2003

Black Helicopters are dropping snakes

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My favorite loon at the asylum known as the Illinois Leader, is Joyce Morrison, who in a typically over-the-top routine on the evils of government regulating the environment drops this gem:

This would be Guam?s problem, except we may soon encounter a similar problem. There is an unsubstantiated report that a helicopter seen hovering over a wooded area in Missouri dropped two boxes. Supposedly, a curious hunter went over to find the boxes contained Eastern Massasaqua Rattlesnakes, which are endangered and cannot be killed.

Now, I know a few folks who go hunting around here and I can tell you that one doesn’t generally trust what one claims to have seen through the upturned bottle of Schnaps on a cold day.

Added bonus to anyone who can find something resembling a thesis statement in the article!

Leader returns to form

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For a couple weeks the Illinois Leader was primarily publishing a bunch of puff pieces and not doing the usual hatchet jobs on the Illinois Democratic Party and the real object of their hatred–moderate Republicans. But have no fear, today the Church Lady is back and reporting on gossip that Bob Kjellander might be challenged by the ideologically pure.

The beginnning of the article is another attempt to identify social conservatives as adults. Ironic, huh?

When do you fire a press secretary?

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Because I keep thinking it has to come soon. Getting heckled by the lapdogs is a pretty amazing feat even for evasive Ari.

Dick Cunningham for the Nobel

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My campaign to get a Nobel Peace Prize for a supporter of death penalty reform other than George Ryan has another possibility–Dick Cunningham. I’ve been trying to get to this story for several weeks now, but was reminded during the introduction to George Ryan’s remarks on Saturday that the Tribune did an in depth series on Dick Cunningham’s efforts to defend those on Death Row and end capital punishment.

It is remarkably touching.

License for Bribes Minute

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Fawell loses his bid for a mistrial.

And as such jury selection was completed

In other courts related news, Matt Hale got a new judge. Apparently even federal judges take a dim view of their colleagues being targeted by domestic terrorism.

I didn’t know where to start

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so just go read Jim Henley’s discussion of Reynolds’ latest foolishness. BTW, folks, rights and liberties are accorded to individuals irrespective of their race or creed. Just in case some of you are forgetting.

pissing on legs

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As I often like to mention, when one chooses to piss on someone’s leg they need to be prepared to have his leg pissed back on. DeLay and Hastert would be well advised of this before pissing on the leg of a principled media darling moderate like Chris Shays. While I certainly wouldn’t predict Shays to bolt, he can make life very uncomfortable for the Republicans if they choose to make his life difficult.

License for Bribes Minute

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Yep, it’s that time again. George is out of office and the indictments are being warmed up.

Steve Neal serves up a can of regurgitated scandal time-line in praise of Joe Power. Good article for those who haven’t followed the investigation. It provides an excellent background on the entire case and Ryan’s actions.

Strangely, George Ryan’s son-in-law never had his DUI entered into the SOS computer system while Ryan was SOS.

Unhappy meals were served to 33 employees at McPier, many of whom were hired by Fawell.

Some ala carte chutzpah was served by Fawell who asked for a mistrial after the commutations

And an appetizer for the trials start is done by the Trib.

52 convictions and counting

I just can’t bring myself

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to discuss the idiocy of dynamic scoring.

I remember, back in the day when we liberals had to walk both ways up hill to school and back, when I had to sit there and beat my head against a wall to get other liberals to understand the importance of balanced budgets. For the most part it became accepted until Shrub.

And don’t blather to me about how it will lead to balanced budgets. I prefer to live in reality.

Someday?

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Kevin Drum, in reference to Bush’s rhetoric says:

See, the difference is that he actually meant it. But with the Bushies it’s always just about playacting, and someday it’s going to catch up to them.

Someday? I’m pretty sure that day should be when they have bungled the policy so badly, they have to start giving concessions just to calm the situation down.