Here in Chicago, money talks and no one has more of it that Oprah Winfrey. My distaste for her and anything that smacks of her is well evidenced (see next article) but she is inconveniencing millions of Chicagoans by getting the city to block Michigan Avenue downtown for almost two full days. Yes, one of […]

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Reality TV celebrity Jon Gosselin said that he despises his estranged wife Kate on ABC’s “Good Morning America.” He went on Kate verbally abused him and beat him down during their marriage. Yep. All you have to do is watch one of the shows and she just browbeat the man on national television. Just watching […]

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I hate when people take an announcement and turn it into the worst possible scenario. From Presidential elections to casting of people in certain roles, people verbally, and bloggers like myself leap to conclusions in expecting the worst. But I am jumping on the doom and gloom bandwagon when it comes to Walt Disney Co.’s […]

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This was just too good to pass up. Small, Los Angeles, California liberal arts Occidental College is offering a class called Stupidity 180. The course is reportedly devoted to a person’s lousy ability to understand or learn from experience. Occidental’s course catalog describes the class as a “philosophical examination of those operations and technologies that […]

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Before I left on vacation, I posted a rant against the lies being perpetrated trying to derail health care reform. I received several comments, one from a former coworker and arch conservative (bu) and a friend of mine, Tom Watson (not the golfer). Several people told me personally, that Tom provided one of the best […]

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Unlike some, I was never surprised when a woman reportedly tried to extort money from Louisville men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino. Pitino is a good looking, well dressed, successful basketball coach who makes a ton of money. But the story took on a whole new turn when the Louiville Courier-Journal reported that Pitino told police […]

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I forwarded an e-mail sent to me from Move On.org today to my closest friends today and I’d like to share it with you: Ladies and Gentlemen: Could you take a moment to read this e-mail and perhaps pass it on to others. Once again, the monied forces of the status quo are doing their […]

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