By Brooke Alvarez/Factzone
Posted on January 25, 2011
Greg Hinz, For One, Would Like To Welcome Our New Overlord
By Steve Rhodes
With all the talk about blood libel in the air, you’d think Crain’s would want to avoid a headline like this: “Rahm Emanuel Has Daley’s Will To Power, With An Eye For The Bottom Line.”
It’s bad enough that “will to power” is a Nietzschean phrase associated with Adolf Hitler and other “gangster-statesmen“; it’s even more insensitive when used in association with a Jew, as Emanuel is.
But Crain’s is using term approvingly – probably because veteran political reporter Greg Hinz so approves of Emanuel. Let’s take a look.
Posted on January 20, 2011
Rahm Calls In Favor From Accused Racist To Shore Up The Black Vote
By Steve Rhodes
“A ‘big city’ needs a ‘big mayor,’ and that’s why Chicago needs the man who helped him pass the Crime Bill, former President Bill Clinton told a crowd of 700 people at the Cultural Center Tuesday,” the Sun-Times reports.
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We – meaning reporters – don’t have to do things this way.
Posted on January 19, 2011
The Bill & Rahm Show: New Lost City Arkansas Traveler
By Astralopry 2011
“Arkansas Traveler” (excerpt: “The Residency Question”)
The New Lost City Ramblers (1968)
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Posted on January 18, 2011
Op-Art: Bill And Rahm’s Vision of Johanna
By Astralopry 2011
“Clinton To Campaign Here For Emanuel.”
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Kelly Harrell & The Virginia String Band, “My Name is John Johanna.” (1927)
Posted on January 15, 2011
Jon Stewart Restores The Sanity
You Cannot Outsmart Crazy
“How do you make sense of these type of senseless situations seems to be the question that’s on everybody’s mind and I don’t know that there is a way to make sense of this sort of thing. As I watched the political pundit world, many are reflecting and grieving and trying to figure things out. But it’s also true that others are working feverishly to find the tidbit or two that will exonerate their side from blame or implicate the other and watching that is as predictable as it is dispiriting.
“Did the toxic political environment cause this? A graphic image here, an ill-timed comment, violent rhetoric, those sort of things? I have no fucking idea. We live in a complex ecosystem of influences and motivations and I wouldn’t blame our political rhetoric any more than I would blame heavy metal music for Columbine.
“And, by the way, that is coming from somebody who truly hates our political environment. It is toxic. It is unproductive. But to say that that is what has caused this or that the people in that are responsible for this, I just don’t think you can do.
“Boy would that be nice. Boy would it be nice to be able to draw a straight line of causation from this horror to something tangible because then we could convince ourselves that if we just stopped ‘this’ the horrors will end. To have the feeling, however fleeting, that this type of event can be prevented forever. It’s hard not to feel like it can.
“You cannot outsmart crazy. You don’t know what a trouble mind will get caught on. Crazy always seems to find a way. It always has.”
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Posted on January 11, 2011
Amazon vs. Illinois
By The Beachwood Don’t Tax Me Bro Affairs Desk
“Some Illinois-based Web businesses were furious Thursday at a legislative plan that would require online retailers, such as Amazon.com and Overstock.com, to collect a 6.25 percent state tax if they have commissioned affiliates in the state,” the Tribune reports.
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Amazon says they simply won’t play along. This arrived in the Beachwood HQ inbox on Thursday:
Posted on January 7, 2011
BGA Sues CPD Over Ed Burke Security Detail Data
Will Chicago’s Nonprofit Community Play A Role In Electing Rhe Next Mayor?
By Tom Tresser
I’m going out a limb and just answer my own question straight away: No.
I don’t see the leaders and managers the thousands of social service, cultural and educational organizations that serve hundreds of thousand of people every week taking much of a role in electing the next mayor of Chicago.
That’s not to say they shouldn’t take an active role.
Posted on January 5, 2011
Meet Chicago’s Tea Party
By The Chicago Tea Party
From: Chicago Tea Party
Subject: Our First Event of the New Year
January Monthly Meeting
2011 will be the biggest year ever for the tea party movement in Chicago. Start the year off right by joining us at our next Chicago Tea Party Monthly Meeting on Wednesday, January 5 at 7:00PM at Blackie’s, 755 S. Clark. Our featured speaker at the meeting will be Cedra Crenshaw, the Mom vs. The Machine. Cedra will discuss what the Republican party needs to do to expand its base and reach out to new voters. We’ll also discuss the steps the IL GOP needs to take to reform.
Please register here to attend the meeting.
Posted on January 3, 2011