Thank God the Supreme Court overturned the idiotic gun control laws of Chicago. Even though Mayor Daley’s administration is working feverishly to respond with new laws to restrict hand gun purchases within the city limits, we finally have a chance to protect ourselves and not be legalized victims. For the first time in years criminals […]

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A couple of weekends ago I began the battle of the gut. I bought myself a nice used bike from Blackstone Bicycle. It’s one of a number of non profit bike shops around the city of Chicago that refurbish and sell bicycles. This particular shop has the added goal of teaching kids in the surrounding […]

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Uncouth US Representative Joe Wilson has been brought to heel quickly by his Republican associates. After losing his composure in the halls of Congress last night and calling President Obama a lie during his address Wilson called the White House personally to uncork foot from mouth. Just when you thought Strom Thurmond was good and […]

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Here’s the link to the President’s remarks today to save in your web favorites. The text below is the speech in it’s entirety.
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The President: Hello everyone – how’s everybody doing today? I’m here with students at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia. And we’ve got students tuning in from all across America, kindergarten through twelfth […]

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All the anal haters have amped up their political self righteous denial of civic engagement even after President Obama has amended the wording of the letter writing lesson plan component of his address to America’s school children tomorrow. Fortunately negative publicity almost always guarantees increased viewership and listenership so all the furor will likely result […]

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No I’m not talking about the Elton John classic referring back to the Colonial days of freedom fervor in Pennsylvania but a more modern incarnation of that spirit.
In case you missed it, Philadelphia, Mississippi recently elected its first ever African American mayor. I think Andrew Goodman, James Chaney and Michael Schwerner might be in heaven […]

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Cheryl Contee a.k.a. Jill Tubman of Jack & Jill Politics and Naoko McCracken a WordPress rep gave a joint panel on “Using the Latest Tech Tools To Grow Your Blog”. I’ll start with Cheryl’s piece first.
Cheryl emphasized the point that when you have made the decision to convert from one blog platform to another (ex: […]

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T-Day has arrived people. Hope all you Johnnie-come-lately’s are planning on taking the day off to complete your IRS, state and local tax commitments because you’re going to need every hour left in this day to get them in on time.
I know, you think you’re hurting Uncle Sam and all your other tax aunts and […]

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If you guys haven’t heard of John Hope Bryant you are missing out on a top notch guy who brings financial literacy to the home front like no other. I heard him on the Steve Harvey Morning Show one day last year. Steve was so impressed with him that he had him back a second […]

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…because he was obviously floating on some high octane narcotics to compare himself to Mandella, King and Ghandi on the Today Show this morning. Perspective? What the crap is he talking about? This clown is a total idiot!

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