The only logical way to judge a president’s performance duing war time
to evaluate how well he leads the war effort.
Had the bombings not happened, I wouldn’t be voting for Georige W. in
2004. But they did happen. We are at war, so I’m voting for Bush. Period.
Some people are just too damn sensitive
.
/LOS ANGELES — A county official has asked computer and video
equipment vendors to consider eliminating the terms “master” and
“slave” from equipment because they may be considered offensive.
“Based on the cultural diversity and sensitivity […]
Just as I predicted .
From the Washington Post :
/While the troops cheered the moment, it is too soon to know whether
the image of Bush in his Army jacket yesterday will become a symbol
of strong leadership or a symbol of unwarranted bravado.
[…]
Thanks to all the city financed development in the northern part of
Peoria, traffic congestion
just keeps getting
worse. The renovation of Sterling Avenue is only making matters worse. I
made the mistake of shopping at Westlake Center last weekend and was
trapped in a traffic light nightmare for a half hour.
Has the /Journal Star/ written even one article […]
/?We did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq, pay a
bitter cost of casualties, defeat a ruthless dictator and liberate
25 million people only to retreat before a band of thugs and
assassins.?/
Damn straight.
President Bush put himself at risk to visit the […]
The city council voted 6-5
to not hire the 11
firefighters the city needs to maintain staffing levels.
The council agreed to cut $325,000 in non-discretionary capital
spending, such as fleet maintenance.
Paying off bond debt remains the biggest expense in the budget.
Will the council learn its lesson and stop agreeing to spend money to
help private developers and to […]
Some folks at the White House think the /Washington Post/ has moved
beyond skepticism and into cynicism
.
/The White House has reason to wince at Post coverage. Walter
Pincus, with Dana Priest and Karen DeYoung, forced President Bush to
eat his 16 words claiming that Iraq had […]
http://images.chicagotribune.com/media/photo/2003-11/10384209.jpg
? /Chicago Tribune/: Protesters use bullhorns to give Jackson an earful
/Small groups of seemingly organized hecklers disrupted a “jobs,
education and justice” rally at Federal Plaza sponsored by the
Rainbow/PUSH Coalition on Tuesday afternoon.
Although the hecklers chastised various speakers and political
[…]
The /Chicago Tribune’s/ Eric Zorn details the origin
of the word “wussy.”
It’s an offshoot of the discussion over the Trib’s censoring of the work
“sucks” in the “Zits” cartoon strip.
Decorum prevents me from sinking deeper into this cavernous topic.
*NOTE:* This entry actually contains a permalink. It’s one of very few
entries on Zorn’s j-blog to have that feature. […]
Black Glenn feels
a little ripped off. I can understand why.
A Cook County judge has ruled
that the Illinois
Constitution, which specifically gives governors the power to veto
specific spending, doesn’t give him the power to veto specific spending
– when the spending being cut would otherwise go into he pocket of judges.
/Circuit Court Judge John K. Madden ruled that [Rod] Blagojevich
[…]
? /Journal Star/: PHA putting Pennsylvania Terrace up for sale
/The Peoria Housing Authority will put its oldest seniors-only
high-rise apartment complex up for sale next month.
Ruth Simpkins, PHA facilities manager, told the board Monday that
the last 22 residents have been […]
When I edited a small, weekly newspaper, I found out that an article I
wrote was wildly inaccurate. Well, I quoted the people correctly, but it
turned out that the people I talked to had incomplete information. I
could have avoided the problem by simply making a phone call to the
people involved, but I was on deadline and […]
The Libertarian Party knows better than any other group how many
roadblocks the state of Illinois puts in the way of third party
candidates who want to get on the ballot.
Illinois Libertarian Party spokesperson Jeff Trigg devotes a long
article
describing how the Democrats and Republicans are fighting it out over
efforts to change Illinois law to get George […]
This article by
/Journal Star/ reporter Catharine Schaidle described how the
Randolph-Roanoke Residential District voted again to remain in the
Medical and Technology District. Some members felt they weren’t given
the whole story.
That’s how I feel.
Once again, the /Journal Star/ has written an article that fails to say
_exactly_ what will happen when this district decides to back a […]
