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How does John McCain plan to revive the economy? How is John McCain’s plan different, more thought-provoking, more creative than George Bush’s plan? Watch as Republican South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford ‘draws a blank’ and falls off McCain’s short list for V.P. candidates.
Thanks to Bill Press for pointing this out to us.
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U.S. Congressman Bill Foster from the 14th Congressional District in Illinois is quickly making a name for himself standing up for our military veterans. The 14th District is the seat vacated by former Speaker of the House Denny Hastert. According to the Daily Chronicle:
Beginning next year, veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces will have [...]
The sad news from today’s Chicago Sun-Times:
Three young women were shot and wounded while sitting on a porch early Sunday on the South Side.
Officers responded to a person shot at 2:20 a.m. at the 2900 block of East 87th Street and found three females, 16, 18 and 20, who were shot on a porch, according [...]
Oil prices jumped $11 a barrel to a new high above $139 a barrel. An analyst from Morgan Stanley predicted prices could reach $150 by July 4. According to WTAE in Pittsburgh:
A falling dollar and growing tensions in the Middle East are also pushing prices higher.
Light, sweet crude for July delivery has traded [...]
People tell me I should be more understanding of what Cook County Board President Todd Stroger is going through.
The media has been relentless. The Chicago Sun-Times today ribs Stroger’s choices for a new county hospital board: Hospital board slights suburbs.
They tell me we have to understand “the way things are.” When Stroger was running [...]
One thing is certain regarding the proposed acquisition of the EJ&E railroad by Canadian National: it’s not good news at all for Park Forest.
There’s no other way to put it. The municipality, which is about 30 miles directly south of Chicago’s Loop, would most likely be cut in two unless CN builds either an overpass [...]
His intransigence knows no limits. The people of the State of Illinois are hurting. These things are understatements.
Unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do.
Until the next election.
We’re stuck with Blago the Destroyer, the Governor-Who-Won’t.
This is a sad time to be from the State of Illinois. I have had a number of conversations with [...]
I get it. We’re stuck with oil and there’s no way out. At least that’s what we’re supposed to think if we believe Robert Bryce at the Washington Post. Bryce sets out to dismiss 5 arguments many make regarding our dependence on foreign oil:
Energy independence will reduce or eliminate terrorism.
A big push for alternative fuels [...]
We all thought George Bush had no idea what he was doing. Little did we know he knew exactly what he was doing:
Thanks to Politics After 50 for pointing the way to this wonderful segment from the comedy of Bremner, Bird and Fortune, a satirical British television program.
Of greater concern, and not-so-funny, is [...]
The nation lost 4,000 jobs in August, the first time employment has shrunk since August 2003. Economists target several factors, but chief among them is the worsening housing market.
According to the Washington Post:
“We did not expect a report as awful as this,” said Ian Shepherdson, chief U.S. economist with the High Frequency Economics [...]
