Posted by The Eleventh Hour 5 hours 2 minutes ago.
So sez CNN. Im not sure Id ever even heard of Sarah Palin before the buzz around her started to surface this morning. When I looked her up on the internet, I thought I recognized here from somewhere. Then I decided it was just because she looks like the...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 5 hours 29 minutes ago.
Calling all punctuation obsessives. The McCain campaign needs to be held to account for this one.Where are those goofballs who were going around correcting signs at national parks
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 7 hours 43 minutes ago.
At my workplace, its Friday only a meager 20% of the time.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 14 hours 27 minutes ago.
OMG! I'm ready for bed late Thursday night and suddenly realize I haven't Friday Beer Blogged. That's mostly because I got caught up in the whole Dem Convention coverage thing and Obama's pitch-perfect speech. Well, here's a repeat of an Obama beer blo...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 21 hours 8 minutes ago.
Im sorry the Dana Thomas House is (for now) closing due to budget cuts. If it were up to me, more revenue would be raised (pssstthats taxes!) and the States budget woes would be eased. But thats politically impossible. Or so Im told. So we have to c...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour
Hey, this is great news.Sangamon County had to obtain new voting machines after the State Board of Elections ruled the county couldnt use the more than 900 machines it purchased for $2.7 million three years ago.The board said the company that made the ma...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour
Yes, its only Democrats who hug.Where did this controversy come from Pols of all stripes hug each other all the time. And when a few Democratic office holders start hugging its an issue Obviously, in this case, some of the huggers really dont like ea...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour
Ugh. Watching the Democratic National Convention just now, Tammy Duckworth lauded the leadership of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (in regards to veterans issues). There was no great cheering at that line.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 2 days 2 hours ago.
Via Kevin Drum, this statement from former Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis who lost to the elder George Bush in 1988:"Look, I owe the American people an apology. If I had beaten the old man you'd of never heard of the kid and you wouldn...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 2 days 3 hours ago.
Theres never enough Dipping Sauce /Au Jus /Whatever served relative to the size of the item(s) being dipped.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 2 days 7 hours ago.
While I agree it would have been nice to have had more water available at the Obama rally in Springfield Saturday, there was nothing keeping anyone from leaving and getting water just outside the event. I had that notion in the back of my mind the whole t...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 2 days 16 hours ago.
Pictures of clouds seem to show up on Springfield blogs on a regular basis, so I'm getting with the program and submitting my odd cloud pics for your approval.This past Sunday evening I noticed some odd pink clouds right about sunset. My poor quality iPh...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 days 2 hours ago.
You know, part of the problem with people suffering from the heat Saturday at the Old State Capitol was that some people came dressed like this. Make that, LOTS of people...And, hey, Springfieldians, if the Obamas can dress like this and not whine about t...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 days 6 hours ago.
Its my ambition someday to have the medieval power to order whole villages be boiled.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 days 7 hours ago.
The news sez:RALEIGH, N.C. -- Two weeks after a devastating revelation sent her husband into political exile, Elizabeth Edwards isn't getting the steady sympathy usually afforded to a woman scorned.Instead, she's faced criticism from dedicated Democrats w...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 3 days 17 hours ago.
A while back, my son decided it was time for us to head out to the field near our house and play another round of golf. I was game and sent him in to get his clubs. When he returned, I was surprised to see he had also changed into a superhero for the ma...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 days 2 hours ago.
Springfield is too small a town to blog about without stepping on toes.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 days 3 hours ago.
Richard Roeper brings up something Ive talked to a lot of Springfieldians about recently: We are now very used to, and spoiled by, our smoking ban. Specifically, many of us find cigarette smoke more offensive than ever now that we arent continually subj...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 days 16 hours ago.
I've been waiting for JP to get his posts up about our excellent adventure going to see Obama & Biden live at the Old State Capitol. This because I wanted to link to as many things as possible rather than have to write about them myself. Finally JP ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 week 2 hours ago.
So after all this, whos going to ever hire Sam Cahnman to represent them in court, at least here in Sangamon County I mean, who wants an attorney that the judges are now predisposed to not like. None for me thanks.There are other things attorneys can do...
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