A Good Year for the Outlaw

Let’s start the clock and see how long it takes for this to be called a “cheapshot”.

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I do like the question that is posed. Good humor. A true tickler.

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So the long-grass Nazis are already out in force in East Peoria. If you don’t live there, you should know that as soon as your lawn gets a little long, you get a “friendly reminder” from that city that you need to mow the lawn or risk getting a ticket.
Meanwhile, the weeds along the [...]

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Senate’s top Democrat took free boxing tickets
Add Harry Reid to the list of dipsticks getting free stuff to “learn how his legislation might affect an important home state industry.” Bull. Boxing is one of Nevada’s largest industries and the lobbyists wanted something from him, so they provided him with primo seats for big fights. [...]

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Obviously, this one has been going on for years. But it doesn’t make it any less annoying. It just happened again on my way back from the store:
While I sit inside my 4,000 lb Pontiac coupe, surrounded by air bags both front and side, metal all around me and over me, safety features built into [...]

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Buh-bye, Kenny-boy. Buh-bye Ol’ Skillster. Hopefully someday some of the good ol’ boys living in the White House can join you. Jerks.

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There’s been quite a bit of talk in the Journal Star letters to the editor lately about tips. Gratuities. The writers say the people of Peoria are poor tippers, i.e. tightwads. They’re right, from what I can see.
I spent seven years in Nevada. You give everyone a tip who provides a service for you. At [...]

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Iraqi minister defends Iranian nuclear program
So here’s a man who was appointed by the Iraqi Interim Governing Council, which was appointed by the Bush Administration, saying that Iran has every right to pursue nuclear technology.
Look for him to get his walking papers sometime in the next week or two, that would be my guess. [...]

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I have long said, and taken heat from co-workers for it, that I don’t make blanket statements like “I support the troops”, because in fact I don’t support all of them. I don’t like to make ANY blanket statement, because there’s always a bad apple or two in every bunch.
So when I see this:
Pentagon [...]

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…to Kewanee, in the next month, I can write an open letter to Ameren:
To Whom It May Concern,
If your company’s mission statement is to have yourselves and your employees become known as the meanest, rudest, most heartless, most uncaring, most undiplomatic, most arrogant monopoly in history…CONGRATULATIONS, YOU’RE A WINNER!!!!
If that is NOT your mission statement, [...]

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The Minneapolis Tribune’s “By The Numbers” always puts things into perspective for me.
Here are some recent findings:
73 percent
Correlation between those saying that “prayer is an important part of my daily life” and those saying that “the best way to ensure peace is through military strength,” according to a study by the Harvard Institute of [...]

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I couldn’t believe it. Ever since gas went completely out of hand (along with the profits for the oil companies), I’ve tried to fill up when the tank got to half-full, so it didn’t seem to be as bad in my mind.
So we filled up Diane’s work car this weekend. She was on “E” [...]

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Nice sucker punch, Barrett. Even Dusty Baker said Pierzynski’s play was simply baseball the way it was meant to be played.
Here’s the difference in the two franchises in Chicago right now: One of them gets guys who want and know how to win, the other tries to make a profit. You people who continue [...]

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But it already needs updating. So much has happened since December. No matter what party you a part of, by the end of the list you’re just giggling.
STATE BY STATE GOP SCANDAL SCORECARD

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Just type in “indicted” and among the top six stories are:
“DeLay Indicted”“Abramoff Indicted”and“Cheney’s Top Aide Indicted”
The other three talked about a drug smuggler, the guys who hacked into Lowe’s corporate computers, and the South Korean scientist indicted in the cloning scandal.
Pretty good company, there GOP.
Now, we await word on Saturday’s rumors that no less than [...]

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Look, I’m well aware that both major political parties in this country have their crooks and corruption, but isn’t it safe to say at this point that the GOP is pitching a shutout in 2006?
Kentucky governor indicted over hiring practices
It’s not major, it’s misdemeanors that we’re talking in this case, but he’ll still have [...]

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This stuff has got to get to the voting public. I never see this talked about in the local news, and it IS important. Does any local station or paper talk about this? This is from a New York Times editorial this past Thursday:
A puzzling aspect of Congress’s latest tax-cut package is why its overwhelmingly [...]

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At least this cabinet member ADMITS what goes on in today’s White House:
HUD secretary’s blunt warning
They have no shame. From the story:
“He made a heck of a proposal and was on the (General Services Administration) list, so we selected him. He came to see me and thank me for selecting him. Then he said something [...]

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Speechless I am.
Rifle pointed at protesters in Florida during Bush visit
Hat tip to my buddy Allan.

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If I was in charge, somebody would get fired over this:
Sensitive Presidential Papers Found In Trash

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From the USA Today, three months ago:
The price of ethanol has been driven up because major oil refiners are suddenly buying in bulk. They’re stocking up on ethanol as a replacement for MTBE, a petroleum-based additive suspected of causing cancer. MTBE and ethanol boost the octane of gasoline and can reduce pollution.
So, even though it’s [...]

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MYTH: Ethanol takes more energy to produce than it contributes.
FACT: In June 2004, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its 2002 analysis of the issue and determined that the net energy balance of ethanol production is 1.67 to 1. For every 100 BTUs of energy used to make ethanol, 167 BTUs of ethanol [...]

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Thank you.
Thank you for starting to crackdown on I-74 construction zone speeders. It is appreciated. Good idea, too, by being where those drivers least expect you to be.
And it WASN’T entrapment, because you announced it before you did it:
Trooper will pose as flagger on I-74 today
This thank you comes from a guy who is unashamed [...]

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I think I mighta made Josh H. frustrated. For that, I apologize. Back on Feb. 25 I wrote this:
Who is responsible for these words:
“MUslims do not “hate our freedom,” but rather, they hate our policies. The overwhelming majority voice their objections to what they see as one-sided support in favor of Israel and against Palestinian [...]

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Since many of you that NEED to read this WON’T take the time to register with the NY Times, I’ll go ahead and reprint the whole editorial:
One of the abiding curiosities of the Bush administration is that after more than five years in office, the president has yet to issue a veto. No one since [...]

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