Illinois Review

Anita Dunn Shares Her Murderous Mentor

by Rhonda Robinson

"Power comes from the barrel of a gun.” — Mao Zedong

Tennis legend Andre Agassi admits to having used Crystal Meth; Paris Hilton considers herself a role model for young girls; and presidential adviser and communications director Anita Dunn tells high-school students that the communist mass murderer Mao Zedong is one of the two people she “turns to most” for political guidance. And to think, not too long ago, baseball legend Dizzy Dean was considered a poor role model for using the word “ain’t.”

Queer Eye for the Adoption Agency?

by Sam Pierce

Following the recent pander-fest at which "Big Brother" Barry proclaimed his intention to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." I was left thinking about logistical issues that obviously don't bear consideration by the eloquent reader. Who has time to consider logistics or even the plight of our servicemen and women in Afghanistan when there is a voting block to appease?

I recall April 1989, when I arrived at NTC Orlando for basic training. The men and the women were segregated. I assume there are reasons that men and women do not bunk together in the service and I further assume that sexuality is at least part of those reasons. Have they changed the shower rooms since 1989? When I was in basic training, the shower room was one open room with several shower heads. The men and women did not shower together... once again, I assume sexuality played a role in the set-up of the system.

by Sam Pierce

Following the recent pander-fest at which "Big Brother" Barry proclaimed his intention to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." I was left thinking about logistical issues that obviously don't bear consideration by the eloquent reader. Who has time to consider logistics or even the plight of our servicemen and women in Afghanistan when there is a voting block to appease?

I recall April 1989, when I arrived at NTC Orlando for basic training. The men and the women were segregated. I assume there are reasons that men and women do not bunk together in the service and I further assume that sexuality is at least part of those reasons. Have they changed the shower rooms since 1989? When I was in basic training, the shower room was one open room with several shower heads. The men and women did not shower together... once again, I assume sexuality played a role in the set-up of the system.

Stop Punishing Your Kids

by John Brown's Ghost

Yes, I said it. Stop punishing your kids. Let them do whatever they want to do. No more spanking. No time outs. Don't put them on restriction. Whatever you do, do not, I repeat, DO NOT put a bar of soap in their mouths if they curse. With all the drugs and murders in South Florida, I'm certainly glad that the police there are more worried about the psychological horrors that would befall a child for one of these monstrous punishments instead of tracking down felons.

The Nanny State just picked up her cane and is going to whack you with it.

Kirk, Biggert and IL Dems vote special protections for transgenders

Two Republican and all but one Democratic member of the Illinois U.S. Congressional delegation voted to make transgenders a new protected class in federal law last Thursday.  Republicans Mark Kirk and Judy Biggert, as well as Democrats Melissa Bean, Jerry Costello, Danny Davis, Bill Foster, Luis Guitierrez, Debbie Halvorson, Phil Hare, Bill Lipinski, Mike Quigley, Bobby Rush and Jan Schakowsky voted for H.R. 1913, tucked within a larger difficult-to-oppose Defense Authorization bill. Eagle Forum explained:

H.R. 1913 makes a hate crime — a crime in which the victim is intentionally selected based on his or her race, religion, ethnicity, or gender — a federal offense.  This legislation also establishes homosexual and transgender persons as a protected class of victims by adding the words "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Title 18 of the U.S. criminal code.  Back in April of this year, the House passed this legislation as a stand-alone bill, but in July, the Senate attached it as an amendment to the defense authorization.  

The most qualified person for this position

by Susan Ryan

I usually don’t link to Huffington Post, but I found hope in an insightful article on that website. Hope not being the vague, Nobel Peace Prize inducing sort of Hope, but rather, an optimism of what most moms and dads want for their children and families. A mom wrote up a typical experience at parties and other such gatherings that many homeschoolers have (and dread).

What do you do?  J. Lorraine Martin has a perceived triple whammy- some might call it a triple blessing - in that she’s home, she homeschools her son and he is autistic.

Schlafly awarded Lifetime Achievement Award

Today is conservative heroine Phyllis Schlafly's 85th birthday. This week Mrs. Schlafly was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Clare Booth Luce Policy Institute. The video below is a portion of this week's discussion.

How About an ACLU Green Abortion Omnibus Bill?

by Sam Pierce

With the electorate distracted by the sleazy sales pitch for socialized rationed healthcare (aka: reform), some important issues might be somewhat neglected. While "Big Brother" Barry continues his onslaught on liberty and does his best to read reassuring counterpoints to his actions, who is looking out for the child molester? Although President Obama has his mindless minions watching for "suspicious" reports on healthcare (those that offer facts or videos of various libtard pols stating their actual intentions), which can be conveniently e-mailed to "Big Brother" Barry's telescreen monitors at flag@whitehouse.gov... who is carrying the global warming, er.. climate change water?

Is there co-pay with forced abortion?

by Matt Barber

The president has more "czars" running around than Mother Russia. It's mondo bizarro. Kind of fitting, though; must be a communist thing.

Still, as the debate over Obama's multi-trillion dollar pet experiment in socialized healthcare reaches terminal velocity, one of his newest czars underscores – in permanent marker – the true depth of BHO's deep-seated radicalism. His choice of Harvard professor and self-styled "neo-Malthusian" John Holdren as "science czar" provides the latest and perhaps most troubling example of just how bad America really muffed it last November. It could give us a sneak-peak into the not-so-distant future should this Obamacare-health scare become reality.

O'Reilly to Be Honored at Summit

from Family Research Council

Bill O'Reilly has never shied away from denouncing late-term abortions and the handful of doctors who perform them. In the aftermath of George Tiller's murder, O'Reilly became an easy target for the liberal media who tried to pin some of the blame on Bill, saying he incited the violence by decrying these unnecessary procedures on his show. Despite the unfair allegations, O'Reilly spoke the truth, bringing new light to a gruesome procedure. On behalf of our co-sponsors and millions of values voters, we want to express our gratitude to a culture warrior who uses his national platform to promote life--no matter what the personal or professional costs.

British gov promotes sex for teens -- U.S. to follow?

by Bill Beckman

Do you want to see where our Federal government's new push for "comprehensive" sex education, wider distribution of birth control, and government funded abortion will lead? Look to Britain now to see the future envisioned for our nation by the likes of Planned Parenthood and other abortion providers.

The first hint of this exciting news for teens coming from Britain appeared in a very small Chicago Sun-Times article on July 15th entitled "U.K. message: Teen sex can be fun."