Archive for September, 2006

Easy to Scoop a Book as Woodard’s Tome Proves

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The NY Times and the NY Daily News embarrassed the Washington Post by scooping them about portions of Bob Woodward new book State of Denial. How did the Times get a hold of a book that won’t be on sale until next week? Easy, they went to a bookstore and got someone to break the […]

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WSJ Poll: Doyle’s Lead Slims Tremendously

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Zogby’s poll for the Wall Street Journal, a combined online and phone poll, finds Gov. Jim Doyle with only a 1.3% lead over Rep. Mark Green.
And to really make the Wisconsin GOP ask themselves, “What if we actually found someone to challenge Sen. Herb Kohl?” the poll finds Kohl with only a 13.3% lead over […]

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Good Riddance to Sicko Congressman

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The hot, steamy news out of D.C. is Congressman Mark Foley resigning from his seat when news got out about sexually explicit instant messages [PDF] between him and a teenager.
You have to be very twisted to converse like he did and think you’d never get caught. It’s even more twisted knowing Foley worked to pass […]

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Odd Poll in Governor’s Race

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Until I see corroborating numbers I’m discounting the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute’s poll that has Gov. Doyle with a 5% lead over Rep. Mark Green. The overall spread seems right, but the poll says Green is leading in Democratic stronghold Milwaukee, and Doyle leads Green by 11% in Green Bay Green’s backyard. If the numbers […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #170

Because the NY Times leaked the secret activities between U.S. intelligence agencies and Swift, the Belgian bank clearing house is taking heat from the Belgian government. Because of the Times‘ irresponsiblity it will be harder for U.S. intelligence agencies to track terrorists’ money, endangering Americans.
The TSA fails to use common sense and detained a man […]

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More Mark Green Ads on YouTube

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If you watch plenty of Wisconsin television you have probably already seen these two Mark Green ads. My tv watching amounts to sports and neither Green nor Doyle are buying ad time during Brewers games. So for those with similar viewing habits here’s two good Green ads now on YouTube:

Mark Green really needs your help […]

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Screech Sex Tape

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Is this Screech’s latest way to “save his house?”
He may have played nerdy eighth-grader Samuel (Screech) Powers in the sitcom “Saved by the Bell.” But former TV geek Dustin Diamond can now take his place with Colin Farrell, Tommy Lee and Kid Rock as the star of his very own sex tape.
Everyone who remembers […]

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Charlie’s Show Prep #169

Yes, the Journal Sentinel found the State Elections Board has changed its view of federal campaign fund transfers to state campaign accounts. But remember in Rep. Mark Green’s case the board voted to make his transfer illegal after it took place. It also doesn’t get Gov. Doyle off the hook for having his lawyer practically […]

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Green Machine

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I have a fondness for green. It feels different than reds and blues. It can be bright green or it can get more earthy. I like green, but I’m not a green freak who drives a green car, paints his bedroom three shades of green, or has an assortment of Green Bay Packers jerseys in […]

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Insensitive Morons at the NY Post

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We only have one planet. We’re stuck with each other. Jews are stuck with Muslims who are both stuck with Christians, Hindus, athiests, and a host of other faiths. Blacks are stuck with whites who are stuck with Asian yadda, yadda, yadda. Respecting one’s boundaries, both physical, economic, emotional, and spiritual are needed or society […]

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Report: Terrell Owen Tried Suicide

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A Dallas television station reports Cowboys wide receiver Terrell Owens is in the hospital because of an attempted suicide:
Flamboyant Dallas Cowboys receiver Terrell Owens attempted suicide by overdosing on pain medication, even putting two more pills into his mouth after fire rescue personnel arrived, The Associated Press reported Wednesday citing a police report.
A Dallas police […]

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Dow Jones Index Near All-Time High

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An economic story that’s flown under the radar is the rise of the stock market to near-record heights. It’s almost come back from the Internet stock-charged bubble that burst in 2000:
The Dow Jones industrial average is just 53.59 points away from its all-time high close, going into today’s trading. In pre-market trading, Dow Jones futures […]

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Joseph Sobran to Speak in Milwaukee Thursday

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Last Saturday, James Widgerson posted on an up-coming speech by Joesph Sobran to the Wisconsin Forum. His speech will be about the “hijacking of conservatism.” Sobran, once a paleo-conservative or paleo-libertarian now an anarchist, was forced to resign from National Review because of his unhealthy obsession with Israel and the role of Jews in American […]

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Newsweek Chooses to Sell Book Instead of News with Cover

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When seeing this graphic at Outside the Beltway I started singing “One of these things is not like the other….”

It just so happens famed photographer Annie Leibovitz is coming out with a new collection of her photos called A Photographer’s Life: 1990-2005. Newsweek is obviously involved in promoting the book. Thus the Taliban get bumped […]

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Bush Signs Transparency Bill

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Today, President Bush signed the Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 which, to use President Bush’s words, will “create a website that will list the federal government’s grants and contracts.” Webloggers will love sifting through that looking for waste and possible corruption. Webloggers like Ace, N.Z. Bear, Mary Katherine Ham and others worked hard […]

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