Tag Archives: Chicago

Rahm Emanuel Elected Mayor of Chicago (For Life)

Just saw a headline that said Rahm Emanuel was elected Mayor of Chicago for Life. How true! Does anybody know if Rahm has a son? If he does, the smart money says he’s the next major of Chicago! ~~John Cronin~~ FOXNEWS CHICAGO – Former White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel was elected mayor of [...]

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Emanuel asks Illinois Supreme Court for emergency stay

Attorneys for Rahm Emanuel late today asked the Illinois Supreme Court to prevent Chicago elections officials from printing ballots for the Feb. 22 mayor’s election without his name. Emanuel’s legal team also said they will ask the state’s highest court on Tuesday to hear their appeal of a decision by an appellate court today to [...]

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White House girds for staff shake-up

You had to know this was coming. As the U.S.S. Obama continues to sink, it’s passengers are swimming to shore, hoping their careers are still intact after helping Obama go down in the history books as the most spectacularly failed President in American history. ~~John Cronin~~ By GLENN THRUSH          POLITICO  The West Wing, long a [...]

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Gun Prohibition, R.I.P.

The Supreme Court’s rejection of Chicago’s handgun ban in McDonald v. City of Chicago is more than a recognition that the Second Amendment applies to the states as well as the federal government. The McDonald decision is a harbinger for the end of gun prohibition as an idea. The simple, undeniable truth is that gun [...]

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Like Father, Like Son?

What is it with the Daley family of Chicago and the national guard? 1968 Father Daley to Johnson: ‘We’re in trouble’ 1968 Tapes reveal Daley’s call to LBJ for help after King was killed WASHINGTON — On April 6, 1968, President Lyndon Baines Johnson ordered federal troops to Chicago in response to a call from Mayor [...]

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The Illinois Way

http://townhall.com/columnists/SandyRios/2009/11/20 /the_illinois_way TOWNHALL.COM By: Sandy Rios “It’s a dream come true!” declared Senator Dick Durbin referring to the economic benefits of bringing terrorists from Gitmo to tiny Thomson, Illinois. “…that’s an opportunity we are not going to miss.” The Chicago Sun-Times chided opponents with an editorial entitled “Don’t Let Fear Decide Fate of Gitmo Inmates.” [...]

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