Hearing for State Snack Bill
In case you want to attend and advocate for the pretzel or the summer sausage.
Cheese would become Wisconsin’s official state snack under a bill up for public hearing on Thursday.
The proposal by Democratic state Sen. Jim Sullivan of Wauwatosa doesn’t differentiate between cheddar, blue or Swiss. And it also doesn’t say anything about curds.
What it would do is make plain old cheese the official snack, joining corn as the official state grain, cranberry as the official state fruit and milk as the official beverage.
Sullivan continues to show why he should be replaced.
If Sullivan watched over his committies as well as he does the cheese, the department of veterans affairs would be in better shape right now.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 06, 2010 at 2347 hrs
Yeah Owen, because this is so much better…
2009 AJR 74, relating to: designating each October as hydrocephalus awareness month.
2007 AJR 15, relating to: recognizing July 31, the birthday of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, as Milton Friedman Day in the state of Wisconsin.
Author? Leah Vukmir.
Who knew you were one of the lead parties in Pot v. Kettle? Guess this means neither one of them is well-suited for public office, a statement I would certainly agree with 100%.
Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 06, 2010 at 2350 hrs
I think we can see that there’s a difference in the quality of the legislation offered. Sullivan’s clearly demonstrates the inability to understand the difference between a “snack” and a “staple.”
Posted by James Wigderson on January 07, 2010 at 0031 hrs
To that end, James raises a good point. When cheese is so often consumed with other grocery items, like crackers or sausage, is it really worthy of standing alone as the state snack? Unless it’s string cheese, I am rarely foraging for cheese in the refrigerator without grabbing some other starchy or meaty accompaniment on the way back to the living room. Nominating cheese on its own seems somewhat unnatural.
Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 07, 2010 at 0116 hrs
Yeah Owen, because this is so much better…
2009 AJR 74, relating to: designating each October as hydrocephalus awareness month.
2007 AJR 15, relating to: recognizing July 31, the birthday of Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, as Milton Friedman Day in the state of Wisconsin.
Author? Leah Vukmir.
Who knew you were one of the lead parties in Pot v. Kettle? Guess this means neither one of them is well-suited for public office, a statement I would certainly agree with 100%.
I guess that makes you the other party in question, Kettle or Pot? I’d have to say Pot since I doubt Owen would sue for such ridiculous reasons…
I know, rather than pointing fingers back and forth and bickering like 90 yr. old nursing home residents…. Lets do the right thing and make sure that our state legislature understands that the fact that we, one of the smallest states, are in one of the biggest budget crises of any in the nation.
I don’t care if its Sullivan, Vukmir, Tom, Dick or Harry. These morons need to wake up and pay attention to the fact that under their watch our state has gone to hell in a handbasket. Both parties have spent and spent like drunken sailors, all the while disregarding the people (in the state and nationally), and the way we deal with it is by pointing fingers back and forth?
RS, you can defend your guy by trying to say how much worse the other guy is, but it doesn’t change the fact that Sullivan is a moron. I highly doubt that Owen would defend Leah Vukmir for what she apparently did… but it is pretty clear that you are willing to go on the offensive for Sullivan. I don’t know whats worse… being ignorant of the bafoonery in one party while lambasting the other, or having distinct knowledge of said bafoonery and defending it anyway.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 0611 hrs
Perhaps an investigation into WHY the proposal was made would be in order. It cold be that as a ‘pay-back’ for campaign contributions Sullivan told those at “insert your choice of cheese producer” he would propose this. Sure seems better than pork that actually causes money. Or perhaps Sullivan got a letter from a student who, as part of a civics class project, had to interact with a legislator on getting a bill proposed. These things do happen, and IMO they are worthwhile uses of a legislators time, especially in the second instance where young people learn they actually CAN have an impact…
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 0822 hrs
There is one difference, RS, and that is Resolutions such as Milt Friedman et al, don’t go to a committee for public hearings and executive sessions. They go right to the floor and can be acted on in a matter of minutes. It’s a waste of time, but only a minimal waste of time. This cheesy bill will waste both committee time and floor time.
Personally, I think we need to stop with all the “official state” (fill in the blank). We don’t need a state motorcycle, or microbe, or snack. Besides, the Blue Book is already jam-packed with dances, soil, and tartans…I don’t think there’s anymore room.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 0837 hrs
I forget. Was the state legislature able to make Fred Risser the state fossil?
Posted by james wigderson on January 07, 2010 at 0906 hrs
And you wonder why taxes are so high? Spending is out of control, jobs are leaving in droves, and this is what they consider to be important? Good to know we have the best of the best running the state. We would be just as well off with Moe, Larry, and Curly.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 0915 hrs
I think Swiss cheese would be the best official cheese. It’s full of holes, like Jim Doyle’s budget’s.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 0918 hrs
RS: “Neither X and Y are well-suited for public office.”
Doug: “You can defend X by trying to say how much worse Y is, but it doesn’t change the fact that X is a moron. I doubt that Owen would defend Y for what she did, but it’s pretty clear you are willing to go on the offensive for X.”
Can you read, Doug? I said that I thought Vukmir and Sullivan were both unfit for public office. Please tell me how any rational person could possibly construe what I wrote as being pro-Sullivan. I was noting that Vukmir just does the same idiot things that Sullivan does. Is that pro-Sullivan to you?
Then again, it’s pretty clear that trying to have a rational discussion with you is not worth the effort. How’d your argument go on an earlier thread? “I’m only 26, so I don’t need to have facts/be rational/make sound arguments?”
@Mr PP: True, this bill will waste five additional minutes in committee and probably another five additional minutes on the floor. The real time wasted on both accounts is that of the poor drafters, who have to entertain and format and edit these asinine requests and do so while pretending that it’s a legitimate and dignified use of their time.
Posted by Recess Supervisor on January 07, 2010 at 1126 hrs
Look on he bright side: at leas they’re not working on something really stupid.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 1143 hrs
I feel bad now. I shouldn’t be so hard on the good Senator. This is probably the first time he has been comfortable and really understood the bill he’s working on. Please give him a break guy’s.on54ce
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 1459 hrs
Can you read, Doug? I said that I thought Vukmir and Sullivan were both unfit for public office. Please tell me how any rational person could possibly construe what I wrote as being pro-Sullivan. I was noting that Vukmir just does the same idiot things that Sullivan does. Is that pro-Sullivan to you?
I must’ve started typing before I saw the last sentence. I apologize for taking your point out of context. Without that last sentence it looks like you are playing gotcha.
I can read quite well thank you….
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 1649 hrs
After what your legislators did to you Wisconsin folks over the past year or so, I’d think all you want them to do would be pick out a state snack. If they did nothing but decide that summer sausage deserves that high honor, you guys would be a lot better off financially.
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 1815 hrs
I have some other bills that the Honorable Jim Sullivan might want to consider
The official state fiscal policy: Taxation
The official state jobs policy: Unemployment
The official state budget policy : Debt
The official state political motto : When the going gets tough, the Governor gets going
Perhaps Jim might want to push away from the cheese and sausage platter and head back to Madison to work on some of that stuff. Maybe he can help to fight against Gov Doyles new environmental energy plan…the one that will create 43,000 more unemployed people in the state. http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/80932587.html That might be a better use of Jim’s time.
Oh, let me add
The official state religion: Enviro-theism
Now go have a nice bit of string cheese, a cheddar curd, and get the hell back to work, Jim!
Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on January 07, 2010 at 1840 hrs
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