Amend it

The root of all evil.

[The Congress shall have power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian tribes;

The tyrants in Congress have proven that they cannot control themselves and have abused this Constitutional power. They have been facilitated by the Supreme Court. Take this power away from Congress by amending the commerce clause.

[The Congress shall have power] To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations and with the Indian tribes;

This will cause revocation of all laws and legal precedents flowing from the original commerce clause. Yes that means tossing the baby out with the bathwater. But if that baby is important enough, an amendment to the Constitution can be enacted to reinstate those laws.

Rhetorical questions

Had our Founding Fathers really intended to limit the size and scope of the Federal government, what would they have written into the Constitution to achieve this end?

The following words have been interpreted to not restrain Washington's power.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Could the 10th Amendment somehow be rewritten to limit the power of Congress?

A century ago, these words meant something. If they didn't, the 18th Amendment would not have been necessary.

Under Obama, Pelosi, & Reid, is there any policy that would require a Constitutional Amendment to implement?

My kind of town ....

Dad29,

Pewaukee has something to keep you busy for a weekend.

They never said that if I voted for McCain ...

They never said that if I voted for John McCain in 2008 he would represent me in Washington.

But he will.

That looks familiar ...

I've seen something like that somewhere before.

Natural born killer

Name that food

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823 Million Dollars

Wow, can we go out for bids on that?

For some perspective, the cost of adding a lane of Interstate highway is estimated to be $1.6 million to $3.1 million per lane-mile. There is something like 45 miles of two lane highway on I-94 between Pewaukee and Cottage Grove per a quick Google Maps computation. Based on these estimates, the cost to widen I-94 from two to three lanes in each direction would be between $144 and $279 million dollars.

That is only one-fifth to one-third of the cost of creating Doyle's "high speed" rail line. A rail line that will have minuscule ridership, be expensive to ride, be extremely inconvenient for almost all riders, and take longer to get between Milwaukee and Madison for any conceivable purpose.

Well done Obama. You cannot help but waste money.

Remembering Brent

Autofavrenator - Denial

Favre Automotivators

This is target rich territory. And so easy that even a troglodyte can do it.

Up yours, Brett

What a CHOKER! But he's the Vikings' choker now.

I told some Minnesota acquaintances that Favre would break their hearts. He came through. Favre is incapable of winning the big game.

Cheap Political Advice

If Scott Walker has a pick-up truck he should drive it everywhere. If not, he should buy one.

The congressional Dems should fire Reid and Pelosi and elect moderate leaders, maybe even Blue Dogs. They've got to wash that far left stink off of themselves.

Related, a great line from Ed Morrissey.

They (the Dems) seem convinced that the only way to rescue themselves from the trap in which they have caught themselves is to chew off the foot that’s still free.

Bonus baby!

I got my bonus today. Unbelievable!

Thanks go out to Dr. Phil Jones and the East Anglia U. Hockey Team for making my carbon-phobic billing rate possible. Despite my vested interest in continuing global warming hysteria, I remain a skeptic and a denier.

KA-CHING!

Airline security

Can we get serious about airline security now?

Funny name? Strip search.

Carrying a Koran? Cavity search with an ice auger.

On a watchlist? Go to prison, terrorist.

Seems simple enough to me.

This is becoming a trend

Packers games at County Stadium long ago moved to Lambeau Field.

The GMO is gone, but Whistling Straights gets a string of majors.

And now NASCAR gets booted off the Milwaukee Mile and ends up in Sheboygan County at the best road course in America. This may become the highlight of the Nationwide Series.

I'm not sure this pattern means anything, but it should.

Tea Parties are so 2009

Take a number and line up.

Mr. Nelson, you've drawn number one.

Herbert! Russell! Get us the Nelson deal

You are not properly representing Wisconsin if we get anything less.

Jonah lays out the deal.

Here's what I'm hearing. The deal for Ben Nelson includes additional Medicaid funding for Nebraska and carve outs for physician owned hospitals in Nebraska — and Nebraska only. Uncle Sam will take the hit for 100% of the Medicaid expansion for Nebraska, forever. Nebraska is the only state to get this deal.

It profits a man nothing give his soul for the whole world, but for Medicaid funding carve outs....

I'm done with the NBA

The play of Brandon Jennings early in the season had me regain interest in the Bucks. I began watching their games whenever they are on. No more after last night's screw job.

The NBA has made clear that they will not allow Milwaukee to win. I'm done. I'll leave the game for the thugs.

I tasted this today

Barack Obama Spice
South Chicago Black BBQ Rub w/ Africa spice seeds

It sounds good at first, but it leaves a bad taste in your mouth.

A very apropos name.

Available at the Spice House.