Tag Archives: Chicago

Have National Politics Urbanized?

Posted on March 12, 2009 by Lee

For those of us not living in the concentrated sprawl of the coastal and Midwestern metropoli, it is often extremely perplexing how urban Democratic mayors in places like Chicago and Philadelphia can compile lengthy and embarrassing records of incompetent and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, cities, community outreach, congress Detroitification, Democrats, demographics, Detroit, economic policy, fiscal policy, foreign policy, infrastructure, mayors, Midwest, Obama, Philadelphia, political demography, poll, polls, popoularity., Rasmussen, Republicans, stimulus, United States, urban, urban concentration, urban renewal, urbanization | Leave a comment

Chicago Tea Party

Posted on February 19, 2009 by ChrisB

Rick Santelli just went off on Obama’s housing proposal live on CNBC from the commodities trading floor in Chicago. It’s now the headline on Drudge: VIDEO: ‘The government is promoting bad behavior… do we really want to subsidize the losers’ … Continue reading →

Posted in Chris' Page, Domestic Politics, Economics, housing, Investing, regulation, taxes | Tagged Atlas Shrugged, Barack Obama, Chicago, John Galt, mortgage crisis, revolt | 1 Comment

Blagojevich’s Football

Posted on December 14, 2008 by Lee

I was in no doubt that Rod Blagojevich was a troubled and exceedingly peculiar man. These past few days have seen a flood of revealing details from aides and Democratic Party insiders which cast even his sanity into question (potentially … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics | Tagged Blagojevich, Chicago, Democratic Party, football, Governor, hairbrush, illinois, obsession, Paul Mitchell, president, Rod Blagojevich | 2 Comments

An Immunity to Ecstasy

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Lee

So we had an election. For those in the new opposition the outcome was variously enviable, troubling, or contemptible. For the victors it was…what else, an occasion for gathering an enormous outdoor rally at an urban theatrical stage to chant. … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Election 2008 | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, criticism, Domestic Politics, ecstasy, ecstatic politics, election, Mike Potemra, national review., Obama | Leave a comment

Deaths in Chicago

Posted on September 4, 2008 by MikeR

InstapunditAbout the same number of gun deaths in Chicago, over the summer, as US deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. I wonder why the media focuses on US deaths abroad but ignores the violence to US citizens here at home.

Posted in Around the Web, MikeR's Page | Tagged Chicago, death, guns, Iraq, violence | 1 Comment

A New Libertarianism of Paranoid Revolt

Posted on August 2, 2008 by Lee

Jordan Page (who is a kind of Ronpaulist Joan Baez) reflects on the “Revolution March,” a July 12th Ron Paul protest rally in Washington DC, in part organized by Adam Kokesh (who of late believes the Washington police are involved … Continue reading →

Posted in Lee's Page, Libertarianism | Tagged Austrian Schoo, Chicago, Congo, conspiracy, corporate, Czeslaw Milosz, Dissent, fascism, huffington post, imperialism, Joan Baez, Jordan Page, Libertarianism, Marxist, Milton Friedman, Mises, Naomi Wolf, rights, Ronpaulism, Trotsky, United States, war | 24 Comments

Kool-Aid Man on the Loose on North Side Chicago

Posted on June 24, 2008 by ChrisB

Oooooh yeah!

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Chicago, family guy, Humor, kool aid | 1 Comment

Exit Trinity. Exit Church.

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Lee

Well, Mr. Obama has finally quit that ludicrous Chicago institution known as Trinity United Church of Christ. His membership had survived Rev. Wright, but was ultimately done in over the visiting Rev. Michael Pfleger’s bizarre self-hating white guilt trip, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Domestic Politics, Religion and theology, Uncategorized | Tagged Chicago, christ, church, conservatives, democracy, Domestic Politics, evangelical, God, Huckabee, Obama, pfleger, pirates, pulpit, religion, Trinity, wright | 1 Comment

Challenging the Super-delegates

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Lee

Obama in Chicago: “If this contest comes down to superdelegates, we are going to be able to say we have more pledged delegates, which means the Democratic voters have spoken. Those superdelegates, those party insiders would have to think long … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged Barack Obama, Chicago, democratic, election, insiders, nomination, party, superdelegates | Leave a comment

Ouch, Ouch, Ouch.

Posted on February 5, 2008 by Lee

Video clip of Sean Hannity asking Frank Luntz’s group of Democratic Obama supporters to name one (1) specific accomplishment of their candidate. They all fail embarrassingly and resort to offering Obama’s personality characteristics as achievements. One young girl does manage … Continue reading →

Posted in Around the Web | Tagged 1980s, Barack Obama, Chicago, community organizer, Democrats, Developing Communities Project, FNC, Fox, Frank Luntz, Sean Hannity, video, youtube | 1 Comment

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