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Re: Most Expensive House Office in America is Steve Kagen’s

Loretta — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:12:14 -0000

For your reading

Re: Deal Near to Kill Public Option in Senate

Dan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:55:38 -0000

The public option will be in when the bill is finally done. it will get in through the reconcilliation process.

Re: Deal Near to Kill Public Option in Senate

Dan — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:15:43 -0000

The public option will be in when the bill is finally done. it will get in through the reconcilliation process.

Re: Most Expensive House Office in America is Steve Kagen’s

kneenor — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:45:23 -0000

I know first hand former Cong. Mark Green was a tight wad with spending. He had desks, computers, etc. that were years old and when Kagen was elected all the stuff had to be returned to the Congressional offices and they just shook their heads. I wouldn't doubt it a bit if Kagen went on a spending spree and never stopped. I also know that Cong. Green's salaries were always on the low end and Kagen has paid his staff right at the top of the salary scale. They don't call him Dr. Millionaire for nothing folks. He's used to the good life, yes he's earned it in his medical practice, but now that he's not practicing anymore he continues the lifestyle on my dime. I work damn hard for what I earn and to see him throw it away disgusts me.
As much as I like Roth and would vote for him in a heart beat, I think Reid is the candidate out in front and the guy to beat right now. Yesterday Jerry Bader had on Mark Savard from Sturgeon Bay, Mark's a good guy but the interview was terrible thanks to Jerry's questions and Mark started out rambling about the big snow storm. Really didn't do anything to get my vote.

Re: Most Expensive House Office in America is Steve Kagen’s

Jeremy R. Shown — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:48:35 -0000

Great work. I think letting the facts speak for themselves will go a long way toward defeating Kagen.

Re: Dumbass of the Week

jamesmdw — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:56:35 -0000

It's only Tuesday. I bet some liberal blogger can still do something more stupid.

Re: Need a Job in Politics?

Belleville — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:23:30 -0000

Does that surprise anyone. It seems even the locals, rural and otherwise don't like our own graduates... Is'nt JD from Stanford???

Re: 2009 Wisconsin Deer Kill Down 20%

michaelkecker — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:33:20 -0000

My name is Michael Kecker, I have been a hunter all my life, I have had the worst season in my life, I bow hunt muzzle load and gun hunt, I seen fawns every year, this year i seen them in may and june, when it came to hunting season, I didnt even see ONE of this years fawn in the woods. I am glad I bought all those tags, that I didnt fill that takes away from some one that could. We have no deer . I have spent countless hours in the woods this year and every year, we must do somthing to stop this doe killing. There is no reason that all these doe tags are given out every year, the youth hunt is good to a point , but it still takes away from our economy when gun deer season comes around, no one takes into the effect when archery tags were put into place many years ago. when bows were primitive, and it was much harder to get a deer back then, bows today are built like rifles. and a good shooter that takes great pride in his bow can kill animals with bow at greater distance than years before. Which leads to more deer kill. the wolfs are another big problem. I live in a rural area. and a pack killed my dog, my next door nieghbor lost 38 chickens and 9 full grown turkeys in one night, not to mention the stupid lottery system for a black bear tag. give me a break. We should NOT HAVE doe tags given out . Take the damb wolfs off the endangerd list . And get rid of the black bear lottery.DNR HAS GOT THERE WISH NO DEER, oh and the coyote packs are huge, lets not shoot them during gun deer season when all the hunters are in the woods. because they might shoot a wolf. give me another break , if you cant tell the diff between a wolf and a coyote you shouldnt even have a gun in your hands in the first place.
our resorts and business are going to hurt when no one comes to hunt because pencil pushers that dont even hunt, comes up with all these great ideas ,
If we have a bad winter with a heavy snow fall, kiss the rest of what deer herd we have left good bye , Good job head cheeses of the Wisconsin DNR you should get a medal each and every one of you.

Re: WWII Medal of Honor Winner Told Not to Fly the Flag

maulreius — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:59:45 -0000

This kinda stuff boils my bottom -- covenants and associations. I gotta similar situation. I signed a covenant to buy the lot we have and I've had a couple of visits by the former owner. Now, the irony is the former owner has some land in the neighboring town and the town has a slot minimum build size. Postage stamps or huge tracts. Former owner doesn't like it, needless to say I am not very sympathetic.

Re: Just Some Harmless Fun…

Kurt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:41 -0000

I don't know if I'm more upset because I called that number to set-up a tour of the White House or the fact that November 24th was 10 days ago. Even the State of Wisconsin updates their DNR Snowmobile Trail Answering Service daily....

Re: Just Some Harmless Fun…

Chris from Racine — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:03:48 -0000

What? I can't crash the party? Bummer!!

Re: WWII Medal of Honor Winner Told Not to Fly the Flag

jwhite224 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:22:40 -0000

Kevin, I completely disagree with you on this one. The reason these become huge news stories is the majority of the country isn't part of an association and doesn't relate to the fact that in any association, there are rules you have to follow. I'm in a townhome association and if people did whatever they wanted to - no matter how patriotic - chaos would rule. You can't just have people doing whatever they want when there are rules against it. This association denied this guy permission to put up a flagpole and he decided to do it anyway. It's like the state of Wisconsin telling you to put a front license plate on your car and you put one of the flag on instead. You can't just violate the rules because it's patriotic to do so.

That's just my soapbox though...people look way too quickly at the American flag in these stories and become quickly blind to the real issue.

Re: And Roth Makes Seven…

kevinbinversie — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:41:26 -0000

Yeah, I saw that post at Playground Politics too.

Can be easily remedied.

Re: And Roth Makes Seven…

Mr. Pelican Pants — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 16:31:50 -0000

Why is there a picture of the US Supreme Court on his Web site? Are there no pics of the...oh, I don't know....Capitol??

Re: 2009 Wisconsin Deer Kill Down 20%

30-06 — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:54:18 -0000

Billiam -- you mentions wolves. Wolves, bear, earn-a-buck, T-Zone, and every other 'special hunt' have decimated the herd. There is no denying it anymore. I've never seen such universal anger over the hunt.

Re: 2009 Wisconsin Deer Kill Down 20%

Billiam — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:08:43 -0000

They obviously didn't go to Adams county. I hit 2 deer there earlier this year. 2 deer, 2 miles apart, 2 months apart! My trucking pals and I call hwy 21 from Coloma to Tomah 'Deer Alley'! I've also seen wolves along the same stretch of highway where I hit the deer.

Re: Rep. Alan Grayson (D-FL): Senatorial Scholar and Dumbass

Billiam — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:46:18 -0000

Politicians can't be bothered to read something as short as The Constitution. How can one expect tyhese clowns to read 150-200 pages, much less 2000? Grayson is a class a A-Hole.

Re: Why PPP’s Poll Should Keep Wisconsin Dems Up at Night

Jeremy R. Shown — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 08:35:58 -0000

Somebody might want to tell Kagen that the stimulus & healthcare are unpopular in the 920 and he should stop voting for them. Of course, I've heard some people express the opinion that Kagen literally does not care what the people in his district think ought to be done. But I also hear that being indifferent to your constituents desires is a great way to get back into the medical practice.

Re: In the Meanwhile, Dubai is Broke

maulreius — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:46:18 -0000

Hmmm, a nephew of our still has family in DXB. I'll have to ask him how they are doing.

One story that kept recurring over the last year or so was the buildup of used car inventory at the DXB airport. People lose jobs and have a Mercedes they owe a ton of money on (Or a Nissan Patrol) and they just show up at DXB in the middle of the night and hop on plane back to wherever it is they are from (probably the UK) leaving the car in the car park.

The other story one hears too revolves around the fact the locals never lose. If it looks like they are about to lose the loss somehow gets transferred to an ex-pat.

Loved my time there but am glad I am not there now.

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

Recess Supervisor — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:03:49 -0000

I agree that TGT just likes the attention. But I didn't give that 25% disapproval from Republicans a second thought, when you consider how trendy it is for the teabagging wing of the party to trash any Republican who ever dared to try and get anything done that wasn't saving a fetus or cutting taxes. I hear conservatives rag on TGT all the time for being a big spending RINO and talk about how they'd rather stay home than vote for him.

The tent a lot of conservatives want to pitch wouldn't even be big enough to accommodate guys like Ronald Reagan. And if Reagan doesn't fit, how ever would TGT?

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

kevinbinversie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:35:04 -0000

Also, could you please stick with one fake email address? Lord only knows
who's getting these reply emails.

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

kevinbinversie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:08:49 -0000

Isn't that a violation of campaign finance law, or just of Russ' massive ego?

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

ska — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:06:44 -0000

ummm Actually no.
If you predict feingold a winner....them i'm worried about Russ!

guess i'll send him another check. thanks to you!

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

kevinbinversie — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:51:33 -0000

Fine Asshole, Feingold's gonna win. Happy now?

Also, when did I ever say Gard was gonna win twice? Some sort of record backing that would be nice.

Re: PPP Polling: Feingold Would Beat Thompson

sk — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 08:33:20 -0000

again kevin???

Dems should be worried?

from the same guy who said barret wouldn't run, that Reid didn't have the votes for cloture, that john gard would win....twice!!!

Ever think this whole prediction thing isn't where your expertise lies?