A Good Year for the Outlaw

Entries from June 2007

Stan Coulter Crosses The Line

June 27th, 2007 · No Comments

When is this…thing…going to just go away? What a moron.
 http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/06/26/ann-coulter-links-barack-obama-to-terrorism-on-fox-news/
Thanks to Scott O’Brien for posting about this.

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Tags: Politics · liars

Wrestler Dead, And It’s Not Vince McMahon

June 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I used to handle the ring announcer chores for the WWF whenever they came to Cedar Rapids and Waterloo, IA in the mid-1980’s. I was a young man then(mid 20’s) and got a kick out of the performers. I was fortunate to make friends with a few of them, and found them to be, for [...]

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Tags: Society woes

Good For The Bears

June 26th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Anyone who knows me knows I will never root for the Bears or Cubs. My least two favorite teams in all of sports.
But I give the Bears a major thumbs up for cutting Tank Johnson today. The guy thinks he’s above the law, he’s obviously not very smart, and he thoroughly embarrassed an employer who [...]

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Tags: Society woes · Sports

An Idea

June 26th, 2007 · No Comments

I see where the catholic church (or more correctly, the vatican) has released a “10 commandments” for driving, rules of the road, if you will.
I’ve got an idea…instead, how about if the church works harder to protect young alter boys from getting molested by pedophile priests and I’ll worry about my own driving. Sound fair?

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Tags: Driving · Pet peeves · religion

Kewanee Wal Mart Less Gassy This Week

June 23rd, 2007 · 4 Comments

Here in Kewanee, we’ve just lost our “Murphy USA” gas station, located, like all Murphy stores, on Wal Mart property. At first, I thought it may have been a failure for Wal Mart, which would bring great joy to most of the world. But it turns out that Murphy, starting in May, has begun purchasing the [...]

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Tags: Gas ripoff · cars

…And The Award For “Least Surprising Headline of All Time” Goes To…

June 23rd, 2007 · No Comments

…the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, for this little gem today:
 White House Defends Cheney
Of course they do. This guy could murder someone in cold blood during a press conference, and the rest of “the White House” would defend him and say he didn’t do it.
In this case, he didn’t murder anyone, or even shoot  anybody in the face, [...]

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Tags: Politics · Worst president ever

“…and 2007 continues to lead 2006!” (crowd roar) NOTE: Updated June 23

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

They just ought to erect a scoreboard and hang it from the Murray Baker Bridge:

“…well, Biff, as the clock runs out on spring and we head officially into summer this weekend, it looks like 2006 has some work to do to get back in this one.”
“right you are, Cotton, but 2007 sure looks strong and [...]

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Tags: Society woes · around peoria

Stupid Bet, Bert

June 21st, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s what happens when a former player turned best TV analyst in the game bets the best pitcher in baseball that he can’t throw a shutout.
http://video.msn.com/v/us/foxsports.htm?g=e8a17c22-6c44-422c-a44c-70dbb1f8abf9&f=33&fg=copy
Bert Blyleven will now sport a shaved head. Thanks, Johan, it’s a good look for him!

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Tags: Sports

Sometimes Even The Worst Organizations Make The Right Move

June 20th, 2007 · 4 Comments

The Cubs have just sent Michael “Rockhead” Barrett to San Diego for some cash and a backup catcher. Talk about addition by subtraction. Now, they’re just a dumping of Kerry Wood away from another positive move for team chemistry.

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Tags: Cubs suck · Sports

Not A Very Smart Person

June 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

On the same edition of Hannity and Colmes that I saw the report about Broward County, they had something called a “Dan Senor” on to discuss Iran.
 ”Dan Senor”, another idiotic chickenhawk who wants to drop everything and bomb Iran right now, and who never himself served, went on and on and on about all the [...]

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Tags: Politics · TV media

Not Very Smart, People

June 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

So the Broward County, FA, Commission, made up of all Democrats, want to force station WIOD in Miami to drop Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Guess how they want to do it? WIOD has long been the official hurricane warning station in Miami. It is low on the AM dial (610), and has a powerful signal. That combination [...]

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Tags: Politics

PJS Writes A Poor Headline After A Poor Report From Police

June 6th, 2007 · 1 Comment

My first reaction to the story about the 25-year old who died on his motorcycle the other night is the sadness I feel for the family who lost a loved one way too young. My second reaction is, upon reading that he was not wearing a helmet, frustration that people can’t get it right, both [...]

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Tags: Print media · Society woes

Wanna See Something Fun?

June 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Head to Bloomington tomorrow night. I’ve never been much of a fan of football, let alone indoor football, but I do appreciate the skills and physical sacrifices required to play the game. It’s not easy to be a football player. 
I agreed to be the Public Address announcer for the Bloomington Extreme this season first and [...]

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Tags: Sports

Team Pathetic

June 2nd, 2007 · 3 Comments

Not a lot of talk coming out of Billy and Mouse about the Cubs lately. Let’s check the standings…
Cardinals, 23-29, 2nd place in baseball’s lamest division
Cubs 22-30, 4th place (and only 2.5 games out of last) in baseball’s lamest division, and now fighting each other in the dugout because their overrated “ace” (and tremendously hot [...]

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Tags: Cubs suck · Sports