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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

Man Robbed at Gunpoint For Guns, Police Say

Two Milwaukee men are accused of breaking into a Greendale man's apartment so they can steal his guns, including one with a grenade launcher.

Two Milwaukee men are accused of breaking into a Greendale man’s apartment, then holding him at gunpoint to steal his various guns. Mario Emmanuel James, 24, and Lamont Donnell Sholar, 31, were charged in Milwaukee County Circuit Court Tuesday with one count of robbery with use of force and one count of burglary. If convicted, they each face up to 35 years in prison and $150,000 in fines. According to the criminal complaint: On Oct. 27, 2010, the victim was inside his apartment in the 5800 block of Tower Road, when he heard a knock at the door and saw a man standing outside who was asking for a man named Rodriguez. The victim said no such man lived there and the conversation ended. A little bit later the man knocked on the door again and …

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Fred Saunders

9:13 am on Saturday, January 12, 2013

Why would I be worried about a French invasion in 1791? They had just helped us win our independence 10 years earlier? Their navy pinned Cornwallis in at Yorktown and their ground troops assisted in the cattle drive from the north.   more ›

Friday, December 28, 2012

Silence Me... Please

The NRA would like to arm Greendale's - and the nation's - schools. Solution or escalation?

“And if we threw it all away Things can only get better” Howard Jones   I am a Noun.  Full disclosure: I am on the low end of the Noun ‘person, place, or thing’ trifecta.  I am a Thing.  And as long as we are being honest, like those who do not pay child support and eight track players, I am a Useless Thing. Incredibly useless, without question.  I will be the first to admit it.   However, I am one Thing that has been in the news a lot lately.  I need to make a statement. Keep your expectations low.  As you know, Things are not deep thinkers. (Look at the opening quote.  Howard Jones?  Only a Thing would quote Howard Jones.) As you read on, it will become abundantly clear that Things are not great communicators.  Things are simple.  We …

Dennis Towle, Jr.

11:16 am on Friday, December 28, 2012

It doesn't take 30 rounds to take down a whitetail, unless you like hamburger meat. It doesn't take 30 rounds to take out the guy breaking into your house either. One shot to the kneecap ought to do it... if it doesn't, one shot to the head will take care of the idiot. Ban assault-type weapons and ban those clips and magazines that make "normal" weaponry go beyond what it was originally purposed …   more ›

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