Politics
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City of Chicago Inspector General Website
The Inspector General of the City of Chicago launched a new website today. It sports a nifty new seal, a secure form for reporting corruption in Chicago, a Feedburner-hosted RSS feed, some stultifying reads about the ordinances and executive orders establishing the office’s power, and a really astonishing array of articles and editorials praising the…
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Congressman Luis Gutierrez Can’t Get Service in a Sprint Store, Either
So, against my better judgement, yesterday I took my kids with me to the Sprint Store on the corner of North, Milwaukee, and Damen. I get in line. I look in front of me, at the counter, and see a frustrated man dealing with the “customer service representative”. This store is notorious in my circle…
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Probably Would Have Been Better if the Vice-President Hadn’t Shot Someone
Do we need any more metaphors for this scattershot, disastrous administration?
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The Question
So, maybe I’m a cyncial and ugly person or maybe I just cut directly to the most obvious unasked question, but when I read this story: Virginia Man Among Four Kidnapped in Iraq, with the following lead: BAGHDAD, Iraq – Al-Jazeera broadcast video Tuesday of four Western peace activists held hostage by a previously unknown…
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Break; Give Me
So I’m not a real vociferous political blogger. There are plenty & I am not needed. But I have to comment on the Onion-like headline I saw this morning. Every single time this President of the United States comes in contact with the public it is highly scripted and controlled. So when I saw the…