Well, I had the carnival written and ready to post and somehow lost most of it. I’m tired and going to bed, which means this week’s carnival will probably go the way of last week’s, because I’ve got a class to prepare for, Blog ‘n’ Grog and choir practice, this week.
February 8, 2009
Waukesha Carnival 02/08/2009
Welcome to this week’s edition. It’s gettin’ late and I have to work tomorrow, so let’s get to it.
First sad news, Darryl Enriquez at Waukesha FYI tells us about the Waukesha Freeman layoffs. One of those laid off was photographer and Waukesha blogger Byron Houlgrave, who shared the last picture he clicked for the Freeman.
Continuing in Waukesha city, Jeff reviews the fish fry at Michael’s Italian America Restaurant at Five Points Blog.
James Wigderson went to the Waukesha Common Council meeting and shares his thoughts with us at Wigderson Library & Pub.
Spiralling out a little, Linda Richter at Inside New Berlin finds the security cameras in schools unsettling and it’s not just the price tag.
At peterepublic, Pete Fanning drops by to remind us he’s still alive, just very, very very busy.
Kyle Prast at Practically Speaking reminds us that US Rep. Sensenbrenner and state Rep. Leah Vukmir will have several town halls. One is past, two are upcoming.
In posts about state news, Wisconsin Sen. Mary Lazich (chief aide Kevin Fischer?) points out at Conservatively Speaking that the Wisconsin Covenant program could be costly.
In a couple of miscellaneous posts, Curt Otto gives us the question to last week’s answer, or something like that. Any way it’s all over at Maple & Main.
Meanwhile, over at the Spring City Chronicle, Michael Phelps gets the Bonehead of the Week award. Pretty much a unanimous vote, I would say.
Then in posts on national issues, MommaBlogger takes time out to rant over that Florida case of the botched abortion at Homemakers Guide to the Galaxy.
Dan Deibert shows us how fast government can move when they want to, with pictures at The D Spot.
Alex has some thoughts about Republican votes and raises at A Little off Main.
At The Other Side of My Mouth, Tim Rock has some thoughts on the Republican vote on the stimulus package.
Silent e tells us why Democrats are unpatriotic at silent e speaks.
Cindy Kilkenny has a two-parter over at Fairly Conservative on building our own stimulus package.
Dad29 points out that the American people seem to be understanding the ramifications of the stimulus package.
Whew, that’s it for another long one. As usual, if you have one you liked add the link in the comments below or e-mail me at thoughtfulconservative [at] yahoo [dot] com. Same for posts you’d like to nominate for next week’s carnival. It doesn’t have to be one of your own. Links to our archives and future editions can be found here.
January 26, 2009
Waukesha Carnival – No football Sunday edition
OK, this is late. Google Reader decided to quit working last night. But this is edition 50, IIRC. But let’s not rest on our laurels.
Beginning with posts on national topics. silent e has a question at silent e speaks now that administrations have changed. I can answer it. No. We’ve got at least one more year.
Dad29 opines that Obama calling out Rush Limbaugh a rookie mistake. He’s right. He only increased Rush’s audience. James Rowen has the tack Obama should take.
At Wigderson Library & Pub, James Wigderson has some points to make about living and blogging in the Obama era. That’s what I’ll try to follow. Will I criticize? Yes. But I’ll try not to nit pick. I hope my readers will never find Obama Derangement Syndrome here.
MommaBlogger at Homemaker’s Guide to the Galaxy has some info on CPSIA. I hear libraries will feel the effects also.
Dan Diebert shares at The D Spot a picture that belies the enviro-consciousness of the president’s followers.
Kyle Prast links to a thought-provoking pro-life ad at Practically Speaking.
A little bit closer to home Concernedcitizen lets us know he’s still at Skeptics Anonymous. The usual suspects are at fault for his lack of posting. It happens.
Huckleberry Dumbell crowns his Bonehead of the Day, the Oconomowoc Common Council. You can read why at The Spring City Chronicle.
Dave posts about a lunch at Sprizzo’s at Five Points Blog.
Alexander at A Little off Main has a name for Republicans who are fine with the stimulus increase government spending and want their share–RINO.
Linda Richter at Inside New Berlin notes the return of Jefferson Davis and Ted Wysocki.
The Asian Badger gives some perspective on Flight 1549 and links to FL390 where the Airbus 320 pilot who blogs there gives even more perspective.
Finally, a couple of miscellaneous posts. First, Byron Houlgrave has a nice sports shot.
At Fairly Conservative, Cindy Kilkenny links to a couple of piece’s that would be worth a read by all of us. Unfortunately, the title played havoc with my internet filter as did the title of one of the articles.
And Scott Feldstein brings us home with some nice thoughts on reading to kids.
That’s it for this edition. If you have posts from last week you think should be here, note the link in the comments. Also if you see something for next week’s carnival, place a link in the comments here.
January 21, 2009
Waukesha Carnival – Inauguration Edition
Welcome to this weeks edition of the carnival. Yes, I’m late. Apologies. It’s tax time and unlike Tim Geithner, I know what I need to do, so the process has started. Oh, and I think there was an inauguration or something today.
Let’s start off with national politics. Huckleberry Dumbell at his post at the Spring City Chronicle shares his thoughts on Global Warming Climate Change.
Dad29 notes a Russ Feingold question of Hillary Clinton. What did that have to do with foreign affairs?
Tim at The Other Side of My Mouth notes some Bush bloopers. I love the dude but he could mess up the English language.
At Practically Speaking, Kyle Prast wondered how Dixon Elementary was saving so much on natural gas usage. Kyle blogs plenty about Elmbrook School District stuff, if you live in the area.
Cindy Kilkenny published Elmbrook Schools’ superindendent Matt Gibson’s email on school consolidation at Fairly Conservative.
A little further west, James Wigderson says its time to end the Pabst Farms fantasy in a post at Wigderson Library & Pub. If liberals and conservatives agree, can it last very long?
In general stuff, Tom Gehl at Brookfield Basics gives us a tribute to retired Indianapolis Colts coach, Tony Dungy. He is an example to us all.
Dan Diebert is a 24 junkie also. He discusses the season thus far (before last Monday’s episode) and Jack’s kill count thus far at The D Spot.
MommaBlogger at Homemaker’s Guide to the Galaxy shares her experience at Iron Cupcake Milwaukee. Oh, and a nice little recipe for Apple Pancake Cupcakes.
Scott Feldstein had a post on morality and how those who don’t believe in God look at it. Some great comments. I disagree with Scott, but not on the fact that morality is a common problem, even if we don’t come to the same conclusion.
Blogs on the move. Bryon Houlgrave has moved his blog to WordPress. He posts some fine pictures.
Brian Fraley announced at Daily Takes that he was going on hiatus. We found out why.
Finally, Curt Otto has a question for us at Maple & Main. Well, an answer first, Two Thousand Five Hundred Forty Six. Here’s the story:
But last week, a student came to me and shared the most remarkable fact ever. And what made it even more spectacular was that she figured it out on her own.
It was an answer to an age old question- a question that has been asked for as long as I have been alive.
That’s it for this edition. If you have a post you liked, put it in the comments. Do the same for a post you’d like to submit for next week’s carnival. Or use this handy form. Past posts are archived here.
January 11, 2009
Waukesha Carnival, the 24 season premier edition
Welcome to the January 11, 2009 edition, the forty-eighth. This is where I survey the Waukesha corner of the Cheddarsphere and bring what are, in my opinion, the best posts of the last week. Feel free to add yours in the comments.
Let’s get started.
Taking a look at some local items, over at Fairly Conservative, Cindy Kilkenny looks at the Elmbrook school slates. Be sure to check out the comments.
Alexander wonders at A little off Main if he’s in Madison and Vrakas is a RINO. I don’t go much for the RINO tag, but the post is worth a read.
Has Jeff made his last post at Five Points? If so, be sure to catch his update on downtown Waukesha.
Huckleberry Dumbell has some “lay observations” about the Waukesha housing market in this post at Spring City Chronicle.
You can read James Wigderson’s post about bias is all in the eye of Ricky on State at Wigderson Library & Pub.
Tom Gehl discusses The Denigration of Race in Milwaukee at Brookfield Basics.
In local sports, Tim Rock takes a look at the Trevor Hoffman deal with the Brewers at The Other Side of My Mouth.
Bryon Houlgrave is shooting Northstars. Wrestling pictures. You can find more of Bryon’s sports photos at SportsShooter.com.
Looking about posts dealing with more general issues, Kyle Prast has a post at Practically Speaking showing us that not only is the Homeschooling movement is growing, but so is “unschooling”.
Linda Richter has a post decrying guilt by association by both sides at Inside New Berlin.
Chris from Racine, blogging at silent E speaks has a couple of posts on a recent experience with customer service.
Then concerning taxes and spending, Sen. Mary Lazich (chief aide Kevin Fischer?) makes a correlation at Conservatively Speaking between the fastest-growing states and those with the lowest tax rates.
The Asian Badger thinks Obama may have a one good idea with nominating a “Chief Performance Officer” to monitor spending.
Dad29 has a couple of charts illustrating that our infrastructure spending is already huge.
That concludes this edition. You can submit posts you liked in the comments. If you read something in the coming week, you can either put them in the comments, e-mail them to me or use this handy form. Archives can be found here.
See you next week.
January 4, 2009
Waukesha Carnival – Happy New Year
Welcome to the first edition of 2009.
Let’s see which posts made the cut for me.
New Year’s is the time of year when we review stories, check on last year’s predictions and predict for the coming year. James Wigderson does all three in three posts. You can find his prediction results, his look back, and his predictions for the coming year all at Wigderson Library & Pub.
On that theme, at Practically Speaking, Kyle Prast shares what she feels were her best posts of the past year.
Cindy Kilkenny is also reflective of the past accomplishments and future directions over at Fairly Conservative.
Huckleberry Dumbell, publisher, editor and writer at Spring City Chronicle, gives his opinion of what the Packers need.
Food is always popular this time of year and we have Scott Feldstein giving a thumbs-up to downtown Waukesha eating places.
We also have MommaBlogger over at Homemaker’s Guide to the Galaxy, talking about something called Iron Cupcake. No, you’ll have to click the link to find out.
As to that web site for the Wisconsin GAB that has the Minneapolis skyline on it, The Asian Badger says that’s not the real problem.
Tom Gehl at Brookfield Basics reviews the book Flowing Streams by Stuart Briscoe, minister at large, at Elmbrook Church.
Alexander at A little off Main gives us Reason # 247 to love mass transit…
Bryon Houlgrave got up early New Years morning (stayed up late?) to give us Good Morning, 2009.
Trisha (Mrs. silent E) over at DaBubbler reposts an old article entitled The Green Conservative which is still well worth reading. Her blog was formerly named “life artist,” so take note.
Speaking of silent E, he gave a report of the Bloggers Christmas Party at silent E speaks. You can see the predictions they made for the coming year and some pictures at Fred’s place.
Finally, Dad29 comments on one of those little-heard economics items, M1 the multiplier. He’s got a chart, too, and says,
The period from ‘the end of 3.2’ to 2008 was kinda ‘sticky-gooey’ economically, come to think of it…
In fact, it looks to me that “the end of 3.2” corresponds to Alan Greenspan becoming head of the Fed. Coincidence?
That’s it for this week. You can always add your choices in the comments. You can also submit a post for next week’s carnival in the comments also, or you can e-mail them to me at thoughtfulconservative [at] yahoo [dot] com. Past editions can be found on our here.
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