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A West Allis municipal judge today ruled in favor of a local man arrested for disorderly conduct after a neighbor complained that he was carrying a gun while planting a tree. Judge Paul Murphy found Brad Krause not guilty of disorderly conduct in a case that drew to a hearing numerous gun rights advocates to witness what may be the first open carry gun case heard in a Wisconsin courtroom. For Krause, however, the significance of the case extended beyond gun rights: It was an infringement on civil liberties, he said after today's decision. "The reason people are upset about...

I keep hearing the lefty commies cringe at any mention of God, as if Palin is a wacko. Who can help direct me to a list of quotes from past Presidents or other historical figures, esp. dems, who have mentioned God, faith and such? Maybe there is a list here already. Thanks

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. . . My challenge to you Obama supporters is to explain to me and other readers of this blog how Obama will defuse these issues. The Tony Rezko Problem: ... But that will change starting 25 February, when Rezko goes on trial in Chicago... When Rezko is convicted and, the details of the corruption and bribery charges are fleshed out and the public learns that Senator Obama got some of that dirty cash, do you really believe the public won't care that the Democratic nominee for President is involved with a convicted felon? Hell, this is a political attack...

« The Duck Nips The Tiger At Oakmont | Main June 19, 2007 Excuse Me, For A Simple Opinion The 2008 Presidential Election should be a SINGLE issue election, in my opinion. Immigration. Period. End of list of problems to handle for the next 4 years. Let’s not muddy the water with anything else. Sure, terrorism is an issue. But we’ve had almost 7 years now to re-adjust to this new world reality. Let’s put it aside, just for now. The issue of what is “America” all about and what it means to be an American needs to be addressed...

He initiated uproar that exposed ethics breach The furor over a photograph began in such a quiet, ordinary way. Mike Thorson, a Janesville artist and part owner of a tool distribution company, was sitting at his computer on a Saturday, checking a few news sites after looking at his e-mail. On Yahoo, he came across a Reuters photograph purporting to show the smoky aftermath of an Israeli air raid on the Beirut suburbs. "As soon as I saw it something looked very strange," said Thorson, 39. What he found led to a story that raced around the globe and resulted...

Senate vote has cushion to override expected veto Madison - The Legislature today for the second time sent Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle a bill that would legalize the carrying of concealed weapons in Wisconsin. Doyle promised to veto the measure (SB 403), as he did the earlier measure. But by passing the bill today with a 28-5 vote, the Senate has far more than the two-thirds majority needed to override a veto. How a veto override would fare in the 99-member Assembly remains uncertain. The Assembly passed the measure 64-32, or two votes shy of the 66 needed for a...

Washington - Wisconsin Democrat Russ Feingold, who supported the nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court, voiced serious questions Thursday about the qualifications and independence of President Bush's latest nominee, White House counsel Harriet Miers. A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Feingold said in an interview that he was "puzzled" by the choice. He said the selection of Miers raised at least two issues that were not present in the confirmation of Roberts, now chief justice of the United States. "The president has chosen someone here about whom objectivity and independence is a very real question. He's selling...

Washington - The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to hear a case pitting a Wisconsin anti-abortion group against the landmark 2002 campaign law co-authored by U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold. ... The McCain-Feingold law was upheld only two years ago, but that ruling came on a 5-4 vote. ...In the Wisconsin Right to Life case, the organization launched an ad campaign last year knowing it would force a test of the law's reach. The ads asked people in the state to telephone Feingold and U.S. Sen. Herb Kohl and urge them to oppose efforts to block Bush's judicial nominees. Though the...

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Citing a Journal Sentinel review that found more than 1,200 votes cast from invalid addresses in Milwaukee, local and federal law enforcement officials launched a joint investigation Wednesday into potential voter fraud in the Nov. 2 election. Milwaukee County District Attorney E. Michael McCann said he and U.S. Attorney Steven Biskupic agreed to investigate potential problems together. The effort will also include the Milwaukee Police Department and the local office of the FBI. McCann told the newspaper the group of prosecutors and investigators, including one with computer expertise, will try to "see if there was voter fraud or not. That's...

CLEARFIELD, Pa. Jan 17, 2005 — Kate Stelnick may weigh only 100 pounds, but her appetite is remarkable. The college student from Princeton, N.J., is the first to meet a restaurant's challenge by downing its six-pound hamburger and five pounds of fixins' within three hours. Stelnick didn't eat for two days to prepare for the challenge. "I felt very full, but I was too excited that I actually ate it to notice," Stelnick said. Stelnick, 19, made the five-hour drive to Denny's Beer Barrel Pub with two friends from The College of New Jersey on Wednesday, after they saw pictures...

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School District Critics Plan Nativity Scene, 'Silent Night' Performances MUSTANG, Okla. -- Lakehoma Elementary School's annual Christmas performance was to include a rendition of "Silent Night" on Thursday evening after Mustang school officials reached a compromised in a dispute over Christian religious elements in the program. The decision came after a number of Mustang residents complained and others announced plans to stage a silent protest Thursday night during the evening performance. Superintendent Karl Springer had originally banned a staged nativity scene and the singing of "Silent Night" because of First Amendment concerns. However, during an early performance of the program...

Schofield - John Kerry's criticism of President Bush over reports that 380 tons of explosives vanished after the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003 is a "cheap shot" that "says something about the character of the man who made it," Vice President Dick Cheney said during a campaign visit Thursday. "He doesn't know if that's true at all," Cheney said. "Kerry just went ahead anyway . . . and issued the charges . . . Outside in a chilly mist, about 50 Kerry supporters lined one side of an intersection while 50 Bush supporters lined another. There were plenty of...

The New York Times hyped an alarming “October Surprise” story on Monday. It seems the Old Gray Lady believed it had a breaking “news story” about 380 tons of “powerful explosives used to destroy airplanes, demolish buildings, make missile warheads and trigger nuclear weapons” that had disappeared in Iraq. The materials were allegedly stolen from a facility called Al-Qaqaa, an area roughly 30 miles south of Baghdad. The implication was that the United States military dropped the ball as they should have been guarding the ammo.. . .There is incompetence alright, and it’s in the Kerry campaign and the Old...

Deputy registrar system, intended for accountability, seen as a loophole A program that should make the state's voter registration system more secure might be partly to blame for possible fraud problems that have surfaced in Racine. Irregularities with voter registration applications appear to be isolated. But because of the way the deputy registrar program works in Wisconsin, the problems may simply be hidden. In Racine, the district attorney's office is investigating seven voter registration applications filed by Project Vote in the names of people who said the group never contacted them. The applications had been filed by Project Vote workers...

(Waukesha) Republican U.S. Senate candidate Tim Michels today unveiled a new 30-second television ad that raises questions about Russ Feingold’s commitment to issues that are critically important to Wisconsin citizens. “Unlike Russ Feingold, who has spent much of his time in Washington on campaign finance reform, I will focus my time on important issues like creating jobs, keeping our country safe and making health care affordable for all citizens,” Michels said. Consider: On jobs, Russ Feingold stood by as the state lost more than 80,000 manufacturing jobs. Russ Feingold voted against tax cuts that have spurred the beginning of an...

"Russ better watch out." That remark was heard more than once from Democratic activists and others after Republican business executive Tim Michels' surprisingly strong victory in the U.S. Senate primary Sept. 14. Michels buried his better-known opponents, state Sen. Bob Welch, R-Redgranite, and car dealer Russ Darrow, immediately drawing the attention of senior national Republican strategists. If Bush can win Wisconsin, they figure, Michels can come in on the president's coattails, knocking off Feingold and building the Republicans' slim margin in the U.S. Senate. For Feingold, Michels is a more serious challenge than either Darrow or Welch would have offered...

But Michels still has time, pollster saysLess than six weeks before the election, two new polls show U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.) holding a lead over Republican challenger Tim Michels, in part by drawing significant support from voters who also support President Bush. In a Badger Poll released Thursday, Feingold led Michels 53% to 38% among probable voters, with 9% undecided or giving other answers. The poll was conducted by the University of Wisconsin Survey Center and sponsored by the Journal Sentinel and the Capital Times in Madison. An ABC News poll from earlier in the week showed a tighter...