A Knight in Dragonland

59-0.
About freaking time!!!

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The Pekin Times ran an article today about the Facebook group promoting Frank Mackaman for governor of Illinois. I am a proud member.
Yeah, yeah … Pat Quinn gets the job if Blago gets canned. We know that. But what about Mackaman 2010???

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In my last post I stated that it would be great if Frank Mackaman was chosen as the next Mayor of Pekin.
Forget that!!! I mean, he’d be great as mayor again. However, there’s a much more important office for him to take on, assuming Blago gets his just desserts … governor of Illinois!
Mackaman [...]

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Not really … but that’s an entertaining thought, isn’t it?
Illinois is experiencing interesting political highs and lows this year. One of our U.S. Senators is elected president, but then our governor is arrested before he can sell Obama’s Senate seat to the highest bidder.
I “love” this quote in the Tribune from Robert Grant, FBI [...]

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I had trouble stifling a snicker as I read this article in the Times today.
Stickers to stem the sale of alcohol to minors? Seriously???
The Illinois Liquor Control Commission is sending representatives throughout the state to place stickers on beer and liquor packaging. The stickers read as follows:
WARNING – Providing Alcohol to Minors is [...]

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First Aaron Schock proposes concealed carry legislation in the Illinois General Assembly. With the dominance of the Democratic Party in the state legislature and the governor’s mansion, this bill has as much chance of flight as a lead balloon tied to an anchor. Now Schock is pandering to farmers by proposing a mandated [...]

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Well, it’s heading outside to the patios, at least. The Smoke-Free Illinois Act becomes the law of Lincoln Land on January 1st, 2008. Our “good” governor Blago stopped staring at himself in the mirror long enough to do something decent for a change – he signed the Act into law yesterday.
The right to [...]

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The University of Illinois and the city of Pekin both have long histories of controversy over the same thing – the mascot of their sports teams. I think this is an issue that needs further discussion, although I’m quite sure that what I say here is going to be incredibly unpopular. I’ll begin [...]

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