Following this weeks Supreme Court decision to overturn a Washington DC law defying the Second Amendment by banning citizen handgun ownership, the Illinois Sate Rifle has filed a related suit to challenge a similar Chicago law banning the ownership of handguns. May the force be with them! The Supreme Court ruling has not went over [...]
Archive for June, 2008
Reclaiming the Second Amendment Right to Bear Arms
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Chicago, gun control, guns, second amendment, Supreme Court on June 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Gun Ownership
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, tagged guns, second amendment, Supreme Court, the US Constitution, weapons on June 26, 2008 | 6 Comments »
In a small but clear victory for the citizens of the USA, the Supreme Court has ruled against Big Brother Government attempts at eliminating the rights of self-preservation given to us through the Second Amendment. That amendment assures people the right to bear and own firearms. For years Big Government have tried to legislate away [...]
Illinois to Slash Away Amtrak Funding?
Posted in Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Amtrak, Rod Blagojevich on June 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Will the Quad City again feel the sting of Governor Blagodabitch’s budget slashing knife? With the State feeling a huge shortage of funds and the Gov and the legislature fighting over the directional flow of the money it has to spend, the Gov is talking about slashing money to the Amtrak trains systems. According to [...]
Political Speech Rhetoric and Poppycock
Posted in Culture, Fleecing the Sheep, Politics, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, humor, tagged 2008 elections, Democrats, media, Republicans on June 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Inside every political testimonial are the hidden messages that the politician really meant to express. In no particular order, here are ten pieces of standard political rhetoric followed by their hidden meanings.
I bring the Truth –> I am twisting and/or distorting facts in the statement to project a positive image of my beliefs and image [...]
Photographer Created Lost Amazon Tribe Hoax
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Entertainment, Fleecing the Sheep, Wheres the Beef!, tagged media, News on June 24, 2008 | 13 Comments »
The professional News Services have let their armor get tarnished once again. It seems that the recent News Story about finding a lost tribe in the Amazon Jungle was just a hoax perpetrated by a photographer looking to draw attention to logging practices and the industry’s effects on an already known Amazon Tribe. [...]
Congressman Philobluster to Have Self-Serving Fireside Chat with His Peons
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Democrats, election on June 23, 2008 | 3 Comments »
The 17th District of Illinois’ hand selected Congressmen, Phil Hare, is honoring (cough-choke-gag) the citizens of this district with a whole hour of telephone chat Monday night. To steal a quote from Monday Night Football –> Are You Ready for Some BS!!! (Okay, I changed the quote a little.) In what is sure to [...]
More Inexcusable Acts of Child Abuse
Posted in Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, tagged child abuse, children, crime, parenting on June 20, 2008 | 6 Comments »
It was back in April when I posted about a Quad City event involving child torture. I guess because like most of us -my Parents gave a damn and treated their children as special- it surprises me when I read about parents individuals that abuse and torture children. Back in February a five-month-old child starved [...]
An Enduring Murder Defense – Blame the Victim
Posted in Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Quad Cities, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged crime, murder on June 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Listening to defense lawyers and their clients, every criminal is a good person and there are always extenuating circumstances as to why the client is not to blame. The “it’s not my fault” testimonial which is often part of a “blame the victim” defense always reminds me of an old David Frye joke revolving around [...]
Pelosi Imprisons Illegal Immigration Bill In Political Limbo
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Democrats, energy, Illegal Immigration, immigration, Republicans on June 19, 2008 | 5 Comments »
One of my repeated arguments since I started blogging was a need for a viable third party to challenge the two-party systems dogma that binds up important legislation. One such instance is the current oil price dilemma. As an AP article pointed out, which QCExaminer linked to, talking about proposed solutions to the current energy [...]
