2015 Deadly Year in Milwaukee

We rang in the new year and shut the door on 2015.  145 Homicides in Milwaukee. 

Will 2016 be a safer year in Milwaukee?

It sure doesn't appear that if you live in Milwaukee that there is any chance that things will be safer or better unless you are a criminal.  The Police Chief and the Mayor both blame politics for the crime spree affecting Milwaukee.  It is the gun laws that are creating this disaster, they say.

I am always amazed that after every shooting we here people and politicians come out and want more gun legislation.  As if people think that laws will stop criminals!  They do know that the definition of a criminal is someone who breaks the law, right? 

Milwaukee's crime problem isn't going to get any better until the Mayor and Police Chief recognize the real problems in Milwaukee and start to do something about it. 

Watching "Making a Murderer"

Like many people out there, I have been watching the Netflix Documentary "Making a Murderer.

I was here during the actual events and can recall at the time that I was confused about the guilt or innocence of both Steve Avery and Brendan Dassey.  There always seemed to be a lot of inconsistencies in the events and the story that the Prosecutor told kept changing.  The Defense also kept changing the story repeatedly.

Now watching the series I think that there are many more questions that seem to never be answered.  I still can't say whether I believe in the guilt or innocence of these two.  What has been more questionable is some of the actions by law enforcement and the Prosecutor.  Much of these questions never have been answered and really should have to be. 

PS: For those that watched the Documentary, What the heck kind of a lawyer was Len Kachinsky?  

Failed Obamacare Co-ops Cost us $1B

So the greatest accomplishment of the Democrats and President Obama is still eating away at taxpayer money?

Not only has it failed to lower rates, most people lost or had their current Insurance plans reduced in what they covered.  The old saying "if you like your insurance plan, you can keep your insurance plan", was simply not true at all.  Many people liked their insurance plan and they either lost it, had it changed dramatically for the worse, or they had to pay significantly more to keep it. 

Now we find out that 23 co-ops set up to handle insurance under Obamacare will fold and not provide insurance anymore.  We taxpayers funded them to the tune of $1 Billion that most experts say we will never get back.

So how is this Obamacare thing going?  I guess Nancy Pelosi was right, they passed the bill and we are seeing what it really was all about.

Paul Ryan - Speaker of the House

It was about time that there was change in the Leadership for the GOP.  I don't think that they could have picked a better person for the job.

Paul Ryan has always been very level headed and has the respect of not only a vast Majority of GOP Lawmakers, but also from the Democratic side.

Now we will have to watch and see how this all plays out.  It would be really good if the Democrats would take a look and also make a change with their leadership.

Scott Walker Dropped out, Is that a good thing?

Now that Scott Walker has dropped out, what does that mean for the rest of the Candidates and for Scott Walker?

For Scott Walker, no he didn't win the nomination, he has taken his name Nation wide and world wide.  Anyone at all that watches the news now really knows who he is and that doesn't mean he won't be a viable candidate the next election. 

For the rest of the field anytime you reduce the competitors it helps everyone.  Eventually the number has to get down to just a few before you start really seeing who is going to rise to the top.  Until then it will be a roller coaster, each will have good polls and bad polls.  Whomever Walker decides to back will undoubtedly get a boost and you can bet that a lot of people are waiting to see that.

Crime is Out of Control and They Want to Take Away Guns?

Crime is totally getting out of control.  Everyday there are shootings and attacks all around us.  Even the Police are bold targets of the criminals.  Even places that have always been considered safe areas are seeing crime go up tremendously.

What can possibly be the rationale for pushing to take away guns from law abiding citizens?  I don't think these people are stupid, they have to know that all of these gun laws will do nothing to affect criminals getting guns.  So I have to ask, what is the expected outcome?

I went through a long period where I was a Licensed Carrier of my concealed weapon.  Once I moved and really had little reason to carry.  I haven't for more than a decade.  Now I can tell you I have unlocked the safe and pulled out my trusty friends and cleaned them up.  I have restocked and am planning on again getting my license.  You just can't feel safe anywhere anymore and the leaders feel that the resolution is to restrict my right to carry?

What is seriously going on here?

Black Lives Matter has White House Backing, Police Lives Matter?

Why is it that they White House and the President were all about getting out in front of the pass when all of the Black Lives Matters started?  Did they think that was something that would be the legacy of the first Black President? 

It isn't any secret that Race Issues have escalated over the last several years and many think that we have actually taken a step back if not several.

The President and his staff have now decided that all of the Police Killings and targeting of Police doesn't deserve a response?  Where are their priorities?

Why is there even a movement called Black Lives Matter?  Shouldn't all lives matter?

What Makes Donald Trump a Good Candidate

It has been a long while since I have posted here and thought that with all the stuff happening, it might be a good time to get back to it.

What makes Donald Trump a Good Candidate?

I have watched as his polling numbers have steadily climbed and listened to people who are talking about him at every corner and I think I have it figured out.

HE ISN'T A POLITICIAN!!!!

That's right.  I think what has made him such an attractive candidate and drawing people to him is the simple fact that he isn't a politician.  He doesn't owe anything to anyone and he doesn't have to be careful about what he says.  He can come right out and have an opinion and not worry about alienating backers.  People like that. 

State Rep. Doesn't Consider Sheriff Clarke Black

Here we go again.  Another Black Politician who disagrees with another Black Politician so he must not be black enough?

JSOnline:

Clarke is the best known African-American elected to countywide office.
But one local lawmaker won't even concede that.

In a forum held earlier this week, state Rep. Mandela Barnes refused to acknowledge that the controversial sheriff shares the same race as the black legislator.

"We have one black countywide elected official . . . and I don't even accept him as black," said Barnes, a Milwaukee Democrat, prompting "oohs" from the crowd at the forum hosted by The Capital Times at the High Noon Saloon in Madison.

"All right -- are you tweeting this?" Journal Sentinel columnist Christian Schneider, another panelist, asked a Cap Times staffer, according to audio of the event (the exchange begins at 43 minutes).
"You can tweet -- you all have my permission to tweet that," Barnes said.

Who Would Deal with the Mets Now?

It appears that the NY Mets have blackballed themselves in the Baseball World.

In what appeared to be a trade deal between the Brewers and the Mets that had the whole Baseball world buzzing quickly got much more dramatic when the deal was called off late Wednesday night.

The Mets claim that Carlos Gomez has a hip injury that caused them to stop the trade.  However new reports have surfaced that said that they true breakdown of the trade was the Mets ever changing requests in the deal.  They appeared to be looking for a way out of the deal and made one up.  Not only did it stop the trade, but it has created issues for both organizations.

The Mets are most definitely the ones with egg on their face and now have made other teams probably pretty hesitant to deal with them.  They flat out through the Brewer GM under the bus in getting out of the trade and that is something you just don't do.

So the good news is, Gomez is still a Brewer, he is healthy and the Mets look like the idiots that they are.