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Bullet hole. wisconsin is owning up to this thing. they've got the vest on display and they threw out the guy who did the shooting. bad behavior in legislatures, of course, did not stop back in 1842. even really seriously bad behavior in legislatures. and the challenge that remains for our politicians today is that they really do need to throw people out of politics. they need to throw people out of the legislature if and when those people do really terrible things. some have a harder time with this than others. but tonight we have some long awaited and unexpectedly good news about an unexpect...

Country in the ways we conducted ourselves even when slaves weren't directly involved. for example, charles dickens included in his book, in "american notes" an account he read in a newspaper while he was here. it was an account about wisconsin politicians shooting each other. february 11, 1842, and wisconsin legislators were debating the appointment of a new sheriff in grant county, wisconsin. according to dickens, quote, in the course of the debate, mr. charles c.p. arnt made some statements that mr. r. vineyard pronounced false. he made use of violent and insulting language. to which plrks ...

Mr. arnt struck a blow. mr. vineyard took a pistol and shot mr. arnt dead. on february 11, 1842, one wisconsin legislator shot dead another legislator who had offended him in a debate. he did it in front of everyone. and that is how james r. vineyard earned the distinction of becoming the first lawmaker in the territorial of wisconsin to become expelled from office. it turns out it's also a way to offend visiting famous authors who write a publication to show what savages these americans are. but back in 1842, at least wisconsin did have the good taste to throw the guy out of office after he d...

Cases about the u.s. supreme court. she was endorsed by both political parties when they were asked whether or not she could be bipartisan, nonpartisan, add to that a professor from georgetown university law school and then robert wilkins, he, too, nominated. all stopped by a filibuster. not a single person on the republican side stood up to criticizes their qualifications for the job. it had nothing to do with their qualifications, it was to deny president obama an opportunity to fill these slots on the court. that's what it came down to. then to add absolute political insult to injury, what ...

He found it. i guess. >> what year did he sail here? >> 1842. >> 1842, i believe? >> do you know what columbus' last name is? >> no. >> nope. >> you guys don't know columbus' last name? >> no. >> no. >> was something italian because he was an italian fella. >> i think it was something spanish like juan. >> that's always sad. next up, first lady michelle obama set to make a cameo on "the biggest loser" next month. last year she led a workout from the east room of the white house. it's all part of the first lady's let's move campaign which she hopes will reserve the growing obesity epidemic in t...