WI 3rd congressional district candidate: Paul Stark

Paul Stark is running for the 3rd congressional district in WI.

Inflation

This says it all:

Cool Cakes

My sister-in-law, Sarah Mannon makes really cool cakes. Take a look at Sarah's cake album.

Wisconsin Primary

If you live in Wisconsin, don't forget to vote today! I'm planning to vote for Ron Paul.

A real conservative is still on the ballot

This speech should get any conservative excited!

Morality: Government vs. Church

Government can and should "legislate morality" in certain cases. I think everyone agrees that murder should be illegal.
The church (or any non-governmental) group should handle other morality issues because the government can't reach the heart of people. i.e. "Love your neighbor".
Some issues should be handled by both (murder) but all issues should be handled by the church -- the church should handle all moral issues and the government should also handle some of them.

The questions is: How do we decide which issues should be handled by the government and which should be left to the church? (The answer may vary by level of government but for this post I will consider all levels as one).

Questions that might help us answer the question:

• Is the issue easy to define and judge? (murder vs. hate)
• Does the issue affect the rights of other people?

I don't know the exact answer to this and I would appreciate your comments.

A Presidential candidate in Minnesota on Monday

On Monday, February 4th, a presidential candidate will visit Minnesota.

Ron Paul is coming to Minnesota to participate in a rally at the University of Minnesota, Monday, Feb. 4 @ 7pm.

Lest you think he is just a bit player, more money was given to him than any other GOP candidate in the 4th quarter of 2007. Romney has a higher quarter total because he gave over $18,000,000 of his own money. He also has more cash on hand than any other GOP candidate. More details are at opensecrets.org.

Stimulating what economy?

"foreign creditors will lend us the money to send rebates to families, who'll go out and buy more foreign goods"

Stimulus Stupidity

Someone I know is running for Mayor of Hudson, WI: an Knudson

Someone I know is running for Mayor. I have met him a few times when he was chairman of the Republican party of St. Croix County. If you happen to live in Hudson, WI take a look -- He seems like a good guy for the job.
Dean Knudson for Mayor of Hudson, WI

A conversation with Joseph

This is an actual conversation between Joseph (Age 2) and Annette:

Joseph asked "Did Papa take our car today? Did Grandpa take him to work? Or did he take Auntie Sarah's car?"
Annette answered that he took Auntie Sarah's car.
He said, "oh good. Now we can go to Gymboree today."
She asked him why he wanted to go there.
He said "to watch the movies and stuff."

Annette had not mentioned Gymboree that day at all.