Some advice: DON’T believe ANYTHING that comes to you via a chain e-mail. NOBODY legitimate disseminates important information that way.

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Episode 5 of Creative License now available. http://ping.fm/7wK8S #podcast #creativity

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El at Wabash and Randolph

EL train station at Wabash and Randolph, Chicago, May, 2009

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Change is good. Maybe

Yeah, I changed the theme again. Sue me.

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View from the booth

Up in the booth this evening for the performance of Willy Wonka Jr. at ECT.

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Trouble on the street

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Originally uploaded by xxAndrexx

Nice street photography. Apparently there is a whole community online for Extreme Street Photography (ESP). Look for it on Flikr

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The best economic stimulus is to cut taxes.

Joe Donnelly’s call for tax cuts for the middle class is fine, but why not cuts for all, such as the people and companies the middle class works for? Public works projects, while they may be helpful, are not market-driven and are prone to corrupt management. Reduction in capital gains and corporate income taxes would keep jobs in the US, spur investment here, and keep and GROW the job market. Why is this so hard for the left to understand?

clipped from www.etruth.com Donnelly calls on Obama to consider Elkhart for economic stimulus U.S. Rep. Joe Donnelly sent a letter to President-elect Barack Obama today, urging him to use economic stimulus money to aid areas hit hardest by the recession. Donnelly suggests in the letter that Obama should use an allocation formula for the stimulus aid that considers an area’s unemployment and foreclosure rates, as well as the loss of tax base and municipal revenue shortfalls. He also calls for Obama to grant tax relief to middle-income families. “The American people demand non-partisan, thoughtful, and pragmatic leadership,” Donnelly wrote, “and they deserve a swift and effective response from Washington to the economic crisis.”

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The Palin Saga

Actually, this isn’t about Sarah Palin, but it does make one wonder what Bristol’s been involved in. All families have problems, just not such public ones. Levi’s mom has nothing to do with Sarah Palin, but this still has to be somewhat embarrassing.

clipped from www.adn.com Levi Johnston’s mother hit with drug charges WASILLA — A 42-year-old Wasilla woman was arrested Thursday at her home by Alaska State Troopers with a search warrant in an undercover drug investigation. Sherry L. Johnston was charged with six felony counts of misconduct involving a controlled substance.

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Non-news of the week

Why is this a story? If nothing happened, then why report it? Seems weird to take up space with a report that Rahm Emanuel had phone call with Blago and, get this: not a damn thing happened.

clipped from www.suntimes.com President-elect Barack Obama’s incoming chief of staff Rahm Emanuel had a deeper involvement in pressing for a U.S. Senate seat appointment than previously reported, the Sun-Times has learned. Emanuel had direct discussions about the seat with Gov. Blagojevich, who is is accused of trying to auction it to the highest bidder. Emanuel talked with the governor in the days following the Nov. 4 election and pressed early on for the appointment of Valerie Jarrett to the post, sources with knowledge of the conversations told the Sun-Times. There was no indication from sources that Emanuel brokered a deal, however. A source with the Obama camp strongly denied Emanuel spoke with the governor directly about the seat, saying Emanuel only spoke with Blagojevich once recently to say he was taking the chief

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Maher Mangles Zucker At the Box Office

Bill Maher has more of a celebrity name, is my guess. Other “conservative” films have done well, and other “liberal” films have done poorly. Several anti-Iraq War films have, if you’ll pardon the expression, bombed. I’m basically a conservative, but I share Maher’s feelings on religion and evolution. It’s his politics I can’t stand.
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