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• Horslips: High Reel

  Last week I posted a video of 1970s Celtic rock pioneers Horslips performing the "The Man Who Built America," and I described them as a combination of Jethro Tull, Thin Lizzy, and The Pogues.
  
  Although it's a great song, there wasn't anything Pogues-like with' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:03pm EST
  

• GOP suburban gains could mean good news in 2010

  My state, Illinois, used to be a Republican-leaning swing state. From 1968 through 1988, the GOP candidate carried Illinois. Granted, there were some real Dem losers on the ticket in some of those races, but a win is a win. But the Republican domination of the suburbs, which for the [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 6:58pm EST
  

• Ill. GOP gov candidate Kirk Dillard: Nervous after yesterday's elections?

  Depending upon who you talk to, yesterday's elections were either a rebuke of Barack Obama's policies (my opinion) or they didn't have much to do with them.
  
  But the wins by Republicans in the gubernatorial races in New Jersey and Virginia, along with a narrow loss in a' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 3:10pm EST
  

• More White House "saved" jobs mischief: Georgia and Illinois

  As I've stated before, there is no way to identify what a "saved" job is. Since facts seem to matter little to the Obama administration, it's no surprise that the White House, as AP discovered, is liberally creating its own truth.
  
  President Barack Obama's economic recovery program saved' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 1:20pm EST
  

• GOP: Not the party of no

  In a Miami Herald op-ed, House Minority Leader outlines some of the Republican ideas for health care reform. In short, the Republican Party is not the "party of no."
  
  There is a better way. Republicans unveiled a plan in June that makes healthcare more affordable and accessible at [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:39am EST
  

• Who funds Huffington Post?

  Monday night I attended a reception on Chicago's North Side for Joel Pollak, a Republican candidate for Illinois' 9th District. He's a smart guy, articulate, and he can think on his feet. Pollak is our best hope to unseat über-liberal Jan Schakowsky, and I'll be proud to have Pollak represent [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 10:06am EST
  

• Jim Ryan officially enters Ill gov race

  Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, an Elmhurst Republican, announced that he's running for governor yesterday in Springfield.
  
  Chicago Reporter publisher Alden Loury, appearing on WTTW's Chicago Tonight, talks about Ryan's appeal to Land of Lincoln voters:
  
  
  
  Click here to visit the Jim Ryan site.[...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 8:52am EST
  

• Upper Peninsula Upventure: Munising Falls

  Although there many more waterfalls on Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Munising Falls is the last one to be featured in this series.
  
  Located on the east end of the town of Munising, adjacent to a large parking lot, it is very close to the Pictured Rocks National' [...]
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  Posted: November 04, 2009, 11:13pm EST