With a three year voting record under his belt that is more liberal than Nancy Pelosi’s, there have been insinuations that Phil Hare is a socialist. To my knowledge, he has never been asked about this and the only reference I could find was during his   August “Whoppers ‘09 ...

I recieved an email about an earlier post involving gangs. The sender claimed that I had my facts wrong and in the interest of being fair I thought I’d post it and let everyone have another look. At the end of the post are links to sites concerning the issue. Anyone is welcome to post a comment but if ...

My most recent LuckyDog Poker column dissing the new tweeting rule for the 2010 World Series of Poker hit a sore spot for at least one reader. Joe in Tennessee wrote: Hi Russ, I’ve been trying to get good enough to play in the WSOP, but with this Rule in effect, I’m now saving for [...]

When I last checked there we were only 2 days 22 hours and 12 minutes from the Colts and  Saints Super Bowl game. I guess it would be almost unpatriotic to try and find out what was happening in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iraq during the game. Too bad so many of our young men and women, the older ones in ...

I know I’m a couple weeks late with a post about this, but since Elijah Reid’s trial ended, I’ve been fairly busy. So I’m sorry this is so late, but I figure it’s worth talking about here. As you’ve hopefully read, Elijah Reid changed his mind. On Jan. 21, Mr. ...

A couple things about the Hilltop Campus Village.In the paper today, the Aldi and former Walgreens on Brady will be demolished, and replaced with a larger, nicer Aldi. The one out at 53rd and Elmore certainly has a different feeling than most Aldis or Save-A-Lots that I've been in. I'm sure city staff ...

arack Obama has revealed his 3.8 trillion dollar2011 budget and budget cuts to the public and Congress. After a closer examination of the proposed Obama budget,with my almost psychic remote viewing capabilities, it seems there are already some questionable requested expenditures among the ...

Oh, umm, hi. You people again? So soon? Okay, umm...

How 'bout this craaaazy weather, huh? And those football teams with their football games, there's somethin' to talk about, eh? And how 'bout that Conan O'Brien? He's a... umm... wacky...

Okay, is it THAT obvious that I have no clue what to write

In this morning's Moline Dispatch newspaper columnist Scott Reeder opines that the National Association of Latino Elected Officials must not know the Bible as well as he does. The group is trying to encourage immigrants to participate in the 2010 census and are distributing posters to ...

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