Thursday, September 15, 2011

Vietnam Statistics from the Wall - Michael Moriarty Forwarded This On The Other Greatest Generation

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A Vietnam Marine, Bill Pfeifer sent this to Michael Moriarty and Michael sent this along to me. Tom Brokaw should take a look at another Gre...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Antonement - NY District Goes GOP - Rev. Al Goes on MSNBC - Makes Sense?

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"I'll never get the majority of Jewish votes. It's only because I have a moral center." Rev. Al Sharpton 2001. Maybe it...
Tuesday, September 13, 2011

The Captain's Pre-Reminiscence: The Brain Mutinies

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"Pass this Bill!" I know that folks sometimes think they've used up the benefit of the doubt but I'm an eternal optimist,I...
Monday, September 12, 2011

My Heartfelt and Very Warm Response to Prince Turki al-Faisal on Palestinian Statehood, Saudi Arabia, and the U.S.

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Sinatra treated dames better than a Saudi. Gang, meet the Prince; Prince meet the gang! Ain't he just the cat's nuts? Dear Prince...

We Band of Mothers Blog - Real Women for Real Men!

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Really sexy and self-assured women shovel and know 'house-shorts.' We Band of Mothers is a blog written by Marianne the wife of a C...
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I Remember 9/12/2001 - Empty Skies

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New Jersey's brilliant Empty Skies Memorial to 9/11 I live under the flight path of planes landing at Midway Airport. Planes approachin...
Sunday, September 11, 2011

Mark Madsen and Chicago's Jazz Soul - Ubi Sunt

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Chicago used to be a great town for jazz. Politics and policy in Chicago chased great music out to the suburbs and odd enforcements and ord...
Saturday, September 10, 2011

9/11 Stars and Stripes Forever Times Two

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That much was clear from the appreciative response of the audience, estimated at 7,000. While not as quiet or enthusiastic as the Japanese c...
Friday, September 09, 2011

9/11 Credible Threat - Round Up Them Yarmulke Wearing Hebes, Hillbillies and Fish Eaters

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“It may include groups and individuals that are dedicated to a single-issue, such as opposition to abortion or immigration,” DHS Capo - Jane...

Barry Ain't No Harry and There's Hell to Pay.

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I watched our President give, what I thought to be a petulant political speech, before the Greenbay Packers showed the nation what working m...
Thursday, September 08, 2011

Mitt Romney's Hit to the Fence

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Bendix was The Babe and Mitt played both last night! I believe that people generally come to look like what they do for a living. English t...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Joel Kotkin Holds a Mirror to California and We See Illinois

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Gov. Pat Quinn is one hobbled donkey. CHICAGO -- Gov. Pat Quinn said Tuesday that he plans major spending cuts, including layoffs, as he tr...
Tuesday, September 06, 2011

Pope Asinus Lardum I -Gaudeamus Habemus Papam!

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“Human life begins when the fetus can survive outside the womb, . . . “Some people, I guess, just like to be the uterus police, the bossypan...

Joseph Epstein and Some Literary Lives Not Worth the Trouble

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I was working as a janitor at Orchestra Hall, while I attended Loyola University in Chicago between 1970-1974. They were the Solti years. I ...
Monday, September 05, 2011

Explosion Rocks My World - Fire at Fabled Franconello's

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Photo Det. Shaved A phone call after 11 P.M. is never good news. My daughters went to the Carrie Underwood concert at Ravinia with their A...

Happy Labor Day! Old Merle has it Covered

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Merle Haggard and the Strangers sum up the nature of it all . . ." 'long as his two hands are fit to use." God Bless All Who L...
Saturday, September 03, 2011

Studs Terkel? Labor Day Celebrates Working People Not Posers

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Lefties live on a diet of BS. The more BS they shovel in, the more strident they become e.g. the Chicago media call SEIU Big Labor. Whene...

The Voice of Truth - The Great Joe Williams

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Human Beings are the only creatures on earth who engage in companion conversation, posses intellect, and are graced with volition. Max...
Friday, September 02, 2011

Vouchers: Eric Zorn Calls it "Pixie Dust" But He Calls For A Stall to Avoid Getting Pinned!

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A Stall gets a warning, then penalty points awarded to the opponent and then disqualified. The financial losses in Indiana this year t...
Thursday, September 01, 2011

For the 69th Street Loafers:1965 -Mohair Sam - The Coolest Guy That Is What Am!

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Mostly Italian from 69th and Hermitage. This includes: 68th and Wood Street Lil Loafers and 68th and Damen Lil Loafers. In 1959, they cong...