I hear the bill will never see the light of day on the floor. Congrats to those who thought the vote was a breakthrough. Many ‘a liberal were snookered with such ploys in the past.
Illinois, From the Colder Prairie Now
I hear the bill will never see the light of day on the floor. Congrats to those who thought the vote was a breakthrough. Many ‘a liberal were snookered with such ploys in the past.
I’ll probably do a couple comment threads during the week, but we are one week out from the one year mark on the GOP Primary. Next Monday will be the first of 52 Cattle Calls! The Potential Contenders Steve Rauschenberger Judy Barr Topinka Patrick O’Malley Ron Gidwitz Bob Schillerstrom Joe Birkett Ray LaHood Bill Brady […]
Many national and local Democrats are pushing for Illinois Dems to redistrict mid decade and lamenting that we got Rahm Emanuel to head up the DCCC and now he’s not be allowed to play hardball like he should. The larger question being missed is what’s the strategy? To look as bereft of ideals as the […]
Da Speaker suggests Blagorgeous give back the kit and caboodle. “We played by the rules,” said Cheryle Jackson, Blagojevich’s spokeswoman. But this is the problem. The Governor has repeated the mantra of changing business as usual ad nauseum and he so damn good at staying on message, none of us can forget it. He ran […]
Via The General Freeper thread on Kevin McDermott’s article Consider also that Al Qaeda and other Islamofascists have been infiltrating White Supremist and Michigan Militia-type groups for years. Read Jayna Davis’ book The Third Terrorist. So now Al Qaeda is working with the Creativity Movement. I thought saying they worked closely with a secular dictator […]
Thank you Senator.
They’ve got me on brevity But the trading system has limits. On mercury, for instance, there are strong indications that it’s the wrong strategy. The Chicago area was identified last year in EPA estimates as a mercury “hot spot,” where nearly two-thirds of the pollutant comes from sources within Illinois. Since trading programs allow polluters […]
Damn, I thought Austin Mayor got it since he coined the phrase. I’m confident that a 2008 run for President will have an appropriate name though…. But a good move to lock up the potential parody sites. G-rod.com belongs to some music site.
Reclaim democracy one pint at a time, as we speak up, stand up, and lift up our glasses at our weekly Democratic drinking club. Drinking Liberally Chicago Promoting democracy one pint at a time Each and Every Wednesday Night @ 8:30 pm The Red Lion, 2446 N. Lincoln, 2nd Floor Just around the corner from […]
I don’t know what he’s doing, but I have an idea that its pretty devious. Madigan doesn’t let anything out of committee that is controversial unless he has looked down the decision tree and see how it benefits his Members. A conceal carry bill just got out of Ag and Conservation in the House on […]
Title stolen from someone, but I can’t remember who Inspired by a comment on Capitol Fax
Walk Up Hill both ways. God bless John Lewis.
I’m highly critical of high school social science curriculum for a variety of reasons. Part of this is due to the way schools adopt curriculum and part is due to state requirements that make the adoption of a coherent curriculum pretty difficult. Sometimes the teachers are the problem, but in general, knowing studetns at the […]
Any chance they could need you permantly in Florida, Alan? I hear Syverson and Rauschenberger will pay for the U-Haul.
From Lynn Sweet She lays out the basic issues very well. One that hasn’t gotten a lot of attention is number 4. 4. Retirement ages are not written in stone, though any change would be politically unpopular. At present, limited benefits can start at age 62. Folks born between 1943 and 1954 have to work […]