Warning: Furious and Vulgar Post Ahead

I’m sorry, but I’ve been looking at this story all day (my employer has a “blog anytime” rule, nyuk nyuk) and this picture courtesy of the blonde, blue-eyed men at GOP3.com…

All I keep thinking is… “you motherf*ckers.” And I mean that in a bad way, not a good way. I have friends at war right now.  If they had been standing in front of this wall, they would’ve gotten paint on their uniforms and probably their boots. “War is offensive"? What are these yahoos thinking? How could spending and killing in the name of honor and uniforms be offensive? I have family who fought and died for this country.  I am forever grateful for the freedoms that I have because of the blood that they spilt, or “spilled” as the kids say today who don’t have any respect for the language of honoring the war dead and war injured … for the futures that they sacrificed, both their own, and the resistant natives they killed … and some group of low-life punks choose to sh*t all over that legacy with spray paint and broken glass… I’m beyond disgust.  I’m infuriated.  I haven’t been so upset since those elected officials reneged on my demands for no new taxes! I’ll gladly take the time in jail to smack the snot out of any one of those bastards.  Let’s walk through the logic: Nothing beats graffiti like real, manly physical violence!

Such disrespect for our nation and its soldiers should be spit upon.  Nothing beats disrespect like a big loogie! Yes, bodily fluids flung right at their face, I’m not kidding! I call on those like Bill Chirstofferson, as well as Bill Christofferson (it’s spelled like Jefferson, but with a ’Christo’), who served our country, to condemn such contemptible insults to our troops.  I call on those like Bill Lueders, who basks in the First Amendment and probably has a First Amendment soap-on-a-rope because he loves it so much, to stick up for those who defend it.  I know us radio-controlled righties will stand up against this grafitti, and we demand ideological compliance from those who say they don’t believe the same as we do, because we must all think the same thoughts at the same time in the same way, especially when some college kids commit violence against rental property being rented by Uncle Sam.

You can hate the war, but actions like this are a direct assault on our brothers and sisters in arms, so therefore these soaped-up liberals must stop hating the war, stop saying they hate the war, and stop writing that they hate the war and its side effects like a few incidental deaths and the expense and future debt.  To accept it is beyond reproach.  The graffiti I mean, not the war. The war is OK by me, as it generates more honored war dead, whose spirits can be revived with archaic spellings and incantations, and whose mystic powers can be used against the smallest of incidents that offend us in the future.

It’s no coincidence that “graffiti” rhymes with “IED”. These college kids are equivalent to terrorists and must be killed or at least become “collateral damage” if you know what I mean. We must fight all tax increases, local and Federal, except those used for war profits. Some might say that breaking a few windows is good for the local economy, but that’s no excuse. Some might say we need the right to bear arms in case we need to rise up against a corrupt and autocratic government, and they’re right. If these kids had used some guns, perhaps I’d be a little more soft on them. No, they used paint and rocks, those pussies!

Fine. You oppose the war. I get it. Your comments are disgusting. Why attack those in uniform? Why attack an office that recruits those who WANT to serve their country? What purpose does that serve to oppose the war? How can you connect the war to the office of recruitment? Where’s the logic in that? Have your parades, and we’ll ridicule them. Vote in elections, and we’ll ridicule your vote. Write letters to the editor, and we’ll write some too. Post comments on blogs, because blogs are the whole world. And if we catch you, we’ll beat you up and spit on you afterwards, because we’re non-violent like that. But don’t pretend that shitting on our soldiers is an act of patriotism. It’s disgusting. And you should be ashamed of yourself for condoning it. Yes, that’s right, I’m so mad, I’m talking Mommy and I’m talking poop!

Posted by Owen at 2034 hrs
Culture + Military + Politics + Politics - General + Politics - Wisconsin

Want to Feel Old?

Our five-year-old son just began a sentence with, “Back in the old times, when Mr. Rogers lived,...”

Doesn’t everyone need a Mr. Rogers break now and then, what with all this economical and war-ical stuff going on in the world? I watched a bit of the news the other day and couldn’t believe it. It just made me want to curl up with my blankie and take another nap with the kids! And the Internet is no better, I tell you! I can’t even stand to read some of the things you read on the blogs these days, with all the swearing and the wars and the prostitutes and pole dancers. Owen talks about all this stuff all the time and I just smile and listen, just like he does when I talk about my day. That’s what makes our marriage strong, I guess!

It’s a happy day for Mr. Rogers, but a sad day for the war, so I guess it’s a good day overall! I’ll tag this one “Culture”. Off to the park!

Posted by Wendy at 1152 hrs
Culture

New New York Governor Confesses

New York is blessed with another pillar of the community. 

The thunderous applause was still ringing in his ears when the state’s new governor, David Paterson, told the Daily News that he and his wife had extramarital affairs. In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.

This is just disgusting. Heaven knows that if you’re having a rocky period in your marriage, or if there’s been an affair, you should just keep quiet and live with the pain and self-medicate and take up something distracting like blogging. Revealing this sort of personal info takes all the air out of any future Republican oppo-research attack.

Posted by Owen at 2104 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

Racist Gableman Ad?

This is an ad being put out by Judge Gableman’s campaign. 

Some on the left are calling it racist.  I must admit that I’ve watched the ad several times, and I can’t find the racism.  I looked everywhere. Oh, wait. I believe that the lefties are referring to the part near the end where it talks about Butler finding a loophole to free a child molester and the child molester went on to rape more kids.  Almost missed that, but not surprising because there aren’t a lot of media criticism classes at A&M. Maybe that ad uses a bit of spin.  Just a touch! Maybe it was put there by accident. Heaven knows Mr. Gableman is a sweet, innocent man and perhaps some conniving ad agency or handler is taking advantage of him. Maybe!

For example, the ad says “Butler found a loophole.  Mitchell went on to rape another child.” Those statements are entirely true. Let’s walk through the logic: A, B. Therefore A meant to cause B but didn’t want us to know about it. See, it’s simple! Butler represented the rapist on his appeal as a defense attorney.  Butler won at the Court of Appeals but lost at the Supreme Court.  After Mitchell was released, he did indeed rape another child.  So the statements are factually correct, if marinated in political spin. It’s not that hard to conclude that Butler wanted that child-rape to happen, isn’t it? Or that he might’ve done it to help a black man? Or that when I use the word “loophole” I mean something I can spin, as opposed to some kind of high-faluting imagined right guaranteed by the Constitution. Not like guns, which I like and which are guaranteed so far!

But I still fail to see the racism.  Is it because Butler is a black man and so was Mitchell?  Is it because the ad puts up a picture of both men?  Those are real pictures, aren’t they?  Did I mention they are both black? Black, black-blackity-black-black. I didn’t see many black men posing with Mr. Gableman at the Drinking Right event, did you?

It seems to me that what we have here is yet another example of a bunch of lefties crying “racism” when they don’t like someone being critical of a black candidate - even when no racism exists, except for a little coincidental marinade and spin that I may or may not be able to see. Maybe it only comes dangerously close to racism, but it’s not over the line as I define it. If Butler and the criminal were white, would they level the same charge?  Of course not.  We’d still find a shadowy black man somewhere in his past, naturally! If these lefties every really want a colorblind society, they will have to stop screaming “racism” where none exists.  (Except a little marinade, which is there to add a little “flavah” to the rest of the message.)

Posted by Owen at 1911 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

AC/DC

Another difficult choice. Owen and I have faced these questions together. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. It’s OK to choose both under dire circumstances, like college.

Posted by Jed at 0705 hrs
Our Favorites + Music

Guess That Geographical Location—March 17, 2008

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Photo via Google Maps.

Congrats to Fred. Who knew that there were houses in that part of Milwaukee! Good thing we live in the suburbs!

Answer below the fold.

Posted by Jed at 0700 hrs
Off-Duty + Fun With Maps

You know…

When you comment on your own blog accusing someone of something and then never supplying the evidence to support the accusation, and then you refuse to allow the accused to ever visit your blog again, it pretty much tells you everything you need to know about the blogger. 

Posted by Owen at 2125 hrs
Off-Duty

Government Calculations Versus Actual Calculations

I have an answer for Paul…

Last night I had a opportunity to hear Jack Norman, Research Director of the Institute for Wisconsin’s Future speak about Wal-Mart and its use of loopholes to legally avoid paying taxes. I started to wonder. Imagine that Wisconsin took steps to change the state law so that Wal-Mart would have to pay the taxes. Would Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce (WMC) consider remedial legislation to fix the problem an amendment of the existing tax laws or would they consider that a new tax and/or a tax hike?

I confess that I don’t know what WMC would say.  They seem to have their heads intermittently inserted in their posteriors lately, but I can answer for me. 

YES.  It’s a tax increase. 

Let me give you an example.  Let’s walk through the logic: Currently, Wisconsin allows people to deduct over $4,000 for tuition paid for each child.  If I have four kids in college, I can deduct over $16,000!  Is it a “loophole?” Yes.  It’s a way of not paying taxes that is perfectly legal - just like what businesses are doing.  If it’s legal, it must be right, and we can never change it again. They are in perfect compliance with the law.  The only thing that makes it a “loophole” is that some people think that the tax law should be different to make them pay more taxes.  Some business owner probably paid a bunch of lobbyists and made plenty of campaign contributions to get that loophoole, and gosh darn it, that’s the American Way! If Wisconsin were to cancel the tuition deduction, would I consider it a tax increase?  You’re darn right I would.  And I’d complain just as loudly as those businesses when their loopholes get taken away.

Unlike Paul and other people immersed in government, regular people have a very simple method to measure tax increases.  If I have to pay a larger percentage of my income in taxes this year than last year, then my taxes have been increased.  Paul can try to dress it up in semantics and double-speak all he wants.  A tax increase is a tax increase.  Apples are actually a kind of orange, too. Did you know that? However, a loophole that favors me or a business, that’s just common sense.

Posted by Owen at 2025 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

Own Your Own Blog!
Type Only Eight Words a Day!
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Posted by Owen at 2038 hrs
Technology

Tattooed Vaccine

Huh.

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Posted by Owen at 2038 hrs
Technology

ATF Agent Leaves Gun In Airport Bathroom

Nice. I would think so.

Counterfeiting on Someone Else’s Computer

Um, OK.

Illegal Immigrants Busted In West Bend

Dang it… I liked King Buffet.  Good thing there’s an excellent Chinese place across the street.  Hopefully we can take advantage of the low wages and great prices over there for a while. These illegal immigrants help our economy grow - as well as our waistlines!

Tuesday was anything but business as usual for Dave Kundert in what turned out to be part of 20 arrests of immigrants in Fond du Lac and West Bend.

Posted by Owen at 1859 hrs
Law + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

Not Too Late to Sign Up for Summit

It’s not too late to sign up for AFP’s “Defending the American Dream” Summit in Waukesha on Saturday. 

Go here. 

Sorry to disappoint, but I’ve been told that full frontal nudity has been prohibited.  I’ll have to go with my backup plan. 

Posted by Owen at 1705 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin + The Blog

Germantown School District Hires PR Firm

Your tax dollars at work.

Germantown - The Germantown School Board has approved a $15,000 contract to publicize the $16.5 million referendum that will be on the April 1 ballot, and has moved to replace its retiring superintendent.

If this referendum is sound, then why can’t the administrators and school board, who are already paid for, make the argument to the citizenry?

Let’s walk through the logic: It’s outrageous that they’d hire a professional public relations team to explain this referendum to the public. It would be far more fair, not to mention less costly, to simply not tell us, and to not have the referendum. We don’t need to know. Was that so hard to solve?

All this openness in government hasn’t helped. It’s kind of like those Federal black-ops programs: what we don’t see may not hurt us as much. Gosh, Jed and I would have fun doing those night ops! I have camo PJs.

Explaining their needs gives them an unfair advantage against anti-referendum groups like Americans For Prosperity. If they didn’t hire that PR firm, we’d all be a little more prosperous. I mean, someone has to pay for those robocalls and those PR consultants who teach us how to skirt “dangerously close” to the edge of the law!

Think of how many more Germantown residents would be able to afford to go to the upcoming AFP rally! I promise to return with pictures of me just happening to stand next to a number of GOP candidates. We’ve got some hilarious pranks planned for the RINOs!

Also coming up soon on Boots and Kittens is my new maintenance plan to have the admins and the school board install new windows at area schools, one window at a time every few weeks, as well as letting them do an hour or two of sweeping and mopping the floors before school board meetings. If they’re qualified to one job, they can certainly do another. This will save thousands of dollars that can be used for other things, or better yet, returned to the taxpayers.

Posted by Owen at 0734 hrs
Politics + Politics - Wisconsin

Giuliani To Endorse McCain

Sigh…

Rudy Giuliani will endorse John McCain Wednesday in California, two GOP sources familiar with the discussions told CNN Tuesday. McCain’s campaign manager, Rick Davis, had been in “ongoing discussions” with Rudy Giuliani’s campaign about the former New York mayor ending his run and actively endorsing McCain’s candidacy, according to a GOP official familiar with talks.

McCain will become the intellectual heir of Giu9ian11’s 9/11 anecdotes. McCain’s stories of the morning of 9/11 were not as strong, as he was having a power breakfast/brunch with other pseudo-Republicans that day.

Giu9ian11 hope springs eternal! After all, McCain will need a running mate. McCain / Giu9ian11 08! Posted by Owen at 2347 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

A Rambling Post About… Whatever

One of the great things about traveling and taking vacations is that it gives you a broader perspective.  When you are in Tokyo or Berlin or St. Thomas or Philadelphia, you quickly realize that nobody cares about what’s happening in Wisconsin.  Not.  At.  All. 

It was amazing! Wendy and I were buying some tanzanite from a vendor on some forsaken sand-spit of an island, and we’d start talking about Americans For Prosperity, and it was like this woman didn’t care or even understand us! I’m not even sure she knew where West Bend was!

It’s not that it doesn’t matter.  Of course, the issues that affect our lives are important and debating them is important, as it keeps us occupied and distracted. Look! A Kitty! A Gun! A Kitty Gun! A Pink Gun! A Shiny Gun! But it’s worth remembering that our little issues are relatively unimportant to the rest of the world.  They have their own little problems. There are some overriding issues that affect us all to which we should be paying more attention, but because they’re not often covered on West Bend or Wisconsin conservative blogs. Heaven knows why!

I must confess that I’m experiencing a bit of hyper-perspective after our vacation.  I’m catching up on the news about the presidential race, Wisconsin politics, Heath Ledger is dead (but something touches me deep inside about that), and on and on and on.  I’m having a tough time giving a crap about any of it.  It’s hard for me to work up any outrage, excitement, or anything else.

My state of mind may also be influenced by the thought referenced in Wendy’s post below.  I’m jaded.  This vacation was supposed to make me feel better, and it didn’t. The McCain surge has me completely disillusioned about national politics.  I can’t vote for McCain.  I won’t.  I’d rather see 4 or 8 years of a raving liberal in office to give the GOP it’s conservative stones back.  I may just endorse Obama.

On the state level, I am quickly losing all hope that Wisconsin can ever be anything more than what it is.  There just isn’t the will in the electorate to be anything other than a high tax nanny state.  We go to the AFP rallies and it’s always the same people, over and over, saying the same things and then we get in our SUVs and drive home to play with our kids and our guns.

Is this what the rest of the people feel?  May I need to learn about everyone in my community, act to alleviate suffering, and focus at least some of the time on the least of my brothers? Is this the feeling that results in pitiful turnouts at elections and woeful civic participation?  What sort of malevolent force could’ve worked its way into American politics to make it so divisive, so negative, so focused on not spending more on guns and war technology? Maybe I should just give up or just blog about technology and guns.  That wouldn’t be so bad, would it? It would brighten up my day.

[ Editor’s note. Depression is a serious matter. It will corrode the foundations of your life. It’ll affect your family more than you can realize. Seek professional help. Vacations won’t fix it. No, not necessarily drugs either. Get help. And you damned echo-chamber groupies, if you’re not recognizing these misanthropic cries for help from your favorite bloggers, and you’re not giving them this same advice behind the scenes, shame on you. Seeing Owen actually sad makes it much harder to poke fun at Boots and Sabers. - jjf ]

Posted by Owen at 2316 hrs
Off-Duty + Politics + Politics - Wisconsin + The Blog

Jaded

The farther we get into this presidential race, the more I realize that there are people who should run for president and people who do run for president.  Unfortunately, none of the candidates is part of both groups. This vacation-induced introspection and cognitive dissonance stuff is rough! I can’t wait to get back to “normal.”

Frankly, I’m beginning to wonder a teensy little bit about some of the people we’ve elected President in the past!

Just kidding!

Posted by Wendy at 2013 hrs
Politics + Politics - General

The Great Blizzard--(Snow not included)

So what is your weather like?  It’s currently 27 degrees in West Bend with a little layer of frozen something or other on the concrete surfaces.  After school activities were canceled, but the kids stayed at school the whole day.

And you?  Do you have weather where you are? We just got back from islands where it was like they didn’t really have any weather, because it was like that all the time. I asked a lady about the weather and she had no idea what I was talking about. I tried talking about other things, just to be friendly. She didn’t even know about Ikea! Weird. She pointed at her house. I suppose with the weather never changing, you don’t need to plug the cracks to keep out the drafts, or even have solid walls. Double weird.

Well, I’m off to the mall with the kids! Smoothie time! You get in there, and it’s like you don’t even notice it’s freezing outside.

Posted by Wendy at 1700 hrs
Culture