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Steve Neal must have been desperate for a topic today. Stroger is going to win a third term! Wow–news at 11.
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I’m pretty sure Madigan used
I’m pretty sure Madigan used his staff unethically, but I doubt he was as stupid as Lee Daniels. The intent is clear, but he probably met the letter of the law.
Chicago has gone wacky. Most
Chicago has gone wacky. Most cities fight over building a new stadium. Chicago fights over night games, a minor improvement on the current stadium and whether people can steal the product of the Tribune Corporation.
The Freepers haven’t let me
The Freepers haven’t let me down. One of the more amusing comments claims our cars cost 10 times as much and our air conditioners don’t work as well. The first claim is absurd and the second is empirically false–they actually work better, though that has little to do with CFCs being banned.
Will Cal Thomas or Mona Charen make my prediction come true for the major media? I’m betting so….
I’ve been rooting for McBride
I’ve been rooting for McBride for some time. Right after Pete Peterson said he wouldn’t make the race after the terrorist attacks a year ago and McBride got in, I thought he would be a good candidate. However, it appears that I might have my cake and eat it too.
Oh, Jeb is running a commercial bragging that he got a stop light placed near a high school. Admittedly, the US political system focuses on casework, but one of the Big 4 governors thinks that is going to get him votes?
I’m sure some out there
I’m sure some out there wonder why I think Sully is worth anything, but a good laugh. I think this post shows why. When he can get himself out of a constant lather, he can have some insightful comments about religion and society.
Unfortunately, such insightfullness is displayed by him less and less.
So let’s have a countdown
So let’s have a countdown to the first moron who says that the environmentalists were crying wolf over ozone depletion now that the ozone hole is being replenished. The real story is the Montreal Protocol worked perfectly.
Even better, the double screw-up when they confuse global warming and ozone depletion will come from somewhere (other than Freepers who are just too easy).
The Great Illinois Republican Civil
The Great Illinois Republican Civil War has started. Circle up and fire folks. O’Malley and his clan have decided to committ hari kari in the same fashion as Republicans in California and New Jersey.
As a Democrat, I suppose this should make me happy. It doesn’t. I grew up in Illinois and always admired the moderate Republicanism of Jim Thompson and Jim Edgar. They provided a great check excesses of the left and still respected education funding, infrastructure and individual liberties. Jim Thompson provided the infrastructure that makes Illinois an ideopolis now. Without him, Illinois may well be Missouri with good farmland and a big crumbling city. Instead, Chicago is a world class city (Washington and Daley deserve credit for this as well), education is good in most areas (see posting on Blog St. Louis about rural ed), and Illinois is relatively good on social issues.
No more. Now there will be a huge blow-up in the Republican Party between those moderates who have a motto of “Let’s not get excited,” and the jihad wingnuts who are more worried about homeschooling and abortion than infrastructure. I imagine the wing-nuts will eventually win and we’ll see the Democrats take over the state for years to come. Wingnuts are bad for bidness and Illinois is a bidness state.
That is too bad. Many Democratic leaders in the State of Illinois need to be checked. I like Madigan for what he gets done, but he is all too happy to use state resources to further his political goals (separate from policy goals). Republican cronieism provides a check on that. But it won’t if there aren’t any Republicans left in office.
The hard work is just
The hard work is just beginning on welfare reform and Califano points out why. The easy cases have largely been solved barring large increases in unemployment. Keeping strict standards is fine, but one has to understand the population we are dealing with.
Errr…scratch that post about Pete
Errr…scratch that post about Pete Peterson …. via Counterspin Central