Posts Tagged ‘illinois’

Forbes Takers vs Makers

November 29th, 2012 | No Comments

Forbes Magazine just ran a rather awesome, if not damning, article.  I loved it.  It listed the states where there are more “takers” vs “makers”.  And, it very quickly condemned those states, as well as advising anyone investing to steer clear of those states. One of them, being my own.  They chide those states for [...]

Run Away! Run Away!

February 18th, 2011 | No Comments

Dedicated to the Wisconsin Senate Democrats: The real story is almost as comical: Watch the latest video at video.foxnews.com What do you think? QuestionsView Results

Healthcare reform and the Older Americans Act

June 10th, 2010 | No Comments

Barack Obama threw the entire country under the bus with his health care “reform”.  People I know immediately made decisions affecting their very lives based on assumptions Obama said would occur, fully knowing they never would.  How many people made the argument that it would require everyone to have insurance?  Go ahead, raise your hands.  [...]

I don’t care about the constitution on this

April 2nd, 2010 | 1 Comment

This doesn’t come as a surprise to anyone I’m sure: In his defense of supporting Obamacare, Congressman Phil Hare states very assuredly he doesn’t care about the Constitution on this issue. Mainly because we’re assured of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. But none of that really matters because people are going bankrupt paying [...]

Obama stumps for Chicago

September 29th, 2009 | No Comments

Obama is going to Copenhagen after all, joining first lady Michelle Obama to support Chicago’s bid for the 2016 Olympics. Some people think this carries a political risk.  Rio seems to be the perceived frontrunner.  They’ve never held the Olympics.  So, this would be a first for the Olympics.  They like firsts.  Brazil has brought [...]

Supporting ACORN

September 16th, 2009 | No Comments

Given the almost daily headlines and scandals involving ACORN, some members of Congress have decided that maybe ACORN’s not the best route to take involving some community projects. It seems like a no-brainer to me. You’ve accusations of voter fraud, money laundering, tax evasion, forging federal applications, shaking down banks to make risky loans, and [...]

How the cash for clunker program saves the USA?

August 5th, 2009 | 2 Comments

All I’ve heard since last week was how the woefully underfunded Cash for Clunkers program needed another $2 billion to keep it going.  This had to be done RIGHT NOW since it was such a wildly successful program.  I heard more than one analyst tell me it was a key cog to kicking the economy [...]

What it takes to make the Obama team

March 3rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

In today’s news, we are looking at more Obama appointees.  Today’s CNN headline is about his nominee for the US trade representative.  Former Dallas mayor Ron Kirk got the nod.  He has something in common with several other Obama nominees, he can’t seem to figure out how to pay his taxes correctly. Kirk’s tax returns [...]

Bipartisanship and Medicaid

February 23rd, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just got the numbers for the Medicaid add-on from the stimulus package.  I don’t deal with Medicaid directly, but it indirectly affects what I do in a large way.  As such, I was interested in the numbers.  However, the bigger picture bugged me more than the dollars I was assigned to look at.  In essence, [...]

Burris thinks he owns the Illinois Senate seat

January 6th, 2009 | No Comments

That just makes me wonder how much he paid for it. ( February 17, 2009 update: apparently $10,000 ) Burris’s contention is there is nothing in the law that states that a governor can not be tainted in order to appoint a Senator.  However, what Burris is ignoring is what the rest of the world [...]