It's Good To Have Friends

I always kind of liked Norm Coleman as Mayor of St Paul. He's was a fiscal conservative with progressive tendencies. Political expedience saw him switch sides and the realities of caucus politics have him voting more consistently with GWB than I'd like. Still and all, he's hardly a red-meat true-believer.

That's why it was disappointing to see this story.

Luckily, Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) has found a cheap place to crash when
he's working inside the beltway -- renting an apartment from Republican
operative and "robo-call" expert Jeff Larson. Larson and his wife bought the townhouse on Capitol Hill in March 2007 for $989,900, according to National
Journal.Coleman pays just $600 a month for a one-bedroom place in a Capitol
Hill townhouse.

That's remarkably cheap for the neighborhood, and a fraction of the
$1,780 monthly rent Coleman paid on the Washington apartment he left in June
2007, according to a report this week from the National Journal.

Lobbyists and Congressmen are like sharks and remoras without the clear distinction between predator and parasite.

Larson's St. Paul-based company, FLS Connect, is a critical component of
Coleman's political operation. The firm, which has raised money and hustled up
voters for Coleman, has been paid about $1.6 million since mid-2001 by Coleman's
Northstar Leadership political action committee and two Senate campaigns,
according to reports filed with the Federal Election Commission. Larson serves
as the PAC's treasurer and provides it with office space in St. Paul; Coleman's
Senate campaign stopped renting space from Larson last year.

It looks like business as usual for another former maverick. Why does Coleman's relationship with Larson leave the taste of copper in my mouth?

FLS Connect is a go-to shop for the Republicans nationwide for fund raising and providing "robo-calls." In fact, the firm was targeted by the attorney general in Indiana for violating that state's automated call laws. The firm is also linked
to The DCI Group, a lobbying firm that came under scrutiny for its work in
Myanmar and its ties to the John McCain campaign. They're known for "Astroturf" organizing as well as robo-calls.

And, sadly, there's no reason to think that Norm might disapprove of Larson's activities.

Larson will get no argument on that score from his wife, Dorene Kainz, who
went to work for the senator in September 2005 handling requests from Coleman's constituents in his St. Paul office. Senate records show that she has been paid
$101,218 through March 31.

Business as usual. Norm saw the opportunities that were being provided to Republicans in Washington and grabbed the brass ring. I'll bet he couldn't find many places for rent for $600 a month in his home district.

What Do You Mean, I'm Funny

Super Tuesday is rushing up to meet us. Romney's team is sweating blood and Governor Huckabee is wondering if grabbing the tiger's tail was a wise decision. Paulites everywhere just know that Maine is the key.

But there's an interesting story brewing up right next door. The Funny Man is making a real run at respectability.

You mean, let me understand this cause, ya know maybe it's me, I'm a little
f#$%ed up maybe, but I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you?
I make you laugh, I'm here to f#$%in' amuse you? What do you mean funny, funny how? How am I funny?

In the latest MPR poll Al Franken looks as if he's finally pulled ahead of Mike Ciresi in the DFL Primary which would have him run against Former Democratic Mayor of St Paul, Norm Coleman. And, as the poll numbers go, it looks as if the former AirAmerica personality is polling higher than Coleman when looking ahead to November.

There's another little reality biscuit in these numbers. The approval numbers for Amy Klobuchar are 16 points higher than for Coleman. They love their first term Dem Senator in Minnesota.

It's About Competence, Folks

Coleman campaign apparently stored credit card info, unencrypted, on the same server as the rest of their site, making it a fairly easy process to view. It didn't require any real hacking.

Coleman-supporter Kelly McShane, who donated $100 online and whose job is to
secure data for the banking industry, had this to say: "I'm in IT security for a
bank, and I can tell you that this is so ... irresponsible that I can't believe
it."

Ex-Senator, Norm Coleman, Making It Up As He Goes Along

Now that it's clear he's lost the vote, the recount, the re-recount and the court case Coleman is crossing his fingers, spitting twice and making a pinkie-swear that he'd be happiest with a do-over.

It must be fun to think you can just make up the rules.

Reince Preibus' Worst Nightmare Scheduled For Tuesday

Norm Coleman may enter RNC race.

You remember Norm. Sen. Norm Coleman Rents Cheap Crash Pad From Political Pal

Predictions (How Did He Do In '09?)

Everybody does a prediction list. Here's a few of mine for O-Nine. Let's check the record. This list published 12/30/08

Jeff Wood will find out what the real meaning of "Independent" is. He and Joe Lieberman will form a club that gets together to throw stones at pictures of John McCain and Mark Pocan. He'll not be resigning.
Both Wood and Lieberman are feeling the lonesome right now but Wood is steadfastly doing the wrong thing so, call it 50/50.

Mexico will be declared a "Failed State" and the State Department will issue travel warnings to American tourists to avoid Guadalajara and Nuevo Laredo.
I missed this one but only on a technicality. I guess the President doesn't have to be able to speak Spanish to do good things along the border. 0%

Brett Favre plays another season starting in August after waffling for 4 months.
He signed the contract on 8/16. 100%

Colin Farrel's eyebrows will get a three picture deal of their own. At the conclusion of the third film it will be learned that the right eyebrow really wants to direct.
Too soon to tell. Farrell did 4 films in 2009 and I bet you can't name one of them. Might as well be true but 0%

Norm Coleman gets to trial before Blagojevich, neither in 2009.
Not wrong, not yet. No trials for either one and Coleman is looking bullet-proof on the DMT charges. I heard he's talking with Jethro Tull about getting back with the band on the road.

Scott Walker starts runnning for Governor. Again. No one in Barron, Pepin or Iron Counties knows who he is. Again.
96% Of course he's running again. He's a career politician. But now there's a guy up in Mercer who got an email from his brother-in-law in Pewaukee about Scott. The guy in Mercer still thinks he's a utility infielder for the Brew Crew.

No Triple Crown winner this year, either.
Some of these just aren't that tough. 100%

Newsbuster's #1 story of 2009? President Obama's Selective Service record. Debbie Schlussel stakes her credibility on the story. The ghost of Jessica Savitch can be heard laughing if you stand really still.
It's always hard to tell with NB but it looks as if the big story is, Science Is Hard. 0%

Hollywood will be stunned by the death of a young star in a traffic accident. Drugs will be involved. Everyone will say they saw it coming.
I've got two weeks but it's not looking good. 0%

Barbara Lawton gets a Golden Ticket to Washington. And you thought Doyle was just asking for money.
Wow! Almost as wrong as Jerry Bader 0%

Bob Sanders and Mike Stock will join the job market right after New Year's Day.
Sanders and 5 more on 1/5. Stock retired on 1/17. Call that 100%

A new basic cable TV franchise will start starring a 15 year-old serial killer named Hannibal Montana. Roger Ebert will love it. Siskel? Not so much.
Not a worse premise than Accidentally, On Purpose but wrong

Rose Fernandez will run a campaign steeped in ACM money. WEAC spends so much on ads against her that they are only a minor player in the SCoW race.
I'm thinking that this was close enough to call my way.

Brewers? 83-79.
80-82 Missed it by a homestand. 96.4%

In 2009 we will not see an effort to reinstate the Fairness Doctrine or the The Assault Weapons Ban at the Federal level. That won't stop the incessant drumbeats.
Like I said, almost too easy. 100%

A minor scandal breaks out when it's discovered that American Idol has been using the same twelve contestants for the last four years and no one has noticed. It turns out that David Archuletta was just Taylor Hicks with the hair color out.
Prove I'm wrong. I dare you.

Fred Thompson's radio show has a shorter run than The Texas Wheelers when Grampy just can't be bothered to do two hours a day. Mike Huckabee's show will rattle around on the ABC schedule without reaching a single listener until April. When it does find an audience it will fail.
I was wrong about Grampy. He's plugging along with a couple hundred AM stations and you can follow him on Twitter. As for Huck; I'm just sorry I missed the episode where he jammed with Danny Aiello's band. 0%

Supreme Court Justice Gabelman wins his case that confirms his right to make stuff up in campaign commercials regardless of the facts. He wins a major year-end award from a Burlington civic group.
Sadly, 100%

Madonna gets new boy toys in January, March, June, July and October. Oprah and Steadman don't tie the knot.
My little clicker-counter is busted but I'm call it confirmed.

Abrahamson retains her seat by 52-48.
The Badger Herald called it 60-40. Koschnick was an even bigger hump than we thought

The number of bloggers falls just as the GOP makes up their mind to start putting them to good use. Sean Hackbarth gets to pop each of them on the back of the head and call them, "Dummy." Just once.
I hope this was true. The GOP New Media campaign has been very very amusing this year.

Well, what did you think was going to happen?
I'm calling it 12/20 with a split on the embarrassment that is Jeff Wood. 60% ain't that bad. Predictions for 2010 will be out soon.

Another Union. Another List.

This list of men and women who were grateful for the opportunity to serve is long. I know that. I had almost decided not to post it because the loudmouths who should be ashamed of their language and behavior seem to be impervious to the irony of their own words, much less mine.

But then I saw the name of Jim Jantz on the list. Jim was one of Dad's buddies from way-back, shot during a routine traffic stop that would turn into one of Wisconsin's largest manhunts.

I will repeat my challenge. Show a little gratitude. Have a little shame.


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Shannon, Michael E
3/7/2003
Adams County Sheriff's Office

Leist, Ronald E.
10/9/1969
Algoma Police Department

McArthur, John
6/24/1905
Antigo Police Department

Dunn, Alfred E.
11/2/1926
Appleton Police Department

Day, Mahlon John
12/24/1955
Appleton Police Department

Gaik, Walter
12/7/1970
Ashland County Sheriff's Office

Olson, Matt
2/3/1916
Barron County Sheriff's Office

Larson, Wally L
10/28/1987
Barron County Sheriff's Office

Kavajecz, John J.
12/12/1968
Bayfield County Sheriff's Office

Parquette, Richard G.
9/10/1996
Bayfield County Sheriff's Office

Larsen, Peter A.
11/15/1998
Beloit Police Department

Gusinda, Jeffrey J.
3/30/1993
Brookfield Police Department

Wenner, Raymond
7/31/1945
Brown County Highway Police

Truttmann, Wayne J.
12/20/1973
Brown County Sheriff's Office

Eilers, Anthony G.
2/5/1962
Burlington Police Department

Schenning, Hubert W.
2/9/1935
Burlington Police Department

Gramer, Paul R.
11/20/1968
Burnett County Sheriff's Office

Albee, Allen A.
4/19/1991
Burnett County Sheriff's Office

Hansen, Charles
7/14/1968
Calumet County Sheriff's Office

Williams, Jeffrey J.
6/9/1993
Calumet County Sheriff's Office

Loud, William H.
8/18/1912
Cassville Police Department

Steffes, Anton J.
4/5/1942
Chilton Police Department

Spike, Donald Georg
9/29/1950
Chippewa Falls Police Department

Stamper, Todd J.
7/15/2000
Crandon Police Department

Lester, Robert D.
3/21/1844
Crawford County Sheriff's Office

Bzdusek, Stephen G.
2/1/1981
Cudahy Police Department

Van Deusen, Earl A.
1/4/1930
Dane County Sheriff's Office

Orsburne, Harlend G.
7/24/1979
Dane County Traffic Police

Moran, Frank
5/8/1927
Darlington Police Department

Krakow, Andrew A.
6/5/1990
Dept. of Natural Resources

Johnson, Einar P.
5/17/1929
Dept. of Natural Resources

Vander Kelen, Alfred P.
11/6/1928
Dept. of Natural Resources

Russell, Mark H.
5/21/1955
Dept. of Natural Resources

Markle, Robert B.
5/8/1966
Dept. of Natural Resources

LaFave, Neil L.
9/24/1971
Dept. of Natural Resources

Reif, Albert E.
11/18/1942
Dept. of Natural Resources

Bentz, Kurth
5/8/1936
Dodge County Motor Police

Lisko, Hugo
9/27/1926
Dodge County Motor Police

Leigh, Walter S.
1/29/1963
Dodgeville Police Department

Coleman, Milton A.
7/10/1881
Dunn County Sheriff's Office

Heisa, Gordon L.
4/10/1979
Dunn County Traffic Police

Hahn, Stephen J
2/16/2006
Eau Claire County Sheriff's Office

Sundby, Elmer
7/26/1921
Eau Claire Police Department

Bolton, Robert P.
10/6/1982
Eau Claire Police Department

Lindstrom, Hans
6/12/1927
Elkhorn Police Department

Baum, W. Carte
4/22/1934
FBI

McCready, Patrick
3/10/1991
Fairchild Police Department

Spikerman, Boyd H
1/29/1984
Federal Bureau of Prisons - Oxford WI

Kenford, Jack E.
6/14/1932
Federal Prohibition Agent

Prinslow, William Chris
11/19/1898
Fond du Lac Police Department

Klaske, Nick A.
10/31/1961
Fond du Lac Police Department

McKee, David A.
4/9/1968
Fort Atkinson Police Department

Backes, Robert D.
3/21/1981
Germantown Police Department

Sassan, George Rober
7/23/1975
Glendale Police Department

Hedbany, Ronald E.
10/28/1994
Glendale Police Department

Reuter, Thomas L.
3/18/1990
Grant County Sheriff's Office

Schinzing, Richard F.
10/17/1974
Grantsburg Police Department

Motquin, George A.
12/17/1951
Green Bay Police Department

Solbraa, Matthew E.
5/7/1919
Green County Sheriff's Office

Williams, Bruce A
10/19/2003
Green Lake County Sheriff's Office

Scherger, Leonard
5/21/1904
Hartford Police Department

Woodbeck, George
9/25/1932
Hayward Police Department

Etter Jr, Robert G
7/22/2002
Hobart-Lawrence Police Department

Markins, Stephanie R
7/22/2002
Hobart-Lawrence Police Department

Liebenow, Charles
6/2/1941
Horicon Police Department

Gibson, William E.
10/19/1882
Horicon Police Department

Dunn, Thomas
7/15/1924
Hortonville Police Department

Erickson, Clarence John
6/14/1953
Hudson Police Department

Mork, Gerald W.
7/14/1985
Iola Police Department

Housworth, Richard L.
3/31/1989
Juneau County Sheriff's Office

Johnson, Steven J.
10/14/1980
Juneau County Sheriff's Office

Aquino, Blanco
7/21/1991
Kenosha County Sheriff's Office

Rieschl, James
7/2/1961
Kenosha County Sheriff's Office

Fraid, Gary W.
6/7/1973
Kenosha Police Department

Pingitore, Antonio
3/31/1919
Kenosha Police Department

Hanske, Edmund E
9/4/1914
Kiel Police Department

Staats, Hubert D.
9/13/1927
La Crosse County Sheriff's Office

Sampson, Roy B.
9/24/1952
La Crosse County Sheriff's Office

Groeschner, Frank
11/18/1916
La Crosse Police Department

Donndelinger, Joseph A.
12/10/1937
La Crosse Police Department

Gates, T. Perry
9/8/1900
La Crosse Police Department

Exner, Albert C.
6/19/1931
Lake Geneva Police Department

Buchen, Edward
11/5/1933
Langlade County Sheriff's Office

Olson, Otto K
11/23/1933
Laona Village Marshal

Riphon, Edward F.
5/16/1932
Madison Police Department

Thompson, Palmer
1/3/1926
Madison Police Department

Dosch, Grant J.
2/4/1918
Madison Police Department

Dreger, Herbert C.
12/2/1924
Madison Police Department

Metsker, Lawrence H.
2/25/1976
Manitowoc Police Department

Ten Haken, Dale R.
9/24/1998
Manitowoc Police Department

Mueller, Fred
7/5/1932
Manitowoc Police Department

Sheets, Jeffrey N.
5/21/1994
Marathon County Sheriff's Office

Hoffmann, Edward R
5/26/2000
Marinette County Sheriff's Dept.

Butts, Emmet
5/21/1923
Marinette County Sheriff's Office

Beell, Fred A.
8/5/1933
Marshfield Police Department

Taylor Jr., John S.
8/6/1977
Menomonee Falls Police Department

Panck, Gordon R.
12/22/1946
Menomonie Police Department

Buntrock, Thomas E.
12/2/1979
Mequon Police Department

Krueger, Elmer C.
7/19/1952
Merrill Police Department

Coffey, John Ray
10/27/1979
Millston Police Department

Demos, David M.
1/25/1997
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Trandel, John V.
5/1/1981
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Beckemeier, Alvin H.
5/10/1947
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Schilling, Wallace N.
10/8/1975
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Zylka, Ralph E.
8/17/2000
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Bang, Sung Hui
8/17/2000
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Rhodes, Lloyd L.
11/17/1951
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Grundman, Howard F
1/30/1934
Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office

Du Planty, Paul G.
11/9/1971
Milwaukee Police Department

O'Bradovich, Dennis Lee
8/18/1975
Milwaukee Police Department

Sroczynski, Alan
11/8/1970
Milwaukee Police Department

Stecker, Stephen
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Luedtke, Walter
12/18/1924
Milwaukee Police Department

Smith, Charles T.
1/31/1973
Milwaukee Police Department

Kohn, Albert C.
10/29/1975
Milwaukee Police Department

Matulis, Thomas G.
7/10/1974
Milwaukee Police Department

Kaemmerling, William F.
1/28/1922
Milwaukee Police Department

Draeger, Michael L.
12/28/1974
Milwaukee Police Department

Hasenstab, Steven John
8/19/1989
Milwaukee Police Department

Hempe, Gerald W.
1/31/1973
Milwaukee Police Department

Riley, Robert D.
7/10/1974
Milwaukee Police Department

Reagan, Ronald Patri
12/13/1973
Milwaukee Police Department

Weiler, Paul
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Tourmo, Michael R.
11/18/1990
Milwaukee Police Department

Snow Jr., Sydney C.
1/30/1982
Milwaukee Police Department

Templin, Albert
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Collura, Rosario J.
3/19/1985
Milwaukee Police Department

Caswin, Frank
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Mehlberg, Charles S.
12/23/1981
Milwaukee Police Department

Lesnieski, Leonard R.
3/19/1985
Milwaukee Police Department

Machajewski, John A.
12/23/1981
Milwaukee Police Department

Kaiser, Frederick
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Niehoff, Michael A.
11/30/1994
Milwaukee Police Department

Wagner, Richard E.
10/25/1990
Milwaukee Police Department

Spindler, Edward
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Sterling, Roger A.
5/11/1987
Milwaukee Police Department

O'Brien, David
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Deckert, Henry
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Gorlewski, Dennis J.
3/25/1987
Milwaukee Police Department

Kiefer, Thomas R.
11/25/1977
Milwaukee Police Department

Robertson, William A.
9/7/1994
Milwaukee Police Department

Seehawer, Charles
11/24/1917
Milwaukee Police Department

Piszczek, Frank
6/22/1884
Milwaukee Police Department

White, Vernon V.
11/10/1951
Milwaukee Police Department

Thurow, Hilbert F.
8/22/1930
Milwaukee Police Department

Johnson, Ernest
9/15/1904
Milwaukee Police Department

Werner, Arnold O.
7/10/1943
Milwaukee Police Department

Fish, George
9/22/1970
Milwaukee Police Department

Lecher, Joseph A.
3/21/1943
Milwaukee Police Department

Bahlke, Robert
2/23/1932
Milwaukee Police Department

Kossow, John
9/30/1899
Milwaukee Police Department

Raabe, George H.
11/2/1937
Milwaukee Police Department

Nencki, Raymond A.
10/5/1959
Milwaukee Police Department

Goodman, Nels
8/10/1937
Milwaukee Police Department

Adam, Valentine
3/6/1948
Milwaukee Police Department

Flieth, Otto H.
12/17/1908
Milwaukee Police Department

Bates, Elmer A.
8/23/1948
Milwaukee Police Department

Schmidt, Harry W.
4/4/1925
Milwaukee Police Department

Kraemer, Robert E.
2/7/1963
Milwaukee Police Department

George, Charles
6/8/1936
Milwaukee Police Department

Zingler, Richard
2/8/1933
Milwaukee Police Department

Kubacki, Joseph
5/24/1924
Milwaukee Police Department

Rivers, James J.
3/21/1966
Milwaukee Police Department

Gauer, Peter
7/3/1909
Milwaukee Police Department

Hogan, Ronald T.
5/2/1967
Milwaukee Police Department

Moschea, Bryan J.
7/31/1967
Milwaukee Police Department

Pieske, Harry
6/27/1935
Milwaukee Police Department

Tanner, Wendolyn O.
9/7/1996
Milwaukee Police Department

Jordan, Fred
3/7/1930
Monticello Police Department

Lynch, James
8/30/1931
Neillsville Police Department

Coopman, Edward T.
7/26/1964
Oconto County Sheriff's Department

Skenandore, Jeffrey Scott
3/30/1993
Oneida Tribal Police

O'Connor, George
7/23/1922
Oshkosh Police Department

Hardy, Louis
7/28/1890
Oshkosh Police Department

Spiering, Walter A.
7/19/1939
Oshkosh Police Department

Welch, Elwin
4/2/1962
Outagamie County Sheriff's Office

Griffin, Fred C.
8/18/1912
Owen Police Department

Coleman, Charles G.
7/10/1881
Pepin Co. Sheriff's Office

Baker, Joseph H
10//1875
Portage County Sheriff's Office

Garland, Charles Z
10/24/1917
Prescott Police Department

Hanson, George W.
6/18/1953
Racine County Sheriff's Office

Denman, Henry
6/25/1953
Racine County Sheriff's Office

Hantschel, James J.
5/15/1963
Racine Police Department

Breheim, Harry C.
8/26/1933
Racine Police Department

Worden, Harold
8/25/1955
Racine Police Department

Christensen, Alvin B.
7/13/1930
Racine Police Department

McEachern, Lester
5/5/1956
Racine Police Department

Lenzke, Frank F.
5/13/1936
Racine Police Department

Fine, James R.
1/11/1974
Racine Police Department

Baribeau, Michael R.
12/19/1995
Rice Lake Police Department

Gagner, Louis E
7/27/1930
Rice Lake Police Department

Weinke, Richard A
4/5/1998
Sauk County Sheriff's Office

Searles, Stuart J.
6/10/1984
Sauk County Sheriff's Office

Meeks, Walter Calvi
5/6/1978
Sauk County Sheriff's Office

Jantz, James C.
8/21/1961
Sauk County Traffic Police

Villiard, Michael S.
7/9/1998
Sawyer County Sheriff's Department

Harp, Oscar
10/8/1910
Sawyer County Sheriff's Department

Johnson, Carl
6/17/1939
Sawyer County Sheriff's Dept

Scott, Fred W
6/17/1939
Sawyer County Sheriff's Dept

Braun, John E.
12/24/1979
Schofield Police Department

De Lisle, John
11/12/1928
Scholfield Police Department

Stoltenow, James E.
1/27/1987
Shawano County Sheriff's Office

Nennig Jr., LeRoy H.
8/15/2004
Sheboygan County Sheriff's Office

Husting, Theodore
3/27/1937
Sheboygan Police Department

Chybowski, Frank
7/12/1946
South Milwaukee Police Department

Nenning, Frank
1/1/1937
South Milwaukee Police Department

Stoll, John Jerom
7/7/1987
South Milwaukee Police Department

Murphy, Lee
6/22/1955
St. Croix County Highway Patrol

Harris, Harry O.
6/18/1904
St. Croix County Sheriff's Office

Moore, John
3/11/1901
Stanley Police Department

Kraby, Paul A.
9/30/1934
Stoughton Police Department

Atkins Jr., Robert E.
1/26/1975
Summit Police Department

Olson, Wayne W.
1/26/1975
Summit Police Department

Fulton, Robert J.
4/29/1948
Superior Police Department

Jackson, Roy W.
4/14/1911
Superior Police Department

Beaton, Finley
7/27/1919
Superior Police Department

Zimmerman, Arthur H.
12/3/1929
Superior Police Department

Jacobson, Adolph G
4/18/1941
Superior, City of

Nystrom, Carl O.
6/9/1945
Tomahawk Police Department

Rocque, Leo
10/5/1926
Two Rivers Police Department

Dodge, Thomas R.
9/10/1975
Two Rivers Police Department

McCormick, William L
9/3/1941
U.S. Marshal's Service

Dickson, Bobbie W.
8/8/1986
Vernon County Sheriff's Office

Radcliffe, John
7/7/1911
Vilas County Sheriff's Office

Mohr, Mary C.
1/21/1988
Vilas County Sheriff's Office

Cook, Michael G.
11/24/1976
Viola Police Department

Starry, Curtis
3/13/1953
Viroqua Police Department

Bolton Jr., Patrick R.
8/26/1966
Walworth County Sheriff's Office

Schmitt, John M.
9/7/1998
Washington County Sheriff's Office

Snover, Charles
7/28/1935
Waukesha County Sheriff's Office

O'Brien, Quin E.
6/22/1978
Waukesha County Sheriff's Office

Geszvain, Michael
6/21/1978
Waukesha County Sheriff's Office

Phipps Sr., William J.
8/5/1943
Waukesha County Sheriff's Office

Schmidling, George A.
6/11/1961
Waukesha Police Department

Baerwald, Edward
8/15/1928
Wausau Police Department

Rutherford, George
8/12/1926
Wineger, Town Constable

Meyer, Richard A
11/13/2003
Winnebago County Sheriff's Office

Balchunas, Jay P
11/5/2004
Wis. DOJ - Div. of Criminal Investigation

Schumacher, Matt
9/22/1934
Wis. Department of Revenue

Pederson, Donald C.
8/26/1972
Wis. State Patrol

Schoenberger, William
4/22/1993
Wis. State Patrol
Powless, Gary G.

5/18/1980
Wis. State Patrol

McMenamin, Deborah M.
10/26/1989
Wis. State Patrol

Payne, Roland S.
11/10/1939
Wisconsin Rapids Police Department

Berg, William A.
7/16/1931
Wood County Sheriff's Office

Frivolous Lawsuits

Meh!

Former Senator Coleman pitches a hissy.

Channelling Bobby Bare

Now this broken back was a dyin' act of a handsome Harry
Clay
That sticky Cincinnati night I stole his wife away
But that woman she gets uglier, and she gets meaner every
day
But I got her, boy, and that make me a winner

Specter flips. Coleman flops. Dems hit 60

Remember. You Heard It Here First

When Norm Coleman's house of cards comes down around his ears remember that we were on the story nearly a year ago.

When The Going Gets Weird, The Weird Turn Pro

The title quote is from Hunter S Thompson. This quote is from Jesse Ventura

"All you Minnesotans, take a good hard look at all three of us. And you
decide, if you were in a dark alley, which one of the three of us would you want
with you."

Ventura created a mini-tizzy today by joining Republican Norm Coleman and DFL nominee Al Franken in the Minnesota Senate race. This could turn devoutly weird before it's over. You've got your Democrat turned Republican. You've got your comedy writer turned radio squawker turned politician. And you have a wrestler/actor/Governor/actor with a huge forehead and a bigger following.

Laissez le bon temps roullez.

Aww, nuts! Jesse says he was speaking metaphorically. Who would have thought he knew what "metaphorically" meant?

Say It With Me!

Ex-Senator Norm Coleman

Sweet music indeed.