Illinois Review

Barack Office Poison

by Teri O'Brien

It's such a relief to know that B. Hussein Obama, who has plenty of time for golf and date nights with the race and entitlement obsessed First Klingon, but not so much with General McChrystal, wasn't obsessing over Tuesday's elections, especially the dems' beatdown in Virginia, and their shocking defeat in New Jersey. What a bring down for the One to face the awful truth that he is not only not "the answer," but is what they used to call back in the day, "box office poison," as in anything he touches turns to dreck.

No doubt when his aides interrupted his viewing of that sickening HBO documentary about himself, which he no doubt had on an endless loop, to inform him that, despite his spending virtually every single non-golf, non-date night minute there to help out his Wall Street refugee pal John "Seat belt? What seat belt?" Corzine" in his bid to become governor, that the rich guy had lost to the fat guy, he no doubt shrugged. This defeat could not possibly be about him. After all, he's the One we've been waiting for. As it turns out, he is!

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.

OF COURSE Obama Won the Nobel Prize!

by Teri O'Brien

This morning’s news that B. Hussein Obama has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize shocked many observers:

The decision to bestow one of the world's top accolades on a president less than nine months into his first term, who has yet to score a major foreign policy success, was greeted with gasps of astonishment from journalists at the announcement in Oslo.

I didn’t gasp. I almost threw up in my mouth, but I didn’t gasp. No doubt some of you bitter clingers out there are, like those reporters, also in open mouthed shock, saying “Peace prize? What has he done?” The committee cites Obama’s efforts “strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples,” to which you may think “Huh? And the results are what--that the Russians and Chinese refuse to help rein in a very recalcitrant Iran, as they cozy up to a communist dictator in our own hemisphere, Hugo Chavez?”

Liberals Discover the Constitution, and Other Miracles

by Teri O'Brien

Lily Tomlin famously said that “no matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up,” and even though I have consistently expressed my unwillingness to embrace the corrosive cynicism that afflicts our culture, I have to admit that she might be right. Consider the following three examples:

EXAMPLE 1:

From the Washington Times, “Senate nixes GOP bid to have generals testify,” 10/2/09:

“In two votes the Senate rejected Republicans' attempt to tie Mr. Obama's hands and instead backed the Democrats' amendment that puts off any hearings from military commanders until after Mr. Obama makes his final decision on a new strategy in Afghanistan.

Priorities are Priorities

by Teri O'Brien

The events of the last few days have brought the situation that we are in into sharp relief, and it’s not a pretty picture. The narcissistic, inexperienced, elitist, empty suit with a history of cocaine use, a shadowy past and a collection of unsavory friends and associates that is masquerading as the guardian of our Constitution repeated once again that he is not interested in “victory” in Afghanistan, but rather in “solving the problem,” thereby displaying a stunning and terrifying naiveté. Forgive me, man-god, but there is no solution to this problem without victory. If you don’t understand that, you are even more clueless than even I previously believed. Don’t you worry about it, though. You’ve got to get to Copenhagen to do a favor for Mayor Daley. Priorities are priorities. 

Thanks to the hoards of celebrity-obsessed, ignorant teenyboppers and Oprah acolytes encouraged by ostensibly serious journalists who shared their squealing schoolgirl crush, this is where is where we find ourselves. The following is the reality:

Kirk opposes $400K earmarked for Libyan dictator's family

During Saturday afternoon's presentation to the Cook County GOP convention, Congressman Mark Kirk shrewdly focused on three issues that showed his political strengths.  Those issues were three particularly of interest to Republican voters in the upcoming US Senate GOP primary:  foreign policy, health care and government reform. 

Kirk told the Cook County GOP he had videoed an interview with Fox News' Greta Van Susteran to discuss a recently-discovered Obama Administration plan to send $400,000 in foreign aid to Libyan dictator Muammar Qadaffi's family members.  The interview touches on a couple of other foreign policy topics and was broadcast Sunday follows:

Iran vs Israel: Everyone Sits on the Sidelines

by John Brown's Ghost

An interesting and frightening couple of events have happened this week to exemplify the tragedy that might unfold in the Middle East.  At the United Nations, the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad spoke to the assembled crowd of international thugs and dictators to spew even more hatred of Israel.  This was followed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's stellar speech comdemning the United Nations for inaction.  Essentially, Mr. Netanyaho felt like Will Farrell's character in the movie "Zoolander" - " I feel like I'm taking crazy pills".  Today we find out that Iran has a SECOND uranium enrichment plant.  Of course Ahmadinejad has said that he wants uranium enrichment for "medical purposes".  And you thought we had medical problems in THIS country - wow!

There He Goes Again: President Sham WOW (Walks on Water) at the U.N.

by Teri O'Brien

Once again, I find myself at odds with Fidel Castro and Muammar Gaddafi, both of whom are Chris Matthews-like in their slobbering praise for B. Hussein Obama. As for Gaddafi yesterday at the U.N., I have to admit that for a guy who obviously endured a recent facial reconstruction, he looked pretty good. (I guess we know what Michael Jackson’s plastic surgeon is doing these days.) I think it must have been that interesting outfit. Not even Martha Stewart could pull off the poncho thing, and the massive, bright shiny Africa pin was a stroke of genius. Muammar, you may be a crazy, tent-dwelling terrorist with blood on your hands, but the accessories--FABULOUS.

Not so fabulous, but disgustingly predictable, was B. Hussein’s speech, yet example of his irresistible impulse to (a) apologize for this evil country while at the same time noting that (b) it’s not his fault because he, along with Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, Van Jones, his repellant wife, and 99.9% of Ivy League faculty members, shares the disgust that they have toward racist, imperialistic Amerika.

My United Nations Speech

by John Brown's Ghost

Our Dear Leader gave a speech yesterday at the United Nations.  There has rarely been quite as vapid a speech in the world's history (Mr. President, there is no "I" in team, "I did this", "I did that").  Since the Dear Leader seems incapable of approaching a microphone without genuflecting first, I feel compelled to speak directly the the United Nations myself.

Here is my speech.

Dear thugs, autocrats, criminals and illegitimate leaders of the world, while I would rather be at my dentist's office getting my wisdom teeth pulled, I feel compelled to address this stinking stench of a body to express my country's outrage.  I hope that your interpreters will have the courage to faithfully translate what I am about to say without fear that you are going to throw them in a gulag and make them listen to Barry Manilow records (now that's torture).

It's official: 1993 again

by Teri O'Brien

As noted yesterday, the liberals are at it again, engaging in projection, this time when they characterize ordinary citizens attending town hall meetings as phony plants and shills, taking their marching orders from greedy, evil insurance executives.

It’s not a surprise that liberals believe that any protestor is a paid protestor. They figure they’ve got their screeching ACORN cadres, who when not engaging in vote fraud and shaking down gutless public officials and corporate invertebrates, harass anyone with the audacity to have an actual private sector job, rather than working in “public service” or as a “community organizer.” They know that when they express outrage, it’s just a poseur’s game, designed to gain political advantage through intimidation.