While Madison doesn't have naked protestors (yet), we do have some of the nuttiest newspaper editorials you'll find anywhere in America.

Yesterday's Capital Times, had an editorial by Mary Conroy on long-term unemployment. Of course, long-term unemployment is all Bush's fault:

What can we do? We can write to Congress. The war in Iraq and tax cuts for the wealthy take much-needed money that could address unemployment. Trade agreements such as CAFTA and cuts in funds for education and social services exacerbate the problem. Proposed cuts in Social Security and other pension plans will bring back poverty to those over 55 -- poverty thought eradicated during the Johnson administration.

We can also ask our representatives to permanently extend unemployment benefits and retraining options. Instead of basing benefit extensions on the unemployment rate, Congress should focus on the total unemployment picture, including long-term unemployment.

Rather than making unemployed people pay for health insurance or go without it, the government should pick up the tab or provide national health insurance. That goes for people's food, clothing and shelter as well.

While a lot of this is the same old same old: Iraq, "tax cuts for the wealthy" and scary talk about old folks living on cat food, that last sentence is a doozy. Not only is the author advocating national health insurance (of course), but apparently she's also asking for national food, clothing and housing as well.

What could possibly be the incentive for someone to find a job if the government is willing to fulfill all their needs if they don't have one? Of course, maybe Conroy just thinks everyone should be taken care of by Uncle Sam. Either way, it's editorials like these that make me realize that I'm not exaggerating when I call the paper the Communist Times. Berkley has breasts, but Madison still has more than its share of moonbats.