Illinois

New law OKs GPS to enforce protection orders

WThomasPayne — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 06:52:49 -0500

Here we go - one more step toward Big Brother watching our every move, our every waking moment's activities. And in February 2009 - Big Brother will be in your living room via DHTV - able to monitor everything going on in that room.

Finke: Ethics bill could block Blagojevich fundraising

WThomasPayne — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 11:13:14 -0500

You have to wonder about the Illinois Constitution's set up, don't you. Unlike the US Constition, which requires the President to veto a bill within 10 days, we're stuck with legislation sitting for weeks... months... years under the thumb of Governor King Rod Blagojevich. Sitting... waiting... to cut off the funding that he oh so loves in his "pay to play" brand of politics.

Why do "black folks" still support Jesse Jackson?

WThomasPayne — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 11:27:52 -0500

Jesse Jackson was caught with his mouth flapping last weekend, only this time, he didn't know he was being recorded, and he said he wanted to "cut his nuts off" when discussing Barack Obama's speech to a Black church - in which Obama discussed the problems with fatherless children and promoted fatherhood, and said that staying in school was more important than trying to get into professional athletics. And this is talking down... how?

Hastert and Poshard Push on Blagojevich Proposal

WThomasPayne — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 06:09:37 -0500

King Governor Rod Blagojevich is trying to get two political heavyweights, Glen Poshard and former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert to convince the General Assembly that he can be trusted. Crain's Chicago Business is apparently buying into this bamboozle, too with their headline "Blagojevich moves to break budget logjam." But then they go on to say that King Rod himself never bothered to actually sign the memo that outlines the capital spending plan.

Blagojevich Targets Franks With Selective Institutional Memory

WThomasPayne — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 09:28:03 -0500

Rep Jack Franks (D-Woodstock) was a loyal follower of old King Rod Blagojevich way back in the early days of the Governor's takeover of the state government for his personal pleasure. And way back in 2003, King Rod asked those loyalists to submit the names of people to fill up porky seats in state government, with hefty salaries and even heftier perks - so Jack be nimble, and he tried to get some family members some nice jobs, sorta like the one Clown Prince Emil Jones' wife got.

The Budget Bamboozle in Illinois

WThomasPayne — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:01:10 -0500

Well, King Rod Blagojevich is at it again this year, stalling the state budget. Technically, all of the employees of the state should be on unpaid furlough right now and every state agency, other than emergency services, shut down. And King Rod says he's looking at the unbalanced budget looking for the appropriate areas to slice and dice with his line item veto authority, which he so callously used as a political weapon last fall.

Blagojevich Backers Brave Besmirchment

WThomasPayne — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:38:40 -0500

One thousand bodies showed up to dole out chunks of hot sweaty cash to support their favorite potentate and Federal Investigatee - King Rod Blagojevich - the other night. Makes me wonder if any of them worry that they are now potential suspects in the ongoing Federal investigation of King Rod's Jobs for Donations program.

Illinois May Finally Cut Medicaid to Illegal Aliens

WThomasPayne — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:52:05 -0500

Julie Sayre of ABC-Fox News in Springfield was simply AGHAST as she introduced a story that Rep Bill Mitchell (R-Forsyth) has put a bill onto the floor in the General Assembly to *gasp* CUT OFF GIVING TAX DOLLARS TO ILLEGAL ALIENS! No, Bill, no! How COULD you think of of cutting off the flow of tax dollars to criminals, and making Illinois a less cozy environment for King Rod Blagojevich's favorite ethnic group?

How COULD you?

The Daley Brothers Set Out to Rule Illinois

WThomasPayne — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:16:10 -0500

As if Illinois wasn't already in enough trouble - Chicago Mayor Richard Daley's BROTHER wants to be governor, to replace Governor King Rod Blagojevich in 2010? I swear, if the Democrats outside of Chicago make THIS dumb mistake, everyone with half a brain should leave the state before Prince William is sworn into office.

And good Old King Rod - there he goes filling his coffers to try to fight him off.

Governor Blagojevich - Why Does it Take You So Long?

WThomasPayne — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:57:41 -0500

Old King Rod Blagejovich managed to declare Coles County a disaster area over the weekend - fully a week after the damn burst and the levy failed flooding the small town of Oakland. And it took a day to get Lake County disaster relief. Maybe you should visit us poor country folk here in central Illinois more often, King Rod, maybe you'd have some sympathy for our plight.