Aaron Schock is famous for finishing high school early, and then getting through Bradley University in record time.
Springfield Blogger Will Reynolds suggests Aaron “Nukes to Taiwan” Schock could benefit from this not-quite School House Rock episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQBWGo7pef8
Heh. I mostly agree with the video. But I should point out that the Sandinistas gained power thanks to...
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Candidate John Morris isn’t laughing at Aaron Schock’s little jest abotu maybe sending nukes to Taiwan:
MORRIS: GIVING AWAY NUCLEAR WEAPONS IS NO LAUGHING MATTER
Peoria, IL | January 10, 2007
Republican John Morris, candidate for the 18th District Congressional seat, issued the followingstatement today in response to a Peoria Journal Star article in which Aaron Schock...
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Aaron Schock told the Peoria Journal Star editorial board that he was joking when he said he wanted to sell nuclear weapons to Tawain in an effort to force China to stop helping Iran. As this article correctly pointed out that after the crap hit the fan, Schock and his campaign manager Steve Schear...
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Is there a vast conspiracy within the Journal Star to make Aaron Schock look good?
I’m not a fan of conspiracy theories. But that else am I supposed to think when I have a former insider who keeps telling me that the weak coverage of Mr. Schock is the fault of many people, and not...
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Today’s links, unless noted, are via the Journal Star:
The Journal Star’s article on Aaron Schock backtracking on his nukes-to-Taiwan position (read the posts here) does, in fact, include comments from the John Morris and Jim McConoughey campaigns. Spokespeople from both campaigns were quoted, not the candidates themselves. Did Morris and McConoughey NOT want to...
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First, he said it. Then he defended saying it, adding that opponents who disagreed weren’t being tough enough on terrorism. Then he said he plan was being misinterpreted. Then today, he gave up. Aaron Schock held a press conference (I wasn’t invited) and admitted he was wrong to propose selling nuclear weapons to Taiwan...
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An email tipster (NOT someone from Jim McConoughey’s campaign) reminded me of the following. Back when he was still a member of the Peoria School District 150 board of education AND a member of the state legislature, Schock missed the vote to hire Ken Hinton as superintendent because he was away on a trip...
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State Journal Register political reporter Bernie Schoenburg managed to wrangle a quote or two from State Rep. Aaron Schock about his vote in May against requiring five state pension funds to divest from companies doing business with Iran’s energy industry, the profits of which are being used to fund that nation’s research into nuclear...
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This was the best line out of Jim McConoughey’s press conference about Aaron Schock’s proposal to ignore the Nuclear Proliferation Treaty and sell nuclear weapons to Taiwan:
“This is not a Ronald Reagan idea. This is a Dr. Strangelove idea.”
It’s a great line. It’s the line reporters are looking for when they attend this things....
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On May 31, 2007, the Illinois House of Representatives voted 80-2o to approve its version of SB 1621, a law that requires state pension funds to divest their holdings in foreign companies that are doing business with Iran’s energy industry, which is financing Iran’s effort to develop nuclear weapons.
Schock was among the 20 who...
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Rumor has it that Archpundit has a copy of the statement former B.U. coach and Democratic candidate for Congress Dick Versace made today about the Schock bombshell. But Archpundit’s site is down at the moment. And the Versace campaign apparently doesn’t have me on their mailing list, even through I’ve asked twice and actually...
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From a press release:
(PEORIA) Representative Aaron Schock responded to opponent Jim McConoughey’s criticism of Schock’s recent comprehensive proposal to seek ways of preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons, by pointing out that there are three alternatives:
1. Seek new ways of pressuring China and Russia to heed their UN Security Council responsibilities by...
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Jim McConoughey must have said “naive” and ‘inexperienced” a dozen times during his brief news conference today. Which is pretty must his biggest weapon against Aaron Schock, who was courteous enough to give McConoughey and other opponents John Morris an opening by suggesting that the United States arm Taiwan with nuclear weapons and arm...
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In today’s column, Springfield Journal-Register columnist Bernie Schoenburg notes that in a recent speech, Aaron Schock advocated giving nuclear weapons to Taiwan. The reason is twofold: It would help the tiny island nation resist aggression from communist mainland China, which considers Taiwan to be part of China; and it would put pressure on China...
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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.
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!
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.
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’.
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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 …
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, …
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 …
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…
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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