Slap on Wrist for Senator Burris

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

The Senate ethics committee has "admonished" Senator Roland Burris for all the lies that he's handed them in his testimony over his involvement in disgraced and impeached Governor Rod Blagojevich's pay-to-play scandal in Illinois. As Blago was making his last pass around the drain over his countless illegal activities as Illinois Governor he appointed Roland Burris to the Senate seat that Obama left behind when he won the 2008 general... read more »

Guitierrez Amnesty Plan a Disaster, focus should be on American jobs

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

Rosanna Pulido, staunch defender for unemployed American citizens in her district, expressed outrage this afternoon at Luis Guterriez's Amnesty reform bill, to be introduced some time this month. "With unemployment in Illinois at 10% and rising, our nation's legal law abiding citizens do not need more competition for jobs", Rosanna said. "It is irresponsible public policy". 53 rallies have been held across the country this week protesting... read more »

Cook County Board President Charges Racism

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

-By Warner Todd Huston Well, little Todd Stroger is at it again. With the Cook County Board now having been given more power by the State Legislature to overturn Stroger's veto, the junior Stroger is now claiming it's all about racism. On an upcoming episode of "Connected to Chicago," WLS radio's Bill Cameron found Board President Stroger whining that it's all about racism instead of his wild tax hikes. WLS is advertising its upcoming... read more »

Letter from Illinois GOP Congressional Delegation on transfer of terrorists to Thomson, IL

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

All Republican members of Illinois' Congressional Delegation have signed the following letter to President Obama: Dear Mr. President: According to the Chicago Tribune, your Administration may transfer up to 200 Al Qaeda terrorists from their detention facility in Guantanamo Bay a prison in Thomson, Illinois, 150 miles from Chicago. If your Administration brings Al Qaeda terrorists to Illinois, our state and the Chicago Metropolitan Area... read more »

Roskam Statement on Giannoulias Disclosure of Receiving a National Security Briefing

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

Statement from Congressman Peter Roskam on the disclosure this morning from Democrat Senate Candidate Alexi Giannoulias that he received a National Security Council (NSC) briefing on possibly moving Guantanamo to Illinois: “Given Mr. Giannoulias’ disclosure that he received a NSC briefing on possibly moving Guantanamo to Illinois, I urge the Obama Administration to eschew the increasingly political nature of this situation. Moving... read more »

The Primary Ballot Will Look Like This...

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/20/09

When you go to the polls February 2, 2010, and request a "Republican" ballot, here's the ballot order you'll see -- as determined by an Illinois State Board of Elections drawing earlier this week: For US Senate, the GOP ballot starting at the top: Donald (Don) Lowery Mark Steven Kirk Andy Martin Kathleen Thomas John Arrington Patrick Hughes Robert L. "Bob" Zadek (an objection pending) Thomas (Tom) Kuna (an objection... read more »

Putback Amendment Gaining Steam

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/19/09

We have some great news from the trenches here. We just got a great poll result back that shows if voters have the chance to vote on Putback, they'll likely vote for it. Conference Call This Tuesday, November 24th at 9pm On November 24th, we will be having a conference call for volunteers, supporters, donors and petition circulators on the Putback Amendment with the principal author, John Bambenek. The team will be available to answer... read more »

William Kelly: Calling Out Opponent for Democrat Contributions

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/19/09

It is quite interesting to see that Comptroller candidate Jim Dodge has a history of giving campaign donations to Democrats. This is a measure of Dodge's dedication to the GOP, I'd say. How can any Republican vote for a GOP candidate that donates money to the enemy? Kelly Calls Out Opponent for Contributions to Topinka, Democrats (CHICAGO) – GOP Comptroller candidate William J. Kelly is calling out his primary... read more »

Dirty Tricks: Harry Reid Wants to Vote on a Phantom Bill

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/19/09

Either today or later this week, Senate Democrat Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev) wants the Senate to vote on a "motion to proceed" on the Senate's version of the healthcare bill. That wouldn't be so bad except for the fact that it has barely been seen by anyone in the Senate. At least not as far as most Senators are concerned. Why is that? Because the bill has not been shown to them with sufficient time to study it, that's why. What... read more »

Say NO to Terrorists in Illinois

By Warner Todd Huston | 11/18/09

In a follow up to my earlier post advocating for an actual debate on this issue here in Illinois on this business of bringing terrorists to live in Illinois, a new effort to try and stop this mess has been launched. Go to Not In Illinois and sign the petition and tell Governor Pat Quinn that we do NOT want terrorists living among us. We, the undersigned, do not willfully agree with the transfer of terrorists onto American soil. Terrorists must... read more »