About 20 years ago, I saw Johnny Carson interview a women who polished
hardened bird droppings and made it into jewellery. It looked pretty and
she apparently made a living at it.
But I couldn’t help but think that no matter how much she polished it,
it was still birth poop.
Substance, not style, is what matters most.
On a completely […]
There is no reason to applaud the resolution to the city’s fiscal crisis.
We’re still short one fire engine folks.
Journal Star: All fire stations to stay open
The nearly six-month battle over how to cut the Peoria Fire Department budget ended Monday with a decision to sideline one
engine and relocate one truck, leaving all stations open and […]
? /Journal Star/: League: End city election panel, cost
/The League of Women Voters filed petitions Monday to place a
referendum on the March 16 ballot asking voters to abolish the city
of Peoria’s Election Commission.
The group collected 1,300 signatures - 300 […]
Since his appointment in U.S.
Attorney in 2001, Patrick Fitzgerald has generated a bunch of
indictments and investigation against corrupt politicians of both
political persuasions. Right now, he prosecuting our former governor for selling favors in the infamous license for bribes scandal.
Here is a video of Fitz announcing the indictment of George Ryan. And the Chicago
Tribune has this […]
I have three days off in a row. Wonderful news, right?
WRONG!
*First:* My car broke down over the weekend, and the cost of repair is
more than the car is worth.
So, I spent Monday visiting used car lots looking for a suitable
replacement. My ironclad policy is that I never buy new cars. Ever. New
cars are a sucker’s […]
? MetroTimes: News lite
/This column has heard that at least a few Detroit News reporters
are unhappy with the paper?s ?Real Life, Real News? initiative.
There are two problems with the effort launched in October, gripe
our sources. One is that the […]
This guy , in a response to a comment
to his original post
about Website
design, made this comment
about my post here .
/I just can’t stomach Peoria Pundit’s content, though. The fact that
he can advocate development of low-yield nukes betrays such a
staggering ignorance of the […]
Andrew Cline nails it
this commentary of a Washington Post report
on
the Dean campaign that focuses on the message delivery, not on the
message itself.
/If we’re talking political coverage as entertainment, this outlines
the central narrative of the Dean campaign as political insiders see
it, or […]
Mr. DiMera supplies three — or is
that six? — very good reasons
.
Not safe for work.
Jeff Jarvis is one of the best bloggers out there.
But he gets it wrong
when he writes
about objectivity.
/You see, for years and years, it was assumed that American TV
viewers wanted really dumb sitcoms because that’s all that networks
fed them and that’s all they […]
http://billscontent.com/images/truman.jpg
Back during the Reagan Years, the left was arguing for total, unilateral
nuclear disarmament because any use of nuclear weapons would lead to
global winter and the destruction of all life on Earth.
Now, the United States is stepping up the development of low-yield,
precision nuclear weapons
.
These weapons are still nuclear, and the effects are still horrible
enough to be […]
I’ve had it.
Sometime this week, I am going to dump my regular e-mail address
bill-at-billscontent-dot-com, as well as a secondary addy,
peoriapundit-at-billscontent-dot-com.
I am being inundated with spam for get-rich-quick scams, Canadian drug
sales and come-ons for products that will give me a eight-inch long sex
organ (Hey I don’t cut off three inches for /nobody/).
So, I will be notifying […]
And I am found wanting.
One of many occupations I have these days is working on a help desk for
a company I will not name.
The calls are monitored at random and the quality of the service is
evaluated. I am routinely marked down for not engaging the caller in
idle conversation. I am chided to make the caller […]
Read Blago’s lips: No new taxes
.
/Gov. Rod Blagojevich renewed his pledge against raising state sales
or income taxes, despite a projected budget deficit that could reach
$2 billion in 2004.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Blagojevich maintained
[…]
… stop. It’s Christmas. You shouldn’t be on the computer. You should
be opening presents, in church or having dinner with your family.
Merry Christmas.
