Wednesday, October 24, 2007

San Diego Fires Caused by Global Warming... Wait, maybe not...

Harry Reid thinks the fires are the result of global warming. Wait, no, he's not sure about that. Scroll down to the end of the article to see Harry's comments.

Never mind the fires that have happened since before recorded history...

HT: Still Spinnin'

Thursday, October 18, 2007

Why I Don't Vote Democrat

James at The National Conversation has said it better than I ever could.

Real Debate Wisconsin: Journal coverage weak at best.

After an extremely large and well-attended rally regarding the state's overdue budge, the Journal's response?

Meh.

Seriously; covered on page 3 of the Metro section. For more, I point you to Real Debate Wisconsin: Journal coverage weak at best.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Roll Bloat: Racine

Please welcome Ravings From a Right Wing Wacko to the blogroll. Top 13 Ways You Know You're From Racine is a must read.

Fire Call Fees?

Yep, some towns are looking at charging them, according to a story from the Journal Sentinel. Call me crazy, but isn't this supposed to be covered by property taxes?

One of the quotes I wanted to hit on from this article is in regards to Michael Reed, Town Chairman of Lisbon:

When Reed unveiled his proposal last week, he contended that the town needs the revenue to help pay down debt, including that of the $1.5 million fire station that is being constructed at county Highways K and KF.

If you don't have the money to build the fire station, DON'T BUILD IT!!! Figure out how much you need, and if you have to borrow money to make it happen, put it to a referendum, but honestly, if you can't afford it, don't build it. It's just that simple. Oh, and if you need to pay down debt, STOP SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY!!! Cut your spending, like the rest of us do when we need to pay down debt.

Unbelievable.

HT: From Where I Sit

As a side note, this marks post number 25 for According to Coop. Feel free to do something of a celebratory nature, up to and including buying me a drink sometime. We can work out the details of that later.