COWARD! AP: "Bush Will Not Appear Monday at G.O.P. Convention"
There you have it. Incredible.Bush and the Republicans have taken refuge in the hurricane by fleeing... St. Paul.Here's the brief item.
View ArticleMy Obama campaign idea: 50-day countdown
Like so many others watching the campaign unfold, I've been going a little nuts hearing All Palin All the Time; getting frustrated by the stupid media distractions; worrrying about the polls pulling...
View ArticleI reached my McCain robocall threshold tonight!
I live in small-town/rural Wisconsin, which I suppose is one factor behind the McCain/Palin campaign's targeting me and my neighbors with their incessant and utterly disgusting robocalls. They must...
View ArticleA GREAT Obama appointment! -- Jane Lubchenco UPDATE
I know all the focus of discussion today is about Rick Warren. It's obviously an important discussion to have. It's also plain that Obama will take other actions and make other appointments that many...
View ArticleNorman Borlaug, 1914-2009
I'm surpised no one has diaried this yet. Norman Borlaug, the "father of the green revolution,"has died at the age of 95. For his efforts to increase crop productivity, especially of cereal grains,...
View ArticleTo Hell With You, James Carville
I have never liked the Great Windbag, and now I'm just beside myself.We find this lovely piece of hypocrisy:Democratic strategist and New Orleans resident James Carville is not relenting from his...
View ArticleStephen Schneider has died
Stanford University climate scientist Stephen Schneider died today at the age of 65. Andy Revkin has posted a brief account of Schneider's critical contributions to climate science and policy. And...
View ArticlePalin's "Have you no sense of decency, madam" moment?
This diary expands on a comment I made in the rec list diary.As Congresswoman Giffords' life hangs in the balance, our prayers and good energies go out to the congresswoman, her husband and children,...
View ArticleFree bratwursts!! (and other notes from Madison)
I spent a good part of yesterday in Madison at the rallies, and have been talking with friends who were there today.I wanted to prepare a more thoughtful, more careful, more analytic report, but have...
View ArticleSigns of the Times in Madison
Another long, exhausting, exhilerating, incredible day on the streets of Madison, Wisconsin today. To all my fellow Badgers: LET'S KEEP GOING FORWARD! I have a feeling the bad weather predicted for...
View ArticleThe Way Forward in Wisconsin?
This is mainly intended for my fellow Wisconsinites, but of course thoughts from everyone, everywhere, are welcome. We are all Badgers now.I've been in Madison at the Capitol half a dozen times over...
View ArticleWisconsin farmer on fire! Awesome video. UPDATEx2
I'm hungover (physically, not literally) after a long day at the capitol in Madison. Another day, another awesome display of determined, proud, persistent, playful, peaceful Badgerness. I wish there...
View ArticleFarmer Tony Schultz to be on Ed Schultz tonight?! Go Tony!!
Dang, this social networking stuff actually works!Yesterday I posted this diary, featuring a video of the powerful speech that Wisconsin dairy farmer and CSA operator Tony Brown delivered from the...
View ArticleNew developments in Wisconsin solidarity: Zombies on Parade! UPDATE: Faux...
Gee, I thought someone else would have diaried this by now. But having searched and found nothing, your humble Badger correspondent submits this for your consideration.While taking a little breather...
View ArticleTom Toles vs. Paul Ryan: Toles wins again!
Tom Toles has long been my favorite editorial cartoonist. I'm signed up at www.gocomics.com to automatically receive, every day, his days's work. The really extra good ones go into a special file....
View ArticleI S**t You Not Dept (WI Division): "Support for unions drives wedge in tea...
So I've been enjoying reading about the Tea Party/Palin EPIC FAIL in Madison today in Librul in Madison's diary. Turns out an Americans for Prosperity bus from La Crosse had to be cancelled for lack...
View ArticleHas Obama just won re-election?
Wow. I'm watching the crowds gathering and cheering in Lafayette Square. What a moment! From the deep despair of 9/11... to the confusion and sorrow and anger of the days that followed... to the...
View ArticleWisconsin: "See what makes us unique"
Hello, fellow Recallers and Friends of Recallers far and near. Tonight I found myself up at the capitol square in Madison at the end of the day. It was a cool (but warm for December!) evening, and I...
View ArticleHappy 125th birthday, Aldo Leopold.
I am tempted to add to the title: "....now get back to work!"Today is Aldo Leopold's 125th birthday. Leopold is highly regarded as one of the world's pre-eminent voices of conservation and...
View ArticleA visit with Abe Lincoln and Mother Jones
A couple weeks ago I had occasion to cross Illinois on my way between St. Louis and Wisconsin. Along the way, I stopped to see two old friends. Like, really old friends. But they have been much on...
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