Rearranging Deck Chairs On The Titanic
From The Chicago Sun-Times:
“The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rose from 10.5 percent to 11 percent between September and October, bringing the rate to its highest mark since August 1983. As recently as October 2008, the unemployment rate was 6.8 percent.”
Yet at a recent Democrat candidate’s forum in Rock Island the mood was upbeat.
The Democrats have controlled Illinois government for seven years, and on their watch, not only has unemployment reached the highest levels in a generation, Illinois is now the third worst state for financial condition and has the third highest foreclosure rate.
But hey, don’t blame the Democrats, the just have total and complete control of state government—it’s not like they have any real power.
According to The Dispatch, the Democrats have suddenly discovered the way to success:
“Across the board, the Democratic candidates touted job creation, economic development, ethics reform, the environment, education, health care reform and fixing the state budget.”
No one bothered to explain why all these wonderful things haven’t happened in the seven years they had the power to accomplish them without interference from those pesky GOPers.
It seems the Democrat plan for “job creation” is to induce the federal government to buy Thomson prison, since the Democrat controlled state government could never find the funds to staff it. Way to go Illinois Democrats—you got your own personal bailout from Obama!
Their other stated “goals” are just laughable—if these things could have been done, they would have done them.
Democrat candidate for comptroller, Raja Krishnamoorth, offered this hilarious prediction:
“Tomorrow Illinois (led by Democrats) will become a better place . . . only with a few new leaders at the helm.”
Yeah, just like the Titanic could have been prevented from sinking by rearranging a few more deck chairs.
Sheesh! To be an Illinois Democrat is to be delusional.
When You Pray For Barack Obama . . .
. . . pray as in Psalm 109:8.
Our Specially Selected Big Pharma Mouthpiece
From a New York Times article about how the speeches by many lawmakers during the House debate about overhauling health care were written in whole or in part by DC lobbyists working for Big Pharma:
“In remarks on the House floor, Representative Phil Hare, a Democrat of Illinois, recalled that his family faced eviction when his father was sick and could not make payments on their home. He said the House bill would save others from such hardship. . . In a written addendum in the Congressional Record, Mr. Hare said the bill would also create high-paying jobs. Timothy Schlittner, a spokesman for Mr. Hare, said: ‘That part of the statement was drafted for us by Roche pharmaceutical company. It is something [Hare] agrees with.’
Pardon my cynicism, but if Phil Hare really believed that Pelosicare would “create high-paying jobs”, I do believe he wouldn’t have to be nudged by Big Pharma to say so.
Something For Everyone
Today The Dispatch featured the reax of some local politicians to the possibility of housing terrorists in Thomson prison.
The most interesting comments to me were those of the three Democrat candidates running for the Illinois House District 71 seat.
The difference among the candidates couldn’t be starker:
1. Jerry Lack, member of the Evans regime, parroted the approved Democrat party line: “I think it’s a great economic opportunity . . . I definitely support this opportunity”
2. Dennis Ahern was more circumspect and not in cheerleading mode: “I’m opposed to it. We have a 32 percent overcrowding issue right now in our state prisons . . . There is a prison in Afghanistan and a prison in Iraq that can house [terrorists].”
3. Porter McNeil, according to the Dispatch, “said he still is weighing the issue.”
For once, we are truly blessed with abundance here in the ILQCs. Normally the Politburo would have decided who would be the candidate and everyone else interested would be told to sit down, shut up and wait their turn. My guess is that Lack would have been the Politburo’s choice.
Instead of the Democrat elites being The Decider, we now can choose:
1. Lack, who is obviously the conventional Democrat who will represent the status quo.
2. Ahern, who appears to be a centrist Democrat more interested in the will of the people than the will of Democrat elites.
3. McNeil, an Obama-style Mr. Dithers candidate.
Of course no interview with a Democrat would be complete without the obligatory cheap shot at the GOP. This coveted task fell to Mike Boland:
“Jobs have to be our No. 1 priority. While the Republicans peddle fear, we choose jobs. . . Apparently Republicans do not think it is possible to chew gum and walk at the same time. . .”
Two things about this quote:
1. The GOP peddling “fear” is emerging as the leading Democrat tactic to kill debate on any issue. In this case, Boland is claiming that no rational person could possibly have any objections to a bunch of hard-core terrorists being incarcerated in our area—so it’s gotta be nothing more than cynical fearmongering, right?
2. All these wonderful “jobs” that the Democrats are swooning over will not be private sector jobs—they will be public sector jobs financed by our taxes, which are the only jobs Democrats approve and promote.
You Say Obamao, I Say Maobama, Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off
Why am I not surprised?
Go to the link to see the Obamao/Maobama. It’s damned scary—in more ways than one.
So Come On And Take A Free Ride
An Ohio Democrat has proposed the PAYBACK Act which would require medical bills for illegal aliens be passed along to their country of origin. . . our government would collect by deducting the cost of illegal immigrants’ healthcare from the foreign aid their home countries would normally get from the U.S.
Works for me.
Stick With What You Know
“. . . if The One adds troops [to Afghanistan], he infuriates the left nuts and makes the war his. If he pulls everybody out and Afghanistan returns to a Taliban terrorist training site, he gets every normal American mad. If he continues the status quo and everything falls apart—which it will—he can continue to blame Bush for getting us into the mess to begin with.”
Eternal Sunshine Of The Clueless Mind
Jim Carrey’s new movie isn’t doing well, so who does he blame?
Carrey is a Canadian, so maybe he doesn’t know we haven’t had unregulated capitalism since the 19th century, but when it comes to “personal greed”, Carrey should know; he gets multi-millions for just a few months work.
This marked detachment from reality explains why Democrats and the Hollywood crowd are so tight.
“When I Vote, I Vote On The Basis Of What I Really Believe Is In The Best Interest Of My District”
Here’s what Phil Hare voted for “in the best interest” of his district:
Slashing more than $500B from future Medicare spending which would sharply reduce benefits for some senior citizens and could jeopardize access to care for millions of others.
And rather than cut costs the House bill will hike healthcare costs by $298 billion.
Phil Hare needs to stop lying—he doesn’t vote the interests of his district, he votes the interests of Big Labor, trial lawyers and abortionists.
January’s Joke Is November’s Reality
In January when Barack Obama announced his intention to close Gitmo within one year, I did a tongue-in-cheek post called A Modest Proposal suggesting the terrorists be sent to Thomson prison, which had been empty since it was built in 2001.
As it turns out, the joke was on me because Thomson has become the leading option to house the Gitmo terrorists.
So far the reaction has been mixed; the locals are thrilled at the prospect of jobs and a boost to their local economy; Dick Durbin announced he was “pleased” with the idea; the US Representative for Thomson, a Republican, says no way; Quinn says he and Durbin will have more to say at a press conference later today.
Earlier this year, Durbin said he thought detainees should only be placed in super-max facilities, which Thomson isn’t, so we’ll have to see how he squares that circle. But the good news is the feds will have to buy Thomson from Illinois, which will give us some much needed cash—though not nearly enough for our dysfunctional state government to become functional.
