On Favre says health not an issue in his upcoming decision

Posted on July 15 at 4:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

Of course he is going to play! He's just going to wait until after training camp is over before he "decides" to play another year.

On More quilts heading overseas to soldiers

Posted on April 29 at 12:06 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

You're an angel, Ms. Braden!

On Wisconsin Senate to take up payday lending bill

Posted on April 12 at 8:52 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

Limiting the location and the size of the loans, but not touching the interest rates or fees charged, will just make the industry more profitable (less competition + huge demand = higher charges).
The best way to fight payday loans is by getting mainstream financial providers (like banks) into the short-term loan market. Either of these bills seem more likely to make the problem of predatory payday lending bigger.

On Janesville area posts job gains

Posted on March 18 at 12:23 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

No, RetiredGM, when you fall off the books and stop looking for work, you fall into the category of "not in the labor force" that is not included in the employment rate or the unemployment rate.

On Retraining dollars running out

Posted on October 12 at 12:37 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I'm also confused. Lost as in the funding was cut at the national level? And how is it really "lost" if $10 mil was taken away, but $16 mil granted as the stimulus bill?

On Favre isn't fooling this Packer fan

Posted on October 5 at 2:04 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

I think they should put Donald Driver on defense tonight. Throwing to Driver is probably instinctual for Favre after so many years.

On Packers GM won't rule out interest in Vick

Posted on August 5 at 1:39 p.m. ( Suggest removal )

The story doesn't indicate that getting Vick is even a possibility. Mostly, it just says that Thompson isn't taking a stance on it either way.

That said, if Vick ever does wear Green and Gold, I'll be doing two things. 1) Rooting for the Lions (out of spite) and 2) donating $10 to the Humane Society for every time Vick gets sacked (so the pitbulls can celebrate).

On Pets with allergies nothing to sneeze at

Posted on July 21 at 10:37 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I'll second the need to treat pets with allergies. One of my cats has allergies and, if untreated, he sneezes giant globs of snot all over the walls. It's worth the vet bill to not have booger-walls!

On Gov. Doyle to make passenger rail announcement

Posted on July 17 at 11:56 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

I don't live in Chicago, either. That's the point. :) I can work there while living here.

On Gov. Doyle to make passenger rail announcement

Posted on July 17 at 11:43 a.m. ( Suggest removal )

booch, I'm not sure where you get the idea that no one would ride it (if actually designed with commuters and passengers in mind). The Chicago metra is so much in demand that there aren't enough places at night to store all of the train cars needed to transport the number of people who ride during the day. I ride at slightly off-peak times and the trains I ride are always packed to standing-room-only capacity. Add in the commuting traffic headed to Madison and Milwaukee (after all, Janesville is quickly becoming a "bedroom community" for these cities), and I'm betting the new passenger lines would be packed!

The Janesville line failed before because it took more than three hours each way, and there was only one train in the morning (left at 6 and got you down-town after 9) and one at night (left after 8 in Chicago, getting you back to Janesville after 11). No commuter could reasonably use that. Plus, it was $22 each way--substantially more than double the cost of the metra.