Local and National News and Discussion for Wisconsinites that are TEA'd.
|
Menu
|
Answers to the Issues
February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 "Instead of school business being about the allocation amongst adults, we can return the emphasis to the education of children which is what we should be doing. If I can do this, I will consider it years well spent." read more February 3, 2012 "As Ron Paul has risen in the polls, so has the frequency of attacks against him. "Any stick will do to beat a dog" goes the old saying, and the whacks against Paul range from reasonable to ridiculous. Expect the attacks to continue. Expect them to get more ridiculous." read more February 3, 2012 Where is the money the State gave the City to repair and maintain this street? According to Mayor Hoffman, those funds from the State were not mandated to be spent on maintenance or resurfacing River Street. So to avoid the bond process and debt several years ago, the City used that money for other projects. read more February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 At 276 pounds, Brian LeQue was concerned about his future. "I was getting to the point in my life where I was turning 40, I saw that I was going to get diabetes or something because of my diet, my wife was concerned, I knew that I needed something but I also knew in my head that for the last 20 years nothing worked." read more February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 read more February 3, 2012 read more February 2, 2012 read more February 2, 2012 read more January 16, 2012 "So who is it that caused the funding crisis in our schools and the skyrocketing tax rates on our homes? It is the same ignoramuses who are sitting on bridges, pooping on things, and passing around recall petitions. The unemployed 26-year old in the hemp hat looking for sympathy might look instead for some inspiration from Jerome I. Case, who started his agricultural equipment business at the age of 21, miraculously without an iPhone 4s." read more January 16, 2012 "News of the death of Josef Stalin's only daughter on November 22nd stirred up many memories, both good and bad, to the older generation. Some would remember Stalin's aiding Hitler and then the Allies in World War II. Many recall his brutal purgings in the Soviet Union and his daughter's escape to America in 1967 followed closely by her best-selling book, Twenty Letters to a Friend. The book is a collector's item today. She succumbed to colon cancer in Richland Center, Wisconsin at age 85." read more January 16, 2012 "Starting in January, the Gray Wolf, which has been Federally protected in Wisconsin since 1978, will no longer be listed as endangered or threatened on the Endangered Species Act. This will allow states in the Great Lakes region to manage the population as long as they don't become threatened or endangered again." read more January 16, 2012 "Grandpa learned his financial lessons from the school of hard knocks. He lived through the Great Depression, which taught him to live leanly, to save, and to be grateful for what he had. And he lived in a time where staying out of debt was a matter of independence, pride, and self-reliance, something he believed reflected on a man's most precious resource-his character." read more January 16, 2012 "Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." ~ Mark Twain" read more January 16, 2012 "While these reasons are nowhere near exhaustive, choosing to homeschool your children can bring great rewards for the entire family. It may seem like a huge mountain to climb if you're new to the idea, but as you slowly sift out the intricacies, you will see how valuable what you are doing is. You can have well-educated, respectful children who are able to contribute to society and be well rounded individuals that you are proud of." read more January 16, 2012 "So it is not only nonsense that full-time homemaking means swapping the mind for a mop. It is also nonsense that the vast majority of paid work outside the home develops the mind. One may prefer to work outside the home for many reasons: a need or desire for extra income; a need to get out of the house; a need to be admired for work beyond making a home; a need for regular interaction with other adults. But the development of the intellect is not necessarily among them." read more |