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Don’t expect thanks: Trump supporters contributing to his phony defense fund are reminiscent of evangelicals sending their hard-earned money to a TV preacher who’s sorely in need of a new car, but without the promise of any heavenly reward!
Hearings are a circus: The bogus Jan. 6 TV hearing sham should start with Ned Locke shouting out to the public, “Bozo’s Circus is on the air.” However, this would be a tremendous knock and disrespectful to the late, great Bob Bell and the Bozo the Clown franchise.
My prediction is… You heard it here first: Chicago White Sox manager Tony LaRussa will step down before the month is over. This has absolutely nothing to do with his long-lost managerial ability, but more to do with all the happy hours he’s missing because he has to be at day games.
Common sense gun rules: I find it hypocritical that firearms are banned at government facilities but not universally banned everywhere else. The right to bear arms does not give you the right to buy whatever firearm you like or the right to use as you please. Background checks coupled with a total ban on all assault style firearms as well as an ironclad mandatory 15-year prison sentence for use of any firearm during the commission of any crime will go a long way to reducing gun violence and perhaps reduction of other crimes as well.
Bad guys will find weapons: When the government takes the guns away, the criminals will replace them with machetes and hatchets.
Political posturing: I’m just watching TV and I’m seeing all these advertisements against Richard Irvin saying he isn’t good enough to be our governor because look what happened in his town with some riots and looting and fires. Well, guess what, Mayor Lightfoot and Gov. Pritzker should not be in office if this is what the Democrats are trying to say about Irvin. Look at what’s happened in Chicago. What has Lightfoot done to stop all the rioting, the looting and the shootings going on? Pritzker doesn’t do anything, and they’re going to say Irvin cannot be a governor.
Irvin a hypocrite: Everyday I see ads from Richard Irvin talking about how handouts are bad, but he has taken millions in handouts from Ken Griffin. Hypocrisy at its best.