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By Mark Rhoads
Another fake data scandal could be brewing among the high priests of man-made global warming cult members. For years they tried to scare all the nation's school children into thinking all those cute polar bears would die out thanks to melting ice flows. Then Canadian researchers last year said whoops, the census of polar bears was going up and not down. No we might find out why the counts were off to start with. Click here to read a story about fake data again.
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ST. LOUIS - Illinois Review will be reporting Friday and Saturday from the third annual Smart Girl Politics' Summit in steamy and tropical St. Louis. Conservative women will hear from electeds, wannabes and conservative activist leaders, and will conduct the first conservative women's presidential straw poll.
Should be fun ...
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By Ghost of John Brown
Over the last week or two, tensions have been running high for good reason. There is a lot riding on the outcome of the debt ceiling vote. As Conservatives, we've been waiting for this moment for most of the year. Considering that we control one of the three voting blocks (House, Senate, White House) we normally don't have any full control over legislation. However, the debt ceiling gives us a rare opportunity to make the other two voting blocks at least play in our court. We may or may not win the game, but at least we are invited to play this time.
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Congressman Peter Roskam (IL-6), part of the U.S. House Republican leadership, comments on the debt ceiling debate Thursday in DC.
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by Teri O'Brien
As many have noted, John Boehner’s deal to raise the debt ceiling is not perfect. There aren’t enough spending cuts in the here and now, and I don’t think any of us is fooled by yet another pass-the-buck commission, promising us yet again that this time, we will face the hideous reality of decades of profligate spending. Still, I support it, and I encourage you to do the same for the following reasons:
When all of this started, I don’t think that most of us believed that the Republicans would stand firm on “no new taxes.” We expected the typical linguini-spined caving and cowering in the face of the anticipated (and probably inevitable) Lame Stream Media disinformation and distortion campaign. Miracle of miracles: they didn’t!
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from Congressman Joe Walsh
It is not lost on me that a court case filed almost 8 months ago regarding a marriage that ended more than 8 years ago would be brought up today. We are 72 hours away from one of the biggest decisions our country has to make about its financial future. I understand why this is a story and why the media has to ask me about it. I understood as a candidate, and I understand as a sitting member of Congress that the scrutiny of my personal life will be intense. This is a tough business. It’s also not lost on me that not everyone agrees with me politically, I am the tip of the spear in this current debate, and I will be attacked.
Let me say this. I love all the members of my family past and present. I’ve always given everything I have to meet my financial obligations to my children and I will fight until my last breath against anyone who says otherwise. My children are truly the treasure of my life, which is why I’ve been trying to resolve this issue since January in a court of law, rather than drag my children into it. That is the appropriate venue and I will not discuss this private family issue in public.
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By Ghost of John Brown
You may have read the title of this article and thought, "Ghostie is going to do another snarky article". Well, not this time. I actually meant what I said. Many on "our" side have blamed President Obama for the size of the Federal Debt. Indeed, he deserves a large part of the blame. I think I've chronicled that more often than Joan Rivers has had her face lifted.
Tonight I watched James "Snakehead" Carville on CNN. He went on and on about how everything was George Bush's fault. Well, he's absolutely wrong that it was all Bush's fault. However, that doesn't mean that Bush doesn't deserve some of the fault, and we need to admit that.
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CHICAGO - The Committee for a Fair and Balanced Map joined Illinois' Republican congressional delegation (sans U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson) in objecting in federal court to House Speaker Mike Madigan's redistricting map, designed, they say, to regain lost Democratic U.S. House seats. Besides claims the the state's Hispanic population is purposely diluted in the way the districts are currently drawn, the website "MyVoteShouldCount" explains
The suit further describes the Democrats' map as a "partisan gerrymander designed to ensure a Democratic supermajority" and one that disrespects the will of Illinois voters by attempting to nullify the results of last November's election. Specifically, their map draws five incumbent Republican congressional representatives out of their own districts, in many cases denying their constituents decades of service, historical knowledge and increased seniority in the U.S. House.
The website lists their objections as:
Continue reading "IL GOP Congressmen object to Democrat-favoring redistricting" »
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By Mark Rhoads
The Chair of the Democratic National Committee, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Florida), has chosen to go over the top in hysterical language to scare the public. The leader of the party that controls both the White House and the Senate fantasizes that the Republican majority in the House must have tanks hidden in the streets of Washington, DC ready to surround the Capitol. She is accusing the GOP of using "the tactics of a dictatorship." because they will not roll over for President Obama without a fight to hold down ruinous over spending. Such childish ranting proves that she is unfit to have a leadership role in any thoughtful policy debate.
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The good news for the 8th CD's Congressman Joe Walsh is
The fiscally conservative Club for Growth will "enthusiastically support" Tea Party favorite Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) in his reelection bid, they announced Wednesday morning.
"In less than a year, Congressman Walsh has distinguished himself as a pro-growth leader," said Club for Growth President Chris Chocola. "We have no doubt that Congressman Walsh will continue to be a fighter for free markets and economic growth in Congress."
And the bad news is
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by Zach Pratt for July 28, 2011
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by Sam Pierce
"Where were you people when Reagan/Bush was raising the debt limit?" The preceding is not necessarily a direct quote, but more like an amalgam (as taught by a young Gil in the movie "Parenthood") of statements made by liberal drones who take umbrage with principled resistance to raising the limit. I don't know if past actions, whether they be transgressions or not, are supposed to automatically justify all future similar actions. I also don't know if people who make such statements exited their mother's wombs and immediately began paying attention to politics and the actions of politicians. At the tender age of three, many of these enlightened drones must have been demanding that mommy and daddy call or write their elected officials and give them a piece of his or her young mind.
Some of us are slow developers... late bloomers, if you will. "Where was I when Reagan was raising the debt limit?" Well, unlike most people my age, I did not pay much attention to such things as I aged from ten to eighteen years (Reagan's inauguration to Bush 41's). Perhaps if I had paid attention to the affairs of the my state and the nation, I too would have grown up smart enough to see the value of increasing the debt limit as a way to deal with over-spending.
Continue reading "Reagan, Bush, Debt, and Entitlements... Oh My!" »
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"Who's your daddy?" has a whole different meaning in Illinois politics. Who you're related to can determine whether or not public service is a career choice.
Today's Southtown Star column "Nepotism still strong in Illinois" gives a brief run-down of who's related to whom in the Illinois legislature. Most certainly, there's more not mentioned ...
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Republican Tazewell County Board member John Ackerman is very pleased with State Treasurer Dan Rutherford's follow through on what Ackerman refers to in his newsletter as "Conservative Values:"
State Treasurer Dan Rutherford was in Central Illinois a few weeks ago. I attended his stops in Washington and East Peoria and was proud of his commitment to showcase his Conservative Values now that he has been elected to a Statewide Office. While in office for just a short while, Dan has reviewed his new offices and has made the following reductions:
A) As promised during his campaign, he closed six satellite offices.
B) After reviewing the Vehicle Usage, cut the amount of Vehicles assigned to his office by 50%.
C) Reduced the number of Mobile Phone users by 72%
D) Decreased the number of phone lines in the Chicago Office by 18%
Continue reading "Ackerman: Rutherford delivers on Conservative Values" »
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WASHINGTON - Manteno, Illinois is the hometown of Tom Cruise - well, at least Congress' Tom Cruise. Or so says "The Hill" in describing the 11th CD's 33 year old U.S. Rep. Adam "Top Gun" Kinzinger as #5 on their list of DC's 50 Most Beautiful People for 2011.
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By Mark Rhoads
Americans have faced and overcome many big challenges in the past greater than the challenges we face today. After the presidential election of November 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a personal handwritten letter to the GOP nominee he had defeated, Wendell Willkie of Indiana. Mr. Willkie was going to England on a personal fact-finding trip and he personally delivered FDR's letter of encouragement to Prime Minister Winston Churchill whose country was then facing Nazi Germany mostly alone before America's entry into the war at the end of 1941.
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By Ghost of John Brown
Why, you ask, are you calling this the best debt ceiling plan? Simple - it's mine. I'm getting tired of all the plans. Boehner has a plan, Reid has a plan, the Gangrene of Six has a plan, Obama has a ......ha ha - got ya there, didn't I?
So, who would I trust more than anyone on the planet to come up with a great plan? Did you have to ask? My plan will balance the budget in five years and will result in hundreds of billions in cuts almost immediately. Click below the fold for the details.
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In an effort to support troops overseas, Chicago's SouthTown 912 Project gathered over $10,000 in donated items and this past Sunday, packed boxes to send to over 200 soldiers in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kuwait.
But that's only the start, the group reports. They plan to continue collecting items through September 11, when they, together with Chicago Tea Patriots, plan to host a parade in Chicago's southside Canaryville neighborhood. The groups received national attention in The Blaze this week and drew coverage from the local ABC Chicago News and Southtown Star.
The group will continue to gather sunscreen, lip balm, facial cleansing bars, moisturizer, body lotion, hard candy, magazines, beef jerky, CDs, DVDs, sun burn lotion and various other non perishable items to send out in a second shipment after September 11.
Continue reading "Southtown 912 Project sends care packages to overseas troops" »
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