Just in Case your Were Not Sure if John Shimkus was a Moron

Rep. John Shimkus wrote letter to the Belleville News "Republican" complaining about our tax burden on "Tax Freedom Day". It was the most insincere drivel I have ever seen in print. John "rubber stamp anything George Bush wants" Shimkus complaining about paying too much tax? Do you think maybe taxes are related to how much the Government spends, John? He voted for every single thing Bush has proposed including the biggest deficits in the history of our nation. We are spending $10 billion dollars a month on a war in Iraq, which Shimkus strongly supports, yet he does not want to pay more taxes. We have never, ever had a tax cut in a time of war, except by this bunch of corrupt Republicans, and he has the gall to complain about taxes. When are the people of Madison County and Southern Illinois going to wake up and vote this jack ass out of a job?

Note: This rant was also provided to the letters to the editor pageof our own Belleville News "Republican", where I am sure it will be promptly deleted or ignored in favor of the incoherent ramblings of some right wing nut job.

Stupid Letter of the Week - A New Low

I guess this is indicative of the utter failure of our educational institutions.

Four Year After "Mission Accomplished"

Bush: "Polls just go poof"

I think his handlers need to keep him away from recording devices.... What a national embarassment.

Senator Obama's Presidential Campaign Workshop

On April 25 @ 7:00 PM Senator Obama's Presidential Campaign will have a meeting at the Collinsville IBEW Hall (Mall Street and Rt. 157). The purpose of the meeting is for the campaign to provide an update about the significant progress Senator Obama's campaign has made to date, what our plans for the future are and how Illinois supporters can help Senator Obama secure the Democratic nomination!

If you have ever expressed an interest in supporting Senator Obama's campaign you'll want to attend this meeting and find out how you can be a part of Team Obama! (don't worry this isn't a fundraiser)

If you have questions about the meeting please direct them to Ms. Anita Decker, Senator Obama's 08 Downstate Illinois Director, @ adecker@barackobama.com. Please respond to either Anita or Robert Stephan (rastephan@hotmail.com) if you plan to attend.



See you on the 25th!!!

Anita Decker
Illinois Downstate Director
Obama for America

The Media is Utterly Failing

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Stupid Letter of the Week

This letter from our world renowned Belleville News "Republican" is so stupid on so many levels, I do not even know where to begin.... I think he is comparing these wars to the one in Iraq. I guess the biggest difference is that the ones he is talking about were almost all shorter and were on AMERICAN SOIL!

Hussein's Prewar Ties To Al-Qaeda Discounted

From the Washington Post:

Captured Iraqi documents and intelligence interrogations of Saddam Hussein and two former aides "all confirmed" that Hussein's regime was not directly cooperating with al-Qaeda before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, according to a declassified Defense Department report released yesterday.

The interesting part is this:

The report's release came on the same day that Vice President Cheney, appearing on Rush Limbaugh's radio program, repeated his allegation that al-Qaeda was operating inside Iraq "before we ever launched" the war

Bush won't throw out first pitch

How about this - apparently Bush decided not to throw out the first pitch on opening day this year:

Bush won't throw out first pitch

Apparently, it was because he did not want to get "boo'ed":

"The White House announced President Bush will not throw out the first pitch on Opening Day due to fears of booing. He's not the first president to worry about being hit by flying vegetables. The tomatoes used to throw themselves at Bill Clinton."

In other news - Alberto Gonzales was at Yankee stadium today - to throw out the first amendment (ha ha).

Former Belleville police chief lands at St. Louis Zoo

In case you missed this over the weekend:


Former Belleville police chief lands at St. Louis Zoo