The Senate Should Seat Roland Burris

There is no valid reason for the Democrats to not seat this upright and decent man save for their anger with the Governor of Illinois.

Quite the contrary, the Democrats in the United States Senate should be thankful for the opprotunity to welcome such an accomplished man.

Burris's life's history is one of on the level square dealing.

Read more about Burris here.

The man has more than an impressive resume; he pays his civic dues too:

Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite Free Masons, 32⁰
Member, Board of the Better Business Bureau (2008)
Member, Board of the Auditorium Theater of Chicago (2001-2006)
Member, Board of The National Center for Responsible Gaming (1996-2005)
Trustee, Financial Accounting Foundation (1991-1994)
Chairman, National Association of Attorneys General, Civil Rights Commission (93-95)
Trustee, Government Finance Officers Association of U.S. and Canada (1987-1991)
Member, Howard University Law School Alumni Association
Member, Southern Illinois University Foundation
Member, Mental Health Association of Greater Chicago
Member, U.S. Jaycees
Vice-Chairman, Committee on Illinois Government
Trustee, Goodwill Industries
Member, Chicago Area Council, Boy Scouts of America
Member, Board of Directors, Auditorium Theater of Roosevelt University (1996)
Chairman, Illinois State Justice Commission (1994-1996)
Chairman and Founder, Illinois Commission of the African-American Males (1992-1994)
Vice-Chairman, Democratic National Committee (1985-1989)
Life member, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Life member, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Life member, Southern Illinois Alumni Association
Chairman, Civil Rights Committee, National Association of Attorneys General (93-94)
President, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers (81-82)
Member, Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity, Beta Boule
Honorary Doctors of Laws Degree, National Louis University, Evanston, Illinois
Honorary Doctors of Laws Degree, Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi
White House summer intern for Office of Emergency Planning (1962)

Happy New Year!

The Year in Review

2008 According to Uncle Jay

Coming Soon to a Calendar Near You!

Now that Christmas is over we should expect some of the over-the-top non-believer crowd to complain about how terribly abused they've been through yet another Christian holiday.


It must be simply awful for them after all; what with all that "Peace on Earth" business and happy people seemingly everywhere you looked.



The poor dears must be near nervous breakdowns from all the stress.

Wait till they notice what comes next!

2009 A.D.

The "A.D." stands for the Latin, "Anno Domini" or "Year of Our Lord"; as it will be 2009 years since the birth of Jesus Christ.

This of course means every time anyone in the western world writes a date that can be understood by anyone else, they'll have to use `2009' which is a sneaky way by which we wily Christians simply refuse to extract ourselves from public life.

Good heavens we must be awful!

Merry Christmas

Famous Leftist Blogger now Crisco Certified!

Bob Adams, the famous leftist blogger known as "Connecticut Bob" has been certified in Crisco.







It's unclear just what one does with such a certification; but you can read more about it here: Passed Crisco Certification!



Humorless lefty blog types please note: I like Bob, often despite himself.
However, he is among the few on the left with any sense of humor at all, or for that matter, any sense.

Sears

Did you get the email?

You've probably seen this in an email or two over the past few years and ignored it.

"I assume you have all seen the reports about how Sears is treating its reservist employees who are called up? By law, they are required to hold their jobs open and available, but nothing more. Usually, people take a big pay cut and lose benefits as a result of being called up...

Sears is voluntarily paying the difference in salaries and maintaining all benefits, including medical insurance and bonus programs, for all called up reservist employees for up to two years. I submit that Sears is an exemplary corporate citizen and should be recognized for its contribution.

I suggest we all shop at Sears, and be sure to find a manager to tell them why we are there so the company gets the positive reinforcement it well deserves.

Pass it on."

Well it's true!


Go ahead and check it out with urbanlegands or snopes.

I figured it was time to put my money where my mouth is, so I stopped in at the West Hartford, CT Sears store.

Sears remains a decent retailer, carrying quality goods that they stand behind.

What surprised me was the condition of the West Hartford location.

It was spotless, the floor in the hardware department downstairs was easily as clean as anything one might expect in a hospital operating room.

In fact the entire store shined.

While my wife was across the street braving Westfarms Mall, I browsed around in one of the oldest Sears locations in this part of the United States.
Five times in the hour or so I spent, Sears sales associates politely said; "Good afternoon sir - can I help you find anything?"


Quality goods at surprisingly competitive or better prices.
Spotlessly clean store.
Attentive, courteous employees.

This Christmas Season, let's all shop at Sears.
No reason not to, and we should be supporting a company of their caliber.




Sears official statement as to how they treat their active military employees.

Defense Department statement regarding Sears.