Springtime in Wisconsin
April 18, 2013
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Mercury falling
January 16, 2013An oldie but goodie.
50 degrees:
People in Florida crank up the heat.
People in Wisconsin sunbathe.
40 degrees:
People in Louisiana put on thermal underwear.
People in Wisconsin have picnics in the park.
30 degrees:
People in South Carolina shiver uncontrollably.
People in Wisconsin have one last cookout before the weather turns cold.
20 degrees:
People in Alabama wear overcoats and earmuffs.
People in Wisconsin think about shutting the windows.
10 degrees:
New York landlords finally turn on the heat.
People in Wisconsin switch from short to long sleeves.
10 below zero:
Californians move to Mexico.
People in Wisconsin start drying their laundry indoors.
20 below zero:
Texans are hospitalized with hypothermia.
People in Wisconsin take their winter coats out of storage.
40 below zero:
Senators and Congressmen put their hands in their own pockets.
People in Wisconsin let their dogs sleep indoors.
60 below zero:
Hell freezes over.
Water in Wisconsin rivers starts to thicken.
80 below zero:
Washington DC runs out of hot air.
People in Wisconsin say, “Cold enough for you?”
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Jingle all the way
December 6, 2012A miniature horse named Tinker from West Bend, Wisconsin is one of the Salvation Army’s most successful bell ringers, bringing in donations at a rate far exceeding that of his human colleagues.
(You can read more about Tinker here.)
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The empire strikes out
October 4, 2012This billboard on US Highway 8 between Weyerhauser and Cameron, Wisconsin, was sponsored by Bob Lorkowski — a Wisconsin businessman who I’m pretty sure really did build his own business.
(click to enlarge)
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How to get people back to work? Elect Republican governors
July 16, 2012Seventeen states elected new Republican governors in 2010. Since then, here’s what’s happened to their unemployment rates:
Kansas: 6.9% to 6.1% — a decline of 0.8%
Maine: 8.0% to 7.4% — a decline of 0.6%
Michigan: 10.9% to 8.5% — a decline of 2.4%
New Mexico: 7.7% to 6.7% — a decline of 1.0%
Oklahoma: 6.2% to 4.8% — a decline of 1.4%
Pennsylvania: 8.0% to 7.4% — a decline of 0.6%
Tennessee: 9.5% to 7.9% — a decline of 1.6%
Wisconsin: 7.7% to 6.8% — a decline of 0.9%
Wyoming: 6.3% to 5.2% — a decline of 1.1%
Alabama: 9.3% to 7.4% — a decline of 1.9%
Georgia: 10.1% to 8.9% — a decline of 1.2%
South Carolina: 10.6% to 9.1% — a decline of 1.5%
South Dakota: 5.0% to 4.3% — a decline of 0.7%
Florida: 10.9% to 8.6% — a decline of 2.3%
Nevada: 13.8% to 11.6% — a decline of 2.2%
Iowa: 6.1% to 5.1% — a decline of 1.0%
Ohio: 9.0% to 7.3% — a decline of 1.7%
The average drop in unemployment in these 17 states was 1.35%. For purposes of comparison, in January 2011 the national unemployment rate stood at 9.1%. It is currently 8.2%, meaning that it has declined by 0.9% since then. In other words, the job market in states that elected new Republican governors in 2010 is improving 50% faster than the job market nationally.
This is my governor. No, you may not borrow him. Go elect your own.
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Honey badgers, the Badger State, and how to give public sector unions apoplexy
June 26, 2012WARNING: CRUDE LANGUAGE
Educational nature video that will tell you more than you ever wanted to know about the honey badger (Mellivora capensis):
Educational political video about the Badger State’s budget-balancing governor, Scott Walker (Fiscalis responsibilis) :
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Everyone has the right to be stupid, but this woman is abusing the privilege
June 7, 2012Debbie Blabbermouth-Schultz, on the Democrats’ loss in Tuesday’s recall:
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Axis of idiocy
June 7, 2012
Hat tip to Pistol Pete.
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It’s my party and I’ll snark if I want to
June 7, 2012Schadenfreude Wednesday may be over, but I’m still having fun watching lefty heads explode.
A very sad night for MSNBC (have the kleenex handy):
These folks are backpedaling so fast, they’re gonna pull a hamstring:
Loser Tom Barrett gets a slap in the face from one of his loyal supporters:
The Occupy the Capitol crowd, in happier times:
Disappointed Barrett supporters hold a post-election Solidarity Sing-Along outside the Capitol:
Paul Begala criticizes Obama for his failure to campaign for Barrett:
Moe Lane at RedState offers words of comfort.
Jon Stewart of The Daily Show slams MSNBC’s coverage of the recall.
Al Sharpton explains how evil Republicans stole an election that rightfully belonged to Democrats.
Thomas Grier details why Walker’s victory is a disaster for Democrats in general and Obama in particular.
The Washington Post offers a surprisingly good analysis of Walker’s win.
C. Edmund Wright tells who the biggest losers were on Tuesday night (some of them may surprise you).
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Be true to your school
October 15, 2012Teachers unions and the Democrat party have long been involved in running a racket that benefits them both, at the expense of us ordinary working stiffs who lacked the good sense to get a government job. It works like this: the taxpayers pay the teachers; the teachers pay their union dues; the unions pay to elect more Democrats; the Democrats vote for increases in teacher pay and benefits; and the taxpayers are screwed.
The incestuous relationship between the unions and the Democrat party has been remarked on so often that it mostly elicits yawns, when it elicits any reaction at all. So I should not have been at all surprised when I saw that the headquarters of the local teachers’ union in my town is now doubling as the headquarters of the local Democrat party. Apparently, they finally decided it was time to drop the pretense that the two organizations are not in bed with each other.
Here’s a picture of the union/party headquarters (click to enlarge):
(Photo credit to my lovely daughter.)
Any suggestion that the schools are not doing an adequate job of educating the children is met with demands from the Democrats in Madison for more funding, even though all their previous funding increases have failed to improve educational outcomes. Naturally, the teachers are grateful for the pay increases and fancier benefits packages, and they repay the Democrat legislators’ generosity by indoctrinating their students into being good little socialists who, when they grow up, will reliably vote Democrat.
As John Dewey, the father of American public education, said: “You can’t make socialists out of individualists. Children who know how to think for themselves spoil the harmony of the collective society, which is coming, where everyone is interdependent.” Barack Obama himself could not have said it better.