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.

Police Response Times Worse Year Later

A year ago it took the Milwaukee Police 22 minutes to respond to a fatal stabbing.  At the time, Police Chief Ed Flynn promised a complete review of the dispatching and police response.

Well now we find out that just last week an elderly woman called and reported a rape and this time it took the police 3 hours and 6 minutes to respond.  Wait, What?  Yep, after a year of supposedly reviewing the dispatch and police response times they are far worse.  Hey the good news as reported by the Milwaukee PD was that after a squad was finally dispatched to the call it only took 6 minutes to respond!!!! Really?  What about the 3 hours it took to actually dispatch a squad?

So what are the police doing about it?  Wait for it.

JSOnline:

"The Milwaukee Police Department is reviewing both our dispatch prioritization protocol and the handling of this specific call for service to ensure policy was followed and determine whether policy revision is needed, as the time from the initial call to the police and the dispatch of a squad was excessive," said Lt. Mark Stanmeyer.

Wisconsin Supreme Court ends Investigation into Walker

JSOnline:

Madison— Dealing Gov. Scott Walker a victory just as his presidential camapaign gets underway, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday the governor's campaign and conservative groups had not violated campaign finance laws in recall elections in 2011 and 2012.
The ruling means the likely end of the investigation, which has been stalled for 18 months after a lower court judge determined no laws were violated even if Walker's campaign and the groups had worked together as prosecutors believe.

It could also prompt the escalation of other litigation over the probe.
The ruling dealt with three pieces of litigation, and the justices split 4-2 on the campaign finance laws that were at the center of the probe.
Writing for the majority, Justice Michael Gableman found a key section of Wisconsin's campaign finance law is "unconstitutionally overbroad and vague" and that the activities prosecutors had investigated were not illegal.

"To be clear, this conclusion ends the John Doe investigation because the special prosecutor's legal theory is unsupported in either reason or law," Gableman wrote. "Consequently, the investigation is closed. Consistent with our decision and the order entered by Reserve Judge (Gregory) Peterson, we order that the special prosecutor and the district attorneys involved in this investigation must cease all activities related to the investigation, return all property seized in the investigation from any individual or organization, and permanently destroy all copies of information and other materials obtained through the investigation. All unnamed movants are relieved of any duty to cooperate further with the investigation."

 

What is going on in Milwaukee, Daily Shootings

The shooting continues in Milwaukee as another person was shot overnight.

The scary part is the age of some of these shooters.  A 13 year old was arrested for murdering another 13 year old.  Earlier in the day yesterday a 15 year old was ordered to stand trial as an adult for murder.

This has nothing to do with the gun laws in Wisconsin or anywhere else.  This is plain and simply the world these kids are growing up in.  The neighborhoods and the atmosphere that has been allowed to foster these things.

We need drastic changes and we need them now.

Milwaukee Becoming a Killing Zone

What is going on in Milwaukee?

The Police Chief, Ed Flynn, was just given another 4 year term by the Mayor and Fire and Police Commision?

Has any of these people turned on the news lately?  Milwaukee is so far ahead of its statistics in Homicides that  it is scare.  We are in the middle of 10 dead in 7 days?  Not to mention the numbers of kids being killed.

What is being done to stop this violence?  The Chief and Mayor blame the Legislature because of its gun laws.  Are you serious?  People who murder people aren't really all that concerned with laws period, let alone gun laws.  They put together and trumpeted a gun buyback program that fell apart, they had a hotline that got no calls, what next?

This DA has been trumpeted by the left for his programs to help keep African Americans out of jail.  We learned one of those that he kept out of Prison used his second chance to shoot a police officer.  How many more of these experiments by DA Chisholm have come back to haunt us?

There needs to be big changes in this city if they are truly going to take on this violence.  The Mayor, Chief of Police and DA all need to be replaced by someone that will take this seriously and quit trying to pin the blame on someone else.  It is your job to clean it up.

Milwaukee Bucks Ownership Lays out Plans for Entertainment District

The Ownership of the Milwaukee Bucks layed out the ambitious plans for a $1 Billion entertainment district and new arena.

There is little doubt that this would be a good thing for Milwaukee.  The problem is that the Milwaukee Mayor and the Milwaukee County Exec don't want to invest in this project.  Both have stayed out of the conversation except for Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett supporting the State Government to help finance it.

We all are aware that Milwaukee will be hard pressed to find funding after agreeing to spend $100 Million plus on the Barrett StreetCar.

The Mayor of Milwaukee and the Milwaukee County Exec both want the Taxpayers of the entire state to help fund a major project in Milwaukee that will benefit Milwaukee?

Chief Justice of Wisconsin Supreme Court Files Lawsuit

It is amazing that the Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court would file a lawsuit to try and hold on to the Chief Justice Title.

Even more amazing is that she signed the paperwork for lawsuit even before the voters of Wisconsin had voted to allow the other Justices to vote on the Chief Justice.

The Legislature and the voters have both decided that they want the Supreme Court Justices to vote for who they want to be the Chief Justice.  Apparently it is too important to Justice Shirley Abrahamson that she has filed suit to keep the job through 2019.

Amazing!!!  The Chief Justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has said that she doesn't care what the Constitutional Amendment says she is going to fight it.

Right to Work in Wisconsin Moving Through Legislature

The left is in an uproar that Right to Work legislation is moving through the Legislature at such a fast pace that people are being caught off guard. 

The problem is, Right to Work Legislation has been discussed at length for the last few years.  The legislation itself may be going through the process quickly, but it isn't a surprise to anyone.

It never ceases to amaze me at how the left can complain about the process when it is being used against them, but have absolutely no problem using it themselves.

The problem for the left and their supporters right now is that they really have no way to stop this legislation.  The right holds all the cards in Wisconsin.  They controlled both houses of the Legislature and the Governors office. 

Yes they will tell you all about how the great people of Wisconsin are against this and that, they will protest with all of their protestors, many from outside the state, but the problem for them is.....
The Great People of Wisconsin voted in this legislature and have also voted in the Governor repeatedly over the last 4 years.