By Dave Begel Contributing Writer Published Oct 11, 2012 at 3:03 PM

Politifact is all the rage and you know how it works. You take a statement made by some politician, check out the facts and determine if the statement was true or false or somewhere in between.

Like this.

STATEMENT: Most people use concealed carry to feel safer.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Most people use concealed carry to feel more dangerous.

STATEMENT: Barack Obama could beat Mitt Romney in basketball.
POLITIFACT: TRUE. But Romney would win in sailing, croquet, water skiing and slo-pitch batting cage hitting.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney will lower taxes on rich people.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Mitt Romney will completely eliminate all taxes on rich people.

STATEMENT: People who say Obama was born in Kenya or Indonesia or Tasmania or someplace like that are really just stupid jerks who need to get a life.
POLITIFACT: TRUE. And they know who they are.

STATEMENT: Tommy Thompson is way too old.
POLITIFACT: IN BETWEEN. Too old for what?

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney is a better singer than Barack Obama.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. You're kidding, right?

STATEMENT: Barack Obama says Mitt Romney doesn't have any positions on anything.
POLITIFACT: IN BETWEEN. Think about it?

STATEMENT: Barack Obama' favorite piece of furniture is John F. Kennedy's desk.
POLITIFACT: TRUE. Mitt Romney's favorite piece of furniture is Clint Eastwood's chair.

STATEMENT: Tammy Baldwin has been endorsed by Herb Kohl, Russ Feingold and Barack Obama.
POLITIFACT: TRUE. Tommy Thompson has been endorsed by Rush Limbaugh, Vanilla Ice and Alice in Dairyland.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney invented the Internet.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Mitt Romney hired Al Gore to invent the Internet.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney says 47-percent of the people in America would never vote for him.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. The figure is way too low.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney has an elevator to lift luxury cars to the second floor of the garage in his mansion.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Romney hires illegal immigrants to carry his luxury cars to the second floor of the garage in his mansion.

STATEMENT: Tammy Baldwin is a lesbian.
POLITIFACT: TRUE: Big deal.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney and Barack Obama will combine to raise nearly $2 billion for this race.
POLITIFACT: True. Think about how many teachers, cops and firefighters you could hire with that much money.

STATEMENT: Scott Walker doesn't want to be anything other than governor of Wisconsin.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Scott Walker wants to be king. And he wants Sheriff
David Clarke to be his Knight in Shining Armor.

STATEMENT: Mitt Romney would do anything to be elected president.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Romney says he would never eat grits, never learn
Spanish or never watch "Dancing With the Stars."

STATEMENT: When out of the public eye, Romney's five Mormon sons act like drunken sailors.
POLITIFACT: FALSE. Unfair to drunken sailors everywhere.

STATEMENT: Barack Obama won't introduce his daughters to the Romney
boys.
POLITIFACT: TRUE. (See drunken sailor item above.)

STATEMENT: Under Obamacare, a government life or death panel will be make decisions about end of life matters for stupid politicians.
POLITIFACT: If only ...

Dave Begel Contributing Writer

With a history in Milwaukee stretching back decades, Dave tries to bring a unique perspective to his writing, whether it's sports, politics, theater or any other issue.

He's seen Milwaukee grow, suffer pangs of growth, strive for success and has been involved in many efforts to both shape and re-shape the city. He's a happy man, now that he's quit playing golf, and enjoys music, his children and grandchildren and the myriad of sports in this state. He loves great food and hates bullies and people who think they are smarter than everyone else.

This whole Internet thing continues to baffle him, but he's willing to play the game as long as OnMilwaukee.com keeps lending him a helping hand. He is constantly amazed that just a few dedicated people can provide so much news and information to a hungry public.

Despite some opinions to the contrary, Dave likes most stuff. But he is a skeptic who constantly wonders about the world around him. So many questions, so few answers.