These are the ramblings of a young married couple in the great City of Chicago.
Congressman Hostettler, whose district includes Vermillion County and part of Fountain County, will receive a suspended sentence as long as he follows the terms of the plea agreement. Part of this agreement is he can only purchase a gun in Indiana and Washington. Last I knew, no one could own a gun in Washington.
A napkin containing sweat from Alan Keyes’ forehead is for sale on eBay. The proceeds are going to be donated to the Keyes for Senate campaign.
Mark Steyn has a good run down of the Kerry story.
The Frenchmen were angry because the Jews had an Israeli flag with them.
The resident scholar of the Jewish group said, “This was another reminder that in Western Europe there is sympathy for dead Jews; it’s just the live ones that they cannot tolerate.”
Italy beat out NBA stars 95-78! The coach of the team, Larry Brown, said, “It’s a young team, and it’s a different game internationally.” Definitely a different game internationally. It turns out everyone outside of the NBA actually plays the game of basketball, not street ball.
Kris also wants us to consider if Mario is a communist!
If only becuase Kris want you to see this.
I check the Vermillion County news link about every morning. From time to time there are false positives in the wire. These are stories with Vermillion County in the story, but the story is actually about Vermilion County Illinois. I am sure the people in Danville or Georgetown do not see what the big deal is, but I am sure their Hoosier counterparts do.
Today there is one of these storied. WTHI, Channel 10, in Terre Haute reported about democrats watching the DNC in Danville. They were referred to as “Vermillion County, Illinois Democrats.” Tow things were wrong there. First there is no place known as Vermillion County, Illinois. Second, we all know that the Terre Haute TV stations are afraid to cross the Wabash and report on Vermillion County, Indiana.
So, being the pain in the butt that I am (which I learned from my mother), I wrote to WTHI. I did not expect a response. However I received one and they have fixed the error! Read the corrected story here.
Matt Drudge reported this week that Speaker Hastert is going to promote real tax reform in the next Congress. He wants to eliminate the IRS and income tax. It would be replaces with some type of tax on consumption. I think it should be a national sales tax. Maybe they could eliminate Medicare and Social Security from the payroll taxes while they are at it.
Some of the complaints I have heard about this plan in the past are addressed by Neal Boortz today.