Right from the Right

Oak Ridge Boys and Billy Dean review

2011-08-13T01:56:00.003-05:00

A small but intelligent crowd attended the last music show at the 2011 Wisconsin State fair. Opener Billy Dean has the looks, the talent, the songs, but I guess is not a contestant on American Idol, so people don't give a crap. I challenge you to have young children and listen to the song, "Let them be Little" and not tear up. Tonight was a show of good ol' country music. Music that had a message and sounded good. Even today's country music is bubble gum pop. I stopped listening to country once that happened. I liked the story, the meaning to songs. That is gone now, and that is why you have in the music industry a flavor of the month. None of them will ever be big because they have no talent and no substance.

There was threat of a storm so Billy Dean only sang 25 minutes and the "Boys" did a little under 1:30. The Oak Ridge Boys have been around for 30 years yet still sound great, have songs that are pleasing to the ears, hooks that I remember from 1982, and a genuine love of music. Even with a small crowd they played full speed, enjoyed themselves, and therefore the crowd enjoyed it all. Of course you had the hits like "American Made" and "Bobbie Sue." But when they sang "Elvira" there were hundreds of people lined up outside the stands trying to see in and take pictures. It is a real problem in all forms of music. No one will give a crap about anyone making music now in 30 years, who are we going to have coming to our State Fairs and music festivals? The next person who won a contest on TV or the internet? Give me good ol' fashion music any day.

Benno wins State Fair vendor of the Year...

In a very close race, Benno once again won State Fair vendor of the year. Benno changed it up this year and talked trash about the other contestants, but it was all in fun. I love being at the fair so much. A thunderstorm rolled in, we listened to U2 Zoo play at the Bud, and drank inside the roof of the Micro.

The night ended with a run at Bar Louie. Very good time, fun to see good friends...xoxoxo

Whitesnake review

2011-08-12T12:03:00.001-05:00

I was ready to call this show "The A-hole Circus" in preparation of what I thought would happen backstage Thursday night at the Wisconsin State Fair. Instead I have to admit there were few problems. There were a few crazed fans that managed to be backstage for a few minutes, but were quickly kicked out. There was a big guy that had an old LA Guns laminate on who got back early in the day. Since we did not have our meeting yet to tell us what was allowed a laminate of the band sounds good. Problem is he is someone who was kicked out many times from backstage for their concerts. I was puzzled why the lead singer allowed him in their dressing room to take a beer, but after the very big manager saw that, he took care of business. Now, this could have been a time when the A-hole-ness started, but it didn't. He said he realized why that would happen and who that guy was. He didn't get back the rest of the night. The lead singer of Whitesnake was very nice and thankful for all that we did. The shows were not very good. I do not know one song from LA Guns. Skid Row has three songs I like, but they do not have Sebastian Bach anymore. Funny thing is this singer looks a lot different from the last one, so I asked one of the band members why they have a new lead singer again. He said this is the same one. I said, "No, you used to have a skinny blond haired guy" He responded, "Ya, that is the same guy, he just got fat." Anyway, David Coverdale has facial expressions that I didn't know where possible by a human face. He really can't sing much anymore, but he can grab his junk and have simulated sex with the microphone stand. I guess the 3000 people in the grandstand must have liked it, but I'm not sure why. Throw in that Whitesnake played about an hour 20 with about 20 minutes of that being guitar and drum solo, and you have a perfect storm for me to want to get out of there....which I couldn't because they had a "meet and greet" after. Not much of one when the lead singer is on a bus then minutes after the show. I was forced to sit there while nothing happened for a good 30 minutes, then another 30 minutes of people just wandering around talking to the band members who were left. The low point (and the point where the production manager said we could leave) was when the meet and greet broke out into a game a hacky-sack. Truly a new low. No one was a jerk or out of control, just bla. I guess that is the theme of the night, not bad,just bla.

The excitement of the day came when the Guinness Book of World Records certified that the State Fair made the Worlds Largest Cream Puff at 122 pounds. I took a picture looking like I was eating it..it was funny.

We finished the night at SafeHouse...stayed til close having a good time with good friends. Only a few days left for those to continue.

Blake Shelton review

2011-08-11T10:41:00.002-05:00

The only modern country show of the fair took place Wednesday night. I do not listen to country radio that much anymore, so I didn't know Blake had so many hell raising and drinking songs in his catalogue. The last time he was at the fair I remember a good show, but not much showmanship. Maybe being a judge on "the voice" taught him a little bit about all that. A few examples: He had a part of the show where he talked about how messed up he was because his family used to lock themselves in their rooms and blast music. He was just a toddler so he would sit in front of their doors and listen. First he would go to his parents room and sit next to their locked door. And yes he did insinuate why the door was locked. Then he played a verse of "Play that funky music white boy." Then he went to his brothers room where funny smelling smoke always came out and listened to his song (can't remember it). Finally he got to his sisters door. She was listening to the most God awful crap he had ever heard, so then he sang a verse of "My purgative." He said he hated himself for singing that song, then said that moment changed his life forever because he knew that he wanted to be in music, and it was going to be the exact opposite to that "crap." Later in the show he sat down to play some of his old slow songs. He said he was worried that no one would remember them because to many people he is a "new artist" after seeing him on "the voice." He said if the crowd didn't sing along once he started a song he would just start singing Justin Bieber and Taylor Swift songs. During this segment he did play my favorite Blake Shelton song, "Austin." In his set he played "Who are you when I'm not looking" "Hillbilly Bone" "Some Beach" "Playboys of the Southwestern World" and ended with "Ol Red." Even Miranda Lambert came out and sang a song with Blake near the end. Very entertaining show for the 7500 that came to the fair Wednesday night. The aftershow was much different than the last time he played at the Wisconsin State Fair. Last time he and James Otto went to Paulies and bought the whole bar round after round and got completely wasted. Last night "Mr. Miranda Lambet" and the misses were gone less than 30 minutes after the show. Well, he still pulled off the "party personna" on the stage even if it is becoming a little farther and farther away from reality.

ZZ Top review

2011-08-10T00:02:00.002-05:00

This always happens during the fair. Right around the middle I get tired of writing these reviews. All I want to say is, ZZ Top played for about 3600 people, they liked it, it sounded good, they have a handful of good songs. Can I leave it at that? Nothing interesting happened, they are not interesting on stage. They didn't do a meet and greet. They do sound good, they all sing without help, they all play their own instruments without additional musicians.

After at Bennos Micro was a much more interesting event. We went down to see the end of the Brewer game. If you know the area there is the Micro on one side of the street and Budweiser on the other side. There was some heavy metal death cover band in the Bud, and we were watching the Brewer game at Bennos. There was a very good crowd out at the fair tonight, FYI. I'm glad that people are not scared to come to the fair, but I have to say that I have been told that black kids are planning to come down to the fair sometime this weekend and try and rush the gates and just break in. Who knows if it will happen, but what if it does? What do we do then? I say go buy a bunch of tear gas, tazers, and clubs. Bring every cop in from the state and arrest every single one of these human puke buckets....Anyway...The funny thing was that when the death metal band finished their set the bottom of the 10th was just starting. At Bennos we have a cable feed, Bud had a satalite feed. So we saw everything 2-3 seconds before Bud. It was so funny to be apart of. We would see something and react, then the 150 or so people watching at Bud would react. Great time at the Fair, Great time at Bennos again.

EAT at the fair...

Took the family to the fair again..we had baked potatoes, various flavors of milk, cheese nuggets, grilled cheese, other stuff...then the cream puff. Drakes first time. He loved it. Dane ate half a one all by himself and wanted more. A good end to the fair for the boys. Still 5 more days of fun for me.

NEW security lives up to the hype...

After Thursdays attack by human pukes, State Fair hired new security to check ID's. They make the same we make, can get a raise (something I have not gotten in 16 years) and no doubt the Fair is paying $15 or more per hour for their services. Here are a few thoughts. How high is the qualiyt going to be for security that had nothing to do the day you call them (a Friday in Milwaukee) and can work for 10 days. They literally bus these people in everyday, give them shirts to wear, and march them to a gate. Today one of them was doing such a great job that the police department had to tazer him twice and arrest him. I don't think I remember anyone from my crew getting arrested...yet we work for 16 plus years and get paid the same as someone working for 16 minutes. Hope things go well to end the fair...

Jeff Dunham review

2011-08-08T23:15:00.004-05:00

I never thought 7600 people would come and sit and listen to a ventriloquist, let alone in the rain. But that is what happened at the Wisconsin State Fair Monday night. Jeff's comedy is a bit corny and definitely racist, but I guess that is okay because Jeff is not saying it, "Achmed" or "Peanut" or "Walter" is. Best joke of the night came when Walter asked Jeff if he was going to hell. Jeff say yes, to which Walter replied something like, "Well, we have to go through Kenosha anyway." He also asked the people is Wisconsin why the hell they live here. If your ass is just a little wet and you go outside in February your ass will be frozen shut. There were a lot of funny jokes, some that were a bit tired and old, but the show lasted an hour and 40 minutes and it sure didn't seem like it....so it must have been okay. He started off the show talking about how he got to this point. He showed very embarrassing pictures of him growing up. Many of them had to do with the fact that he had started his career when he was only in 7th grade and needed "head shots" with the "dummies." Since his parents would not pay for that, he used the school yearbook picture every year through high school to get new head shots. He then proceeded to tell jokes about the pictures. My favorite bit was Peanut making fun of how poorly the people who answer the phone at Chinese food establishments speak English. "Can I have some chop sticks" "No fok" Stuff like that...Racist...yes...okay because a puppet said it...I guess...funny...definitely.

The Happy Together Tour review

2011-08-08T00:57:00.003-05:00

The Turtles came on the stage to Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" They yelled "stop...what have they done to our music." It's hard to refute that fact based on the impressive set list that even after 40 years is still pleasing to the ears. I highly doubt that anyone who is making "music" today will be playing a concert for over 4300 fans in 40 years. Most of them can not play for that many people today. It seems like the music that came out of the 60's 70's and 80's was something that people could get behind, could be excited about, enjoy to the point that what they heard on the radio became the soundtrack of their lives. Well, pretty much every song that was played at the Wisconsin State Fair Mainstage Sunday night was released 12 or more years before I was even born, but at any age someone who enjoys good melody, instruments, and beat can listen to hit after hit after hit and know it was a good time to be a music fan. There is no way for me to list all the hits, go on youtube and search for The Turtles (three letters away from making a gazillion dollars), the Association, The Buckinghams, the grass roots, and Paul Revere and the Raiders. The bands played for almost three hours and I didn't know two songs. They ended the show with each act coming out one more time and singing the hook from one of their songs and as Flo and Eddie walked off the stage they turned to eachother and said, "It beats working" "I beats washing dishes." They personified the attitude of the 60's, and so did their meet and greet fans. While the kids show had 250 people who walked in a single file line to meet the band, the 15 people that went backstage for this show couldn't do it. When I told one guy to wait by a fence he asked me if he was in prison. Different attitude for a different time. Okay, back to the show. Each "group" was really just a front man or two and a house band that had a ton of skill on the instruments and could hit all those notes that might have been hit or miss from the legends. Let's hope one day record companies decide they are going to make music that people can be passionate about, truely love, and will be remembered for a long time. Now, back to Lady who?

Big Time Rush review

2011-08-07T03:00:00.001-05:00

There was a big time rush to the Wisconsin State Fair grandstand Saturday night complete with 9200 screaming girls and moms. (That is more than at Mrs. Spears at Summerfest) It was easily the biggest paid crowd at the grandstand since they tore down the old one. These boys danced, sang, joked...they did whatever it took to entertain that crowd. They did something that I have never seen done before and it was pretty cool. They had every one take a picture of the stage at the same time...When all those cameras went off around the same time it made a really cool effect. They were kids doing pop/rock songs from a TV show. The music was fine, they even did a cover of "I want to hold your hand" which exemplifies the type of music they played. It was nice to see so many "young people" enjoy themselves to songs with a nice message. The girls in the crowd were crazy but listed very well when asked to follow the rules. I woudn't think that a used water bottle would be exciting but when I gave a girl one after the show she acted as if I gave her a check for $100,000. The only trouble I had was a mom who refused to take her daughter off her shoulders until I told her the next person who would tell her would be the police. All in all a great show, and great for the fair. Once again the groups manager told us that we were the best security crew they have seen anywhere in the United States. This happens often because we are. When they arived at the stage the manager was gonig off about how bad security was the night before, and that we better not ask for autographs or talk to them at all. By the end of the night he was asking us if we wanted anything. Of course we said no, but it shows what a great job everyone does there. The only downside to the night was that one of the band members slammed his motorcylce into a rental car. He was fine but the car was @2500 unfine and I couldn't believe their manager le them do that type of stuff. What if that guy, Carlos I think, broke his hand? Not worth the "trill" of riding around on a ATV or motorcycle. Other than the "new" security that gets paid more in 24 hours than I have been paid for working there 16 years and keeping them out of the grandstand things went great. Well done Bruce for booking such a wildly successful and popular group.

Casting Crowns review

2011-08-06T00:54:00.000-05:00

The Wisconsin State Fair house of worship had it's doors open wide tonight at the Mainstage as around 4100 of God's faithful raised their hands to the heavens. The band was very gracious and nice, they thanked me and everyone they could for being there to assist them in their show, and the lead singer even listed to my father tell stories.

The opener was from Beaver Damn and friends with my lil' sis. She was sweet and had people from all over come to see her..including her second grade teacher.

The downside of the night, once again little turds that work at the fair try and ruin an operation that runs perfectly. Maybe it is because they are jealous just as the kids from yesterday are jealous that others can have a fun, good time while they live in the squaller they have created for themselves. Maybe it is because they are pukes the other 354 days of the year and need to try and make all that up during the fair. IDK. What I do know that for at least the past 16 years good had prevailed and the turds that try and disrupt at the grandsatnd have failed, and will continue to fail because they are failures.

other stuff that happened at the Wisconsin State Fair

2011-08-05T14:07:00.000-05:00

As is now the usual in American, black youth trying to destroy everything around them and atleast beat up as many white people as they can:

'Mob' beatings at WI state fair...

'Hundreds of young black people beating white people'...

Fairgoers 'pulled out of cars'...

'They were just going after white people'...

State Fair Day 1

2011-08-05T14:03:00.003-05:00

2,500 people were busting a move tonight at the Wisconson State Fair Main Stage. The show opened up with Young MC doing a 30 minute set. He worked hard, was entertaining, and genuinely wanted the crowd to have a good time. He was very nice backstage in almost a insecure type of way. As if he had low self esteem and wanted people to tell him that his show was good. He wore a Clay Matthews jersey for the show, looking for the cheap pop.

I don't think Tone Loc did a better job, but he got the higher billing. Think he played about 30 minutes, but I wasn't really paying attention.

Hammer went into the crowd for more than one song, he had 10 dancers, and worked his butt off. I am sreiously shocked and disapointed that his crowd wasn't much bigger. He had his 16 year old son come out and rap, I talked to him backstage and he seems like a geninly nice person. We talked about his school, where they play next, and he told me he would like to live in Wisconsin because he likes to wear jackets. I quickly convinced him that liking jackets was not worth 12 inches of snow and negative windchills.

All-in-all a very nice group of people who came to the Fair to put on a great show and went above and beyond to entertain. They gave out roses in the crowd, one of the dancers even did a backflip off the track wall toward the grandstand. At the end of the night what was supposed to be 25 people ended up being about 75 people on the stage. Somehow very uncoordinated white guys like Dan Maren were on the stage donig the same dance moves they did 15 years ago in college. But even with all those people it was completely under control and that was the other thing that was nice. Whith Hammer going into the crowd and the manager telling people to go on stage, things could have gotten way out of control. However, the crowd was very well well behaved. Even the one super drunk guy who did make it onto the ramp where Hammer did two or three songs quickly left when asked. It is a deep contract over what happened at the end of the night in the rest of the park.

After the show

We were unaware of anything that was happening with the large group of animals that got lose in the midway and on the street. We went to the best place to have a drink, Bennos. Listened to the rest of the Toys and had a few drinks. It was interesting how large groups of people could gather, even drink alcohol, and not beat the crap out of just white poeple. After that is was another great time at the SafeHouse and a wonderful meal at Johnny V's....and repeat..

Here is what happens when you have amateur hour running the country

2010-11-29T16:31:00.000-06:00

Ya, Bush was stupid, Palin is stupid..
You screamed your heads off with the big, huge Valorie Plame story..wow..
Obama is completely and totally incompetent at EVERY SINGLE thing possible...
Let more intelligence leaks out in one second than in the history of the United States combined...idiot..

Today was the final straw..today is the day Obama took down the country he has hated his whole life.
Today is the day the United States stopped being the world's superpower
We care governed by children

GOP congressmen: Bill would use high-speed rail funds for deficit reduction

2010-11-16T21:33:00.000-06:00

This is great to see.
The hard core liberal failure of this country might bring about actual change, reform, and responsibility.
What will happen is this will not go anywhere, but if the GOP keeps offering up things like this they will destroy dems in 2012 and Obama will be gone.
With the confidence true conservatives have will allow them to ignore the stupid comments of the media telling them they must be moderate.
I hope there is a poll taken about this legislation.
It will be supported my a great number of Americans.
Keep an eye on Paul Ryan...he easily could be our next President if he wanted to run..

socialism destroying countries

2010-11-16T07:13:00.000-06:00

all the liberal idiots that come here will once again not be able to explain how this is not the fault of socialism or how it is the fault of bush or fox news..(see post two back where they said nothing)

why in the hell would we move toward something that has never worked ever in the history of the world
it's like we are running into the burning building while everyone else is running out

IRELAND ON THE BRINK...

...TOLD TO TAKE EU BAILOUT

PORTUGAL HITS PANIC BUTTON...

GREECE: DEFICIT MUCH BIGGER THAN ESTIMATED...

BHO AWOL on Vets Day

2010-11-11T20:41:00.000-06:00

POS

The effects of socialism

2010-11-11T09:05:00.000-06:00

Here is what happens. An economy is strong and productive because of conservative policy.
Because there is so much wealth, liberals convince everyone that there is enough money to help the poor and others treated "unfair."
Eventually the economy slows and we start having deficits.
Because the people getting stuff from the govt expect it and have a sense of learned helplessness, the cost stays the same or goes up to "help" them.
Deficits grow to the point that the entire economy and govt budget are on the verge of collapse.
You are forced to cut all these govt programs while at the same time the economy has been damaged so bad even more people need the help that is no longer there.
So while you started with a vast majority of people happy and some struggling, now you have everyone struggling and no help available.
Liberalism can not sustain itself.

Look at France
FRANCE PASSES RETIREMENT AGE RAISE TO 62 ^
France braced for second week of strikes, blockades... ^

Look at US:
SLASH AND BURN!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40111714
Raise Retirement Age...
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-11-10/deficit-reduction-panel-s-plan-would-seek-to-cut-social-security-medicare.html

With GWB back, it makes me think about all the things that "outraged" liberals just two years ago

2010-11-10T15:24:00.000-06:00

So liberals, answer a few things for me...
You were soooo "mad" at Bush for his spending, where is the outrage now?

You were soooo "mad" about Gitmo, but now it is okay?

You wanted an end to the wars, what happened to the stories in the paper on a daily basis on soldier deaths?

Answer is that most of you really could care less about any of those things. It was just a way for you to attack Bush..
If I am wrong answer why these things do not matter anymore

GOP Voters Like Three Candidates Best for 2012

2010-11-07T06:24:00.000-06:00

The latest Rasmussen Poll states: Asked who they would vote for if the Republican presidential primary were held today, 20% say Romney, 19% Huckabee and another 19% Palin.

Again, I am going to say this is a very big mistake. If the GOP nominates wishy-washy conservatives (read Romney and Huckabee) or someone that too many people see unfavorably (read Palin) then we will have 4 more years of Obama.

The GOP needs to nominate someone more along the lines of the candidates that won this time around. True, principled conservatives that are not insane (read O'Donnell and Angle).

Right now I believe the BEST choice is conservative Paul Ryan from WI. He is EXACTLY the right candidate for the times. He is very fiscally Conservative. He is not afraid to offer actual plans instead of just use talking points.

The other big time candidate might be Marco Rubio. It might be too soon for him, but he doesn't need a teleprompter to speak, he seems conservative, looks good, and can peel away some of the Hispanic vote.

Do not let history repeat itself. Every time the GOP nominates a moderate they lose big (read Dole and McCain).

Who would you like to see in '12. You understand the campaign will start ramping up in about 2 months...

Obama to use teleprompter for Hindi speech

2010-11-07T06:09:00.000-06:00

So let's see if anyone can help me figure this out.
If GWB was an idiot and he could do speeches without a teleprompter, what does that make Obama?
Honestly?
Is this a matter of national security?
Maybe not, but in a way it is if the leader of the free world does not have the confidence or brain power to memorize a speech...or at worst have some "cheat sheets"
I know Bush had a binder with him that he paged through, but it seemed like he only glanced at it.
Doesn't that make his just a little smarte on atleast some level?

GOP: You have two years and you are out?

2010-11-06T06:22:00.000-05:00

That is what liberals are saying right now.
That type of comment shows they are missing the reason they took an ass whoooooopin' on Tuesday.
It isn't JUST that America is messing up right now.
It is that things are messed up AND Democrats kept doing things that Americans did not like or think would help.
If the GOP introduces things that Americans think are good ideas and can help change things for the better, they will win more in 2012 with the promise these ideas will be put into motion.
We all know little will actually happen for the next two years, but maybe that is a good thing.
Now businesses can start making plans knowing Obama can not throw a bunch of new taxes and regulations on them
Unemployment will drop soon just because of that fact.
GOP, just propose things Americans think actually makes this country better, because it clear that they do not like govt run health care or huge spending and tax increases...

Health care costs going up up up

2010-11-06T06:06:00.000-05:00

It's not over American..we just took the first step.
Now we actually have to save America..
The election just got us a spot in the race, but the other horses have been training for years...
Don't be happy just getting invited, you have to work hard and train like its Rocky I

From article:
WASHINGTON – AARP’s endorsement helped secure passage of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul. Now the seniors’ lobby is telling its employees their insurance costs will rise partly as a result of the law.

In an e-mail to employees, AARP says health care premiums will increase by 8 percent to 13 percent next year because of rapidly rising medical costs.
And AARP adds that it’s changing copayments and deductibles to avoid a 40 percent tax on high-cost health plans that takes effect in 2018 under the law. Aerospace giant Boeing also has cited the tax in asking its workers to pay more. Shifting costs to employees lowers the value of a health care plan and acts like an escape hatch from the tax.

More election facts: Best GOP year since '66, or '56, or '38, or '28 ...

2010-11-06T05:26:00.000-05:00

Historical notes about Tuesday's red wave:

1. Ron Johnson’s 52% was the best performance by a Republican Senate candidate in Wisconsin since, brace yourself … 1956.

2. Johnson will be only the second Republican to serve in the Senate from Wisconsin since the Kennedy Administration, the third since Joe McCarthy, and the fourth since the 1930s.

3. Republicans gained two U.S. House seats in Wisconsin for the first time since 1966.

4. I couldn’t find any other time in the last 50 years that one party in Wisconsin has gained or lost three seats in Congress. It happened Tuesday when Republicans picked up two U.S. House seats and a Senate seat.

5. According to the Wisconsin GOP, the 14 state Assembly seats the party gained is the most since 1938. (We warned you on election day to remember 1938). The four state Senate seats the party gained is the most since 1980.

These additional factoids come from UW-Madison political science chair John Coleman:

1. Republicans nationally have their most state legislative seats since 1928 (about 3,920, with some still too close to call; that’s 53% of all the legislative seats in the country).

2. Republicans gained 19 state legislative chambers across the country, with four additional chambers still up in the air but potential pickups.

3. Democrats now control only 38% of the state legislative seats in the Midwest; their worst since 1956.

4. The GOP gain of 680 legislative seats nationally (across lower and upper houses) was the most by either party since 1966.

5. Republicans will control at least 55 chambers, their most since 1952.

6. Democrats gained seats in only one state lower chamber (Delaware) and five upper chambers (Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, West Virginia, Pennsylvania).

7. In the battle for Congress, 49 Democratic House incumbents and only two Republican incumbents were defeated. An additional 14 open seats held by Democrats were picked up by Republicans; only one open seat flipped from Republican to Democrat.

8. Wisconsin's Russ Feingold was one of only two incumbent Democrats in the Senate to be defeated along with Arkansas' Blanche Lincoln; no GOP senators lost. Four open seats in the Senate switched from Democrat to Republican.

Olbermann suspended for Dem contributions

2010-11-06T01:48:00.000-05:00

Why is this a problem?
Are we really pretending that people in the media are not liberal?
Come on...
They are 85 percent liberals and that is just the way it is...
The problem is that even if they try and be "fair and balanced" it is impossible.
The bias comes in the stories they choose to report, the labels they put on people.
It is the way it is.
Just one example.
Republicans were described as "extreme" a large number of times in the past few weeks on MSNBC..dems, zero.
Just one example..a little late to get into it now.
But I'm really surprised there is a rule that tries to assume these people are going to be operating "down the middle"

CNN poll: Huckabee leads the GOP pack for 2010 presidential nomination

2010-11-04T12:14:00.000-05:00

this is a really bad sign for the future of the GOP
We have real conservatives elected and it has been proven this is the future of the GOP, yet we are talking about Romney and Huckabee...
we need Paul Ryan or Rubio..period

So what does this mean for America?

2010-11-04T00:35:00.000-05:00

Was last night a sign that everyone loves the GOP?
Come on..we all know the answer to that.
This was people who have no clue voting for an snake oil salesman (in 08) and forgetting how good they had it with the GOP..but how good did they have it?
Simply put the GOP fucked up.
They were liberal-lite.
They had total control for 6 years and did a little bit, but not much.
They spent too much, just not as much as the liberals did the second they got in.
They have a chance to be in charge for atleast 6 more years.
Are they going to be true conservatives or just a little less liberal-lite this time?
If they are true conservatives, if they nominate an actual conservative in 12, they will gain more seats and have total control for a min of 4 years.
It was proven on Tuesday that America does not want liberalism.
GOP, give them what they want.
Like Scott Walker said, its time to put up or shut up.
Don't listen to the media, don't give into the temptation GOP. Don't nominate a McCain.
Tuesday America spoke loud and clear...they don't like high taxes, they don't like socialized medicine. They want the government out of the way...

ELECTION NIGHT COMMENTS

2010-11-02T18:09:00.010-05:00

GOP already up 1 in senate
and someone who was too extreme, Paul, won easily..

what a shock..CNN exit polls show Dems doing well..and all they do is downplay GOP gains
a black woman said its not abouy obama...joke
blow to a GOP...O'Donnell and McMahon down..only blow to getting over 50 which they are not anyway
WV GOP pick up
Walker wins at 912pm
Johnson wins 940pm
In WI GOP takes all three branches..what a beat down
more GOP senate pick ups...up to 5
IL Obama seat to GOP...up 6

Blame game said on sept 24
In six more weeks Johnson will be exposed for what he is, and your boy Russell will have another six year term.

Example of why tonight liberal beat down might not be what we think it is

2010-11-02T13:28:00.000-05:00

Just days before an election that could decide the fate of a planned high-speed rail line, state and federal administrators quietly signed a deal to commit the state to spending all $810 million of the federal stimulus cash allocated to the Milwaukee-to-Madison route, transportation officials confirmed Monday.

I'm worried that tonight is just a slow down of the destruction and bankruptcy of our country from sociaslism..the machine is moving and can not be stopped

lets go, step up and make ur predictions

2010-11-01T16:35:00.001-05:00

Senate:
Will end 50/50 signaling the complete rejection of Obama..will Dems give GOP half the chairmanships?

House
GOP +55

Remember, took Bush 6 years to lose seats..Obamacare and the stimulus and liberalism have been rejected

lets go, make ur picks...

I THOUGHT CONSERVATIVES CANT BEAT MODERATES

2010-10-30T22:26:00.001-05:00

explain this
Election 2010: Florida Senate
Marco Rubio (R) 50%
Kendrick Meek (D) 16%
Charlie Crist (I) 30%
Some Other Candidate 1%
Not Sure 3%

Democratic Closing Argument: Personal Attacks

2010-10-30T07:11:00.000-05:00

It's not just the Aqua Buddha and David Vitter's prostitute, Democratic candidates across the country are closing out the campaign with personal attacks on Republican candidates, sometimes digging up decades-old legal problems.

In one typical example, Democratic ads have transformed Kentucky Republican House candidate Andy Barr into "a convicted criminal" -- complete with images yellow police tape and fuzzy video of crime scenes. Not mentioned is his crime: As a college student 19 years ago, he was caught using a fake ID during spring break.

Latest November 2nd prediction

2010-10-27T08:36:00.000-05:00

People hate Barack Obama and liberalism SO SO much that yes..at worst the Senate will be tied 50/50 after November 2nd. I would have never thought this would happen. And if somehow Boxer loses Republicans take the lead. Now, that does bring up a dabate..Assuming ODonnell does not win, will that have cost Repubilcan's control of BOTH the house and senate? The simple answer is yes, but how many other "Tea Party" candidates won where a RINO GOP candidate might have lost?
That is hard to say.
So, make your Predictions and liberals, try and explain how a country can turn on someone so fast and just completely reject your way of thinking.
Took Bush 6 years to start losing seats.

My official prediction:
At the end of the day Republicans will pick up 9 seats and the Senate will be tied 50/50
GOP picks up 47 House seats and control of House..
Can't wait for Tuesday

You don't have to wait until November 2nd to watch Dems try to steal another election

2010-10-26T13:01:00.003-05:00

Nevada Voters Complain Of Problems At Polls

Some voters in Boulder City complained on Monday that their ballot had been cast before they went to the polls, raising questions about Clark County's electronic voting machines.
Voter Joyce Ferrara said when they went to vote for Republican Sharron Angle, her Democratic opponent, Sen. Harry Reid's name was already checked.
Ferrara said she wasn't alone in her voting experience. She said her husband and several others voting at the same time all had the same thing happen.
"Something's not right," Ferrara said. "One person that's a fluke. Two, that's strange. But several within a five minute period of time -- that's wrong."

Voter reports problem with ballot machine

A Craven County voter says he had a near miss at the polls on Thursday when an electronic voting machine completed his straight-party ticket for the opposite of what he intended.
Sam Laughinghouse of New Bern said he pushed the button to vote Republican in all races, but the voting machine screen displayed a ballot with all Democrats checked. He cleared the screen and tried again with the same result, he said. Then he asked for and received help from election staff.
“They pushed it twice and the same thing happened,” Laughinghouse said. “That was four times in a row. The fifth time they pushed it and the Republicans came up and I voted.”

Here is your liberal "tolerance" add this to the NPR story

2010-10-22T20:56:00.000-05:00

UNION STAGEHAND FIRED FOR WEARING BUSH HAT AND SHIRT

Volt Fraud At Government Motors

2010-10-21T21:21:00.000-05:00

This is who you want you running health care?
This is who you are supposed to believe when you are told "this" will only cost "this" and this will create "this" many jobs...

I can't believe how either wrong they were or how much they lie. Which is it? Liar or complete and total incompetent loser?

We heard GM's then-CEO Fritz Henderson claim the Volt would get 230 miles per gallon in city conditions. Popular Mechanics found the Volt to get about 37.5 mpg in city driving, and Motor Trend reports: "Without any plugging in, (a weeklong trip to Grandma's house) should return fuel economy in the high 30s to low 40s."

Voters See Illegal Voting As More Common Than Legitimate Voters Being Denied Their Rights

2010-10-19T16:27:00.000-05:00

So 50% of people think that there is much more voter fraud than someone being denied their right to vote, with only 25% thinking it is the other way around.
Yet one more poll, one more issue where liberals, especially the morons comment here, are wrong.

CPS pushing Democrats

2010-10-19T10:05:00.000-05:00

Three van loads of Hughes High students were taken last week – during school hours – to vote and given sample ballots only for Democratic candidates and then taken for ice cream, a Monday lawsuit alleges.

Usually Democrats wait until a hour or so before the polls close to bus people in to vote for people who had not voted yet. Where are the stories of massive Republican fraud. I put story of massive fraud and you losers come back with the same, ONE lame story about some auto-phone calls.

Dems have no shame, no morals, do anything to win..and not one of you liberals can come on here and say different. You don't even think this is wrong...

FIRST LADY CAMPAIGNS INSIDE POLLING PLACE

2010-10-14T21:43:00.002-05:00

A top Ilinois State Board of Elections official tells the DRUDGE REPORT that Mrs. Obama -- a Harvard-educated lawyer -- may have simply been ignorant of the law and thus violated it unintentionally. "You kind of have to drop the standard for the first lady, right?" the official explained late Thursday. "I mean, she's pretty well liked and probably doesn't know what she's doing."

Latest polls

2010-10-13T22:43:00.003-05:00

Senate after November 2nd

2010-10-12T23:02:00.000-05:00

I can't believe this, but if the polls are right and the election were held today, the Senate would be TIED 50/50...
I would have never thought it..that number comes from giving Dems California and Illinois while giving the GOP Nevada and Washington...
Are liberal policies that unpopular that we get the biggest shift in power in 100 years?

Dem congressman's ad brags: 'He voted with the Republican leader 63% of the time'

2010-10-12T09:38:00.000-05:00

There is another example of Dems running away from the socialist policies of their party.
Smart move for him, too bad these people have been in charge for two years passing the crap that everyone is trying to run away from..

Florida Senate: Rubio(R) Hits 50% Mark in Three-Way Race

2010-10-10T02:04:00.001-05:00

When Republicans listen to liberals bait about how we have to elect "moderates" or we cant win..please explain FL?
Okay, I'll explain...
Moderates are people with no belief system and usually just vote on emotion. Actually, very little can be done to sway them as a whole..whatever is going on in the world will dictate what they do.
However, when someone actually stands for what they believe and is consistent and conservative, then you pull in all the conservatives and even some of the social or fiscally conservative Dems.
That is what is happening in FL. Conservatives are all going to vote for Rubio, a lot of moderates and a few liberals...
What moron liberals said would happen is Crist and Rubio would split the conservative vote and the dem would win.
Would a liberal like to tell me why crist and rubio have 75% of the vote now? Is 75% of FL Republican?

Brown or aide is heard slurring Whitman

2010-10-08T11:20:00.002-05:00

Very classy...
Maybe they should run a "whore" ad..its all they have anyway..

The most conservative electorate in decades?

2010-10-07T22:13:00.002-05:00

Here are a few numbers that help explain why Senate Democrat Russ Feingold has trailed in every public poll this fall. They show the political leanings of likely voters in a recent statewide survey by Marist:

Liberals: 20%

Moderates: 33%

Conservatives: 47%

In other words, self-identified conservatives in this random sample of likely voters outnumbered moderates by 14 points and liberals by 27 points.

What’s striking about these “likely voters” is not just that how conservative they are. It’s how much more conservative they are than the actual Wisconsin electorate of recent years (I’ll have a broader story on this subject in Sunday’s Journal Sentinel).

The 2008 electorate in Wisconsin looked like this, according to exit polls of voters:

Liberals: 23%

Moderates: 47%

Conservatives: 31%

The 2006 electorate looked like this:

Liberals: 24%

Moderates: 50%

Conservatives: 27%

The 2004 electorate looked like this:

Liberals: 20%

Moderates: 49%

Conservatives: 32%

In both presidential and mid-term elections, here and nationally, moderate voters have outnumbered conservative voters – typically by a lot. But the opposite is true of the people identified as likely voters by many pollsters this year.

The Marist poll is not unique. Another recent Wisconsin survey by an established polling firm (Opinion Research for CNN/Time), found an almost identical breakdown among likely voters:

Liberals: 19%

Moderates: 32%

Conservatives: 47%

McDonald's, 29 other firms get health care coverage waivers

2010-10-07T21:46:00.000-05:00

Because Obamacare destroys health care for all, forcing the govt to come and save the day. They will have to raise the shit out of taxes to pay for health care that cost more and is worse coverage..
Get these losers out so we can save this country...

American life under Dem control

2010-10-06T10:02:00.000-05:00

Private Sector Hiring in Sept. Falls 39,000...

POLL: Working-class whites shun Dems...
Middle Class Slams Brakes on Spending...
GOLDMAN SACHS: Economy 'fairly bad' or 'very bad' over next 6 months...
New Yorkers' Income Falls for 1st Time in 70 Years...

AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME

2010-09-27T14:48:00.002-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YXqf_6ug54&feature=player_embedded

The more BHO talks, the more people do not like him

2010-09-27T14:44:00.000-05:00

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/other/president_obama_job_approval-1044.html

Dems running AGAINST health care, stimulus, and Obama

2010-09-27T14:41:00.000-05:00

As is proven every single election cycle, Dems are pretending they are conservatives to win election.
Here is another example of someone running an add praising Bush..lol..
Why is liberlism so unpopular? Because people are seeing liberalism in pure form and they hate it...

Johnson leads Feingold in three new polls

2010-09-24T08:46:00.000-05:00

Sign of things to come
The liberal poster boy is done
Now, Johnson does need to actually win by about 3% to account for all the democrat voter fraud that will take place...

Double-digit hikes for some Medicare drug plans

2010-09-23T16:03:00.000-05:00

Is there anything Obama says that is true?
Remember when we had to pass the terrible health care bill becuase it would save us money? That it would LOWER primiums?
GOP, keep talking about the stimulus and the health care plan..maybe we can take back both the House and Senate...

Union plan not lost on Walker aide

2010-09-20T15:41:00.002-05:00

Just look at how dirty and slimy Dems and liberals are.
they are going to take a tragic death of a 16 year old and try and pin it on a Republican that had nothing to do with the parking garage being built and an investigation just completed showed that no maintenance was deferred.

It also proves (again) that the media is in the bag for liberals.
Just think about the media frenzy if Republicans were caught illegally coordinating this disgusting attack.

MPS suspended more minority middle-schoolers than other districts, report says

2010-09-18T10:10:00.002-05:00

This is why things will never get better in the inner city.

Instead of trying to figure out how to get "parents" and the community these kids come from to start acting like civilized human beings, we say they kids are suspended because of racism.

That is the easy out.

And while you are so worried about "lost instructional time" of the kids who told the teacher to fuck off ten times, what about the lost instructional time of all the kids who can't get a decent education because the teacher has to "deal" with these turds.

Liberals, you are so fucked in November

2010-09-18T00:06:00.001-05:00

Wisconsin Senate: Johnson (R) 51%, Feingold (D) 44%

Extra $675 million sought for health care

2010-09-16T22:32:00.001-05:00

This is just in Wisconsin.

And the more we hurt business and raise taxes, the more poor people who will need more free stuff..and the cycle continues

More Democrats break with Obama on tax cuts

2010-09-16T20:08:00.002-05:00

There ya go..need to act like conservatives before an election to try and win..

Man does America hate liberal socialism after finally seeing it in its full glory..

More and more Dems are against the health care bill now too..

Run away from liberalism to win..Russ is doing it here

November predictions

2010-09-15T23:01:00.003-05:00

Senate

Dem 51

GOP 49 (pick up 8 seats)...if Delaware would have went differently it would have been 50/50 tie

House

Dems lose 47 seats..GOP takes control

What happened after two years of Bush? GOP gained two to gain control in senate

How about four years? GOP picks up 4 more in Senate..and two in the House

Showing what people think of the hard core socialist liberalism that has taken over our country..

And you liberals bashed Bush..he didn't lose any seats for 6 years.

Tea Party Republican has big lead in Florida

2010-09-15T22:34:00.002-05:00

Can a liberal honestly explain how this is possible when everyone keeps getting told you have to put out "moderate' candidates?

I believe this shows you stop trying to elect people like McCain, go for true conservatives and you will win every time..

Why have we already forgotten Reagan?

Even Obama is forced to act like a semi-conservative before the election

2010-09-10T08:52:00.002-05:00

It is being proven AGAIN that liberals must act conservative right before an election if they want to get elected.
Two examples:
1. Russ Feingold. I do not see any ads talking about how he is a hard core liberal, how he voted for the stimulus and health care reform..where are those adds liberals? What I do see are adds saying...hold on...that he is a "penny pincher" and how he is for tax cuts and reduced spending...LMFAO

2. Now even BHO is admitting that tax cuts work. He can not come all the way around to giving them to the people who actually create jobs so it will not work, but it looks like he is going to give them to middle class people and small business owners.

Voters Now Trust Republicans More On All 10 Key Issues

2010-09-07T23:22:00.000-05:00

August 19-20 & 23-24, 2010

Issue	Democrats	Republicans
Education	40%	41%
Health Care	40%	48%
Iraq	40%	43%
Economy	39%	47%
Social Security	38%	44%
Government Ethics	38%	40%
National Security	37%	49%
Afghanistan	36%	43%
Taxes	36%	52%
Immigration	35%	44%

Print up another $50 billion

2010-09-07T10:20:00.002-05:00

Okay, this has gone from crazy and dangerous to insane.
I would never have thought a President was so bad for the country, so out of control that he should be removed.
He did win an election, but I am 1000000% positive that if you could have told people what he would have done in his first two years he would have lost 65-35.
He is a true believer in socialism and govt control, and he is going to permanently destroy this country.

120 Days to Go Until the Largest Tax Hikes in History

2010-09-03T09:41:00.000-05:00

We are all fucked:

First Wave: Expiration of 2001 and 2003 Tax Relief
In 2001 and 2003, the GOP Congress enacted several tax cuts for investors, small business owners, and families. These will all expire on January 1, 2011:
Personal income tax rates will rise. The top income tax rate will rise from 35 to 39.6 percent (this is also the rate at which two-thirds of small business profits are taxed). The lowest rate will rise from 10 to 15 percent. All the rates in between will also rise. Itemized deductions and personal exemptions will again phase out, which has the same mathematical effect as higher marginal tax rates. The full list of marginal rate hikes is below:
- The 10% bracket rises to an expanded 15%
- The 25% bracket rises to 28%
- The 28% bracket rises to 31%
- The 33% bracket rises to 36%
- The 35% bracket rises to 39.6%
Higher taxes on marriage and family. The “marriage penalty” (narrower tax brackets for married couples) will return from the first dollar of income. The child tax credit will be cut in half from $1000 to $500 per child. The standard deduction will no longer be doubled for married couples relative to the single level. The dependent care tax credit will be cut.
The return of the Death Tax. This year, there is no death tax. For those dying on or after January 1 2011, there is a 55 percent top death tax rate on estates over $1 million. A person leaving behind two homes and a retirement account could easily pass along a death tax bill to their loved ones.
Higher tax rates on savers and investors. The top capital gains tax will rise from 15 percent this year to 20 percent in 2011. The top dividends tax rate will rise from 15 percent this year to 39.6 percent in 2011. These rates will rise another 3.8 percent in 2013.

Second Wave: Obamacare
There are over twenty new or higher taxes in Obamacare. Several will first go into effect on January 1, 2011. They include:
The Tanning Tax. This went into effect on July 1st of this year. It imposes a new, 10% excise tax on getting a tan at a tanning salon. There is no exemption for tanners making less than $250,000 per year.
The “Medicine Cabinet Tax” Thanks to Obamacare, Americans will no longer be able to use health savings account (HSA), flexible spending account (FSA), or health reimbursement (HRA) pre-tax dollars to purchase non-prescription, over-the-counter medicines (except insulin).The HSA Withdrawal Tax Hike. This provision of Obamacare increases the additional tax on non-medical early withdrawals from an HSA from 10 to 20 percent, disadvantaging them relative to IRAs and other tax-advantaged accounts, which remain at 10 percent.
Brand Name Drug Tax. Starting next year, there will be a multi-billion dollar tax assessment imposed on name-brand drug manufacturers. This tax, like all excise taxes, will raise the price of medicine, hurting everyone.
Economic Substance Doctrine. The IRS is now empowered to disallow perfectly-legal tax deductions and maneuvers merely because it judges that the deduction or action lacks “economic substance.” This is obviously an arbitrary empowerment of IRS agents.
Employer Reporting of Health Insurance Costs on a W-2. This will start for W-2s in the 2011 tax year. While not a tax increase in itself, it makes it very easy for Congress to tax employer-provided healthcare benefits later.

Third Wave: The Alternative Minimum Tax and Employer Tax Hikes
When Americans prepare to file their tax returns in January of 2011, they’ll be in for a nasty surprise—the AMT won’t be held harmless, and many tax relief provisions will have expired. The major items include:
The AMT will ensnare over 28 million families, up from 4 million last year. According to the left-leaning Tax Policy Center, Congress’ failure to index the AMT will lead to an explosion of AMT taxpaying families—rising from 4 million last year to 28.5 million. These families will have to calculate their tax burdens twice, and pay taxes at the higher level. The AMT was created in 1969 to ensnare a handful of taxpayers.
Small business expensing will be slashed and 50% expensing will disappear. Small businesses can normally expense (rather than slowly-deduct, or “depreciate”) equipment purchases up to $250,000. This will be cut all the way down to $25,000. Larger businesses can expense half of their purchases of equipment. In January of 2011, all of it will have to be “depreciated.”
Taxes will be raised on all types of businesses. There are literally scores of tax hikes on business that will take place. The biggest is the loss of the “research and experimentation tax credit,” but there are many, many others. Combining high marginal tax rates with the loss of this tax relief will cost jobs.
Tax Benefits for Education and Teaching Reduced. The deduction for tuition and fees will not be available. Tax credits for education will be limited. Teachers will no longer be able to deduct classroom expenses. Coverdell Education Savings Accounts will be cut. Employer-provided educational assistance is curtailed. The student loan interest deduction will be disallowed for hundreds of thousands of families.
Charitable Contributions from IRAs no longer allowed. Until this year, a retired person with an IRA could contribute up to $100,000 per year directly to a charity from their IRA. This contribution also counts toward an annual “required minimum distribution.” This ability will no longer be there.Read more: http://www.atr.org/days-thebr-largest-tax-hikes-history-a5370##ixzz0yTgDWny6

Obama claims victory tonight

2010-08-31T15:36:00.003-05:00

Hey Jim and other liberals
How are you going to feel when Obama says the war in Iraq that he said we shouldn't be in was a success because of the surge that he and other Dems said would fail.

Thank God Bush stayed the course despite Dems like Obama who can only think of things that end in failure.

I guarantee that if he personally takes credit for Iraq his numbers will be down 3-5 MORE points in a week.

Keep it up Dems, November is coming

2010-08-30T16:07:00.000-05:00

GALLUP: GOP Takes Unprecedented 10-Point Lead on Generic Ballot...
OBAMA BLAMES BUSH AGAIN FOR ECONOMY...

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson violated rules, steered scholarships to relatives

2010-08-30T16:02:00.002-05:00

So that is the third black Democrat to be caught violating the rules in the last few months.
And I know what you race card carrying members who only see things in race are thinking..your waiting for the racist comment.
Now, its not BECAUSE they are black that they break the rules, but its because they are voted in by people in districts who will vote in ANYONE no matter what you do as long as you are black and a Democrat. It happens all over the country. It's not going to change, ever. That is why inner cities will never get better, because the people that live there will always vote in people who rip them off and do nothing to actually help them.

Beck rally what he said it would be

2010-08-30T15:15:00.001-05:00

somewhere around 500,000 people came to Washington to hear about religion, God, restoring faith in God and country.
Sounds really good and really nice. Should be embarrassed by the media and by everyone.
But to liberals, this is poison.
Liberals say that Beck is a war monger, hater, evil. Doesn't sound like it.
It was not political.
The fact that Obama and the liberal media pay no attention to it is why liberals are about to take a huge beating in November.
America has seen liberalism in its pure form and they do not like it.

Businesses afraid to hire or make any long-range plans

2010-08-30T14:20:00.001-05:00

Economists and business owners say they've never seen anything like it: The Bush tax cuts are expiring, health care reform is confusing, deficits are exploding, cap-and-trade is looming - and political leaders are too busy fighting among themselves to offer any reliable vision of the future.
Little wonder, then, that businesses are frozen, afraid to hire or make any other long-term plans.

Lets see who is to blame for the reasons the economy sucks and no one is hiring anyone...
First of all, Dems control EVERYTHING..so anything congress does or does not do is Dems fault..

Bush tax cuts over..Obama's fault
health care costing companies more- Obama
Deficits exploding- Obama
Cap and trade killing manufacturing jobs- Obama

So go on out and thank your local moron for voting in all this "change"

Obama and Democrat failure buffet

2010-08-25T11:42:00.002-05:00

BHO and the Dems are messing up our country and the world in so many ways on a day to day basis I can only list a bunch of them here and let you comment on what you wish..I'll offer choice and freedom here since it is being taken away everywhere else..

Worries about recovery deepen...
Economy in 'Depression, Not Recession'...
Dow Faces 'Bouncy Ride to 5,000'...
New Home Sales Sink to Lowest Pace on Record...
MORGAN STANLEY: Government Bond Defaults Inevitable...
DOW FIGHT TO HOLD 10,000
Sen. Baucus [author of Obamacare] admits to not reading bill!
Bolton: Obama & Hillary 'talk' while Iran arms for nuclear war...
Feds move to dismiss deportation cases; Backdoor 'amnesty'...
LETTERMAN TURNS: 'He'll have plenty of time for vacations after his one term'...
INTEL CEO blasts Obama, Dems; USA faces looming tech decline...
Marine General: Obama giving 'sustenance' to Taliban...
Mother at short-staffed Swedish hospital told to clean own room after caesarean...
UPDATE: 62 killed in attacks targeting Iraqi security forces...

Assurant Health to eliminate 130 jobs

2010-08-19T16:41:00.001-05:00

Health insurance that cost more with fewer options..Was that the "Hope and Change" you were looking for? When you all get the new conditions of your health insurance and you have higher premiums, co-pays, and less services..post it here..maybe we can educate a few who haven't got it yet..thought we were getting better and cheaper health care?..and thanks Dems for costing 130 more people their jobs...

The Obama type of company

2010-08-17T15:13:00.002-05:00

The business Obama visited yesterday (ZBB) in SE Wisconsin as a model for the future of business in America is trading at 66 cents a share (opened at $6), and can only exist due to government welfare. It lost over 9 million bucks in the last two years and millions more in the first part of this year. 44.1 million dollars of debt. The former CEO didn't pay taxes and was also paid as in independent contractor. The factory they have is only producing at 10% of capacity. This type of business should not exist and wouldn't in the old America, but it keeps getting govt money in the new liberal, socialist, Obama America. This makes sense for Obama to go there since he believes the government must run everything and is the only entity capable of taking care of people. Its called socialism and its the only way Obama believes in.

So instead of private business coming up with ideas in energy or anything else that people actually want, Obama gives money to the things HE thinks are important and that HE thinks should be happening. So that is why you only have worthless businesses like ZBB that produce nothing that anybody wants. These businesses can only exist as long as socialists like Obama take money out of your wallet and give it to them.

There is no way any liberal will be able to make a comment about this story. If there is any they will be jokes or attacks or on another topic

This is the new America if you don't get BHO and the other liberal socialist asap

Hamas nod for Ground Zero mosque

2010-08-16T07:23:00.001-05:00

Once again Obama is supported by terrorists and socialist, and not by most of the American people..

At least his power will be taken away soon.

How Many "Top Priority" Issues Does Obama Have?

2010-08-16T07:21:00.000-05:00

He is a joke, he's a boy playing in a mans world

FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS: "...that's something that's going to be a top priority." (4/27/10)

ENERGY SECURITY: "And that's why my energy security plan has been one of the top priorities of my Administration since the day I took office." (4/28/10)

EDUCATION REFORM: "To train our workers for the jobs of tomorrow, we've made education reform a top priority in this Administration." (2/24/10)

STUDENT LOAN REFORM: "This is something that I've made a top priority." (2/1/10)

EXPORTS BY SMALL BUSINESSES: "This is going to be a top priority." (12/3/09)

HEALTH ASSISTANCE TO 9/11 FIRST RESPONDERS: "I'm not just talking the talk, we've been budgeting this as a top priority for this Administration." (2/3/10)

END HOMELESSNESS AMONG VETERANS: "I've also directed (Veterans Affairs) Secretary Shinseki to focus on a top priority: reducing homeless among veterans." (8/17/09)

HURRICANE PREPAREDNESS: "Our top priority is ensuring the public safety. That means appropriate sheltering in place or if necessary, getting as many people as possible out of harm's way prior to landfall." (5/29/09)

H1N1 FLU VACCINATIONS: "And throughout this process, my top priority has been the health and the safety of the American people." (5/1/09)

SUPPORT FOR MILITARY FAMILIES: "These military families are heroes too. And they are a top priority of Michelle and me. And they will always have our support." (5/30/09)

STRENTHENING TIES WITH CANADA AND MEXICO: "We're going to make this a top priority..." (10/16/09)

CONSUMER PROTECTION: "During these challenging times, the needs of American consumers are a top priority of my Administration." (2/11/09)

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION: "So this is going to be a top priority generally improving our environmental quality." (11/5/09)

Fair breaks last year's attendance total

2010-08-15T23:34:00.000-05:00

Perfect weather brought last-day crowds to the Wisconsin State Fair in force Sunday, pushing attendance past last year's total and topping out at 876,020, a 5% increase over 2009, according to fair spokeswoman Patrice Harris.

The numbers were as of 2 p.m. Sunday.

Aside from a problem with the Sky Glider opening night, she said there were no other major glitches with rides or facilities and no major crowd troubles.

Among new attractions, the Days of the Dinosaur was the big winner, Harris said, drawing more than 55,000 visitors.

She also thanked the community for again supporting Hunger Task Force Day, when about 40,000 fair patrons donated 158 thousand pounds of food

wisconsin state fair Saturday August 14the review and end of fair comments

2010-08-15T22:47:00.005-05:00

Bret Michaels/Warrant/Firehouse review:

Bret Michaels dragged 6550 into the Wisconsin State Fair grandstand Saturday night. It was as good a show as could be put on by just Michaels and some fill-ins. Michaels played many Poison hits including: something to believe in, talk dirty to me, I want action, every rose has its thorn, fallin' angel, unskinny bop, and nothin' but a good time to name a few. I think he only played two or three solo songs and a few covers. It was awesome to see him on stage, considering he just had heart and brain surgery in the past 6 or so months. I was surprised that such a big crowd was so quiet. I guess there are two reasons. The older people at the show must have felt a little empty that the rest of Poison was not there, and the young girls that only know him from current TV shows didn't really care about Poison songs. Bret worked hard and even ran to his dressing room twice to take diabetes meds so he could make it through the set. After the show I told him that I have waited 15 years for him to come to the Fair, and he then went into this long story about how he has been at summerfest, waukesha, washington county, etc, but this summer was finally the time to play at the Wisconsin State Fair. Bret might be the nicest, most pesonable person that has ever been at the fair (at least in the last 15 years). He talked to security, told us stories, said he was sorry he could not jump as much tonight, but after those two surgeries he is still tired and that he will jump around more next year. He had a meet and greet where he spent quality time with each person, and it seemed he knew a majority of them personally. Multiple times he sent people to talk to his manager so they could be signed up to come to one of his kid camps for free. Usually these kids have major problems with their diabetes. He talked to fans til after 1am, I had to stand there the whole time and really didn't care. In fact, it was a pleasure watching him interact with everyone. Also, he had great management that were also a pleasure to work with. Way different than a few nights ago with a-hole Train.

Warrant and Firehouse were okay, same as always for old time 80's rockers.

Post party still happened at SafeHouse and Johnny V's: Last time seeing great friends, nice people, great drinks and a 3am fish fry.

Friday Night parade down grandstand Ave. was not as fun as the last few years, but was fun nonetheless.

Final Fair thoughts:

Despite once again having worthless morons who wish they were important try and ruin our time at the fair, we beat them once again by doing a great job, having every act say we are one of the best security crews in the entire United States, enjoyed each other's company and partied like rock stars. In some years past I was tired and happy the fair came to a close, not this year. I am sad to see it end. I will miss not having 5000 calorie dinners, but will not miss how I feel right now after eating all that stuff. I love working the shows and meeting the challenges each night brings...I love just being in the fair park, seeing all the stuff I loved as a kid and still love. I love taking my family to the fair and giving my son the same experiences I had as a child. I love seeing the sheep and laugh at how funny they are. I love cheese curds, cream puffs, drinks at Benno's with Ernie, turkey legs, milk, sports sticks, PB&J on a stick, Safe House til 2am and all the rest. I love seeing people I only get to see 11 or so days a year, and even though he gets grumpy, I love spending lots of time with my Dad. So here is to another great year at the Wisconsin State Fair!

wisconsin state fair friday august 14th review and August 15 preview

2010-08-14T01:02:00.004-05:00

Three Dog Night and Grass Roots review: Well, we got our stormy night at the grandstand tonight. It was not too bad, felt good for most of it actually. The Grass Roots were quite good actually. Sang a lot of hits and the lead singer sounded pretty good. To be honest they should have been the headliner..Sang lots of good songs like "Where were you when I needed you" "Midnight Confessions" "Let's Live for Today" "Sooner or Later" "Where were you when I needed you" "Wait a million years" They went out and signed autographs for about 20 minutes after the show too. Three Dog night did not sound too good in my opinion. They have some big time hits like "one" "Celebrate" "Just an old fashion love song" and the huge it "joy to the world" They did a rap thing in the concert that was terrible. Overall they were okay, had hits and sang decent, but I wouldn't say I would have been overly excited if I was one one of the nearly 5000 that paid and sat in the rain to see that.

After party sponsored by Bennos Micro Brew:

Had a fun time telling stories, listening to the Toys and enjoying the scenery outside Bennos. Thanks to Wyatt for the awesome fries.

Only a few more days left to eat and drink all there is too enjoy.

Comment on fair supervisors: Why do they have no clue? Why do they care about the things they care about? If you have answers let me know.

Saturday, August 14 preview:

SATURDAY, AUGUST 14 - 7:30PM Presented by Northern Lights Theater BRET MICHAELS ROSES & THORNS WORLD TOUR 2010/ WARRANT AND FIREHOUSE

PICK `N SAVE DAY - SATURDAY , AUGUST 14 Pick ‘n Save invites you and your family to join them in Central Mall! Kids activities include Pizza Eating Contest, Ice Cream licking, bracelet making and more! And adults, don’t miss your chance to play the Price is Always Right game!

Cousins: DARYL STUERMER - GENESIS REWIRED 8pm

Brew City: Boo The Band 8-12

Bud: Cherry Pie 8-12

Miller Lite: The Now 8-12

see everything going on at the fair by visiting www.wistatefair.com

Wisconsin State Fair Thursday August 12 review and August 13 preview

2010-08-13T14:34:00.004-05:00

Train/Kris Allen review (now with new and improved effort):

Kris Allen was last years American Idol winner, and since that show has always been and will always be complete crap Allen's performance met expectations. It was low skill, cheesy, and less than memorable. He acted like an ass on stage for his sound check and must not realize how little talent he has. You will be able to see him at Jim's Brat Shop opening for the Brat Shop house band by next year.

Train has the hits and the talent. I expected them to be snobs and I'm not sure if they fit that bill or not. They are SanFransisco rockers, so you have to expect some liberal smugness to them. They did the meet and greets, they talked to the fans. Lead singer Pat did go out into the crowd, had people come on stage, his voice sounded pretty good. They sang the hits, "Hey, Soul Sister" "Calling all Angels" "If its love" "Drops of Jupiter" to name a few. They did a basic 75 minute set. It seemed like it was just another day in the office for them..and I guess for Pat he must take ballet classes during work hours since everyone seemed to think he danced like a gay ballerina during the show.

I'm going to guess it was just another day working in the "dickhead manger" office for their manager. Complete with a over-estimated sense of importance and value. This guy needed to know who everyone was at every second. He thought everyone around him wanted to meet Train. It was true, many did. There were two meet and greets. Before the show was the radio station contest winners or something. By manager request they set it up like shit and it took longer than it should have. They had 3X5 pics that instead of passing down the line they just passed all around while talking to each person. Then, after the meet and greet was over I tried to give the manager his pics back and he started yelling at me about how I shouldn't be doing that and its not appropriate to ask for autographs. I interrupted him and told him I was trying to give him his pictures back. He just said, "Oh" took them and walked away. After the show there was another meet and greet with friends. Now, usually the guy who books the acts at the fair and the guy who pays for the acts lets a few people in to meet the band. Today that would have been a total of 8. "super manager" made that out to be as if 100,000 illegal immigrants just jumped the chain linked fence on the border. I explained to him the one guy booked the act and the other guy signs the check. He went into a speech about how if I let them in then all of a sudden there are 100 people. He did say he was "trying to be nice" and did let the 8 people in. He climbed into the ranks of biggest ass managers of all time, but I think he only ended up between 3-5.

After show co-sponsored by Bennos MicroBrew and Safe House.

Had a good time with friends at both Bennos in the Fair and then at Safe House after. I highly recommend both establishments for your next family or friend get together.

Preview for Friday August 13th

Mainstage: Three Dog Night and the grass roots 8pm

PATRICK CUDAHY BACON LOVER’S DAY - FRIDAY, AUGUST 13
Calling all bacon lovers! Sample the Genuine Goodness™ of Patrick Cudahy Sweet Apple-Wood Smoked Bacon and delicious Patrick Cudahy Lunchmeats throughout the day. Enjoy sizzling entertainment from the Patrick Cudahy Barbershop Quartet and have a blast at the Radio Disney Street Jam. Spin the prize wheel for your chance to win fun prizes

the whole family will enjoy.

Cousins: Cowboy Mouth 8pm

Bud: Toys 8-midnight

WaterStreet: Boo the Band 7-11

full line-up at www.wistatefair.com

wisconsin state fair Wednesday August 11th review and August 12 review

2010-08-12T09:51:00.004-05:00

Montgomery Gentry review:

It finally felt like a state fair tonight at the grandstand complete with a country act and all the fixin's. Meet and greets with tons of people, an actual stage set, a good show and good stories. The opening act was Josh Thompson who is apparently from Wisconsin. During his meet and greet there were three sisters and and mother. Josh congratulated the mother on doing such a good job raising such good looking daughters and said he would be very happy to be invited over for a family dinner. The funny part was after the show the girls told security in front that Josh said they could come back stage and said hi..his response was a "hell no" due to the fact the girls age was in question (for being legal). It turns out two of the three were of age, but I do not think he wanted anything to do with it. Also, his preshow prep included drinking quite a bit of Jim Beam, and for good reason. Montgomery Gentry is sponsored by Jim Beam, and if you were not sure all you had to do was look at the stage, their buses, their truck, the huge inflatable Jim Beam bottles back stage and on the sides of the stage, or the huge limobus of corporate folks who showed up. Show was good, looked like a good old fashioned 80's rock show, which makes sense since most country does sound like 80's rock. Good show with lots of songs that the 5200 in attendance sang to for 90 minutes. Then after the show the band was quickly out into their party area at the exact same moment the Jim Beam execs were walking back stage back to their bus. Well, that turned into another party full of Jim Beam. Back stage was a sharp contrast with one of the guys out drinking hard while the other guy was with his wife and very cute daughter. Its always funny to see how one person changes after having a family when before that both guys were professional drinkers.

After show: Went out into the fair to see the best vendor in the park, Bennos, and something was different. There were lots of people there. Maybe that is because the show was done before the park was closed for once...something the fair should look into if they want the thousands of people who attend the concerts to spend just a little more money at the end of the night.

Eating at the fair: included mac and cheese on a stick, a duck fajita, herb kohl milk, a corn dog and samples of a other items.

Preview of Thursday, August 12th

Mainstage: Train with Kris Allen

GOLDEN GUERNSEY DAIRY DAY - THURSDAY , AUGUST 12 Golden Guernsey Dairy invites you and your family to join them in Central Mall on Thursday, August 12 from 9am-4pm for delicious dairy samples, fun family activities and great raffle prizes including FREE MILK for a year! Don’t miss out on the Celebrity Cream Puff Eating Contest at 11:45am!

Cousins: Molly Hatchet 7pm

all fair events can be seen at www.wistatefair.com

weather: Sunny and 88

Wisconsin State Fair Teusday August 10th review and August 11 preview

2010-08-11T12:28:00.005-05:00

Steve Miller review:

Not too much to say. Miller still sounds pretty good and his band has a lot of talent. A simple stage set up and he played lots of good songs that the just under 6000 people enjoyed a great deal. Abracadabra, The Joker, Take the Money and Run, Fly Like an Eagle, and Jungle Love to name a few. It's fun to have an act at the fair that can play for about two hours and a majority of them are recognizable hits. He also had a 14 year old come on stage for the last 5 songs and play guitar with him. He was apart of some music school in California that helps promote learning music. It also is not a bad thing that even at the age these guys are at, they still have tons of attractive women following them around. I'll take the whole experience.

Last night after party was sponsored by Safe House. Wow was that a great night at Safe House, located in downtown Milwaukee. The drinks kept on coming, fun talking to everyone, and the staff is top of the line. If you are ever in Milwaukee you must look them up.

Preview for Wednesday, August 11

Mainstage: Montgomery Gentry/Josh Thompson 730pm

ALUTE TO WISCONSIN SCOUTS DAY (guess Obama will not be there)
PRESENTED BY CEDAR CREST ICE CREAM & BADGER METER - WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11
Join Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts throughout the State of Wisconsin in celebrating 100 years of Boy Scouting in America, presented by Cedar Crest Ice Cream. Join the fun in Central Mall for a Pinewood Derby, Raingutter Regatta and Solar Powered Robots! Get your ice cream fix with Cedar Crest
Ice Cream and enjoy fun and games all day.

Cousins stage: Loverboy 7pm

Bud: Toys 7-11

Charcoal grill: Pat McCurdy 6-10

other acts at www.wistatefair.com

Weather: 84 degrees, 30% chance of t-storms (they have been wrong the whole fair)

Wisconsin State Fair Monday August 9th review and August 10th preview

2010-08-10T00:37:00.005-05:00

Third Day/Chad James Review

The Wisconsin State Fair Monday night service was attended by around 5000 looking for some good old rock 'n roll...wait...it was a Christian band. Per usual, this years instalement of Christian music sounded like a rock band, but actually the singer sounded a lot like Travis Tritt if anyone knows who that is anymore. Band sounded good, people had a good time. That is all you can ask for at the Wisconsin State Fair..less bugs and more bug spray would be much appreciated.

Preview for Tuesday, August 10th

Main Stage: Steve Miller Band/Dave Mason 730pm

JELLY BELLY CANDY COMPANY DAY - TUESDAY, AUGUST 10 Join Jelly Belly Candy Company in Central Mall for plenty of sampling and fun with America’s favorite gourmet jelly beans! Visit with Mr. Jelly Belly, see the Jelly Belly Tour Bus, get your own Jelly Belly temporary tattoo and so much more! Sample Jelly Belly jelly beans throughout the day!

Complete State fair line-up can be seen at www.wistatefair.com

Weather: 83 and a 60% chance of rain

Americans not with the Dems on anything

2010-08-09T09:24:00.002-05:00

55% Favor Repeal of Health Care Law

November liberal bloodbath preview:
New Hampshire Senate: Ayotte (R) 51%, Hodes (D) 38%
Kansas Governor: Brownback (R) 57%, Holland (D) 34%
South Dakota Governor: Daugaard (R) 59%, Heidepriem (D) 27%
Generic Congressional Ballot: Republicans 46%, Democrats 38%

86 Days to Decide: Activists Say Tea Party Imposters Infiltrating Elections

2010-08-09T09:18:00.002-05:00

Liberals, are you ever ashamed of what your side does, ever?
This would be a good time.
They can't win on ideas, they can win on what they have done.
So they have to pull this crap.
Just think what the media would be doing if there ever comes a point in American politics when thinking like a liberal is ever popular and conservatives ran fake "liberals" to try and win elections.
But this is also another story of what I have said for years, and am right once again...liberals turn into conservatives right before elections to get elected..

Wisconsin State Fair, Sunday August 8th review and August 9th preview

2010-08-08T21:46:00.005-05:00

Jordin Sparks review

Once again, an American Idol winner comes to the Fair and is a delight to be around. Jordin Sparks is a very sweet girl, who just happened to stand 6 foot 3 inches with her high heels. It was a shame there were only about 1800 at the show. She worked hard, danced, jumped, sang. The crowd liked it. The only thing I didn't like was that "Tattoo" lasted about 10 minutes. Honestly, I think the crowd might have been into Honor Society more. The girls went nuts for them, and even as I was leaving the park over an hour after the show ended there were a good 40-50 girls waiting for them to leave. The guys seemed nice and they actually stopped their car and talked to the girls. I would have to say my favorite concert so far. I actually knew four songs including Battlefield and No Air, got to talk to a really sweet girl, and am home before ten pm so I can recharge for the week. Also, the weather was once again great and the fair was packed to the brim

Monday, August 9th Preview

Main Stage: Third Day with Chad James

SPRECHER BREWING COMPANY DAY - MONDAY, AUGUST 9 Join in all the fun and games with “Rooty” the Sprecher mascot and see the Sprecher Race Car. Go to sprecherbrewery.com/fair for more information and details regarding the $6 before 6pm admission promotion.

Charcoal Grill stage: Pat McCurdy 5-730pm

Saz ribs stage: Mt. Olive

all fair info at www.wistatefair.com

Weather: 84 degrees 40% of scatter t-storms

Wisconsin State Fair Saturday, August 7th review and August 8th preview

2010-08-08T02:44:00.004-05:00

Family day at the Fair:

I'll just make a running list of the things we all did/eat(you figure out which things we ate and which we saw)...cream puff, dinosaurs, PB&J, mini-donuts, corn, baked potato, bacon wrapped shrimp tempura, herb kohl milk, pork chop sandwich, huge corn dog, free milk, pigs, pig slide, cows, horses, and lemonade

MMA review:

Well, it seemed like 1000 or so people really admired guys who role around on the ground with other guys" (breakfast club reference). It was what it was. In 2 plus hours I do not know if I saw ten direct hits to anyone. Lots of rolling around on the ground and weak punches. The good thing there were no problems and no stress. Happy about that.

Fair goings on:

guy with a knife, a guy beating the crap out of his fiancée, and a bunch of Hispanics "protesting" by the midway chanting "Yes We Can" in Spanish.

After hours fun:

The Safe House came up big with the first night of actual fun after the fair. Can't wait to celebrate Amanda's bday Tuesday night with a much missed friend, Rob.

Preview for Sunday, August 8th

Main Stage: Jordan Sparks with Honor Society 6pm

TIME WARNER CABLE DAY - SUNDAY, AUGUST 8 Connect with Time Warner Cable and community partners in the areas of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Time Warner Cable’s Connect a Million Minds (CAMM) introduces youth to opportunities and resources that inspire them to develop the important STEM skills they need to become the problem solvers of tomorrow.

Bunch of side stages that can be seen at www.wistatefair.com

weather: 87 degrees, 3o% chance of t-storms

Wisconsin State Fair Friday, August 6th review and August 7th preview

2010-08-07T00:10:00.004-05:00

The Spirit of Michael Jackson show review:

I'm not sure if the 2350 that were at the grandstand Friday night will agree, but "Michael" was telling the truth when he said, "I'm bad" I have to be honest, I love Michael Jackson songs, but this show had a guy lip sinking with four dancers and very low budget production. The best part was that the show was under 75 minutes. The best part of the show was actually just as the show was starting, I was walking out to the end gate and the security guard out there told me a family had just walked past and one brother said, "Look at that crowd, if that was the real Michael Jackson it would be sold out" The other brother said, "He's dead"...It was funny to the guard and me. The show was only good in that I liked listening to the songs. The production was very little, the guy was not that good and over all the show sucked. What didn't suck was the sports sticks I bought from Silly Dilly Pickle booth today.

Reporting about the fair in general: The people who have been working for state fair security for over 15 years have just about had it with the way they are treated and how poorly things are done. The whole idea of working at the fair was to see old friends, have a good time, do your job and have more of a good time. I don't know if this is just the way life in America is now, but the fun days are gone. The fair is still great, but working there really isn't worth it anymore. The idea of how it used to be good seems to be the only reason people keep coming back for barely over minimum wage. But like most govt run agencies, they do not care about quality, and when the best people you have quit, you will have little quality left.

Saturday preview:

NORTH AMERICAN FIGHTING CHAMPIONSHIP “RELENTLESS” 8pm

Cousins: Think Floyd 8pm

Bud: Boogie Men 8-12

MIller Lite park 76 JUliet 8-12

Saz Ribs: Bad Medicine 330-730 mt. Olive 8-12

My family eating everything at the fair 9am-noon

Wisconsin State fair Day 1 review and Friday, August 6th preview

2010-08-06T01:06:00.007-05:00

State fair news of the day:

Well, a lot happening at the fair today. First, what I ate. Started off with what might be the best item at the fair...Deep fried PB&J from The Charcoal grill (which also had krispy cream cheeseburgers). Then it was to the Door County Fish Broil to have a bacon wrapped shrimp tempura. Wish it didn't cost $6 but it was quite good. After a little work and rest, I had to go and get Nachos Grande. Ahh....good first day

It was not a good first day for the 100 people trapped on the sky glider for three hours. Also not a good day for the 100's of people the incompetent parkers/security send down the track during a show to get out of the park. Also not a good time for handicap people who were parked in the middle of the infield and asked to walk 400 yards to the entrance. That seems to make sense, right?

I did save John Malan from having to walk all around the fair to get to his live feed at 6 on the channel 4 news. Here is the problem. The fair pays and treats it workers like shit, so for the most part you have new or crappy workers. John is standing in the media lot just a few feet from a back stage fence. I saw him there and told the workers who were telling him how to walk for about 3 miles to get to the TMJ4 booth, "I don't think he is going to bother anyone, I'll get him there" I walked him directly to the enterance to the fair, all in all about 100 yards. I did tell him that for this he had better change the weather forcast for next week.

Lyle Lovett review:

Well, Asleep at the Wheel and Lyle Lovett have great harmonies and have musicians who can play as good as anyone. I just hope the 1700 who showed up tonight knew more songs than I did, which was zero. The show lasted 4 hours, which was way to much for me. But I must admit that Lovett is an iconic figure who really looks like that in person. He has a wonderful and strong voice, but I guess I would have been more interested if I knew anything he was singing...especially when he sang for two hours. I would say you do not want to start off the fair with a crowd of under 2000 and then have those people in the concert so long they can not go out to the fair and buy more stuff on a stick and a beer.

Preview of Friday, August 6th

Potawatomi Main Stage: The Spirit of Michael 8pm

KAYTEE FUR, FUN & FEATHER DAY - FRIDAY , AUGUST 6

Amphitheater: Fran Cosmo former singer of Boston 8pm

Bud: Cherry Pie 8pm to midnight

Charcoal Grill: Pat McCurdy 7pm to 10pm

Miller Lite Park: The Now 3pm to 7pm

Miller Lite Sports Bar: Rhythm Method 745-1145

Water Street: Boo the Band 7-11

Summerfest attendance, revenue climb

2010-07-30T10:40:00.000-05:00

The good times continue to roll for Summerfest even in this difficult economic stretch as attendance and revenue climbed compared with last year, festival officials announced Friday.
Attendance at the 11-day lakefront music festival, which wrapped up July 4, totaled 856,254, an increase of 2.5% over last year's 835,679, Milwaukee World Festival Inc. reported Friday.
Preliminary estimates show combined revenue from gate and concert ticket sales and food and beverage commissions exceeded last year's totals by 1.3%, festival officials said in a news release.

We need to get dems out of power NOW!!!

2010-07-26T15:18:00.002-05:00

Some insurers stop writing new coverage for kids

2010-07-26T12:05:00.000-05:00

Well done Obama...man you suck

Some major health insurance companies will no longer issue certain types of policies for children, an unintended consequence of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law, state officials said Friday.

White House backed release of Lockerbie bomber Abdel Baset al-Megrahi

2010-07-26T12:00:00.002-05:00

So it looks like Obama is just flat out lying about things now since just about everything he thinks and every policy he tries to enact is denounced by a vast majority of the American people. I know it will be hard for you liberals to focus on this and will make some comment about something that has nothing to do with this, but I understand it is hard for you to comment when presented facts.

Migrants sell up, flee Arizona ahead of crackdown

2010-07-26T09:43:00.002-05:00

I'm not so sure this is as good a thing as it seems.
First of all, most of them are just moving to another state that will soon be screwed.
But here is the other thing, I'm guessing most of the people moving are those who actually worked and somewhat care about some laws..They obviously do not care about other laws or they would not be breaking the law by even being in the United States.
But are all the drug dealers and violent offenders leaving too?
That is an important question.
But AZ has to do something, the federal govt is not meeting their duties by enforcing federal law.
Keep it up AZ, a vast majority of America is with you

Britain Plans to Decentralize Health Care

2010-07-25T12:26:00.001-05:00

Why can't we learn from other liberals mistakes?

Here is what Obama will be doing to our country soon....besides all the other ways he is completely destroying it:

NHS bosses have drawn up secret plans for sweeping cuts to services, with restrictions on the most basic treatments for the sick and injured.

Liberals wrong on another issue

2010-07-22T15:30:00.003-05:00

Looks like liberals are finally understanding that putting ethanol in gas is stupid and actually worse for the environment than oil. I know, Obama still doesn't know that but it has been proven he is a complete moron.
But here is another example of liberals pushing something that has been proven to be wrong or worse than whatever was used before. Go to www.followthescience.org
Other examples:
Forced school busing
plastic bags at the grocery store
global warming
ethanol
water bottles

In all these cases liberals supported it, now they either simply take the opposite view or deny they ever thought the wrong thing...
Can we ever learn...

Barrett seeks to avoid increases in property tax, user fees

2010-07-21T22:53:00.002-05:00

Just one more example of how liberals have to start talking and acting like conservatives to get elected in most places..

Sad thing is people are stupid enough they don't catch it..

Obama Approval Drops To Lowest Point Ever, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Independent Voters Turn On President Since Honeymoon

2010-07-21T14:44:00.001-05:00

Voter approval of the President's handling of some of the nation's problems shows:
Disapprove 56 - 39 percent of his handling of the economy;
Disapprove 46 - 43 percent of his handling of foreign policy;
Disapprove 51 - 41 percent of his handling of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill;
Disapprove 58 - 30 percent of his handling of illegal immigration;

American voters also say 48 - 40 percent Obama does not deserve reelection in 2012

Black USDA official resigns after saying she only 'did enough' for white farmer

2010-07-20T12:11:00.002-05:00

This is happening all over the radical's administration. Why isn't Holder going after the new black panthers? Why are they suing a state on behalf of non-citizens? Why are they appealing court cases where it was shown blacks were discriminating whites?

Missouri's Future

2010-07-20T10:20:00.000-05:00

Felons Voting Illegally May Have Put Franken Over the Top in Minnesota, Study Finds

2010-07-13T09:47:00.002-05:00

There is only one way to react to this...
No shit

It has been documented and proven over and over and over again that liberals benefit from voter fraud, and that is why they never want to do anything to get rid of it.

So to be honest, I really don't give a crap what you think about the issue and anyone who has a clue shouldn't care when liberals scream and yell anytime the truth is told.
We can not allow liberals to completely destroy our country and way of life.
The time to fight has come and is close to being gone.
Don't wait until it is too late.
Take America back

100% pure liberalism in action

2010-07-02T13:34:00.002-05:00

JUNE UNEMPLOYMENT 9.5%... 125,000 JOBS LOST...
Rate dips as 652,000 give up job search...
Depressing...
Weak economic data suggest 'recovery' fizzling...
Fears mount over slowing global demand...
Health overhaul may mean longer ER waits, crowding...
Obamacare may not cover sick deemed high-risk...

Summerfest july 1 review, july 2 line-up, july 3 preview

2010-07-02T09:02:00.002-05:00

July 1 review
Santana
side stages

July 2 line-up
Marcus: American Idols LIVE
Miller: NERD
Harley: Scorpions
Cell: The Heavy/The Bravery
Classic: YES
Briggs: OAR
Rock: August Burns Red/The Devil Wears Prada
Casino: Slightly Stoopid
Martini: Boogie Men

july 3 preview
marcus: Rush
Miller: Modest Mouse
Harley: Counting Crows
Cell: The Dirty Heads
Classic: Peter Frampton
Briggs: John Hiatt
Rock: Flyleaf
Casino: Levon Helm Band
Martini: The Toys

Saturday, July 3 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm or while supplies last - is CBS 58 Milwaukee/ MDA Day.The first 1,500 patrons contributing $10 or more to the Muscular Dystrophy Association will receive one (1) free admission ticket. Donations will be accepted at the Mid-Gate promotions tent.

Weather 84/69 sunny

Summerfest June 30 review, july 1 line-up, july 2 preview

2010-07-01T10:38:00.002-05:00

June 30th review
Usher
side stages

July 1 line-up
marcus: Santana/Steve Winwood
Miller: OAR
Harley: The Offspring
Cell: The Hold Steady
Classic Rock: the b-52s
Briggs: the Roots
Rock: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Casino: Cameo
Martini 5 card studs

July 2 preview
Marcus: American Idols LIVE
Miller: NERD
Harley: Scorpions
Cell: The Heavy/The Bravery
Classic: YES
Briggs: OAR
Rock: August Burns Red/The Devil Wears Prada
Casino: Slightly Stoopid
Martini: Boogie Men

Friday, July 2 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm or while supplies last - is Malt-O-Meal Day. The first 1,500 patrons will receive one (1) free admission ticket when presenting an original receipt from any Wisconsin grocer that specifies the purchase of any two (2) Malt-O-Meal Bag Cereals 10oz or larger. Receipt must be dated between June 24 - July 2, 2010. No copies or handwritten receipts will be accepted. To find the store nearest you go to www.maltomeal.com.

Weather: 81/63 Sunny

2010-06-30T10:00:00.002-05:00

June 29th review
Skynyrd
side stages

June 30th line-up
marcus: usher/Lyfe Jennings
Miller: Umphrey's McGee
harley: Puddle of Mudd
Cell: Chevelle
Classic rock: The Moody Blues
Briggs: Dark Star Orchestra
rock: Cavo
Casino: War
Martini: Eddie Butts Band

July 1 preview
marcus: Santana/Steve Winwood
Miller: OAR
Harley: The Offspring
Cell: The Hold Steady
Classic Rock: the b-52s
Briggs: the Roots
Rock: Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
Casino: Cameo
Martini 5 card studs

uly 1 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm or while supplies last is Northwestern Mutual Make a Child Smile Day. The first 1,500 patrons who donate any new, indoor children’s toy, art supplies or children’s G or PG rated DVD movie with a $5.00 minimum value will receive one (1) free admission ticket. All items collected will be used throughout the Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin system. (All items must be new with original tags attached and/or original packaging.)

H.O.G.® Day will also take place on Thursday, July 1 - 12:00 - 3:00 pm -. Receive one (1) FREE admission ticket when presenting a valid H.O.G.® (Harley Owners Group®) card at the tent located on the northwest corner of Chicago Street and Harbor Drive. One admission per card. NEW this year: H.O.G.® members will have exclusive access to the Harley-Davidson Hospitality Deck located at the Harley-Davidson Roadhouse Stage between the hours of 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm on July 1. Limited space; first come, first served. Once the deck reaches capacity, access will be on a “one out, one in” basis.

weather: Sunny 77, o% chance of rain

US accepts international assistance for Gulf spill

2010-06-30T07:35:00.003-05:00

This guy is a pure incompetent ass.

Took 70 days to make this decision

70 f-ing days.

70 days of oil destroying the environment

70 days of destroying the economy

This guy has no clue

He can't run anything, he is a joke