GOPUSA ILLINOIS
March 23, 2011
Fellow Republicans:
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NBC5
WGN TV
FOX NEWS CHANNEL
(DIERSEN: In 1998, my attorney, Walter T. Charlton, in Washington DC, filed Diersen v. GAO, a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. In 2000, the lawsuit was transferred to Chicago (SEE: http://www.adversity.net/FRAMES/more_diersen_source_G.htm). Peter Fitzgerald appointed both Patrick Fitzgerald, the attorney who represented GAO, and Amy St. Eve, the judge who decided the lawsuit. Sadly, if not tragically for me, Peter Fitzgerald, Patrick Fitzgerald, and Amy St. Eve all reject the equal opportunity plank in the Republican Party platform. They accept the Democrat and RINO argument that TODAY, discrimination and retaliation against Whites, against males, and especially against older White males is justified because YESTERDAY, minorities and females were discriminated against.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald is said to be on the short list to replace FBI Director Robert Mueller, and that has Sen. Mark Kirk worried. Fitzgerald has been the U.S. Attorney in Chicago for 10.5 years. Kirk said Fitzgerald is needed in the region and would be greatly missed if he gets promoted. Fitzgerald could face republican opposition for the position because of his prosecution of Scooter Libby, an aide to Vice President Dick Cheney. Mueller will depart as FBI director in September.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
- Halvorson hits Quinn event, touts credentials to lead IDOT – Monique Garcia
- Quinn tweaks borrowing plan amid Republican opposition – Monique Garcia
- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Illinois teacher pension system nearly $40 billion in the hole School districts worry local taxpayers might have to foot larger bill
- While Obama searches for clarity, we’re plunged into another war – John Kass
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Body piercing is unhealthy, disgusting, despicable, revolting, anti-religious, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, and worse. If you have your body pierced, you are shouting the world that you have serious mental problems. Body piercing should be outlawed.
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: VERY SAD: Thomas P. Sullivan argues like someone who is being paid by murders to argue against the death penalty
- Longtime Wheaton resident John Rutledge to fill empty council seat – Jenn Zimmerman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rutledge, who has a background in real estate and is a 40-year resident, was one of 11 applicants the council was considering. However, three of those applicants were disqualified due to issues with residency requirements. Officials then narrowed the search to four before a final decision was reached, Gresk said. Rutledge said he had interest in running in the last election, but decided not to when certain conflicts arose. When the opportunity came up to fill Levine’s seat, though, he was in a better position to take on the responsibility.)
DAILY HERALD
- Clashing rallies at Hultgren’s office shows health care divide – James Fuller
- FRONT GAGE IN DUPAGE EDITION: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: DuPage property values drop 6 percent – Robert Sanchez
(DIERSEN: According to http://www.zillow.com, my DuPage County home has lost 39% of its value since 2008. How much value has your home lost?)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For the first time in 40 years, the overall value of property in DuPage County has dropped – and by almost 6 percent, a reflection of a housing market that has plummeted in the past few years. “This is the first time in modern-day history that the county’s assessed valuation decreased in a year,” County Clerk Gary King announced Tuesday. “We’ve been on an uphill climb from the beginning, growing like crazy. Now because of the fallout of the whole market, we’ve actually gone down.” Despite a historic drop in the value of land last year, King said, homeowners can expect to pay more on their property tax bills. While average assessed property value dropped 5.9 percent, the average tax rate for DuPage’s 372 taxing bodies – the other half of the tax equation – jumped 11.6 percent. The net result: an average 5.7 percent countywide property tax increase. “The tax bills are going up a little bit, but there was no growth,” said King, adding the total number of taxable parcels countywide fell slightly from 334,837 in 2009 to 334,715 in 2010. “No one is building is anything new.” King stressed that just because the value of someone’s home dropped it doesn’t mean the person will pay less property taxes.)
- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Expert: Bianchi secretary’s computer had ‘hidden’ files – Harry Hitzeman
- A perfect GOP candidate is hard to find – AP
- ‘Social justice’ a feel-good phrase – Christopher Skeet, Palatine
- New councilman John Rutledge chosen in Wheaton – Marco Santana
- FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND UNACCEPTABLE: U.S.-grown pot finding its way to the suburbs – Jameel Naqvi
(DIERSEN: Who uses pot in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, on your block, in your home?)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
(DIERSEN: I worked in downtown Chicago 1974-1997. I walked to work 1974-1978. I walked to the College Avenue train station in Wheaton and commuted by train 1978-1984. I walked to the Wheaton train station and commuted by train 1984-1997. Since 1971, I have driven my 1972 Corvette only 5,081 miles. Since 1989, I have driven my 1990 Thunderbird only 68,560 miles. Since 1995, I have driven my 1996 Thunderbird only 20,624 miles. Since 2005, I have driven my 2005 Corvette only 334 miles. Since 2010, I have driven my 2003 Caviler only about 3,700 miles. Since the beginning of last year, altogether, I have driven those cars only about 6,500 miles.)
(DIERSEN: Because the Chicago Sun-Times does everything it can to discourage conservative individuals, organizations, and companies from reading, buying, and advertising in its newspaper, the Chicago Sun-Times is not in business to make a profit. QUESTION: So why does the Chicago Sun-Times exist? ANSWER: To a) drive conservative individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois and b) elect Democrats and RINOs.)
NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Morthland said gun owners are concerned that the FOID card list could become a “shopping list for ne’er-do-wells” intent on stealing guns. “At the same time, I’ve also heard from people on the other end who say, ‘Well gosh, I don’t want to get that FOID information out there because then everybody knows I don’t have a gun,’” Morthland said.)
(DIERSEN: Islam acts far more like it is a political party or a nation/state than a religion.)
ST. LOUIS TODAY
NAPERVILLE SUN
SOUTHTOWN STAR
(DIERSEN: If you have mental problems, what do you do to your body to cry out for help — wear outrageous clothes, wear outrageous hair, tattoos, piercings?)
- Libertyville science teacher who taught creationism keeps his job – Stephanie Kohl
- Two social moderates (MARK KIRK AND BIGGERT) offer pleasant surprises – Fran Eaton
PIONEER LOCAL
SPRINGFIELD JOURNAL-REGISTER
- Southern Illinois casino to reopen after 6-day shutdown – AP
- State Democrats must address spending – Pat Brady
WHEATON PATCH
(DIERSEN: As more and more children are born out-of-wedlock, government and charities do more and more of what families and churches used to do.)
ELMHURST PATCH
QUAD CITY TIMES
NORTHWEST HERALD
(DIERSEN: How often do you need to travel to St. Louis?)
HERALD REVIEW
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
(DIERSEN: To oppose SB 1619 is to defend and advance the social planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Why hasn’t your Republican state representative, state senator, U.S. Senator, precinct committeeman, township/ward/county officers, IRP State Central Committee member, Tom Cross, Christine Radogno, Rich Williamson, Demetra DeMonte, Pat Brady, etc. published articles like this? How many of them would say something like “I don’t want to make the Democrats mad” or “I don’t want to make the gays mad?” What percent of IRP leaders a) promote homosexual activity and b) lack what it takes to oppose the promotion of homosexual activity?)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The poorly written, poorly thought-out, partisan “comprehensive sex ed” legislation concocted by State Senator Heather Steans (D-Chicago) should be roundly rejected. SB 1619, otherwise known by its obfuscatory title, “Personal Responsibility Education Act,” is yet another attempt by legislator-ideologues to use public money to normalize sexual immorality and perversion by inculcating children and teens with subjectivist, relativist assumptions about sexuality. SB 1619 requires the following: Provides that each class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any of grades 6 through 12 shall include instruction on both abstinence and contraception for the prevention of pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS (instead of instruction on the prevention, transmission, and spread of AIDS). Removes a provision that requires all public elementary, junior high, and senior high school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual intercourse to emphasize that abstinence is the expected norm. Provides that all public elementary, junior high, and senior high school classes that teach sex education and discuss sexual intercourse shall satisfy specified criteria (instead of all sex education courses that discuss sexual intercourse shall satisfy specified criteria); makes changes to that criteria. . .Provides that the State Board of Education shall make available resource materials for educating children regarding sex education and may take into consideration the curriculum on this subject developed by other states, as well as any other curricular materials suggested by education experts and other groups that work on sex education issues. Provides that materials may include without limitation model sex education curriculums and sexual health education programs. . .Provides that the Comprehensive Health Education Program shall include the educational area of evidence-based and medically accurate information regarding sexual abstinence (instead of the area of sexual abstinence until marriage). The term “comprehensive sex ed” is a euphemism intended to convey positive connotations of wholeness and completeness. But as usual with sophistry, it is a deceit. The truth is comprehensive sex ed is incomprehensive, distorted and propelled by a subversive sexual ethic. Comprehensive sex educators seek to tell kids everything possible about sex except of course anything that challenges their subjectivist, relativist presuppositions and libertine social and political goals. Below are a few of the “medically accurate” notions that comprehensive sexperts from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) think our children need to know. All of the following bulleted points are direct quotes from the “Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education,” which is the bible of the comprehensive sex ed movement. Unless, conservatives create a firestorm of opposition, this is what’s coming to Illinois public schools:)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
- Senger under attack for seeking common sense standards for women’s clinics
- URF stands with Rep. Senger on call for women’s health clinic standards
- Sandoval wants IL minimum wage at $10.03/hour
(DIERSEN: What percent of those who are in Illinois LEGALLY who have little or no education or job skills refuse to work for $8.25 an hour because $8.25 is too low? What percent of those who are in Illinois ILLEGALLY who have little or no education or job skills refuse to work for $8.25 an hour because $8.25 is too low?)
CHAMPION NEWS
- Foolish and uninformed interpretations of Republican Party “in-fighting” – John Biver
- Voting for Democrats’ Hope and Change Keeps Union-Run Failure in Education, Part I – Larry Snow
- Republican Renaissance PAC endorsed candidates for the April 5th election – Jim Edwards
- Biden Says Unions are Victims and Republicans Act Like Those who Blame Rape Victims – Larry Snow
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
- Joe Walsh Holds Town Hall Meeting, Jack Franks Checks Out Potential Competition – Cal Skinner
- Political Blunder by Tom Carroll Revealed – Cal Skinner
- Bianchi Lawyer Announces Renewal of Motion for Dismissal of Case – Cal Skinner
CAPITOL FAX
(DIERSEN: What percent of people on medicate vote for Democrats — 98%, 99%, 100%?)
CHICAGO PRIDE
GOPUSA
(DIERSEN: What percent of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois know a) which offices will be on the April 5 ballot in their precinct, b) who the candidates are for those offices, c) and which of the candidates are Republicans? What percent of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois know a) who Pat Brady is, b) who Demetra DeMonte is, c) who Rich Williamson is, d) who their Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee member is, e) who the officers and committee chairmen of their county/ward/township parties are, and f) when and where the next meetings of their county/ward/township parties are?)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sixty-five percent couldn’t figure out that the Constitution was penned and adopted at the Constitutional Convention; 63 couldn’t identify how many justices were on the Supreme Court (nine); and 73 percent couldn’t identify that communism was what we opposed in the Cold War. Current national leaders aren’t so well known: 29 percent could not identify the current vice president (Joe Biden) and twice that percentage didn’t identify the Speaker of the House (John Boehner).
- Illegal aliens masquerade as Marines at the border – Kay Daly
- U.S. role in Libya costs hundreds of millions so far – Donna Cassata
- Obama demanding gay rights support at UN body – Bradley Klapper
(DIERSEN: All the religions of the world discourage homosexual activity. The Republican Party platform discourages homosexual activity. The Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform discourage homosexual activity. But, in Illinois, the more that you do to discourage homosexual activity, more that Democrats, Democrat plants, and RINOs punish you.)
WASHINGTON TiMES
TOWNHALL
BIG JOURNALISM
DAILY CALLER
- Ron Paul believes Libya intervention an ‘impeachable’ offense – Steven Nelson
- New gun-control legislation would prohibit those arrested but not convicted of drug crimes from possessing firearms – Jeff Winkler
(DIERSEN: How many times have you been arrested? How old were you? What were the charges? Who/what do you blame the arrest(s) on? Who a) have you punished and/or b) are punishing for not covering up your arrest(s)?)
NEWSMAX
- Democrats Rip Obama on Libya, Bring Up ‘Impeachable Offense’ – Jim Meyers and Dan Weil
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Vicente Fox argues that Mexico is at “war” with drug cartels. But it seems more like Mexico is at “war” with America.
FORBES
BLOOMBERG
CONSERVATIVE HOME
HUFFINGTON POST
- Pat Quinn Approval Rating At 30.6 Percent, According To New We Ask America Poll
- The White House Guess List: How Obama Pulled a Fast One on the American People — in the Name of “Transparency” – Andrew Breitbart
- Obama: We’re Promoting Democracy In Libya
POLITICO
WASHINGTON POST
- Gay spouses and government benefits – Joe Davidson
- VERY SAD: New NAACP seeing more gay, diverse chapter leaders as group seeks to increase membership – AP
(DIERSEN: What percent of NAACP leaders blame Whites for the problems that Blacks have? What percent of NAACP leaders blame conservatives for the problems that Blacks have? What percent of NAACP leaders blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have?)
NEW YORK TIMES
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But a 2009 report from the Government Accountability Office provides some insight on how such uncertainty can limit management flexibility and increase employees’ workload. Denise Fantone, a GAO director of strategic issues who worked on the report, said her agency has not studied the current situation. But the report studied data from 1999-2009 to come to some conclusions about the overall effect of continuing resolutions on government operations. Each agency is affected differently, Fantone said in a recent interview. Regulatory agencies, for example, may collect funding from nongovernment sources and thus feel the effects of a short-term CR less.)
- Coyote Delays Jets at Busy Atlanta Airport – AP
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: Foreign countries threaten to dump more of their unwanted citizens on America unless America does more to “create economic growth” in foreign countries. What if America threatened to dump its unwanted citizens on foreign countries unless they did XYZ? QUESTION: Who are America’s unwanted citizens? ANSWER: Taxpayers, religious people, conservatives, Republicans, Whites, males, old people, etc.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
(DIERSEN: What do those who have no problem letting foreigners have 100% control over the manufacture of all vehicles have to say about this?)
(DIERSEN: What percent of Americans demonize and denigrate American nameplate cars and demonize and denigrate Americans who build American nameplate cars? What percent of Americans crow that they punish GM, Ford, and Chrysler and punish those who build American nameplate cars by buying only foreign nameplate cars? One of my GAO supervisors refused to buy a car unless it was built in Japan by Japanese people.)
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A century’s worth of population growth in Detroit has evaporated. Census data released Tuesday show African-Americans’ flight to the suburbs fueled a faster-than-expected exodus that cut Detroit’s population by 25% over the past decade to 713,777, its lowest level since the dawn of automobile mass production in the 1910s. The 25% decline, the largest in city history, stunned local officials, who had expected a tally closer to 800,000.)
(DIERSEN: How much value does http://www.zillow.com say that your home lost?)
(DIERSEN: Potential retirees should be concerned that their employers will break their pension promises. The federal government broke its promise to increase its pension payments to keep up with inflation. The federal government failed to increase my federal pension during 2010 and 2011 even though my federal health insurance premiums increased by $2,400. Also, potential retirees should be concerned about being increasingly demonized and denigrated by those who do not have pensions. If current trends are not reversed, you can expect roving mobs of people who do not have pensions a) to picket your home, b) to demand that you give them money, and c) to take stronger actions against you.)
- DISGUSTING: Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown on Tuesday became the latest Republican to express support for continued federal funding of Planned Parenthood, which has become a target for socially conservative GOP budget cutters in the House. – Patrick O’Connor
- Hoosiers on the Lam Indiana Democrats flee to Illinois block more charter schools.
- Public Pension-Fund Squeeze It Is Actuaries vs. Local Governments Over Return Rates; ‘We Cannot Afford This’ – Jeannette Neumann and Michael Corkery
- Parts Shortages Will Impact U.S. Auto Makers for Months – Mike Ramsey
(DIERSEN: What do those say who have no problem with foreigners controlling 100% of the manufacture of all vehicles that Americans buy?)
USA TODAY
(DIERSEN: What do those say who have no problem with foreigners controlling 100% of the manufacture of everything that Americans buy?)
CNN
ASSOCIATED PRESS
(DIERSEN: If/when the Democrats discredit Christie, how fast will the “2012 GOP hopefuls” dump Christie?)
ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
- DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING: Criminals use a stolen black 2008 Chevrolet Corvette to commit a crime
BOSTON HERALD
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Centerville man is scheduled to be arraigned today after state police seized more than $125,000 worth of Oxycontin pills from his car yesterday during a traffic stop. Troopers Kevin Hebert and Kevin Kraup pulled over a 2001 Chevrolet Corvette driven by Vincent Alberico, 29, at 4:35 p.m. on Route 3 south in Kingston for motor vehicle violations, state police said. That’s when the troopers discovered a bag containing approximately 4,200 Oxycontin pills, state police said. Alberico, of Centerville, allegedly assaulted the troopers during a brief struggle after the pills were discovered, state police said.)
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
(DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes conservative principles. The Democrat Party platform promotes liberal principles.)
(DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform promotes conservative principles. The Democrat Party platform promotes liberal principles.)
NATIONAL ACTIVE AND RETIRED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION
(DIERSEN: Very few federal employees are Republicans, but I was one of them. Very few federal retirees are Republicans, but I am one of them. Sadly, many Republicans despise, if not hate, federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees. What is your attitude toward former federal employees? What is your attitude toward retired federal employees?)
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: In response to a bill (S. 644) before Congress that would eliminate pensions for all new government hires, Joseph A. Beaudoin, president of the National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association (NARFE), released the following statement today: “This bill is another unfair and unwise attack on federal employees at a time when the country desperately needs a high quality and vigilant work force. Some politicians claim that these pensions are unsustainable, but, in actuality, the federal pension program is fully funded, actuarially sound and paid for largely by federal employees themselves. “Changes to policies that affect federal employees threaten the future of the vital services they perform. Without employment packages that are competitive in the professional marketplace, our government will struggle to attract the best workers to protect us. “Considering the importance of the federal meat inspectors in Kansas who ensure our food is safe or the U.S. nuclear regulators who now are working in Japan to avert a nuclear catastrophe, we can ill-afford to shy away from support for our nation’s federal workers.”)
CORVETTE BLOGGER
UPCOMING EVENTS: FOR EVENT DETAILS, VISIT THE EVENTS PAGES AT: http://www.illinoisreview.com, http://www.weareillinois.org, and/or http://www.dupagegop.com
3/24 Galvin fundraiser in Glen Ellyn
3/24 Event: Long to speak at DuPage Tea Party meeting in Darien
3/24 Event: Schilling to speak at Rock Island County Republican Dinner
3/24 Event: Radogno fundraiser in Lemont
3/24 Event: Legislative Forum on Autism in Wheaton
3/25 Event: ICRF convention in Champaign
3/25 Event: Burzynski, Johnson, and Radogno to speak at breakfast meeting in Sycamore
3/26 Event: RALC Reagan Day Dinner
3/26 Event: Naperville Township GOP meeting
3/27 Event: Addison Township Brunch
3/27 Event: Illinois Forum meeting in Brookfield
3/28 Event: Republican Assembly of Northern Cook County meeting at Des Plaines Public Library
3/30 Event: DeMonte and Bucholz to speak at DuPage Young Republican event in Wheaton
4/2 Event: Andrzejewski to speak at Randolph County Lincoln Day Dinner
4/4 Event: Radogno to speak at City Club of Chicago luncheon
4/5 Event: Consolidated General Election
4/9 Event: Statewide Combined Armed Forces Military Ball at Cantigny Park in Wheaton
4/11 Event: Paul Ryan to speak at RJC event in Chicago
4/12 Event: Township Annual Meetings
4/13 Event: Milton Township GOP meeting
4/15 Event: March on the IL State capital hosted by the Springfield Tea Party and Alton Tea Party
4/16 Event: Berlin to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting
4/20 Event: Priebus to speak at Northwest Suburban Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in Schaumburg
5/6 Event: Monroe County GOP Dinner
6/29 Event: Rutherford to speak at City Club of Chicago Luncheon
7/4 Event: Wheaton Independence Day Parade
7/16 Event: DeMonte to speak at TAPROOT breakfast meeting in Lombard
7/16 Event: Operation Support Our Troops concert at Cantigny Park in Wheaton
8/14 Event: TAPROOT picnic in Woodridge
8/18 Event: Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair
8/25 Event: “Tee it up fore women” golf outing at St. Andrews
8/28 Event: Naperville Area Republican Women’s Organization A Tribute To Great Women Leaders
10/7-9 Event: Values Voter Summit in DC
10/16 Event: Zaruba fundraiser brunch at Drury Lane
10/28 Event: Milton Township Republican Oktoberfest at the Carlisle
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