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  • Desiree does disrespect

    Marathon Pundit

    According to the Chicago Sun-Times' Michael Sneed, former White House social secretary Desiree Rogers' departure wasn't only tied to the Salahi gate-crashing fiasco:

    • It was Desiree who insisted on calling her bosses "Barack" and "Michelle."

    • It was Desiree who was accepting hip invites, luncheons with' [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 2:11pm EDT
  • Deconstructionism in Detroit

    It's My Mind

    Well after several days not blogging we're taking another trip to Detroit this Sunday. Well of course all we're doing is looking at what Detroit seeks to do as far as making for a better city today. One answer is to essentially shrink the city that is [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 12:02pm EDT
  • Uncle Sam is Enron

    Crazy Politico's Rantings

    Guess what folks. Remember all that extra money Social Security was collecting, well they aren't anymore. This year they have to pay out $29 billion more in benefits than they collected in taxes. That means breaking into the office in West Virginia that holds 2.5 trillion in government bonds (really' [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 10:21am EDT
    by Crazy Politico
  • Start by cutting free rides for well-off seniors

    illinoisreview

    Number of comments: 0

    When you hear Senate President John Cullerton bemoaning the hopelessness of the state budget situation, feel free to point to a piece of legislation that would be the first step in ending the General Assembly's' out-of-control spending addiction: simply putting a means testing on free CTA rides for seniors. 

    HB [...]

    Posted: March 14, 2010, 10:19am EDT
    by IR
  • Cuyler Car Crime

    Uptown Update

    We received this on Thursday from a reader --

    "So, I happened to be up at 4:25 this morning when I heard a sound outside. I witnessed 3 Hispanic men, late-teens to mid-twenties, breaking into cars on the 900 block of Cuyler. I called 911 and described" [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 9:39am EDT
  • How important is it that dads go to church?

    illinoisreview

    Number of comments: 1

    Regular church attendance and a faith-oriented culture leads to a society that values self-control.  The more self-control exercised, the less the State is driven to make and enforce laws that invade their citizens' privacy and personal freedoms.  So, going to church often matters -- personally and socially.

    But how does a culture encourage' [...]

    Posted: March 14, 2010, 9:12am EDT
    by IR
  • Little Barry Breaks the Fourth Wall

    illinoisreview

    Number of comments: 1

    by John F. Di Leo
     
    Ever since the Athenians invented the stageplay, the theater has depended on a concept called the "willing suspension of disbelief."  Even though the audience knows that those are actors on the stage - even though the audience drove there in their cars, hired a babysitter for [...]

    Posted: March 14, 2010, 9:00am EDT
    by John F. Di Leo
  • GOPUSA ILLINOIS Daily Clips - March 14, 2010

    ILLINOIZE

    Articles of interest to Illinois Republicans recently posted by ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Crain's Chicago Business, Daily Herald, Suburban Chicago News, Suburban Life, Pioneer Local, Southtown Star, Rockford Register Star, Bloomington Pantagraph, Peoria Journal Star, Springfield State Journal Register, Belleville News Democrat, Southern Illinoisan, Illinois Review, Public [...]
    Posted: March 14, 2010, 8:06am EDT
  • Obama education plan irks teachers unions.

    Sweeny Report

    President Obama’s blueprint of legislation to revamp and dramatically change No Child Left Behind, the Bush administratin’s signature education law, is drawing severe criticism from teacher unions, which means to me Obama has come up with a good plan.

    Obama calls for teacher accountability, merit pay, increased ability of school administrators [...]

    Posted: March 14, 2010, 5:02am EDT
    by Chuck Sweeny

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