Video of the Day: Spielberg's “Lincoln” leads Oscar race with 12 Nominations

Steven Spielberg's epic film about our 16th president and his battle to end slavery garnered plenty of votes for the 85th Academy Award and topped all other films with a total of 12 nominations, including best picture.

 

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The Founders' Key

Reviving America's Founding Principles

This is an outstanding, one-hour video lecture advocating limited representative government presented  by Hillsdale College president Dr. Larry P. Arnn and serves as a companion video to Arnn’s book “The Founders' Key” by Dr. Larry Arn, president, Hillsdale College.  W strongly recommend "The Founders' Key" to all our readers.

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Franklin’s Leaders, Cowering Behind and Under Their Desks Over New Sewer Tax?

The Daily Reporter notes “They  might be difficult to see, but those are Franklin’s leaders, behind their desks, cowering.”

Video of the Day: Top 10 Greatest Drivers in NASCAR History

NASCAR’s 2013 season kicks off February 21-24 with the Daytona 500 on February 24, 2013, 1:00 PM EST on Fox Sports.

Division Championship: Packers vs 49ers: Final Thoughts From Packers.com.

Packers.com's Vic Ketchman and Mike Spofford preview the Green Bay Packers' NFC Divisional playoff game against the San Francisco 49ers at Candlestick Park. Vic and Mike identify what to watch for in tonight’s  game.  Click here.

Video of the Day: A Look at the FX in HBO’s Mini Series “John Adams”

Video of the Day: A Look at the FX in HBO’s Mini Series “John Adams.”

Ceck out this FX feature from  HBO’s miniseries "John Adams.”

Pretty amazing stuff!

Will Packers Activate Quickie This Weekend?

Fan pressure mounting to activate Donald Driver for this weekend's game againt the 49ers.

Some Green Bay Packers fans have started a Facebook page called Activate Donald Driver, presumably aimed at getting the Packers to put Driver on their active roster this weekend.  Read more at JSOnline.

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City Adds Confusion To Sewer Tax Issue

The following article appeared in “The Daily Reporter” (subscription required), a sister publication of The Business Journal.

The story was emailed to us was sent to us by its reporter, Beth Kevit, who tells us she used a number of our stories on the Ryan Creek Interceptor for background.

Here is what is being handed-out at City Hall to property owner questioning the new sewer tax.

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Look to THE FRANKLIN INDEPENDENT JOURNAL for further developments on this story.

Another Missed Opportunity for Franklin?

We can’t say we were surprised to learn that Franklin’s Community Development Authority or whatever they they’re called today, missed this opportunity.

What is clear however is that Milwaukee County was not asleep at the wheel and was prepared to take advantage of this opportunity.  Thank goodness we beat the county to the punch when a fish farm needed a home; so we got that goin for us--which is nice.

Video of the Day: Capitalism Takes Avantage of Obamacare’s 13,000 Pages

Lucy and Norm: An Honor Flight Love Story

We met World War II veteran Lucy Cohn on an Honor Flight trip in May 2011. That experience had a profound experience on us and I think it will make an impression on you, too. Her story is here—Clay Broga –producer , “Honor Flight”

This is what Honor Flight is all about.  One more thing.

Honor Flight movie returns to Wisconsin!

Founder’s Quote Daily: Commerce

“I think all the world would gain by setting commerce at perfect liberty."

—Thomas Jefferson

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Meet the Left's "Biggest 'Bullies"

New book exposes culture of fear and intimidation.

Here is a review of Ben Shapiro's new book “Bullies: How The Left’s Culture of Fear and Intimidation" Silences America.”

What’s the playoff Story in the San Francisco Bay Area Newspapers?

Here is a small sampling of the sports headlines from the newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Areat the San Francisco Chronicle

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Founder’s Quote Daily: Individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms

"”When the resolution of enslaving America was formed in Great Britain, the British Parliament was advised by an artful man, - who was governor of Pennsylvania, to disarm the people; that it was the best and most effectual way to enslave them; but that they should not do it openly, but weaken them, and let them sink gradually, by totally disusing and neglecting the militia." --George Mason, speech in the Virginia Ratifying Convention, 1788.

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Georgetown Law Professor Elaborates on his ‘Downright Evil’ Constitution Claim

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The “Daily Caller” wrote on January 4, 2013 that  

Last week in a New York Times op-ed, Georgetown Law professor Louis Michael Seidman made the argument that the U.S. Constitution was the document that has made our nation broken with it’s “archaic, idiosyncratic and downright evil provisions.”  Read full story…

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/constitution

prof Seidman’s a real “ genius” and except for the “evil” part, he is correct.  This is the Merriam-Webster definition of “constitution:”

Video of the Day: Sen. Diane Feinstein in '95: “If I Could Ban Every Single Gun, I Would”

oh, my goodness, the good lady from California must have forgotten her oath of office:

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.

  The Second Amendment (Amendment II) to the United States Constitution is the part of the United States Bill of Rights that protects the right of the people to keep and bear arms and states:

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

 Seems pretty straightforward yo us.  Maybe the lady from California should bone-up on her understanding of the U.S. Constitution.  “… if I Could Ban Every Single Gun, I would...”

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This Day in History: First U.S. Presidential Election Held

On this day in 1789, America's first presidential election is held. Voters cast ballots to choose state electors.

 Only white men who owned property were allowed to vote. As expected, George Washington won the election—John Adams came in second and became the first vice president  and was sworn into office on April 30, 1789.  Here is how Washington’s swearing in in was depicted in the HBO mini-series “John Adams”

Video of the Day: Birth of a Team and a Legend

We hope you enjoy his short look back at one of, if not the greatest franchise in sports history.  In putting this together we learned a lot of things about the Packers we never knew.

On August 11, 1919, a score (20) or more husky young athletes, called together by Curly Lambeau and George Calhoun, gathered in the dingy editorial room of the old Green Bay Press-Gazette building on Cherry Street and organized a football team.  At the time, and obviously they did not know it, but that was the beginning of the incredible, gloried legend of the Green Bay Packers. 

Lambeau and Calhoun struck the initial spark a few weeks before, during a casual street-corner conversation. It was apparently a "Why not get up a football team?" remark, but once they were interested, they wasted no time.  Read more…

Here is a look at the humble origin of this sports legend.  Rather arcane by today’s standards.  Today's high school l teams are better equipped than these guys were.

Video of the Day: Hey St. Jude

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, is the 2012 recipient of the Meyenburg Cancer Research Award from The Meyenburg Foundation in Germany for achievements in the field of cancer research and medicine.  TISSUE WARNING.  As usual some of Country Music's best pitch-in to help make this public service announcement along with assorted athelites and entertainers.

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Learn more about St. Jude’s Research Hospital

Sorry, now you’ll be singing “Hey Jude” all day…