Daily Archives: January 15, 2009

Jan 15 2009

Wisconsin Independent Representative Jeffrey Wood Charged With Third DUI

Rep. Jeffrey Wood's booking photo

Rep. Jeffrey Wood's booking photo

A Wisconsin lawmaker assigned this year to chair a powerful state committee has been charged with his third drunken driving offense as well drug possession.
busted by a state trooper who caught the intoxicated legislator urinating next to his crashed car on the side of a busy interstate. Wood had smashed into a post and snow bank before getting back on the road. Marijuana was also found in his vehicle. Read More

Not a day goes by without another scandal.  What do you think of your goverment lawmakers today?  What will you think of them two years from now? 

LINKS:

(1) Racine Wisconsin mayor arrested in sex sting

Jan 15 2009

UPDATE: 16 Jan – So You’re Going To Your First Gay/lesbian Party?

Gays To Party at Obama Inauguration
The Rev. Gene Robinson, a gay Episcopal bishop, will say a prayer at an inaugural event at the Lincoln Monument on Sunday; a gay and lesbian marching band will take its place in the official presidential parade; and a slew of gay parties and inaugural balls will be held in the nation’s capital before and after Obama takes the oath of office. Read More

Pepsi supports Gay Party?

Pepsi Ad Campaign: Obama Will ‘Refresh Our Nation’
Pepsi is running a new advertising campaign that keys into the upcoming inauguration – one that features a re-designed corporate logo that mimics the distinctive Obama “O” campaign logo, and refers to the president-elect as “the man who is about to refresh our nation.”
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Family Group Blasts Pepsi Campaign Exalting Obama

Acknowledging the AFA boycott, Knight said Pepsi might be thumbing its nose at those who didn’t vote for Obama.

“If Pepsi is willing to buck a consumer boycott with a known base of millions of people, they’re probably willing to risk a backlash from Republicans who may decide to drink Coke instead,” Knight told CNSNews.com. “But that would show a corporate arrogance that may come back to haunt them.” Read More

So you’re really going to a Gay/lesbian Inauguration party in Washington D.C.?   Would you also go to a drug party?   This American will not lower himself down to their level!  Will this be a money loser for Pepsi?

LINKS:

(1) IFL: Inauguration Will Produce 575 MILLION Pounds of CO2!

Jan 15 2009

News Media Slammed Bush’s ‘Extravagant’ Inaugural in ’05, But Now It’s Spend, Baby, Spend

The press suggested it was in poor taste for Republicans to spend $40 million on President Bush’s inauguration, the impact that kind of money would have on armoring Humvees in Iraq, helping victims of the tsunami, or paying down the deficit.

Will Barack Obama’s inauguration estimated to cost $45 million impact the severe recession and federal budget deficits topping $1 trillion as far as the eye can see?
Double Standard? Read More

LINKS:

(1) $150,000,000: “[Y]ou don’t want it to look like a schlock affair”
(2) Where are all the Anti-Inauguration activists now?