Thought for a moment that our masters in Springfield would allow us to exercise our 1st Amendment Rights? Think again:
A Senate committee today stalled a measure that would allow Peoria residents to give concealed carry of handguns a test run, all but dooming it this year.
The Senate Public Health Committee voted 9-0 to move...
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State Senate takes a dump on Peorians’ 2nd Amendment rights (UPDATED)
America’s educators at work: Teeny toy gun grounds for suspension
From the New York Daily News:
Patrick and a friend were playing with Lego figures in the school cafeteria on Tuesday when he pulled out the faux machine gun and stuck it in the hands of his plastic police officer.
Boom! Trouble ensued, with Patrick’s mom getting a phone call from Public School 52 Principal Evelyn...
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2nd Amendment success story lends support to concealed carry law
Woo Hoo! Good news in Peoria:
Tinsley told police he was sitting on his porch when two males came around the side of his house just before midnight Sunday. Tinsley said Wells pointed a gun at him and told him to get inside the house.
Once inside, Tinsley tried to hold the door...
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Can Jehan Gordon be convinced to support gun rights?
One of Peoria’s state legislators is a cousin of a man who was killed by a gun, and it’s apparently going to influence her support of concealed carry legislation in Peoria.
Because of this connection, Rep. Jehan Gordon, D-Peoria, said she has a different perspective on gun laws than other state lawmakers may have, including...
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‘Catch-and-Release’ Kevin still siding with the bad guys
Peoria Mayor Jim Ardis wants to give Peorians the right to carry a concealed weapon, a right enjoyed by citizens in 48 states.
Naturally, Peoria County State’s Attorney Kevin “Catch and Release” Lyons is opposed:
In his own words:
“Neither of the words ‘concealed’ nor ‘carry’ should give a community any greater sense of peace when it...
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News: Evil or illness — not gun control or lack thereof — is to blame for NIU rampage
I took a little bit of time to decide how I wanted to respond to the rampage at Northern Illinois University. I learned of it shortly after I put up a post about a senior citizen who used his handgun to defend his life, and slugged it “Another 2nd Amendment success story.”
I briefly...
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News: Another 2nd Amendment success story
Two practicing socialists decide to put their share-the-wealth philosophy into action with a knife. Unfortunately for them their target was a WWII vet who’s a big John Wayne fan and who happened to be packing heat.
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Politics: Schock proposes concealed carry legislation
92nd District State rep. Aaron Schock has proposed a state law that would allow citizens to carry a concelaed handgun:
Schock, a congressional candidate, recently introduced the Family and Personal Protection Act, which would require individuals to complete a training course in handgun use, safety and marksmanship before they could receive a permit to carry...
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Opinion: Once again, firearms make our lives better
Peorians LOVE to debate crime. We debate what causes it. We debate how bad it is. We debate whether or not it’s worse of better than it was back in the good old days. We debate how to lower the crime rate.
Perhaps our neighbors to the north — Michigan — have a solution that...
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No gun control threat from ‘CeaseFire’
Speaking of Bill Spears, I want to make something clear about the “CeaseFire” petition he is backing: It has nothing to do with gun control. I admit I was worried a bit. Any “stop the violence” organization coming out of Chicago has to be suspected of being involved in depriving folks of their Second...
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Sticky fingered police or pre-emptive gun grab?
What struck me about this article is how uncontrite and unapologetic the City of Peoria seems to be about having destroyed this man’s personal property. It’s as if they blame Don Raineri for making a big deal about his Volunteer Enterprises .45-caliber rifle disappearing from the evidence locker.
And they are indignant that he would...
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Convicted thug caught twice for same offense
I read this story and couldn’t believe it.
A teenager sent to prison for having a handgun outside Greeley Alternative School last year was charged this week with another weapons offense.
This time, Omar Porter of 1705 NE Jefferson Ave. stands accused of having a loaded rifle in the trunk of a car he was...
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Lack of guns defines the ‘police state’
The Master is invoked to defend the 2nd Amendment:
“In their view, only important people like politicians, celebrities and the rich deserve armed protection. But as Robert Heinlein put it, ‘When only cops have guns, it’s called a “police state.” ’
Heinlein,police state,michael moore,gun control,2nd amendment
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A victory for gun grabbers Blago and Madigan
The Illinois House failed to override Gov. Blagovich’s veto of a bill that would have denied cities the ability to restrict how guns are transported. House Speaker Michel Madigan helped Blago by twisting a few arms.
Now, hunters and others are almost certain to break some city’s laws when they drive from one part of...
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I write this with all love and respect to the local guys because they ROCK, but Comcast is Satan March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
I’m the kinda guy who is always going to wait until the very last minute to pay his cable bill. Usually, I find out it’s due when I can’t get on the Internet
So I’m in the Comcast office on Dries Lane ever other month.
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Day by Day: Skin status update 3/20/2010 March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Today’s strip: Chris Muir is hearing my pleas. Sam is again in the low-cut, skin-tight little black dress. Chris treats up to a front view and a maddeningly curvaceous profile.
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Day By Day: Skin status update 3/19/2010 March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Today’s strip: Now this is more like it. Sam is in a skin-tight, low-cut little black dress. There’s a front view and a side view. You go, Chris!
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It’s official: The Captain America movie is going to suck March 20, 2010justiceblogofamerica
Via Slashfilm:
Now there’s a slight update: according to IESB, the shortlist is now only three names: Chris Evans (Sunshine, The Fantastic Four); Channing Tatum (G.I. Joe, Stop-Loss) and Sebastian Stan (Gossip Girl). I’ve stumped for Evans before, but am a bit surprised that he’s still on the list, because of that Fantastic Four association. But that’s no big deal in the long run, as the Marvel Studios film universe has nothing to do with the Fox version of Marvel’s characters. (Confusing!) Evans is easily the best choice here.
Feh. We need a traditional square-jawed hero for this role, not some pretty boy. Evans is an X-games sorta guy. Cap is a baseball/football/track letterman kinda guy. And the FF movies sucked and that kinda stink don’t wash off.
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Let’s not kid ourselves, we are ALL thinking the same thing about that retired white cop who pulled a gun during a Pekin traffic stop and somehow didn’t get his sorry ass shot March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
But I am far, far to politically correct to suggest that a black guy who did this wouldn’t be sitting in the Tazewell County Jail right now. Just sayin’.
Here are some possibly related postsDecember 23, 2009 — Five Peoria police layoffs averted (0)November 29, 2009 — Pekin is on the right track (2)October 22, 2009 [...]Original post by Billy Dennis
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Iron Man 2 Trailer (OFFICIAL) | Home Video Marketing March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
if you guys think this is amazing, wait till the Avengers movie comes out. dakkota92 Says: March 19th, 2010 at 4:03 pm. he wanted more money they said no soo he quit. SilentWorld13 Says: March 19th, 2010 at 4:08 pm …
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Mail It To Team-Up: Captain America Cartoon and My theory about … March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Of course this would mean that he could be a villain in Iron Man 3 or even the Avengers movie. Now what if each major villain of the Marvel heroes banded together? Mandarin for Iron Man, Red Skull for Captain America, Loki for Thor, …
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Captain America News Round Up « Fangirl's Handbag March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
As for Chris Evans, he was the best part of the Fantastic Four, so why not keep him for a spot in the Avengers movie instead? Sebastian Stan / Wilson Bethel Sebastian Stan and Wilson Bethel are unknowns to me. I don't watch Gossip Girl …
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Star Trek vs X-Men Trailer – MoviesOnline March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
Leave it to film fans to do something cool. Below you can checkout a fan trailer for X-Men vs Star Trek. Back in the day MARVEL did a cross over comic…
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Bryan Singer Embraces More 'X-Men'; Regrets 'Superman Returns … March 20, 2010Billy Dennis
And what about that X-Men 4 news? There were hints in recent months that the 'X-Men' movie franchise would be moving ahead and away from prequels — and with Singer involved, no less — but this is a veritable official announcement. …
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- Should principals be empowered leaders or branch managers? March 18, 2010The extent to which mechanistic thinking is corrupting our culture might be illustrated in relation to any number of fields of activity. For instance, our educational system suffers disastrously from the dominion of the administrative mind, which is, by the very nature of modern administration, generally mechanistic in its thinking (and therefore unfitted to […]
- Another D150 administrator put on paid leave March 16, 2010District 150 Director of Technology and Library Media Services Mary Ward has been put on paid administrative leave as the district performs an internal investigation. If past is prelude, taxpayers may be paying her to do nothing for a long time. The last administrator to be put on paid administrative leave, Mary Davis, [...] […]
- “Word on the Web” has Urich news conference video March 16, 2010The Journal Star recently started a new blog based on John Sharp and Karen McDonald’s Monday column “Word on the Street.” The blog is called “Word on the Web,” and so far it has been very good. New content is added regularly, and the information is much more timely than the weekly print [...] […]
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- FireFly - What Community Leaders Said March 15, 2010"Calling FireFly 'the poster child' of Peoria NEXT", National City regional president Doug Stewart said that technology was not in short supply in Peoria. "Ideas are not our problem. The issue is management, first, and capital second. If we are going to hit a home run, FireFly is the closest thing we've got."Doug was probab […]
- FireFly Closer to Burning Bright March 15, 2010So wrote Molly Parker, reporter for the JS in May of 2007. The resolution by the County to guarantee, along with the city, a six million dollar loan to FireFly by National City Bank, State Representative Dave Leitch, Vice-President, who personally urged the County Board to approve this loan. Quoting Ms. Parker,"The resolution passed both committees by v […]
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