Badgers

With new milestones being reached in snowfall and deaths in Iraq, we should be thankful for the Badger men's basketball success! It certainly helps us keep a positive attitude, doesn't it?

Interest Rates Keep Falling

One has to ask if more interest rates are coming. Probably yes, but my guess is not many. With inflation running higher than the Fed wants it to be, two of the Board of Governors voted against the recent 75 basis point drop. I'm not sure lower rates is the answer. While we are not one, many banks are unwilling to take on credit risk due to a lack of confidence in the economy. No amount of rate cutting will change that.

My Take On Spitzer

All I can say about about the Spitzer ordeal is people who live in glass houses should not throw stones.

Bill Wineke's column in this morning's edition of "The Wisconsin State Journal" left me a little confused.

On another matter, I hear that another bank is considering entering the Madison area market. I fail to understand why outside banks want to enter a market where the margins are already so thin. Maybe it is because the new banks have done so well during the past decade.

A Beautiful State

With all the negative vibes we continually get through the media outlets, one tends to forget the beauty of the creation that surrounds us! As I drove to and from Eau Claire this past weekend I could not help but be taken in by the beauty of our state. One of the joys of road biking is watching the countryside change from winter to spring to summer to autumn.

A Tear Is Shed

Like many watching yesterday's Brett Favre press conference I shed a tear. He just gets it, doesn't he? Be it the game of football or the game of life, he gets it.

Another Farewell

The media is fixed on Brett's retirement. And why shouldn't they? I have witnessed the retirement of Al Kaline of the Tigers; Robin Yount of the Brewers; Ted Williams of the Red Sox; Mickey Mantle of the Yankees; Bart Starr of the Packers, among others. But none of these were felt with the emotion that I am experiencing now. Over the last 16 years there have been lots of ups and downs in Wisconsin and the U.S.A. But the one constant has been # 4. God bless him and his family.