During my WEEK interview Tuesday, Mike Dimmick
mentioned that there’s plenty of unreliable sources of information on
the Web.
Supposedly, because I have training and experience as a journalist, my
site is more responsible than many others. Well, whatever.
Still, the comment got me thinking about those times I failed to be
responsible.
I recall early in my blogging career, I […]
Actually, I didn’t see the actual Live at 5 interview
with Jerry Kohn, the
Libertarian Party candidate for the U.S. Senate. I do, however, have
access to the article on the East Peoria-based station’s Web site.
I’ll touch on the highlights: There’s *gasp* someone on the he ballot
who’s not a Republican or a Democrat. Again, a news article […]
WHOI: Peoria Police Can Live Anywhere They Want
Peoria police officers win the latest round in a 3-year residency battle.
The city council did not get the necessary seven votes Tuesday night
to force the police department to go to court for the right to live
outside of Peoria.
That means an independent arbitrator’s ruling that officers don’t have […]
Acidman links
to this
and wonders about the future of political
discourse. I’m not wondering, cause I remember the bile and hatred
directed at Clinton during his entire eight years in office. There was
precious little official GOP condemnation of Jerry Falwell’s Vince
Foster murder conspiracy videos.
Yes, Clinton was a lying creep.
And the GOP and its agents bent […]
OK, so here’s this guy who is accused of being an al-Qaida sleeper
agent. He’s been held as an enemy combatant and denied the right to see
his attorney for more than one year. Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court
decision, he must now be allowed access to the courts to challenge his
detention.
So what’s the headline in the […]
According to the Drudge Report
, anyway:
Official Washington and the entire press corps will be rocked when
Hillary Rodham Clinton is picked as Kerry’s VP and a massive love
fest will begin!
So predicts a top Washington insider, who spoke to the DRUDGE […]
? Tears of joy
/Many of the 500 or so people gathered at the Illinois Army National
Guard base near the Greater Peoria Regional Airport for the unit’s
welcome home shared that sentiment. The buses carrying the soldiers
from their demobilization point […]
The good folks from WEEK are going to come over to my house to interview
me about the blogging craze. I’m going to have them interview me on my
deck sipping iced tea as I blog on my nifty new laptop.
So what do I discover on my email this week? Server maintenance. It
starts exactly 30 minutes before […]
… finding a serial number for Adobe Photoshop 5 LE.
Look, I have the software LEGALLY, but I simply cannot find the S/N.
I need it for the laptop.
Who said it?
“I’ve never been to Peoria, but I’d stake my reputation that there is systematic racism in Peoria’s school system and that its been there throughout the history of Peoria’s schools.
“I’d bet Peoria’s schools are segregated … I’d guess the school board has been complacent in the systematic racism there. Those school board members […]
In honor of this afternoon’s visit by WEEK anchorman/reporter Mike Dimmick (and the young cameraperson whose name I cannot remember correctly, I’m very sorry), I am presenting this post: “How to Blog.” Some of what I discuss here touches on Mike’s generally thoughtful and sometimes probing questions.
They plan to run the story sometime in late […]
? Bartonville-based soldier likely killed
An Army reservist with the Bartonville-based 724th Transportation
Company was killed by Iraqi militants, Arab television network
Al-Jazeera reported Monday.
However, Army officials said they were not able to verify whether a
man shown in […]
… Thanks to my nifty new laptop.
It’s an IBM Thinkpad with a 300 mhz Pentium II, 128 megs of RAM, 4.7 Gig
hard drive and what looks like a generous 14-inch screen. I paid $325.
Did I get ripped off? I don’t care. I like it, although my wireless
connection is a little balky at times.
I won’t be […]
I am presenting three columns from the /Chicago Tribune’s/ John Kass:
? If Illinois GOP wants reform, here’s first step
(Jan. 18, 2004)
/Unlike (Peter) Fitzgerald — who defied the combine by bringing
politically independent federal prosecutors to Illinois and so paid
a heavy price — most of […]
… was conducted by ex-pat Peorian Marty Wombacher
.
I seem to recall this guy did something of journalistic importance in
Peoria once, but I cannot for the life of me recall what it was.
heh heh heh .
