Follow this logic:

Presidential hopeful Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, opposed an equal pay bill in the Senate last week because it will lead to more lawsuits.

So ... the problem is so rampant and widespread, that if passed, tens of thousands of women (your wives, mothers, sisters, females of all related sorts ... remember that John Mayer song?) would have a legal way to be justly compensated for their work ... and we just can't let that happen. That problem cannot be solved through the courts.

One might wonder how else you would solve it in a civilized society.

The Center on Wisconsin Strategy gives a breakdown about what's going on closer to home. "Wisconsin women make 78 cents to the dollar compared with men."

Sweet!

From the Chicago Tribune:

Trying to separate his 5,600 square-foot western Wisconsin home from others in the real estate glut, Fanning, 69, has come up with an odd incentive: The buyer will be named beneficiary to a 10-year, $500,000 term life insurance policy. If Fanning dies in that time, the purchase price of the Whitehall, Wis., home — listed at $498,900 — is covered.

Most younger sellers couldn't plausibly use such a sales tactic, Peters said, but when someone is 69 "the odds are getting to the point where people realize that there's a significant chance that they could collect."

Presidential hopefuls John McBush and Hillary Clinton's support of a gas tax holiday for consumers will benefit oil company profits. Surprised?

Gas stations will continue to charge the same amount, roughly $3.60 per gallon nationally, but instead of paying federal taxes, they get to pocket the difference at the expense of U.S. infrastructure and safety.

How can these bozos claim there will be ANY savings to consumers?

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Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, will address Assembly Democrats next Tues., May 6, signaling a compromise may be close.

The options for closing the $525 million deficit are mostly cobbled-together short-term fixes, and if nothing is decided, Governor Doyle said yesterday we can all expect roadwork delays. If you've driven the I-94 corridor between Madison and Milwaukee recently, you're familiar with the black holes that lead to alternate universes of expensive car repair. Be scared commuters.

Thing is, the republicans need democrats on their side to wrap this up. Who's going to bend and on what?

The Badger State Games pump an estimated $900,000 - $2 million into the local economy each year. 

Greater Madison Convention and Visitor's Bureau President Deb Archer asked (who?) for $150,000 over the three years it would take to keep the games, but was denied.

Madison didn't want to spend $50k a year to generate upwards of $2 million each year for local businesses and increased tax revenues. Head ... hurts ...

But don't worry GMCVB has a plan! They "hope" to set up a sports authority within the next 18 months that will be funded by strong-arming a percentage increase from local hotel room taxes.

Or maybe the GMCVB will just go back to taking a nap.

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Feel the food line love from our neighboring state!

And these folks don't even look like illegal immigrants, they look like working-class white folks. Go figure. <snark>

Read more at twincities.com