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Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
If you havent noticed, I am a huge fan of Family Guy. Now, I am sure that some of you may get a little offended by the clip abovebut I think it is a testament to the atmosphere in which many African Americans live in. Am I wrong in my thinking that Afri...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
It is always a tragedy when a child or young person is abducted, but it is a cause for great joy when they are foundalive. The case of the two missing Missouri boys who were recently found is still making its rounds all over print and televised media; an...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
I am a huge fan of Thomas L. Friedman, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times foreign affairs columnist for the New York Times; and he is #2 in the Blevins Blog Hall of Fame.
Brown-nosing aside, I am currently reading his class The Lexus and the Olive Tree...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Click here for an interesting article about Iran purchasing military surplus from the Defense Department.
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
We all had a hardy laugh when the religious right and other neo-cons said that by allowing gay marriage that the institution of marriage would weaken and eventually fall apart. Perhaps they were right:
For the first time, a majority of American women are...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
The above image is from March to Impeach.
March to Impeach Recently asked, What do you think about a massive nationwide impeachment march on Washington to which I stated I think it would be a nice trybut do you think the national media, or better yet, ...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Samantha, after watching an episode of American Dad, in which Roger the Alien wants to buy Dollywood after he catches bin Laden, has grown to like the Dolly Parton song Jolene, which was also covered by Olivia Newton John. I say bah!
Lets dissect the son...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and everyone in between: whenever you get to that state where you just want to lash out at whomever has upset you, whenever you get the urge to take delight in the pain and suffering of someone who has done yo...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
When told by rescuers in the helicopter at the beginning of Ace Venture: When Nature Calls to turn back Jim Careys character yells back You cant stop me no matter who you are!
This line more than sums up Dubbyas stance toward Congress and everyone who i...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Duncan Campbell had his funeral last Tuesday, and I was lucky to be considered a grandson by him. Unfortunately, I was not able to make the funeral, but that is probably for the best since I am not good at them (for some reason, I deal with the death of ...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
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Apparently, they are a publicly traded company, they have a team format and they have banned the elbow to the face, move. As the next big thing, I think it would be best if Springfield got in on some of the actionwhich would brin...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
On January 13, 2007 at 1:20 P.M. CST, I have done something unbelievable and possibly unforiveable: I agree with George W. Bush on something!
This somewhat explains the freezing rain we got last night. In his weekly radio address, he states: Members of ...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
In another two hours, I will be heading home to Springfield. Man, I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here in Chicago this past week; but all good things must come to an end.
We were thinking about heading to a Buddhist temple this evening, but with the ...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Times have changed and times are strange
Here I come , But I aint the same
Mama, Im Coming Home
Times gone by seem to be
You could have been a better friend to me
Mama, Im Coming Home
Took me in and you drove me out
Yeah, you had me hypnotised
Lost and fo...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
To whom ever had the brilliant idea to try and pay the way for three homeless people to show up at the Bartolomucci fundraiser on December 11th, my hat goes off to you. I have been thinking about making the person with the insight to do this inaugural me...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
The great and gracious Rich Miller of Capitol Fax Blog fame has graced this blog with a comment: a short but sweet comment; but Ill take it! This, to me, is the equivalent of a Catholic meeting Pope John Paul II, George W. Bush meeting Satan or a blind f...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
George W. Bush, in a visit to Brazil in February of 2002 was shocked to find out that there were blacks in that country; Do you have blacks, too was his question.
In the four years that I have lived in Springfield, I do not recall encountering an African...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Ok, I have lost all faith in being an American and our chances during the impending Canadian invasion. It turns out that John Candy, the great American hero in Canadian Bacon, was in fact a dirty, filthy, drunken, ice-hockey playing Canadian polar bear h...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Man, I almost fainted from being overjoyed a couple months ago when I checked my StatCounter and found that someone had been coming to this blog from the Capitol Fax Blog. As I stated in a previous post: to actually get visitors comming from the Capitol ...
Posted by Blevins Blog 5 years ago.
Oh those Canadians! They think they are so great with that little marijuana leaf flag, their universal health care, their ice hockey and polar bears. Well there not. I have never trusted Canadians: Jim Carey, Michael J. Fox, Bret The Hitman Hart, Alani...
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