With Michael McGee/Jackson’s arrest for soliciting bribes local businesses are coming forward with their stories of McGee/Jackson’s shakedowns:
Alicia Love, of A&J King Drive Liquor, 2469 N. King Drive, said she received a “forceful” letter from McGee regarding a gun buy-back program that asked for donations.
“With Michael you had to go with him, or you would […]
Behold, we have the closest we’ll ever see to a newspaper editorial board issuing a mea culpa. Here’s the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel on Michael McGee/Jackson’s bribery and extortion charges:
Last month, we agreed with one of the candidates McGee defeated that despite his personal foibles and outrageous behavior, McGee appeared to have the interests of his […]
Hey everybody, Valarie Plame was indeed a covert CIA agent [via JustOneMinute]. Shows what I knew. It would have been nice if the CIA released the unclassified summary sooner.
Outing a spy is deplorable. These people put their lives on the line in their secret defense of the the United States. However, there is a degree […]
Bloomberg reports President Bush will nominate Robert Zoellick as the next World Bank president:
Zoellick, 53, would serve a five-year term, subject to the approval of the bank’s board, which represents its 185 member countries. Wolfowitz resigned under pressure on May 17 after an international furor over his involvement in giving his companion an unusually large […]
No wonder Michael McGee/Jackson was so gung-ho for his “No Snitchin’” campaign. He didn’t want any of the businesses he was extorting to tattle on him. Thankfully for Milwaukee they didn’t listen:
Milwaukee Ald. Michael McGee has been charged federally with extortion and bribery. He is accused of using his position to solicit bribes from businesses […]
A worry by people like Hugh Hewitt is voters won’t accept a Mormon in the White House. Unlike John Kennedy and his Catholic question the fear is religious ignorance and hostility would prevent Mitt Romney from winning the Presidency. Some of that feeling is there but it’s hidden below the surface. In this age of […]
Rudy Giuliani with his social libertarian streak is garnering significant support from social conservatives. Many not only see him as electable, but actually support him for the Republican nomination:
Forty-four percent of social conservatives in the Pew analysis believe that the former New York mayor has the “best chance” of becoming president in 2008. Less than […]
Since 1973 Planned Parenthood received $3.9 billion in tax dollars resulting in 3.8 million babies aborted. That’s not the only portion of PP’s financial stream:
A number of companies also donate large amounts of money to the pro-abortion organization including Walt Disney Co., Bank of America, Johnson and Johnson, Cole, Levi Strauss, Nationwide Insurance, Prudential, Unilever, […]
Cindy Sheehan announced she’s had enough of the anti-war movement and is calling it quits:
This is my resignation letter as the “face” of the American anti-war movement. This is not my “Checkers” moment, because I will never give up trying to help people in the world who are harmed by the empire of the good […]
If ignorant voters couldn’t stop Michael McGee/Jackson the long arm of the law might:
Ald. Michael McGee was arrested Monday by Milwaukee police in a case that is being jointly investigated by federal and state authorities, officials said Monday.
McGee is under investigation on potential public corruption charges, according to sources familiar with the probe, which has […]
The Republican Presidential candidates on Oprah Winfrey:
[via MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy]
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My, oh my. What drivel the allow in a supposedly “A-List” newspaper. The Boston Globe’s Peter Canellos felt the need to string together as many snippets of quotes along with a clear lack of thinking to push his belief President Bush and Republican Presidential candidates are misleading the public on Islamist terrorism.
One smear is against […]
My Memorial Day Weekend plans are still in flux. Depending on the weather I’m thinking of going to the first outdoor market of the year at the Milwaukee Public Market. It’s still a few more weeks until the farmers’ market in West Bend begins, but I’m inkling for some local produce to cook. Monday, I’ll […]
Determining someone’s personality from their public persona can lead to errors. Case in point: Mark Belling. His aggression, volume, and pushiness would lead listeners to believe he must be one of the most impatient people on the planet. Judging by a lawsuit he filed that’s not the case:
According to the lawsuit, Belling contracted with Germantown-based […]
In one of the odder polls I’ve seen Quinnipiac College found most want to enjoy a picnic chat with Rudy Giuliani over Sen. John McCain and Mitt Romney. On the Democratic side Sen. Barack Obama beat out Sen. Hillary Clinton and John Edwards:
Asked whom they would most like to chat with at a Memorial Day […]
