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Memorial Day 2012: Ryan's Story (Video)

2012-05-28T00:00:00.000-05:00

Today is the day we honor the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice for this great nation. And we also remember the veterans who made it home but who are no longer with us.

Below is a video about the Honor Flight program, which flies WWII vets to Washington so they can visit the World War II Memorial on the National Mall. As you'll learn in the video, every 90 seconds we lose a veteran who participated in the noble conquest of the Axis powers.

(Photo) Morton Grove American Legion Memorial Day ceremony

2012-05-27T16:10:00.001-05:00

The Morton Grove American Legion Memorial Day ceremony was held outside of our library this afternoon. Thank you, veterans, for your service.

If you notice something different with this photo, it's because it's my first creation using PhotoShop Elements 10. I used the fresco grain.

Remember the troops this weekend--those past and present--and those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

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White flag: Dems playing down Walker recall race

2012-05-27T12:56:00.001-05:00

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If the Democrats haven't hoisted the white flag in regards to the Scott Walker recall, it appears they are at least getting it ready, the Chicago Tribune tells us. The always helpful--I am not being sarcastic--Debbie Wasserman Schultz, chair of the Democratic National Committee, tells us.

I think, honestly, there aren't going to be any repercussions [if the Dems lose],” Wasserman Schultz said on C-SPAN's 'Newsmakers' program. "It's an election that’s based in Wisconsin."

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Related post:

Video: Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch talks about Wisconsin reforms and fighting Big Labor at Chicago Tea Party

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National Lawyers Guild rats out Occupy police informants

2012-05-27T10:31:00.001-05:00

NLG lawyers at October Occupy Chicago protest

I'm still catching up on my anti-NATO coverage.

It's about time that the far-left National Lawyers Guild is facing criticism in the establishment media. The NLG is defending the NATO 5--who are alleged to have plotted to commit acts of terror during last week's NATO Summit in Chicago.

From the Chicago Tribune:

In the ensuing days, [Sarah] Gelsomino and her partners at the National Lawyers Guild took the extraordinary step of calling on activists to try to publicly identify two individuals believed to be police informants or undercover officers — known on the street as "Mo" and "Gloves" — who infiltrated the group and led to the arrests.

The Guild also emailed a news release with a photo of "Mo" even while acknowledging that he was possibly a Chicago police officer working undercover. Gelsomino was one of two contacts on the release.

In her efforts, some legal analysts said, Gelsomino walked a fine line between advocating passionately for a client and unethical behavior that could endanger undercover police or law enforcement informants. Experts called it a highly unusual if not unprecedented way to begin defending a case.

Retired Cook County Criminal Court Judge David Erickson, who now teaches at Chicago-Kent College of Law, said criticism of the prosecution case — from calling wiretaps illegal to decrying the use of undercover cops or informants — is fair game. But he said identifying those inside an investigation is dangerous and not necessary so early in the case.

Nearly two weeks ago, at a "F*ck the Police" rally on the South Side, an NLG attorney stood silently as I was threatened by Black Bloc anarchists.

Video: Chicago 'F' the Police march--working class gives anarchists hostile reception

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Oakland: Occupiers disrupt meeting over Occupy violence with threats

2012-05-27T09:22:00.001-05:00

The Occupy Oakland thugs proved to an Oakland City Council committee that they are a bunch of thugs.
From the San Francisco Chronicle:

Councilwoman Pat Kernighan said she will push forward an ordinance banning possession of shields, sticks and other "tools of violence" at demonstrations even though a vitriolic discussion of the issue shut down a public meeting this week.

The unruly Public Safety Committee meeting was cut short on Tuesday when Kernighan, who chairs the committee, decided that members of Occupy Oakland threatened the safety of the sole public speaker who supported the ordinance. Kernighan and the speaker left with a police escort.

The man, who identified himself as a 26-year resident of downtown Oakland, had said that protesters' behavior "borders on terrorism." Occupiers then charged him and grabbed his microphone. One man came up to his face and said, "You're not going to make it home."

"That's when I closed the meeting," Kernighan said.

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Feckless: Occupy the PGA in Michigan

2012-05-26T18:19:00.000-05:00

Grand Mere State Park, near Benton Harbor, MI

The fecklessness of the Occupy movement continues. The Golf Club at Harbor Shores in horribly impoverished Benton Harbor, Michigan is hosting the Senior PGA Tournament this weekend. Because of what seems to me to be a land-swap offends the occupiers--and the non-profit that owns the golf club is just leasing park land that is the point of contention--a group called Occupy the PGA held a protest today.

Jeff Noel, the president of the non-profit that runs the course, sets things straight.

From MLive:

He said Harbor Shores went through all the proper channels to lease the land from the city and that HSCD, a non-profit corporation, is responsible for maintaining the park at a cost of $125,000 per year.

Noel said that as part of the agreement with the city, Harbor Shores' fees can't be any higher than what it takes to cover operating costs.

He said the development, which began nine years ago, improved the park by adding 40 acres of land and eight miles of walking trails and that HSCD also absorbed the cost of removing enough debris and rubble to fill a football field 65 feet high.

"Most of those costs would fall to the local government but the city of Benton Harbor simply couldn't do that," he said. "Those three million square feet square feet sitting there would be going into decay and offer no tax base, no jobs and no attractions of tourism whatsoever.

The occupiers are clueless.

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Manzarek & Krieger: Peace Frog and Blue Sunday

2012-05-26T14:53:00.000-05:00

Blood in the streets in the town of Chicago...

So goes the lyrics of The Doors' "Peace Frog" from 1970. And yes, I saw blood in the streets during the Battle of Michigan and Cermak on Sunday when Black Bloc anarchists foolishly thought they could break a police gauntlet after the anti-NATO march.

Of course I foolishly got to close to the action and I found myself on the bottom of a pile of occupiers.

Although he was not a principal songwriter for The Doors, keyboardist Ray Manzarek's Chicago upbringing and his love of blues music had a profound effect on the band. "Peace Frog" is one of the band's bluesier efforts--and they had a lot of them.

Manzarek now tours with the old band's guitarist, Robbie Kriger in a project called, well, Manzarek & Krieger. They exclusively perform Doors songs. A dispute with their old drumming mate John Densmore prevents use of the Doors name.

Watch this reasonably good camcorder recording of the New Doors performing "Peace Frog" and "Blue Sunday" in 2011.

There's no blood.

Occupy rallies for failure: 12 occupiers arrested at post office

2012-05-26T12:00:00.001-05:00

National Nurses United anti-NATO rally, May 18, Chicago

The United States Postal Service, the government monopoly bogged down by self-serving unions and esoteric federal rules, is in serious need of a 21st century re-sizing. Since you are reading this post on a computer, tablet, or a smartphone, I don't have to go into the reasons why.

But the tunnel-visioned Occupy movement can't see past their rigid socialist beliefs. A dozen of them were arrested yesterday at a Portland, Oregon post office--they were protesting the closure of 250 mail-sorting centers. Members of the Occupy movement are much more closely connected with the internet and social networking than the average person--the irony is thick here.

It appears, at least in Chicago, that the National Association of Letter Carriers is along for the Occupy ride. Mack I. Julion, the president of Branch 11 of the local, spoke at a rally after Occupy Chicago's May Day march, and as you will see in my photograph, I found these members of his local at an Occupy-sanctioned National Nurses United anti-NATO rally last Friday.

Question: Did Big Labor dispatch the occupiers in Portland?

Related posts:

Where's my certified letter? My telephone conversation from hell with a postal supervisor

Occupy Chicago May Day march pics you won't see in the establishment media

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Weekly GOP Address with Lynn Jenkins on Memorial Day and Jobs

2012-05-26T09:21:00.001-05:00

In today's Weekly GOP Address, Rep. Lynn Jenkins (R-KS), salutes our troops two days before Memorial Day, calling it, "a time to pause and thank the brave men and women of our armed forces who have died in defense of our country."

Jenkins also urges passage of the Republican jobs plan--which stimulates small business, not government. She also chides President Obama, who "demonizes home-grown energy."

Obama on May 26, 2010: "The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra"

2012-05-25T18:23:00.001-05:00

Infamous quotes in history:

"I believe it is peace for our time." Neville Chamberlain, 1938.

"Well, I'm not a crook." Richard Nixon, 1973.

"I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky." Bill Clinton, 1998.

And finally...

"The true engine of economic growth will always be companies like Solyndra." Barack Obama, May 26, 2010.

Of course the next year the solar panel manufacturer, after burning through over $500 million in federal loans, collapsed.

Happy Two Year Anniversary for nothing, Mr. President. Because that's all we are getting back from Solyndra.

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Unions angry with Dems over lack of help in Walker recall

2012-05-25T15:10:00.000-05:00

The Democratic National Committee and the White House isn't helping much in the effort to unseat Republican reformer Scott Walker, the governor of Wisconsin.

From The Hill:

Top union officials are lashing out at Washington Democrats, claiming they haven't done enough to help them unseat Gov. Scott Walker (R) in Wisconsin's recall election.

President Obama has been silent on the race since his campaign released a statement endorsing Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett (D) immediately after his primary victory two weeks ago. The Obama campaign is helping Barrett with get-out-the-vote operations, but the president has not publicly mentioned the race.

The Democratic National Committee has been similarly tight-fisted. The DNC sent out a fundraising email for Barrett, and DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.) will be in Wisconsin for a fundraiser next week, but the national party has refused entreaties to give the state party money.
The election is on June 5, just 10 days away.

International Association of Fire Fighters President Harold Schaitberger acknowledged the DNC’s help on the ground but said a major cash investment would have been worth a lot more.

RNC video: Worst Week Ever

2012-05-25T13:53:00.003-05:00

Who has suffered through a bad week? President Obama. the Republican National Committee argues, is ending his worst week ever.

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Expose Brett Kimberlin: We won't be bullied anymore

2012-05-25T11:09:00.001-05:00

As FrontPageMag points out, the left loves criminals. Convicted cop-killer Mumia abu-Jamal comes to mind, as do the Weather Underground terrorists, and Lynne Stewart of the National Lawyers Guild.

At Sunday's anti-NATO march, Bradley Manning, the alleged WikiLeaks spy, was celebrated as a hero.

Now we have Brett Kimberlin, the convicted Speedway Bomber who spent 17 years in prison. Now he's bullying conservative bloggers, including Aaron Walker, and Robert Stacy McCain. 'The Other McCain' exposed Kimberlin with this blog post: Convicted Terrorist Brett Kimberlin Received $70,000 from Tides Foundation, $10,000 from Streisand, $20,000 from John Kerry's Wife.

McCain's family has been forced to move from their home because of threats.

Liberty Chick has been covering Kimberlin for two years. Michelle Malkin and All-American Blogger have compiled superb summaries about this ex-con thug.

In a chilling post, Patterico writes about his experience with Kimberlin: Convicted Bomber Brett Kimberlin, Neal Rauhauser, Ron Brynaert, and Their Campaign of Political Terrorism.

Conservative bloggers unite! Supporters of free speech unite! All-American Blogger has declared today "Everybody Blog About Brett Kimberlin Day." He advises using original sources to minimize the chances of legal hassles, so take a look at this Indianapolis Star headline here. And this one.

A relief fund has been set up for the victims of Kimberlin's harassment.

Click on the appropriate button below to share on Google+, Twitter, or Facebook.

UPDATE 1:20pm CDT: Breitbart's Big Government has more: Kimberlin Funders Stunned to Discover They Fund Kimberlin

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More on Big Labor's 'vampiring' of American Airlines

2012-05-25T09:50:00.000-05:00

The left is quick to label corporations as 'vampires," bloodsuckers, that is. But Big Labor is scheming to suck the blood from American Airlines, as Timothy H. Lee of the Center for Individual Freedom informs us in today's Washington Times:

Today, as the industry begins to stabilize, a new threat is emerging. Union labor forces focused on securing short-term membership contracts are jeopardizing the long-term recovery of the travel sector. Specifically, three major labor unions have colluded to strong-arm American Airlines into merger negotiations at a time when the airline is attempting to reorganize as a once-again-profitable market leader. Last year, American Airlines filed for Chapter 11. Ironically, high labor costs, which represented 28 percent of its revenue, was one of the chief factors driving it into restructuring. Despite the filing, the company did, and still does, remain optimistic it can re-emerge as one of the country’s top domestic carriers. To do so, it will likely need to renegotiate its outdated labor contracts.

Recognizing the potential labor conflict, US Airways seized on the opportunity to pressure American Airlines into merger, disregarding that doing so while the company reconciled itself would leave the industry with an even larger ailment. Luring them with lucrative settlements, US Airways encouraged the unions to bypass American Airlines and pre-emptively engage in a collective bargaining agreement.

The move amounts to a coordinated attempt to circumvent the restructuring process.

Sadly, the unions' shortsighted maneuvering reflects the same myopic disregard that initially drove American Airlines into bankruptcy. Their eagerness to renew contracts that are not viable in the long term threatens to curtail the reorganization process needed to correct the problems that face the airline. If US Airways were to acquire the company now through back-channel negotiations, it essentially would be incorporating a distressed company whose problems later could spread even broader.

IL House Minority Leader: Smoking tax could end up part of Medicaid reform bill

2012-05-25T08:46:00.001-05:00

Illinois seems to be on the way to enacting massive Medicaid cuts. A dollar-a-pack cigarette tax was part of the original Medicaid rescue proposal, which I've written about before, but that tax hike was split off from the main bill.

But House Minority Leader Tom Cross (R-Oswego) told AP last night that the depth of these cuts might mean the passage a Medicaid bill with the smoking tax. "I think you'll see a complete package pass," he said.

And if the revenue from the cigarette tax doesn't match forecasts--which is almost always the case--the shortfall will compel Illinois to seek funds elsewhere.

We'll be back where we started in a few years--trying to repair Medicaid in Illinois.

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RightOnline 2012 adds new speakers

2012-05-24T21:47:00.000-05:00

"Vegas Vic"

RightOnline 2012 announced this evening that added more speakers: Commentator SE Cupp, Big Journalism's Dana Loesch, National Review's Jonah Goldberg and radio host Roger Hedgecock. The conservative gathering is taking place on June 15-16 at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.

Join me as one of the attendees by clicking here.

Related posts:

Video: Dana Loesch on the Dems' War on Women at the Chicago Tea Party
Hard at work in Las Vegas with showgirls
Photo essay: Las Vegas Fremont Street Experience

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Video: Anti-NATO marchers sing for the collapse of banks, jails, and the state

2012-05-24T14:49:00.000-05:00

The Occupy movement detests capitalism. Listen to the protesters sing, to the melody of "When The Saints Go Marching In," for the collapse of banks--as well the end of jails and the state.

Occurrences such as this one do not take place at Tea Party events.

Earlier posts:

NSFW video: Anti-NATO protesters play cat-and-mouse with cops--and lose
Pics from the National Nurses United anti-NATO rally you won't see in the establishment media
Pics from the anti-NATO march you won't see in the establishment media
NSFW video: Before Michigan & Cermak--anarchists on the march
Video: Few people listening to anti-NATO speeches
(Photos) Leftist celebrities at anti-NATO rally and march: Ayers, Dohrn, Jesse, Medea
Marathon Pundit unhurt after being crushed by occupiers and police gauntlet after anti-NATO march (Pics and video)
(Video) Communist in Grant Park: Rant against capitalism before the anti-NATO march
Photos and video: Meaningless anti-NATO Rahm march, with Code Pink and graffiti
NSFW Video: Occupy Chicago anti-NATO 'F' bomb chants
Video: Occupier destroys huge NATO banner
Photo: Ayers and Dohrn at anti-NATO rally
"First Amendment is our permit" occupiers hold Stop Rush Limbaugh march
Video: Chicago 'F' the Police march--working class gives anarchists hostile reception

Technorati tags: Politics Chicago Illinois illinois politics occupychicago left wing extremists current events socialism occupywallstreet chicago politics occupy occupy chicago nato when the saints go marching in business banking finance

NSFW video: Anti-NATO protesters play cat-and-mouse with cops--and lose

2012-05-24T12:26:00.001-05:00

After Sunday's battle between anarchists and Chicago police officers at the corner of Michigan and Cermak a splinter group of anti-NATO occupiers split off and attempted to storm McCormick Place, where the NATO Summit was being held.

As you will discover in my video, what followed was a cat-and-mouse game--and the cops, with seemingly endless reserves and aided by helicopter surveillance and insurmountable barricades, came out on top.

The Occupy movement has its Black Bloc, but the Chicago Police Department has a more powerful Blue Bloc.

"Where are the police, not?" one frustrated occupier asked.

"Well they're everywhere, obviously," another one replied.

As is usually the case in regards to these protests, this video is not-safe-for-work because of the frequent use of obscenities.

One chant of their chants that does not include the 'F' word is this one: "Cops, pigs, murderers."

In the background you can hear left-wing candidate for president Vermin Supreme, whose platform includes a pony for everyone.

But the police--although they didn't need them to thwart this demonstration--have horses.

Earlier posts:

Chicago's Blue Bloc

Pics from the National Nurses United anti-NATO rally you won't see in the establishment media
Pics from the anti-NATO march you won't see in the establishment media
NSFW video: Before Michigan & Cermak--anarchists on the march
Video: Few people listening to anti-NATO speeches
(Photos) Leftist celebrities at anti-NATO rally and march: Ayers, Dohrn, Jesse, Medea
Marathon Pundit unhurt after being crushed by occupiers and police gauntlet after anti-NATO march (Pics and video)
(Video) Communist in Grant Park: Rant against capitalism before the anti-NATO march
Photos and video: Meaningless anti-NATO Rahm march, with Code Pink and graffiti
NSFW Video: Occupy Chicago anti-NATO 'F' bomb chants
Video: Occupier destroys huge NATO banner
Photo: Ayers and Dohrn at anti-NATO rally
"First Amendment is our permit" occupiers hold Stop Rush Limbaugh march
Video: Chicago 'F' the Police march--working class gives anarchists hostile reception
Video: Occupy Chicago taunts mounted police officers

Technorati tags: Politics Chicago Illinois illinois politics occupychicago left wing extremists current events socialism occupywallstreet chicago politics occupy occupy chicago nato crime law legal chicago police police

Obamacare: Secret Deals and Broken Promises (Video)

2012-05-24T08:57:00.000-05:00

Candidate Obama promised a new era of transparency. But as you will learn in this House Energy and Commerce Committee video, the White House utilized backroom deals to get ObamaCare passed.

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Crossroads GPS ad: "Basketball"

2012-05-24T08:30:00.002-05:00

In this Crossroads GPS ad, a mother who voted for Obama watches her children grow up and graduate college. Her jobless kids are still living at home.

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Next month: RightOnline conference in Las Vegas

2012-05-23T18:19:00.000-05:00

Join me and other patriots next month at RightOnline in Las Vegas.

Learn more about this event by watching this Americans for Prosperity Foundation video:

RightOnline will take place on June 15-16 at the beautiful Venetian Hotel and Resort on the Las Vegas Strip.

Scheduled speakers include Scott Rasmussen, Michelle Malkin, Guy Benson, Hugh Hewitt, Ann McElhinney, Lars Larson, and Rep. Joe Heck (R-NV).

Click here to register.

Also, consider arriving a day or two early--or stay a few days later--to enjoy Las Vegas and the surrounding area as Mrs. Marathon Pundit and I did last winter.Only don't look for snow at the Grand Canyon!

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Pics from the National Nurses United anti-NATO rally you won't see in the establishment media

2012-05-23T13:52:00.000-05:00

I have a lot of catching up to do in regards to the anti-NATO events that took place in Chicago. On Friday, the leftist National Nurses United union held a "Robin Hood" rally in conjunction with Occupy Chicago at Daley Plaza.

Here are photographs--and one video--that you won't see in the establishment media.

A good place to start is with a man wearing a Che Guevara shirt. On the right of the image of the commie murderer you'll see an SDS button. Students for a Democratic Society is a radical, anti-capitalist group. Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers were members of the first incarnation of the leftist organization.

A proud member of the Young Communist League USA.

The Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, better known as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, killed tens of millions of its citizens.

No smoking break for this protester?

Chicago's Picasso sculpture, although still controversial, is well-known city symbol. A vandal placed a TTFRA--Tax the F****** Rich Already--sticker on it, which I discuss in my video. Four weeks ago the Chicago Tax Day Tea Party held a rally at the same location. There was no vandalism that day.

As at other anti-NATO protests, there were a large contingent of Chicago Teachers Union members at this rally. The CTU is an endorser of the Occupy movement. School was in session on Friday.

"Nurses rule, cops drool." That's pretty funny--if you are ten years old, that is.

But how do you really feel about Monsanto?

And how do you really feel about fiscal policy?

She could have easily said "F*ck NATO" in New York.

As for the man on the right, what about the Libyans murdered by Muammar Gaddafi?

Hello there! Why so serious?

You cannot kill Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th movies. Hey, have you ever noticed that you never see masks at Tea Party rallies?

Last month I blogged about a couple of misleading United Steelworkers videos about voter ID laws. You can read about those stories here and here.

Once again, America's 'favorite' unrepentant terrorist. Bill Ayers. Written on the protester's hand is the phone number for the 24 hour hotline to the just-as-radical National Lawyers Guild.

And in the center we have Ayers' wife, fellow ex-Weather Underground member Bernardine Dohrn. On the upper left corner is the Picasso.

Earlier posts:

Pics from the anti-NATO march you won't see in the establishment media
Occupy Chicago May Day march pics you won't see in the establishment media
NSFW video: Before Michigan & Cermak--anarchists on the march
Video: Few people listening to anti-NATO speeches
(Photos) Leftist celebrities at anti-NATO rally and march: Ayers, Dohrn, Jesse, Medea
Marathon Pundit unhurt after being crushed by occupiers and police gauntlet after anti-NATO march (Pics and video)
(Video) Communist in Grant Park: Rant against capitalism before the anti-NATO march
Photos and video: Meaningless anti-NATO Rahm march, with Code Pink and graffiti
NSFW Video: Occupy Chicago anti-NATO 'F' bomb chants
Video: Occupier destroys huge NATO banner
Photo: Ayers and Dohrn at anti-NATO rally
"First Amendment is our permit" occupiers hold Stop Rush Limbaugh march
Video: Chicago 'F' the Police march--working class gives anarchists hostile reception

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Chicago fed prosecutor Fitzgerald quitting

2012-05-23T12:04:00.000-05:00

Longtime US Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, Patrick Fitzgerald, announced that he is stepping down at the end of June. Fitzgerald's office prosecuted former governors George Ryan, Rod Blagojevich, as well as Blago and Barack Obama crony Tony Rezko. All three of them are in prison now.

Nationally he is perhaps better known as the special prosecutor in the Valerie Plame leak case.

Fitzgerald was a George W. Bush appointee. Then-US Senator Peter Fitzgerald (no relation), over the objection of his fellow Illinois Republicans, suggested the New York native for this post. Peter paid a price for this and other independent actions--the state GOP abandoned him and he did not run for reelection in 2004. Obama was elected to the open seat that fall.

Republican leadership: You get the results you deserve in the Land of Lincoln.

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Trial Lawyers vs. the Truth: HotCoffeeTruth.com site

2012-05-23T09:47:00.000-05:00

As you may have heard, last year trial lawyers produced a movie — Hot Coffee: The Movie, it aired on HBO.

It was a project of plaintiffs' lawyer Susan Saladoff, many members of the mainstream media of course most trial lawyers have lauded the film.

But like a latte without cream--something was clearly absent--the truth

Adding the missing ingredient is the U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform, it has launched HotCoffeeTruth.com, which separates fact from fiction in the trial lawyers' movie.

From an ILR press release:

This new site features videos with a panel of legal experts dissecting and rebutting some of the key points made in Hot Coffee.

Moderated by renowned attorney Victor Schwartz, the panel consists of Judge Jon R. Gray, former circuit judge from Missouri and now practicing defense attorney; Sheila B. Scheuerman, Associate Professor at Charleston School of Law in South Carolina and co-editor of the TortsProf Blog; and Professor Paul Figley, Associate Director of Legal Rhetoric at American University’s Washington College of Law in Washington, DC.

Whether or not you're a lawyer — ILR thinks you'll enjoy watching this esteemed panel give trial lawyers a dose of the truth.

And, as Susan Saladoff takes her film "on the road" to movie screenings and film festivals, it's so important that the truth be told.

Please visit HotCoffeeTruth.com today and share with your friends to help stop the lawsuit industry’s propaganda in its tracks.

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Live: Day 3: Heartland Institute's Seventh International Conference on Climate Change

2012-05-23T09:19:00.000-05:00

Today is the last day of the Heartland Institute's Seventh International Conference on Climate Change. Click here to watch the livestream as the free market-oriented group takes a serious look at what is really going on in regards to man-caused global warming.

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