Politics - Oct. 3, 2009
Chicago's Olympic loss leads to political pain
Chicago's failed bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympics was a defeat for the city, the region, the country and President Obama. It also left some of Milwaukee's business and civic leaders wondering what might have been.
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Politics - Sept. 9, 2009
Obama's speech to Congress on health care crisis
President Obama addressed a joint session of Congress Wednesday night, a nationally televised speech that addressed his hopes for reforming the country's health care system. Here is a transcript of the speech.
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Politics - Sept. 7, 2009
Transcript: Obama's speech to school children
Citing curriculum concerns and the threat of protests from partisan parents, several area school districts have decided not to show President Obama's speech to school children on Tuesday. Here is the text of the speech, from the White House Web site, www.whitehouse.gov:
Tags: Obama, speech, school children, controversy

Politics - July 30, 2009
Obama and his Bud Light
So, President Obama is having beers with Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates and Sgt. James Crowley of the Cambridge, Mass., police department tonight, in an attempt to ease racial tensions he riled up with a somewhat irresponsible comment at press conference last week. That's kind of cool.
Tags: obama, bud light, race relations, beer, henry louis gates jr.

Sports - July 15, 2009
All-Star notebook: Brewers meet the president
Too bad Brewers all-stars Ryan Braun, Prince Fielder and Trevor Hoffman are no longer in grade school. They could write a great paper entitled, "What I did on my summer vacation: Met the President." The three greeted the Commander in Chief before the American League's 4-3 victory Tuesday night at Busch Stadium. "It was pretty special," he said. "It's not something very many people get to experience."
Tags: brewers, all-star game, obama, braun, hoffman fielder

Politics - Oct. 15, 2009
Strands of Frogs' Eggs: Nobel Voices from GA, MS, NC, DC, Iran and Kenya
Playing among the arrowroot leaves I tried in vain to pick up the strands of frogs' eggs, believing they were beads. --Wagari Muta Maathi, 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Winner  The Nobel Prizes have a long history, having been awarded for more than a century, starting in 1901. The Nobel Foundation ...
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Politics - Oct. 11, 2009
The Nobel Politics Prize
This morning I was listening to the radio and heard that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize.  At first I must say I was surprised, but as I thought about more about the history of this award I realized that this is par for the course.   I don't hav...
Tags: obama, nobel, world peace, fraud, socalism

Living - Oct. 9, 2009
40 of 40: Day 39
"All we are saying is give peace a chance."I woke this morning to the news that a sitting US President, Barack Obama, has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize - a surprise to everyone, including the President.As to not seem overly biased, I posted the story from FOX News on my Facebook pa...
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Living - Sept. 24, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Day 24
So, when I was writing yesterday's blog, I was in the middle of a panic attack.  Actually, I took a valium (prescribed by my doc) and then began writing.  The subject was so "positive" that I didn't feel I could bring it up and not bring the whole piece down. But, it do...
Tags: obama, zoloft, depression, anxiety, change, valium, stress

Living - Sept. 10, 2009
The 40 Days and 40 Nights of 40: Days 9 & 10
I knew this would happen.  One day would just bum-rush me and then I'd missing writing.  So, I'll just get into it... Wednesday morning I got up at 6am to go to work to prepare for a cooking segment on FOX 6 WakeUp News.  I had to be there by 8a only to find out the segment ...
Tags: obama, ellen, wrinkles, working, fox 6, wakeup