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The Indignant Citizen: 2008/09
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Chicago Commentary With Attitude, And More. Tuesday, September 09, 2008. Weapon of Mass Folksiness. I’m getting that uneasy feeling that in the person of Sarah Palin, we are seeing the folksy hijacking of the presidential election by the same gang of political terrorists who managed to install the illiterate George Bush as the leader of the free world and destroy the American Dream. It was only a matter of time before the media’s deification of Barack Obama backfired. For months we’ve had...But folks don...
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Half-Empty Pages: March 2009
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Friday, March 13, 2009. Just a quickie tonight. The urge to write is strong, but I must sleep soon. I’m flying to Cleveland tomorrow afternoon, and before that I have many Important Tasks to finish at work. Not getting enough rest before flying means the immune system is weakened, and as we all know air travel nowadays primarily involves being sealed in a metal tube with a hundred vectors for god-knows-what sorts of germs and viruses. In Austin the first...
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Half-Empty Pages: December 2009
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Sunday, December 27, 2009. I’ve been watching the snow come down all day. It’s not a hard snow, just a steady stream of fat flakes drifting diagonally through the air and piling up in a fluffly white ground cover. This is the same storm that caused blizzards to the south and west of Chicago. Here, though, just a nice, steady snowfall. Here are two photos, one taken six days after surgery and one taken today, 17 days later. My right knee still looks bad, ...
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Half-Empty Pages: November 2008
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Sunday, November 9, 2008. I keep having to slap myself when I hear the words “president-elect Barack Obama.” It’s hard to believe. Tuesday night was like some kind of breakthrough therapy session in which I discovered I don’t have to stay in this abusive presidential relationship I’ve suffered through for the past eight years. I can demand better. We can demand better. Most people who know me know I wasn’t a big Obama supporter. George W. Bush, the p...
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Half-Empty Pages: The Myth of the Golden Turd
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Thursday, August 20, 2009. The Myth of the Golden Turd. I'm glad I went to journalism school when I did, and learned from the people I did and have had the career I've had. Because with people like Rebecca Maitland and Karen Zurawski. Around, newspapers will be dead in a decade. And when the corpse is buried I'll be glad to still be above ground, knowing I did it the Right Way. Excuse my language, but this story stinks. This isn't rocket science; it's jo...
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Half-Empty Pages: June 2009
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Sunday, June 7, 2009. I often complain I never write anything, but that’s not true. I write emails and instant messages all day, every day. Some of my favorite turns of the phrase and most insightful analysis have been contained in brief missives I’ve tossed off in the minutes between projects at work. It’s when I sit down to deliberately compose something that I get fouled up and stuck. What’s up with that? Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). On the Writing Life.
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The Indignant Citizen: The Indignant Citizen's Election Night Observations
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Chicago Commentary With Attitude, And More. Wednesday, November 08, 2006. The Indignant Citizen's Election Night Observations. Who hasn’t had a thought that wasn’t planted by the Machine, or Peraica, who’d probably reform government just fine but who’d also like to ban abortions. At 10:22 pm, Stroger’s lead has shrunk to nine points, 54% to 45%. Shortly before that, Gov. Rod Blagojevich told his supporters during his victory speech that Illinois residents “ain’t seen nuthin’ yet....Fat Fuck Dennis Has...
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The Indignant Citizen: 2008/11
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Chicago Commentary With Attitude, And More. Wednesday, November 05, 2008. Democrat Bill Foster defeated Republican dairy magnate Jim Oberweis for the second time in the 14th Congressional District Tuesday night. That's Dennis Hastert's old seat. Foster won a special election to replace Dennis Hastert in March, and this time around Foster's margin of victory was even bigger. Than it was in the spring. Oberweis, for those of you who don't know, is the hypocritical anti-illegal immigration crusader. I'm fil...
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The Indignant Citizen: 2010/08
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Chicago Commentary With Attitude, And More. Wednesday, August 18, 2010. I would like to claim credit for coming up with this term, but a Google search revealed one earlier instance of its usage. In a comment on Huffington Post two years ago. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). He's like the voice of the people who would say something if they weren't so worried about what everyone else thinks.". Kinda like a journalistic Rambo! OK, it's G.S. in Ohio again, but it was a really good two-part quote.
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Half-Empty Pages: August 2009
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Ruminations on writing, life and the writing life. Thursday, August 20, 2009. The Myth of the Golden Turd. I'm glad I went to journalism school when I did, and learned from the people I did and have had the career I've had. Because with people like Rebecca Maitland and Karen Zurawski. Around, newspapers will be dead in a decade. And when the corpse is buried I'll be glad to still be above ground, knowing I did it the Right Way. Excuse my language, but this story stinks. This isn't rocket science; it's jo...
