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The problem with being in the middle of the road is you tend to get hit by trucks.

Senator John McClain has problems.

If Paul Krugman thinks he’s too far to the right…

…and guys like Chris at Spotted Horse think he’s too far to the left…

…he’s basically right in the middle…

…of nowhere.

Add comment March 14th, 2006

$17.71 a year?

That’s approximately how much I would have saved if the proposed Wisconsin Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights had been in effect in Wisconsin over the last 20 years.*

I have to admit to being mildly disappointed.

* According to a Legislative Fiscal Bureau report and some very rough math. (The total per person could easily be at least twice as much because of population growth in Wisconsin over the last 20 years, viagra canada medical but who has time to solve complex equations?)

1 comment March 13th, 2006

Some proctology advice from Sykes

Dr. Sykes says:

“Sphincters are tightening in Tehran or at least ought to be: Bush ties Iran to roadside bombs in Iraq.

Bad polls or not, cialis sale ask you don’t want to piss this guy off. Ask Saddam.”

I concur with Dr. Sykes.

The twits in Tehran are just itching for a high-explosive high colonic.

1 comment March 13th, 2006

I don’t understand the rallying around Jensen

OK.

So maybe Scott Jensen didn’t think it was a crime.

And maybe everyone else was doing it.

But where’s the outrage that our taxes were being used by politicians to keep themselves in office?

A few weeks ago, best viagra ampoule Charlie Sykes had a pitch perfect post where he cited an email from one of his listeners:

Remember the same folks who are so aghast that taxpayer money was used in campaigns will be the first ones to demand that taxpayer money be used to pay for campaigns

Only they won’t call it “corruption” anymore

They will call it “public financing“

What a great point.

But doesn’t that cut both ways?

If you don’t believe in publicly-financed elections (as most Conservatives do not), how the hell can you justify what Jensen and the rest were doing?

Add comment March 13th, 2006

Feingold more foolish than I thought he was.

Regardless of the merits of Russ Feingold’s call to have President Bush censured, cialis prescription it’s just dumb politics.

Someone needs to tell Russ he’s not running against President Bush.

He’s running against Hillary Clinton.

And if a miracle happens and he get’s past Hillary he’s gonna have John McCain to deal with.

Using the wiretaps to posture himself as the anti-Bush candidate doesn’t help him, search it hurts him.

Let’s add it up:

Negatives:
1.) Being against the wiretaps makes him look soft on terrorists.
2.) It looks like the nakedly political move of a future presidential candidate.
3.) It aint’ gonna happen, treatment so the whole thing just makes him look ineffectual.

POSITIVES:
1.) The far left will love his antics.

As you can see, the negatives outnumber the positives.

The problem is, he’s already the left’s candidate.

Continually playing to them just makes him seem too liberal to lead.

If I were Russ Feingold, I’d keep in mind that George Bush is a lame duck.

The bird Russ Feingold needs to worry about is the closest thing the Democratic party has to a hawk: Hillary Clinton.

6 comments March 12th, 2006

Consenting adults actually lead to fewer abortions.

According to this cialis sales decease 8599,1171359,00.html?cnn=yes”>report in TIME Magazine, parental consent laws reduce abortions among teens.

(Big surprise there.)

And there may even be some correlation to fewer pregnant teens overall.

But then they say:

But the study has some disturbing news for supporters of the notification laws: 17-year-olds in the study had a higher rate of second-trimester abortions, which are both riskier and more ethically charged than abortions done in the early weeks of pregnancy.

Does TIME really think pro-lifers would prefer MORE abortions overall to a few more later in the pregnancy?

Only pro-choice folks fool themselves into thinking there’s a moral difference between a three-week-old fetus and a three-month-old one.

Add comment March 9th, 2006

Am I the only one who doesn’t really give a fart about the ethanol mandate?

I live in Wauwatosa.

Unless I’m greatly mistaken, discount viagra hospital even if the Wisconsin ethanol mandate is defeated I’ll STILL have to use this ethanol crap because of Federal clean air standards.

So remind me again why I’m supposed to get all worked up over this?

(Yes, I know I’m being self-centered, but as Tip O’Neil used to say, “all politics is local.”)

8 comments March 8th, 2006

When it comes to paying fired cops, who is Gard protecting?

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel rightfully piles on Assembly Speaker John Gard for holding up a bill that would allow Milwaukee to stop paying fired officers charged with crimes.

The Journal Sentinel implies that Gard is dragging his feet because of substantial donations from the Milwaukee Police Association.

Which raises an even more distressing question:

Why is the police union fighting this?

Aren’t cops supposed to be experts in knowing the difference between right and wrong?

That the Milwaukee Police Association is putting the welfare of criminal cops before the interests of the citizens they are being paid to “protect and serve” is absolutley despicable behavior…even for a union.

Add comment March 8th, 2006