{bader's bauhaus}

grandmas marathon

2006-06-29T19:29:00.000-05:00

A Special Letter to Dick Cheney

2006-06-26T16:49:00.000-05:00

Dear Cock, (dick)

I work in a building that overlooks the airport and 494. Having watched Air Force One land many times, I have observed a couple things that really piss me off. Watching the landing process I watched how the state, county, and city cops close all local roads for the motorcade. Now I understand you are trying to swing this state of minnesota with all its liberals that all hate america, but do you really think you and fuckin "w" can come here all the time (5 times this year) and not fly from the airport to your location in a helicopter? You do it all the time in the white house lawn. Its so dramatic. Oh wait so is closing down the twin cities main traffic veins during rush hour.

But no, you use up our state funding to spread your bullshit message across our state. We pay for you to close up every crossroad on 494 15 miles east and west. posting a cop at every intersection while you promote your agenda and while people wait to go pick up their childeren at daycare while the meter runs and perhaps their house is robbed because of the lack of police enforcement (they are making sure no on gets onto 494.) You wouldn't know about that, because that is middle class americans, people you have long forgotten asshole. Frankly it is getting old and I hope you are losing more votes than gaining in my state.

Most importantly, as if closing these roads is bad enough during the day, the fact that you chose to parade around during evening rush hour I am sure made a lot of people say "fuckin dick!" I throughly enjoyed my 45 minute drive (should take 15) home on a road that is not even close to 494 at fucking 4pm. Not all of us can shoot someone in the face with a shotgun when traffic gets slow. I can only imagine those people who rely on roads closer to 494.

So you can see why I get angry, paying for you to parade around in an unneccesary motorcade, during rush hour, in the twin cities, promoting a upper class agenda, while people like me drive home thinking please oh please is it 2008 yet?

THE BIGGEST FUCKING BIRTHDAY PARTY ICING ON THE CAKE, IS THE FACT THAT YOU DID ALL THIS TO ATTEND A PRIVATE FUNDRAISER AT A DISTRICT LEVEL. (the 6th district, you can't afford to lose it) I THOUGHT YOU WOULD BE PROMOTING EDUCATION REFORM IN MN, OR HELPING US HELP OUR POOR, OR FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO ABOUT THE NORTHERN MN ECONOMY, OR WHAT TO DO WITH THE PLETHORA OF OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES WE HAVE IN OUR STATE.

but no, just a private republican fundraiser. Nothing important in washington to do today, just spend mn's money to promote the right. Thats wrong.

Fuck You,

Scott Bader

WI Dells - oh shit

2006-06-12T18:23:00.000-05:00

http://www.badernation.com/widells/

2006-06-07T21:31:00.000-05:00

NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Bush this week urged Congress to pass a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, at a time when the United States faces some of the greatest challenges in our nation's history.

So, logically, what could possibly better ensure the prosperous and bright future of working men and women and their families than for the Senate to work on a constitutional amendment that is guaranteed to fail?

It's clear that cynical, patronizing White House political strategists are trying to rally a conservative base that they believe is more base than conservative. They're wrong on all counts.

We're fighting a war against radical Islamist terrorists with ongoing campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan, we're drowning in debt from our growing record trade and budget deficits and we're watching our public education system fail a generation of students. Congress has yet to act on an effective solution to our illegal immigration crisis as millions of illegal aliens flood our borders every year, and our nation's borders and ports are still woefully insecure, four and a half years after the September 11 attacks.

I believe most Americans are far more concerned about their declining real wages and the lack of real creation of quality jobs than the insulting insertion of wedge issues into the national dialogue and political agenda.

But President Bush and the Senate have decided they should take up a constitutional ban of gay marriage. Polls tell us most of us oppose gay marriage. Those same polls are also shouting to our elected representatives in Washington that we want real leadership and real solutions to real problems.

The president and the Senate's Republican leadership are now claiming that an amendment to our Constitution is necessary to save the American family. No matter how you feel about the issue, and many of us feel deeply, a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage is utter and complete nonsense. It's an insult to the intelligence of every voter, Republican or Democrat, liberal or conservative.

The president and the Senate are focusing on one of the few reasons that has not been proven to cause divorce. They instead should look to financial hardships, and the lack of communication about family finances. The median family income is stagnating while gasoline costs and higher interest rates are eating up the family budget.

Nor is the Senate looking at the national tragedy of out-of-wedlock births: In seven states, more than 40 percent of our children are born out of wedlock. Nationally, more than one out of three of our children are born to unmarried parents.

Both political parties love to excite and enliven their so-called "bases" by focusing on wedge issues like gay marriage, abortion, gun control, school prayer and flag burning. Both the Republicans and Democrats raise these issues to distract and divert public attention from the pressing issues that affect our way of life and our nation's future.

Are these wedge issues really how Congress should be spending its time, especially given how little time politicians spend in Washington, D.C., these days? I'd rather see our 535 elected representatives and this president use their time to combat poverty, fix our crumbling schools, secure our broken borders and ports and hold employers accountable for hiring illegal aliens. And like millions of Americans, I am desperate for a resolution to our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

How can we tolerate elected officials who press wedge issues when 37 million people in the United States live in poverty, one in every eight Americans? Almost 18 percent of children under the age of 18 live in poverty -- 13 million children.

Nearly 46 million people live without health insurance, about 16 percent of the population, a number that has risen by 6 million since 2000. More than one in 10 children are uninsured, and one-quarter of people with incomes below $25,000 also lack any health insurance.

College costs are skyrocketing. There's been a 40 percent jump (inflation-adjusted) in tuition and fees at public four-year colleges and universities over the past five years, according to the College Board. The costs for brand-name prescription drugs have also increased twice as fast as the rate of inflation. In fact, over the past six years, the average rise in the price of brand-name drugs is 40 percent, according to the AARP.

But while these increases in the price of the basics make it harder for hard-working men and women to make ends meet, the president and Congress would rather drive wedge issues than work toward real solutions.

I wonder if the president's political advisers know just how ill-advised and smarmy this wedge issue looks to the millions of us who want solutions to the critical, urgent problems facing this nation. Worse, I wonder if they even care.

Bret Allan Bader

2006-05-30T16:49:00.000-05:00

Bret Allan Bader
May 2006
Three months old

Wild WI Wedding

2006-01-16T14:52:00.000-06:00

Its gonna be hard to sum up sat night in a blog post, it was truly an experience you had to witness first hand. I was at a wedding in Cumberland, WI with a bunch of college friends. It was a party truly out of this world. When we got to the reception as we were walking in, Bill said "Good luck everyone" and also, It has best been described as:

"One of the most magnificent parties of all times" (in cumberland, WI)
-Steve Jobs

"Proof that Scott Bader, Looara, Char Thompson, and Bill Llyod can party like its 1989"
-Tom Welling

"I have never seen such large amounts of alcohol consumption"
-Jack London {famous american author and alcoholic}

and now for some photo collage:

Why not start the photo collage experience with a wasted one, Char and I, looking about 6-7 hours into the journey.

{Looara shaking a leg} On the way to the bar, one of the bridesmaids told me and looara that we had really stellar dancing moves, I knew I did, that was a given, but looara always likes to hear positive feedback on her drunken inbalances and disturbed equalibrium.

It was great to see Karisa, it has been a couple of years, and it was great. I warned her long before the alcohol starting making me do foolish things, that I was going to "tear up the dancing floor with a crowbar" and I did with her and the help of others.

You can see we were a little drunk. This picture will be the low down on my drinking on this phenomenal night. I am just guessing, and help me out the those of you who were here, but I remember drinking iron butterflies like they were going out of style. I recall drinkin at least of dozen of these. This was my longest drinkin binge in a while at about 12.5 hours. It was champagne, wine, iron butterflies, potpourri of wedding style shots, rounds and rounds of car-bombs, and free keg beer. I also had to add alternating water that I claimed was the savior to my incredible binge.

-surprisingly the only picture that night with her eyes closed. good thought, lets not wreck photos of this special occasion....much appreciated.

Looara, Phil and I after the reception at the corner bar. Why we went here I have no idea, we didn't need to drink anymore, but we did, and did and did some more. Looara and I left, but not after experiencing some good old fashioned WI style bar time. Saw a ton of under ages, and continued to....drink.

As you can clearly see, these are 1 dollar bills and not the five dollar bill that is referenced below.

This crumpled up 5 dollar billed fell out of char's bra the next morning. I think I was keeping my money in my crotch at the corner bar after the reception.

Char the next morning, lets just say that parts of her bed will be burned by hotel staff. I have known Char for 5-6 years, and I have never, NEVER, see her as drunk as she was, I am so proud of you Char!!!

I don't know where the fuck the square dancing entered the whole scheme of things, but I sure hope the hell I was just taking pictures and not taking part in such disgusting activities.

The Aftermath of our room. Good luck it was in Char's name, she is going to be on a black list forever, especially after they told us they were calling the cops at 3-4ish am.

But it is OK because we left some cash for the maid, and a clever note. Hopefully our wit put a smile on her face as she scrubbed our room with bleach.

I stole these letters from the reception hall. Looara was supposed to be keeping guard but didn't even see the girl behind her in a truck, not five feet away, watching me do my dirty deed.

other misc. key highlights of the night:

fffttt= the sound you hear as a moving object strikes a stationary object with subtle tact.

KABOOM= the sound you hear when all disgression is lost and a large moving object strikes a stationary object.

acdc- yeah wedding DJ we requested it, you are in WI so shut the fuck up and play the red neck national anthem

char saying no bumping and grinding on the dance floor while we were all semi-sober, and breaking those rules to my heart's content.

tearing up the dance floor, seriously, i took flight.

8 kegs

char ruining the already ruined hotel bed sheets

in conclusion:

some of you are lucky, I had a group of pictures that were lets just say "not flattering" therefore I did not post them....yet

you can also find records of these events at laura's blog, you know its always fun there. you should visit it here

Thanks all of you who were there, it was one of the best times I have had in a really, really long time.

On This Day in History

2006-05-08T19:29:00.000-05:00

May 08, 1794, The United States Post Office was established.

A Must See - Stephen Colbert White House Correspondents Dinner Speech

2006-05-07T16:58:00.000-05:00

Part 1

Part 2

2006-04-10T19:21:00.000-05:00

Here are pictures from my last weekend in Duluth. I forgot to charge my digi, so I bought a disposable, we laughed about it all night. No comments, sorry I am lazy and have stuff to do, pictures in order of upload, and as always cliche to enlarge.

2006-04-03T19:43:00.000-05:00

2006-03-16T13:06:00.000-06:00

A majority of Americans, 56 percent, believe Bush is "out of touch," the poll found. When asked for a one-word description of Bush, the most frequent response was "incompetent," followed by "good," "idiot" and "liar." In February 2005, the most frequent reply was "honest."

tv ad

2006-03-02T08:49:00.000-06:00

i was going to do this a while ago, but forgot...

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2006-02-25T09:22:00.000-06:00

I know I haven't posted lately but I have been supa busy. Got back from FL on wed night and played catch up at work for two days and have stuff to do this weekend.

I have been trying to get badernation.com on its feet, but it is a lot of work, and not only do I have to create the flash site, but I have to create all the anti republican artwork. If you build it, they will come.

bader

i just can't let this go

2006-02-16T18:56:00.000-06:00

2006-02-14T06:27:00.000-06:00

Feb 14, 4:09 AM (ET)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Television talk shows took aim Monday at Vice President Dick Cheney's accidental weekend shooting in Texas of a hunting companion. Here are a few of the jokes.
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"Late Show with David Letterman," CBS:

- "Good news, ladies and gentlemen, we have finally located weapons of mass destruction: It's Dick Cheney."

- "But here is the sad part - before the trip Donald Rumsfeld had denied the guy's request for body armor."

- "We can't get Bin Laden, but we nailed a 78-year-old attorney."

- "The guy who got gunned down, he is a Republican lawyer and a big Republican donor and fortunately the buck shot was deflected by wads of laundered cash. So he's fine. He took a little in the wallet."
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"The Tonight Show with Jay Leno," NBC:

- "Although it is beautiful here in California, the weather back East has been atrocious. There was so much snow in Washington, D.C., Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fat guy thinking it was a polar bear.

- "That's the big story over the weekend. ... Dick Cheney accidentally shot a fellow hunter, a 78-year-old lawyer. In fact, when people found out he shot a lawyer, his popularity is now at 92 percent."

- "I think Cheney is starting to lose it. After he shot the guy he screamed, 'Anyone else want to call domestic wire tapping illegal?'"

- "Dick Cheney is capitalizing on this for Valentine's Day. It's the new Dick Cheney cologne. It's called Duck!"

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"The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," Comedy Central:

- "Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot a man during a quail hunt ... making 78-year-old Harry Whittington the first person shot by a sitting veep since Alexander Hamilton. Hamilton, of course, (was) shot in a duel with Aaron Burr over issues of honor, integrity and political maneuvering. Whittington? Mistaken for a bird."

- "Now, this story certainly has its humorous aspects. ... But it also raises a serious issue, one which I feel very strongly about. ... moms, dads, if you're watching right now, I can't emphasize this enough: Do not let your kids go on hunting trips with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land, or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted - it's just not worth it."

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"Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson," CBS:

- "He is a lawyer and he got shot in the face. But he's a lawyer, he can use his other face. He'll be all right."

- "You can understand why this lawyer fellow let his guard down, because if you're out hunting with a politician, you think, 'If I'm going to get it, it's going to be in the back.'"

- "The big scandal apparently is that they didn't release the news for 18 hours. I don't think that's a scandal at all. I'm quite pleased about that. Finally there's a secret the vice president's office can keep."

"Apparently the reason they didn't release the information right away is they said we had to get the facts right. That's never stopped them in the past."

Opps... I shot my friend!!!

2006-02-13T19:44:00.000-06:00

Let me preface this all with the fact that I grew up with guns, and have no problem with them. I did not though.... Grow up with an AK47.

Grrrr... Give me my gun... I need to shoot something. How about my friend. If it was election year I would tell you how gun control is bad. Why did it take 24 hours for the white house to report this? Because the third unidentified person on scene was non other than.... Thats right GW!!!! Actually folks, GW is the one who shot him, but I have to take the blame. Thats the problem with having a puppet...Sometimes you have to take the blame.

Look at this gun... Isn't it beauuuutiful? NRA!!!!!!! Democrats are pussies!!!!! They can't shoot someone with a 12 gauge and laugh about it. But I can!!!!!!! I mean GW can... cough cough, I mean I SHOT SOMEONE!!!!!! GO WHITE HOUSE!!!!!!! Thank God the two huge dorks next two me that are salivating over this gun didn't shot him... They would have also ate him.

2006-02-10T15:44:00.000-06:00

and so it begins

Brett Allan Bader

2006-02-03T20:58:00.000-06:00

Brett Allan Bader

2-2-06
6 lbs 6 oz
18.5 in

The Bader Debauchery Continues...

p.s. Allan is a way cool middle name. Brett Allan is almost as cool as Scott Allan

the huge duluth blog...

2006-01-30T10:55:00.000-06:00

"You wanted to go outside for a cigarette every 5 minutes"
-Sista J

"We couldn't get you two [peeps and badeskis] to sit down for 2 seconds." (Yeah we were kinda bouncing off the walls.)

The last pic of the night: This is the last cybershot of the night. I am trying to lick broetch off my arm. Why the pinky I don't know. Anyways, peeps branded me with the broetch call it goes something like this mgmgbrooooooooetchch.

Sista J and Allie, a pretty nice pic. Sista was sober for the second night in a row//////how do you put up with peeps. After driving her around for 2 seconds she would be rolling out the passenger seat at about 50 mph.

Yag bomb you taste sooooo good. Why though are you in a shot glass? Is it the RT's mixes red bull and jag and then pours? Thats right...shaken not stirred bitch.

When I got to RT's I was already incredibly wasted. So you could imagine that by the time I got home, ummm around 3ish...4ish?????? that I was pretty wasted. Bret and I had gone to Fitgers so I could pay my part of the bet. what was the bet? the packers lost....the bears won.....twice. Drank 2 at fitgers then drank huge amounts at Sir Bens 3-4 beers and 2 shots of goldschlager. This is the important part. Bret asked if I wanted some goldschlager and I asked what is it. Peppermint schnapps he responded...it kinda tastes like cinnamon. I said sorry, but does it look like I live in a trailer court? Once I found out there was real gold in it, and that I would be shitting gold the next day I was in. The thing is that the second shot was poured into a glass and the server gave us the largest shot ever purchased at a bar. It had to be at least 8oz. {notice all the popcorn in the machine we were the only ones eatin it, compare it to pictures later on}

What am I doing you ask? I am either raising the roof, or sick of Allie's shit and givin her sole attitude.

It looks like I am having a fun time....peeps on the other hand is having a hard time with that spanking... Don't grunt that hard, you're just slapping an ass.

Whoa peeps././././/. can you handle that shot?

umm draw your own conclusions....

Peeps: "Dude there is no way that the popcorn machine is hot... badeskis I am not touchin it."

you think I am not going to touch it... don't you....

ouch..... so hot!!!!!!! badeskis you were right

give me a kiss, just one quick one or two or three or four... your breath smells like popcorn

she said what? bitch I am the hottest thing in this hole in the wall.

See this was a perfectly good picture.... and then peeps had to go and make a funny face. broetch!

Peeps you're not a num num.. back off!

Well you are a num num... just not the num num I want.

I'm so cool. I am an artist. fuck you conformist bastards. my name is peeps

did you not hear me? I am peeps.

My freshman nickname to some was bader boobie squeezer. I have no idea where it came from.

This is by far the best pic of the entire trip. Enough said.

Becky shut up... You know you wanted these pictures posted.

bader boobie squeezer deja vu

I wish I could smoke a cigarette as elegant as Allie

So Peeps was stalking a num num that we saw two weeks in a row... at the same bar.... with the same pants on. She then took my camera and went crazy.

at least he is having fun while peeps lurks in the darkness...

Pick those songs so I do play now. don't wear the same pants two weeks in a row. stupid num num

and another///

and another

When we went to gabes after the bar the cops came, more than likely because of peeps and I having a cig every two seconds. I stood close to the door out of sight and harassed the cops. You had to be there, but take this into consideration. There were 8 of us. at least that many cops, and we were all BY FAR older than 21. biatches//

NEWS FLASH peeps throwing all kinds of things into the bathroom.

wanted: braincells from sat nite:::::I don't remember putting on a provocative dance with peeps for everyone at gabes. I do know though, that if I was dancing with peeps, it was a GOOD show. bet your ass on it.

Taj-- Only the Best Sitcom ever. Peeps and I dreamed up a crazy sitcom and then tried to piece it together the next day. It is and was funny, all it involves is following us around drunk and watching the crazy and funny things we do. I think we should write it, shoot it, experience it, edit it, and then sell it. Peeps we could make a lot of money, we have nothing to lose, lets just do it and then if it doesn't make a ton of money we will have one cool home video.

Broetch!!!! All the pictures above were taken at RT Quilans, only the coolest bar around. I have introduced many of you to its glory. Anyways after two crazy sats there in a row, we are offically in with broetch; she is not only our broetch bar maid, but she is indebted to us for life. What the fuck is up with you attire? I can't believe that me and peeps haven't gotten our picture taken with you yet. Look for that in the future. Where are you? We love you! Her name is broetch.

DON'T FUCK WITH BADER AND TOUCH TUNES!!!! people getting sassy with me at the touch tunes, how does 30 play nows sound? and then saying ha ha nice good luck hearing your songs to everyone in line.... thats what I thought! broetch!

TELEPORT: why teleport when you could use peep's lightning fast car. It goes really fast.

tOO CoOL: the weekend was so outrageous...bringin the outrageous weekends to 3 in a row. how could I top that? I think I will stay home and do nothing this weekend. That is unless Looara invites me to St. Cloud....then it will be 4 outrageous weekends in a row.

scott bader smallville

2006-01-26T19:44:00.000-06:00

I finished smallville early this week, I know there was a mild obsession there for a while. Regardless some discs ago, when Clark went to Metrpolis to try out for Kansas State football, they showed a skyline of Minneapolis and the metrodome. They then continued to film inside the dome....stupid toliet looking thing. Anyways I was going to blog about it then sent the disc back. On the final disc they were scrolling through a list of names of graduating seniors and look below, who was part of smallville high? None other than Scott Bader!! Ha! 96 episodes in about 3 weeks was well worth it. Enjoy my claim to fame everyone.

2006-01-26T15:47:00.000-06:00

bwahahahaha

2006-01-25T20:00:00.000-06:00

Richard Hatch, who won the television program "Survivor," departs federal court during jury deliberation, in his tax fraud trial in Providence, R.I., Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2006. Hatch is accused of failing to pay taxes on the $1 million he won on the hit CBS reality show, as well as on other income. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

crazy duluth weekend

2006-01-23T11:05:00.000-06:00

here you go guys, I was going to write funny captions and stuff like that, the pictures are not even in order. have fun, it was fun, peeps, becky, john, dan, lauretta, shelly, jay, shannon, susan, darcy, sarai, and I. But not Rick or Bret, they are a bunch of D-Bags. or a broetch.

weekend post

2006-01-23T11:04:00.000-06:00

I know there are some of you waiting for the weekend post, but you are going to have to wait until tonight.

hmmm

2006-01-20T13:47:00.000-06:00

The majority of the American people (55 percent) think the war in Iraq is a mistake and that we should get out. The majority (65 percent) of the American people want single-payer health care and are willing to pay more taxes to get it. The majority (86 percent) of the American people favor raising the minimum wage. The majority of the American people (60 percent) favor repealing Bush's tax cuts, or at least those that go only to the rich. The majority (66 percent) wants to reduce the deficit not by cutting domestic spending, but by reducing Pentagon spending or raising taxes.

The majority (77 percent) thinks we should do "whatever it takes" to protect the environment. The majority (87 percent) thinks big oil companies are gouging consumers and would support a windfall profits tax. That is the center, you fools. WHO ARE YOU AFRAID OF?