Posts Tagged ‘ Wisconsin ’
As a child in the sixties I used to ask my pretty mom how old she was. I don’t know why an six-year-old would need to know that but for some reason I wanted to know. Mom would always reply with a smile on her face that she was twenty-six. By the time I was [ READ MORE ]
The bloodiest day in American History was September 17th, 1862. On that day 23,000 Americans became casualties in the Battle of Antietam (near Sharpsburg, Maryland). Ironically, the battle was fought on land that was farmed by German Baptist pacifists. Some of the worst fighting took place near their Dunker Church and near by cornfield. One of [ READ MORE ]
It’s been a while since I posted a “things that irritate me” post. The fact is these days I could probably publish something political everyday that irritated me and change the name of the blog accordingly. But here goes my top five political irritations as of late. 1. Apple bashing The New York Times is clearly in [ READ MORE ]
In the old TV series Dragnet’s Sgt. Joe Friday was famous for saying “just the facts mam.” What Sgt. Friday wanted was what happened, not an analysis of why it happened or other bunny trails that said nothing factual. The moral of the story was the facts matter, at least to a policeman. We’ve come [ READ MORE ]
Some time ago I had a chat with a man 25+ years younger than myself. We had a mutual interest in Russian WW2 History and that led to a political discussion. I was surprised to learn he was a self-proclaimed Marxist with one qualifier. He said that Stalin went too far but as a system [ READ MORE ]
Countries fight civil wars for many reasons but perhaps the best way to characterize a civil war (or any war) is in terms of a power struggle. Who gets to run things is the question that is answered at the end of a civil war. There are secondary motives and issues but at the end of the [ READ MORE ]
Jane Fonda’s Crush on Che Guevara – Humberto Fontova – Townhall Conservative. I didn’t want to post this to my usual direct FB link because of Hanoi Jane’s language regarding her regret in not having sex with Che Guevara. If you click on the link you’ll see her words. Frankly, I’ve never understood the left’s [ READ MORE ]
Here’s the first three paragraphs of an article in today’s Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Madison - Gov. Scott Walker’s administration is tying child-care subsidies for the poor to whether the children are actually attending day care. State officials said the change should save money for the state by cutting waste and might help reduce fraud in the [ READ MORE ]
During my time in the union the Republicans and “big business” were demonized as fat cats and worse. Whenever an election rolled around it was the expectation of the union for its members to automatically vote for the Democrat. The assumption was “big business” would support the Republicans but union people would support Democrats with [ READ MORE ]
I grew up across the street from a small city park. Summer nights were filled with softball games played by overweight men who were involved in the countless bar leagues that were popular in the 50’s and 60’s. Once we kids had our fill of watching the men play ball we’d head over to the [ READ MORE ]
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