ITALIAN Women are TOUGH!
An elderly Italian man lay dying in his bed. While suffering the agonies
of impending death, he suddenly smelled the aroma of his favorite ravioli
wafting up the stairs.
He gathered his remaining strength, and lifted himself from the bed.
Gripping the railing with both hands, [...]
The Grandmother of all Blonde Jokes
This blonde decides one day that she is sick and tired of all > these blonde jokes and how all blondes are perceived as stupid. So, she > decides to show her husband that blondes really are smart.
While her husband is off [...]
Taking back America, in words and song. This one is by the brilliant Lloyd Marcus.
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The backlog of payments to Medicaid providers is a serious problem in Illinois. When these notoriously low reimbursements to primary care physicians administering care to Medicaid patients don't arrive on time, it makes the doctors increasingly reluctant to treat that population. That diminishes health care access for some of the' [...]
Today, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation joined Congressman Peter Roskam in sending a letter to President Barack Obama (see below) requesting a National Security Council (NSC) briefing, after one of the five Democrat Senate candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, disclosed that he received a [...]
Below is just a portion of a great editorial written by the Omaha World-Herald. It has one person in mind, Sen. Ben Nelson (D-NE).Below, release from six Illinois GOP House members.....
All: Today, members of the Illinois Congressional Delegation joined Congressman Peter Roskam in sending a letter to
President Barack Obama requesting a National Security Council (NSC) briefing, after one of the five Democrat Senate candidates, Alexi Giannoulias, disclosed that he received [...]
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Below the Fold:
Below are our daily picks from the Illinois blogosphere and media at large:
Hard Labor
Chicago-based labor reporter Claire Bushey is launching a
new blog at True/Slant. She explains the inspiration for the project in
her first post.
Tamms Tour
As part of his 10-part reform plan
for the Tamms Correctional [...]
from Ethan Hastert for Congress campaign
GENEVA, IL – Ethan Hastert will welcome Newt Gingrich to the 14th Congressional District on Friday, December 11, 2009 for a fundraising event at Pheasant Run in St. Charles, IL, to benefit the Ethan Hastert for Congress Campaign. The breakfast event [...]
Roland Burris (D-Blagojevich), who nominally represents me in the United States Senate, at best got a hand-slap from the Senate Ethics Committee for giving evasive and dishonest answers when he explained how he ended up getting appointed to Barack Obama's former seat.
The Windy City edition of the New York Times debuted today, featuring an article on the controversial parking meter lease from veteran City Hall reporter Dan Mihalopoulos, now with the Chicago News Cooperative.
In his report, Mihalopoulos digs into the books of Chicago Parking Meters LLC, the private company that now controls the [...]
By the shores of Gitche Gumee, It’s been dying a thousand times over lately:
Click here to view the embedded video.
I believe at 44 seconds in they have a black helicopter.
The folks in Standish Michigan are concerned about transferring Gitmo prisoners to their area, just as the people of Illinois are...despite what the liberal media and radical Democrats are trying to diminish with their pre-9-11 sarcasm.
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Apparently, housing terrorists in Illinois will lead to the Sears Tower being targeted, seriously…
“If your Administration brings Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, our state and the Chicago Metropolitan Area will become ground zero for Jihadist terrorist plots, recruitment and radicalization…As home to America’s tallest building, we should not invite [...]
From Garrett M. Peck: The Plainfield Township Republican Party officially endorsed the following for the February 2, 2010 GOP primary:
IL Governor--Adam Andrzejewski US Congressional District 11 Adam Kinzinger and District 13 Judy Biggert Will County Board District 5 -- John Argoudelis; Lee Goodson; Brian Smith Will [...]Click here to view the embedded video.
BUTTARS: I meet with the gays here and there. They were in my house two weeks ago. I don’t mind gays. But I don’t want ‘em stuffing it down my throat all the time. Certainly not in my kid’s face.
The sergeant, whose name was not disclosed, is a member of the association, the source said.
He was the target of a' [...]
from the Proft for Governor campaign
Last night the Southern Will County Republican Organization (SWCRO) which comprises six rural townships in Will County endorsed conservative Republican candidate Dan Proft for Governor.
“I want to thank SWCRO Chairman Bill Weidling and all of the Republican precinct committeemen from the [...]
It's on! The call is out for positive loiterers to meet at Sheridan & Leland tonight from 7-8 PM.
Could we really be seeing the downfall of the myth of Manbearpig??? Will people finally see that the “Sky is falling” chicken little’s that say we are doomed are making this crap up???
The deeper you look into this story, the more sickening it gets. So-called scientists overlooking [...]
After the Cook County Board of Commissioners finally agreed yesterday to fund foreclosure mediation services, housing advocates are celebrating the move as "a huge step" towards stemming the problem.
As regular readers know, it's been a tough slog for those community activists -- led by the group Action Now -- who've been pushing the [...]
Yes, sometimes even the Marathon Pundit can't think of anything to say.
Take a look at this headline from today's Daily Herald:
Reading that, you might guess that the west suburban town of about 150,000 passed a referendum opposing an income tax increase in Illinois. Or perhaps someone polled Naperville residents' on the various tax hike proposals being discussed at the state level. Well,' [...]
I've been following the Ron Paul / Alan Grayson effort to get the Federal Reserve audited for the first time in it's history. It's an effort to shed some light on where our bailout dollars are going. Ron Paul of course has an additional agenda as well but in this [...]
WASHINGTON-- Sen. Roland Burris (D-Ill.) was admonished today by the U.S. Senate ethics committee over his testimony in Springfield concerning how he got appointed to Barack Obama's vacant Senate seat.
But his actions following his appointment by then Gov.-Rod Blagojevich did not rise to level of pursuing ethics charges against [...]
The House Financial Services Committee voted Thursday to assess upfront fees on financial firms to pay for the failure of their peers and to require a sweeping congressional audit of the Federal Reserve.
"This amendment...will create a system going forward where we force the big-bank, Wall Street fat cats" [...]
This just out from Sen. Roland Burris' office:
After months of investigation into the circumstances surrounding the appointment and seating of Senator Roland W. Burris, the Senate Select Committee on Ethics has closed its inquiry and cleared the Senator of any legal wrongdoing.
In a ‘public letter of qualified admonition,’ the Senate Ethics Committee outlined the' [...]
From the RNC -- 10 things you should know about Senator Reid's government-run health care plan ...
View This Research Briefing At www.GOP.com:
1. $493 Billion In Tax Increases On Health Insurance, Medical Innovation, Payroll And Small Businesses Would Pay For The Bill. (Douglas W. Elmendorf, Letter To Senator Harry Reid, [...]
www.TeaPartyMovie.com --"Cinematic Sneak Peek" Live Webcast with Movie Producer Luke Livingston, FreedomWorks’ Hon. Dick Armey and Matt Kibbe -- 2PM ET - November 23, 2009
Speaking after an event in Aurora where he collected Mayor Tom Weisner's endorsement, Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn said again Thursday that a tax increase he proposed earlier in the year would be the best way to help solve the states budget problems.
Ah, level ground, at last. Drivers who park at Dib and International Cleaners no longer need fear a vertical pile-up in the hall-of-mirrors parking lot. Cheers! [...]
Democrat U.S. Rep. Bill Foster likes to project himself as some average man. A poor scientist who can understand the struggles of the middle class.
Unfortunately, it's a lie.
According to Opensecrets.org, Foster is the richest congressman in Illinois, and 19th richest in all of Congress. His [...]
The Dan Hynes for Illinois campaign likes this clip....posted on YouTube....of rival Gov. Quinn dozing during a health care forum with WTTW's Elizabeth Brackett.
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That's how the Reader's Ben Joravsky describes our own Angela Caputo in his latest article on Chicago's tax increment financing (TIF) network. And you can bet she's wearing that badge with pride.
Joravasky's piece also details how state legislators used a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) bill to quietly extend [...]
According to the Daily Herald, both the Green Party and the Democrat Party are working to remove Richard B. Mayers - an admitted anti-Semite - from the ballot in February. Not surprising that someone who once made a Nazi salute in a Lake County court would find a home [...]
With the 2010 election getting closer, Democrat U.S. Rep. Debbie Halvorson is trying to play both sides on the plan to sell Thomson prison to the feds in order to house terrorists from Gitmo. She told the Herald-Review that she "needs more information before she" [...]
WASHINGTON--No sleeping in after returning yesterday from an eight day trip to China, South Korea and Japan, President Obama on Friday morning with First Lady Michelle went to an event at daughter Sasha's school. Here's the pool report from Newsday's Tom Brune, a former Chicago Sun-Times reporter.
Pool report...
President, [...]
This Gap commercial has the usual suspects worked up into their annual lather:
The Los Angeles Times reports:
The Mississippi-based American Family Association last week issued a fatwa against Gap Inc. -- the retailing giant whose brands include Gap, Old Navy and Banana Republic -- calling for a "two-month boycott" [...]
Cullerton: State Lawmakers Have No Gitmo Control
Illinois Senate President John Cullerton (D-Chicago) says the General
Assembly has no formal control over the decision to relocate Guantanamo
Bay detainees to an Illinois prison. While a committee could review the proposal, any vote would be advisory.
The story titled "Transparency in Action - How a'" [...]
by Mark Rhoads
President Obama, who was a mediocre and non-leadership state senator in Springfield, has labored to explain why its OK to throw people in jail if they don't buy health insurance the bureaucrats approve. He often points out that many states require people to buy auto collision insurance if' [...]
WASHINGTON--After a stall, the Senate voted 59-39 Thursday to confirm U.S. District Court Judge David Hamilton--who now presides in an Indiana courtroom--to the Chicago based 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
Random shots around the web:
The Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter has been returning overhead photos of the Apollo landing sites. Cory Maye is getting a new trial. Steve Landsburg slams Krugman and then praises Krugman. Sounds right to me in both cases. It just kills me that teachers grade students all [...]
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_______________________________________________________________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 19, 2009
DAILY GUIDANCE AND PRESS SCHEDULE FOR
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2009
The President has no scheduled public events.
In-Town Travel Pool
Wires: AP, Reuters, Bloomberg
Wire [...]
The National Council on Citizenship found that in comparing the states of New Hampshire and Illinois, that Illinoisans are disengaging from the political process, now ranking 40th in the nation:
The Illinois Civic Health Index indicates that residents of the state are disappointed and disengaged. Recent political scandals and [...]
Here is a video of the late Willy deVille singing Ry Cooder's song "Across the Borderline." (You may have heard other covers of the song by Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Freddy Fender or others.)
Listening to the lyrics makes me realize how deeply American it is for someone to [...]
by Mark Silva
President Barack Obama is home.
Home, where the hard work is.
With stops in 20 nations behind him, said to be the most ambitious international itinerary of any first-year president, Obama faces the closing innings of a domestic policy year in which he insisted upon a sweeping health-care reform [...]
Something for everyone to be aware of, from a reader....
"A number of buildings on the 800 block of Sunnyside were approached tonight by a rather large guy who initially stated that he wanted to come in to share some flyers about a neighborhood block club. I" [...]
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