Nov
30
By Warner Todd Huston
The Chicago Tribune printed a letter to the editor that perfectly describes the disconnect that state workers have between their pensions and the political process. These state workers stare wide-eyed in faux innocence pretending that they themselves, as individuals, are wholly innocent of the mess that is our state pensions are currently [...]
Nov
29
By Jim Hoft,
It figures. Obama’s neighbor and longtime friend is a raving Marxist.
Barack Obama poses with pal and Marxist Dr. Quentin Young at Dr. Young’s 80th birthday celebration in 2003.
New Zeal reported this week on Barack Obama’s Marxist neighbor and doctor friend who taught him about the single-payer health care system.
The push to socialize US [...]
Nov
25
What the Health-Care Debate Is Really All About [Jeffrey H. Anderson]
In the New York Times, David Brooks writes as if it’s more or less equally problematic to reject or enact Obamacare, and the decision is largely a matter of personal taste. He writes:
The bottom line is that we face a brutal choice.
Reform would make us a more [...]
Nov
23
Take a look at the numbers
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If you only look at three elements of the health care bill, you can clearly see how this bill will not only drive up costs, but will be a disaster for the entire health insurance industry.
A. Family of four making $88,050 a year can not have their insurance premiums go up more than 12.5 percent [...]
Nov
23
Had we the political power
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“Had we the political power” are powerful words former White House staff economist and budget analyst Jim Simpson uses to challenge conservatives to fight back to the devastating policies being enacted and perpetuated on our nation via the Obama Administration. This is a “must read” Examiner.com column for anyone who cares about America’s and, frankly, Illinois’ future:
…It is [...]
Nov
23
By John Brown’s Ghost:
For the last few years, many of us have been screaming from the frozen mountaintops that global warming is a farce intended to make lots of money for those that are warning of ocean covered coasts and melting ice sheets. Profiteers like Al Gore have been showing slide shows to our kids, [...]
Nov
19
The Emerging Medical Dictatorship
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By Adam Murdock, MD
As I have written about in a previous article entitled “Stop the Swine Whine,” the public health establishment has used the current swine flu hysteria to try to impose mandatory vaccination laws under the guise of a health crisis. Fortunately, these proposed laws, with the exception of New York’s short-lived mandatory health [...]
Nov
19
Crossposted from Proft2010.com:
It’s Going to Get Worse until our Tax/Spend/Borrow Policies Get Better.
The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released October’s job figures today reporting that Illinois’ unemployment rate climbed another 0.5% to 11%.
Illinois’ political class suggests this is largely the result of the nation’s lagging economy. The problem with that argument is Illinois’ economic [...]
Nov
18
More than 60,000 votes in a day? Ummm, that doesn’t sound right
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Crossposted from The Kane County Chronicle:
More than 60,000 votes in a day? Ummm, that doesn’t sound right
As of 6:11 p.m. Tuesday night, more than 31,000 people had voted in our daily Web poll – “Who do you want to win the 14th Congressional District Republican primary?” If this sounds like an extraordinarily high number to [...]
Nov
16
By Heather Skillicorn:
Upon receiving my water bill this month, I was angered to find an additional “Debt” fee of $17.80 tacked on to our usage total. The village office informed me that this fee will be on every meter bill until 2018 to repay an EPA loan for water system improvements. At the village board [...]
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