Resolved: Should Milwaukee have a (privately funded) bronze statue of Fonzie downtown?

The discussion is getting heated and people are weighing in on this serious question in earnest. The detractors seem to slightly outnumber the proponents right now.

The bulk of the detractors seem to think a Fonzie statue is somehow beneath the image of Milwaukee they have in their minds, or just consider it a waste of money.

Cities have wasted money on far sillier things than statues of Fonzie though, at least the statue would retain some intrinsic scrap value should future generations decide its presence is simply too painful to endure. Palm Beach has a large ceramic fish statue along one of the streets. Last time I checked, the scrap value of a large ceramic fish was $0.00/lb. You have to pay to have'em carted away.

As for those who think it besmirches the (false) image they have in their minds of Milwaukee - get over it fools. Milwaukee is not Chicago or NYC and will never be Chicago or NYC in my lifetime. The Cheesehead snobbery thing doesn't work. Trust me on that.

Immortalize the Fonze in bronze? - I'm down with it.

Posted by: Purple Avenger at 08:48 PM | Comments (42)
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Jiggity said it was this bit, and not the song, that had him laughing.

Over at Hot Air, Allah's calling this and Samberg's similar gay-bating song "clapper" humor. Maybe, I dunno. I didn't really watch. I assume that SNL isn't very funny.

Still, I like any opportunity taken to call these guys homos. 1) Because it bothers them so much 2) because it's true.

Posted by: Ace at 05:46 PM | Comments (13)
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I know, it's more NFL junk. But a bit of a noteworthy accomplishment for the Detriot Lions, who scored 34 points in the 4th quarter to beat the Bears.

Quite a comeback. Even the Bills coming back against the Oilers in '93 did more of their scoring in the 3rd quarter, not the 4th.

I don't know what's worse. Losing to the Lions. Or losing like this to the Lions.

It's special, I'll give you that.

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 05:17 PM | Comments (22)
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More squirmy than funny, but worth a look.

I have to say I sort of think he's a dick. In his old days he took some shots at celebrities, but for more than 10 years he's been nothing but another ass-kissing starfucker. He goes after Hilton here not because he's a bad boy but because he's a pussy and he knows she's a safe target.

Not that I don't think she deserves some razzing. I'm just saying Letterman is trying to pretend he has balls by picking on a borderline retard.

Thanks to Dave in Garfield-Ridge.

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It was those crazy newspeoples, ginning up some crazy idea that I'd run, that's what it was.

Funny. You don't sound like Ross Perot.

I don't think you're really trying very hard.

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 01:08 PM | Comments (10)
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Why not? It's not my thing but obviously I'm in the minority. Well, actually the majority, but there's a large minority out there that's into this.

Phils ahead, Mets badly behind.

Posted by: Ace at 11:08 AM | Comments (58)
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I have a theory which might cause some controversy. The theory, still being tweaked and subject to revision, goes like this: A franchise largely lives and dies on the strength of its quarterback.

I really hate Dallas. It sucks that they won the latest QB lottery. There's a drawing every three or four seasons and only one team takes home the prize.

Posted by: Ace at 11:05 AM | Comments (49)
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Puns are supposed to be bad.

Former world chess champion Kasparov wins backing of opposition party The Other Russia, for president.

"The Other Russia" sounds like the name of a bar in Kiev, one I'd rather not visit.

Oh, and it's the 50th anniversary of the launching of Sputnik I.

I Was Just About To Post This [Ace]: Question Is Putin so confident of his tyrannical skills that he can kill, arrest, or cheat a national hero?

This is wonderful. Go, Gary, Go!

Hot Air's Bryan notes Putin has, of course, already subjected Kasparov to an investigation into his supposed "extremism" (a.k.a. dislike of Soviet KGB tyranny).

But as of yet he's been too afraid to put a bullet in his head as is his wont with journalists.

Perhaps a Litvinenko martini? [Dave in Texas]

Posted by: Dave In Texas at 10:51 AM | Comments (16)
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CJ tipped me to this last night. I didn't want to link it as it's mind-scorchingly stupid and a deliberate attempt to outrage to get attention for the now-available-NYT columnists (yawn).

But my embargo isn't going to do much to dent the NYT, so it's here. Here's a sample.

Like all good satire, the [Onion parody about how dumb we were after 9/11] made me both laugh and cry, because it reflected something so true — how much, since 9/11, we’ve become “The United States of Fighting Terrorism.” Times columnists are not allowed to endorse candidates, but there’s no rule against saying who will not get my vote: I will not vote for any candidate running on 9/11. We don’t need another president of 9/11. We need a president for 9/12. I will only vote for the 9/12 candidate.

What does that mean? This: 9/11 has made us stupid. I honor, and weep for, all those murdered on that day. But our reaction to 9/11 — mine included — has knocked America completely out of balance, and it is time to get things right again.

It is not that I thought we had new enemies that day and now I donÂ’t. Yes, in the wake of 9/11, we need new precautions, new barriers. But we also need our old habits and sense of openness. For me, the candidate of 9/12 is the one who will not only understand who our enemies are, but who we are.

Before 9/11, the world thought America’s slogan was: “Where anything is possible for anybody.” But that is not our global brand anymore. Our government has been exporting fear, not hope: “Give me your tired, your poor and your fingerprints.”

You may think Guantánamo Bay is a prison camp in Cuba for Al Qaeda terrorists. A lot of the world thinks it’s a place we send visitors who don’t give the right answers at immigration. I will not vote for any candidate who is not committed to dismantling Guantánamo Bay and replacing it with a free field hospital for poor Cubans. Guantánamo Bay is the anti-Statue of Liberty. [Emphasis added there by ace. ]

Roger Dow, president of the Travel Industry Association, told me that the United States has lost millions of overseas visitors since 9/11 — even though the dollar is weak and America is on sale. “Only the U.S. is losing traveler volume among major countries, which is unheard of in today’s world,” Mr. Dow said.

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I’d love to see us salvage something decent in Iraq that might help tilt the Middle East onto a more progressive pathway. That was and is necessary to improve our security. But sometimes the necessary is impossible — and we just can’t keep chasing that rainbow this way.

Look at our infrastructure. [Yawwwwn... ace.] It’s not just the bridge that fell in my hometown, Minneapolis. Fly from Zurich’s ultramodern airport to La Guardia’s dump. It is like flying from the Jetsons to the Flintstones. I still can’t get uninterrupted cellphone service between my home in Bethesda and my office in D.C. But I recently bought a pocket cellphone at the Beijing airport and immediately called my wife in Bethesda — crystal clear.

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We can’t afford to keep being this stupid! We have got to get our groove back. We need a president who will unite us around a common purpose, not a common enemy. Al Qaeda is about 9/11. We are about 9/12, we are about the Fourth of July — which is why I hope that anyone who runs on the 9/11 platform gets trounced.

Thomas Friedman. Brought to you by The Deciders who deem his every fart worthy of your sniffing.

Posted by: Ace at 08:52 AM | Comments (80)
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You've got fifteen or twenty minutes.

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