Illinois Review

Dopenhagen Dumbo Takes a Cue from Safe School Czar

by Sam Pierce

Although our Dear Reader could have flapped his Dumbo ears and flown to Dopenhagen (he still would have emitted the most toxic of all pollutants, the one that is going to cause the planet to spontaneously combust and thus bring about the death of all except those who seek refuge at Mecca), he once again exhibited the hypocrisy that defines the left. Of course, it has been said many times, most recently by Andrew Wilkow, that "socialism is for the people, not for the socialist." Therefore our traveling telepromter reader is too important to live under the oppressive rules and accords with which he seeks to shackle his subjects.

It is hard to know where to focus, given the head-spinning torrent of Obammunist aggression against the freedom of American citizens. 2009 may very well be the worst in our history when gauged by liberty lost. Of course, optimistic Obammunists will look forward to greater loss of liberty in years to come as we can see by reading the CPUSA National Chair, Sam Webb's report to the National Committee of the Communist Party U.S.A. from November 30.

by Sam Pierce

Although our Dear Reader could have flapped his Dumbo ears and flown to Dopenhagen (he still would have emitted the most toxic of all pollutants, the one that is going to cause the planet to spontaneously combust and thus bring about the death of all except those who seek refuge at Mecca), he once again exhibited the hypocrisy that defines the left. Of course, it has been said many times, most recently by Andrew Wilkow, that "socialism is for the people, not for the socialist." Therefore our traveling telepromter reader is too important to live under the oppressive rules and accords with which he seeks to shackle his subjects.

It is hard to know where to focus, given the head-spinning torrent of Obammunist aggression against the freedom of American citizens. 2009 may very well be the worst in our history when gauged by liberty lost. Of course, optimistic Obammunists will look forward to greater loss of liberty in years to come as we can see by reading the CPUSA National Chair, Sam Webb's report to the National Committee of the Communist Party U.S.A. from November 30.

You Are Endangering My Life - Cut it Out!!

by John Brown's Ghost

You probably didn't know it, but you really are endangering my life. Yes, right now. About every 10 seconds or so. Unless you have held your breath the entire time you have read these four sentences, you have endangered my life.

How is that? Well, the EPA says you are.

Since they cannot get approval through the legislative process to curb that evil carbon dioxide, they are just going to regulate it away.  Work through the courts what you can't work through the court of public opinion.

Tired of Tired Politicians?

by Sam Pierce

Tired of following the lead of party establishment types who have likely been in their positions for way too long? Disgusted with the procession of career politicians being paraded as the "best chance for victory"? Had enough of the people that contributed to the budgetary, entitlement, and corruption mess that is the Illinois State government?

If you live in or near Clay County, IL, you can come to the Louisville Community Center to meet the gubernatorial candidate that offers a clean break from the tradition of the tired politician! The following is from fellow Tea Party organizer and concerned conservative citizen, Sally Henson:

by Sam Pierce

Tired of following the lead of party establishment types who have likely been in their positions for way too long? Disgusted with the procession of career politicians being paraded as the "best chance for victory"? Had enough of the people that contributed to the budgetary, entitlement, and corruption mess that is the Illinois State government?

If you live in or near Clay County, IL, you can come to the Louisville Community Center to meet the gubernatorial candidate that offers a clean break from the tradition of the tired politician! The following is from fellow Tea Party organizer and concerned conservative citizen, Sally Henson:

Patrick Hughes, Republican for United States Senate

by Sam Pierce

Concerned Illinois citizens have an important choice to make on February 2nd, 2010. We must choose the Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat once held, albeit briefly and often in absentia, by President Barack Obama. We must choose from an informed position as opposed to letting apathy or the money of D.C. "moderates" decide who wins the primary. Our choice must be ours, not Senator John McCain's or the NRSC's. Our choice, if we want to begin to make a difference should be a Reagan Republican as opposed to an Obama Republican.

We would do well to abandon the flawed yet seemingly permeating logic that suggests that the only way to return this seat to the Republican Party is to avoid Republican values and the Republican Platform. It makes no sense to take issues off the table by nominating one who will share positions with whichever Democrat candidate wins. It makes no sense to support "He Who Must Not Be Nominated" as I and fellow downstate Illinois patriot, Brian Milleville (of www.downstateiladvocate.com) have dubbed Congressman Mark Kirk.

by Sam Pierce

Concerned Illinois citizens have an important choice to make on February 2nd, 2010. We must choose the Republican nominee for the United States Senate seat once held, albeit briefly and often in absentia, by President Barack Obama. We must choose from an informed position as opposed to letting apathy or the money of D.C. "moderates" decide who wins the primary. Our choice must be ours, not Senator John McCain's or the NRSC's. Our choice, if we want to begin to make a difference should be a Reagan Republican as opposed to an Obama Republican.

We would do well to abandon the flawed yet seemingly permeating logic that suggests that the only way to return this seat to the Republican Party is to avoid Republican values and the Republican Platform. It makes no sense to take issues off the table by nominating one who will share positions with whichever Democrat candidate wins. It makes no sense to support "He Who Must Not Be Nominated" as I and fellow downstate Illinois patriot, Brian Milleville (of www.downstateiladvocate.com) have dubbed Congressman Mark Kirk.

Did the Greatest Generation Beget the Worst Generation?

by Sam Pierce

This is not intended to paint the entire generation that followed the "Greatest Generation" with the same red brush. There are certainly patriotic citizens and those who cherish the liberty our founders established among the offspring of the generation who fought World War II. I am related by blood and by marriage to such patriotic children of the "Greatest Generation".

This is about the groovy hippies who never grew out of that phase. This is about the "peace" and "love" types like Bill Ayers who likely mentored Barack Obama more than he would ever admit to the voting public. This is about those who were born in the forties and went from the university to law school to Congress and soaked up all the Marxist ideology they could along the way. This is about those who went from hippy to Congressional intestinal worm and have infested the Capitol for decades. This is about the likes of George Miller (Dimocrat CA-7), who has been in the House since he was twenty-nine years old in 1974.

by Sam Pierce

This is not intended to paint the entire generation that followed the "Greatest Generation" with the same red brush. There are certainly patriotic citizens and those who cherish the liberty our founders established among the offspring of the generation who fought World War II. I am related by blood and by marriage to such patriotic children of the "Greatest Generation".

This is about the groovy hippies who never grew out of that phase. This is about the "peace" and "love" types like Bill Ayers who likely mentored Barack Obama more than he would ever admit to the voting public. This is about those who were born in the forties and went from the university to law school to Congress and soaked up all the Marxist ideology they could along the way. This is about those who went from hippy to Congressional intestinal worm and have infested the Capitol for decades. This is about the likes of George Miller (Dimocrat CA-7), who has been in the House since he was twenty-nine years old in 1974.

Demotivator Nails Our Current ... Err ... Leadership?

by Sam Pierce

I was perusing the new Demotivators catalog this evening and I saw a poster that perfectly represented the atrocity that is our current crop of political porkers. There can be no plausible denial of the obvious fact that many of what are referred to as our "leaders" (or in Barry's case, our "reader") derive inspiration from Marx and believe that Communism simply hasn't been implemented by the right group of Statists to this point. They view themselves as just the (rotten) crop to bring about the U.S.S.A.

While the Dimocrats currently hold the power and certainly represent the bulk of the problem, our "friends" on the other side of the aisle deserve some recognition for their contributions to the seizure of our liberty! Ridiculous RINOs of varying degrees have conspired with the Dims to support the further redistribution of wealth from the producer to the parasite and the punishment of the productive through catastrophic scams such as Rep. Mark Kirk's (RINO - IL 10) Cap and Trade (which he was for before he decided he needs to say he is against it for Senatorial campaigning reasons.)

The Chicago Way, Part 3

by Teri O'Brien

Here is where we are after 9 months of the One at the helm. Last week’s number of new first time claims for unemployment benefits was 531,000. The national unemployment rate is 9.8% Under the wise stewardship of Governor Jennifer Granholm, who shockingly is a democrat, Michigan is at the top, with an unemployment rate of 15.3%. Way to go, Michigan democrats! You’re number 1! (Someone's got to make people in Illinois feel less like the country's biggest losers.)

These numbers, despite that essential $787 billion stimulus bill that, just before jetting off in Air Force One for the first of many “date nights” with his wife, B. Hussein insisted had to passed IMMEDIATELY, as in before anyone had an opportunity to read it, to avert the disaster of an unemployment rate over 8%. That was a Friday. He eventually signed the bill on the following Tuesday. Yesterday, Christina Romer, the chairwoman of Sham WOW’s Council of Economic Advisers said that the “stimulus” has had its biggest impact.

Executive Pay Cuts

by John Brown's Ghost

LIberals like choice, or so they say. They also say they don't want the government interfering in private lives, at least on certain issues.

In a stunning move, the US Treasury Department's "Special Master" on executive compensation has decided to drastically cut the pay of executives in the bailed out financial companies. I know, I know - "those greedy so-and-so's (insert your own adjective) don't deserve to make more than a buck-fifty for all the problems they caused". That may just be true, Jimbo, but there is a minor problem here.

Newspapers: Modern Day Buggy-Whips Look for Bailout

by John Brown's Ghost

Many staples of society have come and gone. Relegated by the advance of modern civilization, noble and ignoble products have seen their place in the pantheon of modern society go by the wayside. Among these are the buggy-whip, the Corvair, pogo sticks and of course Madonna.

Modern society marches on, unrelenting in its advancement. We've seen price tags at the grocery store get replaced by the UPC code. Fax machines are becoming outmoded as people are scanning documents or creating PDF files and e-mailing them.  Disco balls were replaced by LED lights, and Madonna was replaced by singers that could actually...well...sing  (no word yet on Britney Spears replacement).

Another staple of modern culture is now in the throws of this march towards irrelevancy - the newspaper.

2009 Congressional District Census

by Susan Ryan

That was the header of the letter my husband received in the mail that was commissioned by the Republican Party and signed by Michael Steele (RNC chair).

You would think that a party touting limited government would know better than to sign off on one more "census".  The infiltration of “voluntary” American Community Surveys makes this conservative cheer Michigan Republican Representative Michelle Bachmann’s revolt against the census and the special interest infiltrations.  But the letter was also soliciting money.