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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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For years Microsoft has been accused of being an 800 lb. gorilla monopoly throwing its weight around and when it cannot compete with a software/computer product or the product is superior to the Microsoft product, the Microsoft either buys the company outright or finds a way to eliminate the competition. It seems that Barack Obama [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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. [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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