Atlanta Post: Obama’s Not Black Enough

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Civil Rights, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Law, Liberals, Martin Luther King, Jr., Media, Media Bias, President, Race, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

In the if-a-white-guy-said-it department, a black oriented website called The Atlanta Post is featuring a piece by Yvette Carnell headlined, “Obama’s Achilles Heel: He’s Not African-American,” in which Carnell decides that Obama is failing because he isn’t really black enough to make it all work. Further Carnell asserts that Obama can’t convince African Americans that he is angry enough to be their president.

Aside from the somewhat stilted writing style — Carnell writes as if she’s clumsily attempting literature instead of news/opinion — the piece can really be boiled down into the premise that Obama isn’t militant enough for a real African-American to accept him. He isn’t “a bully,” and he doesn’t look to employ a “David and Goliath” style of governance Carnell says. This all means that American blacks can’t relate to him she posits.

Carnell starts off with a harsh slap at The One saying of his recent Oval Office Iraq War address: “Another Obama address, another failed attempt at messaging by the White House communications team.”
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Politico Again Slaps Bad Vanity Fair Palin Attack

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Government, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Sarah Palin, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

As we discussed here yesterday Vanity Fair published a badly sourced attack piece on Governor Palin. But the piece is even worse than first thought.

As Politico’s Ben Smith discovered, the Vanity Fair piece contained yet another lie passed off as “journalism.”

Smith highlighted the part of the VF piece that led the reader to think that the Palins used son Trig as a political prop at the rally held in Kansas City.

Smith excerpted this section of the VF piece:
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Members of Oregon’s State Employee Unions Get 5% Pay Raises… as Taxpayers Lose Jobs!

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Jobs, Liberals, Oregon, Pensions, Public Employees Unions, Taxes, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Unbelievable. In Oregon the reg’lar folks are losing their jobs right and left. And the bad luck for those actually paying the bills, the taxpayers, gets even worse because Oregon’s politicians have made sure that the state’s public employees unions get an automatic 5% pay raise starting this Wednesday!

5 percent pay increase for state union employees begins Wednesday

SALEM (AP) — A step pay increase of nearly 5 percent for Oregon state workers represented by unions goes into effect Wednesday.
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Tell Obama and Congress to Halt The Assault on Small Business

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Capitalism, Congress, DOL, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Free Trade, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Jobs, Liberals, Policy, President, Public Employees Unions, Taxes, Unemployment, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the folks at the Free Enterprise Alliance, a group of free market advocates backed by the construction industry.

Appearing on televisions in places near and far, ABC’s Free Enterprise Alliance this week will launch a new ad asking travelers to look around, find a representative, and tell them to Halt The Assault on free enterprise, small business, and jobs.

The FEA says they’ve booked time at on CNN’s Airport network, so this ad will appear right where our Congressmen are going to be as they make their way home for the holiday!

From the group’s About Us page:

At the heart of the Free Enterprise Alliance’s mission is the belief that while we need government for common sense regulations, the scales have tipped too far in favor of government intrusion and its advocates. The Free Enterprise Alliance believes small business and entrepreneurs grow jobs and our economy, not union bosses and federal bureaucrats.

Right Nation 2010, Reserve Your Seat TODAY!

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

Join us on September 18, just six weeks before the November election, for the biggest event of the year. Come together with tens of thousands of conservatives, Republicans, and Tea Party independents from throughout the Midwest to celebrate our shared lineage and common purpose. Come on out to Right Nation 2010!

We’ll be joined by popular political, media and entertainment personalities all assembled to advance the RIGHT principles and the RIGHT people in order to reclaim the Heartland and forever change the political landscape.

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FOX Chicago Sunday: Sheila Weinberg of Truth in Accounting

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Taxes, Truth in Accounting, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

Some great video featuring the founder of The Institute for Truth in Accounting…

Sheila Weinberg, of the Institute for Truth in Accounting, tells FOX Chicago Sunday why she thinks the state’s financial problem is much worse than politicians and the media are reporting.

The Institute for Truth in Accounting is a watchdog group that analyzes the true financial picture of private and government entities.

Knowlegis Power Rankings: Rep. Hare Ranked 404th Out of 435 in Effectiveness

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under Congress, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Schilling for Congress campaign (17th District)….

Schilling: “We need better representation in Washington.”

EAST MOLINE, IL–The Knowlegis Power Rankings, perhaps the most well-known rating system for Representatives and Senators, ranked Rep. Phil Hare 404th out of 435 House members in terms of effectiveness. Knowlegis rates each member of Congress based on various criteria including position, indirect influence, legislative activity, and earmarks. These criteria combine to form a power score that demonstrates the power and effectiveness of each individual.
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Classic Monster Politics

September 3, 2010 | Filed Under CNN, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, Paul A. Ibbetson | No Comments

Paul A. Ibbetson

What do Bela Lugosi, Boris Karloff, Lon Chaney and Lon Chaney Jr. have in common? They are forever known as the faces of the classic monsters Dracula, Frankenstein’s monster, Phantom of the Opera, and the Wolf Man. Whether you were frightened by these classic representations or the continual evolutionary adaptations that have followed, we all know these monsters when we see them and we all do the same thing when they are thrust into our faces: we take a big step back.

As interesting as the creatures themselves is the construction in how they are perceived. With this in mind, no relevant “monster talk” would be complete without addressing the most prevalent but least identified monsters of today. This identification is made if we are smart enough to expand our minds to enlightened ways of thinking and bold enough to shine our torches into the deepest, dankest recesses in which these illusive modern ghouls take refuge. The problem in the end is that when we finally take a bold look, we are more likely to find a beast with a three-piece suit and briefcase than a creature in rags and chains. In place of ravenous, blood-sucking fangs, we are likely to find smiling faces, stacks of ambiguous laws and a well-manicure hand that can whip out a signature in total darkness. Who are these new slithering, sinister surrogates of evil? Without a doubt it is the modern-day politician.
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This Judge is a Threat to Illinois Jobs Illinois Needs More Jobs — Not a Judge Who is Hostile to Job Creators

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Judges, Law, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

Dear fellow Illinois citizens,

We’ve already emailed you about Illinois Supreme Court Justice Tom Kilbride’s record of being hostile to Illinois law enforcement.

But did you also know that he is a threat to local jobs?

That’s right — Justice Kilbride has consistently voted against Illinois employers.
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Schilling Decries Rep. Hare’s Intimidation of Veterans Group, Says Hare can’t focus on the issues

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Democrats/Leftists, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Liberals, Military, Republicans, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Schilling for Congress Campaign (17th District)…

EAST MOLINE, IL–Bobby Schilling, candidate for Congress in the Illinois 17th District, spoke out against Rep. Hare’s recent attack on a local veterans group. Schilling said that the Hare campaign is playing shameful political games by trying to silence a local veterans group simply because they are unsupportive of Hare’s re-election. Schilling said that voters should expect more baseless attacks from the Hare campaign because, if they were to actually focus on the issues, they would lose.
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AFP: Attention all DuPage County members!

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Americans For Prosperity, Democrats/Leftists, DuPage County, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From Americans for Prosperity…

Americans for Prosperity Launches Grassroots Effort Against Schillerstrom’s Proposal to Borrow $70 million From DuPage County Taxpayers

-A mobile billboard critical of Schillerstrom’s proposal runs TODAY–

CHICAGO - While concerns about rising public debt and out of spending is at an all-time high, you’d expect elected officials to give pause before approving any plans to increase the debt obligation of government and further burden taxpayers.

This unfortunately does not appear to be the case with the DuPage County government. DuPage County Board Chairman Bob Schillerstrom is once again pushing his board to approve a massive capital plan that will ultimately cost DuPage taxpayers nearly $125 million. Out of nearly two-dozen projects, only five are road projects that will actually improve the county’s infrastructure.
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The Right Needs to Wake up to Net Neutrality

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Capitalism, Computers, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, FCC, Free Trade, Government, Government, Corruption, Inernet, Liberals, Net Neutrality, Technology, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

If you are as worried as I am about the left’s effort to force ever larger amounts of big government onto our lives, then you should be looking into the issue of Net Neutrality. To that end a few times a week I’ll be posting some links and info about Net Neutrality to help you all get your feet wet on this important issue.

I am happy to announce that I am being joined in this effort by the United States Internet Industry Association (USIIA). Dave McClure, President and CEO of the USIIA, will be offering op eds for you to post on your blog or to share with others.

Mr. McClure’s first op ed for your use is titled Internet Regulation Would Take a Toll on Pennsylvania’s Economy and is posted at Anita MonCrief’s new site EmergingCorruption.com. (If you would like a Word Document of this op ed CLICK HERE)

USIIA has some useful articles and studies on the Publications Page of its website that might help you learn a bit more about Net Neutrality.
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Another Obama White House Lie About Islam

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, History, Islam, Islamofascism, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias, President, Religion, Terrorism, The New York Times, Thomas Jefferson, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Remember that iftar dinner the president sponsored? The dinner that got him in trouble because he came out in strong support of the mega-mosque at Ground Zero, support from which he backed away the very next day? Well, it turns out he delivered another blatant lie at that dinner, one that slipped under the radar because his support of the Ground Zero Mosque was so controversial.

In his remarks at the iftar observance, Obama claimed that the “first” iftar dinner in the White House was hosted by Thomas Jefferson.

Tonight, we are reminded that Ramadan is a celebration of a faith known for great diversity. And Ramadan is a reminder that Islam has always been part of America. The first Muslim ambassador to the United States, from Tunisia, was hosted by President Jefferson, who arranged a sunset dinner for his guest because it was Ramadan—making it the first known iftar at the White House, more than 200 years ago.

In this way, Obama tried to make it seem as if the United States has respected Islam since the early Republic and has observed its celebrations for two hundred years. But this is a major stretching of the truth. Thomas Jefferson did not hold an “iftar” dinner, unless you might call the dinner Obama references “iftar by default.”
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Report: Pollak for Congress Luncheon raises $150,000 for Campaign (Ill, 9th District)

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Chicago, Cook County, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Israel, Jobs, Liberals, Lobbyists, Military, Paul Ryan, President, Republicans, Stimulus, Taxes, Uncategorized, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | 1 Comment

-By Warner Todd Huston

400 supporters packed the Four Seasons Hotel in beautiful downtown Chicago, Illinois to attend a luncheon for Joel Pollak who is running for Congress from the 9th Congressional District. Pollak’s special guest was Representative Paul Ryan (R, Wis), he of the famous “Roadmap for America’s Future.”

It is encouraging to see so many come out for a Republican candidate in so blue an area as Obama’s home town, Chicago. A wide range of supporters showed from all walks of life.
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Calif. Unions Already Spent $14 Million In Elections

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under California, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, Lobbyists, Public Employees Unions, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

The L.A. Times recently reported that in California unions have already spent $14 million to defeat Republicans in California’s coming elections. This is what any Republican has to face anywhere in the country, though not always at such a high spending rate.

The fact is that when Republicans run for office they face not only the campaign coffers of their Democrat opponent, but they also face the millions of dollars that public employee unions and other far left-wing advocacy groups will spend against them. Rarely do Republicans find much support from high-spending outside forces in anywhere near the same numbers that Democrats command.

While many of Californian’s Democrats have yet to put much of their campaign cash into the race, unions have more than made up for that lack of spending.
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Discovery Hostage Taker Following the Typical Envrio-Extremist’s Path

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Anti-Americanism, Children, Crime, Environment, Global Warming, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

This James Jay Lee that was shot down by police in Maryland after taking hostages inside the headquarters of the Discovery Channel cable station has followed the typical environmental extremist’s path to insanity.

If you are unaware, James Jay Lee was an enviro-extremist. He was so extreme that he felt that people should not be allowed to have any more children because it was “killing” the planet.

In his rambling manifesto he implored the Discovery Channel to change its programming. “Focus must be given on how people can live WITHOUT giving birth to more filthy human children since those new additions continue pollution and are pollution,” Lee wrote. (See .pdf of his manifesto)

Sadly, his psychotic devotion to global warming left him dead. But, as I said he’s followed the normal path to complete radicalism, a path we see with animal rights nuts, other enviro wackos… in fact it is the path that all extremists take.

Here is how it goes:
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Flight 93 on 9/11: Ride to Stop the Crescent Mosque

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Flight 93, Islam, Islamofascism, Military, Pennsylvania, Religion, Terrorism, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

Anyone live within driving distance of Somerset Pennsylvania? It’s a beautiful place to visit and a group of motorcyclists from Indianapolis is already going.

Tom Burnett Senior and Alec Rawls are buying full page color ads in the Somerset Daily American for both Friday the 10th and Saturday the 11th, so anyone who makes the trip will have a ready made protest sign waiting for them. Just buy a newspaper, tape the ad to a piece of cardboard, and let the massed national media know what side you are on.

That’s right. With Barbara Bush and Michelle Obama both attending, it’s going to be a media circus, and a rare opportunity to force coverage of our issue. Just self-organize. Ad-holders will show a core of united opposition (and the media might even be forced to read our brief expose).
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Hayes Calls for Strength and not Weakness on War on Terror

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under 9/11, Barack Obama, Chicago, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, History, Illinois State Government, Islamofascism, Liberals, Military, President, Republicans, Terrorism, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Hayes for Congress campaign (2nd District)…

CHICAGO: Republican nominee for Illinois 2nd Congressional District Isaac Hayes released the following statement in response to President Obama’s Oval Office Speech announcing an end to combat operations in Iraq.

“Jesse Jackson Jr. supports a cut-and-run strategy in our War on Terror. He has voted multiple times against funding our troops, including under President Obama. He has also voted in favor of requiring a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan, discouraging our troops and encouraging our foes to mark their calendars.

“This type of weakness puts our troops in harm’s way as they valiantly continue the fight against Al-Qaeda and the Taliban. I am appalled at how soon Mr. Jackson has forgotten that the September 11, 2001 attacks were planned in Afghanistan. I am equally appalled that he would use the safety of our troops for political posturing. As President Obama stated yesterday in his address to the nation, we may disagree on strategy but we can still support the troops.
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Let’s Honor Illinois Workers by Putting Them Back to Work

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Business, Capitalism, Chicago, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Free Trade, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois Chamber of Commerce, Illinois State Government, Liberals, Lobbyists, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From the Illinois Chamber of Commerce…
What Issues Are Most Important to You?

Dear Friends,

This Labor Day weekend, Illinois legislators will out in full force, claiming to be pro-jobs.

But we know better. If they are all pro-jobs — then why do we have such a dismal jobs climate? Why does our economy continue to suffer?
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The Truth about Obama’s Muslim ‘Faith’

September 2, 2010 | Filed Under Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Government, Government, Corruption, Islam, Liberals, President, Religion, Selwyn Duke | No Comments

-By Selwyn Duke

Now that Barack Obama has decided to be for the Ground Zero mosque before being implicitly against it (perhaps), discussion about his faith has once again reached a fever pitch. To many, his stance proves he’s a Muslim, with a recent poll showing that almost 20 percent of Americans hold that opinion; to others, it just reflects a desire to be faithful to the Constitution (now, that would be change). The truth, however, is a bit more nuanced. Obama is not religiously Muslim. Culturally, though . . . well, that’s a different matter altogether.

In reality, calling Obama a “Muslim” gives him too much credit. As G.K. Chesterton once said, “We call a man a bigot or a slave of dogma because he is a thinker who has thought thoroughly and to a definite end.” The truth, however, is that few people have thought thoroughly and to a definite end. And Obama is no exception. He hasn’t even thought matters through enough to understand the folly of statism. Even more to the point, he is a moral relativist, a position the antithesis of any absolutist faith. Inherent in Islam is that belief that Allah, not man, has authored right and wrong and that, consequently, it isn’t a matter of opinion. Thus, Obama cannot truly believe in Islam — or in Christianity or Judaism, for that matter (he could perhaps be a Buddhist, but Buddhism isn’t truly a faith but a way of life).

Oh, and since some will ask, how do I know Obama is a relativist? It’s simple: Virtually all leftists are, as the denial of moral reality that is relativism lies at the heart of liberalism.
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This Just In: Washington Post’s Milbank Admits He’s a Lefty, But…

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under Liberals, Warner Todd Huston, Washington Post | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

It almost sounds like the set up to a “guy walks into a bar” joke — or maybe a knock-knock joke — but the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank made an assessment of his own political ideology that can’t help but draw a laugh.

As WaPo columnist Howard Kurtz reports, Milbank is being moved to the Post’s editorial pages. But it is what Milbank said of himself that amuses.

“Anybody reading my column would make an informed judgment that I’m left-of-center, and I wouldn’t quarrel with that,” he says. “But strongly ideological people on the left do not recognize me as one of their own.”

I see. So because the wholly whacked out fringe of the far, far left (see the Communist Party USA, George Soros, or MoveOn.orgers) don’t consider him a sufficiently whacked out, moonbatty lefty to suit them… then what, Dana?
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Paul Ryan: Obamanomics Has Failed

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under 00Publius Contributor, Budget, Capitalism, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, House of Representatives, Liberals, Paul Ryan, Republicans, Taxes, Unemployment, Warner Todd Huston, Wisconsin | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Congressman Paul Ryan (R, Wis) and former Congressional Budget Office Director Doug Holtz-Eakin came together early this week to lambaste Obama’s failed economic policies.

In a conference call to supporters and the press, CBO Director Holtz-Eakin said that there is “no evidence” that “the stimulus has really worked” and that Obama’s Keynesian fixes simply won’t work.

There is nothing about Keynesian stimulus that is going to fix those problems. The spending by the government has gotten worse, has not solved the housing problem, and has also not been successful. Instead, the key to more rapid economic growth is going to have to be the business sector and international trade.

Representative Ryan echoed that assessment, saying:
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1970, Rod Serling: Television Has Little Relevance

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under Entertainment, Hollywood, Race, TV, Uncategorized, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

In 1970 University of Kansas Professor James Gunn interviewed famed “Twilight Zone” creator Rod Serling and what he said about how badly the subject of race was handled on TV in his day is particularly trenchant.

Gunn, a science fiction writer in his own right having won many awards for his work, asked Mr. Serling if he felt that any current television fiction was relevant to the human condition. Rod was discouraged that it was, especially where it concerns the issue of race.

“Most television fiction that I watch has very little relevance. I think it’s one thing to say that we will now have a program called ModSquad, say, and we will have one black man and one oriental and one Hawaiian to show this marvelous melting-pot concept. But I think, Jim, that’s altogether phony. I don’t think that’s… I think at best condescension and at worst exploitation. The fact is that we have so distorted the pure ethnic minority over the years by making every black man a banjo player, and a village idiot, and a coward, that suddenly we are going to reverse switch, he is now a brain scientist or an atomic scientist or any one of an equal distortion at the other end. Needless to say I’d much prefer the distortion on the good side of the scale… but all television fiction I find quite irrelevant and quite unrelated.”

That was a pretty dismissive view for Rod Serling to think of the medium that made him famous, but on the other hand it’s hard to argue with his logic. For all the ballyhooing about TV it has rarely been relevant to much of anything.

The interview is about 20 minutes long and is quite interesting.

Things haven’t gotten much better, have they?

The sad thing about this great bit of film history is to realize that this genius, Rod Serling, had only five more years to live after the shooting of this interview.
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Obama, Sec. of Labor to Appear by AFL-CIO Prez at Labor Day Rally

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under AFL-CIO, Barack Obama, Budget, Business, Democrats/Leftists, Elections, Government, Government, Corruption, Liberals, President, Taxes, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

It’s been announced that President Obama will be attending the AFL-CIO’s Labor Day rally in Milwaukee, Wisconsin next month. Along for the ride will be Sec. of Labor Hilda Solis.

This is one more effort of the Obama administration to shore up Big Labor’s support coming into the midterm election campaign season.

Naturally Obama is still sounding his horn for the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) as well as pushing his healthcare ideas.
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Dan Patlak Campaign Update & Tax Facts Video 4 - Appeal Property Taxes With An Attorney?

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Cook County Board, Economy/Finances, Elections, GOP, Government, Government, Corruption, Illinois, Illinois State Government, Republicans, Taxes, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

From Dan Patlak for Cook County Board of Review…

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Interested in learning more about the Cook County property tax system? Please view taxpayer advocate Dan Patlak’s Tax Facts video #4 - Is It Best To Appeal Property Taxes With An Attorney?. Go to the Education Center at to watch more videos and submit your own question for Dan. If you like what you see click on volunteer to help the campaign.

If you are a Senior or if you have been having a hard time keeping up with your property tax payments, then you will be interested in reading the Letter to the Editor Dan had published in the Southtown Star newspaper last week, 2 Property Tax Changes That Should be Repealed.

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Dan and a cadre of volunteers will be marching in the Buffalo Grove Labor Day parade on Sunday, September 5th at Noon. He will also be marching in the Schaumburg Labor Day parade on Monday, September 6th at 9 AM. We would love to have you join us. For more information on where to meet, call us at 847-867-2375.

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The Ground Zero Mosque & The War of Ideas

September 1, 2010 | Filed Under 9/11, Barack Obama, Democrats/Leftists, Frank Salvato, Government, Government, Corruption, Journalism, Liberals, Media, Media Bias | No Comments

-By Frank Salvato

The controversy surrounding the Park 51/Cordoba House project – promoted by the Cordoba Initiative and headed by Feisal Abdul Rauf – is one that illustrates the full range of the ideological clash between the Islamic culture and the culture of the West. Whether Liberals, Progressives and apologists care to admit it or not the fundamentalist Islamist factions of the Arab world are actively attempting to advance their influence on the world; in every nation and every culture. In their attempt at establishing an elevated influence around the world this fundamentalist faction seeks not to be accepted as equals or to assimilate, but to enter into foreign cultures as a privileged and exempt class. The issue of the Park 51 Project – from this point forward referred to by its original label, the Cordoba House – is a perfect example of one particular battle theater in this culture clash: the war of ideas.

The West’s current conflict with expanding fundamentalist Islam is taking place on four different fronts, at least at the hand of the Islamists: militarily, diplomatically, economically and ideologically.

Militarily, the West is fully engaged on the internationally recognized battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan and, to a lesser extent in the undefined battle theaters around the world, and especially throughout the Middle East, the Asian South Pacific, Africa and most recently, South America.

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BREAKING: Murkowski Concedes in Alaska

August 31, 2010 | Filed Under Alaska, Elections, GOP, Government, Republicans, Sarah Palin, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Another one of Mitch McConnell’s favorites just went down in flames as Senator Lisa Murkowski just bowed to Alaska’s new GOP candidate for Senate, Joe Miller.

Miller is far more conservative than Murkowski who was vying for the Ted Stevens award for pork.

As the New York Times says…

Mr. Miller shocked the political establishment here and in Washington last week when he emerged with a narrow lead, 1,668 votes, after the primary vote, on Aug. 24.

Chalk up another win for a Palin pick, too, as Miller got former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s support in this primary.

At first tongues were wagging that Murkowski was doing better than expected in the absentee ballots but as the night wore on it became clear that she was never going to be able to make up the lead that Miller had going into the counting.

That she conceded is a very good thing for the race in Alaska because it means that the bruising primary is over and Miller can spend his time and money on his Democrat opponent and not on a recount battle.

I am pleasantly surprised that Murkowski did concede, too, because yesterday an RNC hired gun lawyer was quickly flown up to Alaska and that could have portended a hard fought recount battle.

But it isn’t to be and that is a good thing.

Now let’s shake hands in Alaska, Republicans, and get to the job of putting Joe Miller in Washington D.C.!

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Publius Podcast: Frank Rich’s Tea Party Lies

August 31, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Economy/Finances, Journalism, Media, Media Bias, Publius' Forum, Tea Party, The New York Times, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

Here is the latest podcast. The New York Times is desperate to discredit the Tea Party Movement and here is little Frankie Rich’s stab at the effort.

The Arrogance of The Public Employee Union Member

August 31, 2010 | Filed Under Budget, Business, Democrats/Leftists, Economy/Finances, Government, Government, Corruption, Jobs, Liberals, Pensions, Public Employees Unions, Taxes, Unions, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

In a recent story detailing the efforts of 3,000 postal employee union members marching against USPS management in Detroit, one quote by a union member stuck me as wholly emblematic of the arrogance of government employee union members and it shows the disconnect between the real world and the cushy world of government workers.

As the 3,000 postal workers marched against proposed cuts in the U.S. Post office, tucked at the bottom of the Detroit Free Press piece was a quote by post office employee Kim Sauceda, of Tallevast, Florida.

“People have gone from being very confident and sure that this is a lifetime career to now not being so sure.”

Notice how this government employee imagined that her position with the USPS is supposed to be a never ending, permanent job? This shocking sense of entitlement does not exist outside of public employees unions.
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CNN’s Zakaria Presents Hezbollah as a Model of Religious Tolerance

August 31, 2010 | Filed Under CNN, Hezbollah, Islam, Islamofascism, Jews, Journalism, Judaism, Lebanon, Media, Media Bias, Religion, Terrorism, War on Terror, Warner Todd Huston | No Comments

-By Warner Todd Huston

Remembering that CNN’s President Jon Klein has touted its down-the-middle coverage and claims it is situated in the “center” of American politics, on a recent episode of Fareed Zakaria GPS, host Zakaria tried to claim that Lebanon’s terror group Hezbollah was some sort of model for religious tolerance. Someone should inform CNN that claiming Hezbollah is “religiously tolerant” is hardly a centrist position.

If we can discern “religious tolerance” in a group that says that the state of Israel should be wiped from the earth, then there is a new definition of “tolerance” that no one is aware of. But unbelievably here is CNN’s Zakaria coloring this murderous terror group as a “tolerant” organization.

At the end of his August 22 show, Zakaria turned to discuss the re-construction of a Synagogue in Beirut, Lebanon, a project that Zakaria claims proves how open minded and tolerant Hezbollah is towards Jews.
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