Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 weeks 1 day ago.
I was reading this story in the SJ-R this morning and when I got to the very last sentence, I was shocked to find the City of Springfield has 168 marked police cars (how many unmarked). I guess I never thought about how many police cars the city owns, bu...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 weeks 1 day ago.
Now here's a bailout plan:The Republican National Committee appears to have spent more than $150,000 to clothe and accessorize vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and her family since her surprise pick by John McCain in late August. According to finan...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 weeks 1 day ago.
OMG! MCCAIN IS A COMMUNIST AND ANTI-AMERICAN! LOOK AT THE DISRESPECTFULNESS OF THE FLAG BEING DRAGGED ON THE GROUND AFTER A MCCAIN RALLY! SHAMEFUL!HOW SOCIALIST! MCCAIN IS PALLING AROUIND WITH FLAG-DRAGGERS! HE SHOULD GO BACK TO THE THIRD WORLD COUNTRY WH...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 weeks 2 days ago.
The one I go to most often, at the corner of Monroe and Lawrence, is in the process of moving to the corner of Monroe and Lawrenceright across the street. The shelves in the old store are about empty now and the new store opens Friday morning. Over the ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 4 weeks 2 days ago.
Is it ever not hard economic times I dont ever remember a time when people didnt think, at the time, that they/the community/the nation was experiencing a bad economy. That perception can change in retrospect, but hardly anyone ever says, Hey, thing...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Im a strong supporter of the statewide smoking ban. Ive made my case on the subject many times here. So I should be outraged that some places, almost all drinking establishments, are violating the law, right Well no, Im not. That is, I dont think it...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
I completely missed the voting for the Illinois Times annual Best of Springfield. Therefore, I was unable to cast the only vote for this blog as the Best Blog this year. Not that it would matter because who could ever overcome the bloggity awesomeness o...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
The Chicago Tribune has endorsed Barack Obama. Thats the first time EVER the Tribune has endorsed a Democrat for president. On the other hand, when was the last time a Democratic presidential candidate hailed from Chicago Maybe that association with th...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
This was easy. All you have to do is identify whether each picture is of Sarah Palin or Tina Fey dressed as Palin. I got ten out of ten, so how hard can it be. By the way, the real Sarah Palin will be on SNL this weekend. Will Tina make it too (two)
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
You may or may not be aware that the island nation of Iceland in the far North Atlantic is on the verge of total economic collapse as a result of the ongoing global banking crisis. That news, like everything else, got me thinking about beer. Never mind t...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
It never fails to amaze me how healthcare workers often pay no heed to what they know to be true.DES MOINES, Iowa -- Operating room nurse Pauline Taylor knows her refusal to get a flu shot is based on faulty logic. But ever since she got sick after gettin...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
The J. Sidney McCain campaign released this song rebutting the conventional wisdom about their candidate's performance in tonight's presidential debate. Joe the Plumber is on drums.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Shouldnt they issue an Iraq coin before ending this program I mean, so everyone can have a chance at the complete set.
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
If you are reading this you are probably a blog person someone who enjoys reading blogs. Or you might be a FOD (Friend of Dave), but probably not. Most of my friends dont read my blog or any blogs for that matter. This, of course, is hard for me, a blo...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Im not sure how much of a need there is for public service announcements encouraging us not to use the term thats so gay, but this PSA by the Ad Council is hilarious. At least the clerk girls are. In fact, it really kind of stereotypes teenage girls a...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Im seeing news stories about there are lots of people who have not filed tax returns that would trigger stimulus checks to be sent to them. You know, the checks most of us got last spring. There is an October 15th deadline for filing. After that, I say t...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
This story is full of interesting things.The funny part:Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin mistook some of her own fans for hecklers Monday at a rally that drew thousands.A massive crowd of at least 20,000 spread across the parking lot of ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
Aaron Schocks latest TV ad (sorry, cant find a link) has him effectively running against Rod Blagojevich. At the end, he suddenly makes the leap of logic, Washington is just like Springfield or some such. Really I think thats a bit naïve. I mean, yo...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
The only new show Im giving a chance (so far) this season is Life on Mars. It involves an element of time travel so, of course, I couldnt resist. Im a huge fan and even bigger critic of TV and movies that delve into time travel (but I dont read a lot ...
Posted by The Eleventh Hour 1 month ago.
If you are having trouble understanding the financial meltdown, this cat metaphor (or would it be an allegory) may help. I, for one, am at least no less informed for it.
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