September 2004

Cegelis Boat Cruise

The top ten reason to attend the Cegelis for Congress boat cruise fundraiser next Tuesday, September 28th are:

10. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Americans for the Separation of Church and State.

9. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Americans for the Arts.

8. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the American Association of Univerisity Women and a 5% score from NOW.

7. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the Human Rights Campaign.

6. Henry Hyde has an 11% voting score from the National Hispanic Leadership Agenda.

5. Henry Hyde has a 5% voting score from AFSCME.

4. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from the American Bar Association.

3. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Sierra Club and a 5% voting score from League of Conservation Voters.

2. Henry Hyde has a 0% voting score from Planned Parenthood.

And the numer 1 reason is …

1. Christine Cegelis.

For more information on Christine’s stands on the issues, go to:
http://www.cegelisforcongress.com/

Oliver Willis Is Trying to Turn Me Into A Ranting Idiot

Oh, good, the former Sec Def and current VP was giving a speech to the creationists at the Discovery Institute. Even worse, he was right:

DICK CHENEY, SEATTLE WASHINGTON, 8/14/92:
“And the final point that I think needs to be made is this question of casualties. I don’t think you could have done all of that without significant additional US casualties. And while everybody was tremendously impressed with the low cost of the conflict, for the 146 Americans who were killed in action and for their families, it wasn’t a cheap war. And the question in my mind is how many additional American casualties is Saddam worth? And the answer is not very damned many. So I think we got it right, both when we decided to expel him from Kuwait, but also when the President made the decision that we’d achieved our objectives and we were not going to go get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq.” [Cheney Remarks to the Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA, 8/14/92]

God Bless Alan Keyes

But keep Brad Carson in mind:

For sheer entertainment value, the Illinois Senate race has everyone beat. God bless Alan Keyes. But the Oklahoma race has offered more fireworks than any other race this cycle.

We have Republican candidate Tom Coburn to thank for this. His gaffe-a-minute approach to campaigning has given Democrat Brad Carson a growing lead in the polls in this fiercely Conservative state. Now, the state’s media establishment has turned on Coburn, already reeling from a staff shakeup. All of these editorials were published today, September 22.

Check out the editorials and then visit Carson’s site to help him out. Obama might have this in hand, but give him the tools to be in the majority.

It’s all you Governor…

Schoenburg points out the issue:

Why is there a need for an education department under the governor when he’s running the place anyway?

That could be the question after the first moves of the new State Board of Education. Gov. ROD BLAGOJEVICH has said he wants to be held responsible for education in Illinois, and the way things are going, he’s going to be in a position to get the kudos – or the blame – for whatever happens to schools in Illinois.

Let me add, if you don’t fix the financing, nothing else will matter.