December 2009
38 posts
“Stand fast therefore in the liberty wherewith Christ has made us free and be not...”
– Saul of Tarsus, as quoted (yearly) in the Wall Street Journal.
“This week has been truly historic. It has marked the beginning of the landslide...”
– Gerald Warner in the Telegraph.co.uk (http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/geraldwarner/100020279/copenhagen-climate-summit-most-important-paper-in-the-world-is-a-glorified-un-press-release/)
Playground politics in Kopenhagen
From Stephen Hayes in the Weekly Standard blog today (http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/TWSFPView.asp):
“Ahead of President Barack Obama’s trip to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations’ conference on Climate Change, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has decided to muzzle the Republicans who traveled there as part of her congressional delegation, sources say.”
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Here's what you (New Trier taxpayers) get for $174...
It’s all about the children, right? Below, read about the educational problems/objectives in the New Trier school board building plan. Make up your own mind if these are worth $174 million - and by the way, how would Harvard, Yale and Princton classrooms measure up to the “New Trier” standard? More at...
Wrong plan, wrong time for New Trier
Opponents (a.k.a. taxpayers) of the $174 million (plus interest) tax increase referendum for New Trier High School are asking for support at the new website: http://lovenewtriervoteno.org/. Yard signs are available, and donations of any amount are needed.
“We urge the community to reject the referendum because we believe this is the wrong plan, at the wrong time. Economic conditions have...
“… voters seem to have a different definition of success. And they are...”
– Karl Rove, The President is No B+, in the Wall Street Journal, 12/17/09 (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704541004574600002289276662.html)
Guest essay: An American businessman offers Step...
Some analysts say the level of deficits and debt incurred under George Bush was a major source of his low popularity ratings, especially among independents and some conservatives. But for Bush, limiting spending to say 2% or 3% per year was virtually impossible given what he faced. Overall, spending under Bush increased by $1,244 billion between 2000 actual and his final budget for 2008, or 67%...
A winning pinnacle atop the 2012 GOP ticket
Tonight on Fox News Live (6:00 - 6:30 on your PC) Charles Krauthammer made a strong pitch for the Republican Party to run General David Petraeus for president as the antidote to Obama in 2012. Now there’s an idea no one could question; just what the country needs, leadership after a period of difficult wars - a quiet hero who loves his country and his Constitution.
American Enterprise...
Robert Dold gets (interesting) endorsement by... →
Despite the kerfluffle instigated by 10th District candidate Dick Green, splitting hairs between his and Robert Dold’s stand on abortion, the Illinois Right to Life today announced that Dold is the recommended candidate in the primary. Dold’s moderate stand against partial birth abortion, against Federal funding of abortions and for parental notification of abortion is mainstream for...
Open memo to Wilmette President Chris Canning
Time to put your money where your mouth is in the 10th District primary, Chris. With Beth Coulson touting your endorsement anywhere and everywhere (including on her campaign literature), it is getting harder to believe the story that she tricked the endorsement out of you. In the first place, a politician who wants a future in the community (or beyond) should not be endorsing any candidate, much...
Watch out for a film in the works that takes place... →
David Schwimmer is the director of Trust, a dark drama about an ad man whose Wilmette daughter has been victimized by a sexual predator on the Internet. Stars include Clive Owen and Catherine Keener.
A recipe for Tea Party tidbits - yum!
Scottish Shortbread
1 cup butter (2 sticks) cold from the refrigerator
½ cup sugar
2 cups flour
½ cup corn starch
(alternative: 1¾ cup flour plus 1 cup rice flour)
½ tsp. salt
Cut very cold butter into 12 pieces and place in food processor. Add sugar, flour, corn starch and salt. Process with steel blade into coarse meal. Immediately press into flat shortbread or large brownie pan (greased...
Memorial service for Rose Friedman set for this...
Announced by the University of Chicago:
A memorial will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12, for University alumna Rose Friedman, an economist who co–authored a number of important books with her late husband Milton Friedman. Rose Friedman, Ph.B., died Tuesday, Aug. 18, at her home in Davis, Calif.
The memorial, which will conclude with a lunch, will take place in Room 219 in...
Ever wonder what ACORN has to do with the Chicago...
The airways were awash last Monday with emails concerning the blockbuster revelations that were expected on the Glenn Beck show regarding Democrat Rep. Jan Schakawsky’s husband’s campaign tactics. Kudos to 9th District Republican candidate Joel Pollak, who provided the research to make the scandal real: if you missed the Beck show on Tuesday, it all has to do with how an avowed...
Need a gift? How about a gadget? →
“Climate-gate,” as the e-mails and other documents from the Climate...”
– Sarah Palin in the Washington Post, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/08/AR2009120803402.html).
Victory or withdrawal - can't have your cake and...
“One didn’t have to be a cadet on Tuesday to feel a bit of nausea upon...”
– Gabor Steingart, from Der Speigel on line. Guess the Eurotrash doesn’t love him any more.
The saddest map of the United States ever . . . →