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Primary Ballot in Illinois Ignores a Critical Question

Last updated January 30, 2016 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Do you enjoy wasting your money? Everyone has opinions on what that means. Your idea of a good use for your paycheck might seem foolish to me. There is one thing we can probably agree on, though. We detest giving money to Illinois.

Filed Under: Elections Tagged With: Illinois

Generosity is an American Affliction: Get Over It

Last updated March 30, 2016 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

The true measure of American generosity is how we treat our people when no one is watching. Reckless inclusion of all foreigners doesn't count.

Filed Under: American Ideals and Values Tagged With: Illinois, Middle East

Skin Color is a Lame Excuse for Poisoning Race Relations

Last updated November 29, 2015 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

We just learned two things: skin color is more important than spending on depressed communities and black lives don’t matter when no one is watching.

Filed Under: Race in America Tagged With: Illinois

How to Stop Corruption, Graft, and Payoffs Right Now

Last updated November 4, 2015 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

We expect corruption from foreign governments. Dictators, payoffs, and graft in South America and more corruption, terrorist infiltration, and money laundering in the Middle East are facts of life. When we hear about them we are not surprised.

Corruption is a fact of life here in America, too.

Filed Under: Government Ethics Tagged With: Illinois

Mass Murder Makes Guns and Drugs Revenue Generators

Last updated November 4, 2015 by Bob Prokop Leave a Comment

Instead of wasting time debating whether guns or people do the killing, we can agree that the recent mass murder sprees Obama talked about on Thursday were the works of crazy people. That’s not something Congress can do much about. No matter how much regulation we dream up, we can’t root out all the crazies or come up with explanations for their actions.

Filed Under: Big Government Tagged With: Illinois

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