Hare on the defensive

Bobby Schilling, Democrats, Illinois, Illinois 17th Congressional District, Obama, Phil Hare, Politics, Remember November, Republicans, communism, conservatives, government, liberals, socialism 1 Response »
Sep 022010

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.

Posted by jason at 3:36 pm

Government out of control and still hungry for more power

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Aug 052010

If you’re one of those people who still think the government is here to help and don’t realize how out of control it has gotten, you need to pay more attention to what’s really going on in this country and less attention to the mainstream media’s liberal-filtered so-called “news”.

Read about this incident in Oregon where health inspectors have let their power go to their heads to the point where common sense has been completely lost. Regulating lemonade stands?  Are you serious? You’re going to make a kid get a $120 license to run a lemonade stand?

We’ve got to turn this country around, everyone! This nonsense has GOT TO STOP before we’ve got Big Brother inside our bathrooms telling us we’re using too much toilet paper. You might laugh, but they’re already regulating how much water our toilets can use. Is it really that much of a stretch to think they’ll continue to push for more and more control of every aspect of our lives?

Posted by jason at 10:29 pm

The origin of public education in the USA

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Jul 302010

Sam Blumenfeld at The New American gives a history of the origins of the public education system in the USA.

Posted by jason at 10:33 pm

Can Illinois government be any more stupid?

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Jul 242010

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.

Posted by jason at 11:54 pm

Dodd-Frank financial reform nightmare moving forward

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Jul 152010

H/T: Liberty Central

Why would a U.S. House-Senate conference committee work for 20 hours, finishing at 5AM, to finish work on yet another power grab by the Progressives?  What’s the rush, guys?  Why not go home, get some sleep, and finish up in the morning?  Could it be because you don’t want the process exposed to the light of day?

And what’s up with these Democrats having Barney vote for them by proxy?  A 2000-page bill of massive regulations that will have a major impact on our country, and apparently 5 members can’t be bothered to actually attend the committee?  Are they telling their constituents that they don’t care what ends up in the bill, they’ll vote with Barney every time?  They don’t care at all?

Remember this nonsense when you vote in November.  In the meantime, you can go to Liberty Central to take action and send emails to your Senators and Representatives urging them to vote against the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform bill.

Posted by jason at 8:57 am

Hold on tight, higher taxes are on the way

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Jul 082010

H/T Americans for Tax Reform

As if the economy isn’t depressed enough, and unemployment isn’t high enough, the Obama brain-trust is barreling forward with plenty of new taxes ready to hit your wallets on January 2011.  Some aren’t so much new as old taxes that had been suspended and are being allowed to come back, but that doesn’t change the fact that people are going to be giving MORE money to the government and spending less. Don’t expect big job creation gains or lower unemployment levels any time soon while Obama, Pelosi, Reid and the rest of their Liberal cabal push their Progressive agenda down the throats of the American people.

Posted by jason at 11:42 am

The Broken Window Fallacy and Pelosi's confusion

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Jul 022010

It’s a little bit of economics mixed with logic and philosophy.  Read about it here.

It helps to understand why Nancy Pelosi is SO WRONG when she claims that unemployment is a job creator.

Pelosi is completely loony on this one.  Yes, when Jimmy gets his unemployment check from the government, he’ll spend it on groceries and gas for his truck.  But, instead of Jimmy getting that money for performing a job, which produces a good or service, Jimmy is getting money that’s been taken away from Tommy, who still has a job, in taxes.  Now Tommy has less money to spend.  Not only that, but several layers of bureaucracy between Tommy and Jimmy each took their share of the money along the way.

In the long run, there was no change to the economy.  There was just a government-ordered redistribution of wealth through a socialist program.

Remember November – vote for someone with a brain.

Posted by jason at 9:54 pm

Obama grabs for more power

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Jun 282010

H/T: Illinois Review

As if things weren’t bad enough, Obama and his liberal progressive friends in Congress are trying another power grab.  This time they’re trying to pass a law to allow Obama to shut down the Internet during a “declared national emergency”.  Guess what it takes to declare the national emergency?  Yep, yours truly, Obama.  No oversight, just his say-so.

More government programs.

More out of control spending.

More bureaucrats on the payroll.

The liberal progressives are going to keep grabbing more and more power, growing government as fast as they can.  We’ve got to stop them!  Educate yourself, your friends and families!  Support true conservative candidates! Remember November!

Posted by jason at 7:38 pm
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