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Rahm Emanuel Cleared to Run for Chicago Mayor

December 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment

See no evil.  Hear no evil.  Speak no evil.  Report no evil. That seems to be the order of things in Chicago these days after the city’s election commissioners voted, 3-0, to allow Rahm Emanuel’s name to remain on the Feb. 22 Chicago mayoral ballot. Forget that Emanuel isn’t a legal resident of the city.  [...]

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Eric Balderas ‘Posterboy’ for Immigration Reform

June 17th, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Paul R. Hollrah, Guest Blogger Just imagine for a moment that you are Barack Obama… I know it’s distasteful, but do it anyway… and assume that your number one goal, politically, is to make it possible for your party to win U.S. elections in perpetuity, with little or no chance of a strong challenge [...]

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Top 10 GOP Comments at Town Hall Meeting

March 11th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Anytime you have thousands of voting-age people assembled in one room, you can count on politicians to be there, too.  That was the case Wednesday morning when more than 2,200 people gathered at the St. Charles (Mo.) Convention Center hours ahead of President Barack Obama’s arrival in the St. Louis suburb. Below are the Top [...]

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New York Democrat Says He’s Being Forced Out for Not Supporting Government-Run Health Care Bill

March 8th, 2010 · 2 Comments

Rep. Eric Massa (D-N.Y.) is no saint, but the words he used over the weekend, as captured in the  in the National Public Radio audio (below) , showcase Chicago politics — Rahm Emanuel and all — at its worst and should serve as a warning to Americans about what the future holds if Congress passes [...]

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Obama Administration Harboring Enemy Within

February 22nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

By Paul Hollrah, Guest Blogger On Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, the Obama Administration announced that the mastermind of the 9/11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and four co-conspirators would be brought from Guantanamo Bay to New York to be tried for their crimes… the trial to be held just blocks from where ten Muslim jihadists murdered [...]

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Did Reuters Yank Article Due to Too Much Truth?

February 2nd, 2010 · 1 Comment

Sometimes, the truth hurts.  In the case of an article they published yesterday at 4:04 p.m. Eastern, it appears Reuters editors were afraid writer Terri Cullen’s adventure into truthful journalism might hurt their news agency’s relationship with President Barack Obama — so they pulled it. Published under the headline, Backdoor taxes hit middle class, the [...]

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Yellowstone Quake Swarm Making News Again

February 1st, 2010 · No Comments

The annual “Yellowstone is shaking and might erupt” news reports have surfaced, prompting me to ponder how the Obama Administration might respond to a natural disaster with its epicenter at the national park. The New York Times, among others, reported today that more than 100 mostly-tiny earthquakes a day, on average, have rattled a remote [...]

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