My fellow Americans,
You caved. That’s right. I saw you there. You with your big gas guzzling SUV’s and minivans. I thought we had a deal?!?! We were going to take Big Oil down to it’s knees.
Oh…me? How’d I know? How’d I see these folks? Oh….um….my […]

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The saying goes that “All Politics is Local”, right? There’s a recent great case of legislators making sure that they address a situation in their community through their bipartisan work in the Statehouse. When it comes to kids, we look to our leaders to act swiftly. In the case of teen […]

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Last night when I arrived back from work, I had, waiting for me, a letter from State Senator Chris Lauzen. He apparently, is a reader of this blog. Hello, Senator! Thanks for your cordial letter. I appreciate your interest in my blog. In his correspondence, Senator Lauzen takes issue with […]

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The Illinois Republican Party just lost one of it’s best. No, it wasn’t through corruption or elctorate loss, it was just simply his time to step back. Dallas Ingemunson, the Kendall County Republican Party Chairman and “Honorary Chairman of the ILGOP” said his good-byes yesterday. While, I’m thrilled that Dallas his lovely […]

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Anyone else notice lately that the Gawker sites are going a little crazy with the keyword linking? I read both Deadspin and Valleywag everyday and they have all these unnecessary links in their posts deep linking to category pages on their own sites.
Take for instance this post on Deadspin. What’s with linking ESPN […]

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I’m heading to Las Vegas for the first time this Thursday for my good buddy Mark Dauphinais’ bachelor party. We’re set to be there through early Sunday morning and I’m sure that things will be debaucherous. As luck would have it, one of my favorite blogs, Dethroner, announced that his “theme” this […]

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Nothing like starting the weekend out with a few nice tunes. Below is one of my favorites. This weekend marks our annual pilgrimage to Montrose Harbor for smelt fishing. Just like last year, I wouldn’t miss it for all the tea in China. If you haven’t ever been smelt […]

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This morning on my radio program of choice (Howard Stern), I tuned in to find a guest that has appeared many times before. He’s also a popular guest on programs like The Tonight Show and Late Night. That guest was Richard Simmons. Richard is a popular guest because he’s usually enjoyable to […]

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The talk around Chicago for the past week has been the sale of the Tribune Company to Sam Zell and the swift decision to put the Chicago Cubs up for sale. Zell is part owner of the Chicago White Sox (inside Managing Partner Jerry Reinsdorf’s group) and MLB rightly prohibits an individual from owning […]

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Although most, if not all of you didn’t notice, our own Chicago Bulls have quietly secured a clinched a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. I haven’t watched a Bulls game in quiet some time. I catch the highlights every morning on SportsCenter and it appears that Luol Deng has matured into quite […]

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