My friend, the Peoria Anti-pundit, has an excellent blog that speaks of the Violence in Peoriaread ut here.
The fact is he is dead on with this post. Peoria is indeed losing convention business to other cities. I heard on the radio today that the LWML, an organization of Lutheran Women, is holding its convention here. It was stated that this is the largest convention to date held at the PCC. The report also stated the economic impact for this convention is over $2 million.
That makes me wonder just how much outsider money Peoria doesn't get because of the fear of getting shot at a convention. I know for a fact that a major state convention that was tentatively set for Peoria in 2012 will NOT be in Peoria. The reason..... VIOLENCE!
I suggest Peoria civic leaders, The Horseshoe, the occupants of the old Damon's on the riverfront, The PD and the CVB in their luxury office in the twin towers mall get their heads together and find out what can be done to stop the violence before the civic center loses all its convention business!
Friday, June 24, 2011
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Birthers vs Obama
This is the only time you will see me post or say anything about President Obama's Birth Certificate.
I never thought his birth certificate was an issue so I have not touched the issue. ....
UNTIL NOW!
I did have one lingering question that was finally answered today. The question why not just release the document when the question first came out? Why wait two years?
The question was answered today in an email I received from "Julianna Smoot, BarrackObama.com" <>
the email states in small print on the bottom "paid for by Obama for America"
This is the deal. Make a contribution to the Obama campaign and get a free mug WITH THE BIRTH CERTIFICATE ON IT! Yep, donate $15 or more and they will send you mug. What? A mug not your thing? $25 or more will get you a tee shirt with Obama's picture on the front and his birth certificate on the back.
So my friends here you have it. The "Birthers" fell into the Obama machine's trap! They made such an issue out of a non-issue that now the Obama campaign is using it as a fundraiser! Ingenious on their part wouldn't you say?
All their Kool-aid drinking followers will be walking around wearing these $3 tee-shirts that they willingly gave $25 for while drinking their Kool-aid out of $1 mugs they paid $15 for. Question is who are the real I-D ten-Ts? The birthers or the people buying these mugs and shirts?
Friday, May 13, 2011
College Student Demonstrations
I watched in awe the night that Usama Bin Laden was killed. Almost immediately the area in fromt of the White House was filled with people waving American Flags and shouting USA! USA!
Shortly after that the scene shifted to New York City Times Square and Ground zero mimiced the pictures in DC. Reports came in of the same thing happening in locations across this great county.
What was most interesting was the demographic make up of these demonstrators. Racially they were mixed. There were about as many males as females. what was unusual is that most of the demonstrators appeared to be college aged.
While watching the coverage I pointed this out to my wife. Her reaction was, "They are just looking for a reason to party."
"I hope it is more than that" I replied.
In the past week I was speaking to a co-worker who is 26. I said something to him about the age of the demonstrators and that most probably don't even remember 9-11
He quickly corrected me and reminded me that a college student would be 19 to 24 today. These kids would have been 9-14 in 2001. using simple math the average age would be 12 or 13 in 01.
I remember being 12 I remember things that happened to me at 12. I can remember political events back to age 10 when JFK shook my hand while in Peoria in 1960. I was 13 when JFK was killed. Like most Americans who were alive that day, I can tell you where I was when I heard the news. I mean exactly where I was take me to the classroom and I will point you to the exact spot in the room! That was at 13.
So I assume these college demonstrators do remember 9/11. not only do they remember... They hold a grudge!
Today I was sent some news footage from the campus of LSU. It seems as though a hippie born 40 years too late was attempting to burn a flag. Believing that his fellow students would support him, he made his intentions know well in advance.
The videos that I have seen of the event show hundreds of Pro America anti flag burning students. The potential flag burner was hit by water balloons while the other students shouted USA! USA! He was finally driven off by police for his own safety. His flag never saw a flame.
It appears as though today's college student is more patriotic that the college students of the late 1960s. Agree or Disagree? Answer the poll question above.
I know that today's volunteer military is the Smartest best trained and best equipped of any time in history. Perhaps the kids who opt out of military service for college are doing their part on the campus across the country.
Bloggers note: I joined they Army in 1969 after one year of technical school. I had the rare honor of being a soldier in Vietnam while enrolled at Cal State Berkley. The Army was paying for me to take a correspondence course from Berkley while I was in Vietnam. Cal Berkley was at the time the heart of the antiwar movement. To be a student there while in Vietnam put the moron in oxymoron. When I came home the choice was simple back my fellow soldiers or back the anti-war movement. I could not betray my brothers in arms. Nor can I do so today! right or wrong, how the military got involved, doesn't matter we must support our troops! They do what they have to do so we can do what we want to do.
Shortly after that the scene shifted to New York City Times Square and Ground zero mimiced the pictures in DC. Reports came in of the same thing happening in locations across this great county.
What was most interesting was the demographic make up of these demonstrators. Racially they were mixed. There were about as many males as females. what was unusual is that most of the demonstrators appeared to be college aged.
While watching the coverage I pointed this out to my wife. Her reaction was, "They are just looking for a reason to party."
"I hope it is more than that" I replied.
In the past week I was speaking to a co-worker who is 26. I said something to him about the age of the demonstrators and that most probably don't even remember 9-11
He quickly corrected me and reminded me that a college student would be 19 to 24 today. These kids would have been 9-14 in 2001. using simple math the average age would be 12 or 13 in 01.
I remember being 12 I remember things that happened to me at 12. I can remember political events back to age 10 when JFK shook my hand while in Peoria in 1960. I was 13 when JFK was killed. Like most Americans who were alive that day, I can tell you where I was when I heard the news. I mean exactly where I was take me to the classroom and I will point you to the exact spot in the room! That was at 13.
So I assume these college demonstrators do remember 9/11. not only do they remember... They hold a grudge!
Today I was sent some news footage from the campus of LSU. It seems as though a hippie born 40 years too late was attempting to burn a flag. Believing that his fellow students would support him, he made his intentions know well in advance.
The videos that I have seen of the event show hundreds of Pro America anti flag burning students. The potential flag burner was hit by water balloons while the other students shouted USA! USA! He was finally driven off by police for his own safety. His flag never saw a flame.
It appears as though today's college student is more patriotic that the college students of the late 1960s. Agree or Disagree? Answer the poll question above.
I know that today's volunteer military is the Smartest best trained and best equipped of any time in history. Perhaps the kids who opt out of military service for college are doing their part on the campus across the country.
Bloggers note: I joined they Army in 1969 after one year of technical school. I had the rare honor of being a soldier in Vietnam while enrolled at Cal State Berkley. The Army was paying for me to take a correspondence course from Berkley while I was in Vietnam. Cal Berkley was at the time the heart of the antiwar movement. To be a student there while in Vietnam put the moron in oxymoron. When I came home the choice was simple back my fellow soldiers or back the anti-war movement. I could not betray my brothers in arms. Nor can I do so today! right or wrong, how the military got involved, doesn't matter we must support our troops! They do what they have to do so we can do what we want to do.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Bin Ladin photo to show or not to show
OMG! I can't believe I am going to say this:
President Obama is RIGHT!!!
Releasing a photo of a dead Bin Ladin would serve no real purpose!
Anyone who want to see a photo as proof.... is an idiot. Almost anyone with a good computer and a good photo editor can create a photo of a dead Bin Ladin. In fact, I have had several emailed to me all ready! Therefore a release of a photo of Bin Ladin with a hole in his forehead will not prove anything to conspiracy theorists.
Those who followed and or worshipped Bin Ladin would use a photo for propoganda. The same way a Bin Ladin burial on land in any country on this planet would become a shrine, a piece of hallowed ground for terrorists world wide.
So where are we in the Usama Bin Ladin story? I would hope near the end. He is dead. Fish food buried at sea! To those who do not trust the US government nothing will convince them. TO those who would like to make him a martyr with no pictures and no burial site martyrdom is a bit harded to establish.
In my humble opinion, Obama is right in not releasing the photos af a dead Bin Laden.
I think I am having a heart attack. Grabbing my chest... you hear that Elizabeth? I'm coming to join you honey. This is the big one!
President Obama is RIGHT!!!
Releasing a photo of a dead Bin Ladin would serve no real purpose!
Anyone who want to see a photo as proof.... is an idiot. Almost anyone with a good computer and a good photo editor can create a photo of a dead Bin Ladin. In fact, I have had several emailed to me all ready! Therefore a release of a photo of Bin Ladin with a hole in his forehead will not prove anything to conspiracy theorists.
Those who followed and or worshipped Bin Ladin would use a photo for propoganda. The same way a Bin Ladin burial on land in any country on this planet would become a shrine, a piece of hallowed ground for terrorists world wide.
So where are we in the Usama Bin Ladin story? I would hope near the end. He is dead. Fish food buried at sea! To those who do not trust the US government nothing will convince them. TO those who would like to make him a martyr with no pictures and no burial site martyrdom is a bit harded to establish.
In my humble opinion, Obama is right in not releasing the photos af a dead Bin Laden.
I think I am having a heart attack. Grabbing my chest... you hear that Elizabeth? I'm coming to join you honey. This is the big one!
Sunday, May 1, 2011
Ding Dong the witch is dead
The President is speaking as I am typing this. He has just announced that Usama Bin Laden has been killed.
Congratulations to the military for their persistence in finding and eliminating him.
We as American have seemed to forget the objective of finding Bin Laden, while the military continued its intelligence gathering and carrying out the operation to kill him.
He ran and hid but he could not evade the revenge for 9-11.
Let the death of Bin Laden show that any terrorist may be able to run and hide but in the end he will meet his 72 virgins in Hell.
All praise and thanks to the brave members of our armed forces for their success and their sacrifice on a daily basis.
Congratulations to the military for their persistence in finding and eliminating him.
We as American have seemed to forget the objective of finding Bin Laden, while the military continued its intelligence gathering and carrying out the operation to kill him.
He ran and hid but he could not evade the revenge for 9-11.
Let the death of Bin Laden show that any terrorist may be able to run and hide but in the end he will meet his 72 virgins in Hell.
All praise and thanks to the brave members of our armed forces for their success and their sacrifice on a daily basis.
Monday, April 25, 2011
Libya
What is going on in Libya? Last week we heard that some movie producer was killed in Libya. their were all sorts of people on face book morning his loss. Yet few said anything about the US soldiers who were killed the same week in Afghanistan.
Now today the news is saying that their were air strikes against the compound of Gadhafi...
The Libyans are complaining that this was an attempt to kill Gahafi.
Now that would be a terrific Idea as far as I am concerned but the US is not in the business of political assassination.
My question is this... If they are really SMART BOMBS, why did they have to go into the library?... instead shouldn't we be using conventional stupid bombs and just level the entire compound and call the collateral damage an "accident"?
Now today the news is saying that their were air strikes against the compound of Gadhafi...
The Libyans are complaining that this was an attempt to kill Gahafi.
Now that would be a terrific Idea as far as I am concerned but the US is not in the business of political assassination.
My question is this... If they are really SMART BOMBS, why did they have to go into the library?... instead shouldn't we be using conventional stupid bombs and just level the entire compound and call the collateral damage an "accident"?
Monday, April 18, 2011
PRIORITIES IN THE BUDGET
I am a NASCAR fan. I have enjoyed stock car racing since the old Mount Hawley speedway in Peoria. I have been to Nascar races and enjoy them very much. That said .... Racing is a business. A private business. each race team is comprised of an owner, a driver, a car, a support team and sponsors. Sponsors pay a pretty penny to have a name or logo on a car and a drivers uniform. The Army pays over $7 million to advertise on the Ryan Newman car. The National guard pays over $20 million for its spot on the Casey Mears car and the car driven by Dale Earnhart Jr. At thesame time that these expenses were approve by Congress in the most recent budget battles, $75 million was not approved that was earmarked for homeless veterans. Where the hell are our priorities??? Over $27 Million for race car sponsorships and nothing for a homeless veteran program??? You can't tell me that this advertising results in more kids in the military. There are reasons that young people join the military but just because the guard has its name on the 88 car isn't one of them! I can get by without having Newman, Mears or even Earnhardt sporting the logo of our military. But none of us should be able to sleep at night knowing that men and women who have served this nation in the Armed Forces are homeless. http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2064039,00.html
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