Archive for February, 2006

Walker vs. Green I

Filed under Wisconsin

Charlie Sykes did very well by hosting the first on-air debate between Rep. Mark Green and Milwaukee County Executive Scott Walker. Through much of the debate/discussion I couldn’t see glaring differences between the two. Both are conservatives, generally, want to lower taxes and get government off our backs. For conservatives and Republicans trying to figure […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #50

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44% of voters don’t want Hillary Clinton to run for President in 2008. 48% want Condi Rice to run. I’m going to have to reevaluate my mental preparation for a President Hillary.
Republicans in Madison strike again in their quest to remove any sense of limited government from their party’s mantra. The State Senate passed a […]

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Bush Standing Firm on Ports Deal

Filed under Politics

I “misunderestimated” my President. He won’t cave on letting Dubai Ports World run six U.S. ports. He even threatened to veto Congress’ attempt to stop it. That would be his first veto ever. He told reporters it isn’t about politics, it’s about policy. More telling is his concern about “mixed messages:”
And the message is, it’s […]

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Speak #2 Show Notes

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Speak #2, 02.21.2006
This show is made up of interviews I took from the Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C. Politics and books were the themes.
No iPod is needed to listen. Here’s the link to the show for you to download. If you want to subscribe (please, please, please) here’s the RSS feed.

Rep. Mark Green […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #49

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The local NAACP chapter tosses out the race card by declaring the vote to remove corrupt Lee Holloway as Milwaukee County Board Chairman as tantamount to a “lynching.” Holloway then has the audacity to try and squeeze the ethics board investigating him by cutting off funding.
Eugene Kane admits he only watches the Winter Olympics when […]

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Carnival of the Capitalists

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Lots of capitalist goodness at The Stalwart.

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Eight is Enough

Filed under Tech

Because of legal struggles and the loud, consistent outcry that users don’t have enough choice in their operating systems Microsoft will release eight different versions of Windows Vista.
Victor Agreda, Jr. at Download Squad writes,
It is true that Windows offers choice for the consumer. You aren’t locked into a music player like iTunes, and you […]

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Iraq in Nato

Filed under War

Big strategic news from Iraq:
The senior advisor in the Iraqi defense ministry Mohammed al-Askari told the press today that the ministry is looking forward to seeing Iraq become a member of the NATO and that the minister Sa’doun al-Dulaimi, the chief of staff and the higher commanders are planning to propose this plan to the […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #48

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Dubai Ports World’s bid to run six U.S. ports is doomed. Screaming politicians and webloggers were bad enough but a Miami company is suing.
A British Islamic scholar sees a future where “parts of English cities which are controlled by Muslim clerics and which follow, not the common law, but aspects of Muslim sharia law.”
People are […]

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Found Him

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I knew that stalker sneaking around my house looked familiar.

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Ann Coulter Syndrome

Filed under Terrorism

In response to a report that a Dubai company will help run a number of ports in New York a few webloggers went goofy about how there will be a huge hole in homeland security and how we shouldn’t trust anything having to do with “those Arabs.” It’s sad when smart people get into knee-jerk […]

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Sticker Shock

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A $600-700 PlayStation 3 is dead on arrival. If that’s Sony’s starting price kiss their video game console kingdom goodbye. About the only way I’d consider forking over that much money for a game machine is if there was a way to shunt it directly into my brain. If you own Sony shares sell, sell, […]

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Pick Your Poison

I’ll take -20 weather over massive mudslides anytime. My prayers are with the Philippino victims.
“Philippine Rescue Crews Hope for Miracle”

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Smaller Local Government in Name Only

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On shrinking local government Jessica McBride worries:
If we can’t get government officials to adhere to the conservative principle of smaller government in the most conservative county [Waukesha] in this state, we are in big trouble.
It’s not just her neck of the woods. Washington County, arguably as conservative as Waukesha, won’t ditch a sales tax.
“The Bloated […]

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Game Show Nightmare

Ken Jennings this guy ain’t.
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