By AP
Literally proposes leaving the needy out in the cold.
Posted on February 15, 2011
The Real Rahm
Nation Elects First Openly Drunk Senator
By The Onion News Network
First came out when he threw up on himself in the state legislature.
Posted on February 11, 2011
How To Stop Rahm
By The Beachwood Tyranny Affairs Desk
According to a Beachwood panel of political experts.
* Out him as the guy behind Groupon’s Super Bowl ads.
* Unearth racy interpretive dance footage.
* Rahm’s signature discovered on parking meter deal!
* Exclusive! Rahm was on the board of Freddie Mac! Oh, wait . . .
* Name Rahm the new black consensus candidate and hope for white backlash.
Posted on February 10, 2011
Rahm: Too Big To Fail
By DJ Freddie Mac and The Blue State Cowboys
You wanna play ball, put a check in the mail.
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Lyrics:
Posted on February 3, 2011
U.S. Aid To Egypt: Where Does the Money Go – And Who Decides How It’s Spent?
By Marian Wang/ProPublica
The protests in Egypt have prompted renewed questions about the U.S.’s aid to the country – an issue that the U.S. government has also pledged to reconsider. We’ve taken a step back and tried to answer some basic questions, such as how as much the U.S. has given, who has benefitted, and who gets to decide how its all spent.
Posted on February 2, 2011
The Congressman And The Olive Pit
By Dennis Kucinich
Dear Friend,
Though I would prefer to focus your attention on my work dealing with the profoundly important issues that face our nation, such as job creation, getting the economy back on track, and ending the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq – it seems that some are more interested in discussing my personal dental issues. Given the degree of public interest you should know some details:
Posted on January 31, 2011
Mystery Mayoral Debate Theater
By The Beachwood Mystery Debate Theater Team
Once again the Beachwood Mystery Debate Theater team of Steve Rhodes, Tim Willette and Andrew Kingsford gathered at Beachwood HQ to bring you the absolute best debate analysis bar none of the big Chicago Tribune/City Club debate moderated by editorial page editor Bruce Dold and WGN anchor Micah Materre.
Well, actually not quite. Despite Tim’s plan to surprise us with Big Flats beer (broken here more than a month ago and now finally starting to show up in the lamestream media) and Andrew’s plan to surprise us with a Red Baron pizza, we ended up having to watch from our separate domiciles, or residences, or homes. Depending on your definition of each.
Me and Tim still managed to wring some funny out of the proceedings. Let’s take a look. (Edited for clarity and comedy.)
Posted on January 28, 2011
Rahm’s Rules: Part 2
By Steve Rhodes
Second of a two-part series.
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Part One: Paperclips and petitions.
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The reporting on the Illinois Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to reverse the appellate court and allow Rahm Emanuel on the ballot for mayor hardly does justice – no pun intended – to the weird legal theory employed by the court or to the legal arguments which came before it.
On Monday, in the third and final installment of Rahm’s Rules, I’ll examine the media coverage of the residency challenge. Today I’ll examine the legal arguments from start to finish, starting with a couple reports of Thursday’s ruling, then going back to the beginning and circling back to the state supreme court so you can see why the five justices who wrote the majority opinion are so misguided and why the two who disagreed (including Anne Burke) with the majority’s approach – mostly in tone – but still sided with Rahm wrote the most reasoned argument of the entire proceedings, though they, too, still got it wrong.
Take a look for yourself.
Posted on January 28, 2011
Rahm’s Rules: Part 1
By Steve Rhodes
First in a two-part series.
“A member of the Lemont-Bromberek District 113A school board was disqualified Tuesday from running for re-election after an electoral board determined her nominating petitions were not fastened together,” TribLocal Lemont reported earlier this month in “School Board Candidate Removed From Ballot After Paperclip Debate.”
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“Richard Hissong has been knocked off the April 5 ballot while Mario Palacios can continue to run for alderman, the Des Plaines electoral board ruled,” TribLocal Des Plaines reported last spring.
“Hissong fell short by one signature of the 41 he needed. He claims one signature was invalidated because it was missing a middle initial.
“‘I don’t feel it’s worth my time and my effort at this point,’ Hissong said when asked if he would appeal . . .
Posted on January 27, 2011