***Where the topless women midgets?  Why doesn't cool stuff like this happen in Spfld?  Here's the link to the Micro Wrestling Federation.

***An issue that has dropped below the radar as the economy has taken up the spotlight - The Obama and Iraq.  A great article at NRO about The Obama's stomping around in Iraq back in July.

***Remember the outrage in the media and elsewhere about one of Gov. Ryan's directors using his state vehicle for personal uses.  Guess it isn't only GOP political appointees that forget from whence they came. 

***First, we had mountain lions in Chicago and now it appears we have at least one black bear in East-Central Illinois.  

***Someone with the guts to say what everyone has been thinking.  The Lake County Sheriff slams Daley over Chicago's lack of crime prevention.  Sheriff Mark Curran in the Sun Times:  Curran said city officials and state legislators have shown little interest in working with federal officials to control illegal immigration, "choosing instead to ignore the problem -- or worse -- to pander to special interest groups and their sympathizers." 

Daley's reaction is typical big city Dem:  Mayor Daley told reporters Thursday that immigration "is not the role of the Chicago Police Department -- their role is to serve and protect the people of the city of Chicago."

Of course, this is also from the Sun Times:  Over and over, everyone from first-graders to eighth-graders summed up their "greatest fear'' in two words: "Getting shot.''

The most affected were fifth- through eighth-graders, a group that includes Benyamin. In those grades, the survey found:

•            Nearly three-quarters have heard gunshots in their neighborhood.

•            Half know a friend or relative who has been shot at, with the vast majority of those knowing multiple people who have been fired upon -- as many as 10, 11 and even 13.

•           More than a third know a friend or relative who has been shot to death.

•           Well over a third have been shown a gun.

Let those stats sink in.  Yeah, Mayor Daley's doing a great job.

***What is it about the 2nd Amendment that the NYT just doesn't get?  They're very comfortable with the 1st Amendment being as broad as possible.  But not the scary 2nd Amendment...

***If you're not doing anything for dinner tonight, head out to the Woodside GOP Annual Fish Fry at Bridgeview Park.  They'll be cooking up fish from 4:30 - 7pm for $10/person.  See you there.

***Listen live to the only local, conservative, funny talk show in Spfld - Kelm & Kirk!