Archive for March, 2009
Posted in March 25th, 2009
What: Building an Illinois We Can be Proud of . . . the 2009 American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois Action Summit When: Saturday, March 28, 2009 – 9:15 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Where: Brown Ballroom Bone Student Center Illinois State University Campus 100 North University Street Normal, Illinois Who: Keynote Address by Caroline Fredrickson, […]
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Posted in March 25th, 2009
And we wonder how he screwed up Florida in 2000: Is former U.S. Commerce Secretary Bill Daley getting his chopsticks ready? • • To wit: Sneed hears rumbles Daley may become the next U.S. ambassador to China. • • The backshot: Daley, who has been eyeing a bid for a U.S. Senate seat in 2010, may be on President […]
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Posted in March 25th, 2009
Watch the fireworks with this from Cornyn: Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who heads the Republican campaign effort for the Senate in 2010, says he doubts he could elected to Illinois’ seat because of his conservative credentials and warned those in the GOP who wouldn’t back a social moderate that they are destined to keep Republicans […]
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
Here are a couple pdfs related to the RHAA to give everyone some understanding of what is actually in the bill: Overview Debunking of Right Wing Talking Points Thanks to Personal PAC for sending them along.
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
Defending AIG: That’s a bad idea. The government shouldn’t be in the business of creating a special tax to invalidate contracts between a company and its workers because it doesn’t like the outcome. The money was promised, it was paid. Trying to claw it back now will only encourage the talented people at any company […]
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
It was a bad sign when Quinn’s team leaked the budget to the Trib first, but Progress Illinois collects the reaction of public employee unions and just how bad it is. This budget was never going to be good news, and certainly state workers will have to face some burden, but the impact on their […]
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
The Tribune hates state workers perhaps more than Rod Blagojevich: • A wage and hiring freeze: The Civic Federation of Chicago proposes capped or reduced state spending. Businesses throughout this state are freezing wages and hiring—some are cutting salaries. Quinn will have to ask for sacrifices in wages and increases in employee benefit contributions. So […]
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
As usual, complete shlock, this time on the RHAA. The Reproductive Health and Access Act, HB 2354, often referred to as the “Freedom of Choice Act”, or FOCA, declares that “every individual posses a fundamental right of privacy with respect to reproductive decisions”( Section 5). In support of this the bill mandates that “All Illinois […]
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Posted in March 18th, 2009
Cardinal George is being a bit disingenuous about the Reproductive Health and Access Act. In his letter to the Sun-Times he makes several claims that the law will force health care professionals to perform abortions. Yet, the law’s text doesn’t require that at all: 11 Section 35. Patient access. 12 (a) Pursuant to this Act, […]
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Posted in March 11th, 2009
Progress Illinois does a rather good job demolishing the main ‘points’ of the Daily Herald’s rather ill-informed whining about high speed rail. But one point stood out at me: The Herald goes on to suggest that Quinn and Durbin instead devote their energy to securing resources for flood control and pothole repairs, problems they consider […]
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Posted in March 11th, 2009
While I was writing the last post: NRA: …The 2nd Amendment says that the right to bear arms will not be infringed upon. Can’t say one book a month, and due to the same constitutional rights you can’t say I gun a month. …. Rep. Arroyo: How many people are killed with books each year? […]
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Posted in March 11th, 2009
Gun activists in Illinois are some of the most gullible chumps on the planet. 1997 Transportation Committee with downstate Dems approves Concealed Carry Bill 2005 Agriculture Committee approves at least 2 Concealed Carry proposals 2006 Agriculture Committee Approves Concealed Carry bill 2009 Ag Approves Concealed Carry bill Add to that several times that bills have […]
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Posted in March 11th, 2009
The Politico (minus Ben Smith who does a very good blog on Democratic politics and actually talks to people outside of DC) does reliable stenography for Bill Daley: Giannoulias, though, has some baggage that primary opponents could exploit. His relative youth could prove to be a disadvantage, especially against someone like Daley, a former Clinton […]
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Posted in March 2nd, 2009
Via Rich: I admit, I’ll buy it. I have a thing for train wrecks: (PRNewsChannel) / Chicago, Ill. / Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich today signed a six figure book deal with one of the largest independent book publishers in the U.S., the PR firm representing Blagojevich announced today.Blagojevich, who vehemently denies he tried to […]
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Posted in March 2nd, 2009
Dear Friends, I have some very exciting news that I want to share with you first. Today, I’m taking a big step by filing the official paperwork to form an Exploratory Committee for election to the United States Senate! Over the last few months, several of my strongest supporters and prominent party leaders have been […]
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