The best New Year's resolution ever

I'm watching WGN this morning and Robin Baumgarten provided what I think is the best New Year's resolution ever. I'm absolutely going to adopt it as my own: I'm tired of living such a healthy lifestyle. I'm going to drink more, work out less, and eat more of my favorite foods.

I love WGN. Here's Robin's Facebook site 

Don't you feel OH SO SAFE when you fly with No-bama as president?

You vote No-bama care, we vote you outta there

Another Demon-crat screw job

Just how bad is no-bama care?

From today's Washington Examiner:
"Just how bad is Obamacare? Here are some of the proposal's most important flaws, as described by one of the proposal's most passionate critics:

* It forces you to pay up to 8 percent of your income to private insurance corporations -- whether you want to or not.
* If you refuse to buy the insurance, you'll have to pay penalties of up to 2 percent of your annual income to the Internal Revenue Service.
* After being forced to pay thousands in premiums for junk insurance, you can still be on the hook for up to $11,900 a year in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
* Many of the taxes to pay for the bill start now, but most Americans won't see any benefits -- like an end to discrimination against those with pre-existing conditions -- until 2014 when the program begins.
* It allows insurance companies to charge older people 300 percent more than other customers.
* The cost of medical care will continue to rise, and insurance premiums for a family of four will rise an average of $1,000 a year -- meaning in 10 years, you family's insurance premium will be $10,000 more annually than it is right now."

As I cruise towards existence as a senior in this country, I was under the mistaken impression that Medicare and my fellow citizens actually gave a crap about anyone who was over 65. BOY was I wrong.

If today's vote in the US Senate doesn't tell you how evil Demon-crats in Congress are then I don't know what will. They are evil and must lose all further elections.

The 'Real' Jobless Rate: 17.5% Of Workers Are Unemployed

"As experts debate the potential speed of the US recovery, one figure looms large but is often overlooked: nearly 1 in 5 Americans is either out of work or under-employed.

According to the government's broadest measure of unemployment, some 17.5 percent are either without a job entirely or underemployed. The so-called U-6 number is at the highest rate since becoming an official labor statistic in 1994.

The number dwarfs the statistic most people pay attention to—the U-3 rate—which most recently showed unemployment at 10.2 percent for October, the highest it has been since June 1983."

Maybe since CNBC finally realized this reality it might mean that other "mainstream" media outlets will admit it also. Nah, probably not. They're not smart enough.....

Republicans are Smart, Democrats are Dumb

Gosh, I love that title (link to a posting on the Chicago Observer).

"But Democrats are dumb. Too dumb to understand that despite holding the presidency and both houses, they are only strong if they stay united—but they don’t. Power exerts a centrifugal force on these Dumbocrats, spinning them all off in different directions."

My heart is sad

My friend Joe Rago died on Friday. Everyone who knew Joe understood how much he loved his family, the law and politics. Everyone knew he was a staunch conservative Republican who loved this country, but maybe they didn't know what a wonderful and gentle man he really was. I loved having conversations with him and seeing that twinkle in his eye, his smile, and hearing about how much he loved the law. He graciously offered to come and speak to my classes (when I taught college) and shared his experience and passion for the U.S. Constitution with young people who really had never experienced anyone like him until that time. When he left my students would ask me if he was really as nice a person as he seemed, if he really loved the law and this country as much as he said and I'd just smile and tell them everything about Joe was real--he was a real American patriot, and a darned good lawyer--both as a prosecutor and a defense attorney who helped so many people who needed an aggressive advocate. Joe was all that and more.

Every time I'd think of Joe I'd pray for him and his family. Joe loved his wife so very much and bragged about his kids. His face would light up when he spoke about them.

When I'd see Joe at political meetings and we'd often walk out after them very frustrated by the lack of progress we knew was attainable. We'd talk for a long time about the direction we wanted to see our country, our state, our county and our local leaders take. He and I were usually in agreement, sometimes angry, sometimes really angry, but never - never doubting that we'd always be Republicans and always support the party we knew would always be better than anything the donkeys (and we thought they were asses) could ever do. Joe was a class act who marched in parades, held the American flag, and showed his love of country every day. Joe wrote my daughter an incredible letter of recommendation for his law school alma mater (nope, she didn't get in there, but not for lack of effort on his part), and when she was accepted at other schools he was the first to congratulate me and tell me that she would do well and would make a great lawyer.

Joe was taken by pancreatic cancer, but he wasn't a victim of it. Nothing about Joe said "victim." Nope, he was a happy guy.  I'll miss him, and the world is a sadder place because he won't be around to share that smile and that laugh (it was great). Please say a prayer for him and for his family. He'd like that.

Click here for Joe's obituary. Please consider contributing to a fund for his children's education c/o Fifth Third Bank in Geneva, Illinois. Information is available @ 630/232-8233.

More evidence piles on every day

Poorest Town In Illinois Suffers In Recession
Read the story by clicking HERE

"Mayor Sam Payton puts it this way: "I'd say we're the forgotten community."

Payton says the unemployment rate is 46 percent and the median income is just half the statewide figure. Payton says his goal right now is to create jobs in a place where businesses don't seem to want to come, and the young people mostly want to leave."

So Illinois (my home state)--the majority of people in this state voted for No-bama. Hey Pembroke--how's that hope and change working for you? Just remember who's been in charge of this state (Demon-crats) and what party (Demon-crats) has bankrupted us. 

Isn't it time to recognize how really screwed up things are? Try the first step of the 12 step program--RECOGNIZE WE HAVE A PROBLEM. Once you do that you'll be on the REAL road to recovery. Let's RID OURSELVES of Demon-crats and start digging ourselves out of this GIGANTIC hole we're in.

More real info on the great DEBT (stimulus) plan

"So no matter how convoluted and fanciful the “jobs created or saved” numbers get, we just have to remember what the point used to be, and realize how far short we’ve fallen. And whose fault that really is."

You know the "stimulus jobs" BS is really BS when even in liberal Massachusetts they're saying so

"While Massachusetts recipients of federal stimulus money collectively report 12,374 jobs saved or created, a Globe review shows that number is wildly exaggerated. Organizations that received stimulus money miscounted jobs, filed erroneous figures, or claimed jobs for work that has not yet started."

Read the story here: Stimulus job boost in state exaggerated, review finds

“There were no jobs created. It was just shuffling around of the funds,’’ said Susan Kelly, director of property management for Boston Land Co., which reported retaining 26 jobs with $2.7 million in rental subsidies for its affordable housing developments in Waltham. “It’s hard to figure out if you did the paperwork right. We never asked for this.’’

Foster betrayed his district--AGAIN

How they voted on this PIECE OF TRASH takeover of the health care business. 

NOTE: BILL FOSTER voted YES--Bill, it's absolutely time for you to go. TAKE NOTE: we hope you've enjoyed your time in Congress, because you won't be there after the next full election.

No-bama owns it now

Jobless rate tops 10 pct. for first time since '83: Unemployment rate tops 10 percent for first time since 1983; 190,000 jobs lost in October 

Jobless Rate Jumps To 10.2%

Ok Barry, you own it now. 

• Stop blaming everyone els
• Man up
• Take responsibility
• Admit blame
• STOP SPENDING
• Cut taxes and stop trying to penalize business

But he won't. The man-child the idiot masses elected as president will continue to screw up America. 

Enough said

Thanks Karen for the picture....

Have the demon-crats (and other evil liberals) learned anything?

Gay marriage repealed in Maine

GOP sweep: Big governor victories in Virginia, NJ

House health bill totals $1.2 trillion

Lessons from the 2009 election results (YA GOTTA READ MICHAEL BARONE'S COLUMN)

Oh my, it's fun to watch them to watch them self-destruct. A couple weeks ago while we were in Austin, Texas we took a couple hours and toured the Texas State Capitol. While going through the Senate and House chambers (galleries) we encountered a couple from New Jersey. I commented that our (Illinois) chambers were much more "techno" than Texas. The couple said they'd never been to their capitol (and they weren't spring chickens). Now I found that really stupid on their part (but maybe a lot of people have never been to their state capitols--and I find THAT stupid), but I let that go and commented, "Don't worry, soon you'll have a new governor and you can go visit then." Whoa, they got snitty with me and kind of stomped off while saying, "We hope not. We love our governor." HA HA HA HA HA. I guess his taxing, corrupt, drug dealing campaign worker, egotistical, smarmy, "I can buy anything" ways just weren't popular with the majority of the voters. Hurray for New Jersey voters. And hurray for Virginia voters also who chose a common sense CONSERVATIVE for their new governor.

Now maybe Illinois can have the courage to pick a conservative Republican on our election day! 

This tells you something about going to a government run health care system

Take the time to read this

"Whether by ignorance or design, the first ten months of the Obama Administration have put the very security and prosperity of America in grave jeopardy. This is not mere hyperbole, nor is this conclusion reached lightly. Rather, it comes from an in-depth analysis of those policies implemented by what can only be described upon a thoughtful inquiry as a regime."

GO TO THIS LINK: GET LIBERTY.ORG

This is a wonderful analysis by Bill Wilson. Couldn't agree with him more.

Another example: "On the economy, Barack Obama has been nothing short of a socialistic catastrophe. His has attempted to rush through the most radical, aggressive domestic agenda in the history of the republic. And he has taken the most aggressive steps ever towards government takeovers of entire industries."

More:

"On border security, the Administration has canceled the construction of a 700-mile fence along the nation’s southern border. At the same time, Obama has proposed another push for the comprehensive legalization of millions of illegal aliens, taking jobs away from Americans who will be forced to pay more in taxes to subsidize the illegals’ use of public services.

On defense, the Obama regime has been slashing the budget—by a full 10 percent--while the nation finds itself in two wars. He gave away a key component of national security—missile defense in Eastern Europe—to Russia. For nothing in return."

You gotta read this.

By the way, how's that hope and change working for you?

Interesting headlines today

1. Obama ties George W. Bush on golf
"President Barack Obama has only been in office for just over nine months, but he's already hit the links as much as President Bush did in over two years."
2. 14 Americans killed in 2 Afghan helicopter crashes
"KABUL (AP) - Helicopter crashes killed 14 Americans on Monday—11 troops and three drug agents—in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years. The deaths came as President Barack Obama prepared to meet his national security team for a sixth full-scale conference on the future of the troubled war."
3. U.S. troops hope Afghanistan sacrifices not in vain
"Doubts, determination to finish mission fill days"
4. Morale dips for American marines in Afghanistan


He's busy playing golf and Americans are being killed in Afghanistan. Oh ya, he's too busy to actually make that decision about troops there. But oink-oink flu is a crisis.....what a jerk. How the hell much preparation does he need to actually make that decision?

Every parent, wife, husband or relative of anyone serving in Afghanistan should remember this when this guy decides to run for reelection - and remember this when ANY DEMON-CRAT runs for any federal office. BILL FOSTER---ARE YOU READY FOR RETIREMENT?????

This is why I love Texas

Last week I spent 4 days in the Texas State Capitol, Austin--wonderful city, but unfortunately it rained every day I was there. Well, they've been experiencing a drought so they really needed the rain, but it was kind of a bummer not to be able to enjoy the city. But I did spend some quality time at the Texas State History Museum--awesome place--and learned a lot about the state's history (duh, the purpose of the place). I have new respect for Texas, and actually would like to return for a visit in the future. BUT DO NOT FLY AMERICAN AIRLINES--they charged me $20 on each leg of the trip for my suitcase. THIEVES. Next time I'll fly Southwest--my favorite airline.

Further proof spending a gazillion dollars DOES NOT WORK if you want to put people to work

7 Months After Stimulus 49 of 50 States Have Lost Jobs

America Now Over 6 Million Jobs Shy of Administration's Projections

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The table below compares the White House's February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available). According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus. While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs. To see how stimulus has failed your state, see the table below.

Source: Committee On Ways & Means, Republicans Ranking Member, Dave Camp

This is what happens when Democrats run the State of Illinois

From the Chicago Tribune's Breaking News:

State's red ink worse than expected

October 6, 2009 12:48 PM |

The state's money woes are worse than predicted due to plummeting tax revenues and an unprecedented number of unpaid bills, the Illinois comptroller's office said today.

Tax revenues compared to a year ago fell $588 million in the first quarter of the state's fiscal year.

Haven't you wondered about this too?

"Black Leaders Ignore Black-on-Black Crime"

"There's a reason for their uncharacteristic silence. Derrion's murder does not fit the black liberation narrative. As one civil rights leader said to me, "If we focus on black on black crime, we let white folks off the hook." Never mind that the leading cause of death among black males ages 18 to 24 is homicide by other black males."

"In one interview before Obama was elected, Michelle Obama commented on threats to Barack Obama's safety saying, "As a black man, Barack can get shot going to the gas station." What she did not say is that his likely killer would be another black man. Blacks are only 13% of the population, but over 40% of the murder victims. Ninety Three percent of those black victims are killed by other black people."

Black people are killing black people. BUT if a white person points that out they get called a racist....seems tragically stupid, doesn't it?

By the way, the article (link to it above) was written by a black man--I wonder if the apologists for No-bama will say THAT's racism.....hmmmmm.

Great part of this article: "Liberal benefactors and foundations are not interested in addressing social pathologies which can only be eliminated by change of values, stable families and the willingness of fathers to parent their children. The government's coffers are closed to moral judgments and spirituality. Faith in God, parental love and discipline to instill values of decency and responsibility are the antidotes to gangs, crime and drugs. However, allegations of racism, discrimination and social injustice are far more marketable for the Rainbow Coalition and the NAACP"

Again, the Brits can see through No-bama

Obama’s Olympic failure will only add to doubts about his presidency

"There has been a growing narrative taking hold about Barack Obama’s presidency in recent weeks: that he is loved by many, but feared by none; that he is full of lofty vision, but is actually achieving nothing with his grandiloquence.

Chicago’s dismal showing today, after Mr Obama’s personal, impassioned last-minute pitch, is a stunning humiliation for this President. It cannot be emphasised enough how this will feed the perception that on the world stage he looks good — but carries no heft."

My offspring was right

(Shhhhhh, don't tell her I know she's right frequently!)

Rio gets the Olympics. My offspring said it was Rio all the time. I think I want her to pick my lotto numbers for me!

And now this guy runs Chicago's schools

Ron Huberman--management bozo.
"Report rips Huberman's oversight of contracts--Inspector general says 'management failure' cost city $2.25 million"

No wonder the schools in Chicago are in such rotten shape. When your city is ruled by patronage, corruption, and political hacks it's not a surprise that the educational product (you know, like the 50% drop out rate) is so absolutely horrible.

"Chicago schools chief Ron Huberman -- Mayor Daley's former corruption-fighting chief of staff -- is being accused of a "significant management failure" that set the stage for alleged contract irregularities at the city's 911 center that cost taxpayers $2.25 million.

In an explosive new report, the city inspector general's office characterizes Huberman as so derelict in the oversight of a contract with Motorola while he was executive director of the Office of Emergency Management and Communications that he should be suspended if he still worked for the city."

The Ego has landed!

That is the headline on DRUDGEREPORT.COM.

Hurray for sanity! Obviously the ego known as No-bama + Michelle + Oprah did not impress the Olympic committee. I purposely did not watch anything involving this debacle.

Did you see anything of No-bama's speech to the IOC? Whoa--he's so full of himself. What a joke the man is. And now the world knows what a joke he is. My my my--the damage that guy is going to do to our country in his 4 years tenure is SO DISTURBING. It'll take a long time to undo the harm he'll inflict on us all.

Check out the Chicago Tribune story:
2016 Olympics decision: Chicago out in first round

Maybe they can pay attention to kids killing kids, the streets falling apart, the unemployment rate skyrocketing, the schools in Chicago tanking, etc.

Three strikes and you're out: Cubs stunk, White Sox stunk, Olympics' bid out in first vote.

The picture says it all

This is what Demon-crat rule has done to America.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE vote them OUT!

This is what Demon-crat leadership in Illinois has done to our state

Data shows more Illinois residents live in poverty

Read the story by clicking ON THIS LINK.

"New data shows about 240,000 more Illinoisans lived in poverty in 2008 compared with 2000 and researchers say those statistics don't fully reflect the current recession." (Which means it'll be worse when data from the current recession kicks in.)

More and more see through No-bama

(NOTE: CARTOON FROM THE SCOTLAND PRESS)

Bill Clinton is a LOON

"Bill Clinton Says Right-Wing Conspiracy Now After President Obama"

Just another reason not to watch those stupid Sunday morning propoganda shows on ABC/NBC/CBS.

Kudos to Randy Bish of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review

Celubu-tards

Watch the video all the way through. It's worth a few moments.

Welcome to the first day of fall

Interesting news tidbits this morning

(Click on the blue title after each number for the link to the story.)

1. Texas Teacher Stabbed to Death by Student in Classroom
"A Texas teacher who helped children with special needs by playing them the guitar was stabbed to death by a juvenile student at a high school in Tyler on Wednesday morning, authorities said." (I'm SO GLAD I'm retired from teaching.)
2."Barack Obama's churlishness is unforgivable"
From the United Kingdom's Telegraph. Even they are noticing that No-bama is, well, a dunce.
3."Environmentalists Seek to Wipe Out Plush Toilet Paper"
Keep your damned hands off my toilet paper. It's bad enough I have to use those stupid curly light bulbs, they crab about coal power generating plants (we have a LOT of coal in Illinois), they won't let us build any more nuclear plants, and DDT has been outlawed (which would kill the bugs that cause malaria in poor countries) but NOW they want to control what kind of toilet paper we wipe out butts with. INSANITY is rampant.
4.ACORN sues Breitbart
Hypocricy at it's peak. They know they got caught so they go after the people who caught them. Typical liberal whacko ploy. FIGHT THEM!!!!
5. U.S. issues $7 trillion debt, supply to stabilize
Ya, let's just keep printing money. That's the way to make sure the economy does well. Again, INSANITY!!!
6. GOP gets big bump of donors in August
I gave them money---everyone who wants to rid our country of the control of demon-crats should give the GOP money.

Why didn't your NetFlix video arrive?

"Man admits lifting 3012 Netflix DVDs from Massachusetts mail facility"

That might be why. Read the story by clicking on this link.

Personally I've never been a Netflix user. I have satellite television with HBO & Showtime (love those Tudor episodes and many of the HBO series) and believe me there's PLENTY to watch on television without renting videos. If I could figure out how to hook up my DirecTV to their ON DEMAND system (I probably could figure it out but really, who needs that many things to choose from. I'd rather read a book or work a crossword puzzle) there'd be maybe a thousand more available to me. No thanks. This guy in the story stole more than 3000 DVDs. Wow. How'd he ever make it out of the house?

Is there any value in blogging?

So I admit that my blog is probably not among the most highly read or always intellectually stimulating. Hey, at least my mom likes the blog (thanks mom for the call today). I'm ever hopeful that other people like it also, but maybe I'll start promoting this site to draw in more readers. But then again the more it's promoted the more it becomes a target for the lefties that just hate conservative Republican women. They think we're all nitwits who sit around and knit, darn, or raise 18 kids (Can you believe that woman is STILL having babies? My offspring says her uterus is probably crying!). Nope, many of us conservative Republican women are just like me--professional women who have grave concerns about the path our country is on, concerns about the enormous debt we're incurring, and concerns about what this country will be like for our children and grandchildren.

So maybe I'm saying a lot to very few people, but maybe it's the RIGHT people. Just keep reading--I have LOTS more to say. Election season is upon us--believe me, this one will be really something.

Candidates for Illinois Governor

It was my privilege last night to go to a Kane County GOP forum and meet 5 candidates for governor. Each was asked a series of questions and responded with well thought out answers. I was impressed by all of them (Bill Brady, Kirk Dillard, Adam Andrzejewski, Dan Proft and Bob Schillerstrom). I had a chance to speak to Dan Proft and Bill Brady about their candidacies. I can honestly tell you there's not a bad candidate among these 5 fine men. I took notes, listened intently and here's my conclusion: My vote will probably go to Dan Proft. He makes the most sense and has the courage to tell it like it is--we're under a Demon-crat stranglehold (my words) in the State of Illinois and he just might be the only guy who can bring us out of the darkness to some level of sanity.
Here are some other thoughts:

Kirk Dillard needs to stop referring to his time as Jim Edgar's Chief of Staff. Not everyone remembers who Edgar is (I do but I'm over 50) and not everyone cares about the past--we need to move on. He also must have the most campaign money because he spread a lot of bumperstickers and literature & signs around.

Bob Schillerstrom SHOUTS his thoughts (tone it down buddy)--he keeps touting how great everything is in DuPage County, but I'm not so sure about that. DuPage County is the mecca of how NOT to manage business placement--HAVE YOU EVER DRIVEN down Roosevelt Road? WOW--crowded and annoying.

Adam Andrez.... seems like a great guy but I don't think he's being realistic about how government works. Yep, transparency is good, but not the answer to all ills.

I like Bill Brady and particularly like his ideas about pension reform and ridding our state government of Blago folks. Unfortunately Brady's been in the Illinois legislature for a long time and might be well known in his district (Bloomington, but not necessarily elsewhere in the state. I'll bet his district loves him. By the way, his company built a home for a family in the Champaign area that will be featured on ABC's Extreme Home Makeover on October 25th. He did it for the right reasons--not for politics. Kudos to him for that.

I'm concerned that ANY candidate that's been in Springfield for a while is part of the ongoing insider corrupt-tolerant atmosphere that's been prevalent for ages. Any of these guys that have been in the legislature should have been SHOUTING what crooks Blago and the others were--and I don't recall that they did. So, in my opinion, we need someone as governor who HASN'T been part of the evil cabal of politicians who have been aiding and abetting the thievery of our money for ages. So I'm thinking I'm going to support Dan Proft.

Great picture that says it all

And watch this and you'll realize why I retired from teaching college

It was like swimming upstream. TOO MANY IDIOTS (and a lot of them were the teachers). What are they teaching on a lot of campuses? Liberalism--that's become like the holy grail to TOO MANY TEACHERS. I AM SO GLAD I don't have to fight that every day. Ya, call me a quitter but I'm telling you it's an impossible battle against IDIOCY on way too many campuses. Until all the old hippie geezers die out (can't come too soon) that are teaching revisionist history and that America is evil we might see some semblance of sanity. Gonna be a long haul.

By the way, I love Steven Crowder. He's a smart guy--who obviously didn't go to one of these whack-job liberal colleges.

Even the Brits are noticing

"President Barack Obama is beginning to look out of his depth"

Here's the beginning of the article:
"It is lovely to feature in other people's dreams. The problem comes when they wake up. Barack Obama is an eloquent, brainy and likeable man with a fascinating biography. He is not George Bush. Those are great qualities. But they are not enough to lead America, let alone the world."

What do you do when you have an employee you thought could handle the job but shows he's just not capable of doing it? YOU FIRE HIM. So in the next election we need to fire No-bama. He's just SO FAR IN OVER HIS HEAD.

And here's another good quote from the article--and this is SO TRUE:
"Mr Obama has tactics a plenty - calm and patient engagement with unpleasant regimes, finding common interests, appealing to shared values - but where is the strategy? What, exactly, did "Change you can believe in" – the hallmark slogan of his campaign – actually mean?"

Please please please

tell me you didn't watch No-bama on all the Sunday morning shows. WHY WASTE YOUR TIME????

Nope, I didn't. We went to mass, stopped afterwards and had a scone & coffee and are enjoying the backyard and the dogs. This will be a football day and a "geez, I love the weather" day. I think I'll make some chili with my homegrown tomatos and hot peppers and kick back with an adult beverage while I watch my DirecTV football coverage.

By the way, you know you have a GREAT priest when he talks about going to a U2 concert one weekend and the next attending a Marmion football game AND a Notre Dame football game. And to make things even better he said mass in 45 minutes! I really like Father Fed.