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2009-01-14 Home Front: Politix
Tombstone, the race card, and Illinois tentacles reaching DC
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Posted by mom 2009-01-14 10:58|| || Front Page|| [1 views ]  Top

#1 Road and Tollway infrastructure repair contracts, it's the Chicago way. Use a 3 bag concrete mix. We don't want Tony's garbage trucks to tear it up too soon.
Posted by Besoeker 2009-01-14 12:38||   2009-01-14 12:38|| Front Page Top

#2 For every two bit reporter out there whose leg tingled at the coming of "the one found in a reed basket on the banks of the Chicago River", I am most pleased for Mr Kass. I have been reading his work for a good number of years and know him to be an equal opportunity PIA to Illinios pols. I have recently heard him interviewed on Dennis Miller as well as CNN? fox etc. I am glad others are finding his body of work.
Fir what its worth, he also is a greek who can offer excellent advise on brining your Thanks giving turkey and a recipe for beer can chicken I have used for over a decade.
Can't think of a journalist who provides value with cooking tips as well as getting the Mayors neck veins to pop simply by showing up for a presser.
I have sometimes thought I would not be suprised to read Kass was found dead in a dumpster some morning... thats how good he is. Bookmark him if you want a great sideline reporter to explain the inside baseball on how Illinois works.
Posted by Capsu 78 2009-01-14 18:15||   2009-01-14 18:15|| Front Page Top

#3 Oh, and a e-joke circulating, except it isn't:

How they do it in Illinois:

Three contractors are bidding to fix a broken fence at the White House in D.C.; One from Illinois one from Tennessee and a third from Kentucky. They all go with a White House official to examine the fence.

The Tennessee contractor takes out a tape measure and does some measuring, then works some figures with a pencil. 'Well', he says, 'I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'

The Kentucky contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says, 'I can do this job for $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me.'

The Illinois contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the White House official and whispers, '$2,700.'

The official, incredulous, whispers back, 'You didn't even measure like the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?'

The Illinois contractor whispers back, '$1000 for me, $1000 for you, and we hire that guy from Kentucky to fix the fence.'

Posted by Capsu 78 2009-01-14 18:24||   2009-01-14 18:24|| Front Page Top

#4 WaPo's David Broder (aka the dean of the Democrat Party):

When and if Roland Burris claims the Senate seat formerly occupied by Barak Obama, it will represent the greatest climb-down by an incoming president since Sam Nunn turned Bill Clinton around on the issue of gays in the military.

Obama justifiably figured that Burris was not worth a knockdown fight when he has so many bigger battles ahead of him. But the lesson that other politicians have drawn is that Obama may not always be able to count on his congressional allies and they may not be able to count on him. That is not the way he wanted to begin.
Posted by Pappy 2009-01-14 22:01||   2009-01-14 22:01|| Front Page Top

#5 "Tombstone Burris" > is it just me, or is anyone else hearing a CLINT EASTWOOD = SPAGHETTI WESTERN theme in the background???

GUNSMOKE? GRIZZLY ADAMS? since it clearly can't be LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE wid a name like TOMBSTONE [Sue]???
Posted by JosephMendiola 2009-01-14 23:09||   2009-01-14 23:09|| Front Page Top

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