Milwaukee’s Common Council has decided that its 2008 crackdown on violent and illegal fireworks was so successful that next year they will vote on a gun ban on the holiday. Milwaukee police focused on threatening to issue hefty tickets of up to $1000 for the discharge of fireworks, as well as up to 40 days in jail for not paying the fines. Parents whose children lit one up could have faced fines up to $1000 as well.

City residents were forced to use other ways to have fun on the holiday, including drinking excessively and shooting handguns. James Grimes, a longtime North Side resident, said he let his kids play with his legally registered handguns instead of buying the children fireworks and risking a big fine. “Really, what’s the difference in noise between a gun, an M-80, and some dynamite?” he asked. “Well, the guns are legal, cheaper, can keep people from ganking my shit, and don’t blow up in the hand of the cat firing them. And they’s all loud, so the kids like the guns just the same.”

After a violent Fourth of July, Milwaukee may try to enact a firearms ban similar to the one shot down by the US Supreme Court in Washington DC. Many area residents, however, see the murders as a right and responsibility of being an American. “We have the right to bear arms,” said Colt Wessen of Hubertus. “A bunch of tree-huggin demon-crats won’t tell me to turn in my gun, and anyone stupid enough to live in Milwaukee should be heavily armed. It’s like the Old West, where a man could prove himself with a gun. I practice my draw a lot, just in case I ever end up on North Avenue having to gas up my Dodge Ram.”

Pete Emerson of Milwaukee’s West Side said, “People should know better than to be out partying in the ghetto, but I can understand why people were shooting guns instead of fireworks because I myself didn’t bother to light my traditional snakes, punks, and sparklers this year. What’ll we have left if they ban guns, too?”

Kathy Krzwenczka of Milwaukee’s South Side asked, “Can’t we all just get along? Especially on the Fourth of July, which is all about worldwide brotherhood and the spreading of democracy to poor people, like the people who live in the bad neighborhoods in Milwaukee. But if people want to get guns and shoot at each other, it’s pretty much part of one of their amended rights, except for we should have the death penalty.”

Mayor Barrett said he would veto any law that bans guns in Milwaukee. “Haven’t we done enough to ban fireworks?” he asked. “Really, will it be any safer if we confiscate guns? People will simply use knives or baseball bats or nooses to hurt each other if they really want to. Then we’d have to ban rope. The Milwaukee Police department will continue to make strides to clear the streets of dangerous fireworks , but we cannot and will not infringe on the rights of Americans to bear arms. Not on my watch, anyway; especially on the Fourth of July!”

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With the merger of two major health systems and the potential for efficient implementation of care, both Columbia St. Mary’s and Froedtert will have to exceed expected levels of inefficiencies in order to maintain their high prices for average care that people in Wisconsin have come to expect. Patients have begun asking some pertinent questions and voicing concerns:
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High schools in Wisconsin have been able to retain their Native American mascots under the rule of Scott Walker, but Menomonee Falls has decided to go ahead and change the high school mascot without any nudging from the state. While it might first appear that the school is keeping the same mascot, it is, in fact, changing from a Native American Indian to an Indian from India in order to honor an upsurge in students of Asian Indian descent. Principal Dr. Jim Coach said at a press conference, “We never had many actual American Indian students in Menomonee Falls for us to honor with the mascot name or to dress up as Chief Wampum. This move will give us more access to students to be honored by the mascot, since roughly 2% of our student body of 1500 are Indians from India, and that means at least ten kids. Maybe twenty.” Dr. Coach added, "It's pretty simple: we're going from American Indian to Indian American. Citizens of Menomonee Falls have been disappointed for years that their mascot was not able to marginalize a greater percentage of the local minority population. However, with an influx of families from India making their homes in Waukesha County, residents of the Falls have welcomed the opportunity to ridicule the group. Important citizen Janelle Whitefolk said, “It wasn’t fun when Native American Indians got upset, since we couldn’t tell them to go back to their own country if they didn’t like it. I did tell them to head back to the Rez, which was clever, but it will be so much better when we can tell people to head back to India with other illegals.” The school made the decision partially because so many uniforms already have the name “Indians” written on them, so nothing will have to change. The large F with a feather will be replaced with a jewel-encrusted Indian Elephant that will represent both the Indians and the strong Republican ideology in Menomonee Falls. The mascot at games will be a convenience store clerk named Ranbir (the brave warrior), hopefully played by an actual Indian (Asian or American). The school board also hopes to acquire a sacred cow from a local farm, and the school has decided to name the cow “Darshit,” which means “To pay respect.” “I can imagine,” said Coach, “when we’re on the football field, moving the ball against Marquette, and the crowd starts screaming, ‘Dar-shit, Dar-shit!’ And the Bollywood halftime shows!” When asked for comment, local American Indian elders crossed their arms and rolled their eyes, presumably in a cultural expression of approval.

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