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01.02.2010 23:07, David Ormsby from Chicago:
You are in a lather today, Tom.

Comments:

LOL. Nice of you to drop by, David.


01.02.2010 18:48, Brec from Chicago:
MANNIS YOU ARE A HYPOCRITE AND A LIAR!

Comments:

Brec, thanks for your insane comment. Would you care to redeem yourself and offer some substantiation of your crazed accusations? Oh, by the way, writing in ALL CAPS is a sign of mental illness. Are you mentally ill? I ask because, you know, if you are mentally ill I'll go easy on you.

01.02.2010 00:31, Andy Martin from Chicago E-Mail Homepage:
Patrick Hughes is a wannabe candidate. He should debate himself. Maybe he could tell us how he blew a half million dollars without running a single broadcast ad.

Andy Martin
Republican for U. S. Senator

31.01.2010 22:24, Ann from Chicago:
Article "Boozing" Since when did one's changing mind after doing some research or learning something new about someone become "mean spirited" and not our RIGHT under the 1st amendment?

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Ann,
Nobody said it's not a right of free speech. I don't know where you read that, but it was not something I wrote. Since when did one's reading a blogger and realizing she is a raging bitch and then calling her "mean spirited" STOP being a right under the 1st Amendment?


31.01.2010 19:51, Toni from Tinley Park:
This article hits the nail on the head. Molly is put up by faux and embarassing so called Republican Liz Gorman to whom her only allies are Democrats.

Flynn will disappear after she loses. He mission was accomplished. She made Junkas spend money.

Its amazing how Liz doesn't see a problem with her endorsement of Flynn. Every other Republican organization in the district including HRO Tom Cross has endorsed Junkas.

Another reason to not vote for Gorman. Her time is running out....

Comments:

Thanks Toni!

28.01.2010 22:57, David Ormsby from Chicago:
Adam is on a roll.

Comments:

Indeed!!!

25.01.2010 18:42, Paul Mitchell from Gurnee, IL E-Mail Homepage:
A few minutes ago, I left the following as a comment on Bill's "Truth Squad" blog, and I leave it here as well:

A $5,000 contribution from Jack Roeser’s Renaissance PAC to Committee to Elect Paul Mitchell. Mitchell’s campaign manager, Lynn Thomas, pens a blog that has been deeply involved in the smear campaign against Kelly’s campaign.

Truth time, Bill!

Lynn Thomas is a part-time, unpaid volunteer for my campaign. She has been given the title "campaign manager," but in fact, I run my campaign myself. She has not been paid any amount by me for anything, and is in fact a contributor to my campaign. She didn't see a dime of the money my campaign received from RRP-PAC.

If you have a problem with me, Bill, talk to me. On January 9th, I offered to talk to you, and you weren't interested. Also on that date, I held a rally, which my campaign paid for, and let you speak there.

But Lynn was a blogger long before she volunteered for my campaign, her blog is her forum, and she didn't forfeit it when she stepped up to help my campaign. I would never have considered asking her to do so.

Once upon a time, Bill, you offered to help my campaign, too, through your ReformIllinois organization. The difference is, you didn't follow through, and Lynn did.

Cao's Blog does not speak for me or my campaign. I speak for me, here's what I have to say: I was a supporter of yours, but your campaign -- and no one else -- persuaded me that I shouldn't be. I've explained that to Steve Ruggiero, and offered to explain to you personally. But I have been cordial to you whenever we have met, and have not mentioned you on-line. Using me and my campaign in an effort to falsely prove a link between Jack Roser and Lynn Thomas' decision to blog about you is unfair, dishonest, and serves to benefit my opponent, who has a 100% pro-abortion voting record and recently told the press she'd be willing to support civil unions for same-sex couples.

If that sort of Topinka-like candidate is who you want to benefit, then by all means, carry on. If not, perhaps you could dial down the rhetoric, and focus on your opponents, as I am trying to do.

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RESPONSE: Paul, I didn't want to drag you into this, but since you were so eager to jump in head first, well, you've made yourself fair game. Your response is bizarre for several reasons. Let’s walk through it together, Paul, cuz it’s Truth Time for you, too. You can see my full response on Chicago News Bench on Tuesday, Jan. 26 at 7:00 AM.

23.01.2010 21:24, OPVoter from South Suburbs:
The reason that those businesses are hurting is beacause the state hasn't paid them the money that the state OWED them. Paying those bills is exactly what a Comptroller is supposed to do. Please explain how wanting to do that makes Jim Dodge a Nazi?

http://rogersparkbench.blogspot.com/2010/01/jim-dodge-wants-socialist-action-for-il.html

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I did not call Dodge a Nazi, I said he seems to be proposing socialist action. You're wrong: The Comptroller's job is to clear the checks for distribution. It is the Treasurer's job to pay businesses, and it's the Legislature's job to approve projects that will commit the state obligations to private companies. The comptroller makes sure that the checks sent by the Treasurer are going to legal purposes and well-prioritized items. Dodge's statement was vague, and he did not specify businesses to which the state owes money. What he said was "You’re the chief fiscal control officer, so you really to have to get it right to be part of the solution and say ‘This is how much money we have, this is how much we’re spending,’ distribute those funds as best you can cuz of the number of businesses that are hurting." Which businesses? There are more businesses that are hurting that are NOT owed money by the state than are. Dodge drew no line. In fact, he did not even say that he wanted to distribute those funds TO businesses. Did he mean distribute to social services in blighted areas? Distribute funds to more welfare programs? He did not say. What he DID say is that he wants to "distribute funds" "cuz of the number of businesses that are hurting." Too vague. To refresh your memory, the federal government has put the nation hundreds of billions of dollars in debt "cuz of the number of businesses that are hurting."


22.01.2010 13:02, Bill from Andersonville:
Was just looking at Heather Stean’s campaign report. Did anyone else notice that Steans and her husband have given $75,000 of their own in loans and in-kind dollars to this campaign? First she buys the seat with $200,000 to Rod Blagojevich and Carol Ronen. Now she’s trying to buy re-election with $75,000 of her own money. Pouring this kind of wealth into this race is disgusting. The voters own this seat ... not Steans.

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~ Thanks Bill, great stuff!

22.01.2010 10:25, Illinois Citizen from The Crossroads of Illinois Homepage:
Talking about taking words out of context. Anyway, why the fixation with Kelly? The race is between Dodge and Topinka. Kelly is not a real candidate. But don't listen to me:

"William Kelly's campaign has looked to many more like a publicity stunt than a serious run for office. The 43-year-old cable TV host has posted drunken videos of himself online, was escorted out of the state Capitol by police after he tried to take down an atheist group's sign, and filed a highly publicized but failed injunction to stop an Illinois prison from being used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees."

Kelly can barely articulate, unless he's sharing gems of wisdom like this:

Kelly: "Beer is proof that God loves us."

But don't listen to me.

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You are deluded. There are three candidates in the race, each running legally. As for the "drunken" videos, do you consider Ronald Reagan to have been a Nazi? No? Why not, smart guy? Reagan wore a Nazi uniform in a movie. That's right, he was acting. So was Kelly in his TV show. He was escorted out of the capitol for doing what many conservatives would have done themselves - if they had the balls. His injunction against the Thomson prison/Gitmo action failed, but not through lack of trying. What action did YOU take to stop that? What are your credentials? While Kelly puts himself on the front lines fighting conservative battles, you play the cowardly blog commenter, hiding behind a fake name.


21.01.2010 22:43, ConservativeCore from Chicago Homepage:
Strange how Kelly did not spend any time during the Chicago Tonight Show talking about any of these points. In fact what did he say that was specific to the office of comptroller? Oh I run a business with accounts payable and accounts receivable. Yeah Bill thats all you need to know about business to run the budget of IL......"The Comptroller should be concerned with, but not limited to, these four things: (1) Make sure the state has the money for any given spending allocation made by the legislature, (2) Make sure that approved allocations are legal and constitutional, (3) Assure that funds allocated by the state are not political in nature and actually serve the needs of taxpayers and fulfill contractual obligations made by the state, and (4) Make sure the money is distributed efficiently. Neither the state nor the Comptroller should be in the business of distributing state money to businesses "that are hurting."

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First, let me congratulate you on being such a coward that you had to hide behind a fake name to make your idiotic comment. Now then, the entire Chicago Tonight (WTTW) "debate" was but 8 minutes. Let me understand: Are you diminishing businesse owners and the importance of being able to balance accounts payable and receivable??? You regurgitate my own four points of what a comptroller's primary duties should be, and ask why Kelly did not say them on WTTW, but neither did Dodge. Next time you write in, you spineless moron, use your real name.

21.01.2010 22:38, ConservativeCore from Chicago Homepage:
Weak argument. You are a pathetic excuse for a conservative blogger.

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And you are a pathetic excuse for a conservative. You're also a coward for not using your real name. Oh, by the way, what's the name of YOUR blog?

20.01.2010 17:32, Yuk Yuk:
But you do like to use pictures of Teddy Roosevelt in odd and unusual ways. RINO, what a laugh. He's the true RINO.

15.01.2010 12:47, clay barham from Oregon:
Natural rights are the gifts of our Creator, not government. It is life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, describing individual freedom. It only exists in America and is under assault today. Free individuals are the only pebble-droppers; the nails sticking up that government people are afraid of tripping over and seek to hammer down. It also means individual self-interest is more important than are the interest of communities. Obama and modern Democrats are opposed to that, as they are united in their support of Rousseau and Marx, not Jefferson and Madison.

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Ah, Clay, your comments are great, but don't think you can keep sneaking plugs in here. I was happy to publish your web site's URL once previously, but that shameless plug with a sales link for your book is a no-no. I happily accept paid advertising for commercial products, my friend. That's part of my liberty and pursuit of happiness. Jefferson and Madison would understand.

13.01.2010 12:30, clay barham from Oregon Homepage:
American children are taught that the speedy “wabbit” wastes time and energy accomplishing little, while the plodding turtle gets the job done, ultimately. I get the sense this means the plodding bureaucracy, the community, proves superior in the end when compared with the individual interest pursued by the “wabbit.” To the kids, Obama and the plodding turtle are related, while the self-interest pursuing creative types are muddying the pure waters of society and its needs. The “wabbit” makes waves, leaves a wake, drops pebbles in the placid pond, and supposedly never gets anything done. The “wabbit” is an Ayn Rand character, like the entrepreneurs in America who create all the jobs the turtle ignores as he slowly plods along doing the same thing the elite rulers have always done in the Old World, making war on “wabbits.” http://www.claysamerica.com/

10.01.2010 18:24, Madcap from Chicago Homepage:
Nice history lesson. How soon we forget that it was southern Democrats that blocked the Civil Rights Act as well...

Comments:

Some of us will never forget, sir.

01.01.2010 00:49, Tom Faber from West Ridge, Chicago IL E-Mail Homepage:
You probably know, but this wasn't the real "Laughing Elvis" spot. It can be found on You Tube with him totally laughing his ass off -- out of control -- probably on quaaludes --but only the whole audio is apparent and there is no synchonized film -- only cut-in photos, etc.

Still it is very funny in the audio when he just loses it and, while cracking up, tells the female backup crooner --"Take it, baby."

26.12.2009 00:34, Sonia from Chicago:
Re: Candidate Kelly. Too bad for Mr. Kelly. I've found grandstanders like him make poor candidates and idiotic public officials. Certainly the atheist display was there to offset the other religious displays in the rotunda. Your reporting makes it appear that there was only the atheist display. I wish there had been no displays at all.

Mr. Kelly comes out looking like an oafish boob.

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Actually, Sonia, your comment makes you sound like the boob, and here's why: You said you don't like grandstanders as candidates. Any candidate for public office is, by definition, a grandstander. They must make a grand stand, which they do by campaigning. Also, my reporting did not make "it appear that there was only the atheist display," as I never said that, nor did the Kelly press release that I quoted. You assumed that, Sonia, I didn't write it. Finally, Sonia, William Kelly committed an act of civil disobedience without causing any property damage or endangering anybody's safety; in standing up for what he believes in his heart, he then peacefully submitted to officers of the law. I suspect that, had you been around in 1776, you would have mocked Sam Adams and Tom Jefferson for being grandstanding oafish boobs. Mr. Kelly is a man willing to put himself on the front line of an ideological battle. I don't see that coming from any of the other candidates in the Comptroller race, either Republican or Democrat.

21.12.2009 23:10, Nancy from Mumbai:
Very sorry to report but your Citi-bank account is overdrawn.

Comments:

Well, that's fascinating, NancyB, especially since I have never had an account with Citi-bank. It's also interesting because the real Citibank has no hyphen in its name. Furthermore, if I did have an account with you, you would not have sent me such a notice via this forum. And finally, your English is horrible. Ha ha ha ha ha!

20.12.2009 12:36, Mohammad Fazlur Rahman from INDIA:
thanks for the information brother. we must fight against terrorism be it be done by any body, by any race, region or religion. we must strive for the justice and truth to prevail and there must be justice for every one including, USA, UK, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan...

let us pray that those who strive hard and work for the sake of humanity, equality and justice in the world, may God give them success and succeed them over all their enemies. ameen

Comments:

Dear Mohammad,
Thanks to you for your kind comment. I wish more there were more people like you - around the world and right here in Chicago - who understand that fighting terror benefits everyone. Too many people have politicized it and are afraid to speak candidly for fear of offending the "PC police." To refer to "Islamic terrorists" is not an indictment of all Muslims, just the terrorists who happen to be Muslim (and their supporters, of course). Peace to you Mohammad. Please write again. May God help us all.

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