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Good, I expect this sort of thing is going on around the nation.

Gov. Jim Doyle tonight mobilized 500 Wisconsin National Guard troops to assist in the recovery efforts in hurricane-ravaged areas of Louisiana.

Among the Guard units mobilized, is the 832nd Medical Company in West Bend. Other guard units that were mobilized are from Madison, Oshkosh, Janesville, Waupaca and Eau Claire.

According to a statement from the governor’s office, two Blackhawk and three Huey helicopters with about 50 personnel will leave for Louisiana within the next 24 hours.

Ground troops with 5-ton cargo trucks – with enough ground clearance to make their way through flooded areas – will follow within 48 hours.

The private Wisconsin college, Carroll College, has voted to unionize. They will be no better than public colleges within a year or two, and that’s a real shame.

Carroll College faculty members have voted to form a union and seek collective bargaining.

Ballots boxes locked up since February were opened today and the votes were tabulated at the National Labor Relations Board offices in Milwaukee.

The results show that 57 faculty members voted to form a union, while 39 voted against the idea. Five votes cast by librarians opposed to a union were thrown out after the union challenged the librarians’ eligibility to vote.

The United Auto Workers is seeking to represent an estimated 100 faculty members at the private, four-year college in Waukesha.

The results of February’s election were put on hold after Carroll administrators sought to block the faculty union by arguing that federal labor laws would infringe on religious freedom at the Presbyterian-founded college.

The NLRB last week rejected the religious freedom argument.

The EPA Chairman eases reformulated gas requirements requirements until Sept. 15

As I said this morning, this is something that really needs to be done to boost supply.

Listen to Brett describe how his family is dealing with the hurricane. His wife is hosting some 50 family and friends and Brett’s mother and other family members faired much worse, but are still alive.

Most stations are still at $2.99, some are $3.25, but this one was by far the highest I’ve seen so far.

We have seen what one hurricane has done to our refining capability. Hurricane season isn’t over yet folks, what if another one rips through the gulf and takes out refineries in Texas? What if there is a fire? Terrorism? Just a routine breakdown that seems to happen every year?

We haven’t been allowed to build a new refinery in America since the mid 1970’s. We need to ignore the environmentalists and build more and scatter them around so they are not as vulnerable. This is crazy!

We also need to stop with this reformulated crap! There are parts of the country that get reformulated gas that has to be made special, this limits the amount and slows production of “straight” gas they can produce.

Gas in the Milwaukee area is at about $3.30 $3.39 a gallon. So much for talk of a Gas Tax Holiday, huh?

Reports are that 25,000 people will be bussed from New Orleans to the Houston Astrodome, this will serve as a sort of refugee camp as flood waters continue to devastate New Orleans.

Do we rebuild? How can we? Should we? If built on the same location, this could happen again next year.

The Navy is rushing ships to the area to supply drinking water and manpower. A byproduct of their nuclear reactors is fresh water.

Kill those rabid dogs of human society. Police are trying to save lives while human debris loot stores, one cop has been shot in the head by a looter.

Just make sure the cops and national guard have plenty of ammo!

This is a must read post from Redstate.org
Redstate.org has some information on what the “Evil Big Businesses” are doing to help. Millions and millions of dollars are flowing in to help.

Today is the deadline for Carnival of the Badger submissions.

If you don’t know what this is, it is open to any and all Bloggers from Wisconsin, just submit a link to your favorite post of the week, the host will collect and post all of the stories once a week. Each week the Carnival will be hosted by another Blog.

To submit an article, just send the link to [email protected] or use the Carnival Submission Form. (make sure you select the proper carnival to submit to)

The Carnival post this week will be made tomorrow by Lance Burri at The Badger Blog Alliance .

For this past weeks Carnival, check Wisconsin’s favorite Pub & Library.

Steal a car, lead police on a high speed chase, crash and kill a 13 year old boy and get sentenced to a whopping 4 months… That’ll teach him!

JS Online: Teen gets 4 months, victim’s father says
A 14-year-old Waukesha boy who was the driver in a high-speed chase with police that ended in the death of a 13-year-old passenger was sentenced to four months in a juvenile correctional facility, the father of the boy who was killed said Tuesday.

Terrence Holliman spoke one day after Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis barred the Journal Sentinel from covering the proceedings in Juvenile Court that resulted in the boy’s sentencing Monday in the June 23 death of Terrence Holliman Jr.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge J. Mac Davis also has a bug up his butt over someone identifying this punk kid, apparently stemming from an interview with the killers grandfather, but the boy himself was NEVER identified by name, but it was enough for Davis to bar any Journal Communications media outlet from covering the case.

I would think he would want to bar the media so they didn’t learn about the lame sentence Judge J. Mac Davis imposed… 4 months

This afternoon the Dems are going to propose a “Voter ID” plan…Notice there is no “Photo” in the name and don’t expect to see that word anywhere in the bill.

More comments tonight after the plan details are released.

UPDATE:Press Release
I just received the following press release from Scot Walker.
View .pdf document

At least everyone is safe, but Brett’s family home got hit really hard.

JS Online: Favre learns family home destroyed in Mississippi
Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre spent most of Monday and Tuesday nervously waiting to hear from family members in his hometown of Kiln, Miss., in the heart of the Gulf Coast area devastated by Hurricane Katrina.

The Packers said Favre finally spoke to his mother, Bonita Favre, late Tuesday afternoon when she was able to reach him with the help of a Houston television station, which was in the area covering hurricane damage.

According to the team, Favre said his mother reported spending Monday night in the family attic, along with his grandmother, after the entire house filled up with water within a matter of 5-10 minutes, much like a tsunami.

What a terrible waste. A young athlete with a pro career ahead of him, all shot to hell because of drugs. He still claims that he doesn’t have a drug problem…What a mess he has made of his promising young life.

Brent Moss, former UW star, sentenced in Racine

Racine - A former University of Wisconsin-Madison star football player whose professional career aspirations were dashed when he was convicted of cocaine possession was sentenced today in Racine County Circuit Court for again possessing the drug.

Brent Moss’ eyes filled with tears as Racine County Circuit Judge Gerald Ptacek Öordered him to face 30 months of probation, mandatory drug testing and counseling for depression stemming from an incident in 2004.

According to a criminal complaint, police found Moss and a female companion sitting in his Buick, and as an officer approached, Moss appeared to try to hide something under the seat.

Police ordered Moss to exit the car, but Moss appeared to go into an attack stand, according to the complaint. When officers grabbed his arms, he broke free. Officers had to use a stun gun and pepper spray before handcuffing him. The officers found cocaine inside the vehicle, the complaint said.

Moss had pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of possession of cocaine and obstructing an officer.

“You need to take responsibility here,” Ptacek said. “I can’t change the past for you - nobody can.”

Moss stated in court that he did not have a drug problem, but Ptacek disagreed and ordered that Moss seek professional drug and alcohol counseling. Moss has admitted to abusing marijuana and cocaine.

Moss currently lives in Racine and works in construction. He has two children and owes about $18,000 in alimony payments, court records show.

It’s refreshing to see a Wisconsin teacher not in lockstep with WEAC.

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Hat tip, Charlie Sykes