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Comment on On Wisconsin by Jason Smathers

Jason Smathers — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:49:37 +0000

Oh, but Wisconsin is still relatively docile for a full-time legislature.

Comment on On Wisconsin by Jason Smathers

Jason Smathers — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 03:49:08 +0000

Obviously not if Louisiana and Illinois aren’t included there.

Comment on Brunch Links by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 01:05:37 +0000

It’s shocking, truly shocking that a legal case involving whether a student government is subject to the open records law should involve the most corrupt and incompetent one in the state.

Comment on Actually, people with allergies can watch sports by Jack

Jack — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:54:09 +0000

Thanks for the clarification John. Hopefully this will be implemented at larger sporting events as well.

Comment on Actually, people with allergies can watch sports by UW-Madison

UW-Madison — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:27:39 +0000

Jack– Peanuts in the Kohl Center and Camp Randall (especially) make it harder for fans to actually attend games w/o increased risk of accidental exposure.

In particular, pieces of peanut shells in the air or ground can be a problem at games, even if you’re not the one eating them. My 5 year old deals with this, so I speak from experience.

In this case, Athletics is taking a number of steps like extra cleaning and limiting sale of nuts at concessions so this becomes less of an issue. This should have minimal impact on other fans.

Comment on Franken is a grade-A Sody by Steve Horn

Steve Horn — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:09:56 +0000

That’s true. I just thought it was worthwhile to look at the broader picture. By no means do I support Lieberman’s antics or behavior, either and he certainly deserves all the criticism he has faced, and then some. Lieberman is in bed with the Health Insurance Lobby, too. But because Obama and Baucus also are, they are in no position to lay the blame on Lieberman, while excluding themselves form it. This is the deal they actually negotiated with the health insurance lobby from the start, but it just makes Lieberman exclusively, rather than all three of them, look like the culprits.

Comment on Franken is a grade-A Sody by Jack

Jack — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:37:19 +0000

Steve, those articles may change the way liberals think about Obama, but they don’t change the way to think about Lieberman.

Comment on Franken is a grade-A Sody by Gerald Cox

Gerald Cox — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:20:18 +0000

Libearls are wimps. I want out.

Comment on Franken is a grade-A Sody by Steve Horn

Steve Horn — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 05:01:16 +0000

As a fair rebuttal to NonanJimwyoming, I think you should at least get your facts straight. You should be a lot more upset with President Obama and Max Baucus than you should be with Lieberman. Lieberman, as progressive blogger Jane Hamsher points out, is simply a scapegoat for both Obama and Baucus. The goal was never to provide single-payer health care, nor a public option. Read these three stories and you’ll think much differently of Lieberman:

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1209/30626_Page2.html

http://fdlaction.firedoglake.com/2009/12/16/white-house-irritated-with-howard-dean-not-joe-lieberman/

http://www.salon.com/news/opinion/glenn_greenwald/2009/12/16/white_house/index.html

Furthermore, even Sen. Feingold points out, this is the piece of health care legislation Obama wanted all along. So, don’t be so quick to point the finger at Lieberman. There’s much more to the story than this and this is just mainstream media sensationalism.

-Steve

Comment on Franken is a grade-A Sody by NonanJimwyoming

NonanJimwyoming — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:11:07 +0000

WAY TO GO FRANKEN! I would like to see Lieberman walk a mile in the shoes of the families he is fighting to destroy. The families he believes are expendible. Walk in those shoes Lieberman, you would probably melt. You are evil Lieberman