I read where the local PBS station WQPT is considering the process of separating from Black Hawk College. The public station has lost it’s funding from Black Hawk College about two years ago during State of Illinois Budget cuts. That leaves just federal funds and private donations as the station’s source of revenue. According to [...]
Archive for June, 2009
PBS – Eternal Government Sponsored Bailouts
Posted in Current Events, Fleecing the Sheep, Illinois, News, Politics, Quad Cities, Scoundrels, Stupid is as Stupid Does, government, tagged finance, Iowa, media, opinion, television, thoughts, US, USA on June 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Sports, Schools and Students
Posted in Illinois, Life, Quad Cities, Sports, Stupid is as Stupid Does, Wheres the Beef!, tagged Baseball, children, Culture, family, Football, opinion, personal, school, thoughts, US, USA on June 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
For the last several weeks I have been “volunteered” to assist an individual in babysitting a young junior high school kid. At one time in my 29+ years upon this planet I would have jumped at the chance to help watch the youth of our country. But I have reached a point in my life, [...]