If the fact that an anti-war protest is set to take place this weekend in Chicago is any indication, President Barack Obama seems to have let down some of the very people he once counted among his most-ardent supporters: the anti-war set. But that’s not the most important aspect of this post. This is: Only [...]
Despite Attemps by Chicago City Officials to Prevent It, Anti-War Rally Set for Saturday
March 11th, 2009 · 2 Comments
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Fair Tax Offers ‘Jumper Cables’ for Economy (Update)
February 23rd, 2009 · 5 Comments
FairTax.org, the grassroots campaign to replace the income tax with a national retail sales tax, announced in a news release they are running full-page ads (pdf) in papers across the country praising the FairTax as “The World’s Biggest Economic Jumper Cables.” today that they have begun running. Ads will run this week in the Los [...]
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Governor BLAGOing, BLAGOing, BLAGOne!
January 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments
By a 59-0 vote of the Illinois Senate, Gov. Rod Blagojevich was impeached this afternoon in Springfield. The 52-year-old Democrat becomes the first sitting governor in the Land of Lincoln’s pockmarked history of corruption to be impeached, convicted and booted out of office. He will, according to a report in the Chicago Tribune, be replaced [...]
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Surprise! President Barack Obama Told Al Arabiya TV ‘I Have Lived in Muslim Countries’ (Plural)
January 28th, 2009 · 19 Comments
I want to know the names of any and all Muslim countries in which President Barack Obama has lived. After all, as he told an Al Arabiya interviewer Monday night, he has lived in more than one. In a post yesterday, I brought to light the fact that he had responded to a question from [...]
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‘Pack Mentality’ on Display in Nation’s Newspapers
January 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
The pack mentality of the nation’s newspapers is clearly evident when one looks at the front pages of three of the nation’s largest newspapers this morning. Appearing above the folds of the Washington Post, Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times Thursday editions was the same photo — one showing President Barack Obama speaking with Chief [...]
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Number of Chicago Murders in 2008 Tops U.S. Soldier Deaths in Iraq, But Media’s Not Reporting It
January 3rd, 2009 · 23 Comments
Few Americans realize the number of people murdered in Chicago during 2008 was larger than the number of U.S. soldier deaths in Iraq during the same period. In a Sept. 4 post, I noted an effort by Chicago’s CBS television affiliate to change that fact. CBS2Chicago broadcast a report that included an interesting stat — [...]
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Patrick Fitzgerald Says Governor Blagojevich Engaged in ‘Political Corruption Crime Spree’
December 9th, 2008 · No Comments
U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald opened his news conference late this morning by describing Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich as having been “in the middle of a political corruption crime spree.” During the extended session that followed, Fitzgerald went on to highlight four activities in which the Democrat is alleged to have been involved. Below are key [...]
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