On Monday and Wednesday next week, the Chicago Tribune will feature a full page ad calling on President-Elect Barack Obama to produce evidence he is a US natural born citizen. Click HERE to view. The "We the People" Foundation released the following comments over the weekend:
The Open Letter to Mr. Obama is a formal Petition for a Redress (Remedy) for the alleged violation of the “natural born citizen” clause of the Constitution of the United States of America.
Mr. Obama is respectfully requested to direct the Hawaiian officials to provide access to his original birth certificate on December 5-7 by our team of forensic scientists, and to provide additional documentary evidence establishing his citizenship status prior to our Washington, D.C. press conference on December 8.
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Congrats to the Chicago area Young Republicans for getting a positive piece in the Sun-Times' Southtown-Star today... and to the CYRs Dennis Cook, who's pushing a new group in the southwest suburbs...
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Those who love visually escaping the urban setting and are fascinated with a cowboy's cattle drive challenges will love this weekend's release "Australia." There's also an interesting subplot as to Australia's mixed race child trafficking in the early 1940s, and the expected Wild West vigilante struggle against corruption.
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A video clip recently featured on Illinois Review extolling Teddy Roosevelt as a "progressive conservative" has stirred some offline discussion about whether Republicans should be so proud of TR and his political ideology after all. Indeed, Roosevelt is criticized in Jonah Goldberg's new book "Liberal Fascism" as a fascist. Goldberg's conclusions were highlighted on the American Vision blog, where Gary DeMar writes:
Jonah Goldberg’s Liberal Fascism is an eye-opener. We’ve been taught that fascism is a foreign-born ideology that spawned the political aspirations of Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. In reality, fascism has had a long history in America. The political philosophies of Teddy Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson are textbook examples of fascism. Do you find this hard to take? Here’s what Goldberg says on the subject:
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by Cal Skinner
I remember when I was following the quality of real estate assessments more closely that a margin of error of 10% for an assessor in Illinois was excellent.
Algonquin Township Assessor Bob Kunz, first elected in 1977, consistently did that well. Even with a margin of error of 10%, however, people's assessments could vary enough that would result in loud disagreements at the checkout counter if sales taxes were administered the same way.
Think of a sales tax rate of 5%. (I know that's history, but the number for the example work better than with Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley's 75% city sales tax hike included.) If there were a margin of error of 10% that means three people standing in line buying $100 worth of stuff could pay sales taxes of
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GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips for November 30, 2008 includes news and commentaries on the following topics:
- Republican Party candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and events
- Republican Party platform issues including promoting a strong national defense, respect for the rule of law, individual responsibilitiy, traditional values, etc.
- Illinois budget problems and more...
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H/T Elgin's Chuck Emmert
A Japanese company (Toyota) and an American company (Ford Motors) decided to have a canoe race on the Missouri River. Both teams practiced long and hard to reach their peak performance before the race.
On the big day, the Japanese won by a mile.
The Americans, very discouraged and depressed, decided to investigate the reason for the crushing defeat. A management team made up of senior management was formed to investigate and recommend appropriate action...
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