Good for Americans for Tax Reform and the Alliance for Worker Freedom. They are pushing for the Justice Department to investigate SEIU President Andy Stern's multiple visits to the White House over the first six months of Barack Obama's presidency. Questions about Stern and SEIU Treasurer Anna Burger's SEIU-promoting efforts and the [...]
Stephen Moore of the WSJ's Political Diary wrote last weekend that word is the Republican National Committee is getting behind GOP primary candidate Elizabeth Coulson in the 10th CD -- hoping to succeed Congressman Mark Kirk. Moore suggested Coulson -- one of the Illinois House GOP caucus' most liberal members --' [...]
by Mark Rhoads
In a post on Sunday, I was critical of what I thought was the slow and incomplete coverage of The New York Times to the story of how hacked emails of top pro-human caused global warming scientists compared to overseas newspapers. Well here is one-half pat on the back [...]
Of course there's no concern about opening Thomson to international terrorists, after all, we've been okay thus far with an Illinoisan in our midst that plotted an attack on the Danish newspaper and the Mumbai assault.
The FBI reports today about additional charges on Chicagoan David Coleman Headley, but there's also two other Chicago' [...]
URGENT from Life Advocacy Briefing on US Senate action today:
We have just received word from a key Capitol Hill staffer that the Nelson/Hatch Amendment to explicitly exclude abortion from the Senate’s version of ObamaCare is likely to come up in the Senate today – Monday, Dec. 7.
Please contact your two [...]
It's insiders, not necessarily Democrats or Republicans, who benefit most from Illinois redistricting system, a coalition of government reformers said last week. Illinois' problems run deeper than how campaigns are financed, which men or women present themselves as candidates and the discontentedness of voters. The real problem, says a coalition pushing' [...]
The Chicago Tribune has posted responses from candidates in the February 2010 primary. The answers are in the candidates' own words. You can browse for your favorites HERE.
Don't jump to conclusions if your candidate hasn't answered yet. Proft, the only GOP gubernatorial candidate shown as not responding, tells' [...]
by John Brown's Ghost
Some times I write things just to be funny. Some times I write about things that are an outrage. Today, I get to do both - all in one article.
This week, the UN Climate Change Conference is being held in Copenhagen. To [...]
[Article syndicated from TomRoeser.com. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
Kass
My favorite newspaper columnist John Kass' interview of Andy McKenna was superbly subtle which eluded some media critics. In the latest in a series of interviews which he's doing on candidates for' [...]
December 7, 1941..."a day that shall live in infamy," President Franklin Roosevelt grieved. Over 3000 American soldiers and civilians were killed that day in Hawaii, the first attack of its size by a foreign empire on Americans. The second was September 11, 2001.
Lest we forget...
RNC Chairman Michael Steele issued the following statement [...]
The Politico is reporting that "Dick Durbin, one of Barack Obama's closest allies, doesn't sound convinced that the president's decision to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan would help stabilize the country. 'I’m skeptical about whether 30,000 more troops will make a difference,'" said Durbin on Fox News Sunday
by John Bambenek
You'd Never Vote for a Democrat... So why would you support letting only the Democrats draw the legislative maps?
Sound extreme? That’s exactly what you get with the Fair Map Amendment. It doesn’t end gerrymandering… it will ensure that Mike Madigan unilaterally draws the maps and there is no' [...]
This clip has been around for over a year, but if you haven't seen it, you should. Rock musician Ted Nugent succinctly explains his commitment to the Second Amendment, and clarifies any question why he holds that position. Is he too extreme, or is he dead-on?
Your thoughts...
by Sam Pierce
In the age of "Climate-gate" and "Crasher-gate" we may have a scandal that shares the common thread of a break-in with Watergate... that is if the Obama-media would do its actual job and not its duty as propaganda organs of the administration. Some voices spoke of "Chicagogate" after [...]
by Travis Akin, E.D., Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch
Whenever I travel the state and talk about the need for lawsuit reform, most people immediately bring up Madison County. After all, Madison County has had a well-deserved reputation as one of the nation’s worst “Judicial Hellholes.”
Thankfully, Madison County residents took a stand [...]
by John F. Di Leo
With the continued popularity of Ayn Rand’s work, nearly thirty years after her death, we continue to see attacks, usually focusing more on her than on her work. Heather Wilhelm of the Illinois Policy Institute had a fair piece in the Wall Street Journal on the [...]
Starting at 2:00 PM CST Sunday, radio talk show host Teri O'Brien at www.teriobrien.com will discuss:
✰How Tiger Woods' Meltdown Could Help Save America
latest-$8/hr diner waitress who served breakfast to his wife
✰Desiree Rogers Mission to Promote Brand Obama and "transparency" & Obama's closed meeting on openness
State Senator Dan Rutherford is running unopposed in the 2010 Republican primary for Illinois Treasurer. That statewide office is now held by Democrat Alexi Giannoulias, who is now running for U.S. Senate to succeed Roland Burris.
In 2006, Rutherford ran for Secretary of State against incumbent Jesse White. In December 2005, [...]
by John Brown's Ghost
As many of you have read, we have conducted interviews of the 14th Congressional District, Republican Primary candidates. These have included (in chronological order) Ethan Hastert, Jeff Danklefsen and Randy Hultgren. Click on their names above to go to their interviews. It should be' [...]
The story about the two White House party crashers Micheale and Tareq Salahi just gets curiouser and curiouser. While they refused to testify before Congress this week, the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee left open the door to subpoenaing them to answer questions. The longer this thing rolls out, the more [...]
A group of 599 in Illinois' Conservatives Facebook Group announced last week that their picks thus far in the GOP primary are as follows:
Don Manzullo, U.S. House of Reps 16th Dist Adam Andrzejewski, Governor of IL William J. Kelly, Illinois Comptroller Phil Collins, Illinois 17th district Paul Mitchell, Illinois 62nd' [...]If Blanche Lincoln has her way, the Democrats will vote tomorrow to limit health care execs salaries to no more than what the President makes. In other words, $400,000. Saturday, the Democrats stopped a Republican attempt to restore Medicare cuts with 18 votes to spare. Sunday, the President will go [...]
by Phyllis Schlafly
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights announced in November that it will investigate whether colleges illegally discriminate against women by admitting less qualified men. This is only the latest in a decades-long campaign by the feminist lobby to sell the false propaganda that girls are cheated all [...]
by Illinois Patriot
Now that I have your attention I'm curious about something involving the “Six Degrees Of Separation” idea or concept aka The Kevin Bacon Game. How many of you on the board actually have first degree (or second degree) knowledge of a person whose job was either created or' [...]
Senator Bill Brady, Republican Candidate for Governor, was in Peoria Wednesday as part of a statewide announcement tour to tout the endorsements of 14 Republican Legislators. A good crowd of Peoria and Tazewell County residents greeted him at Byerly Aviation. Elected Officials joining him at [...]
The Palatine Township Republicans (TOPPER) held their pre-primary endorsement session this morning, and a 60% majority vote statewide endorsements were given to their local state senator Matt Murphy for Lieutenant Governor and Jim Dodge for Comptroller. Local 54th District Republican challenger Tom Morrison won endorsement over incumbent State Rep. Suzie Bassi and 56th [...]
by Chris Robling
I for one want to thank Barack and Michelle for protecting us from the release of the ultra secret national security info Desiree would undoubtedly blab were her rear ever to land in a hot seat before a panel of fawning Democrats whose goal in life is to [...]
by Mark Rhoads
Like many conservatives I have often criticized editors of The New York Times for the reason that, while they are entitled to their liberal editorial policy, they too often seem to let that ideology dictate what they will or will not cover as a news story and therefore [...]
Every month, we learn how many net jobs were "lost"... how many new claims for unemployment they were, whether it represents an improvement or not, whether it means the economy is getting better or worse, bottoming out or on its way back...
We learn that it's' [...]
by Chris Robling
I was happy to praise President Obama in this WGN Morning News segment Wednesday morning, as well to turn his choice back on Congressional Dems who seek to evade responsibility for a serious approach to Afghanistan. To be sure, there are any number of problems with how the [...]
from the Plummer for Lt. Governor campaign
It's been quite a week for the campaign of Jason Plummer, Republican candidate for Illinois Lt. Governor. First, he surprised many by garnering 70% of the vote in winning the endorsement of the Wauconda Republican Organization.
Today, he learned he won' [...]
by Sam Pierce
Would Frank Marshall Davis have approved of his protege's activities in the highest office of the land? Would he believe that Obama's ends justify the means of at least partially portraying the Commander In Chief (albeit not well or convincingly)? Would he approve of the campaign trail [...]
Over 500 of you voted in our recent poll asking who was your favorite conservative woman. The final results are as follows. Be sure to check our our new poll to the left.
21.3% Michele Bachmann [...]The Tribune has an op/ed by Republican Congressman Aaron Schock. According to Schock, "There is an old saying that there is no such thing as a free lunch. What may come as a surprise to you is that there is such a thing as a free" [...]
[Article syndicated from Chicago Daily Observer. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
Marin
Sunday world-class feminist and angry liberal aggrieved, dissenting, anti-bishop, non-traditional Catholic white woman Carol Marin who deeply…and I mean deeply…resents what men are doing to female-kind… complained in her Sun-Times [...]
The Rauschenberger petition challenge in the 22nd Senate District may take another interesting twist. Steve Rhodes of Beechwood Reporter points out more of the ridiculous nature of the Democrats' challenge of Rauschenberger's ongoing petition challenge after he pulled a Democrat ballot to vote for his sister in [...]
Below is a statement from Joe Walsh about his pro-life position.
You may have heard some rumor and innuendo over the past few days, written and spoken, trying to distort my position on the life issue. I would like to set the record straight.
For seven [...]
[Article syndicated from TomRoeser.com. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
More Lucky Sperm Contestants.
My email was filled to overflowing with Lucky Sperm suggestions...all of which I knew earlier but in the wee hours of the dawn had neglected to post. Start off with [...]
Chicago Reader's Mick Dumke wrote a terrific profile earlier this week on Illinois Democrats' front runner in the 2010 US Senate primary -- State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias -- laying out many of the candidate's challenges. For conservatives, Dumke's narrative of Giannoulias' announcement should cause us all to shudder, buckle' [...]
Maybe you already saw the clip below, but we couldn't let the week go by without pointing out the power struggle going on between a governor that wants a short-term loan for $1 billion to get Illinois through the end of the year and a Democratic primary challenge who says' [...]
by Nancy Thorner
Joe Calomino, Illinois State Director of Americans for Prosperity in Illinois, spoke before a Northern Illinois Right Moms Group organized by Aimee Messner of Lake Forest. The purpose of Messner's group is to bring together moms, grandmothers, aunts, sisters, and friends who care deeply about their families, their' [...]
Public Affairs' Jeff Berkowitz has been performing a valuable public service by introducing his readers to the six Republican primary candidates in the 10th CD willing to be interviewed. Here's a segment of a phone conversation he had with Bob Dold, whose name is first on the GOP's 10th CD ballot:
Jeff' [...]
from Americans for Prosperity
President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen, Denmark for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. No doubt, the President intends to commit the United States to an energy rationing scheme that makes the U.S. accountable to U.N. bureaucrats, kills jobs here, dramatically raises the price of gasoline [...]
[Article syndicated from TomRoeser.com. The views expressed do not necessarily represent those of IR.]
by Tom Roeser
Lucky Sperm Club.
Help me to build a list of members of The Lucky Sperm Club-politicians who wouldn't be in office or even considered as candidates if they hadn't been conceived by the right male forebears. Any number [...]
by Russ Stewart
Add this word to Chicago’s political lexicon: Feigenholtzed. It’s a verb describing a stupid, simplistic, stereotypical campaign, which culminates in an embarrassing and resounding defeat.
Add this word to the North Shore’s political lexicon: Footliked. It’s [...]
Generational businesses were dealt a blow by the US House today when by a 225 to 200 vote, when a majority of our Congressional members decided it would be best to tax families passing the benefits of their hard work onto their children. While denying the next generation up [...]
Note to all -- it does matter what party you identify with in primaries. Those who say they've jumped to another party to help a primary candidate, or to defeat another primary candidate for the general election should be aware: doing favors outside your political party' [...]
On the last day of withdrawing from the February 2, 2019 Republican primary, 14th CD candidate Jim Purcell dropped out of that district's 5-way race, leaving Ethan Hastert, Mark Vargas, Randy Hultgren and Jeff Dankelfsen.
Someone needs to tell the White House what the American public thinks about global warming as the President prepares to fly over to Copenhagen and promote his base's religious views on the environment. 52% of Americans is skeptical of glabal warming science, a devastating development for radical leftists' agenda. Rasmussen Reports today:
But just [...]
The U.S. House of Representatives will vote this week on a bill that would permanently extend the estate tax (known better as the "death tax") at its current rate and exemption level. This extension would prevent the death tax from expiring as scheduled on January 1, 2010. As such it [...]
Looks like there's trouble brewing in the happy Democratic family, and it's between the "reasonables" and the "extremists." Hmm...the word is those fringies are threatening to stay home next November, and leave Obama and Congress' Dems hanging. Why? Because the extremists feel abandoned.
From The Hill this morning:
The left is' [...]
By John Brown's Ghost
Today we continue with part 2 of my interview with Senator Randy Hultgren, who is running for the 14th Congressional seat. This portion of the interview will focus on social issues and the campaign in general. Part 1, which can be found by' [...]
by Rhonda Robinson
If Politico’s John F. Harris is correct and “Presidential politics is about storytelling” then the Obama campaign took an enormous risk using a narrative that left a lot to the individual imagination. Obama’s ambiguous call for change, created a fill-in-the-blank scenario for independents and moderates, and a [...]
60 Plus Association President Jim Martin made the following statement in response to AARP's opposition to the McCain Amendment:
"It’s disappointing, but no surprise, AARP is opposed to the McCain Amendment, after all, they get hundreds of millions of dollars a year in royalties from the insurance companies.'" [...]
Illinois Policy Institute rolled out a website called www.IllinoisOpenGov.org that should provide some interesting material for investigative citizen journalists in the coming days. Just for fun, we went into the "payroll" section of the new online data base and entered the name "Smith" and pulled up all the "Smiths" getting [...]
Americans for Prosperity -Illinois added two more congressional candidates to their growing list of Climate Tax opposers Wednesday -- 8th CD GOP candidate Joe Walsh and 2nd CD candidate Isaac Hayes.
Other Illinois candidates who've signed include: U.S. Representative and Senate candidate Mark Kirk; U.S. Senate candidates Patrick Hughes and Eric Wallace;' [...]
By Mark Rhoads
The good news is that for the most part, President Obama has taken the advice of his chief commander on the gound in Afghanistan, Lt. Gen. Stanley McChrystal instead of the advice of wannabe Gen. Joe Biden and other White House political advisers who never even got close [...]
by Teri O'Brien
Like many of you, and unlike the risibly gullible Lame Stream Media, I have a very well-calibrated BS detector, which is why I am not likely to fall for the latest in the endless series of calculated hoaxes that fill the largely-wasted bandwidth that passes for news and' [...]
from the Kinzinger for Congress campaign
Bourbonnais, IL – Adam Kinzinger, Republican candidate for Illinois’ 11th Congressional District, released the following statement on President Obama’s speech on the Afghanistan Troop Surge.
“Afghanistan is one of the vital fronts in the war on terrorism where we face many challenges. [...]
The fact that last week Illinois' US Senator Roland Burris and Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr were named two of America's 15 most corrupt politicians by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and it didn't grab headlines statewide is more evidence of how' [...]
by Ghost of John Brown
We continue our series of conversations with the Republican candidates for the 14th Congressional District (still waiting on the call from Bill Foster for us to interview him - stopped holding my breath a long time ago). This week, we feature an [...]
On Nov. 20, the historic Manhattan Declaration was unveiled, just what my distraught spirit had been yearning. I became its 218,525th signer.
The Manhattan Declaration is a momentous 4,700-word manifesto authored by Chuck Colson, Dr. Robert George, and Dr. Timothy George, with input [...]
from Hayes for Congress (2 CD) campaign:
CHICAGO - December 1, 2009: The following statement was released today by Rev. Isaac C. Hayes, the GOP nominee for Congress in IL-2, and opponent of Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. (D-Ill.) regarding President Obama’s announcement to send 30,000 more soldiers to Afghanistan:
“President [...]
WASHINGTON - Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) issued the following statement tonight after President Barack Obama detailed his new strategy for winning the war in Afghanistan:
"I applaud the President for supporting a troop increase that will help us win the war in Afghanistan. Hopefully this will heal some of the divisions" [...]
from the Walsh for Congress campaign
Lake Zurich, IL – Joe Walsh, Republican candidate for the GOP nomination for the 8th District Congressional seat currently held by Rep. Melissa Bean has issued the following statement in response to President Obama’s speech on Afghanistan policy tonight:
"First and foremost," [...]
from the Friedman for Congress campaign
Upon listening to the President's speech this evening, Arie expressed the following thought: “While I applaud the fact that the President is finally heeding the professional advice of Gen. McChrystal, as a Naval Aviator I am dismayed that he is setting a timetable for withdrawal' [...]
from the Geissler for Congress campaign
WAUCONDA, IL - "While I'm glad that President Obama has made a decision regarding Afghanistan, the fact that we waited for nearly a year since he took office to make any decision is troubling. As commander-in-chief he is Constitutionally and morally obligated to ensure our'" [...]
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Congressman Aaron Schock said:
8th CD Congressional candidate Chris Geissler also responded:
Washington, DC – Congressman Aaron Schock (R-IL) issued the following statement today following President Barack Obama’s speech at West Point outlining his plan to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan in the next six months:
“I [...]
Was convicted felon Stu Levine to gubernatorial candidate Jim Ryan what Tony Rezko was to former Governor Rod Blagojevich? That's a question raised by a Sun-Times story Monday, referring to Levine's testimony last year during the Rezko trial.
Indeed, Levine, like Rezko raised campaign funds for a statewide officer. And [...]
Cook County Board of Commissioners voted today to override Board President Todd Stroger's veto, resulting in the sales tax being lowered a half a percent. The Trib reports:
Voting to override and cut taxes: Earlean Collins, D-Chicago; Forrest Claypool, D-Chicago; John Daley, D-Chicago; Bridget Gainer, D-Chicago; Elizabeth Gorman, R-Orland Park;' [...]
Washington, DC...Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-19) has been invited to attend President Obama's speech at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York, tonight. The President is scheduled to outline his plans for troop deployments to Afghanistan. The invitation was extended to Shimkus as he' [...]
by Mark Rhoads
Penn State Univeristy announced today that man-made climate warming high priest Michael Mann is under investigation by his university in connnection with the Climategate scandal. Also today Phil Jones is stepping down from his post. Here is the AP story in part:
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In normal times I could care less if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wants to spend $2,993 of her own money on flowers for her office in the summer months. Flowers are nice and pretty and full of fragrance to cheer up an office. But she did not spend her own [...]
Current Congress members should be a little nervous today that Rasmussen Reports 42% of voters think their Congressman should be re-elected and 42% think he or she should be ousted. That's a huge divide among voters. But it gets more interesting... women are more pleased than men with their own U.S. Reps, and independents are' [...]
If you've written to U.S. Senate Roland Burris about his views on health care, you've seen this. If you haven't, here's what one of your two ambassadors to the U.S. Senate -- who will be there for at least another year -- has to say in [...]
CHICAGO – Republican Gubernatorial candidate Andy McKenna and Lieutenant Governor candidate Matt Murphy announced endorsements today from State Representatives Mark Beaubien and JoAnn Osmond.
Democrat gubernatorial candidate Dan Hynes plans to "talk" about job creation in Illinois. Seemingly unaware (or unconcerned) that government cannot create jobs, Hynes has previously made it clear that he intends to raise income taxes if elected to office.
According to Hynes, Illinois must "fight a" [...]
For those conservatives whose key issue is Cap and Trade and carbon trading, there is a radical group of leftists that agree with you. They too are opposed to the concept of trading carbon emissions, only they're fully supportive of keeping the cap on carbon emissions.
Monday, a demonstration against carbon trading was' [...]
Americans for Prosperity of Illinois announced today that they've been successful in getting Congressman Mark Kirk to sign a pledge to "oppose any legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue, unless it is offset by tax cuts equal to or greater than the revenues generated." [...]
from the Junkas campaign
Jeffrey L. Junkas (R-Tinley Park), Republican candidate for State Representative in the 37th District, earned the formal endorsement of the Frankfort Township Republican Organization at their most recent meeting.
“Jeff Junkas is a serious candidate that will make an outstanding legislator. Our Republican Organization is so excited [...]
from Meers for Congress campaign
The Frankfort Township Republican Organization endorsed local businessman Henry Meers for the GOP congressional nomination in the 11th District at their Tuesday, November 24th meeting.
Frankfort Township Republican Organization Chairman Ed Ronkowski said the endorsement for Meers was more than just support for the home town [...]
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