There’s a good synopsis over at RedState about how Phil Hare is starting to panic.  When you look at what’s happened with Hare over the last year, it’s no wonder:

The guy is obviously scared to death that he’s going to lose his job. We’re planning on replacing him with Bobby Schilling in November.

Currently Schilling is leading by small margins in various polls. There’s not much point in referencing the polls and the actual margins, since they change constantly. The point is that it’s still a close race. How do we widen the gap and make sure Hare is looking for a new job soon?

The biggest problem is probably the makeup of the 17th Congressional district in Illinois.

Illinois 17th Congressional District

Only in Illinois can you see gerrymandering like that, folks! Basically what we have here is a district that was carefully crafted to make it solidly Democrat while at the same time locking up as many GOP areas as possible. The intent is to keep the conservative rural areas from being able to swing enough votes to have any effect on government. It’s Chicago machine politics at it’s most brilliant and also most corrupt.

The only thing they couldn’t plan for was the trio of Obama, Pelosi and Reid combining together to put this country on the fast track to ruin. The power grab by the Progressives (or Liberals or Statists) has been so heavy-handed and brutal that people who would otherwise not have gotten involved have woken up. Districts like the 17th are suddenly in play, and may very well end up GOP.

If you’re someone who wants to put Phil Hare on the unemployment line, there are several things you need to keep in mind:

1) This isn’t a gimme for Schilling. This race could go either way at this point.

2) Your vote counts. Your neighbor’s vote counts. In districts like this one, many people have become discouraged because in election after election, they voted only to find out that the Democrat strongholds in the urban areas made it seem pointless. It’s important to get out of that mindset and to get those around you out of it as well.

3) This has national implications. To stop and hopefully repeal the damage the Democrats have done under the Democrats, we need every seat we can get in Congress. That means we can’t take ANY race for granted. We need to work hard to win them all, and hope that when the dust settles we’ll have what it takes.

So get off your couch! Talk to your friends, neighbors, family – explain to them why you’re going to vote conservative. Sure, some might be die-hard liberals and impossible to convince, but there will be others that could go either way, or might normally not vote. Offer to give them a ride. Offer to watch their kids while they go vote. Help them understand the differences between Schilling and Hare. Make sure they understand the enormity of what is happening and how important it is that we change course before the USA as we know it is gone.

Once again, my favorite governor, Gov. Christ Christie of New Jersey, shows how to be a leader. It’s amazing to hear him talk without the doublespeak that we’ve come to expect from politicians. New Jersey has this awesome guy to lead their state, and here in Illinois we’ve got Pat Quinn.

Look at New Jersey, people of Illinois. Learn from their example. Get rid of the mindless Democrats who are killing our state, and vote for conservatives who will turn things around.

It’s hard to miss the Recovery Act Stimulus signs if they’re in your area. They’re big, obnoxious, and pointless – unless you’re a Democrat regime bent on convincing the public that you helped them in some way.

Rep. Aaron Schock has gone after the stimulus signs in Illinois, calling them “the height of narcissism”. They’re also a waste of money, since they don’t provide any real information – they just promote the program itself.

Apparently, pressure from Rep. Darrell Issa has forced certain agencies to change their rules to make the signs no longer required. However, they are still “strongly encouraged”, which is code for “we’re not gonna make you do it, but you had better do it, if you know what I mean – wink wink”.

In our area, we got to look at a couple big annoying signs while one of our streets was re-paved. Oddly, no one who lives on or travels the street thought it needed re-paving. They assume some “person of importance” must live there, which is how things usually work around here. While that street was getting re-paved, the streets in my area haven’t been touched in the 10 years that I’ve lived there. We have grass growing up through cracks in the pavement, no curbs, no sidewalks, and a patchwork of concrete and asphalt patches on top of patches. Apparently the people on my street aren’t important enough to be bought off with new pavement.

Don’t look for the signs or the stupidity to go away any time soon, and definitely don’t expect it if you don’t get your butt off the couch and educate yourself before the elections in November. If the Obama/Pelosi/Reid triumvirate stays in charge, it’s just gonna get worse.

I recently sent an email to Jil Tracy, who is our Illinois House Representative in the 93rd District. I’ve been following politics avidly for some time, but hadn’t gotten very involved until the last year or so. Recently though I’ve been sending letters supporting or opposing various bills. Usually the letters are going to Dick Durbin and Roland Burris, and sometimes to Phil Hare, but this one was in regards to Illinois SB600 and was sent to Jil Tracy.

When I send emails to Durbin, Burris and Hare, I generally get two things back, if at all. The first is a auto-responder letting me know the message was received. The second follows some time later, and is more or less a position paper on the issue at hand, explaining why the Senator or Representative is for or against the bill. The message is obviously prepared by the official or by a staffer, as it never directly addresses anything in my email. In most cases, I suspect the same message is sent to anyone who asks about the issue, regardless of whether they support or oppose it. It’s fairly frustrating to take the time to try to have your voice heard by your elected officials only to get a canned response.

In contrast, I was pleasantly surprised by the response I got from Jil Tracy regarding SB600. It was obviously written by herself, as it didn’t read like it had been prepared by a team of marketing agents. It addressed what I had written in my letter, and was very direct and down-to-earth. Even though Rep. Tracy and I may disagree on SB600, I know my voice was heard and may have an impact on my government in some small way.

So, BOOO to Durbin, Burris and Hare, and a big THANKS to Jil Tracy!

H/T Illinois Review:

I know it’s hard to imagine – ha ha – but apparently another Illinois politician has been caught lying. This time it’s Alexi Giannoulias. I don’t suppose this is much of a surprise for anyone following Illinois, since we seem to breed corrupt public officials in Chicago.

H/T Cassy Fiano:

I happened across Cassy Fiano’s site the other day and added it to my links.  Today she has a great interview with Nick Popaditch, the “Cigar Marine”.  He’s running for Congress in California, and sounds like the kind of conservative leader we need in Illinois to clean up this state.  We’re getting a few really good leaders in the running, like Bobby Schilling and Cedra Crenshaw. We just need more.

H/T Illinois Review:

Hooray for the QTP!  Let’s take a stand for what’s right and reject this $6 million waste of taxpayer money!  Why in the world do we need a transportation hub?

We already have an Amtrak station.  The only other transportation services in town are the shuttles/taxis and the city buses.  Have one of the bus routes stop by the Amtrak, and set up a kiosk with local-only phones and a list of numbers for the shuttle/taxi services.  Airports usually have the same thing for people arriving on late flights.

I’d say “problem solved”, but I don’t know of anyone who thinks we have a problem to solve. We just have a tax-and-spend government in Illinois that is out of control.

Maybe they think if they throw enough money around, people will think they’re getting something and vote the idiots back in?

See the Quincy Tea Party site for more information about the group.

H/T Illinois Review:

The pieces just keep coming together.  I’m reminded of the “six degrees of separation” theory, where everyone is separated from anyone else by no more than 6 steps.

Obama, Giannoulias, Rezko and Nadhmi Auchi are linked together in a nasty web that stinks of corruption, and Auchi is even linked to Saddam Hussein.  It’s especially interesting that supposedly Obama met Auchi in Rezko’s home AFTER Auchi had been convicted in France.  Then 2 years later, Giannoulias’ Broadway Bank loaned money to Rezko and Auchi.  Rezko can be linked back to Rod and Patty Blagojevich.  Rod has suddenly become very silent after months of running his mouth about how the truth would come out in the trial.

It’s Chicago politics as usual folks.  Don’t take your eyes off the ball or they’ll make this whole thing disappear and you’ll be left wondering what happened.

H/T The New American:

It looks like California is gonna hit rock bottom pretty soon.  They’re running out of money, no one wants to cut spending, and the people refuse to pay any more taxes.  Sound familiar?

What the liberals never seem to be able to understand is that when the state collapses into chaos, all of the special pet programs and unions they were protecting will collapse as well.

Here in Illinois we have the same problem.  The Democrat regime in charge won’t make any significant cuts because they are so beholden to the unions and special interests who got them elected.  The state’s debt keeps growing, and Governor Quinn’s only answer is to demand an income tax hike that no one wants.  Illinois is going to follow California into the crapper unless something is done soon.  Hopefully we can elect some decent conservatives who will make the tough decisions to cut back on state spending and start encouraging business growth in this state again.

H/T Illinois Review:

At first I thought it was a joke.  At least it sounded like one.

The tall woman with long brown hair walks up the front steps to her best friend’s house and rings the bell. Her friend opens the door and the tall woman gives her a little hug before entering the premises. Out by the hedge something moves. The door closes and from behind the hedge crawls a slight man with a a badge and a stainless steel comb. The little man crawls with cat-like stealth around the side of the house and perches himself where he can see through the kitchen window. “Aha!” he softly proclaims. He touches the button on his headset and whispers, “The hen is in the fox-house. Repeat, the hen is in the fox-house!” In his headset, he hears a female voice, “maintain your position until backup arrives.” “Roger!” is all the little man replies. The voice on the other end responds, “I know your name, just wait where you are!”

Go here to read the rest of the article.

Yes, our bonehead Illinois government has passed a law to cover the regulation of hair-braiders.  Apparently the business of hair-braiding was out of control in Illinois.

I’ve always thought the whole barber license thing was a complete joke.  It’s an obvious scam to collect fees from people so the government can spend more money on social programs.  Not enough money to spend?  Regulate something else and charge license fees.  This time it’s hair-braiding.

What will it be tomorrow?  A license to mow lawns?  How about a license to clean houses?  With the liberals in charge, what part of our lives will the government NOT be involved in?

Remember November, people!  We’ve got to stop this insanity before it gets any worse.

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