr. Obama's behavior was entirely inappropriate, and deplorable. He showed that he is eerily detached from events that do not directly involve his own personal ambitions and chillingly disinterested in the feelings of those he is supposed to represent.
One year ago, good and decent Americans entrusted this President with their health and welfare, their very lives and limbs. And he has now demonstrated that they cannot even trust him to share and convey their innermost feelings in their times of deepest need.
Barack Obama owes the American people an apology – and an explanation.
New unemployment numbers....
The new unemployment rate is out today, a stunning 17.3%.
Wow.
How many of those are government workers?
(Highlight the whole post to reveal the secret message)
Hey, if Obama can make up number of jobs created or "saved" why can't I make up the unemployment number?
Obama Shout Out "Medal of Honor" Winner Who Didn't Win the Medal of Honor
Obama apparently doesn't know the difference between our country's highest military honor, and a lesser award - even when he himself awarded it.
The difference, zer0, is that most Congressional Medal of Honor winners are not around to hear your "shout out" - whatever the hell that is - just like the 12 soldiers at Ft. Hood, who were already dead, while you were making inane comments at the podium yesterday before finally getting around to mentioning the most serious terrorist attack on American soil since 9/11.
Subscribe to:
Comment Feed (RSS)
