I keep hearing about how wonderful Aaron Schock is and how he’s already locked up the GOP nomination for Ray LaHood’s seat. Fair enough. But it seems to me he’s been in “campaign mode” ever since he came on the scene.
So my questions: What has he done in office? What has he accomplished? What is his true track record?
I see all kinds of posts on other sites about all the wonderful things he’s done. If it’s true, great! I might have to take a look at voting for him. So fill me in…what has he done?
Nice job, Stephon, you moron:
 Stephon Marbury defends Michael Vick, calls dogfighting a sport
See story here.
This is a headline I wish I hadn’t seen:
 NAACP urges NFL to let Vick play again
Here’s the story that follows the headline. What happened to the NAACP that used to do good things? Dr. Martin Luther King is rolling in his grave. First, this group wants Don Imus basically hung in the public square for saying a few poorly chosen words. Now, they want the NFL to make sure this soon-to-be-jailed animal killer gets a chance to play again. Dr. King’s version of the NAACP would have done EXACTLY the opposite in these two cases.
Billy’s whining about the Civic Center again.
In my 11 years in the Peoria area, I’ve been to events at the Civic Center about 650 times…as best I can guess. That includes almost 400 Rivermen games, a few dozen concerts, 10 or 11 car shows, home and boat shows, state basketball tournaments, March Madness experience, a few comics/broadway shows in the Theatre, and a few business connections/functions. I’ve also been to the old Vonachen Stadium dozens of times, and the gorgeous O’Brien Field dozens of times, and not just for baseball.
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Lots of apologists for Barry Bonds and steroid use in general have lots of theories trying to debunk the fact that this guy is cheating scum who has teamed with the likes of Mark McGwire, Sammy Sosa, Jason Giambi, Ken Caminiti, Rafael Palmiero and dozens more who have forever sullied the greatest game. I’d like to offer my responses to these “defenses”.
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So the WBC (World’s Biggest Cheater) finally hit number 755 Saturday night to tie the great Henry Aaron. And with that, I’ve officially given major league baseball my last dime, and my last minute of attention. Let me know how the season turns out. I told my friends this is what I’d do, and I’m doing it. No more baseball until they fix this Bonds mess. Preferably with jail time.
Not long ago, a friend asked me, “why do they even pitch to the guy? If he’s so hated, why not just walk him every time until the guy just quits?”
I have the answer to that. Bonds hit his homer last night against a little known reliever named Clay Hensley. Hensley’s claim to fame? Two years ago, he himself was suspended for steroids while in the minors. Nice, huh? He’s a guy that wouldn’t mind giving up that dinger, because he’s a guy who wouldn’t give two twits about Bonds using ‘roids, about Bonds increasing his head size after the age of 30 by using human growth hormone. He doesn’t care, because he’s a cheater, too.
Baseball. Used to be great. Sad.
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