Wife’s Visitation in Jeopardy: The Isolation of Gary Harvey
By Carrie K. Hutchens
Gary Harvey is the brain injured man from New York, who seems to have his own private “death panel” determined to kill him off and to make his and his wife’s life as miserable as possible, until the sentence is carried out. One might think it could get no worse than it [...] Read more »
The "Machine" Goes to Washington
Responding to a previous post on Dakota Voice I opined that Americans would soon see the results of sending the “Chicago Machine” to Washington.
A reader subsequently commented, derisively, “You conservatives can be so cute sometimes.”
Having grown up in the Land of Lincoln (Springfield, no less) and having married a young woman who was the executive [...] Read more »
The "Machine" Goes to Washington
Responding to a previous post on Dakota Voice I opined that Americans would soon see the results of sending the “Chicago Machine” to Washington.
A reader subsequently commented, derisively, “You conservatives can be so cute sometimes.”
Having grown up in the Land of Lincoln (Springfield, no less) and having married a young woman who was the executive [...] Read more »
Blagojevich and the Shape of Scandals to Come
By Marie Jon’
It’s only five weeks before Obama’s inauguration, and already we have a big scandal. Are you curious at all to see if the drive-by-media will have the same bloodlust for David Axelrod as they did for poor Scooter Libby?
It won’t be surprising if Axelrod is thrown under the bus like the rest of [...] Read more »
Blagojevich Corruption in Center Field
The corruption charges against Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich just keep growing.
Now the governor is accused of threatening to block the sale of Wrigley Field to the state unless the Tribune backed off it’s critcism of him. Reportedly he tried to shake down the Chicago Tribune using the Cubs and Wrigley field as leverage.
Of the [...] Read more »
Emanuel May Be On Tape With Blagojevich
Rahm Emanuel may have had discussions with Gov. Blagojevich and the FBI may have the tape according to Chicago news sources. This, despite denials by Emanuel and president-elect Obama. Emanuel has been dodging reporters and has not made any statement about the report as of this post.
More from the Chicago Sun-Times.
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The Obama Mad-Lib
From our friends at Americans for Limited Government.
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The Two Faces of Patty
Michelle Malkin had this today about the wife of Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich. On wiretap tapes the First Lady is heard pronouncing some very un-classy expletives.
Above left is the photo of the First Lady found on he website and in many MSM articles. It seems to have been chosen to portray [...] Read more »
Auctioning a U.S. Senate Seat on EBay
Sibby points to a funny piece in the Rapid City Journal on the alleged attempt by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to sell President-elect Barack Obama’s U.S. Senate seat.
CHICAGO — For sale: One Senate seat. Goes to the highest BLEEP-ing bidder. Seller’s positive feedback rating: since Tuesday, just about zero.
Seems folks outraged at Blagojevich’s wheeling and [...] Read more »
John Fund on Chicago Corruption and the Daley Machine
John Fund at the Wall Street Journal discusses corruption in Chicago politics and the Daley Machine which has ruled Chicago politics for decades (see video below).
Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was arrested yesterday for attempting to sell Barack Obama’s senate seat.
Some have joked that with the number of Illinois governors getting in trouble with the [...] Read more »
Illinois Governor Arrested, Probe Expands to Examine Obama Replacement Process
What’s the big deal? Isn’t this just how business is done in Chicago politics?
It seems a little surprising that Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich has been arrested for doing what lots of corrupt politicians–especially from Chicago–have been doing for a long time.
Maybe Blagojevich was just a little too candid about the whole thing…
“llinois Gov. Rod R. [...] Read more »
Palin Cleared of Troopergate Complaint
From the Anchorage Daily News comes word that a new report from Independent Counsel Timothy Petumenos finds Governor Sarah Palin did nothing wrong or improper in the matter that has become known as Troopergate.
Some time back, the Palin family filed a complaint against state trooper Mike Wooten who was Sarah Palin’s brother-in-law until he and [...] Read more »
Measure 10 ban on tax-funded lobbying fully constitutional
GUEST COLUMN
By Stephen Wesolick
Voting “Yes” on Measure 10 will stop politicians from using our tax dollars for lobbying and political campaigns, prohibit campaign contributions by government contractors, and require posting government contract information on the Internet.
As a lawyer and drafter of Measure 10, I am obliged to set the record straight. Voters can be assured, [...] Read more »
ACORN Voter Registrations Under Investigation in a Dozen States
Let’s not make a mockery of democracy, guys. Yet that is what some are intent on doing.
This kind of corruption and fraud is probably a win-win for liberals.
If they get dead folks, dogs and goats, seven-year-olds, and the Dallas Cowboys football team are registered by ACORN and get away with [...] Read more »
Banned From YouTube
This is the video that was quickly banned from YouTube because of a “copyright infringement.” This updated version uses music and video claiming safe harbor under the Fair Use Doctine. To those still confused about what happened and who is to blame for the mortgage crisis and the collapse of the government-sponsored Fannie [...] Read more »
Palin Passed on What Might Have Been a Lethal Shot
I thought Gov. Palins performance last evening was masterful, but I confess I did cringe once when the subject of the financial mess came up. Sen. Biden, true to Democrat talking-points, tried to blame the failure of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac on Republican efforts to relax regulatory oversight. Anybody with just a [...] Read more »
Yes on 10 Video
South Dakotans for Open and Clean Government has a video on Initiated Measure 10 at CleanupSD.com.
Vote YES on Measure 10 to stop politicians from handing out no-bid government contracts to their campaign donors, and stop government contractors from financially rewarding the politicians who hand out their contracts. Watch this video to learn why the [...] Read more »
Second Head Rolls in Kansas Corruption Scandal as Director of Medical Board Resigns
WICHITA, Kansas, April 2 /Christian Newswire/ — The Executive Director of the Kansas State Board of Healing Arts, Larry Buening, resigned today amid increasing calls for his ouster. Buening tendered his resignation, effective July 1, at a special meeting of the Board that was called to address concerns of ineptitude [...] Read more »
Hillary Has More to Explain
Dan Calabrese who writes for North Star Writers Group has an article on-line posted yesterday. In it he interviews Jerry Ziefman, a lifelong Democrat, who supervised Hillary when she worked on the House Judiciary Committee during the Watergate investigation. Ziefman fired Hillary from her position and when asked why he said:
“Because she was [...] Read more »
Freed to Kill Wife
Estranged Husband Is Freed, Kills Wife Last Edited: Saturday, 19 Jan2008, 12:44 AM CSTCreated: Friday, 18 Jan 2008, 7:43 PM CST
Monica Thomas-Harris got the chilling news just before Christmas: Her estranged husband, jailed for abducting and threatening her, had been released.
A frantic Thomas-Harris rushed to the district attorney’s office, begging for an emergency protection order [...] Read more »
Stephen Colbert won’t appear on SC ballot
Colbert won’t appear on SC ballot By JIM DAVENPORT, Associated Press Writer 31 minutes ago
South Carolina Democrats squashed Stephen Colbert’s fanciful White House bid on Thursday.
Colbert, who poses as a conservative talk-show host on the Comedy Central cable network, filed to get on the ballot as a Democratic candidate in his native South Carolina. [...] Read more »
