Accident at Southridge Kills Grandmother

An accident at Southridge Mall in Greendale has claimed the life of a Grandmother and injured her grandchildren.

WISN Story

"the driver, 62, said that her accelerator was stuck and that she was trying to brake when she collided with the vehicles and pedestrians.The accident occurred on the West end of the Southridge Mall parking lot, near Boston Store and Sears." - WISN

Sabathia gets offer from Yankees

ESPN.com is reporting that the New York Yankees have offered Brewers starter CC Sabathia the largest contract ever for a free agent pitcher.

The offer is worth more than $138 million over 6 years.

The Brewers may be out of the running on this one. Even so, you have to like the fact that they gave it a real effort. You just compete financially with teams like the Yankees or Red Sox.

Arrest Made after New Berlin Threats

"Police arrested a student for the threats that closed New Berlin Eisenhower High School Friday." - WTMJ Story

"...an 18-year-old student was arrested, and police say he admitted making the threat." - WTMJ

We have seen this happen around the area over the past several months, Racine had one just recently. I never hear about the punishment. They should have stiff punishment, and it should be publicized so these people understand how serious this is.

"“We have yet to determine who made the first threat that was written on the bathroom wall on Wednesday, November 12 so this is considered an open investigation. The man was booked and released on his own recognizance after it was determined he did not pose a credible threat,” New Berlin Police Lt. Mike Glider said." - WTMJ

There should be stiff punishment. Why let him go on his recognizance? Let him sit in a jail cell for a day or two and think about it. He should have spent the weekend in jail. That is what is wrong with our system, and why you see this continually to happen more and more.

City Shows Dealers Tough Love

I have to tell you, when I first read this I thought it was crazy. After researching it a little more, I think it is a pretty good idea. I don't know who came up with it, but at least their trying.

WISN Story

Hopefully we will get some feedback on how things go, and get some numbers to show it's successes and/or failures.

For now though, good job.

New Berlin Eisenhower Threats - UPDATED

Original Post

WTMJ is reporting that the original threat was a bomb threat in the Boys Bathroom and followed up by email to a handful of staff as well as WTMJ.

Police have done several sweeps of the school and will do another thorough inspection today.

Milwaukee County Dispatcher Fired

Ok, if you haven't heard this story, read it and then tell me what you think. WISN Story

This guy claims that he was fired because he has filed a lawsuit about the working conditions. I heard about this story from several sources, and even just reading it, you got fired because you didn't do your job.

It has been my experience that when people are in a panic, you really can't understand them well. He says that his words are being misinterpreted. I heard the audio, and it pretty much sounded like he wasn't trying to be much help at all.

I am glad that he got the boot. He doesn't deserve to be on the job, and if you think that he does, stop and ask yourself...If you were in desperate need of help and needed to call 911, would you want this guy answering the call?

FBI Threat in Shawano - More Details

More Details have been released in the threat to some 60 residents in the Shawano area.

WISN Story

"The mayor, police chief, sheriff and district attorney are on the list of people facing implied threats from a religious group in Shawano, the FBI said." - WISN

"The group sent one of its members to the City Council meeting last night to take pictures and refused to comment." - WISN

Milwaukee's Christmas Tree Breaks

New Berlin Eisenhower Middle/High Schools Cancelled Friday

Most of the Major News outlets and the New Berlin Public Schools web site are reporting that classes have been canceled for Friday November 14th due to unspecified threats.

WISN
WTMJ
School Press Release

"School authorities had originally dealt with a threat etched in one of the boy’s
restrooms on Wednesday, November 12th, 2008. Families and staff were notified of
that threat yesterday evening. Since then, there has been a secondary threat that
was received by some Eisenhower Middle and High School staff via email." - School Press Release

The School Officials are working with Police and Fire. Details hopefully will be updated.

Wisconsin Drunk Driver Laws

I can't quite understand how we can continue to repeatedly hear about fatal accidents that involve Drunk or Impaired Drivers, yet we can't get real action from Madison. We all make mistakes and I understand that part of the equation. We don't want to take someone who went out for dinner or an event and had a little too much to be destroyed for life, but come on, some of these people are arrested for their 4th, 5th, 6th.....even 12th and 13th DUI's.

This WISN Story may show a good start to getting something done. It is sad to see families destroyed by a driver who by all rights should not have even been out in public, should have been behind bars.

Obama Background Check

This article by ABC News and questionnaire of what Obama and his staff require people to fill out to become members of his administration are really interesting. I would love to have seen his answers to all of the questions during the Campaign. It might have cleared up a lot of the questions that were being asked.

See Questionnaire

Where is the Bailout Money Going?

OK, seriously. I was reading this CBS News article and was just floored that the overtone was to blame the Republicans. Lets take a walk down memory lane.

The Presidential election is in full swing. The Democratic leadership of Reid and Pelosi are working round the clock with the President to get together a bailout package that will stop the bleeding in the Financial Markets.

They have reached agreement and are ready for the Vote. Wait, what happened? Those Damn Republicans voted against it. Forget the fact that if the Democrats wanted it passed, they had more than enough in their party to get it done. But NO, this had to be bi-partisan. They all went into a rant and rave, the Republicans blaming the Democratic Leadership and the Democrats saying John McCain couldn't even deliver his own party. The Republicans and Some Democrats thought it was a bad idea all along. The Democratic Leadership swore that they wanted stiff Regulation and oversight.

"The original idea: Spend $700 billion in tax dollars to buy troubled mortgage-related assets from struggling banks. " - CBS News

"But the actual bailout calls for nothing of the sort. Instead, your tax dollars are buying massive shares in some of the nation's biggest and most successful banks - with virtually no strings attached. And that's all allowed under Congress' plan" - CBS News

Wow. The old bait and switch. I can't understand how talented News People like Katie Couric, wouldn't have been all over this from the beginning. No Way!!!

Now the Brain Trust in Washington want to do the same for the Automobile Industry!!!!

This is going to be a long 2 years.

By the way, the bailouts passed thus far including the Stimulus package round out to $5 Trillion Dollars. If you read my bailout plan (Click) I thought I would put some figures to it. If you took everyone who voted in the last election (124,286,041) and divided it into the $5 Trillion already, we could have all taken in $40,0000. Now that would sure help pay off my debt and help the economy, how about you?

Shawano Residents were Pontential Victims

WISN is reporting in a Story that 60 Shawan Residents have been notified by the FBI that they were potential victims of an implied threat.

See Story

The FBI said no other details will be released as this is part of an ongoing investigation.

Stay tuned, this sounds pretty intriguing.

Village of Pewaukee Rejects Fire Fee

The Village Board of Trustees meeting was attended by dozens of people that had heard about the possibility they would be faced with the $3600 fee for fire calls.

The Board rejected passing along that fee. WTMJ NEWS STORY

Another Bailout

Ok, the big bailout of the Banking Industry is costing us 100's of Billions of dollars, Now Obama and Pelosi want to bail out the Auto Industry. I got one for you!!!!

Here we go, let's do a bailout of the America People. My plan will save everyone and I guarantee you that the Economy will go into an instant boom. It will save the Banks, it will save the Auto Industry, it will curb the Housing Industry, the Retail Industry, everyone will be in Great shape.

Lets immediately get together in Washington and Bailout the American People. If you pay taxes, then put together a list of all your debt. Washington will collect the list of debts and pay all of them off. They don't have to do it in one shot, just take over the loans and pay them off over the next 10 years. Put the credit back the way it was, you have to establish a credit rating and have collateral to get credit so we don't get back in this mess.

With everyone being out of debt, and cutting off the line that caused everyone to have such easy access to credit we will see a boom in the economy. We all would have more liquid assets to plan for our future. (WOW, we can also help solve the Social Security problem because we will be able to afford our own retirement.) We will be spending more and there will be more money circulating through the economy instead of on bad credit.

The Banks will be guaranteed payment on their loans over the next 10 years, and that will help them. The automakers can get a big lump sum payment up front to payoff the car loans that they stupidly made on the 0% interest loan programs, which will help them out.

I'll bet you that Obama has already thought about all of this and is well on his way to working in a bi-partisan way to get this passed as soon as possible.

Wisconsin Deficit to Reach $5 Billion

I can remember the last election when everyone was telling me that Jim Doyle is doing a great job. He has lowered taxes and is balancing the budget. Why vote for Mark Green.

Well here we are, my taxes haven't went down, as a matter of fact I think I am paying more. The budgets aren't balanced and we face a $5 Billion deficit.

I don't know about you, but when the household income changes, so does the things that we get. We have to adjust our spending to keep within budget. I sure wish that I could just spend and spend without a care in the world. It doesn't matter that we don't have the money.

I blame not having enough money to do what I want on the Government. If I didn't have to pay taxes, I would have plenty of money. Hell, just give me one year off of paying taxes and I would be great shape.

WISN Story

Smoking Ban in Wisconsin

It appears that with the incoming State Legislature and a Governor in support, A State Wide Smoking Ban is poised to be fast tracked through the system.

I don't Smoke, My Wife quit smoking a few years ago. However I am against the Government making these types of decisions. I know that Smoking is bad for you, I know that second hand smoke is just as deadly. I understand all of that. If you choose to smoke, that is your decision. It is legal to smoke. If you don't like it don't go where Smoking is allowed. Each Business should have the right to decide on whether smoking will be allowed or not.

Today it is smoking. What next? Fast Food is bad for you as well, do we ban fast food? If you remember Madison attempted to curb fast food by not allowing drive throughs in certain areas.

Obama Dictatorship?

Is Obama planning on setting up his own National Security force? Fox News has a story from one Republican Congressman who thinks he my be ready to do just that. Fox News Story

"We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we've set," Obama said in July. "We've got to have a civilian national security force that's just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded."

It is no secret that Obama and the Democratically controlled Congress is going to put on an all out assault on Gun Rights and Gun Ownership over the next few years.

Man Claims West Allis Police Beat him

WISN 12 News is reporting that Mike Stanke has filed a complaint against the West Allis Police Department.

You can see the cuts and bruises on his face. He claims that he was asleep in a car parked near 85th and Greenfield when Police came. He admits that he had too much to drink and had words for them, he also admits to banging his head on the window to get them to come over to him.

We will have to keep an eye on this over the coming days and weeks. Hopefully the W.A. Police have some video to clear this up quickly.

Internet Politics

In the new age and the recent elections, is the Main Stream media becoming more of an after thought? Newspapers have already pretty much gone by the wayside. If you want to read a newspaper just go online. Many of them as well as Magazines have gone to the digital age.

Now, after seeing what Obama accomplished, this may be the wave of the future for elections. The News Media who once reported the news instead of being on one side or the other may find themselves becoming increasing irrelevant as more and more people utilize the Internet to find the news.

Obama who ran much of his campaign via grass roots on the Internet, you can bet the Republicans will follow suit. So where does that leave normal Media Outlets?

Packers Lose Again / Titans improve to 9-0

The Packers dropped another game, this time to the hated Minnesota Vikings. Not only did the Packers lose, they had to watch as the Vikings tied the Bears for the Division Lead. I'd bet if #4 was there things would be different, NOT!!! Come on people, the defense is horrible. How many yard did Peterson end up with anyway. Clik Here

On the other hand, how about those TITANS!!!! 9-0!!!! They have beaten everyone they have faced this year, and beaten the top 3 teams of the NFC North, Green Bay, Minnesota, and now the Bears. They will face the Lions on Thanksgiving. Oh yeah, and just for fun tune in two weeks from now they face the beloved Brett and the Jets.