A Good Year for the Outlaw

After not watching more than two laps of NAZICAR racing all year, I flipped away from NBA playoff action for a few minutes to see what indeed was up these days in the world of big league stock car racing, the once-great sport that has been ruined by a greedy, bigoted sanctioning body. Thought I’d [...]

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Over at Bill Dennis’ site, contributor Diane Vespa recently asked Colleen Callahan, candidate for the 18th District House Seat in Illinois, “where’s the beef?” regarding Ms. Callahan’s supposed “vagueness” and “lack of accountability”.
I currently, btw, have a question at the end of that post’s comments section that has gone unanswered.
So I visited Project Vote Smart this [...]

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Because if I was, I’d be around a lot of idiots, namely the North Carolina GOP.
John McCain has it right, when he denounces the ad in question, an attack ad on Barack Obama. McCain, his staff, and the RNC Chairman, Mike Duncan, have all asked the North Carolina GOP to not run the ad, they will [...]

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Lotsa noise being made in Chicago over this one:
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I put the headline in the form of a question, as I’m not sure if the law I’m about to discuss needs changing, it just seems like maybe it should.
Also, let me start (to deflect the snarks before they mouth off) by saying I have ALWAYS stated publicly on my blog, on Billy’s blog and [...]

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Billy Dennis wrote this:
I don’t know whether or not Ali al-Marri is a terrorist or an enemy combatant or not. Some of the evidence the U.S. government says it has against the guy is pretty damning. But I know one thing: The United States is a nation that should operate under the rule or law. [...]

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So another teacher gets sent to the big house, this one for 48-years, for molesting two kids, ages 7 and 8. He got what he deserved. But I’m going to offer up a little career advice to him anyway:
If you wanted to be a perv and abuse defenseless kids and not go to jail, you [...]

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Not the five dumbest, necessarily, and not in any particular order, but here are five things we do in this country that just don’t seem to make a lot of sense:
1. Put so-called “Deadbeat Dads” in jail. – Perfect. That’ll help ‘em support their kids. Lock them up so they CAN’T work and make payments. [...]

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So the City of Peoria is preparing to spend $30,000 to have a new logo designed, and people are upset about it, particularly where there are potholes to fix.
So here’s the solution:
The new city logo should be the image of a pothole.
I’ll even offer a discount. Pay me $10,000. Keep the other $20,000, and you don’t even [...]

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