Archive for March, 2009

Happy Birthday !!! – Who, Me?

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Yes, Me!
I celebrate my 60th birthday. For just a short while, I forgot the implications of a 60 year old geezer without a job and benefitted from the love and affection my fanily bestowed upon me. Times being what they are, I reflected upon the past when I was indeed a breadwinner and treating those [...]

Can they save St. Boniface?

Friday, March 20th, 2009

ECKHART PARK – Long-closed church is doomed unless city, archdiocese can work out a deal

BY MIKE THOMAS Religion Reporter mthomas@suntimes.com
from www.suntimes.com

Stifling an Opportunity

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Here’s an interesting article, all the way from the New York Times by Op-Ed columnist Bob Herbert. It does shed some light on the need for Chicago to have a third airport that Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. has been fighting for and the permanent jobs that it will supply thousands of Chicagoans. Read the article [...]

Two great reasons to enjoy baseball in Chicago…

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

against Houston Astros

and if that aint enough
against Texas Rangers

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Cubs or Sox? How about both …

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

My sentiments exactly…
After decades of following both teams and being called a traitor for enjoying the professional play of both, I find that those who say you may like one but not both are rather one-dimensional and need to have a team to dislike even more than liking the team they root for. If it were [...]

Quinn budget would raise income tax, license fees

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Blago was spot on.
No sooner he’s out than Gov. Pat Quinn’s hands are in our collective pockets. Bound and determined to scare the bejesus out of us with gloom and doom, his only solution seems to be to get the rest of the blood out of the proverbial turnip. With me and I don’t know [...]

Dynamic Duo: Green Jobs Meets the Solidarity Economy

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Thanx, kudos and a tip o’ the hat to Carl davidson for this entry in his blog:

Carl Davidson’s Blog
Web Address: http://www.zmag.org/zspace/carldavidson

 

A Review of ‘Green Collar Economy:
How One Solution Can Fix Our Two Biggest Problems’
By Van Jones, Harper-Collins, 2008
SolidarityEconomy.Net
It’s time to link the newly insurgent U.S. Green Jobs movement with the worldwide efforts for [...]

Chicago Olympics bid slogan losing its ‘soul’

Saturday, March 14th, 2009

 
Bad translation of Chicago Games slogan brings ‘Let Friendship Shine’ tag line
By Joshua Boak - Tribune reporter
March 14, 2009
from www.chicagotribune.com
 
 

Chicago’s efforts to host the 2016 Olympics will no longer “Stir the Soul,” after changing its bid tag line Friday to “Let Friendship Shine.”
The switch was made after difficulties in translating the original slogan.
“In a couple [...]

City will use stimulus to improve ‘human infrastructure’

Thursday, March 12th, 2009

Here is where it gets good…
…and how much of the stimulus money will really go out to those that need jobs and/or training? Hopefully this will be the economic shot in the arm the city sorely needs and as an aside, I hope Chicago gets the Olympic bid as well as that will mean MANY [...]

In tough times jobless turning to alma maters

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Stay tuned for my report on my week and progress…or lack of ity. In the meantime, here is a rather comprehensive report by Sandra M. Jones I think is worth reading.

By Sandra M. Jones | Tribune staff reporter

7:24 AM CST, March 4, 2009

from www.chicagotribune.com

Nancy Cohen’s days began to change in January, after Schaumburg-based [...]

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