So Buckwheat was killed by the WDNR!
This story has been going around and everyone thought it was a poacher.
Well, well, simply amazing.
From the Shawano Leader online
Neighbors mourn deer killed in yard
By Donna Hobscheid, Leader Reporter
On Sunday, Oct. 26, Janet Hiebing had been watching a deer, who she called Buckwheat, out her window. The animal roamed the neighborhood by Lulu Lake and became a pet of sorts.
She turned to grab her camera and when she turned back, she saw a stranger with a gun aimed at the small deer.
“I pounded on the window. He looked at me and continued to move toward the deer. Buckwheat never moved,” Hiebing wrote in a tribute to Buckwheat she sent to the Leader. “By the time I got outside, he shot her.”
Hiebing said she yelled at the man who told her it was his job as he put the deer in his truck and drove away.
“I went to look out the sunroom (window) — a big mess of blood by our bird feeder and another mess by a tree just off the corner of the garage and a trail of blood on the gravel driveway along the garage — that he left for us to clean up,” Hiebing wrote.
The person who shot the deer was DNR conservation warden Mark Schraufnagel, according to his supervisor, Robert Goerlinger, who talked to Hiebing after the incident.
Schraufnagel was responding to a complaint of a deer that was wearing a tight dog collar and was painted orange, Goerlinger said in a written response to questions e-mailed from the Leader.
“It is our policy to immediately deal with escaped deer or deer that have been in some form of captivity (in this case collared) due to disease concerns and potential risks to human safety,” said Goerlinger, who is based in the DNR’s Peshtigo office. “This particular deer we did not know the origin of or history of, but a recent report indicates someone nearly got seriously hurt by this deer. Historically wild animals that are treated as pets can eventually pose significant safety risks.”
I like this next comment!
Hiebing called the Shawano County Sheriff’s Department about the incident and said she was told a warden can come into a homeowner’s yard and shoot an animal that was being kept as a pet. Goerlinger confirmed this.
Yep, your right the DNR can do anything they want when ever or where ever they want. Are they a part of the POLICE state?
Hiebing said she had not captured Buckwheat. She has volunteered at a nature center and says she has always respected wild deer.
“She was free to wander the neighborhood as she pleased,” Hiebing said.
State law allows for feeding in small amounts — 2 gallons or less — and the incident did not involve a feeding violation, Goerlinger said. He added, however, that providing food for wildlife can make them dependent on humans.
“Handing food to wildlife puts them on welfare, so to speak,” Goerlinger said.
Goerlinger met with Hiebing to better visualize and assess the incident. She said Schraufnagel had been rude to her and didn’t identify himself. Goerlinger said Schraufnagel didn’t break any work rules, but agreed the situation could have been handled better.
Hiebing said she appreciated Goerlinger coming to meet with her.
Other options to deal with the animal — such as dart guns or nets — do not always work safely, Goerlinger said.
“The bottom line in this particular instance is nobody got hurt and the unknown risk to the deer herd was minimized,” Goerlinger said.
Schraufnagel said it was a difficult situation for all involved.
“It’s not something we are really excited to have to deal with, but we have a job to do,” Schraufnagel said.
He also reminded area residents that especially in spring time when fawns and other young animals are around to leave them alone.
“The doe is usually somewhere in the vicinity, but you can’t see her, but we need to let nature take its course,” Schraufnagel said.
Bottom line , what people say is true,
the WDNR has the freedom to do anything,
to anybody,
at any time.
Friday, November 09, 2007
UWM East Side and CRIME
My wife on Wednesday took my two boys to a tour of UWM in Milwaukee. Wowy, zowy, the school is great. They even have free wifi around the campus. They even have co ed sports. Wow, they can even get jobs being refs in some of the school sports.
Well, all this is fine and dandy but it sure seems the crime on the east side and UWM is not getting any better.
Take the point of this article by JS Online .
Thanks also to Mark Belling for making me think outside the box.
Shooting near UWM sparks safety fears
Some vow to move as assaults jump in area
By ERICA PEREZ, LINDA SPICE and BEN POSTONeperez@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 6, 2007
The shooting of a student near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Monday night comes as assaults have leaped 67% in neighborhoods surrounding the campus, the Journal Sentinel found.
Although campus officials and Milwaukee police have responded by boosting patrols in the area, some students have become more fearful, and at least a few of them are considering a change.
"I'm moving," said Jacob Goodall, 19, a UWM sophomore from Black Creek in Outagamie County who has lived on N. Murray Ave. since August. "I'm out of here. It's not worth it anymore. I have to walk places in the dark."
This is interesting
Monday's shooting victim, 21, was pistol-whipped and shot in the leg as he fled from two people who demanded money as he walked toward his home in the 2700 block of N. Murray about 11 p.m., Schwartz said. Police recovered suspected marijuana from the victim. He was reported in satisfactory condition Tuesday afternoon at a hospital.
Say what? "Police recovered suspected marijuana from the victim".
Is anyone going to ask or say what really happened here!
Are some of the kids at UWM and some of the east side residents into the drug culture. Was this a drug deal gone bad? Did the victim refuse to pay the two gunman? Was the grade of the pot not up to the standards of the user. This is all speculation on my part but will any one ask these questions or do we just close our eyes to crime, to drugs, etc, etc, etc.
Was the victim charged with marijuana possession? Just asking the questions.
Do I want my boys to go to UWM, not likely. Not because of the crime factor . Not because of the drugs. They will have to deal with life where ever they go. They are better than that and there are other schools to choose from. There mother needs to cut the apron strings on her two little boys. Just to let you know they are 16 and 17 and a lot taller than there parents 6' and 6' 3 in. There mother also works in Milwaukee downtown during the week. Mama's little boys.
I guess their father will have to be the bad guy again and explain some common sense.
Link to complete article
Well, all this is fine and dandy but it sure seems the crime on the east side and UWM is not getting any better.
Take the point of this article by JS Online .
Thanks also to Mark Belling for making me think outside the box.
Shooting near UWM sparks safety fears
Some vow to move as assaults jump in area
By ERICA PEREZ, LINDA SPICE and BEN POSTONeperez@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 6, 2007
The shooting of a student near the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Monday night comes as assaults have leaped 67% in neighborhoods surrounding the campus, the Journal Sentinel found.
Although campus officials and Milwaukee police have responded by boosting patrols in the area, some students have become more fearful, and at least a few of them are considering a change.
"I'm moving," said Jacob Goodall, 19, a UWM sophomore from Black Creek in Outagamie County who has lived on N. Murray Ave. since August. "I'm out of here. It's not worth it anymore. I have to walk places in the dark."
This is interesting
Monday's shooting victim, 21, was pistol-whipped and shot in the leg as he fled from two people who demanded money as he walked toward his home in the 2700 block of N. Murray about 11 p.m., Schwartz said. Police recovered suspected marijuana from the victim. He was reported in satisfactory condition Tuesday afternoon at a hospital.
Say what? "Police recovered suspected marijuana from the victim".
Is anyone going to ask or say what really happened here!
Are some of the kids at UWM and some of the east side residents into the drug culture. Was this a drug deal gone bad? Did the victim refuse to pay the two gunman? Was the grade of the pot not up to the standards of the user. This is all speculation on my part but will any one ask these questions or do we just close our eyes to crime, to drugs, etc, etc, etc.
Was the victim charged with marijuana possession? Just asking the questions.
Do I want my boys to go to UWM, not likely. Not because of the crime factor . Not because of the drugs. They will have to deal with life where ever they go. They are better than that and there are other schools to choose from. There mother needs to cut the apron strings on her two little boys. Just to let you know they are 16 and 17 and a lot taller than there parents 6' and 6' 3 in. There mother also works in Milwaukee downtown during the week. Mama's little boys.
I guess their father will have to be the bad guy again and explain some common sense.
Link to complete article
Corruption Case
From the JS Online
Complete article.
New trial ordered in Jensen corruption case
By PATRICK MARLEYpmarley@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 8, 2007
Madison - A state appeals court Thursday granted former state Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen a new trial after determining a Dane County judge gave the jury improper instructions in Jensen's public misconduct case.
Mark Belling was right on on his comments about this.
Why is Patrick Marley calling this case corruption when it was not. A simple case of the left setting the agenda and the poor saps out there sucking it in! Shame on Patrick Marley for drinking the lefts kool aid or simply being a partisan hack for the lib's!
Patrick , some day you might become a newspaper reporter for some important newspaper.
Jensen, 47, and four other lawmakers were convicted in 2005 and 2006 of directing aides to campaign at taxpayer expense. Jensen, a Town of Brookfield Republican, took his case to trial; the others pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors.
How do you get directing aids to campaign and corruption. For which how many Dem's admitted to doing the same thing and Burke did nothing!
Scott Jensen did not deserve to go through this. I hope he comes back in some capacity to lead Conservatives back to better government. There doesn't seem to be many true conservitives around any more, just more and more RINO's. Look at my state rep who voted for the tax increase with Diamond Jim. Thank you Mr Tauchen !
Complete article.
New trial ordered in Jensen corruption case
By PATRICK MARLEYpmarley@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 8, 2007
Madison - A state appeals court Thursday granted former state Assembly Speaker Scott Jensen a new trial after determining a Dane County judge gave the jury improper instructions in Jensen's public misconduct case.
Mark Belling was right on on his comments about this.
Why is Patrick Marley calling this case corruption when it was not. A simple case of the left setting the agenda and the poor saps out there sucking it in! Shame on Patrick Marley for drinking the lefts kool aid or simply being a partisan hack for the lib's!
Patrick , some day you might become a newspaper reporter for some important newspaper.
Jensen, 47, and four other lawmakers were convicted in 2005 and 2006 of directing aides to campaign at taxpayer expense. Jensen, a Town of Brookfield Republican, took his case to trial; the others pleaded guilty in deals with prosecutors.
How do you get directing aids to campaign and corruption. For which how many Dem's admitted to doing the same thing and Burke did nothing!
Scott Jensen did not deserve to go through this. I hope he comes back in some capacity to lead Conservatives back to better government. There doesn't seem to be many true conservitives around any more, just more and more RINO's. Look at my state rep who voted for the tax increase with Diamond Jim. Thank you Mr Tauchen !
Thursday, November 08, 2007
Kagen Watch
It's been a while since there has been a Kagen watch on this web site.
Holy Cow, From the Appleton Post Crescent
Posted November 7, 2007
U.S. Rep. Kagen joins lawmakers in touting border bill
It would increase surveillance, add 8,000 agents
By ELLYN FERGUSON Press-Gazette Washington bureau eferguson@greenbaypressgazette.com
WASHINGTON — Employers would be required to verify that their workers are in the United States legally under legislation backed by Rep. Steve Kagen and introduced Tuesday.
WOWEE, ZOWEE
Everywhere I have been (in the district), people are all saying the same thing. ... 'I want my country back. I want my borders that I can see and defend,'" Kagen, D-Appleton, said.
He has been in his district???????????????????????????
I think re election time is rolling around and Dr K is planning early!
"As a small businessman, I understand that anything Congress does should not impose more costs to doing business," said Kagen, who founded and operated a chain of allergy clinics before being elected to Congress.
Ya right, you understand small business!
Wisconsin does not have a large population of undocumented immigrants, but the matter stirs strong emotions in Kagen's district. Illegal immigration was an issue in his 2006 race and could be again in the 2008 race.
How does he know how big the illegal immigration population is and was it a big deal in the 2006 election. The MSM must of kept it on the back burner!
The main point, Dr K is gearing up for the election!
When all is said and done, Dr K will vote his liberal heart and pass amnesty for illegal aliens. They need the votes!
Holy Cow, From the Appleton Post Crescent
Posted November 7, 2007
U.S. Rep. Kagen joins lawmakers in touting border bill
It would increase surveillance, add 8,000 agents
By ELLYN FERGUSON Press-Gazette Washington bureau eferguson@greenbaypressgazette.com
WASHINGTON — Employers would be required to verify that their workers are in the United States legally under legislation backed by Rep. Steve Kagen and introduced Tuesday.
WOWEE, ZOWEE
Everywhere I have been (in the district), people are all saying the same thing. ... 'I want my country back. I want my borders that I can see and defend,'" Kagen, D-Appleton, said.
He has been in his district???????????????????????????
I think re election time is rolling around and Dr K is planning early!
"As a small businessman, I understand that anything Congress does should not impose more costs to doing business," said Kagen, who founded and operated a chain of allergy clinics before being elected to Congress.
Ya right, you understand small business!
Wisconsin does not have a large population of undocumented immigrants, but the matter stirs strong emotions in Kagen's district. Illegal immigration was an issue in his 2006 race and could be again in the 2008 race.
How does he know how big the illegal immigration population is and was it a big deal in the 2006 election. The MSM must of kept it on the back burner!
The main point, Dr K is gearing up for the election!
When all is said and done, Dr K will vote his liberal heart and pass amnesty for illegal aliens. They need the votes!
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Back from the U P
Just pulled in from a three day run through Upper Michigan.
8 to 10 inch's of snow in Negaunee.
Tuesday morning sleeping in my hotel room, wake up at 2:00 am and check to see how much snow we have. Low and behold the fire trucks are across the street and one of the houses the collage kids rent is burning in the 30 to 40 mph winds. One road into the hotel and no road out until the fire is out . Wonder if the kids didn't know how to run the furn us or did they plug some space heater in and everything they had was gone. Finally at 8 :30 am I could leave. Thank the good Lord no one was hurt.
Well , finish my paper work and head to Milwaukee in the morning, the two boys have surgery tomorrow morning at children's. Don't think the worst. We have insurance and the only specialist for what the boys have is in Milwaukee. No it is not as bad as it sounds. Just some bone growths the inherited from there father.
I need to catch up on all the news. Seems you get lost if you don't have Internet for a couple days.
8 to 10 inch's of snow in Negaunee.
Tuesday morning sleeping in my hotel room, wake up at 2:00 am and check to see how much snow we have. Low and behold the fire trucks are across the street and one of the houses the collage kids rent is burning in the 30 to 40 mph winds. One road into the hotel and no road out until the fire is out . Wonder if the kids didn't know how to run the furn us or did they plug some space heater in and everything they had was gone. Finally at 8 :30 am I could leave. Thank the good Lord no one was hurt.
Well , finish my paper work and head to Milwaukee in the morning, the two boys have surgery tomorrow morning at children's. Don't think the worst. We have insurance and the only specialist for what the boys have is in Milwaukee. No it is not as bad as it sounds. Just some bone growths the inherited from there father.
I need to catch up on all the news. Seems you get lost if you don't have Internet for a couple days.
Sunday, November 04, 2007
T minus 30 min.
Less than 30 minutes before the Packer Chief game.
Good luck to Brett and the Pack.
What a season, thanks for the ride so far and keep the wins going.
I have to say before this season that I was not a fan of Ted T. and Mike M. My jury is still out but as a Conservative , if I am wrong , I will be the first to admit it.
Also Tom Brady is my quarterback in fan football. Tom, score some points for me.
I hope Tom meets Brett in the Super Bowl.
Go Pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Good luck to Brett and the Pack.
What a season, thanks for the ride so far and keep the wins going.
I have to say before this season that I was not a fan of Ted T. and Mike M. My jury is still out but as a Conservative , if I am wrong , I will be the first to admit it.
Also Tom Brady is my quarterback in fan football. Tom, score some points for me.
I hope Tom meets Brett in the Super Bowl.
Go Pack!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Blog Sites
Just a word about Blog sites.
We can all see how important the Internet has become.
With what happened to Jeni in Sheboygan, it shows us all how important our first amendment rights mean to the average joe or joey on the street.
The libs on the left get elected and with their power comes abuse. Abuse that most people I know are too ignorant to understand since that's all they listen and see is the MSM.
Some day, those that don't understand will wake up and finally see what is going on. They will finally see the light and hopefully it will not be too late.
Thank you to all the bloggers that keep us informed on what they do not hear from the MSM.
Special thanks to a few of many,
DAD29
and
Blogger Beer.
Keep us all informed.
Berry Laker
We can all see how important the Internet has become.
With what happened to Jeni in Sheboygan, it shows us all how important our first amendment rights mean to the average joe or joey on the street.
The libs on the left get elected and with their power comes abuse. Abuse that most people I know are too ignorant to understand since that's all they listen and see is the MSM.
Some day, those that don't understand will wake up and finally see what is going on. They will finally see the light and hopefully it will not be too late.
Thank you to all the bloggers that keep us informed on what they do not hear from the MSM.
Special thanks to a few of many,
DAD29
and
Blogger Beer.
Keep us all informed.
Berry Laker
Saturday, November 03, 2007
Oh Really
Come on, you got to be josh en me! People will buy smokes on line!!!!!!!
O my Gosh, Revenues will go down????????????????????????????
From JS ONLINE
Cigarette tax may be only a short-term budget fix
Sales might dwindle; state collections could soar, then sag
By STEVEN WALTERS and STACY FORSTERswalters@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 2, 2007
Madison - Wisconsin's decision to raise its cigarette tax for the first time since 2001 raises two questions: How much new revenue will the $1-a-pack jump in the tax generate? And will more Wisconsin smokers buy off the Internet or elsewhere to avoid the higher tax?
The state budget deal balanced state spending, in part, on the backs of smokers by raising the current 77 cent tax to $1.77, starting in January.
When fully implemented, cigarette tax collections will rise almost 80% in just three years - from $296 million in 2006 to $531 million in 2009, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Link to full Article
The last paragraph, Diamond Jim says WHAT??????????????????????????????
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, who first recommended a $1.25-a-pack increase in the cigarette tax, said he wants smokers to stop and conceded that taxing them won't necessarily balance future budgets.
That's nice to know Jim!
Where are you going to get the revenue from?????????????????????????
OK the loony people in Iowa backed off on the pumpkin tax, but you
know they are looking for something to tax.
What can Diamond Jim tax the people of Wisconsin?
Hey Cranberries - they make a good decoration on the table at Thanksgiving
and Christmas. You know , some people put them on a string with popcorn for decorating there Christmas tree. We can even get back at those evil cranberry growers . You know the ones that A G Peg was sueing a couple of years ago. Oh she's gone but we got this RINO named J B. Maybe ,maybe not , it's a toss up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey "corn", you see lots of houses that hang two cobs of corn on the door in the fall.
You know they call it Ind_ _ _ oops It's American corn ( I have to be politically correct)
Sorry can't do that, the ethanol guys will get mad if we tax there free money they get from the
government grants and subsidy's. ( first we pay taxes , the government collects it from us and then gives it to the ethanol producers , we can't tax a tax, heaven forbid) !!!!!!!!!!
Tax on all "cooking oil" !!!!!!!!!!!
You know , deep fry ed foods , leads to cloresteral, leads to heart disease, leads to poor people with out health care , leads to liberal wackos saying people should not eat fatty foods, Yada , Yada , Yada!!!!!!!!! I like this one, could happen.
"Bottled water", Remember only the rich buy bottled water, the poor cannot afford a $1.39 bottle of water. "Soak" (get it- water- soak) the rich. "Paul not funny"
I like this one, could happen.
O my Gosh, Revenues will go down????????????????????????????
From JS ONLINE
Cigarette tax may be only a short-term budget fix
Sales might dwindle; state collections could soar, then sag
By STEVEN WALTERS and STACY FORSTERswalters@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Nov. 2, 2007
Madison - Wisconsin's decision to raise its cigarette tax for the first time since 2001 raises two questions: How much new revenue will the $1-a-pack jump in the tax generate? And will more Wisconsin smokers buy off the Internet or elsewhere to avoid the higher tax?
The state budget deal balanced state spending, in part, on the backs of smokers by raising the current 77 cent tax to $1.77, starting in January.
When fully implemented, cigarette tax collections will rise almost 80% in just three years - from $296 million in 2006 to $531 million in 2009, according to the Legislative Fiscal Bureau.
Link to full Article
The last paragraph, Diamond Jim says WHAT??????????????????????????????
Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle, who first recommended a $1.25-a-pack increase in the cigarette tax, said he wants smokers to stop and conceded that taxing them won't necessarily balance future budgets.
That's nice to know Jim!
Where are you going to get the revenue from?????????????????????????
OK the loony people in Iowa backed off on the pumpkin tax, but you
know they are looking for something to tax.
What can Diamond Jim tax the people of Wisconsin?
Hey Cranberries - they make a good decoration on the table at Thanksgiving
and Christmas. You know , some people put them on a string with popcorn for decorating there Christmas tree. We can even get back at those evil cranberry growers . You know the ones that A G Peg was sueing a couple of years ago. Oh she's gone but we got this RINO named J B. Maybe ,maybe not , it's a toss up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey "corn", you see lots of houses that hang two cobs of corn on the door in the fall.
You know they call it Ind_ _ _ oops It's American corn ( I have to be politically correct)
Sorry can't do that, the ethanol guys will get mad if we tax there free money they get from the
government grants and subsidy's. ( first we pay taxes , the government collects it from us and then gives it to the ethanol producers , we can't tax a tax, heaven forbid) !!!!!!!!!!
Tax on all "cooking oil" !!!!!!!!!!!
You know , deep fry ed foods , leads to cloresteral, leads to heart disease, leads to poor people with out health care , leads to liberal wackos saying people should not eat fatty foods, Yada , Yada , Yada!!!!!!!!! I like this one, could happen.
"Bottled water", Remember only the rich buy bottled water, the poor cannot afford a $1.39 bottle of water. "Soak" (get it- water- soak) the rich. "Paul not funny"
I like this one, could happen.
Hey, "olives" You know the green one's . People drink adult beverages- vodka is my choice, some prefer gin. Olives go in drinks, drinks are already taxed ,what a combo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I know, any olive, baby corn, or mushroom in any 6 oz or less jar or can. I Like this one too, might happen.
Hey, ATM tax. Cool, every time you make a transaction at a ATM the state gets a nickle or a dime, "Paul small mind", banks and casino's already grab $2.00 bucks a crack. Why are you thinking nickles and dimes , small potatoes, lets just say a buck a crack for a tax. Wow , this could be a real money driver!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lake or river front property. Yeah this is good. Tax $1.00 a foot for lake front or river frontage per year. If you like to live on the water then you should be able to pay for it. We would have a $56.00 tax per year for our place alone! Put it on the property tax bill and no will see it. Ka-ching, oh baby this could bring in serious revenue!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Green Grass Tax, oh yea, I like it already. If you cut your lawn you would be taxed extra on your taxes. In the city they can fine you for not cutting your lawn, so they got you both ways. They charge you for your water in the city so why not have a Green Grass Tax. They just have to put it on your property tax bill and you will never know about it. Oh yea, good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Electric sur tax in December only . You decorate your house for Christmas and pay a one month tax on the electricity you use to brighten up your house around the holidays. Sorry, won't work, the atheists don't decorate for the (Happy Holiday) season. They would tell Diamond Jim to take a leap!!!!!!!!!! No wouldn't work.
I got it! A tax on all fantasy sports leagues. You charge a dollar a person per league and you can make millions. Oh baby this is a good one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, we all know the looney left will come up with some way to tax us all , but your guess is as good as mine. They will tax what ever they can to keep power.
If you have a tax idea for Diamond Jim , please let me know I I will add it to the list.
Friday, November 02, 2007
Sheboygan
When the power of elected officials get out of hand !
How can a mayor stop the free speech of the people of this
great country. Politics run a muck!
When a mayor of Sheboygan asks the Sheboygan police
department to investigate a private citizen just because
she put the Sheboygan police departments web site on
her web site.
Dorthy and Teddy must be turning in there graves.
Ditto's to Jeni at Sheboygan Shenanigans .
We are all with you!
Oh by the way, link to Sheboygan police department.
Please visit their web site as much as you can.
Go Jeni !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
How can a mayor stop the free speech of the people of this
great country. Politics run a muck!
When a mayor of Sheboygan asks the Sheboygan police
department to investigate a private citizen just because
she put the Sheboygan police departments web site on
her web site.
Dorthy and Teddy must be turning in there graves.
Ditto's to Jeni at Sheboygan Shenanigans .
We are all with you!
Oh by the way, link to Sheboygan police department.
Please visit their web site as much as you can.
Go Jeni !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
For All You Catholics in the Crowd
From Dad 29 and Jeffery Tucker , Thank You
Someone from St. Johns in Gillett should understand this but I doubt it.
It's not who plays the music in church that brings people in , it's their
faith that brings them to church. To pray to God and ask for His forgiveness.
Some one playing a flute will bring more people to mass!!!!
It all comes back to what people hear during mass and not what music is played.
It's not the music , it is what the people hear from their priest that
reinforces what there beliefs are. We are not hearing what we believe!
We come to mass to pray! We come to mass to ask for forgiveness.
The Music is not the problem. Our music is just fine!!!!!!
There are larger problems in our parish that
gives people the reason to leave to find a different parish!!!!!!!!
M.S. I know that you know what is right and what is wrong,
keep up the GREAT work at church.
It's a good read anyway.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Top Ten Unknown Truths about Sacred Music posted by Jeffrey Tucker
In the last week, I've spoken before two groups of Catholics about sacred music and taken questions and observed on their faces looks of confusion and enlightenment (I leave aside the case of the heckler who exhibited red-faced anger).
From this experience, I again learned the lesson that I somehow never fully grasp: it is not possible to underestimate people's level of knowledge of the basic facts of liturgy and music.
For decades, Catholic music publishers have been cranking out liturgy workbooks, hymnbooks, guidebooks, book books, and sending well-meaning but woefully uneducated workshop leaders to thousands of parishes, while well-heeled organizations have held hundreds of lucrative national conferences designed to somehow get Catholic musicians up to speed.Incredibly, the results of all this "education" – which has had no unified theme and has been more about marketing expensive, copyrighted music than actually doing what the Church asks – has been to scramble the brains of Catholic musicians around the country to the point that most have not the slightest clue what they are seeking to do.
Lots of money has changed hands but we are further away from understanding than ever before.
So here is my list of the top ten musical unknowns of our day:
The music of the Mass is not of our choosing; it is not a matter of taste; it is not a glossy layer on top of a liturgy. Liturgical music is embedded within the structure of the liturgy itself: theologically, melodically, and historically.
Hymns are not part of the structure of Mass. Nothing in the Mass says: it is now time to sing a hymn of your choice. Hymns are permitted as replacements for what should be sung but only with reservations.
The sung parts of the Mass can be divided into three parts: the ordinary chants (which are stable from week to week), the proper chants (which change according the day), and the priests parts that include sung dialogues with the people.
The music of for the Mass is found in three books: the Kyriale (for the people), the Graduale (for the schola), and the Missale (for the priest).
To advocate Gregorian chant is not merely to favor Latin hymns over English ones, because chant hymns make up only a small portion of chant repertoire. It is to favor a sung Mass over a spoken one, and to favor the music of the Mass itself against substitutes.
Cognitive pedagogy is not the primary purpose of music, so, no, it is not important that all people gathered always and immediately "understand the words."
The music of Mass does not require an organist, pianist, guitar player, bongos, or microphones. It requires only the human voice, which is the primary liturgical instrument.
The Second Vatican Council was the first ecumenical council to decisively declare that chant has primacy of place: "Ecclesia cantum gregorianum agnoscit ut liturgiae romanae proprium: qui ideo in actionibus liturgicis, ceteris paribus, principem locum obtineat." (And ceteris paribus does not mean: unless you don't like it. It means even if chant cannot be sung because of poor skills or lack of resources, or whatever, it still remains an ideal.)
There is no contradiction between chant and participation. Vatican II hoped to see that vernacular hymnody would decrease and the sung Mass would increase. Full, conscience, active participation in the Mass means: it is up to the people to do their part to sing the parts of the Mass that belong to the people.
The first piece of papal legislation concerning music appeared in 95AD, by Pope St. Clement. It forbid profane music in liturgy and emphasized that Church is the place for holy music. All successive legislation has been a variation on that theme.It's going to take more than one-hour lectures to undo all the misinformation that has been spread for decades, and the publishers of these popular liturgy guides need an education more than anyone else. But let's be clear what we are talking about here. The paradigm of sacred music amounts to a complete overhaul of what most Catholic musicians think belongs in Mass. And the first step to education is to have an educable spirit.
Will musicians and publishers that have been working for decades in a spurious paradigm—the billions involved do not confer liturgical legitimacy—be willing to rethink matters?
Someone from St. Johns in Gillett should understand this but I doubt it.
It's not who plays the music in church that brings people in , it's their
faith that brings them to church. To pray to God and ask for His forgiveness.
Some one playing a flute will bring more people to mass!!!!
It all comes back to what people hear during mass and not what music is played.
It's not the music , it is what the people hear from their priest that
reinforces what there beliefs are. We are not hearing what we believe!
We come to mass to pray! We come to mass to ask for forgiveness.
The Music is not the problem. Our music is just fine!!!!!!
There are larger problems in our parish that
gives people the reason to leave to find a different parish!!!!!!!!
M.S. I know that you know what is right and what is wrong,
keep up the GREAT work at church.
It's a good read anyway.
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Top Ten Unknown Truths about Sacred Music posted by Jeffrey Tucker
In the last week, I've spoken before two groups of Catholics about sacred music and taken questions and observed on their faces looks of confusion and enlightenment (I leave aside the case of the heckler who exhibited red-faced anger).
From this experience, I again learned the lesson that I somehow never fully grasp: it is not possible to underestimate people's level of knowledge of the basic facts of liturgy and music.
For decades, Catholic music publishers have been cranking out liturgy workbooks, hymnbooks, guidebooks, book books, and sending well-meaning but woefully uneducated workshop leaders to thousands of parishes, while well-heeled organizations have held hundreds of lucrative national conferences designed to somehow get Catholic musicians up to speed.Incredibly, the results of all this "education" – which has had no unified theme and has been more about marketing expensive, copyrighted music than actually doing what the Church asks – has been to scramble the brains of Catholic musicians around the country to the point that most have not the slightest clue what they are seeking to do.
Lots of money has changed hands but we are further away from understanding than ever before.
So here is my list of the top ten musical unknowns of our day:
The music of the Mass is not of our choosing; it is not a matter of taste; it is not a glossy layer on top of a liturgy. Liturgical music is embedded within the structure of the liturgy itself: theologically, melodically, and historically.
Hymns are not part of the structure of Mass. Nothing in the Mass says: it is now time to sing a hymn of your choice. Hymns are permitted as replacements for what should be sung but only with reservations.
The sung parts of the Mass can be divided into three parts: the ordinary chants (which are stable from week to week), the proper chants (which change according the day), and the priests parts that include sung dialogues with the people.
The music of for the Mass is found in three books: the Kyriale (for the people), the Graduale (for the schola), and the Missale (for the priest).
To advocate Gregorian chant is not merely to favor Latin hymns over English ones, because chant hymns make up only a small portion of chant repertoire. It is to favor a sung Mass over a spoken one, and to favor the music of the Mass itself against substitutes.
Cognitive pedagogy is not the primary purpose of music, so, no, it is not important that all people gathered always and immediately "understand the words."
The music of Mass does not require an organist, pianist, guitar player, bongos, or microphones. It requires only the human voice, which is the primary liturgical instrument.
The Second Vatican Council was the first ecumenical council to decisively declare that chant has primacy of place: "Ecclesia cantum gregorianum agnoscit ut liturgiae romanae proprium: qui ideo in actionibus liturgicis, ceteris paribus, principem locum obtineat." (And ceteris paribus does not mean: unless you don't like it. It means even if chant cannot be sung because of poor skills or lack of resources, or whatever, it still remains an ideal.)
There is no contradiction between chant and participation. Vatican II hoped to see that vernacular hymnody would decrease and the sung Mass would increase. Full, conscience, active participation in the Mass means: it is up to the people to do their part to sing the parts of the Mass that belong to the people.
The first piece of papal legislation concerning music appeared in 95AD, by Pope St. Clement. It forbid profane music in liturgy and emphasized that Church is the place for holy music. All successive legislation has been a variation on that theme.It's going to take more than one-hour lectures to undo all the misinformation that has been spread for decades, and the publishers of these popular liturgy guides need an education more than anyone else. But let's be clear what we are talking about here. The paradigm of sacred music amounts to a complete overhaul of what most Catholic musicians think belongs in Mass. And the first step to education is to have an educable spirit.
Will musicians and publishers that have been working for decades in a spurious paradigm—the billions involved do not confer liturgical legitimacy—be willing to rethink matters?
See We Told You So
From Drudge and The Des Moines Register
First I tell my wife and neighbors ," don't buy gasoline with ethanol"
They say, "why not". I say, "because you pay for taxes on gasoline ,
you pay taxes for corn farmers and ethanol plants to get government
subsidies, and all food product prices are going up because corn prices
are going up"!
NA NA Na , it's no big deal.
Oh sure , an extra 1.00 for a pack of smokes is O K !!!!!!!!!!
You shouldn't smoke, they say, but who is paying taxes on tobacco
products and paying all the health care for the poor !
What will happen when more people quit smoking?
Where will Government get there revenue's ?
Here's your answer !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iowa puts tax on pumpkins (unless you eat them)
Iowa's new policy taxing pumpkins that will be used as
decorations is squashing growers' spirits.
By KEN FUSONRegister Staff Writer
October 31, 2007
The Iowa Department of Revenue, often accused of trying to
squeeze blood out of turnips, is now searching for pennies in
pumpkins.A new department policy this year has made
Halloween jack-o'-lanterns subject to the state sales tax,
and many Iowa pumpkin growers are feeling tricked.
Is there room in the patch for both the Great Pumpkin
and the tax man on this Halloween night?"I don't mind
paying taxes, but let's get real here, people," said Bob Kautz,
owner of the Buffalo Pumpkin Patch in Buffalo, Ia.,
about eight miles west of Davenport.
Iowans planning to eat pumpkins can still get an exemption from
the sales tax, if they fill out the "Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificate"
form. Pumpkins also are exempt if they are of the specific variety
used to make pies and are advertised that way. Pumpkins
purchased with food stamps also are exempt.
Oh that's good , you have to send in for a refund !!!!!!!!!!!!
Link to article
For GOD's sake, when are you people going to wake up
and stop voting for liberal Democrats.
Wait for Diamond Jim hears about this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
First I tell my wife and neighbors ," don't buy gasoline with ethanol"
They say, "why not". I say, "because you pay for taxes on gasoline ,
you pay taxes for corn farmers and ethanol plants to get government
subsidies, and all food product prices are going up because corn prices
are going up"!
NA NA Na , it's no big deal.
Oh sure , an extra 1.00 for a pack of smokes is O K !!!!!!!!!!
You shouldn't smoke, they say, but who is paying taxes on tobacco
products and paying all the health care for the poor !
What will happen when more people quit smoking?
Where will Government get there revenue's ?
Here's your answer !!!!!!!!!!!!!
Iowa puts tax on pumpkins (unless you eat them)
Iowa's new policy taxing pumpkins that will be used as
decorations is squashing growers' spirits.
By KEN FUSONRegister Staff Writer
October 31, 2007
The Iowa Department of Revenue, often accused of trying to
squeeze blood out of turnips, is now searching for pennies in
pumpkins.A new department policy this year has made
Halloween jack-o'-lanterns subject to the state sales tax,
and many Iowa pumpkin growers are feeling tricked.
Is there room in the patch for both the Great Pumpkin
and the tax man on this Halloween night?"I don't mind
paying taxes, but let's get real here, people," said Bob Kautz,
owner of the Buffalo Pumpkin Patch in Buffalo, Ia.,
about eight miles west of Davenport.
Iowans planning to eat pumpkins can still get an exemption from
the sales tax, if they fill out the "Iowa Sales Tax Exemption Certificate"
form. Pumpkins also are exempt if they are of the specific variety
used to make pies and are advertised that way. Pumpkins
purchased with food stamps also are exempt.
Oh that's good , you have to send in for a refund !!!!!!!!!!!!
Link to article
For GOD's sake, when are you people going to wake up
and stop voting for liberal Democrats.
Wait for Diamond Jim hears about this !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Wisconsin Taxes You Will Pay
Please bend over and grab your ankles,
Here are some of what Wisconsins ($750,000,000.00 plus) extra Taxes will go to
Giligans Island meets The Beverly Hillbilly's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FILM PRODUCTION SERVICES TAX CREDIT -- SUM SUFFICIENT
ESTIMATE [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Provide $250,000 in 2007-08 and $750,000 in 2008-09 for the sum
sufficient appropriation for the film production services individual income and corporate
income and franchise tax credit to reflect estimates of refundable tax credit claims. The film
production services tax credit can first be claimed for tax years beginning after December 31,
2007.
MOVIE STARS IN Wisconsin, sorry, don't invite Mike J Fox!!!!!!!!!!
FILM PRODUCTION SERVICES AND PRODUCTION COMPANY INVESTMENT
TAX CREDITS TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Make the following modifications to statutory provisions
governing the film production services and film production company investment tax credits
under the individual income and corporate income and franchise taxes:
Fuel pump tax credit, I thought gas stations buy there own pumps!!!!!!!!!
ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL FUEL PUMP TAX CREDIT
[Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Create an ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump tax credit under the
state individual income and corporate income and franchise taxes equal to 25% of the amount
paid in a tax year to install or retrofit pumps located in Wisconsin that dispense motor fuel
consisting of at least 85% ethanol or at least 20% biodiesel fuel. The tax credit could be claimed
for tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2018. The maximum tax
credit for a tax year could not exceed $5,000 for each service station that claims a credit for an
installed or retrofitted pump. Unused credit amounts could be carried forward up to 15 years to
offset future tax liabilities. The credit would be claimed after the minimum tax in the order of
computation.
These guys really have there nose DEEP!!!!!!!!!!!
BIODIESEL FUEL PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT [Assembly Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a tax credit, for tax years beginning on or after January
1, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, under the state individual income and corporate income and
franchise taxes, equal to 10 cents per gallon for biodiesel fuel produced for biodiesel fuel
producers located in Wisconsin that produce at least 2.5 million gallons of biodiesel fuel per
year. The maximum credit that could be claimed would be $1,000,000. This provision would
reduce state income and franchise tax revenues by an estimated $800,000 in 2009-10 and
$1,800,000 annually thereafter.
What, a credit for catalogs!
SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR CATALOGS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Create a sales tax exemption for catalogs and the envelopes in
which catalogs are mailed. Specify that the proposed exemption would take effect on April 1,
2009.
TaxCredit for movie stars, sorry, I'm not a star yet!
SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DIGITAL PURCHASES RELATED TO MOTION
PICTURES AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Modify a current sales tax exemption for motion picture film or
tape and related advertising materials sold, leased, or rented to movie theaters or radio or
television stations to specify that the exemption also applies to motion pictures or radio or
television programs for listening, viewing, or broadcast. This provision, which would take effect
on the effective date of the budget bill, is intended to clarify current law and would have no
fiscal effect.
This one is for Cow manure, WOWWWWWWWW
SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO WIND, SOLAR, AND GAS FROM
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE [Assembly Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a sales and use tax exemption for a product, other than
an uninterruptible power source for computers, whose power source is wind energy, direct
radiant energy received from the sun, or gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal
manure and other agricultural waste, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating
current or 600 British thermal units per day. In addition, create a sales and use tax exemption
from the sale of, and the use or other consumption of, electricity or energy that is produced
from such a product. Provide that the exemptions would take effect July 1, 2009.
Can pet cemeteries also get this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT CEMETERIES [Assembly
Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a sales and use tax exemption for otherwise taxable
tangible personal property or taxable services used exclusively by a cemetery company or
corporation (as described under federal provisions for organizations that are exempt from
federal tax) for the purposes of the company or corporation. Provide that the exemption would
take effect July 1, 2009.
This is one of my FAVORITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CLAY PIGEONS [Assembly]
Conference Committee: Modify the sales and use tax exemption for clay pigeons sold to
certain shooting facilities, effective July 1, 2007.
Under current law, clay pigeons that are sold to a shooting facility are exempt from the
sales and use tax if either of the following apply: (a) the shooting facility is required to pay the
tax imposed on its gross receipts from charges for shooting at the facility; or (b) the shooting
facility is a nonprofit organization that charges for shooting at the facility but is not required to
pay the tax on such charges as they are exempt as occasional sales.
When revenue goes down, will they tax or increase taxes on candy, cookies ,
burgers, bottled water, potato chips, oranges, apples, two beef patties, lettuce, pickles,
mustard cheese and a seasame seed bun.
CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX AND
REFUND INCREASES [Senate Modified]
Conference Committee: Increase the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack (from $0.77 to $1.77).
Increase the tobacco products tax on all tobacco products (which excludes cigarettes), other than
moist snuff, from 25% of the manufacturer's established list price to 50.0% of the manufacturer's
list price. Provide, however, that the tax on cigars would be capped at a maximum of $0.50 per
cigar. Convert the tax on moist snuff from the current ad valorem (price-based) tax to a weightbased
tax at the rate of $1.31 per ounce. For purposes of these provisions, define "moist snuff" to
mean any finely cut, ground, or powdered smokeless tobacco that is intended to be placed or
dipped in the oral cavity. Specify that these changes would take effect on the first day of the
third month beginning after publication of the budget bill.
What does giving people samples of booze at grocery and liq stores have to do with the state budget? Did you know that no one , I mean no one has admitted to putting this in the budget.
Where is MAD , Where are the moms with the bumper stickers!!!!!!!!!
This dribble that was slipped in by( sorry, we don't know) is over nine pages in this budget, wow , someone spent a lot of time on this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE-TIER LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM [Senate Modified]
Conference Committee: Modify current law with respect to the three-tier intoxicating
liquor distribution system (which includes distribution of wine and distilled spirits).
What, doesn't the Brown County board take care of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES OF BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR AT THE NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM
[Senate]
Conference Committee: Authorize a caterer with a license to sell beer and/or
intoxicating liquor (including wine) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption to sell beer
and/or intoxicating liquor at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for special events
held at the Museum.
that the modifications would take effect on the general effective date of the budget bill.
Poor small businesses are getting SCREWED here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BREWPUB PERMITS [New Item]
Conference Committee: Create a brewpub permit, to be issued by the Department of
Revenue (DOR) that would authorize a brewpub to manufacture and sell beer at wholesale,
subject to certain limitations, as well as additional brewpub operations. In addition, limit certain
operations that are currently authorized under a brewer's permit.
This pertains to the above SCREW for a brew pub owner! It must of been bought by MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Modifications to Chapter 139 -- "Beverages, Controlled Substances, and Tobacco
Taxes"
Make the following changes to general definitions under Chapter 139: (a) modify the
definition of a "bottler" as a person, other than a brewer, who places beer in bottles or similar
containers to also exclude a brewpub who places beer in bottles or similar containers; (b) clarify
that a "brewer" does not include a permittee holding a brewpub permit; and (c) define
"brewpub" and "brewpub premises" through references to such terms in Chapter 125 (as created
under the motion).
Sorry, I can't take this, but if you dare here is the LINK from the
Wisconsin Policy Reasearch Institute, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
Here are some of what Wisconsins ($750,000,000.00 plus) extra Taxes will go to
Giligans Island meets The Beverly Hillbilly's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
FILM PRODUCTION SERVICES TAX CREDIT -- SUM SUFFICIENT
ESTIMATE [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Provide $250,000 in 2007-08 and $750,000 in 2008-09 for the sum
sufficient appropriation for the film production services individual income and corporate
income and franchise tax credit to reflect estimates of refundable tax credit claims. The film
production services tax credit can first be claimed for tax years beginning after December 31,
2007.
MOVIE STARS IN Wisconsin, sorry, don't invite Mike J Fox!!!!!!!!!!
FILM PRODUCTION SERVICES AND PRODUCTION COMPANY INVESTMENT
TAX CREDITS TECHNICAL MODIFICATIONS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Make the following modifications to statutory provisions
governing the film production services and film production company investment tax credits
under the individual income and corporate income and franchise taxes:
Fuel pump tax credit, I thought gas stations buy there own pumps!!!!!!!!!
ETHANOL AND BIODIESEL FUEL PUMP TAX CREDIT
[Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Create an ethanol and biodiesel fuel pump tax credit under the
state individual income and corporate income and franchise taxes equal to 25% of the amount
paid in a tax year to install or retrofit pumps located in Wisconsin that dispense motor fuel
consisting of at least 85% ethanol or at least 20% biodiesel fuel. The tax credit could be claimed
for tax years beginning after December 31, 2007, and before January 1, 2018. The maximum tax
credit for a tax year could not exceed $5,000 for each service station that claims a credit for an
installed or retrofitted pump. Unused credit amounts could be carried forward up to 15 years to
offset future tax liabilities. The credit would be claimed after the minimum tax in the order of
computation.
These guys really have there nose DEEP!!!!!!!!!!!
BIODIESEL FUEL PRODUCTION TAX CREDIT [Assembly Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a tax credit, for tax years beginning on or after January
1, 2009, and before January 1, 2011, under the state individual income and corporate income and
franchise taxes, equal to 10 cents per gallon for biodiesel fuel produced for biodiesel fuel
producers located in Wisconsin that produce at least 2.5 million gallons of biodiesel fuel per
year. The maximum credit that could be claimed would be $1,000,000. This provision would
reduce state income and franchise tax revenues by an estimated $800,000 in 2009-10 and
$1,800,000 annually thereafter.
What, a credit for catalogs!
SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR CATALOGS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Create a sales tax exemption for catalogs and the envelopes in
which catalogs are mailed. Specify that the proposed exemption would take effect on April 1,
2009.
TaxCredit for movie stars, sorry, I'm not a star yet!
SALES TAX EXEMPTION FOR DIGITAL PURCHASES RELATED TO MOTION
PICTURES AND RADIO AND TELEVISION PROGRAMS [Senate/Assembly]
Conference Committee: Modify a current sales tax exemption for motion picture film or
tape and related advertising materials sold, leased, or rented to movie theaters or radio or
television stations to specify that the exemption also applies to motion pictures or radio or
television programs for listening, viewing, or broadcast. This provision, which would take effect
on the effective date of the budget bill, is intended to clarify current law and would have no
fiscal effect.
This one is for Cow manure, WOWWWWWWWW
SALES TAX EXEMPTIONS RELATED TO WIND, SOLAR, AND GAS FROM
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF AGRICULTURAL WASTE [Assembly Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a sales and use tax exemption for a product, other than
an uninterruptible power source for computers, whose power source is wind energy, direct
radiant energy received from the sun, or gas generated from anaerobic digestion of animal
manure and other agricultural waste, if the product produces at least 200 watts of alternating
current or 600 British thermal units per day. In addition, create a sales and use tax exemption
from the sale of, and the use or other consumption of, electricity or energy that is produced
from such a product. Provide that the exemptions would take effect July 1, 2009.
Can pet cemeteries also get this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR NONPROFIT CEMETERIES [Assembly
Modified]
Conference Committee: Create a sales and use tax exemption for otherwise taxable
tangible personal property or taxable services used exclusively by a cemetery company or
corporation (as described under federal provisions for organizations that are exempt from
federal tax) for the purposes of the company or corporation. Provide that the exemption would
take effect July 1, 2009.
This is one of my FAVORITES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTION FOR CLAY PIGEONS [Assembly]
Conference Committee: Modify the sales and use tax exemption for clay pigeons sold to
certain shooting facilities, effective July 1, 2007.
Under current law, clay pigeons that are sold to a shooting facility are exempt from the
sales and use tax if either of the following apply: (a) the shooting facility is required to pay the
tax imposed on its gross receipts from charges for shooting at the facility; or (b) the shooting
facility is a nonprofit organization that charges for shooting at the facility but is not required to
pay the tax on such charges as they are exempt as occasional sales.
When revenue goes down, will they tax or increase taxes on candy, cookies ,
burgers, bottled water, potato chips, oranges, apples, two beef patties, lettuce, pickles,
mustard cheese and a seasame seed bun.
CIGARETTE AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS TAX AND
REFUND INCREASES [Senate Modified]
Conference Committee: Increase the cigarette tax by $1.00 per pack (from $0.77 to $1.77).
Increase the tobacco products tax on all tobacco products (which excludes cigarettes), other than
moist snuff, from 25% of the manufacturer's established list price to 50.0% of the manufacturer's
list price. Provide, however, that the tax on cigars would be capped at a maximum of $0.50 per
cigar. Convert the tax on moist snuff from the current ad valorem (price-based) tax to a weightbased
tax at the rate of $1.31 per ounce. For purposes of these provisions, define "moist snuff" to
mean any finely cut, ground, or powdered smokeless tobacco that is intended to be placed or
dipped in the oral cavity. Specify that these changes would take effect on the first day of the
third month beginning after publication of the budget bill.
What does giving people samples of booze at grocery and liq stores have to do with the state budget? Did you know that no one , I mean no one has admitted to putting this in the budget.
Where is MAD , Where are the moms with the bumper stickers!!!!!!!!!
This dribble that was slipped in by( sorry, we don't know) is over nine pages in this budget, wow , someone spent a lot of time on this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THREE-TIER LIQUOR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM [Senate Modified]
Conference Committee: Modify current law with respect to the three-tier intoxicating
liquor distribution system (which includes distribution of wine and distilled spirits).
What, doesn't the Brown County board take care of this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SALES OF BEER, WINE, AND LIQUOR AT THE NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM
[Senate]
Conference Committee: Authorize a caterer with a license to sell beer and/or
intoxicating liquor (including wine) at retail for on- and off-premises consumption to sell beer
and/or intoxicating liquor at the National Railroad Museum in Green Bay for special events
held at the Museum.
that the modifications would take effect on the general effective date of the budget bill.
Poor small businesses are getting SCREWED here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BREWPUB PERMITS [New Item]
Conference Committee: Create a brewpub permit, to be issued by the Department of
Revenue (DOR) that would authorize a brewpub to manufacture and sell beer at wholesale,
subject to certain limitations, as well as additional brewpub operations. In addition, limit certain
operations that are currently authorized under a brewer's permit.
This pertains to the above SCREW for a brew pub owner! It must of been bought by MILLER!!!!!!!!!!!!
Modifications to Chapter 139 -- "Beverages, Controlled Substances, and Tobacco
Taxes"
Make the following changes to general definitions under Chapter 139: (a) modify the
definition of a "bottler" as a person, other than a brewer, who places beer in bottles or similar
containers to also exclude a brewpub who places beer in bottles or similar containers; (b) clarify
that a "brewer" does not include a permittee holding a brewpub permit; and (c) define
"brewpub" and "brewpub premises" through references to such terms in Chapter 125 (as created
under the motion).
Sorry, I can't take this, but if you dare here is the LINK from the
Wisconsin Policy Reasearch Institute, THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK
Proud Father
Just thought I would say a few words about my
daughters wedding this past weekend.
Daddy's little girl has grown up,
I lost a daughter and gained a son.
First, the weather was SUPER.
Second, the church ceremony was SUPER.
Third, the food was SUPER.
Fourth, the desserts were SUPER.
Fifth, the reception was SUPER.
and last,
she was the most BEAUTIFUL Bride in the world.
Daddy will always LOVE YOU.
To Mr. and Mrs. C F ,
We are VERY PROUD of both of you.
daughters wedding this past weekend.
Daddy's little girl has grown up,
I lost a daughter and gained a son.
First, the weather was SUPER.
Second, the church ceremony was SUPER.
Third, the food was SUPER.
Fourth, the desserts were SUPER.
Fifth, the reception was SUPER.
and last,
she was the most BEAUTIFUL Bride in the world.
Daddy will always LOVE YOU.
To Mr. and Mrs. C F ,
We are VERY PROUD of both of you.
Underhill Town Budget Meeting
Hey, it's been awhile but I'm back.
For those two or three people that are interested in
local government.
Town of Underhill Budget meeting at the town hall,
Thursday October 25, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Ninety eight percent ( I am estimating) of property owners
taxes went down last year. DAAAAAAAAAAAAA,
ours went up.
How do I know this, that's all anyone needs is an address and go to
Oconto County's web site and look at every one's taxes
for past and present property values, taxes , etc, etc.
Link to Oconto County S O L O
With diamond Jim signing the new budget
we should pay around $250.00 more in taxes.
Thank you , Diamond Jim.
I can't wait for people to start complaining .
It's Bush's fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
For those two or three people that are interested in
local government.
Town of Underhill Budget meeting at the town hall,
Thursday October 25, 2007
6:30 p.m.
Ninety eight percent ( I am estimating) of property owners
taxes went down last year. DAAAAAAAAAAAAA,
ours went up.
How do I know this, that's all anyone needs is an address and go to
Oconto County's web site and look at every one's taxes
for past and present property values, taxes , etc, etc.
Link to Oconto County S O L O
With diamond Jim signing the new budget
we should pay around $250.00 more in taxes.
Thank you , Diamond Jim.
I can't wait for people to start complaining .
It's Bush's fault!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, September 17, 2007
Berry Lake-What A Comedy
It's the middle of September.
The weather is great, the lake is quiet. Life doesn't get any better.
Some of the part time residence are packed up for the year. Each weekend and sometimes during the week people are still taking there boats , pontoons and water craft out of the water for the winter.
For those not on this lake we now have Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM) in our lake. It was never in our lake till this year. How it got into our lake is another story that I won't bore you with at this time. I have my theory's but it is in Berry Lake and it is spreading.
What really gets my goat is as people are driving their water craft , boats, etc to the boat landing, they drive right through the Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM). The boat landing is full of it and as people drive towards the boat landing I see them with motors down and motors rev ed up. Saturday , Sunday and today I seen four water crafts fly right through the EWM almost wide open. What a JOKE!!!!!!!!! I have to wonder how much EWM is being cut up by props and continue spreading across the lake.
I see no common sense by lake people to shut their motors off , raise their props and row or walk their boats to the boat landing. Where are the so called "LEADERS"of the lake telling people to cut their motors and walk the boats in! Where are the "Leaders " of the lake to inform and monitor EWM spreading all over the lake. What a bunch of good feeling, I care and you don't people that are supposed to be taking care of this. Typical LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, we will pay out of our own pocket or we will pay through our property taxes. And we will pay. EWM will keep spreading , the WDNR and EPA will eventually put restrictions on the lake, property values will drop and all the lefties will be happy. I guess in, oh say ten years only 20 ft pontoons or smaller and 16 HP motors will be all you will use on Berry Lake.
So to all the lefties on the lake , GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The weather is great, the lake is quiet. Life doesn't get any better.
Some of the part time residence are packed up for the year. Each weekend and sometimes during the week people are still taking there boats , pontoons and water craft out of the water for the winter.
For those not on this lake we now have Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM) in our lake. It was never in our lake till this year. How it got into our lake is another story that I won't bore you with at this time. I have my theory's but it is in Berry Lake and it is spreading.
What really gets my goat is as people are driving their water craft , boats, etc to the boat landing, they drive right through the Eurasian water-milfoil (EWM). The boat landing is full of it and as people drive towards the boat landing I see them with motors down and motors rev ed up. Saturday , Sunday and today I seen four water crafts fly right through the EWM almost wide open. What a JOKE!!!!!!!!! I have to wonder how much EWM is being cut up by props and continue spreading across the lake.
I see no common sense by lake people to shut their motors off , raise their props and row or walk their boats to the boat landing. Where are the so called "LEADERS"of the lake telling people to cut their motors and walk the boats in! Where are the "Leaders " of the lake to inform and monitor EWM spreading all over the lake. What a bunch of good feeling, I care and you don't people that are supposed to be taking care of this. Typical LIBERALS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Oh well, we will pay out of our own pocket or we will pay through our property taxes. And we will pay. EWM will keep spreading , the WDNR and EPA will eventually put restrictions on the lake, property values will drop and all the lefties will be happy. I guess in, oh say ten years only 20 ft pontoons or smaller and 16 HP motors will be all you will use on Berry Lake.
So to all the lefties on the lake , GOOD LUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sunday, September 16, 2007
What A Scam
Diamond Jim, what scam artist.
I am sorry for these parents that don't understand this scam and the children that are sucked into this. People , wake up! This is only a proposal ! It will not pass in the state budget. There is no money for it, ( Diamond Jim has not said how he is going to pay for this)! All Wisconsin schools are at capacity as it is ( thousands of kid in Wisconsin already are turned away because there is no room)! Who is going to pay for this?
Posted September 16, 2007
Wisconsin Covenant draws praise, concern from area principals
By Kathy Walsh Nufer Post-Crescent staff writer
Neenah High School Principal Mark Duerwaechter likes the Wisconsin Covenant as both a principal and parent of a ninth-grader who could benefit if it becomes reality.
"I think the concept is very good," Duerwaechter said of the proposed program, which guarantees students who maintain a B average, take classes they need to get into college and behave like a good citizen through high school, a place in a public or private Wisconsin university or technical college plus sufficient financial aid.
"Guarantees students" When has the state every guaranteed anything besides death and taxes!
What are these people smoken!
From a fourteen year old genius!!!!!!!!!!!
"I always wanted to go to a UW school and I thought this would bee a good opportunity to guarantee a position there. My dad was kind of skeptical but I convinced him. I'm sure the legislators in Madison will sort things through."
This fourteen year old kid must be on something or his parents are really (excuse me) DUMB!
"the people in Madison will sort this out" Say WHAT?., We still do not have a budget. Do you people understand without a budget our taxes are not going up, this is a good thing!!!!
Why don't they just blame republicans for no program! Oh I'm sorry, give it time and they will!
Lets get this straight,
today there is no program,
there is no money, it does not exist!
What are you people thinking!
Jim Doyle is pulling a fast one and nobody sees it!
Hold on to your wallets , it's coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
complete artticle from Appleton Post Cresant
I am sorry for these parents that don't understand this scam and the children that are sucked into this. People , wake up! This is only a proposal ! It will not pass in the state budget. There is no money for it, ( Diamond Jim has not said how he is going to pay for this)! All Wisconsin schools are at capacity as it is ( thousands of kid in Wisconsin already are turned away because there is no room)! Who is going to pay for this?
Posted September 16, 2007
Wisconsin Covenant draws praise, concern from area principals
By Kathy Walsh Nufer Post-Crescent staff writer
Neenah High School Principal Mark Duerwaechter likes the Wisconsin Covenant as both a principal and parent of a ninth-grader who could benefit if it becomes reality.
"I think the concept is very good," Duerwaechter said of the proposed program, which guarantees students who maintain a B average, take classes they need to get into college and behave like a good citizen through high school, a place in a public or private Wisconsin university or technical college plus sufficient financial aid.
"Guarantees students" When has the state every guaranteed anything besides death and taxes!
What are these people smoken!
From a fourteen year old genius!!!!!!!!!!!
"I always wanted to go to a UW school and I thought this would bee a good opportunity to guarantee a position there. My dad was kind of skeptical but I convinced him. I'm sure the legislators in Madison will sort things through."
This fourteen year old kid must be on something or his parents are really (excuse me) DUMB!
"the people in Madison will sort this out" Say WHAT?., We still do not have a budget. Do you people understand without a budget our taxes are not going up, this is a good thing!!!!
Why don't they just blame republicans for no program! Oh I'm sorry, give it time and they will!
Lets get this straight,
today there is no program,
there is no money, it does not exist!
What are you people thinking!
Jim Doyle is pulling a fast one and nobody sees it!
Hold on to your wallets , it's coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
complete artticle from Appleton Post Cresant
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Tiger Football
Woooooooo,
the Gillett Tigers took a beating last night
by the Crandon Cardinals -
final score 53 to 14.
Need to work on the basics boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the Gillett Tigers took a beating last night
by the Crandon Cardinals -
final score 53 to 14.
Need to work on the basics boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Friday, September 14, 2007
Gillett Football 9/14/07
Well the Gillett Tigers take to the road tonight
to take on the team from Crandon.
Good luck to the team.
Good luck to # 56 and 87.
to take on the team from Crandon.
Good luck to the team.
Good luck to # 56 and 87.
Kagen watch September 2007
From the Green Bay Press Gazette
Interesting opinion from DR "K"
Posted September 13, 2007
Steve Kagen column:
Enough is enough: 'Iraq is already gone'
Today our nation is no closer to an end to our occupation of Iraq, and we still have no clear exit strategy to our costly involvement in their religious civil war. Gen. David Petraeus has testified before Congress and I wish to extend my sincerest gratitude for his candid remarks and patriotic service. His testimony was truthful and revealing.
What dribble.
Second, and most importantly, the tribal peoples of Iraq do not want to live together. The minority Sunni Arabs, the Kurds in the north, and the Shiite majority do not share a common vision of national unity or a central government – period – as reflected in their centuries-old sectarian violence and the unending slaughter of innocent civilians.
Is he talking about Iraq or is he talking about the the United States? Will the Libs ever get along with the rest of society? Will the libs share our common vision on what is right and have national unity with the rest of the country? How many innocent people suffer or sometimes die every day ( unarmed citizen shot dead by armed robber) in this country because of the liberal dribble that comes from guys like this (Kagen and Fiengold) Liberal politicians , liberal judges ( like the judge in Sheboygan who let a sex offender off the hook), Liberal local leaders ( L A City concil) . The list goes on and on.
Link to complete betrayal piece
I like his next to last line .
"Enough is enough".
Yes Dr K , I have had enough of you,
We shall see the results of the next election.
What a dope, you think he is smoking his son's pipe?
Interesting opinion from DR "K"
Posted September 13, 2007
Steve Kagen column:
Enough is enough: 'Iraq is already gone'
Today our nation is no closer to an end to our occupation of Iraq, and we still have no clear exit strategy to our costly involvement in their religious civil war. Gen. David Petraeus has testified before Congress and I wish to extend my sincerest gratitude for his candid remarks and patriotic service. His testimony was truthful and revealing.
What dribble.
Second, and most importantly, the tribal peoples of Iraq do not want to live together. The minority Sunni Arabs, the Kurds in the north, and the Shiite majority do not share a common vision of national unity or a central government – period – as reflected in their centuries-old sectarian violence and the unending slaughter of innocent civilians.
Is he talking about Iraq or is he talking about the the United States? Will the Libs ever get along with the rest of society? Will the libs share our common vision on what is right and have national unity with the rest of the country? How many innocent people suffer or sometimes die every day ( unarmed citizen shot dead by armed robber) in this country because of the liberal dribble that comes from guys like this (Kagen and Fiengold) Liberal politicians , liberal judges ( like the judge in Sheboygan who let a sex offender off the hook), Liberal local leaders ( L A City concil) . The list goes on and on.
Link to complete betrayal piece
I like his next to last line .
"Enough is enough".
Yes Dr K , I have had enough of you,
We shall see the results of the next election.
What a dope, you think he is smoking his son's pipe?
Friday, September 07, 2007
Interesting Diamond Jim
Just wasting time at home and decided to look at MJS first Watch.
99 % of it is ho hum untill the last sentence. My question is Greg Borowski
Liberal or concervitve?
You decide.
What does it mean?
FRIDAY, Sept. 7, 2007, 6:04 a.m.By Greg Borowski
Firstwatch: What's ahead in the news today
Ni hao, Milwaukee.That's "hello" in Chinese, which is fitting, because for the next 12 days Gov. Jim Doyle and a host of state officials and business leaders will be in China for a trade mission designed to bring business to state companies.Of course, in China, it's already tomorrow. Or quite possibly yesterday. Hard to tell the way the globe keeps spinning so fast. But if it's already tomorrow, then to someone in China today's soon-to-be news is already yesterday's old news, right?Wait. That may be wrong.In any case, here's what is on tap today in our little corner of the Western Hemisphere.Former Milwaukee police officer Joseph Stromei, who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after admitting to investigators that he had lied about what he had seen the night Frank Jude was beaten, is to be sentenced today.Firefighters from across the region will compete in the Midwest Regional Firefighter Challenge, which sounds like it should be a TV reality show. The event, today and tomorrow at Konkel Park in Greenfield, includes a series of competitions. For instance, wearing full bunker gear, pairs of competitors race through a series of tasks, including climbing a five-story tower, chopping, dragging hoses and a rescuing a life-sized victim.At the multiplex, three of the four new movies opening today have one thing in common: lots of shooting. One is even called, appropriately enough, "Shoot 'Em Up." That one is a live-action cartoon starring Clive Owen as a mystery man who gets involved in a shooting war when he decides to save a baby being targeted for assassination. There is also "No End in Sight," an extensively reported documentary that explores the war in Iraq, and finds a lot to be gloomy about. And "3:10 to Yuma" is a dark, violent remake of a 1950s Western starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.The odd movie out is "The Brothers Solomon," a broad comedy starring "Arrested Development's" Will Arnett and "Saturday Night Live's" Will Forte as two dimwitted brothers on a mission to give their father a grandchild. The City of Festival's final festival of the summer kicks off today at the lakefront. It's the Indian Summer Festival and it opens at 4 today and runs all weekend.In sports .... well, before we get to sports, let's pause for a moment to remember that on this date in 1979, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network made it's cable TV debut. That's ESPN, of course.Should be a holiday, don't ya think?Around here, it might as well be, with the Brewers and Packers both playing meaningful games on the same weekend. (When's the last time that happened?). The Brewers are on the road, where they will be for 13 of the next 16 games, to open a series in Cincinnati. They're tied for first again, after Chicago's loss yesterday.The Packers, meanwhile, open what should be a record-breaking year for quarterback Brett Favre with a game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. They're at (insert deep, booming voice here) Lambeau Field. If that's not enough, there's a full slate of prep football games tonight. And tomorrow the Badgers are at UNLV, their first road trip of the season.If you want to know the future scores, just call Jim Doyle in China where, we think, it actually may already be Monday.
99 % of it is ho hum untill the last sentence. My question is Greg Borowski
Liberal or concervitve?
You decide.
What does it mean?
FRIDAY, Sept. 7, 2007, 6:04 a.m.By Greg Borowski
Firstwatch: What's ahead in the news today
Ni hao, Milwaukee.That's "hello" in Chinese, which is fitting, because for the next 12 days Gov. Jim Doyle and a host of state officials and business leaders will be in China for a trade mission designed to bring business to state companies.Of course, in China, it's already tomorrow. Or quite possibly yesterday. Hard to tell the way the globe keeps spinning so fast. But if it's already tomorrow, then to someone in China today's soon-to-be news is already yesterday's old news, right?Wait. That may be wrong.In any case, here's what is on tap today in our little corner of the Western Hemisphere.Former Milwaukee police officer Joseph Stromei, who pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice after admitting to investigators that he had lied about what he had seen the night Frank Jude was beaten, is to be sentenced today.Firefighters from across the region will compete in the Midwest Regional Firefighter Challenge, which sounds like it should be a TV reality show. The event, today and tomorrow at Konkel Park in Greenfield, includes a series of competitions. For instance, wearing full bunker gear, pairs of competitors race through a series of tasks, including climbing a five-story tower, chopping, dragging hoses and a rescuing a life-sized victim.At the multiplex, three of the four new movies opening today have one thing in common: lots of shooting. One is even called, appropriately enough, "Shoot 'Em Up." That one is a live-action cartoon starring Clive Owen as a mystery man who gets involved in a shooting war when he decides to save a baby being targeted for assassination. There is also "No End in Sight," an extensively reported documentary that explores the war in Iraq, and finds a lot to be gloomy about. And "3:10 to Yuma" is a dark, violent remake of a 1950s Western starring Russell Crowe and Christian Bale.The odd movie out is "The Brothers Solomon," a broad comedy starring "Arrested Development's" Will Arnett and "Saturday Night Live's" Will Forte as two dimwitted brothers on a mission to give their father a grandchild. The City of Festival's final festival of the summer kicks off today at the lakefront. It's the Indian Summer Festival and it opens at 4 today and runs all weekend.In sports .... well, before we get to sports, let's pause for a moment to remember that on this date in 1979, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network made it's cable TV debut. That's ESPN, of course.Should be a holiday, don't ya think?Around here, it might as well be, with the Brewers and Packers both playing meaningful games on the same weekend. (When's the last time that happened?). The Brewers are on the road, where they will be for 13 of the next 16 games, to open a series in Cincinnati. They're tied for first again, after Chicago's loss yesterday.The Packers, meanwhile, open what should be a record-breaking year for quarterback Brett Favre with a game Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles. They're at (insert deep, booming voice here) Lambeau Field. If that's not enough, there's a full slate of prep football games tonight. And tomorrow the Badgers are at UNLV, their first road trip of the season.If you want to know the future scores, just call Jim Doyle in China where, we think, it actually may already be Monday.
Sunday, September 02, 2007
Diamond Jim On The Take
Here we go again Mr Hsu gives money to the state Dems and to Diamond Jim.
Are they going to give back the money?
Your answer from Dan Bice from MJS
"We just became aware of this early today," campaign spokesman Mike Tate said Friday. "We're reviewing our records."
Translation: Forget what everybody else is doing - we're hanging on to this money as long as we can.
Link To Article
Are they going to give back the money?
Your answer from Dan Bice from MJS
"We just became aware of this early today," campaign spokesman Mike Tate said Friday. "We're reviewing our records."
Translation: Forget what everybody else is doing - we're hanging on to this money as long as we can.
Link To Article
Wisconsin Unemployment
Will we hear about this on the evening news. I doubt it.
The news comes out on the weekend and no one will hear.
Will anyone hold Diamond Jim's feet to the fire?
Will the republicans be blamed for this?
Will George Bush be blames for this?
Probably will !
State unemployment tops U.S. rate, a first since '83
By JOEL DRESANGjdresang@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 31, 2007
Wisconsin workers filled more jobs in 2006 but earned less than in 2005 and, for the first time since 1983, experienced more unemployment than the nation as a whole, according to a Labor Day statistical update released today.
• The average unemployment rate - the share of active jobseekers not finding work - stood at 4.7% last year in Wisconsin, above the annual national rate (4.6%) for the first time since 1983.
What will come of this information, nothing,
another Dem off the hook
Link to article
The news comes out on the weekend and no one will hear.
Will anyone hold Diamond Jim's feet to the fire?
Will the republicans be blamed for this?
Will George Bush be blames for this?
Probably will !
State unemployment tops U.S. rate, a first since '83
By JOEL DRESANGjdresang@journalsentinel.com
Posted: Aug. 31, 2007
Wisconsin workers filled more jobs in 2006 but earned less than in 2005 and, for the first time since 1983, experienced more unemployment than the nation as a whole, according to a Labor Day statistical update released today.
• The average unemployment rate - the share of active jobseekers not finding work - stood at 4.7% last year in Wisconsin, above the annual national rate (4.6%) for the first time since 1983.
What will come of this information, nothing,
another Dem off the hook
Link to article
Friday, August 31, 2007
WallMart ,Take This You Libs and Candys
Got this from John McAdams from the Marquette Warrior
You libs and Candy's , eat your hearts out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0AO9kh66M
You libs and Candy's , eat your hearts out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5W0AO9kh66M
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Kagen watch
Wow , the good doctor takes a tour with the king of Pork.
What pork will Dr K try to slide through.
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee,
Jimbo from Minn. is said to be one of the KING's of ear marks in congress.
Here's the story. from the Post Crescent
What pork will Dr K try to slide through.
U.S. Rep. Jim Oberstar, chairman of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee,
Jimbo from Minn. is said to be one of the KING's of ear marks in congress.
Here's the story. from the Post Crescent
Tiger Football
Thursday Night
7:00 p m Gillett stadium
Gillett verses Marion
Go # 56 and # 87
Go Tigers
7:00 p m Gillett stadium
Gillett verses Marion
Go # 56 and # 87
Go Tigers
Where's The Wacko's
I'm a smoker and untill you dope's ban it and it's illegal
Take this story and chew on it for a while.
From the U K Daily Mail
100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th
cigarette
Last updated at 16:42pm on 27th August 2007
An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by
lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake. Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War
broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and
has got through five a day ever since.
I like this line , what a sweetie.
She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide
ban forced tobacco-lovers outside
Read it and Weep.
Take this story and chew on it for a while.
From the U K Daily Mail
100-year-old celebrates her birthday by smoking 170,000th
cigarette
Last updated at 16:42pm on 27th August 2007
An iron-lunged pensioner has celebrated her 100th birthday by
lighting up her 170,000th cigerette from a candle on her birthday cake. Winnie Langley started smoking only days after the First World War
broke out in June 1914 when she was just seven-years-old - and
has got through five a day ever since.
I like this line , what a sweetie.
She has no intention of quitting, even after the nationwide
ban forced tobacco-lovers outside
Read it and Weep.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
You Get What You Deserve
I thought for sure they would let this guy off with his reason for his crime.
From the Shawano Leader dated 8/12/07
Must be a Steve Kagan campaign worker
Man who led deputies on chase which ended in lake sentenced
By Leader Staff Writer
A man whose vehicle fell through the ice on Shawano Lake in January while fleeing authorities was sentenced in Shawano County Circuit Court Friday.
Bodie B. Witzlib, 28, pleaded no contest to the fleeing charge after giving up on plans to represent himself in a trial that had been scheduled to take place Friday.
Witzlib was given 90 days in jail with work release privileges as a condition of two years probation. He can serve that time in Washington County, where he has several misdemeanor cases pending.
Formerly of Cecil, Witzlib now lives in Germantown, according to court records.
Witzlib’s fleeing charge resulted from an incident shortly after 4 p.m. Jan. 3, beginning with a report of a reckless driver headed into Shawano from Cecil on Highway 22. Police spotted the vehicle at a gas station in the city and confronted the driver — later identified as Witzlib — who fled the scene.
Police, and then sheriff’s deputies, pursued the vehicle east on Green Bay Street, and north on County HHH. At the Foesch Road boat landing, the truck left the road and sped off onto the lake, going east for about three quarters of a mile before breaking through the ice.
Witzlib was able to free himself from the submerged vehicle and started walking back on the ice toward the boat landing. He was intercepted by the Shawano County Dive Team, which had been dispatched with the sheriff’s department air boat, and was taken into custody.
According to the criminal complaint, Witzlib told he authorities he fled be- cause he believed President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Condolee= za Rice have a conspiracy against him.
From the Shawano Leader dated 8/12/07
Must be a Steve Kagan campaign worker
Man who led deputies on chase which ended in lake sentenced
By Leader Staff Writer
A man whose vehicle fell through the ice on Shawano Lake in January while fleeing authorities was sentenced in Shawano County Circuit Court Friday.
Bodie B. Witzlib, 28, pleaded no contest to the fleeing charge after giving up on plans to represent himself in a trial that had been scheduled to take place Friday.
Witzlib was given 90 days in jail with work release privileges as a condition of two years probation. He can serve that time in Washington County, where he has several misdemeanor cases pending.
Formerly of Cecil, Witzlib now lives in Germantown, according to court records.
Witzlib’s fleeing charge resulted from an incident shortly after 4 p.m. Jan. 3, beginning with a report of a reckless driver headed into Shawano from Cecil on Highway 22. Police spotted the vehicle at a gas station in the city and confronted the driver — later identified as Witzlib — who fled the scene.
Police, and then sheriff’s deputies, pursued the vehicle east on Green Bay Street, and north on County HHH. At the Foesch Road boat landing, the truck left the road and sped off onto the lake, going east for about three quarters of a mile before breaking through the ice.
Witzlib was able to free himself from the submerged vehicle and started walking back on the ice toward the boat landing. He was intercepted by the Shawano County Dive Team, which had been dispatched with the sheriff’s department air boat, and was taken into custody.
According to the criminal complaint, Witzlib told he authorities he fled be- cause he believed President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and Condolee= za Rice have a conspiracy against him.
Monday, August 06, 2007
Wow This Could Be Interesting
Have been hearing rumors about District 16 in Brown County.
No I thought I would start a rumor.
A person in the mold of Bill Proxmire but not a democrat should look to his future and run for higher office.
He does not take political donations but has my volunteer help for what ever his future plans may be.
We have a diamond in the ruff with this GREAT American.
If you are looking for honesty in Government and someone in the future ,
STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
No I thought I would start a rumor.
A person in the mold of Bill Proxmire but not a democrat should look to his future and run for higher office.
He does not take political donations but has my volunteer help for what ever his future plans may be.
We have a diamond in the ruff with this GREAT American.
If you are looking for honesty in Government and someone in the future ,
STAY TUNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Big Weekend
A special thanks to all who attended my daughters wedding shower and / future son in laws bachelor party this past Saturday.
To all my family, old friends from years gone by to someone very special spiritually to us who attended. It was very special having everyone with us.
A special thanks to MR SMITH WHO SHOULD GO TO WASHINGTON. By the way I did get to watch the 1939 movie "Mr smith goes to Washington" Sunday night.
Also , almost forgot to thank one special lady who put so much time and effort into this past weekends party. She is the one special person in my life. Love you DEAR.
To all my family, old friends from years gone by to someone very special spiritually to us who attended. It was very special having everyone with us.
A special thanks to MR SMITH WHO SHOULD GO TO WASHINGTON. By the way I did get to watch the 1939 movie "Mr smith goes to Washington" Sunday night.
Also , almost forgot to thank one special lady who put so much time and effort into this past weekends party. She is the one special person in my life. Love you DEAR.
Friday, July 13, 2007
Friday the 13th
Whats the big deal.
So it's Friday the 13th.
A few quotes from Wikepedia;
No historical date has been verifiably identified as the origin of the superstition. Before the 20th century, although there is evidence that the number 13 was considered unlucky, and Friday was considered unlucky, there was no link between them. The first documented mention of a "Friday the 13th" is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900's
On October 13, 1307, a day so infamous that Friday the 13th would become a synonym for ill fortune, officers of King Philip IV of France carried out mass arrests in a well-coordinated dawn raid that left several thousand Templars — knights, sergeants, priests, and serving brethren —
Wow, scary, just think if you had your 50th birthday today.
Do you think you would win at the casino?
We'll let you know later!!!!!!!!!
So it's Friday the 13th.
A few quotes from Wikepedia;
No historical date has been verifiably identified as the origin of the superstition. Before the 20th century, although there is evidence that the number 13 was considered unlucky, and Friday was considered unlucky, there was no link between them. The first documented mention of a "Friday the 13th" is generally listed as occurring in the early 1900's
On October 13, 1307, a day so infamous that Friday the 13th would become a synonym for ill fortune, officers of King Philip IV of France carried out mass arrests in a well-coordinated dawn raid that left several thousand Templars — knights, sergeants, priests, and serving brethren —
Wow, scary, just think if you had your 50th birthday today.
Do you think you would win at the casino?
We'll let you know later!!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 12, 2007
December 22, 2003
Just got home from a four day week in upper Michigan.
Turn the T V on and scan Dish for something to watch to unwind.
Wow , this is GREAT!
Green Bay Packers vs. the Oakland Raiders.
The Monday night game where Brett's Father died the day before.
I look back at this past 2007 NFL draft and think this could be Brett's last year.
You know if you think of it , "You deserves to go out on top".
For all the thrills and excitement you have given us , you sure could use some help and Mr Thompson passed on Randy Moss and Mr Thompson doesn't seem to care! Hope I'm wrong!
I know that no one ever reads these post's but if I could say anything to Mr. Farve , it would be "Thank You for all you have given me.
You are a leader!
You are a hero!
And someone this Packer fan will never forget.
Brett, what ever you do , I'm behind you for what ever decision you make.
Thank You Brett, I will never forget you.
Do what ever you have to do .
YOU ARE THE MAN.
God Bless Brett Farve and his Family
Turn the T V on and scan Dish for something to watch to unwind.
Wow , this is GREAT!
Green Bay Packers vs. the Oakland Raiders.
The Monday night game where Brett's Father died the day before.
I look back at this past 2007 NFL draft and think this could be Brett's last year.
You know if you think of it , "You deserves to go out on top".
For all the thrills and excitement you have given us , you sure could use some help and Mr Thompson passed on Randy Moss and Mr Thompson doesn't seem to care! Hope I'm wrong!
I know that no one ever reads these post's but if I could say anything to Mr. Farve , it would be "Thank You for all you have given me.
You are a leader!
You are a hero!
And someone this Packer fan will never forget.
Brett, what ever you do , I'm behind you for what ever decision you make.
Thank You Brett, I will never forget you.
Do what ever you have to do .
YOU ARE THE MAN.
God Bless Brett Farve and his Family
Sunday, July 08, 2007
350 Jobs
This sounds like Sparta is in a PICKLE.
The question is do they make ethanol or keep 350 jobs.
I'm with Hormel on this one.
From Gannett Newspapapers.
Jul 8, 1:08 PM EDT
Wis. city's largest employer threatens to leave over ethanol
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Writer
SPARTA, Wis. (AP) -- Farmer David Rundahl looks around a field of pine trees and weeds on the edge of this western Wisconsin city and sees the perfect location for a $115 million ethanol plant.
He points to nearby railroad tracks and notes the rumble of cars on Interstate 90 - an ideal spot for shipping corn and fuel, making some farmers rich and reducing the country's dependence on foreign oil.
But the project proposed by Rundahl and others might come at a high price: Sparta's largest employer, a dairy processor located less than a half-mile down the tracks, is threatening to leave along with its 350 jobs if the plant is built. That would be an economic blow to Sparta, a town of 9,000 in the heart of dairy country.
Read the rest.
I think someone is getting rich fast and we have to pay for it.
Save the jobs.
The question is do they make ethanol or keep 350 jobs.
I'm with Hormel on this one.
From Gannett Newspapapers.
Jul 8, 1:08 PM EDT
Wis. city's largest employer threatens to leave over ethanol
By RYAN J. FOLEY Associated Press Writer
SPARTA, Wis. (AP) -- Farmer David Rundahl looks around a field of pine trees and weeds on the edge of this western Wisconsin city and sees the perfect location for a $115 million ethanol plant.
He points to nearby railroad tracks and notes the rumble of cars on Interstate 90 - an ideal spot for shipping corn and fuel, making some farmers rich and reducing the country's dependence on foreign oil.
But the project proposed by Rundahl and others might come at a high price: Sparta's largest employer, a dairy processor located less than a half-mile down the tracks, is threatening to leave along with its 350 jobs if the plant is built. That would be an economic blow to Sparta, a town of 9,000 in the heart of dairy country.
Read the rest.
I think someone is getting rich fast and we have to pay for it.
Save the jobs.
Thursday, July 05, 2007
Scooter Libby
OK, OK, I forgot to weigh in on the commute of Scooter Libby. I think it was only right that Bush did what he did. What he does in the future is all together different. Joe Wilson, Hillary, Barack and others are still out there claiming some nonsense on this whole ordeal. Blah,blah,blah,blah.
OK, Bush was right in what he did. It will bring him back to some of his base but is a far cry from who he dissed with the immigration bill.
One note also, it just shows the ineptness of the Bush press machine ( what a sorry site). Why did the President make his announcement on Scooter on Monday. There was no harm in doing it on Tuesday night at 7:00 p m . Wednesday was the fourth, and the hype this got would not of happened. The people don't care anyway. Think of all the press releases Diamond Jim has on Friday nights here in Wisconsin.
People are right when they say the Presidents press office is just pathetic.
OK, Bush was right in what he did. It will bring him back to some of his base but is a far cry from who he dissed with the immigration bill.
One note also, it just shows the ineptness of the Bush press machine ( what a sorry site). Why did the President make his announcement on Scooter on Monday. There was no harm in doing it on Tuesday night at 7:00 p m . Wednesday was the fourth, and the hype this got would not of happened. The people don't care anyway. Think of all the press releases Diamond Jim has on Friday nights here in Wisconsin.
People are right when they say the Presidents press office is just pathetic.
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
Thank You Diamond Jim
This sure is nice. Wow, funny how this comes out on the
July 4th edition so not a lot of people see this.
Ho-Chunk refuse to pay invoice, again
State says casino owes more than $70 million
By PATRICK MARLEYpmarley@journalsentinel.com
Posted: July 3, 2007
Madison - The state ended its fiscal year Saturday without a payment from the Ho-Chunk Nation for its casino operations - pushing that tribe's unpaid invoice to more than $70 million, the state says.
Say what, they owe us money, Jim are you giving them a pass or do they have to pony up money to your campaign fund?
The tribe counters that it doesn't owe anywhere near that amount because a 2004 state Supreme Court ruling greatly diminished the value of its casino agreement with the state.
Oh, My, how much did it cost the tax payers so far?
The dispute has cost taxpayers $837,355 in legal bills so far. Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle hired former state Democratic Party Chairman Matthew Flynn, who has experience in dispute resolution and Indian law, to handle the case.
Read the rest from JSONLINE
Where is Gov. Lawton on this ???
July 4th edition so not a lot of people see this.
Ho-Chunk refuse to pay invoice, again
State says casino owes more than $70 million
By PATRICK MARLEYpmarley@journalsentinel.com
Posted: July 3, 2007
Madison - The state ended its fiscal year Saturday without a payment from the Ho-Chunk Nation for its casino operations - pushing that tribe's unpaid invoice to more than $70 million, the state says.
Say what, they owe us money, Jim are you giving them a pass or do they have to pony up money to your campaign fund?
The tribe counters that it doesn't owe anywhere near that amount because a 2004 state Supreme Court ruling greatly diminished the value of its casino agreement with the state.
Oh, My, how much did it cost the tax payers so far?
The dispute has cost taxpayers $837,355 in legal bills so far. Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle hired former state Democratic Party Chairman Matthew Flynn, who has experience in dispute resolution and Indian law, to handle the case.
Read the rest from JSONLINE
Where is Gov. Lawton on this ???
Declaration of Independence
From ushistory.org
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
— John Hancock
New Hampshire:Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts:John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut:Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York:William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania:Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware:Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland:Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina:William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina:Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia:Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
hen in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
He has refused his Assent to Laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good.
He has forbidden his Governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.
He has refused to pass other Laws for the accommodation of large districts of people, unless those people would relinquish the right of Representation in the Legislature, a right inestimable to them and formidable to tyrants only.
He has called together legislative bodies at places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant from the depository of their Public Records, for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people.
He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected, whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
He has endeavoured to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the Laws for Naturalization of Foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migrations hither, and raising the conditions of new Appropriations of Lands.
He has obstructed the Administration of Justice by refusing his Assent to Laws for establishing Judiciary Powers.
He has made Judges dependent on his Will alone for the tenure of their offices, and the amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance.
He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures.
He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.
He has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws; giving his Assent to their Acts of pretended Legislation:
For quartering large bodies of armed troops among us:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For cutting off our Trade with all parts of the world:
For imposing Taxes on us without our Consent:
For depriving us in many cases, of the benefit of Trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond Seas to be tried for pretended offences:
For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies
For taking away our Charters, abolishing our most valuable Laws and altering fundamentally the Forms of our Governments:
For suspending our own Legislatures, and declaring themselves invested with power to legislate for us in all cases whatsoever.
He has abdicated Government here, by declaring us out of his Protection and waging War against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people.
He is at this time transporting large Armies of foreign Mercenaries to compleat the works of death, desolation, and tyranny, already begun with circumstances of Cruelty & Perfidy scarcely paralleled in the most barbarous ages, and totally unworthy the Head of a civilized nation.
He has constrained our fellow Citizens taken Captive on the high Seas to bear Arms against their Country, to become the executioners of their friends and Brethren, or to fall themselves by their Hands.
He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian Savages whose known rule of warfare, is an undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A Prince, whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a Tyrant, is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Nor have We been wanting in attentions to our British brethren. We have warned them from time to time of attempts by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here. We have appealed to their native justice and magnanimity, and we have conjured them by the ties of our common kindred to disavow these usurpations, which would inevitably interrupt our connections and correspondence. They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity. We must, therefore, acquiesce in the necessity, which denounces our Separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest of mankind, Enemies in War, in Peace Friends.
We, therefore, the Representatives of the united States of America, in General Congress, Assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of the world for the rectitude of our intentions, do, in the Name, and by Authority of the good People of these Colonies, solemnly publish and declare, That these united Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States, that they are Absolved from all Allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain, is and ought to be totally dissolved; and that as Free and Independent States, they have full Power to levy War, conclude Peace contract Alliances, establish Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. — And for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of Divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor.
— John Hancock
New Hampshire:Josiah Bartlett, William Whipple, Matthew Thornton
Massachusetts:John Hancock, Samuel Adams, John Adams, Robert Treat Paine, Elbridge Gerry
Rhode Island:Stephen Hopkins, William Ellery
Connecticut:Roger Sherman, Samuel Huntington, William Williams, Oliver Wolcott
New York:William Floyd, Philip Livingston, Francis Lewis, Lewis Morris
New Jersey:Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, Abraham Clark
Pennsylvania:Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Benjamin Franklin, John Morton, George Clymer, James Smith, George Taylor, James Wilson, George Ross
Delaware:Caesar Rodney, George Read, Thomas McKean
Maryland:Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton
Virginia:George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton
North Carolina:William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn
South Carolina:Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton
Georgia:Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton
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