Posted in Al Gore, An Inconvenient Truth, Anglers, Conservatives, Democrats, GLOBAL WARMING, Heat Records, Hunters, Iowa, Iowa Caucus, Liberals, Madison WI, Politics, Presidential Election 2008, Republicans, Sportsmen, Weather, air pollution on November 3, 2007 | No Comments »
You asked what land I love the best, Iowa, tis Iowa,
The fairest State of all the west, Iowa, O! Iowa,
From yonder Mississippi’s stream
To where Missouri’s waters gleam
O! fair it is as poet’s dream, Iowa, in [...]
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Posted in Badger, College Students, Iraq, Iraq War, Madison WI, Politics, Protes Marches, Protest, The Daily Cardinal, University of Wisconsin--Madison on September 18, 2007 | 1 Comment »
(You can listen to this great song from the60s/70s protests on youtube while you read if you want. Then listen again and watch the images.)
War! huh-yeah
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing
Say it again y’all
Edwin Starr
oooOOooo. In todays University of Wisconsin-Madison “The Daily Cardinal, ” I found this little gem:
Anti-war group plans [...]
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Posted in Badger, City Events, City Life, College Town Life, Football, Madison WI, Politics, Restaurants, Senior Citizens, State Street, The Daily Cardinal, Things to do/Places to go, University Students, University of Wisconsin--Madison, WHEG, WISCONSIN on September 4, 2007 | No Comments »
See the names have all changed since I been around
But the game ain’t the same since I left out
Ooh you know we need ya, ooh you know we need ya
Right here is where we need ya, right here is where we need ya
Welcome back..
Welcome back, welcome back…
Welcome Back by Mase
The UW students are back in [...]
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¡Hola, amiguitos! ¿Cómo están?
¡Hola, amiguitos! ¿Cómo están?
Hoy venimos a jugar
luego vamos a cantar
y así nos podemos saludar.
Hello, how are you my friends?
Hello, how are you my friends?
Author Unknown
It looks like the Big Boyz with their Big Toyz are going to get their job done within the scheduled time period in my neighborhood. They’ve had plenty [...]
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Posted in ABC News, Barack Obama, Dennis Kucinich, Hillary Clinton, Iowa Caucus, John Edwards, Madison WI, Newsweek, Politics, Presidential Election 2008, Washington Post on August 6, 2007 | No Comments »
In religion and politics, people’s beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
So…Hillary Rodham Clinton is way ahead in the “Newsweek” poll (conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates on 8/1) that show her getting 44% of the vote [...]
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In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
George Orwell (1903 - 1950)
This compelling montage can be found on YouTube: How to Create an Angry American.
There are petitions to sign there. Stand up and be counted.
B
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Posted in Dane County WI, G Bush, Iraq, Madison WI, Patriot Act, Politics, Presidential Election 2008, Protest, WISCONSIN, civil protest, withdrwal from Iraq on July 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Well, what if he does? Everyone is all excited and pre-occupied by this question. Like it makes any difference. We aren’t getting out of this mess before the elections in 2008 even if he doesn’t Then we can do whatever in hell we want without that sock puppet affecting [...]
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Posted in Adult children, Baseball, Family, Football, Madison Mallards, Politics, Raising children, Sports, Summer, Wrestling on July 13, 2007 | No Comments »
Now get the guns, the drugs, From my generati I’y ll take the fall, the saints, across the nation.
And it’s the sex, the gods, the freaks, the frauds.
They’re messin’ with me, Come on, come on, come on.
Let’s get it on!Move to the music,
Play that fucking music,
Move it to the music, yeah! (Get it on)
Move to [...]
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Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 196
It was a beautiful day in my neighborhood today. A beautiful day to stage a protest march. A group of Asian people were out in surprising numbers today walking up Mifflin Street to the Federal Courthouse, around the [...]
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Over at Delphi Forum’s Poll Vault we’ve been having an interesting discussion about the most dangerous idea in religion is prompted by an article in the Atlantic Journal-Constitution titled “Faith and Values: What’s the Most Dangerous Idea In Religion: Violence in the name of God; follow our rules or else; my religion is [...]
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