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  • Chick-fil-A Wavies 1st Amendment Rights

    Chick-fil-A has pledged to stop giving money to anti-gay groups and to back off political and social debates after an executive’s comments this summer landed the fast-food chain smack in the middle of the gay marriage debate. The Civil Rights Agenda, which dubs itself the largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender advocacy group in Illinois,…

  • Crumb & Get It: Baker with Principles

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s_CGWKN8Ak]

  • Student Denied Entry to Michelle Obama’s Speech

    A conservative student was denied entry into a rally featuring First Lady Michelle Obama at the University of Florida on Wednesday because he was wearing a t-shirt in support of Republican John McCain’s (R-Ariz.) 2007 campaign for the White House.  … A conservative student was denied entry into a rally featuring Michelle Obama at the…

  • Pete’s Fresh Market — Update 09/19

    Reliable sources inform me that Pete’s and people from the city are sitting down and trying to work out a deal to restart construction. Reliable sources also have confirmed the facts of the original post. If any readers have stories of problems with any politicians please contact me privately with that information.  We have been…

  • Treasury Won’t Sell Take a Loss on GM Shares

    General Motors Co. executives want the Treasury Department to sell its almost 27 percent stake in the company because, they say, the feds are hurting their image and government pay restrictions are chasing away top talent.  … Government officials weren’t interested in the deal.“At GM’s Friday share price of $24.14, the U.S. would lose about…

  • Leno: Obama’s ‘Encouraging More Americans to Give Up Looking for Work’ to Bring Down Unemployment

    Talking about how the unemployment rate only fell last month because of the number of people that dropped out of the labor force, Leno quipped that the President is “encouraging more Americans to give up looking for work so the numbers will come down a little bit” via NewsBusters.org. Ouch!  Video at the link.  

  • College Suspends Obama Pledge Professor

    UPDATE:  Last week we heard about the college prof. who made her students pledge to vote for Obama. A college professor has been placed on leave after she allegedly forced her class to sign a pledge to vote for President Obama in the upcoming elections. via Campus Reform. Justice?  Probably.

  • Why It’s Impossible to Run a Business Without Breaking the Law

    Shakedown in Chicago is commonplace.  It’s not just at Pete’s. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMHxcfQfL_M]

  • CTU Deal Will Lead to School Closings & Layoffs

    Four years of up-to-the-limit property tax increases for Chicago homeowners and businesses. Closing scores of under-enrolled and underperforming schools. Thousands of layoffs of teachers and other school staff. More cuts to the central office. That’s what could await the Chicago Public Schools, thanks to the tentative agreement between teachers and the district that is expected…

  • Who’s a Hero?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JaFRPbTpA8