Sometimes the truth really hurts. It can hurt more than a smack in the mouth or a remark made during a campaign debate, like Chris Christie’s comment about a prominent teachers union deserving a punch in the face. For a lot of us who live in union-friendly cities and states, a punch in the face would be infinitely more pleasurable than having another bite taken from our incomes.
Children Die, Guns Blamed, and Prison Sentences Scrapped
Two children died on the streets of Chicago while the Congressional Black Caucus celebrated the removal of a historic relic in South Carolina. 1 As reported by the Chicago Tribune,2 Dillan Harris was sitting in his stroller when he was run over by a car escaping a shooting. The other child, seven-year-old Amari Brown, was shot dead.
Courts Decide What You Pay for Failed Government
Hopeless legislative stalemate happens when lawmakers don’t do their jobs. When they are too indebted to their big money backers or too obsessed with personal agendas and vendettas to perform their task of managing government, government fails. That’s when the courts step in.
Failed government means orders and outrage
Frustration from failed government causes the kind of outrage that Obama committed last November when he decided to throw the gates open wide for illegal immigrants.
Consent of the Governed: Why Did We Withdraw It?
We just witnessed a pivotal moment of revenge in our democracy, a mass withdrawal of the consent of the governed. Don’t confuse Tuesday’s rout with what happened in 2010. This wasn’t about lapping up a conservative agenda. There was no Pledge to America this time. In fact, the only real agenda was the one pushed by the losers and rejected by voters.
Destroying Career Politicians is an American Tradition
Is it easier to destroy conservative career politicians than ruin the lives of liberal Democrats? We like to complain about media bias and railroading, but the press is not always as forgiving of the left as we like to think. In Illinois we delight in watching Democrats fall down hard. Jesse Jackson Jr. and Rod Blagojevich took well-earned beatings at the hands of the media, as did Republican ex-governor and ex-con George Ryan before them (see: Why Illinois Should Reward Political Corruption).
Six Laws Americans Deserve That States Will Never Pass
Americans deserve better than the litany of bad laws that kick in every January. We start every year shaking our heads in disbelief at new laws and regulations that scream legislative abuse and special interest pandering and pose a real danger to those unfamiliar with new infractions and their penalties. As with all bad things in government, my state of Illinois is our role model.
Immigration Fast? Tell Legislators Illegals Aren’t Worth It.
Politicians have seized the immigration fast ploy from activists and are using it to keep themselves in the spotlight. House Democrats are sharing their fasts and even Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel announced that he would get in on the fasting action, though as mayor presiding over one of the nation’s largest havens for illegals he is already doing more than enough.
Chicago Schools a Better Choice for Duncan’s Education Bus Tour
The Department of Education’s Back To School Bus Tour has become a fixture of Arne Duncan’s PR campaign for the government’s role in our nation’s schools. Bureaucrats aren’t known for being shy about what they are after and even though Duncan’s bus tour has been edging south, this year’s stops are suspicious, given what is on the president’s fall agenda.
