The Preamble to the Constitution.

"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.”

How beautiful and elegant.

One thing overlooked lately seems to be "promote the general welfare"

Hopefuly we will remember this.

Look around to see that we are doing this for all of our neighbors.

http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html#Preamble

Spring/ super-moon/ sports

It is Spring! We've survived the Super - Moon.

Watching NCAA's. Great job by Badgers last night.

I can't help but pull for the Big Ten teams that I rooted against all year.

I wonder if after all the budget cuts school sports will be the same. Extra curricular activities are not considered the main purpose of public education but do add value.

Student athletes learn about following rules, taking direction, working together, balancing their sports time with their academic time.

Parents get to meet other parents and form a valuable community connection.

Teachers meet parents and see students in a different light.

All of this does require community commitment.

With the State of Wisconsin and the Federal Government returning less money to communities will we be able to continue to support these activities?

I love Wisconsin

It is so sad to see the continued assault on Wisconsin by the Libertarian/Republican axis of evil.

We did not realize the evil of the Teabags, we just thought they where nuts that didn't like to pay their taxes.

We didn't realize the Americans for Prosperity actually are a front for Fascists.

We didn't think the religious right was a front for wrong.

We now know the Republicans will do anything for anyone that will get them elected.

Our mistake.