So Mayor Daley and (a presumably more pliable than his predecessor) Governor Pat Quinn traveled to Washington, DC to talk up the stimulus bill and make sure Congress knows that big cities all across America are in desperate need of those funds to take care of long-overdue infrastructure projects.

( How is this all a sham? Let me count the ways. )

( I don't think I've ever cut for profanity before, but it seems fitting this time. )

For ( Read more... )

Lemme put this right out there, before anything else: I identify as "cynical." I don't think the majority of people are inherently good, I generally assume power corrupts, and I don't have a lot of faith in humanity's ability to advance civilization without immediate fear of death.

This mindset lends itself well to Chicago politics. Of course ( Read more... )

I have lots to say about this, but no time to say it. The article is here, courtesy of the Chicago Sun-Times:

Daley defends charter schools here as a success.

In other news, New York Mayor Bloomberg is offering discounts on hotels, restaurants, and certain attractions(?) to "peaceful activists." From the New York Times:

( Just Keep It Peaceful, Protesters; New York Is Offering Discounts. )

In Alan Keyes' book, abortion and terrorism are pretty much the same thing.

Here's the logical part:
"What distinguishes the terrorist from the ordinary warrior, is that the terrorist will consciously target innocent human life. What is done in the course of an abortion? ... Someone consciously targets innocent human life."(Logical, except as I ( Read more... )

Dear Mr. Keyes,

Please please please, get your peezy ass back to Maryland. Illinois doesn't need you rewriting history any more than it already is.

Love,
laughingimp

Illinois race (from CNN.comIn Illinois today, we have fresh signs that the Senate race could get weirder ( Read more... )

So the Chicago Sun-Times printed an article about corruption in the city's Hired Truck Program. The article is pretty good. It sounded to me like the Sun-Times did some good investigative work, and they put together a very informative article ( Read more... )