Some Barack Obama supporters are informally adopting the presumptive Democratic presidential candidate’s middle name as their own. According to the New York Times:
Emily Nordling has never met a Muslim, at least not to her knowledge. But this spring, Ms. Nordling, a 19-year-old student from Fort Thomas, Ky., gave herself a new middle name on Facebook.com, [...]
June 29th, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama, Democratic News, Elections, John McCain, White House . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Thursday’s decision by the United States Supreme Court protecting an individual right to own a gun for personal use is good news for some, but downright frightening for those who worry about the ever escalating gun violence in the Chicaogland area and the rest of the country.
First, the New York Times:
The Supreme Court on Thursday [...]
June 26th, 2008
Categories: America, Chicago, Chicagoland, Constitution, Legal . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Dr. James Dobson decided to climb out of the depths and take a shot at Barack Obama this week.
We last took note of Dr. J in November, 2006, when he refused to serve on the panel of Christian experts who were working to restore disgraced preacher Ted Haggard.
Now Dobson is an expert again, and he [...]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Barack Obama, Evangelicals, GLBT, Global Warming, Iraq, John McCain, Religion . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
This just in today from Brave New Films:
Joe Lieberman is a war hawk, plain and simple. He staunchly supports George Bush’s War in Iraq and John McCain’s plan to stay in Iraq for 100 years. But Lieberman’s new alliance with the Republican Party runs even deeper. He has endorsed and stumped for McCain, wants [...]
June 25th, 2008
Categories: Congress, Democratic News, Elections, Iraq, John McCain, Republicans . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Bill Daley has been talking to all the right people, working to position himself for the 2010 Democratic nomination for governor of Illinois. Brother of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley, Bill took a shot at the governor’s mansion in 2002. According to the Chicago Sun-Times:
Bill Daley flirted with a race for governor in 2002 [...]
June 24th, 2008
Categories: Chicagoland, Congress, Democratic News, Elections . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
Our friends from FunWithWarCrimes.com are back. We need the humor these days. Enjoy!
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June 24th, 2008
Categories: Democratic News . Author: G . Comments: 1 Comment
A “senior adviser” to John McCain told Fortune Magazine that a terror attack would be “a big advantage” for John McCain. Charles R. Black, Jr. was forced to “recant” his opinion:
First, McCain said the substance of Black’s comments were untrue.
“I’ve worked tirelessly since 9/11 to prevent another attack on the United States of America,” McCain [...]
June 23rd, 2008
Categories: Elections, John McCain, Republicans, Strange . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
The sad news from today’s Chicago Sun-Times:
Three young women were shot and wounded while sitting on a porch early Sunday on the South Side.
Officers responded to a person shot at 2:20 a.m. at the 2900 block of East 87th Street and found three females, 16, 18 and 20, who were shot on a porch, according [...]
June 23rd, 2008
Categories: Chicago, Chicagoland, Economy, Philosophical, Rant . Author: G . Comments: 1 Comment
Thanks, George.
I remember my shock and delight in the 70s when I first heard The Seven Words You Can Never Say On Tv. Those were different days, when we all “suspected” that Elton John was gay but couldn’t bring ourselves to believe it, and the crudest things we heard on television came from the mouth [...]
June 23rd, 2008
Categories: Humor, Philosophical . Author: G . Comments: No Comments
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Chris Coleson tipped the scales at 278 pounds in December. The 5-foot-8 Coleson now weighs 199 pounds and his waist size has dropped from 50 to 36.
His diet?
McDonald’s.
Yup.
The Virginia man lost 80 pounds in six months by eating nearly every meal at McDonald’s:
Not Big Macs, french fries and chocolate shakes. Mostly salads, [...]
June 20th, 2008
Categories: Democratic News . Author: G . Comments: No Comments