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by Andy Haaf
I just received an email update from Jim Oberweis regarding his statement on the actions of this week:
"I support the action taken by the House of Representatives this afternoon in rejecting a flawed bailout plan that would have put American taxpayers at risk for $700 billion. Had I [...]
For the life of me, I can't figure out why Obama supporters are crying racism when Obama is ahead and gaining in the polls. Does anyone think a cigarette sucking machine politician from Chicago, a white guy named Barry Obamski with [...]
[...] The Oberweis campaign released a statement yesterday on the failed bailout vote:
(BATAVIA, September 29) — Republican Congressional Candidate Jim Oberweis - after the House of Representatives voted 228-205 to reject the $700 billion bailout for financial insitutions - made the following statement:
“I support the action taken by the House of [...]
I’ve paid my bills on time.
Can I get my principle amount and interest rate reduced?
How about suing the former heads of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for making it more difficult for a good credit risk like me to get a loan for a bigger house?
I wouldn’t sue for too [...]
Blogging gets frustrating when the big old dinosaur media finally gets around to covering old news written about weeks prior on political blogs like our own Illinois Review. It happened again today, when the Chicago Tribune found big news in a story covered here [...]
Audio of Karl Rove revealing Nancy Pelosi’s underhanded, lying, lack of leadership in the bailout.
Tags: Publius Forum, Warner Todd Huston, Economy, [...]
The Champaign City Council is getting closer to voting on staff-recommended fee increases for developers and builders:
But the city's finance director, Richard Schnuer, said the development-fee increases would be the first in a decade, while inflation has risen 31 percent during that time. He said the proposed increases are [...]
The Champaign City Council is getting closer to voting on staff-recommended fee increases for developers and builders:
But the city's finance director, Richard Schnuer, said the development-fee increases would be the first in a decade, while inflation has risen 31 percent during that time. He said the proposed increases are [...]
Tags: Publius Forum, Warner Todd Huston, Democrats, Liberals, [...]
An election year brings out the worst in people. That's a fact. Since the 2000 election, the first presidential election with widespread internet use and myriad discussion boards and now blogs, people have steadily become more ugly, hiding behind screen names or anonymous. Using a screen name is fine, we [...]
If you haven't yet seen this month's Freedom's Journal Magazine, you won't regret spending a couple minutes browsing its colorful online pages focused on "How Will We Choose the Next President?" Sign up this week and help Illinois Review at the same time.
Freedom's Journal Magazine is a much-needed plea [...]
As casualities continue to drop in Iraq, as pointed out here by the Chicago Daily Observer, the media seems to find stranger and stranger angles to blame the war for death and hardship.
Headline from my Feedreader......
War hogs night vision goggles; EMS pilots crash
CNN.comToday at 1:53 PM
Actual Headline after [...]
O ye who believe! Devour not usury, doubled and multiplied; but fear Allah; so that you may be successful.
Multiculturalism played a major role in the sad case of one of Chicago's biggest financial scandals, currently ongoing and presenting a working mystery [...]
Mayor Daley announced plans today to privatize Midway Airport in return for $2.521 billion from investors.
The private consortium that would take over includes Midway Investment and Development Co. LLC, Citi Infrastructure Investors, John [...]
Over the weekend, every photo I received from D.C. had poor old Connor just wanting to close his eyes and go to sleep. Well, he finally got his good sleep on aunt Katie's shoulder during a Saturday night dinner.
What about Riley? He lives out there too. [...]
Students Respond, Start Gun-Rights Group