Harris: Domestic Violence Isn't As Bad As Spending Money

James T. Harris make sure to point out this video of a Faux News* clip in which he shows the nation his lack of class (the key point is about halfway):



What Harris is saying is that domestic violence isn't as serious as people having to spend more money.

By the way, James T., domestic violence is a problem, as we had to point out to your bud, PaddyMac.

At least he's consistent with his attitude towards women.

*Televised talk radio

Does James T. Have Some Unresolved Issues?

The Milwaukee Drum is reporting that on Charlie Sykes' Sunday Incite show this past weekend, James T. "Hit him where it hits" Harris went on to use Elton John's goofy and inappropriate comment about Jesus being gay to make his own goofy and inappropriate inference that President Barack Obama was gay.

Harris then was on Sykes show today, and again, per the Milwaukee Drum, tried to defend his obnoxiousness. Sykes apparently didn't offer much in the way of a defense for his buddy either.

All of that reminded me of something else I saw. A few days ago, Team Walker, while writing about a campaign event that Walker was at, had this to say about Harris:

The best line of the night was from James T. Harris, the MC for the evening. He said he had told Scott Walker that he would be his Oprah as he ran for Governor. :)

Hmmm. Multiple comments regarding homosexuality, a habit of saying how good looking he thinks he is, and an urge to portray a woman.

Perhaps Harris would greatly benefit from some intensive psychotherapy with a psychologist trained in sexual identity issues.

Attempting To Re-Frame The Debate

In which Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce decides they don't want to be known for only saying, "No!" they are running this Facebook ad.

I wonder who they think they're fooling.

Guns Protecting Us From Adultery

Is there anything guns can't do? Now they can help prevent adultery:

A former Appleton firefighter accused of shooting his estranged wife to death claims he was trying to stop her from committing the felony crime of adultery.

Scott Schmidt's attorney plans to argue that Schmidt thought force was necessary to prevent Kelly Wing Schmidt from meeting another man at a hotel and committing the felony because prosecutors don't take adultery seriously, according to a notice of intent filed in Outagamie County Court.Schmidt, 39, will go to trial in March on charges including first-degree intentional homicide and attempted homicide.

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Because adultery cases are rarely prosecuted, Schmidt had the unreasonable belief that he had no other viable options "except for suffering in silence as the victim of a felony as perpetrated against him in the form of adultery," according to the court documents, filed Feb. 12 by attorney Greg Petit.

I think we can expect that a certain couple of squawkers will be changing their stances regarding gun control laws pretty soon.

Someone Please Buy Sykes A Dictionary

From Illy-T:

Local medium-wave squawker Charlie Sykes proclaims Wisconsin Democrat David Obey's House of Representatives seat "endangered." In fact the Cook Political Report lists Obey's Seventh Congressional District in its "likely Democratic" column, which Cook's defines as "not considered competitive at this point but hav[ing] the potential to become engaged."

Not competitive = endangered, in the right-wing brain.

When Is A Terrorist Not A Terrorist?

According to PaddyMac, it apparently is when the terrorist is a white, anti-government nut who flies a plane into a building housing government workers.

In other words, in Paddy's world, terrorists come color-coded.

White guy flies plane into building = a disturbed individual.

Non-white guy does anything = terrorist.

Whatever Happened To Equal Air Time For Candidates?

The erudite James Rowen:

620 WTMJ AM talkers Sykes and Wagner jacked each other up at the programming noon hand-off over high-speed rail coming to Wisconsin.

To 'bolster' their case, Sykes read an email from Scott Walker, the GOP gubernatorial candidate who gets more free airtime in these parts than the Packers, that questioned who will pay for the train's operating costs.

Questions never asked when it comes to the operating costs of highways - -including repairs, patrolling, plowing - - and then the inevitable replacement or expansion.

I wonder if Walker ever claimed all of this free air time as an in-kind donation.

Emily Mills Vs. The Jive Turkey

A couple of days ago, I posted a video clip done by Rebecca "Jessica McBride v.2.0" Kleefisch, and wondered how in the world she thought this would help her run for Lt. Governor.

The ever-charming and amazing Emily Mills also noticed something wrong with the video. Ms. Mills then took it upon herself to correct the monologue:



Yup, that's better.

"You Probably Think This ORR Is About You"

For a man who has a lot to be humble about.

Finally, A Reason For Rush

Pest control:

The project, dubbed "Beetle Mania," concluded that acoustic stress may disrupt the tenacious insects' feeding and even cause the beetles to kill each other, according to a presentation recently at the National Meeting of the Entomological Society of America.

Richard Hofstetter, an entomology professor at Northern Arizona University who worked on the project, told Discovery News that "the most annoying sound" his colleague, Reagan McGuire, "could think of was Rush Limbaugh or rock music."

McGuire started to pump the sounds of Limbaugh into portions of infested tree trunks brought into their lab, but Hofstetter said McGuire "could not bear listening to Limbaugh, so he ended up playing Rush backwards, which still kept the voice and intonation the same, but the words were meaningless."

Now if we could only find a purpose in life for Sykes.

H/T Badger Blogger (Yes, that Badger Blogger)

Charlie Carp

While I was watching Charlie Sykes on his Sunday Incite program, when I wasn't being distracted by missing eyebrows, I did catch something that Sykes said that I remember his harping, or should I say carping, on.

Sykes has repeatedly been making the claim that Tom Barrett has not done anything regarding the pending invasion of the Asian Carp.

I don't know what planet Sykes has been living on, but Barrett's been calling for the locks to be shut down since the beginning of January.

The one that has been silent about the whole carp thing is Sykes' wunderkind, Scott Walker. Of course, that's probably because Team Walker is still trying to teach Scooter that when they are referring to the carp, they don't mean this one.

Did You Not See What I Didn't See?

I caught Charlie Sykes' Incite show this morning.

It was one of the few times I caught it in high def.

I don't know too much what was said though.

I was too distracted by something.

Did Sykes shave off his eyebrows? It looked rather creepy.

And She Wants To Be Lt. Governor?

Not exactly what I would call a high caliber candidate.

The Future Of Journalism Is Doomed!

The world has gone mad. Absolutely, stark raving, completely off its rocker, insane.

An alert reader sent this in:

from Jessica McBride's facebook page....

__________________

Jessica McBride is very happy today because the Chancellor officially approved her indefinite status! (the academic staff equivalent of tenure). This was the final step, and comes after a 7-0 positive vote from the review committee and a positive recommendation from the Dean. Thank you Chancellor Santiago and UWM!!!!! I am one of the ...fortunate people in that I love my job and love working with the students. Celebration time!!!!!

February 5 at 4:03pm

This was further confirmed in a tweet by James Wigderson.

I can't even imagine what would make the committee or Santiago think that this was a good idea.

Perhaps it was her catastrophically poor command of the English language.

Perhaps it was her not so high journalistic ethics standards.

But if I were a betting man, I would have to say that if you consider all the work she's been doing for WPRI lately, I would look for a very large monetary gift from the Bradley Foundation to UWM.

Woman's Last Stand

This morning, Charlie Sykes and his male listeners were trying to overcome their own insecurities by grunting and agreeing with the Dodge Charger commercial that aired during the Superbowl.

Interestingly, tonight, one of our favorite bloggers and entrepreneurs, Emily Mills, tweeted the counter response:




BTW, we already know that real men not only are willing to do the shopping, but are also secure enough in their masculinity to buy their wives feminine hygiene products.

I can't imagine Sykes or any of his listeners being able to do that without a lot of nervous giggles and deep discomfort.