Author: Jimmy
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Ayers Family Put ‘Foreigner’ Obama Through School
Hulton says that in conversations with Mary Ayers while on his route he learned of the couple’s enthusiasm and support for a black foreign student. One bright, warm Chicagoland day, he recounts, he met the student who fit Mary Ayers’ description in front of the Ayers home in Glen Ellyn, Ill. That young man, Hulton…
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Most Bedbug Infested Cities
Orkin announced its top 50 bed bug cities for the past year and several of them are popular spring break destinations. The following cities are ranked in order of the number of bed bug treatments Orkin performed from January to December 2011. via Chicago Tribune. Thoroughly revolted that we’re number 2.
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A President’s Control of Oil Prices
A new meme is carefully being inserted into society: that a president generally, and Obama specifically, cannot control oil prices. Like all good lies there is just enough truth in this meme in order to not make it laughable. The notion is absolutely true in the short term (Obama cannot make $2.50/gal gas appear overnight,…
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Eric Holder 1995: We Must Brainwash People on Guns
[In] 1995 … then-U.S. Attorney Eric Holder announc[ed] a public campaign to “really brainwash people into thinking about guns in a vastly different way.” Holder was addressing the Woman’s National Democratic Club. In his remarks, broadcast by CSPAN 2, he explained that he intended to use anti-smoking campaigns as his model to “change the hearts…
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At Least 10 Dead, Dozens Wounded In Weekend Violence
A bizarre weekend where the high exceeded 80 degrees also brought a rash of violence across Chicago, which left at least 10 people dead and some 40 others wounded. via CBS Chicago. There’s no end in sight. CPD is so undermanned that little can be done. Whatever the Mayor’s is doing, it’s not working.
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Korrupt Kane Kounty GOP
Does the Kane County Board Chairmanship come with a license to print campaign cash? Karen McConnaughay must think so. So many county vendors became campaign contributors that the Daily Herald Editorial Board wrote, “We encourage McConnaughay to quit taking money from county vendors…” She’s now running for state senate on a track record of presiding…
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National Right to Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012
Good news for Second Amendment types: Today, March 13, U.S. Senators Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) introduced S. 2188, the “National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity Act of 2012.” The bill is the Senate companion to H. R. 822, which was approved by the U. S. House last November by a vote of 272-154. S. 2188,…
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State Rep. Derrick Smith Charged, Arrested
Ha ha ha ha! State Rep. Derrick Smith, a Democrat from Chicago, was arrested today for allegedly pocketing a $7,000 cash bribe to write an official letter of support for a day care center he believed was seeking a state grant. The arrest came after an undercover operation launched by the FBI in December with…
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Sandra Fluke is a Plant
Ok ok, I realize someone’s going to criticize use of the term “plant.” … Aaah, who cares: “For six days, we have been telling you that the 30-year-old Georgetown law student has become a major player in the presidential election,” O’Reilly said during his show last Friday. “Last night, we reported that she is now being handled pro…
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Energy Sec. Wanted High Gas Prices
“Somehow, we have to figure out how to boost the price of gasoline to the levels in Europe.” — Steven Chu, President Obama’s Secretary or Energy in 2008 via POLITICO. Gas prices are exactly where Obama wants them. Billions invested in bogus and failing technologies. It’s easy to beat up on oil companies, however they average high…