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Kevin Fischer is a veteran broadcaster, the recipient of over 150 major journalism awards from the Milwaukee Press Club, the Wisconsin Associated Press, the Northwest Broadcast News Association, the Wisconsin Bar Association, and others. He has been seen and heard on Milwaukee TV and radio stations for over three decades. A longtime aide to state Senate Republicans in the Wisconsin Legislature, Kevin can be seen offering his views on the news on the public affairs program, "InterCHANGE," on Milwaukee Public Television Channel 10, and heard filling in on Newstalk 1130 WISN. He lives with his wife, Jennifer, and their lovely baby daughter, Kyla Audrey, in Franklin.
Week-ends (08/21/10)
A look back at the people and events that made news the past week. Week-ends is a regular weekly feature of This Just In...
HEROES OF THE WEEK
Troy Yocum
Yoseph Robinson
Anonymous cabbie
Bruce Mitchell
Mark Neal and his helpers
Madeleine Barowsky
Maddie Matthews
The faithful in Memphis
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
Shaquan Duley
John McCluskey and Casslyn Welch
FDA advisory panel
Michigan high school
Chicago area teens
Guy in grocery store
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“Muslims have the right to practice their religion as everyone else in this country. And that includes the right to build a place of worship and a community center on private property in lower Manhattan”
Barack Obama
“I was not commenting and I will not comment on the wisdom of making the decision to put a mosque there. I was commenting very specifically on the right people have that dates back to our founding.”
Barack Obama
“(The Ground Zero Mosque is) a real affront to people who lost their lives. That site doesn't belong to any particular religion, it belongs to all Americans and all faiths.”
Howard Dean
“The 1st Amendment protects freedom of religion. Sen. (Harry) Reid respects that, but thinks that the mosque should be built someplace else”
Reid assistant Jim Manley explains Harry Reid's position on the Ground Zero Mosque.
“In a breathtakingly inappropriate setting, the president has chosen to declare our memories of 9/11 obsolete and the sanctity of Ground Zero finished. No one who has lived this history and felt the sting of our country’s loss that day can truly believe that putting our families through more wrenching heartache can be an act of peace.”
Debra Burlingame, the co-founder of 9/11 Families for a Safe & Strong America
"Now that construction unions in New York are refusing to build the 9-11 mosque, expect illegal aliens to do it. Illegals do the work Americans just won't do."
The blog Rantismo.
“I think fighting dishonesty with dishonesty is sometimes the right thing for advocates to do, yes. That's an honest view.”
Liberal blogger Matt Yglesias
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“It was something he certainly didn't have to do. But he did it anyway. President Obama stepped into the fray of the single most divisive issue pertaining to terrorism, healing of hurt, religious disagreement, civil liberties, political fracturing, racism, and national security all in one step.
How's that for bringing us all together?
Why a sitting President feels compelled to sit down to a formal Muslim dinner in the first place begs the issue of necessity. After all, why not send them a nice little video-taped greeting like you did the Boy Scouts of
Conservative blogger Kevin McCullough
"I'd love to order one roll of toilet paper and send it back to the federal government because I'm not going to do the paperwork for the $49.”
Mark Lichte, superintendent of the
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President Barack Obama, during a speech at Menomonee Falls-based energy storage firm ZBB Energy Corp.
“Perhaps ZBB Energy Corp. will eventually prove to be the Google of the battery business, but then again Google didn't need taxpayer help.”
The Wall Street Journal criticizing the Obama administration for pumping money into an business that is losing millions of dollars each year.
“I hope Barack Obama comes here 100 times. Barack Obama's coattails in
State GOP chairman Reince Priebus
“I have been a runner, basketball player and hunter all my life, but I have to say this is the most unique sporting contest I have ever participated in.”
GOP gubernatorial candidate Mark Neumann on winning a beer stein-holding contest in
OUTRAGE OF THE
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Brett Favre
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
The stimulus website.
And,
The story the local media missed and/or ignored.
STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
Sir Paul's signature.
The salon's power went out.
REMEMBER: Your suggestions/nominations for any of these categories every week are welcome, especially for HEROES OF THE WEEK. If you know of anyone in the community deserving of recognition, please e-mail me.
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