A look back at the people and events that made news the past week.
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HEROES OF THE WEEK
New Yorkers, and the woman they tried to save.
The amazing Michael Phelps.
Let's not forget Jason Lezak......and all our Olympic athletes.
Ted Nugent
VILLAINS OF THE WEEK
Jeff Pelo
Tom Anderson.......ABC Video interview.
Vandals in Sheboygan
Whoever was behind this.
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
"Dream as big as you can dream and anything is possible. I am sort of in a dream world. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure it is real."
U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps, after winning his 7th gold medal at the Olympics.
"It goes to show you that not only is this guy the greatest swimmer of all time and the greatest Olympian of all time, he's maybe the greatest athlete of all time. He's the greatest racer who ever walked the planet."
1972 U.S. Olympian Mark Spitz, on Phelps.
"At this time we would like to declare an emergency and also have CFR [crash equipment] standing by in St. Louis."
Just 41 seconds after discovering he no longer had full control of the plane's up and down movements, a pilot talking to an FAA air traffic controller. The campaign plane carrying Barack Obama last month was owned by Midwest Airlines. According to FAA tapes released this week, the incident was more serious than originally thought. At the time, an FAA spokesperson said the pilot did not declare an emergency and Midwest Airlines said safety "was never an issue."
"Russia rolls over Georgia, Hillary Clinton does the same to Barack Obama. Now we know who's boss. Obama blinked and stands guilty of appeasing Clinton by agreeing to a roll call vote for her nomination. . . . It was supposed to be his party. Now it's theirs. His and hers."
Michael Goodwin in his New York Daily News column
"What if you have an 18-year-old daughter who has a breakdown in one of these dark zones?"
Jay Sorensen, a Shorewood resident who noticed burned out lights one night in February as he drove home from the airport. The Journal sentinel reported, “Nearly four out of every 10 streetlights along I-794 and the Lake Parkway are burned out, leaving motorists to drive without the guidance of that familiar orange glow spilling down from above as they cruise the expressway late at night.”
"You tell your kids not to jump into a stranger's car alone and why that's dangerous; tell them why they shouldn't travel the Internet highway alone and why it is dangerous."
Wisconsin State Attorney General, J.B. Van Hollen said his office has identified approximately 15,000 computers in the state that are being used by sexual predators to exchange child porn and sexually explicit chat rooms.
“Of course, the Democratic Party is breathing a giant sigh of relief. What if Edwards had won the nomination? They’d be looking at the prospect of their nominee engulfed in a sexual scandal that makes Bill Clinton look like a prude. Since Edwards didn’t win, the only harm to the Democrats is that yet another one of their heroes has been exposed as a lying lout. He joins a large club.”
WISN talk show host Mark Belling in his weekly column.
“I am vetoing this proposal because it is unfair to raise the vehicle registration fee from $75 to $95 for only City of Milwaukee residents. At a time when residents are already grappling with increases in food and fuel prices, a 26% increase in the vehicle registration fee and a complete elimination of the responsibility of other property owners is not the road to go down.”
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett vetoing the proposed city of Milwaukee wheel tax.
"If Milwaukee dramatically increases the number of kids who take the ACT, we'll no longer be in the number one or two in the country. We're going to drop. If the state of Wisconsin wants to be one or two in the ACT, they're going to have to figure out ways to help Milwaukee kids do better."
MPS board member Terry Falk. Wait a minute. Terry, you’re on the school board. Figuring out ways to make Milwaukee kids do better…isn’t that your job?
"Here we are in 2008 and it's early August, and we're already seeing problems I'm very concerned that we're going to see more problems throughout 2008."
Mark Jefferson, executive director of the Republican Party of Wisconsin. The liberal group Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) fired about a dozen of its Milwaukee election registration canvassers for registering voters multiple times as a way to avoid having to actually register new voters to reach their performance goal of 20 voters a day.
"This is the very reason I have fought for photo ID in order to receive a ballot. We have added more names on the voter rolls, and we still have no idea if the person that is handed the ballot is truly that person.”
State Representative Jeff Stone (R-Greenfield)
“Unfortunately, the GOP will use any excuse to call for the use of voter ID. If it rains too hard, they'll say it's because people aren't required to show their driver's licenses when they vote."
State Representative Joe Parisi, a Democrat from Madison, throwing his hat into the ring for dumbest quotes of the year.
“We don’t make this deployment lightly. We know that our first obligation is to the citizens of the city of Milwaukee. I understand my responsibilities to my city, but . . . none of us can handle national security events alone.”
Milwaukee Police Chief Ed Flynn explaining why he wants to send 36 officers to St. Paul to assist with security at the Republican National Convention.
“I’m not sure we can afford, from a manpower standpoint, to send 36 officers to St. Paul.”
Milwaukee Alderman Bob Bauman
OUTRAGE OF THE WEEK
A police chief's #1 prirority is to serve and protect his community. Then why does Milwaukee Police Chief want to put the city in jeopardy while he sends 36 officers to essentially patrol streets and guard doors and keep an eye on dignitaries at the Republican National Convention?
MOST UNDER-REPORTED STORY OF THE WEEK
The mainstream media refuses to report how dangerous their anointed one, Barack Obama, really is.
MOST OVER-HYPED STORY OF THE WEEK
Michael Phelps.............deservedly so.
STRANGEST, MOST UNUSUAL STORY OF THE WEEK
Hold the pickles, hold the lettuce, special orders don't upset us. Just pass the soap.
Could you two keep it down, We're trying to get some sleep.
Special delivery.
The USC football team can beat a lot of opponents, but what about this?
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.
