Emmanuel contemplates his donation to Hurricane Katrina victims

Another senseless union boycott

After they hear about this, The National Association for American Schizophrenics (NAAS) will be calling for movie-goers to boycott Pyscho.

Have you ever noticed . . .

That whenever Chicagoland's liberal Air America radio station WCPT promotes its Jerry Springer show its only biographical reference to their on-air "personality" is that he is the former mayor of Cincinnati?

Durbin Analysis Interesting . . . Schakowsky Blast Hilarious

"After all, when it comes to marginalizing political effectiveness through the partisan fire-branding of the opposition, the Illinois delegation in Washington already has Rep. Jan Schakowsky."

Rick Pearson

Chicago Tribune

September 18, 2005

WSCR's Mike North with inside information on the Meeks case

"The people close to (Reverend James Meeks) are saying it –that he lied about what happened during the traffic stop."

-Mike North

WSCR-670AM Talk Show Host

September 26, 2005

Quotes for an upcoming Peraica mail piece

"Stroger should leave "

"Why doesn't Stroger announce his retirement? "

". . . rarely a month goes by without some new revelation in the press about a case of county nepotism, cronyism or worse. "

Chicago Tribune

September 23, 2005

Liberalism Defined by Barack Obama

Illinois Senator Barack Obama Wednesday offered a new twist on the traditional liberal mantra that poverty causes crime. According to Obama it's the federal government's job to watch over American citizens so they won't commit future crimes. According to Obama:

"Look at the crime rate in [New Orleans'] 9th Ward before the hurricane. These people were abandoned long before the hurricane."

-Barack Obama

September 21, 2005

No - thank YOU, Mary

"Thank President Clinton and former President Bush for their strong statements of support and comfort today. I thank all the leaders that are coming to Louisiana, and Mississippi and Alabama to our help and rescue. We are grateful for the military assets that are being brought to bear. I want to thank Senator Frist and Senator Reid for their extraordinary efforts. Anderson, tonight, I don't know if you've heard - maybe you all have announced it -- but Congress is going to an unprecedented session to pass a $10 billion supplemental bill tonight to keep FEMA and the Red Cross up and operating."

- Sen. Mary Landrieu (D- LA), to CNN's Anderson Cooper, Aug. 31, 2005

To which Cooper responded:

"I haven't heard that, because, for the last four days, I've been seeing dead bodies in the streets here in Mississippi. And to listen to politicians thanking each other and complimenting each other, you know, I got to tell you, there are a lot of people here who are very upset, and very angry, and very frustrated. And when they hear politicians slap - you know, thanking one another, it just, you know, it kind of cuts them the wrong way right now, because literally there was a body on the streets of this town yesterday being eaten by rats because this woman had been laying in the street for 48 hours. And there's not enough facilities to take her up. Do you get the anger that is out here?"

"I don't know who A, B, C or Z is"

Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich

September 16, 2002

Strikingly familiar denials

"I don't believe I am. I sure as hell don't think I am.”

Former Illinois Governor George Ryan in response to whether or not the Governor was “Official A” as described in a federal indictment.
May 22, 2002

"We don't know who Official A is."

Blagojevich spokeswoman Abby Ottenhoff in response to whether or not the Governor was “Official A” as described in a federal indictment.
September 15, 2005

When O.J. finds the real killer, maybe he can find the guy who blew up the levees

Chicago Tribune columnist Eric Zorn spent yesterday morning listening to the morning drive show on WVON and subsequently made written transcripts of what he heard guests and callers say.

Here's an excerpt:

"A [neighbor of mine] said she heard a loud boom before the water came up. I believe with all my heart [a deliberately set explosion to breach the levee] is exactly what they did. [The way the water was flowing in my neighborhood] "made no sense at all.""

"The Cliff Kelley Show" guest
Atlee Berrie
WVON-AM 1450

It's for such a good cause

"We ran the plates."

Chicago Sun-Times

November 2, 2004

Secretary of State Jesse White admitting that his office ran the license plate of former opponent Kris Cohn in violation of a state law which prohibits the use of Secretary of State computers for political purposes.

Thanks, Mary Selvick

It’s time to set aside hatred for Bush

Ever since President Bush won the first time, and then won re-election, I have watched in disgust the way the liberal press and the democrats have nipped at his heels on every issue.

First, he stole the election. Then I t was those pesky Christians who gave him his second win. Then it was the lies about the weapons of mass destruction (that every major country believed to be true).

Social Security, tax cuts for the rich, Cindy Sheehan and her rhetoric – blah, blah, blah. Then comes the pundits. Now it seems that President Bush is responsible for the horror of Katrina.

. . .

Did anyone ever really answer why John Kerry lost? Could it be because all he could do was criticize Bush? He had no alternative plans that made sense. No one knew what he would do on any given isuue.

I just pray that the hate for one man can be set aside for the good of the country. It has to stop and stop now.

Mary Selvick

Chicago Tribune

Letter to the Editor

September 10, 2005

Tribune Bias

Typical Tribune . . . the front page story "TV Images Keep Heat on Bush" contends that "In the 24/7, split-screen, blog-drenched, unfiltered America, controlling the image and controlling the language go a long way toward controlling the blame."

I thought this was going to be a fair article about the backlash that can face incumbents following a natural disaster. But as I turned the pages I see a picture of a Bush-hater holding a poster of a de-faced President Bush with a slogan "What, me worry?" orignially linked to Bush by a liberal Park Ridge woman.

Nice reporting, Tribsters. Way to get people to believe that the President doesn't care about one of the greatest natural disasters in American history.

Liberal Speak . . . Defined

"Whenever a liberal begins a statement with 'I don't know which is more
frightening,' you know the answer is going to be pretty clear. "

-Ann Coulter

What runs in the family . . .

"Dennis Rush, nephew of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), has been sentenced to 22 years in prison by a Cook County Criminal Court judge for fatally shooting a man in a South Side drug transaction more than three years ago."

Chicago Tribune
September, 2005

Bobby Rush (D-IL) has called decriminalization of drug offenses a "possibility worth exploring”.

Chicago Sun-Times
July, 2000

A somber prediction

"It's only a matter of time before South Louisiana takes a direct hit from a major hurricane. Billions have been spent to protect us, but we grow more vulnerable every day. "

- A 2002 SPECIAL REPORT from THE TIMES-PICAYUNE

Just wondering . . .

Why did Bob Creamer make a deal and plead guilty? Could the plea have included getting his wife off the hook? After all, it was the Jan Schakowsky who in March of last year said “My husband was innocent seven years ago, and he is innocent today”. . . . And it is the same Jan Schakowsky who formerly served on the board of Illinois Public Action.

Just wondering.

10th Congressional Democrats Trained by Convicted Felon

A suburban Democratic organization, the 10th Congressional Democrats, has admittedly organized a “training” seminar conducted by the convicted felon, Bob Creamer. Creamer, the husband of U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.), pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal bank fraud charge for orchestrating a complex check-kiting scheme involving his liberal agency, Illinois Public Action.

Earlier this year, the so-called “10th Dems” organized the training in which Democratic candidates “who are considering future runs for elective office” could learn from insiders such as Creamer. As stated on their website, the 10th Congressional Democrats is a group with an objective to “Recruit & train new precinct committeemen/women”.

Today, many people are questioning the type of political tactics that convicts and political hacks impart in trainings such as the one recently held by the 10th Dems. The number of complaints of henchman tactics in the collar counties has risen in the last several election cycles.

The 10th Congressional Democrats’ website lists an address as a Post Office Box in Deerfield, IL. Multiple calls to a phone number listed on their site went straight to voicemail without ringing. At this time, there is no confirmation that the 10th Dems’ involvement with a convicted felon has forced the group's officers to terminate the group.