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Wisconsin’s New Slogan Faces Some Pushback–AP headline, 3/17/2009

Friday, March 27th, 2009

LIVE LIKE YOU MEAN IT

is the new tourism and business slogan.
Sadly, it sounds somewhat stilted–despite the intended meaning.
One would have expected to have found the slogan in the last century.

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While there are complaints about its meaning,
there are other, more problematic slogans.

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Images:(Buster Brown) via memoriesandnostalgia.com; (explosion) rosscairn.gnn.tv via blog.wired.com; (Ragnar) fearthegooberzilla.com via gooberzilla.wordpress.com (Missouri) […]

This story will either appear on Animal Planet or as a headline in the Weekly World News with Bat Boy.

Saturday, August 25th, 2007

Wis. cat endures cross-county adventure
Fri Aug 24, 9:58 PM ET
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Annie the cat loves to roam, but she got a bit more traveling experience than she bargained for last month. She sneaked into the back of a truck — bound for Virginia.
After traveling 1,000 miles, the 10-year-old calico roamed in the woods […]

Haven’t we had our fill of boneheaded candidates?

Tuesday, April 17th, 2007

Thompson apologizes for comments
By FREDERIC J. FROMMER, Associated Press Writer Mon Apr 16, 8:20 PM ET
WASHINGTON - Republican presidential candidate Tommy Thompson told a Jewish group Monday that earning money is “part of the Jewish tradition,” a remark for which he later apologized.
“I’m in the private sector and for the first time in my life […]

Astronomers & Sportsmen are mystified…

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007

by their failure to have ever noticed this body of water.
Wednesday, 14 March 2007, 09:51 GMT
Probe reveals seas on Saturn moon
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Houston
Cassini radar image of the sea on Titan compared with image of Lake Superior
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Nasa’s Cassini probe has found evidence for seas, probably filled with liquid hydrocarbons, at […]