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Jan Schakowsky: Charles Rangel is “my leader”

By Pat, on Jul 30, 2010

From the "Pollak for Congress" campaign:

July 30, 2010
 
NILES, IL- A newly discovered YouTube video reveals the close ties between Jan Schakowsky and Charles Rangel, chair of the House Ways & Means Committee, who is currently facing serious ethics charges.
 
The video was uploaded by the National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS (NLBCA) on March 20, 201.

Clip:


Latest Smear Against the Tea Party Movement from the Left

By Pat, on Jul 29, 2010

Bill Wilson of Americans for Limited Government wrote the following from netrightdaily chronicling the constant attacks on the Tea Party.

 

Smears Against Tea Parties Contrived Political Strategy

The attacks on the tea party movement and other citizen activists are continuing.  This time, the DNC has unveiled its latest effort to portray tea parties, and Republicans, as radicals and extremists.

This effort, www.republicanteapartycontract.com, is nothing more than a series of misrepresentations of popular ideas like repealing ObamaCare and the financial takeover, eliminating whole departments and agencies in the federal government, keeping taxes low, etc. but it is occurring in a highly charged media climate where the NAACP has accused the movement of being racist.

Arthur Brooks Discusses The Battle

By Pat, on Jul 29, 2010

Arthur Brooks, President of the American Enterprise Institute, Sat down with Nick Gillespie of Reason TV to discuss his new book ("The Battle: How the Fight between Free Enterprise and Big Government Will Shape America's Future").  This presentation is a fascinating look at the free enterprise system and how it relates to American culture. 

Here is an abridged version for those that do not have an hour to take in a great conversation:

ShoreBank: Alexi Giannoulias Has Questions to Answer

By Pat, on Jul 29, 2010

Joel Pollak has more information on the ShoreBank corruption.  The following was cross posted from Big Government:

As the August 6th bailout deadline approaches, when the federal government must either give ShoreBank $75 million or take it over entirely, new evidence is emerging about ShoreBank’s connections to Chicago politicians.

The latest revelations raise new questions about the possible role of Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias, who is also the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in the upcoming November election.

Alexi Giannoulias (D) - Source: Crain's Chicago Business

Alexi Giannoulias (D) - Source: Crain's Chicago Business

Shortly after Giannoulias took office in 2007, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), a state-run college fund, invested $12.7 million in ShoreBank. Some of ISAC’s funds came from parents who invested in Bright Start, a program to help them save for their children’s college tuition.

Racism, the Red Herring

By Pat, on Jul 29, 2010

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Racism, the Red Herring

By Patrick Duggan

The news has been dominated by race based stories. It started with various liberal media hacks accusing the TEA party activists of racism and then ramped up with the NAACP demanding that the TEA party expel these racists from their midst. This transparent version of the old “have you stopped beating your wife” gotcha was followed by the Shirley Sherrod incident. The White House had her fired before Fox News even covered the story and then proceeded to blame Fox News. Right. The spin was that Sherrod had been taken out of context and that the end of the speech was about her awakening and realizing that helping that white farmer was the right thing to do-because he was poor. Message: it’s OK to be prejudiced against the wealthy. The first part of that speech delivered a message unchanged by the over-hyped “context” at the end. The NAACP audience gave vocal approval to her pre-transformation racist attitude. The NAACP is the organization fanning racist flames-not the mostly disorganized TEA party factions.

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