Posts Tagged ‘chicago’

the right of the people to keep and bear Arms shall not be infringed

June 28th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Wanna guess where this line is quoted from? A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. Karl Marx’s Communist Manifesto? Mao Tse Teng? Hitler? The Khmer Rouge? Hannibal? Caligula? Keep guessing. Apparently a lot of people [...]

Don’t shoot, I want to grow up

October 1st, 2009 | No Comments

Scott Ott makes another one of his brilliant observations regarding the beating death of Derrion Albert: 37 Chicago public school students killed last year. The latest, Derrion Albert, a college-bound honors student, beaten to death with a wooden board. Government operates the housing, government runs the school. Who’s accountable? I’ll go out on a limb [...]

Obama stumps for Chicago

September 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Obama is going to Copenhagen after all, joining first lady Michelle Obama to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. Some people think this carries a political risk.  Rio seems to be the perceived frontrunner.  They’ve never held the Olympics.  So, this would be a first for the Olympics.  They like firsts.  Brazil has brought [...]

ACORN and the census

March 18th, 2009 | No Comments

This is one of those things that is so wrong it just makes me chuckle.  The group that counted people in their voter registration drives multiple times is now being given money to help count the 2010 census.  They would have been investigated for fraud but Obama won.  So, rather than facing voter fraud charges [...]