I’m not really getting the whole corruption per capita thing since other than the House of Representatives the number of political offices isn’t that different from state to state until you get to the Township level. A State’s percentage of political corruption would be better measured as convictions by number of state politicians.
If Blogo is going to jail for offering up for sale an Illinois Senate seat up what are the ramifications for someone who offered Blogo $1 MILLION for it? And if this one was #5 in the list what did candidates 1-4 offer? This is going to get interesting, I’d better go make some popcorn!
Yet another home run by my favorite political cartoonist.
I’ve read close to a dozen articles on the arrest of Illinois Governor Blagojevich and have yet to see in print WHICH PARTY he belongs to? Now search for info on Stevens or that restroom foot tapper and there is no doubt what party these idiots belong to. Of couse we all know the Republican [...]
The devout have flocked to Poland to negotiate a new climate treaty where the European members of the Kyoto accord are trying to eliminate the penalty bearing milestones we can find some sanity from the least likely place on the planet, the United States Senate Committee on Environmental and Public Works. Choice quotes include: “For [...]
Forget the bail outs, support Gohmert’s plan for a tax holiday instead and you decide who you want to help out instead of Washington.
Finally some sanity from the Department of the Interior as theylift the ban on loaded guns in national parks even for those with valid state issued carry permits. The new rules allow those with permits to carry their firearms under the same rules as anywhere else within their state. This rule change was enacted by [...]
An interesting review of what has become one of the top Christmas classic movies.
I’ve lived in the middle of wood, which are located in the middle of nowhere, surrounded by more oaks than I can count. Most years there are some acorns, occasionally there are so many we have to be careful not to twist ankles walking across the yard. This year was a low yield year for [...]
In the run up days before the inauguration the anti-gun forces are out in full force. No where is it more evident than in the newspapers where reports of the 50% increase in firearm and ammunition sales also report the falsehoods of the likes of the Brady Campaign. “Common sense guns laws” is new speak [...]
Pointman is a Hoosier who works in the IT industry, is an amateur photographer an avid motorcycle rider, shooter and firearms collector.
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The masthead graphic "Road to Oakalla" was taken during a motorcycle ride to the Oakalla covered bridge on 23 May, 2007 with a Canon A85 digital camera (F5.6, 1/125 sec exposure). Additional images from the visit are in the Oakalla bridge gallery.
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