Thomas Friedman at Prayer

The Friedman's Prayer:

Dear Lord,

Please make President Obama lucky.

And while you're at it... make my Power Ball numbers come in.

And...

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?
My friends all drive Porsches, I must make amends.
Worked hard all my lifetime, no help from my friends,
So Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes Benz ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?
Dialing For Dollars is trying to find me.
I wait for delivery each day until three,
So oh Lord, won't you buy me a color TV ?

Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?
I'm counting on you, Lord, please don't let me down.
Prove that you love me and buy the next round,
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a night on the town ?

Dane County Republican's Declaration of Apology

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The TrogloPundit has intercepted a letter of apology from the Dane County (WI) Republicans to Judge Sumi after their initial attack dog response. Here is a copy of the original manuscript:

As you can see, it is signed by all 56 Republicans that are still residing in uber-progressive Dane County.

Denny's Restaurant- Manly American Hero

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More here if'n yer masculine enough.

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World Protesting Federation Cage Match

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A good friend and I plan on attending an upcoming protest in Madison yet to be determined. Bob is a member of AFSCME and I am a Tea Partier.

Bob will be carrying an 'Impeach Walker' sign and I will be carrying a convertible sign that I am constructing:

The original on the left will convert with a small rod to the one on the right. This will enable me to mingle with Bob's anti-Walker crowd and at a convenient photo-op time, I will change it to the anti-protester sign on the right.

Where video cameras are shooting, Bob and I will commence to 'punching each other out' with fake blood and everything. We are working diligently on our precision choreography.

We will especially be looking for New Media Meade plying his avocational skills.

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If One Humanizes a Rock, He's a Nutjob...

Today's Proverb of the Day is given us by Stephen Mauzy:

If one anthropomorphizes a rock, one is a nut job. If one anthropomorphizes billions of rocks, one is an environmentalist.

President Obama Tested

Joe Biden in October, 2008:

"Mark my words," the Democratic vice presidential nominee warned at the second of his two Seattle fundraisers Sunday. "It will not be six months before the world tests Barack Obama like they did John Kennedy. The world is looking. We're about to elect a brilliant 47-year-old senator president of the United States of America. Remember I said it standing here if you don't remember anything else I said. Watch, we're gonna have an international crisis, a generated crisis, to test the mettle of this guy."

President Obama on March 28, 2011:

...Too much testing makes education boring for kids, he said.[...]

At the same time, Obama said, schools should be judged on criteria other than student test performance, including attendance rate.[...]

"And young people do well in stuff that they're interested in," Obama said. "They're not going to do as well if it's boring."

Many commenters thought that tonight's speech by the President concerning our Kinetic Military Action in Libya was a pretty good one but spoken as though he were bored.

And, to be frank, his attendance rate has be really, really poor. He also doesn't appear to get along well with others either.

Reached for comment, Ghadafi could only say while wiping a tear from his eye,  "Very good speech, my son."

Virginia Commonwealth's Coach Shaka Smart- Local Roots

(AP photo/Eric Gay)

Being a Wisconsin Badger fan I naturally began rooting for Butler to win the NCAA Basketball Championship since they beat Wisconsin. But I just recently found out that VCU coach Shaka Smart was born in Madison and graduated from Oregon (WI) High School.

In high school, he was a three-year starter for Oregon and a second-team All-Badger Conference pick as a senior. He rewrote Oregon's record books for assists, finishing as its all-time leader for a career (458), season (201) and single game (20).1

Maybe I will root for VCU.

(H.T. Fishersville Mike.)

We Shall Not Be Moved

We Are Far Behind the Times

Today is the day that we are to observe Earth Hour where we turn out our lights and appliances for an hour to pay homage to our sacred Mother Earth and acknowledge the great damage that we are doing to her.

One stinkin' hour. What a bunch of softies. But we need not be discouraged for there are some among us that are pushing for more... much, much more. Many of those far-sighted people are working hard in our governments to see that we progress toward their goal.

They have a model toward which they can aspire. We celebrate Earth Hour, our model celebrates...

Earth Millennium

With the proper leadership we can achieve the mountain top.

Let's See... Do I Have This Libya Thing Right?

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Citizens of a nation (and perhaps outside agitators) controlled by a ruthless dictator protest against his regime. The dictator responds with lethal force. The protesters form some type of militia and fight back gaining ground in many areas. The dictator's forces turn the tide and start gaining the upper hand. The international community steps in to enforce a no-fly zone to stop the dictator from annihilating all the rebels. 

Now we must wait to see if the rebels are able to rebound and annihilate all the people loyal to the dictator or if the dictator can still muster enough muscle to annihilate the rebels.

Am I missing anything?

When Jenny Comes Marchin' Home Again, Hurrah, Hurrah

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Although we are presently awaiting the birth of our 6th grandchild, a boy, I can't help but also hope for another granddaughter. If and when that happens, I will lobby for the name Odyssey Dawn. Very girlish and feminine, I think.

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Why Progressives Are So Angry at President Obama's Attack on Libya

Progressives are always angry. But now they are really angry; really, really angry. It seems that their Nobel Peace Prize winning President has attacked the sovereign nation of Libya without even asking them. Some are even calling for the President's impeachment. They claim that his actions are unmarxitutional.

One such Progressive, speaking on the condition of assured face time, Mikhail Gorbachev Moore, emphatically stated:

Wrong place, wrong time. The President's reasons for attacking Libya should have been exercised a few weeks ago. A ruthless dictator was oppressing millions of his countrymen and his vicious attacks on the peaceful protesters caused many to flee to safer locations for fear of their very lives. I called for war, but Obama did nothing. For the sake of all that is right and just, the President should have sent his Cruise missiles and smart bombs into Madison, Wisconsin earlier this month. Muammar Gaddafi is Shirley Temple's The Little Colonel compared to ChimpyScott WalkerHitler.

Required face-time

Meade and Althouse at the Capitol

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Here's a series of screenshots taken from an Ann Althouse video taken recently at the Madison Capitol:

Purple Graffiti on Civil War Monument

Panning to the Right, the Purple SEIU Bus

While Washing the Trash, Meade Encounters a Suspicious Purple Protester

And to think... This purple character was one of your children's teachers.

I knew there was something I didn't like about Barney!

Fishersville Mike says, "If you can read this, thank Barney Obama."

Little Miss Attila fails to accuse me of 'oversimplified fiddle-faddle.'

Ann Althouse links. I now await my 'Get Out of Madison Manifesto' from a Shankman wannabe. Oh, wait, I live in Janesville!
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March in Wisconsin

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Even Gaia* is protesting Governor Walker and the Republicans:

Blizzard Warning!

(*Gaia: Hesiod's Theogony (116ff) tells how, from Chaos, arose broad-breasted Gaia, the everlasting foundation of the gods of Olympus. She brought forth Uranus, the starry sky, her equal, to cover her, the hills (Ourea), and the fruitless deep of the Sea, Pontus, "without sweet union of love," out of her own self through parthenogenesis. But afterwards, as Hesiod tells it,

she lay with her son, Uranus, and bore the world-ocean god Oceanus, Coeus and Crius and the Titans Hyperion and Iapetus, Theia and Rhea, Themis, Mnemosyne, and Phoebe of the golden crown, and lovely Tethys. After them was born Cronus the wily, youngest and most terrible of her children, and he hated his lusty sire.

Hesiod mentions Gaia's further offspring conceived with Uranus: first the giant one-eyed Cyclopes: Brontes ("thunderer"), Steropes ("lightning"), and the "bright" Arges: "Strength and might and craft were in their works." Then he adds the three terrible hundred-handed sons of Earth and Heaven, the Hecatonchires: Cottus, Briareos, and Gyges, each with fifty heads.)

The Other McCain's Rule 38

Somewhere back in time, Stacy McCain listed some blogging rules to enable one's potential for getting a million hits on your blog. It was not an exhaustive list, but an effective list that included principles such as the Full Metal Jacket Reach-Around and pictures of pretty girls attract viewers. Because of workable brevity there are several important principles that he didn't name, however. One is rule 38.

Stacy McCain's Rule 38 mixes some of the other rules. First, to get hits on your blog it is a good idea to be alive. Remaining alive sometimes can only be fulfilled with a full metal jacket Rule 38 reach around by a pretty girl.

Here is an example of the successful usage of Rule 38:

Pretty Girl

Life Threatening Intruder

Full Metal Jacket Reach Around

Live to breathe another day.

(H.T. Don Surber.)

And I Thought I Was Making a Joke

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A few days ago, I posted this automotivating spoof:

Well, now it seems the spoof has begun to touch upon the fringes of reality.

Reps. Jerrold Nadler (N.Y.), Donna Edwards (Md.), Mike Capuano (Mass.), Dennis Kucinich (Ohio), Maxine Waters (Calif.), Rob Andrews (N.J.), Sheila Jackson Lee (Texas), Barbara Lee (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.) "all strongly raised objections to the constitutionality of the president's actions" during that call, said two Democratic lawmakers who took part.

Joe Biden/Michael Moore, 2011

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No Sheeples Sweater Pubby Contest Entry

I must apologize for misreading the No Sheeples Contest name. I mistakenly thought it was 'Sweater Pucky' instead of 'Sweater Pubby' and entered Wisconsin Badger Women's Hockey 2011 National Champions' pictures into the contest. I'm from Wisconsin you understand and there has been quite a lot of such confusion around here lately. Amends shall be made here, however, and new pictures re-entered.

Sweater Pubby images

Amanda Carpenter

Angie Harmon

Ashley Herzog

Mary Katharine Hamm

Hannah Giles

Jerri Thompson

No Sheeples Sweater Pucky Contest Entry

There are many who say that, at my age, I need a stronger prescription for my contact lenses. Nonetheless, I still have a sharp eye, so I will enter these beauties in Carol's 'No Sheeples Sweater Pucky Contest' for 2011.

Wisconsin 4, Boston University 1
2011 National Champions in Women's Hockey

Olivia Jakiel

Becca Ruegsegger

Geena Prough

Jinelle Zaugg-Sierfiej

Danica's Hope

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The French Attend the Scott Walker Institute

Via RedState:

For more than a year, Sodexo has endured being targeted by the SEIU. Being on the SEIU hit list for the company’s refusal to turn its workforce over to the purple behemoth, the SEIU has (allegedly) engaged in rallies, unlawful retaliation against Sodexo employees, as well as other, equally ugly, tactics[...]

On Thursday, Sodexo filed a civil lawsuit against the SEIU under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (more commonly known as RICO).

Must be related to Scott Walker 'cause Lance would have kicked him a couple more times.

(H.T. Dad29.)

President Obama Picks Kansas State to Beat Wisconsin Tonight

As President Obama has selected Kansas State to defeat the Wisconsin Badgers this evening, supporters are mobilizing to help assure the efficacy of his pick.

Organizing for America, the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, and various other unions have loaded busses bound for Madison, Wisconsin and around the country to protest in attempt to intimidate the Badger coaches, players, fans, and their families. Picketers are occupying the Kohl Center and practice facilities, chanting and banging on drums.

Protesters are encouraging tournament and game officials to leave the state of Arizona in an effort to delay a Wisconsin win.

There is also a move to start recall efforts against Badger coach Bo Ryan and his assistant coaches.

In the event that the game goes on and Wisconsin were to win, Obama supporters are seeking to find a federal judge to issue an injunction stopping the notarization and publication of the Wisconsin victory.

Although they have not participated in the NCAA Badger hype, Ann Althouse and Meade are preparing for basketballs to be thrown onto their lawn.

At the SoulMate Mansion

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Hugh and Helen, outta their trees

S-lobb-e-r-i-n-g

Whaddayagonnado now that you've both found your soulmate?

We're moving back to Poland!


(H.T. The TrogloPundit.)

The President from Ipanema

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How a Man of Few Words Gets His Message Across

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Everyone knows that The TrogloPundit is a man of few words. Many may wonder how he communicates so well. A short visit to his home will give the answer.

With nary a word spoken, Lance's message was received loud and clear.

(H.T. Randy's Roundtable.)

Honoring Accomplishments

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Most everyone knows that Green Bay names streets after Packer heroes:

Down here in Janesville, Wisconsin, there is no pro football team, but we like to honor heroes as well.

Here we name a bridge over the Rock River after Leslie Bellrichard, Medal of Honor recipient:

And a street also:

President Obama Earns Transparency Award

Alana Goodman reports in Commentary that

“the President will accept an award from a coalition of good government groups and transparency advocates to recognize ‘his deep commitment to an open and transparent government — of, by, and for the people’ in conjunction with Sunshine Week. There will be a pool spray at the top [brief photo opportunity].”

Here's the official photo:

(Doctored B.M. Newsom image)

(Fishersville Mike has asked the White House for an autographed copy.)

Ramirez Captures Pre-Walker Wisconsin

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(Michael Ramirez, 3/13.)

Making Joe Biden Look Competent

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I used to cringe at the idea that Joe Biden was first in the line of Presidential succession. 

Now, not so much.

The TrogloPundit: Dear God, have we sunk that low?

Trog, you've literally known me all of your life and you ask that question?


IowaHawk displays President Obama's brackets:

IowaHawk nailed the seeding better than the NCAA.

(H.T. Smitty, Our Man in Afghanistan.)

...While ______________(Fill in Blank) Burns

Wisconsin Public Unions Give Inspiration to NFL Players' Union

It appears that unions are banding together to form the International Unions' Union. In Wisconsin some Police, Firefighters, Sheriffs, and Teachers unions have written a letter to business in Wisconsin that supported the election of Scott Walker or had employees that supported Republicans with the message, 'Nice little business you got there. It would be a pity if something were to happen to it.'

Now the NFL Players Union has suggested that those college football players and their families invited to attend the NFL draft in April that 'Nice little football skills you got there. It would be a pity if something were to happen to them.'

Everyday Badgers' Reaction to Governor Walker's Budget Fix

(H.T. No Sheeples Here.)

Conflicting Priorities Make POTUS a Difficult Job

Only a very few people on Earth know how difficult it is to be President of the United States. Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter are perhaps the only ones that really know what Barack Obama is experiencing. Yes, yes, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush were Presidents, too, but they were too dumb to understand the depth of nuance inherent in the job.

So it is understandable that President Obama recently expressed frustration.

Mr. Obama has told people that it would be so much easier to be the president of China. As one official put it, “No one is scrutinizing Hu Jintao’s words in Tahrir Square.”

Here are two good examples of the conflict that illustrates the cross that President Obama must bear:

Samaria- The shocking attack occurred around 1 am as the terrorist entered the family home and murdered three children aged 11, 3, and a baby girl along with their parents. The victims were apparently sleeping as the killer came in.

Gaza- Residents handed out candy and sweets, one resident saying the joy "is a natural response to the harm settlers inflict on the Palestinian residents in the West Bank."

On the one hand, the slaughter doesn't technically qualify as bullying since the victims were sleeping. But, on the other hand, doling out candy and sweets to unionized Palestinian children will contribute to childhood obesity.

How could one man alone successfully unravel this Gordian knot wrapped in a mysterious riddle rolled up in an enigma?

(H.T. Moonbattery.)

Attilalanche!

Example of Student Protest Letter to Governor Walker

Learning to love yourself, it is the greatest love of all

I believe that children are our future
Teach them well and let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty they possess inside
Give them a sense of pride to make it easier
Let the children's laughter remind us of how we used to be

Madison Protester Profile

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Hallis Mailen

(Scott Olson/Getty)

Highlights:

In 1992, with the end of the war in the Gulf, and soldiers coming home with Gulf War Syndrome, Hallis began to spend time traveling the country, visiting national parks going to Rainbow Gatherings where he had the opportunity to participate with tribal medicine men and women from Native American and Maori Tribal members as well as Buddhist priests, and Tibetan monks visiting the US, and began to study indigenous tribal customs and rituals which helped to relieve him of anxiety and broaden his impression of what he calls 'The Big Picture'!

This helped him to dig deep inside himself, express his inner beliefs and emotions by using art, and attempt to free lance his design skills and personal form of artistic expression. It was at this time that he took on the tribal name 'Shapechanger' because of his ability to articulate through art what he had experienced, thus developing into his trademark penname.

Death Threat Emailer Identified, But Unnamed

Why no arrest?

I would certainly hope that more information is soon forthcoming.

Officials did not identify the person or release any more information other than to say she admitted writing and sending two e-mails threatening to kill Walker and some members of the state Senate. The suspect was not arrested and law enforcement officials do not believe she is a threat.

These were the emails that included:

[...]We feel that you and your republican dictators have to die. This is how it's going to happen: I as well as many others know where you and your family live, it's a matter of public records. We have all planned to assult you by arriving at your house and putting a nice little bullet in your head.[...]

So we have built several bombs that we have placed in various locations around the areas in which we know that you frequent. This includes, your house, your car, the state capitol, and well I won't tell you all of them because that's just no fun.[...]

They don't believe that she is a threat?

Does she work for ACORN or NPR or something?

Preppin' Paco for Presidential Politickin'

Since Paco has announced his bid for POTUS, we trusted Cheesehead advisors figured he needed some preppin' for his campaign swing through Wisconsin:

But, don't worry, Paco, Lance and I will be right behind you!

State Rep. Nick Milroy- Messin' with Sasquatch

Wisconsin State Representative Nick Milroy (D-District 73), the man tackled in the Capitol trying to bust through police lines, was interviewed by America's Radio News about the Fleebagging 14, the 'tackle', and Governor Walker's budget fix plan:

If'n ya don't like your forcefully extracted union dues' political donations going 93% to Democrats, find another job.

Milroy's district includes the small town of Minong where Jack Link's jerky is produced.

They Said if I Voted for McCain, They'd Try to Defund Cowboy Poetry

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Cowboy Laureate

I was a cowboy poet and didn't even know it.
But Mama told me that my feet show it.
Longfellows.

Drivin' the herd up the Chisolm Trail
Headin' to Dodge thru a Southwest gale
Long days.

Eatin' dust and beans amidst the stench.
Punctutated by sweet bovine flatulence.
Longhorns.

Finally in Dodge, payday and fixin' to relax.
Soon wiped out by Uncle Sam's income tax.
Long suffering.

Congress wants to defund Cowboy poetry.
Reid wants to delegitimize Nevada 'hoetry.
Long winded.

When I Grow Up I Want to be a Democrat State Senator

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Izzy, what on earth are you doing?

I'm pretending to be a Wisconsin Democrat State Senator, Grandpa!

Truth in Advertising

Honesty in Protest Signage

Bob requests the inclusion of unionized jack boot action.

I Will Honor the Request of My Striking Brethren

HuffPo contributors strike for collective bargaining rights.

...But Lasarow wrote that his group is calling for broad participation by Huffington Post contributors. “I am also calling upon all others now contributing free content, particularly original content to the Huffington Post to also join us in this strike.”

I will honor the plea of my fellow bloggers and not cross the virtual picket lines to post anything on Huffington Post until their demands are met.

Power to the little people!

The Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief and Grandpa Steve Walk into a Bar...

Charles Tubbs, the Wisconsin Capitol Police Chief, has come under a lot of scrutiny during the recent protests in Madison in respect to his leadership. I surely don't know much about the inner workings of these events, so I haven't formed an opinion worth spit.

The small spotlight on Chief Tubbs brought back many memories of days long ago as he and I perpetrated a good deal of craziness together.

Charlie and I were basketall superstar teammates in college. It was he who nicknamed me Kurt Rambis.

Charlie was our center. He was only about 6'3" or so but weighed nearly 300 pounds so he could really carve out a space of his own in the lane for positioning to rebound or shoot. He got 29 rebounds in one game and was generally our highest scorer. He was not, however, famed as a passer. Gordon, the other forward, and I used to tailgate on the baseline, cooking and eating brats while drinking beer as Charlie worked to free up a shot against 2, 3, or even 4 defenders. Perhaps Charlie never saw us roaming unguarded under the basket.

Charlie was a pretty tough cookie. During one of our common game skirmishes the opposing coach grabbed Charlie from behind. Their center, a big rough dude himself, approached the subdued Tubbs as though to punch him. Charlie just plainly said, 'You ain't gonna hit me.' The other center slinked away.

After another rough game, I had gone into our locker room and began readying for a shower. Bob came running in and shouted, 'Steve, Charlie is pissed and went into their locker room.' We ran over there and saw Charlie berating the dirtiness of their play while their whole team just sat on the benches quietly looking at the floor. Not a peep.

One morning after a particularly hard night of partying Charlie took me to his parents' house for breakfast. His dad set a plate of something on the table that looked somewhat like scrambled eggs. 'Hog brains,' he said, 'Soul food.' It was the early 70's after all, but multiculturalism had not yet caught up to my badly hungover stomach.

There are many other stories about Chief Tubbs that could be told. I'm just not sure that the statute of limitations is up on some of them yet.

The Meaning of Madison's Past Two Weeks

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-The Governor and Legislature act to move Wisconsin's economy forward.

-The Democrats and Public Sector Unions resist loosening of their strangle-hold on the Wisconsin economy bus.