I have stated before that I personally felt that though we “may or may not” have entered into the Iraq War prematurely, war with Iraq was inevitable as long as Saddam Hussein and/or his Sons were in charge of the country. However today rather than repeat and expand on my own assertions about why I [...]
Archive for July, 2008
Why the Iraq War was Inevitable
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Life, News, Politics, Scalawags, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East on July 30, 2008 | 7 Comments »
After Postville – Time to Create Harsher Penalties
Posted in Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Politics, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Illegal Immigration, Iowa on July 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
A lot of bloggers on both the right and left are always complaining that government agencies do not do their jobs. So when a government agency actually does its job – what happens? Well in the case of ICE, people looking to hamper justice and enable criminals –>protested ICE performing their job properly. The raid [...]
Yee Haw The Next Spa Trend – Skin Eating Fish
Posted in Culture, Life, News, unusual, tagged fashion, feet, fish, health, skin on July 26, 2008 | 9 Comments »
An AP article informs us that a northern Virginia Spa is offering its customers a unique experience in pampering. It seems they have imported tiny carp as part of a treatment to remove dead skin from people feet before a pedicure. The fish are toothless and nibble off dead skin while leaving the healthy skin [...]
Sale of the Chicago Cubs Stumbles Forward
Posted in Baseball, Cubs, Culture, Current Events, Entertainment, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, Life, MLB, News, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Chicago, Chicago Tribune, media on July 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Chicago Tribune has announced that that the Tribune Corp. has ended a first round of accepting bids from potential buyers for the Chicago Cubs Professional baseball team. The financial information surrounding the Cubs was originally released to ten different prospective buyers for the team. According to an AP article, the Tribune Corp., which was [...]
Quad City Hotels in Awkward Public Relations Position Following the Storm
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Life, News, Quad Cities, Wheres the Beef! on July 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The recent windstorm from several days ago that knocked out power to a huge section of over 133,000 homes (the latest article I saw quoted that there were still over 16,000 homes without electricity) of our community has sent many powerless homeowners and out-of-town workers from the power company flocking to the local Hotels/Motels for [...]
Italians Adopt Get-Tough Illegal Immigration Policy
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Life, News, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Illegal Immigration, immigration, International, Politics on July 24, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A story over on the BBC says Italy is taking a get-tough stance against illegal immigrants with increased penalties for transgressions. The article states new rules can include jail time of up to four years instead of deportation. Illegal immigrants will also face sentences of 1/3 longer periods of incarceration time than Italian citizens committing [...]
State of Illinois Legislators Fleecing the Sheep
Posted in Culture, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scalawags, Scoundrels, tagged Chicago, corruption, Democrats, media on July 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A recent study printed in the Chicago Tribune about how the $4.7 million of Illinois after-school grant money was being used in Chicago is another example of how the Democrat Party’s vise lock on power in the State is bankrupting Illinois. This is a pet program of Governor Blagodabitch and several Democrat State Senators. The [...]
Chicago Suburb Just Says No to Baggy Pants
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Illinois, Life, News, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Chicago, fashion, law on July 20, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Chicago suburb of Lynwood, Illinois has passed an ordinance that fines individuals whom wear pants that the waist band droops down below their hips. The fine is $25. The ACLU is already shrieking their fool heads off. I think the law is sensible though probably redundant since most cities have dress code [...]
Government and Companies Feuding With Truck Drivers
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Life, News, Wheres the Beef!, tagged business, Politics, transportation, trucks on July 20, 2008 | 2 Comments »
The Quad City Times had an article talking about where some companies, states and municipalities are attempting to regulate the amount of time truckers allow their rigs to idle during rest periods. If you factor in the way driving time is already regulated by legislation it sounds like an unrealistic idea. It does not seem [...]
ICE Raid in Chicago Apprehends Illegal Immigrant Gang Members
Posted in Culture, Current Events, Illinois, Life, Scoundrels, Wheres the Beef!, tagged crime, gangs, ICE, Illegal Immigration on July 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Just weeks following one of the biggest raids of illegal immigrants that took place in Iowa where over 300 individuals were arrested, ICE has staged a smaller but notable raid in Chicago. The raid in Chicago was targeting gang members and netted 49 individuals of which 48 were Illegal immigrants. Though the raid was much [...]
