People in Madison, WI sometimes call their city “Madtown”
Do you think they’re aware that “mad” is a synonym for “crazy?”
3 comments October 8th, 2008
Posts filed under 'Milwaukee'
According to the latest census, I’m in the minority
I am not one of the 75% of people who live in Wisconsin who were born here.
I’m one of the 25% who discovered it later in life.
But I’m 100% certain that you won’t get me out of here permanently without killing me first. (And maybe not even then.)
Add comment September 24th, 2008
Business is not your enemy
Wisconsin blogger Michael Mathias is someone I don’t understand at all.
That’s not to say he’s a bad human being.
We just share hardly any mental common ground.
For example, best viagra sovaldi this morning he had a post that postulated that Milwaukee-area businesses would be thrilled by the failure of Milwaukee Public Schools:
Well Milwaukee’s business community should be delighted:
The Milwaukee School Board voted Thursday night to begin looking into dissolving the Milwaukee Public Schools system.
The completely unexpected 6-to-3 vote followed a gloomy assessment of the short- and long-term financial situation of MPS from Superintendent William Andrekopoulos and several board members.
The resolution called for the administration to examine state and federal guidelines for dissolving the school district and who would be responsible for educating children in Milwaukee if that happened.
Voting for the resolution were board members Danny Goldberg, sildenafil purchase Jennifer Morales, Jeff Spence, Bruce Thompson, Terry Falk and Tim Petersons. Voting against were Peter Blewett, Michael Bonds and Charlene Hardin.
We should be hearing nothing but praise for the move from the usual suspects, right? Isn’t this what Tim Sheehy and the members of the Metropolitan Milwaukee Association of Commerce have been hoping for all these years?
Wasn’t this the desired outcome when we introduced “competition” into the education system by awarding taxpayer dollars to “schools” (i.e. the Little Beating Heart of Academic Excellence Academy) that didn’t have to follows the same standards MPS operates under in either teacher compensation or benefits, or testing or reporting, or educating special education students or students who were disciplinary problems?
To me, this post illustrates two misunderstandings:
- Michael doesn’t seem to understand that nothing is more important to a business than educated workers and consumers. I’ve lost count of the number of times I’ve heard a business owner express dismay that they had to retrain a new hire to do the simplest things. Businesses WANT education to work and businesses are the entities that suffer second most when it does not. (The people who suffer the most are the ones who fail to get/achieve a decent education.)
- The second misunderstanding is that business is somehow plotting against the rest of us. That’s just silly. Business is what keeps all of us employed and productive. Government’s depend on business for revenue. Non-profits depend on business for donations. Without business, there would be no goods or services to buy and no salaries to buy them with. Is business perfect? Nope. Are some businesses evil? Yep, because some people are evil and businesses are run by people. But the mere existence of business does incalculably more good in a capitalistic society like ours than it does harm.
4 comments September 19th, 2008
It’s like watching an old friend waste away in front of your eyes
I’ve had my complaints about the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel over the years, generic cialis discount but today’s edition makes me feel nothing but pity for the paper.
It’s more like a weekly shopper than the only newspaper for a major Metropolitan area.
3 comments September 15th, 2008
Milwaukee homicides at 22-year low
Police Chief Edward Flynn attributed the 26% decrease in homicides in large part to “thoughtful, cialis generic remedy comprehensive policing.”
And I agree.
Good job, viagra buy discount officers.
Add comment September 10th, 2008
Craps!
And he should know.
Considering all the money he’s taken from the Indian tribes in Wisconsin to protect their casinos, cialis usa illness he must be an expert on gambling by now!
Add comment September 7th, 2008
Ladies and gentlemen, we have a winner!
Congratulations to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel columnist Eugene Kane for bringing up the Keating Five just 12 days after I asked “How much longer will it be before we hear the words: Keating Five?”:
“Maverick” credentials aside, viagra canada ambulance I see precious little evidence McCain is ready to take on the momentous task of cleaning up the system of government in Washington DC at his advanced age. Particularly given his dubious history with the Keating Five, sildenafil treatment which seems to have been forgotten by most media during this presidential election.
7 comments September 5th, 2008
I think we should put the people who came up with this idea in front of a laptop firing squad.
The headline said:
Imagine my surprise when the story did NOT tell people to “carry a good .45 and shoot the killer before he shoots you.”
Instead, viagra online they’re telling students that they should throw laptops at the aggressor.
Now, I’m all in favor of using whatever weapon you have at hand to defend yourself, I just think it’s sad that we make sure that anyone who obeys the anti-self-defense laws in this country (also known as gun laws) will never have the most effective weapon at hand.
Add comment August 31st, 2008
I’ll comment on this quote as soon as I stop laughing
“I think it called into question the independence of the judiciary, best viagra doctor ” Government Accountability Board Chairman Thomas Cane said of the recent round of Supreme Court ads. “It also called into question the character of judges… One of the concerns you have is, discount viagra illness are you going to have judges who are elected because of their political views instead of being independent judges?”
We’ll stop electing judges because of their political views as soon as the judges stop letting their political views influence their judgments.
5 comments August 28th, 2008
Here’s something for Eugene Kane to choo choo on.
In yet another article promoting the building of light rail in Milwaukee, viagra sales and Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Columnist Eugene Kane says:
“I’ve driven at rush hour in at least a dozen American cities. Frankly, viagra generic buy cialis traffic in Milwaukee would appear mild if you’ve ever suffered through hours of nothing but brake lights in places like Chicago, treat Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles, where automobiles have reached a saturation point in relation to the general population.”
Well, if light rail is the solution we need in Milwaukee, maybe all those super-congested cities could use extensive rail systems to relieve their congestion?
Oh, wait:
1 comment August 21st, 2008