Defending the Double You Eye!!!!

Aby Gutierrez

Chet Gresham

New millennium studies

Defending Wisconsin

Wisconsin, my home state, is a plain and simple place. It’s pretty low key and rural, but if there were ever another civil war I know whose flag I would wear!!! Wisconsin might look lame at first sight but I would put it up against any other state in the world!

Wisconsin has something to offer for anyone looking for a good time. If you’re into the city life you might want to look into Milwaukee. Milwaukee is one of my favorite places to be in Wisconsin. Compared to other cities, Milwaukee is one of a kind. Being the 22 most populous cities in the United States, according to the 2007 census, Milwaukee knows how to have a good time. It has an array of different festivals every year including Irish fest, Mexican fiesta, Polish fest, Italian fest, Harley fest and Indian summer just to name a few. It is also is host to the Worlds Biggest music festival, Summerfest, Which lasts 11 day has 11 stages and over 800 bands. This fact alone is enough to make a music lover go crazy. But if that's not what your into, you can tour the Harley Davidson museum and see where Harleys were invented. If you're a sporting fan you could check out the Brewers, Bucks, Admirals, or the Milwaukee Wave which all are hometown teams.

But say your looking at Wisconsin for education? Yes we can do that to. Wisconsin is home to some of the world’s greatest school. For example there’s MSOE (Milwaukee school of engineering) one of the worlds best engineering schools, there’s also the University of Wisconsin which is also a good college and has one of the top medical programs in US, and Marquette law school which is also a top school.

But if you’re to old for school and you don't like the city there’s a whole lot more of Wisconsin you need to know about. Wisconsin, though it has cold winters, is home though the Americas’ largest water park, Noah’s ark! It also has hundreds of state parks and wild life preserves that house its over 7000 rivers and steams. If you’re into architecture you can check out the House on the Rock. A house a man made to get back at his boss that’s amazing. If you're a history buff you’ll be glad to know that the first typewriter was design in Wisconsin. The Republican Party was also formed in Ripon Wisconsin were they make Ripon good cookies.

Finally the two things that make me most proud of my state are the Packers and beer! The Packers have been the one of the best teams in the history of football. They might have not one the Super Bowl this year but they won Super Bowl 1 and 2 and a bunch of World Championships even before that. The packers are amazing no matter what anyone say. The only thing better then the Packers is the Wisconsin beer. Wisconsin is known as the dairy state even though California produces more milk then us (but we all know about California milk!) although were know as the dairy state I believe were a little more of a beer state. Wisconsin is home to many beers including Millercoors, Schlitz, Blatz, Pabst Blue Ribbon, Sprecher brewing company, New Glarus, Leinenkugel's, Mickeys and the list goes on. Although I’m not a huge drinker, according to Forbes magazine Milwaukee is the drunkest city in the USA, which in my opinion is worth defending alone.

So in conclusion Wisconsin has a lot of things to defend, and they’re all great. Wisconsin has great people combined with great attractions, which make it a great place. A place that I love, a place that is my home, and a place I would defend any day!