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Friday, Jun 22, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * From a commenter…
Yep. They’re good. Here’s One eskimO doing “Kandi”…
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Today’s quote: Forby on Chicago and Quinn
Thursday, Jun 21, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * Emotions are definitely running high in southern Illinois over Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision to close some state facilities down there. As I told you yesterday, the Southern Illinoisan reported that Sen. Gary Forby (D-Benton) said he’d like to release the prisoners from the Tamms “supermax” prison onto Chicago streets in retaliation for closing the prison. But nobody covered something else that Forby said… * If you can’t watch videos at work, here’s what Forby said…
The video is courtesy of Illinois Statehouse News. Discuss. * Meanwhile, I don’t see a basis for this statement…
But…
If Quinn is using politics to target those facilities for closure, then it’s some of the most backwards politics I’ve ever seen. If politics is the reason, then why is he closing facilities in the only Downstate counties he won? Clark’s argument just doesn’t stand up.
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Morning video: Johnny Cash
Tuesday, Jun 19, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * So, I’ve been hearing for several years that I’m somehow related to the late, great Johnny Cash on my father’s side of the family. I’m also related to Thomas Jefferson on my mother’s side. Johnny Cash and Thomas Jefferson - that’s pretty darned cool if you ask me (and you didn’t). My Aunt Janet traced the lineage back to Jefferson years ago, but for whatever reason I never really asked about the Cash thing until this past weekend, when I pressed my dad for details during Father’s Day brunch at a Gilman truck stop. (And, no, I’m not kidding about the truck stop. That’s where he wanted to meet. Yes, i have a blue collar background. And, yes, the food was mighty tasty.) According to Dad, my great-great uncle was Johnny Cash’s great-grandfather. Apparently, the man left Kentucky one step ahead of the law. Family lore has it that he shot somebody (although probably not in Reno). Anyway, I have no proof of this, just family oral history. But let’s celebrate with a video. I love this tune… Then you took me to St. Louis later on down the river * Do you have any famous ancestors? Let’s hear about them.
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Friday, Jun 15, 2012 - Posted by Rich Miller * We decided to stay in St. Louis after last night’s abysmal ballgame. So, I think I’ll take the day off. For whatever reason, I woke up singing this song today. Not sure why… And it’s a sunny day
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