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Somehow I rumor got started that the July 4 Chicago Tea Party has been cancelled. It has not.America's Independence Day Tea Party to Take Place in Chicago on July 4th at Navy Pier's Gateway Park from 12-4pm
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for the many kev fans who have been asking for updates.
(lack of caps per his demented request)
kev is celebrating independence day by showing his independence from my editing. he has learned himself how to edit video with titles, music and credits. It's been too long since we had a [...]
Rating: 0.0/5 (0 [...] NEWSFLASH: Mother Green and her Killing Machine are loose in the South of Afghanistan...
NAWA, Afghanistan ? U.S. Marines hiked through searing heat and took fire from small pockets of militants Thursday after landing in this Taliban-controlled southern region of tree-lined fields, mud homes and crisscrossing waterways in the first major operation under [...]
For my birthday which isn't for a couple of months yet, my sister and my mom sent me a Kindle reader.
Just when I thought I'd grown blase about there being anymore surprises in technology, along comes something which just blew me away.
I love this Kindle. Reading is easy, it's [...]
Here at Concordia Seminary we've added vegetables and herbs to the flower beds this year for anyone on campus to pick and enjoy. The island turnabout and parking planting beds by the chapel are filled with all variety of peppers which are beginning to bear.
Prior to Barack Obama's Town Hall meeting yesterday on the topic of health care, two normally very cooperative White House correspondents gave Obama's Press Secretary Robert Gibbs some grilling over the town hall's phony set up for citizens to raise questions.
Last week, a blogger from the liberal Huffington Post was [...]
Even though the nation's unemployment is at the highest level in 25 years, the stimulus signs keep popping up.The losses were spread across the economy, with 136,000 jobs lost in manufacturing, [...]
I had the privilege of attending an event last night in Dallas for the SGT Shelton Wounded Warrior Ranch Retreat. Billy Shelton served in Special Forces in Vietnam and trained Marcus and Morgan Luttrell before they went to SEAL training. This event launched his efforts to build a ranch [...]
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...from John in Arabia in 2005 - serving in Iraq. It's an annual repost:
...The cynical among you may call me an idealist; but if I am, then I am in fair company. The Founding Fathers of the United States of America were idealists, and the country they built has stood as [...]U.S. Army 1st Lt. Barry Klinger makes a friend in the village of Altimur in Logar province, Afghanistan, June 20, 2009. U.S. soldiers, Afghan policemen and Czech soldiers visited the village to assess local needs and inform them of upcoming artillery training operations they [...]
Via Suzanne W., the Dallas Morning News has a story about some crazy people burning flags in a Dallas neighborhood:
When Ed Jordan hung two flags from his front porch, one for his country and one for the Marine Corps he once served in, he thought no one would take issue with [...]
Over at Kiss My Gumbo, there is some concern for the use of the flag in a photo with Governor Sarah Palin in "Runner's World" (article about her here). While this is not a huge deal (it's not on the floor, people) and she probably wasn't the one [...]
[...] Officials described the offensive as the largest and fastest-moving of the war's new phase and the biggest Marine assault since the one in Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004. It involves nearly 4,000 newly arrived Marines plus 650 Afghan forces. British forces last week led similar, but smaller, missions to clear out [...]
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Mayhem in Maine. Dems Outraged that the gOp lays claim to the letter O tOO. Via Andrew Malcolm and Don Surber, with much reference to the party of the One.One of Rod Blagojevich's best friends in the Illinois House -- Orland Park's Kevin McCarthy -- hasn't faced a challenge in the last three elections. In the past he's been a solid prolife vote, athough he's trending more and socially liberal the longer he's unchallenged. He's ripe for a solid [...]
That headline "Michael, The Last Celebrity" is the title of a WSJ op ed this morning, which I happen to agree with and have been saying this for a week [...] "Underwriting Opportunity: An evening [...]
Since I already announced I am in Dallas for a couple of fundraisers we can't play Where in the world is Uncle J? But we can play WTF is that? Did Jerry Jones make a deal with Michael Bay and have a Transformer placed in Arlington, excuse me ArlingFun. We [...]
We've had a number of conversation recently about whether or not St. Louis would be having its annual Fourth of July, Fair St. Louis-originally the V.P Fair. There has been a real lack of news about this compared to past years.
The answer is yes. Fireworks both Friday and Saturday [...]
WORST
So said Helen Thomas of all people at a White House press briefing yesterday.
Thomas and other members of the White House press corps are finally seeing that the Obama administration is attempting to control the news.
CBS's Chip Reid as why Wednesday's questions at a Townhall on health care [...]
from Illinois Right to Life
With school physicals right around the corner, parents should be cautious about allowing their daughters to receive the vaccine called Gardasil, a yet unproven vaccine for HPV, a disease only transmitted by sexual activity. The vaccine is pushed as a means to prevent cervical cancer, which [...]
Just in time for the 4th of July, all of Washington appears to be for sale! Yes, you too can buy access and help for the low, low price of only $25,000! Why look down your nose at the people in third world countries, when you [...] by Mark Rhoads
For many decades,far too many members of Congresss from both parties have routinely abused the perk of travel overseas at taxpayer expense for dubious reasons or no reason at all. The Wall Street Journal reports that the cost is up ten times from 1995 and up 50 percent since [...]
Some very disturbing news:
A U.S. soldier missing from his base in eastern Afghanistan since Tuesday is believed to have been captured by Taliban militants, the military said Thursday.
In a statement issued from U.S. military headquarters in Kabul, officials said "we are exhausting all available resources to ascertain his whereabouts [...]
Lake County Republicans plan to comeback this year with strong showings at these parades Saturday July 4. You might want to join them.
Thursday, July 2, 2009.
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If you wondering why I need to write about another bloggers' conference call about the so-called Employee Free Choice Act, then you haven't heard the news--the House of Representatives used the Obama-endorsed hurry-up offense to push--some might say sneak--cap-and-trade out of the House and into the Senate. [...] Violent radical Muslims killing moderate or innocent Muslims is not going to create a ground swell of hate against the US - just against the Muslims doing the killing.Ya think.
[...] An influential alderman is arguing that Chicago pays far too much to transport bodies to the morgue, but the attorney for the company that does the work says it must charge that much to make a profit under strict city regulations.
Ald. Ed Burke (14th), [...]
Three hold-out unions with 450 layoffs hanging in the balance?Teamster 726, Laborers 1001 and AFSMCE Council 31?are standing in the way of a two-year deal on cost-cutting concessions to save the jobs of 1,504 city of Chicago employees targeted for layoffs.
Mayor Daley refused [...]
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