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Comment by Lance M Hillier Sr on November 18, 2009 at 1:09pm

I got this RINO Alert message in Facebook I thought I'd pass along as food for thought to appropriate Illini action...

RINO Topinka plants FAKE conservative in race
To members of Rid the Republican Party of R.I.N.O.'s
Steve Ruggiero November 18 at 11:00am Reply
Friends,

Judy Baar Topinka must know that there will be a STRONG showing of conservatives at the ballot on February 2nd to vote against her. That is why she planted someone in the race -TO SPLIT THE CONSERVATIVE VOTE!

Three months ago, no conservative in Illinois had heard of Jim Dodge, but immediately after longtime conservative activist William J. Kelly entered the race, Jim Dodge joined the race saying that he is a conservative too. We have proof to the contrary.

HERE http://kellytruthsquad.wordpress.com/2009/11/18/168/ you can see some of the individual contributions Jim Dodge has made - straight from the Illinois State Board of Elections website. Not only has he made MULTIPLE contributions totaling at least $2,300 to DEMOCRAT mayor Dan McLaughlin, he even donated $500 to JUDY BAAR TOPINKA!!

This is the same guy running the smear campaign against William Kelly for Topinka. The same guy who has been telling everyone that William Kelly is out of the race. THE SAME GUY WHO WILL HELP TOPINKA GET ELECTED UNLESS WE CALL HIM OUT!

I was told that the political term for a guy like this is "stalking horse candidate." I call him a no-good RINO!

SEND this message out to all of your friends! Have them JOIN the WINNING campaign by joining William J. Kelly's group on facebook!
http://www.facebook.com/#/group.php?gid=106505343543&ref=ts

FOLLOW William J. Kelly on twitter to get his messages UNFILTERED by the media!
http://twitter.com/Williamjkelly

DONATE to William J. Kelly's campaign! We need the support to spread the message across Illinois - If people don't hear about Dodge they might believe his lies and we'll end up electing Topinka!
http://www.friendsofwilliamjkelly.com/

Sincerely,
Steve Ruggiero

Comment by Chrissy, St. Director,Central FL on November 17, 2009 at 11:28pm

Comment by Cynthia Heimsoth on November 17, 2009 at 9:50pm

And here's a release from Don Manzullo, who has Thomson in his district.
http://manzullo.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=155324

Contact: Rich Carter 815-356-9800
Manzullo to President Obama: Open Federal Prison in Northwest Illinois Without Terrorists

Washington, Nov 16 -

Congressman Don Manzullo (R-IL) today called on President Obama to abandon his proposal to move up to 215 Taliban and al Qaeda terrorists from Guantanamo Bay to northwest Illinois and instead focus on opening the state’s Thomson Correctional Facility as a maximum security federal prison without the terrorists.

Manzullo, a senior member of the House Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade, said the federal prison system is 37 percent over capacity and is in dire need of a new prison. Federal Bureau of Prisons Director Harley Lappin told Manzullo yesterday that Thomson would make an ideal federal prison because it is already maximum security, fairly new, and large enough to meet the BOP’s needs.

Since it’s questionable Congress will agree to allow the Gitmo terrorists to be detained in the United States (Congress already voted this year to deny U.S. detention to Gitmo terrorists), Manzullo is drafting a letter asking the President to separate the two issues and immediately submit a funding request to Congress to open a new federal prison in Thomson without the terrorists. Lappin estimated purchasing Thomson would cost the federal government about $120 million up front and $65 million to $85 million annually to operate.

“The federal prison system is way overcrowded and is in dire need of more space, and Thomson offers an ideal solution. Moving Gitmo north to Thomson, Illinois, should not be part of the package, especially since the Administration faces a huge hurdle in getting Congressional approval for the terrorists to be detained in America,” Manzullo said. “I’m calling on the President to separate the two issues. Opening Thomson as a federal prison without the terrorists would be a home run for the people who need jobs in northwest Illinois, the federal prison system that’s in dire need of more capacity, and the safety of the American people.”

Manzullo learned yesterday the Administration is planning to move Gitmo north into one facility -- Thomson or another US location -- making it the largest concentration of incarcerated terrorists in the United States, if not the world.

(END)

Comment by Cynthia Heimsoth on November 17, 2009 at 9:46pm

They're discussing bringing the Gitmo detainees to a prison in Thomson IL, a small town on the Mississippi River near Sterling. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&source=hp&q=thomson+il&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=Thomson,+IL&gl=us&ei=YVQDS6L4G5LClAfvoangAQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=1&ved=0CAgQ8gEwAA
From another conservative blogsite:
"Friends, Bobby Schilling, 9/12 Candidate for Congress running in the IL 17th Congressional District, sent out this Press Release this afternoon regarding the visit to the Thomson, IL Correctional Facility:

November 17, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

For more information please contact Terry at (309) 230-3909


Schilling Visits Thomson Correctional Facility
Says we cannot afford to be short-sighted
EAST MOLINE, IL--Bobby Schilling, Republican candidate for Congress in the Illinois 17th Congressional District, visited the Thomson Correctional Facility today. Thomson Correctional Facility is under consideration to house Guantanamo Bay detainees. Schilling criticized the proposal, calling it "short-sighted" but also said that he supports filling Thomson with federal criminals, just not Al-Qaida terrorists.

"Our politicians tend to be a little short sighted at times," said Schilling. "That explains why we have a skyrocketing national debt and the highest unemployment rate since President Carter. It is almost as if as soon as someone says the word 'jobs' they will fully support the measure, even if it means bringing Al-Qaeda terrorists within 50 miles of their residents. We can create jobs by bringing federal prisoners here, we don't need to bring Al-Qaida terrorists here in order to create jobs.

Schilling spoke with many residents. Reactions were mixed, however the general stance was that housing federal criminals was okay, but housing the Guantanamo detainees was a bad idea. Many residents said that the concern should not be the Al-Qaida prisoners inside of Thomson, but who the prisoners would be attracting to the area.

"Our politicians need to be leaders and look at the long term effects of bringing Al-Qaida terrorists to this prison. How are we going to transport these terrorists to the prison? How is housing Al-Qaida terrorists going to affect employers in the area? What type of people, is this prison going to attract? Who are the future prisoners of Thomson? What if Osama bin Laden is caught? Will he be housed in Thomson? If so, won't that make Thomson a huge target for a terrorist attack?

"Furthermore what is it going to do to the surrounding areas? I know for a fact that I wouldn't want to move or open a business within 50 miles of an Al-Qaeda prison.

"If this were a nuclear waste facility, I am sure that these politicians would have a much different take on it. In reality a nuclear waste facility would have the same amount of economic damage as this terrorist prison will.

"Voters need to keep in mind that these are the same politicians who oppose job creating measures like domestic oil drilling. Domestic oil drilling actually helps local economies and their surrounding areas, all the while creating thousands of high paying jobs across the country and lowering energy prices for all. It just seems a little odd to me that they would support bringing Al-Qaida terrorist into our country to create a small amount of jobs, but oppose a non-controversial measure like domestic energy production."

Schilling, a native of Rock Island, has served as a local union steward and also has 13 years of union experience. Schilling, a local business owner and father of nine children, is running on a platform of bringing jobs and real representation back to the 17th district. Schilling is the only Republican candidate for the Illinois 17th District that will be on the ballot in the February primary election.

For more information about Bobby Schilling please visit his website at www.bobby2010.com

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Comment by Bradley L. on November 16, 2009 at 8:56am

Greetings Illinois Patriots. Urgent action is needed today as there is an important vote taking place on 11-17-09, which involves Your 7th District Court of Appeals. Please take immediate action against this activist Judge's Appointment for life!

Mathew Staver, Founder and Chairman
Liberty Counsel

Controversial Obama nominee, Judge David Hamilton, is being
covertly ushered through a Senate confirmation vote next week.
We have to act NOW. Please see below. --Mat

Illinios, Wisconsin, and Indiana Patriots,

The "No to Jesus, Yes to Allah" judge, David Hamilton, is now
scheduled for a confirmation vote by the full Senate as early
as next Tuesday. This pro-abortion, anti-faith radical nominee
is up for a lifelong appointment to the Seventh Circuit Court
of Appeals.

We are appalled at his very nomination.

As anticipated, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is trying to
limit debate on Hamilton and slip the final vote under the radar.
Thus far, all of Obama's liberal judicial appointees have been
approved by the Democratic controlled Senate.

I've recently released a statement, along with other pro-life
advocates, calling on lawmakers to oppose Hamilton. In the
letter we state that, "Judge Hamilton fails to meet the
qualifications"... and that his record indicates that he decides
cases "on the basis of his politics and personal agenda instead
of the Constitution."

++Tell the Senate, "He is NOT qualified!"

Here is what I'm asking you to do: We are bombarding the Senate
with a Fax Barrage expressing our outrage over Hamilton's appointment.
I still need thousands of Liberty Counsel friends to stand with me.

Please go here right now to help us FAX BARRAGE the Senate.

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=22987&CID=292&RID=21399119

Fellow Patriots. Hamilton is a former ACLU activist who, as a district
court judge, ruled that prayers using "Christ's name or title" were
sectarian and therefore unconstitutional. Then he ruled that prayers
to "Allah" were acceptable.

He ruled, "NO" to Jesus but "YES" to Allah! How skewed was his judgment?
The Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals overturned his decision. Yet

President Obama has now nominated Hamilton to serve on the very court
that rebuked him!

In addition, this former ACORN fundraiser and pro-abortion advocate
blocked reasonable informed consent abortion laws and has a long
history of overt judicial activism.

This is clearly NOT a man whose judgment warrants a
PROMOTION to a lifelong appointment in a HIGHER
Court!

Stand with me, and the leaders of many other pro-life advocacy groups,
in stopping this dangerous appointment by the Senate. Even if you
have done so before, we need a HUGE outpouring of protest to stop
this travesty!

Go here to join in the deluge of faxes into the Senate
informing our legislators that radical nominations like this
one will not be tolerated:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=22988&CID=292&RID=21399119

Of course, if you prefer to send your own faxes, please go here for
fax numbers and sample texts for your faxes:

http://www.libertyaction.org/r.asp?U=22989&CID=292&RID=21399119

We must expose the radical opinions of this judge who misused the power
of the courts to say "NO" to Jesus and "YES" to Allah.

Comment by Pamela Smith on November 16, 2009 at 8:51am

Chicago End The Fed Update:

Come prepared for a little rain as is common this time of year. :)

We’ll gather at Heald Square, which is on the south side of the Chicago River and north of Wacker Drive, between State and Wabash.

Assemble between noon and 1:00pm. If you get close it should be easy to spot -- there’s a statue of George Washington and a couple other financiers of the Revolutionary War (see http://chicago-outdoor-sculptures.blogspot.com/2007/11/heald-square-monument.html). For those into GPS, the specific coordinates are lat. 41.887216 long. -87.626878.

We have a route planned that will take us past the major media outlets and the most popular downtown shopping areas. Our route will take us into Millennium Park probably around 2pm

Comment by Chuck on November 15, 2009 at 1:03pm

When is the DC protest in MARCH 2010.

Comment by carol ann paris on November 15, 2009 at 11:55am

Obama Administration the gift that just keeps on giving

this is Mark Kirks site for no terrorists in Illinois

please check this out and pass around



http://www.kirkforsenate.com/?page_id=636

Comment by Rita Wells on November 15, 2009 at 11:07am

How do we stop the Guantanamo bay detainees coming to IL. (Thomas,IL.?}

Comment by Greg Sullivan on November 15, 2009 at 10:20am

When the news is filled with issues that frustrate me to the point I can't stand it, I find the need to study the issue in depth and write about it. I have recently done this as I've watched the principles that have defined America for hundreds of years leak slowly out of each of the Health Care Reform bills that has been tossed around Congress.

I have included a summary of the analysis below. Please feel free to visit my website at www.just2simpleguys.com to read the full essay. Also, feel free to pass it on to anyone else who may be interested.

Thank you

Greg

SUMMARY:

I’m very sad today, and frustrated, and a bit confused. With last weekend’s passage of the House Health Care Reform Bill, I’m left wondering where the America I love is heading and what has happened to freedom. It seems as though we have entered an alternate land in some strange Twilight Zone episode—a land wholly different from the one that has helped shape the course of this world for over two centuries. In my recent reading of portions of the House Bill and a summary of the Senate’s Baucus Bill, I’ve seen enough to nearly make me ill.

Yes, it is a concern that millions of Americans don’t have health care coverage, but who came up with the concept that the government should take care of our needs to this extent? It amazes and frustrates me to no end that millions are willing to deny so many fundamental truths, basic financial principles, and freedom itself, all for the convenience of simply letting the government take care of it. The words of Barry Goldwater ring so true in this debate: “The government that is big enough to give you all you want is big enough to take it all away.”
With the new House bill requiring individuals to obtain health insurance or pay a fine (tax) to the government, I don’t understand why there aren’t chills running down the spine of every American who loves freedom. The gall and arrogance of this president and Congress who think they have the right to govern our lives that deeply. America, please see the road this reform bill is paving—a road that leads to a slow erosion of freedom and a gradual takeover of more and more of our private lives.

Consider these words from William Boetcker (sometimes attributed to Abraham Lincoln), spoken back in 1942: “You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

Please visit www.just2simpleguys.com for a more detailed analysis of the health care reform bill.

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