There will be a number of contested county board races this election cycle.   The Republicans have an opportunity to pick up some addtional seats and strengthen their position in the county.  What board district races will be the most interesting?  What will be the main issues? 

Was it Reverend Wright’s infamous and much publicized condemnation “God Damn America”?  No, that didn’t do it. 
Was it Reverend Wright’s public statements that the United States Government deliberately infected African Americans with AIDS?  No, not that, either. 
Was it Reverend Wright’s pronouncements that America is a terrorist nation and 9/11 was simply “America’s chickens … coming […]

Speaker Pelosi’s multi-purpose “Bible” quote, used to support all of her ultra-left-wing agenda items, is simply made up, according to Biblical scholars.  I guess the Bible really doesn’t support massive redistribution of wealth after all. 
Biblical Scholars Challenge Pelosi’s ‘Scripture’ Quote
By Pete Winn
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
April 23, 2008
(CNSNews.com) - House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is fond […]

Tax freedom’s all too brief
Rejoice, taxpayers. Today is Tax Freedom Day — according to the Tax Foundation, the day you stop working for the government and start working for yourselves. It’s three days earlier than last year thanks in part to the federal tax stimulus plan.
But while the tax burden is slightly lighter, it’s still […]

From the folks at Powerline.
The dead connection
 
Edmund Burke venerated tradition as the democracy of the dead. The late Chicago Mayor Richard Daley famously practiced a literal version of the democracy of the dead, extending the dead the right to vote for favored Democratic candidates. Andrew Malcolm notes that Barack Obama comes from the Chicago school […]

This was the real thing.  Not the movie on tv.  It appears physical damage was minor.  Damage to ones mental well being???   How prepared do you feel government is to responding to disasters, whether man made or natural?  

Years of discussion and votes, and Madison County being in the shelter care facility  business appears to be over.  The people wanting services of a shelter care facility will be best served by having their needs met in the private sector.   Does this vote represent a change in the direction of politics or policy in […]

Well, another tax day come and gone.  Another year of feeding the governments insatiable appetite.  What would be better?   Reducing government spending or reducing taxes?   Give us your thoughts and reasons why.  

Much has been made of the continuing gaffes by Obama.  Some label him an elitist.  Others say he is arragont.  His experience as a state senator leaves lots of unansewered questions.   Will he have an impact on Illinois candidates down the ticket?   At one point, his place on the ballot was viewed with alarm by […]

The REzko trial continues to make headlines in the state and national media.  What will be the impact of the trial on the upcoming election?