I wrote this earlier, but wanted to give our candidates a chance to show their campaigning skills, and not be biased in this race. However, I am very disappointed at the lack of a real contest for the 1st Congressional District primary race (which, in our part of town, unfortunately determines the "official" winner for the fall election). Here's what the results showed as reported by the...
Is Obama dissatisfied with being president? By Byron York http://www.jewishworldreview.com/ He's in his second year as president, and he has discovered that even with all the powers of office, he can't do everything he wants to do, such as remake America. Doing stuff is hard. In the past, prosaic work has held little appeal for Obama, and it's prompted him to think about moving on. Begin with his...
First off Worlee at Concerned Citizens of Chatham offers a link to help you determine who will be on your ballot in your precinct! You can also go directly to the Chicago Board of Elections website to check out a sample ballot for your precinct! BTW, I want to share this article with you. The Defender reports that Ald. Lyle supports Pat Quinn for re-election as Governor. Lyle, who organized the endorsing...
A heated tossup race for the Democratic nomination for governor escalated along racial lines today as Gov. Pat Quinn and Comptroller Dan Hynes traded charges of incompetence fueled by the scandal at Burr Oak cemetery and a TV ad featuring the late Mayor Harold Washington. Quinn was joined by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush today to criticize Hynes, the state's three-term comptroller. Quinn alleged that Hynes...
Normally at this point in any of his previous jobs Obama was already running for the next one, and that kept him busy and occupied. Since the position of Supreme Ruler of the World is not currently available, and he's not a Catholic so he can't be Pope, there's no higher position for him to aspire to and Byron York thinks he's getting bored in the job : This is about the time Barack Obama becomes bored...
CPR : The first federally qualified health clinic is opening its doors in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. The Beloved Community Family Wellness Center had been operating in three rooms at St. Bernard Hospital. Beloved is moving to a new $2 million clinic on Halsted Street. The number of patients is expected to double to about 10,000. Margie Johnson is executive director of the center. JOHNSON:...
WASHINGTON--In the wake of hundreds of grave desecrations at the historic Burr Oak Cemetery in south suburban Alsip , House Democrat Bobby Rush of Chicago wants to bolster federal consumer protections governing the sale of funeral goods and services. Rush today led a congressional hearing to examine whether the FTC, which regulates funeral homes, should have its purview expanded to include cemeteries,...
I was unable to attend Gov. Pat Quinn's recent Carnival of Umbrage, but his campaign has thoughtfully posted YouTube videos of most of it so we can all watch the unedited indignation of such liberal stalwarts as U.S. Reps. Bobby Rush, Jan Schakowsky, Luis Gutierrez and Danny Davis.
On January 13, 2010, the Federal Trade Commission released a study critical of “pay-for-delay” patent litigation settlements by which brand-name drug companies pay generic competitors to keep generic drugs off the market. The same day, the Chairman of the FTC, Jon Leibowitz, and Representatives Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) and Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) held a news conference...
According to a new analysis released today, "The Health Case for Reforming the Toxic Substances Control Act," the U.S. has the opportunity to prevent chronic disease and reduce health care costs by overhauling federal chemical policy. Evidence is strong and growing that chemical exposure is contributing to the rise in many chronic diseases, according to this new report. As the U.S. debates...
“Pay-for-Delay” Deals Keep Generic Drugs Off Market, Cost Consumers Billions: FTC Study This posting was written by Darius Sturmer, Editor of CCH Trade Regulation Reporter. “Pay-for-delay” patent litigation settlement agreements cost U.S. consumers an estimated $3.5 billion per year, according to a study issued by the Federal Trade Commission on January 13. Under these agreements,...
Five days after the devastating earthquake in Haiti that killed thousands, the mental wounds of the disaster were still fresh. Even as U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush, D-Ill., led an opening prayer quoting Scripture and speaking of easing the pain of devastated Haitians this afternoon, Lesly Condé, consul general of Haiti in Chicago, let out wails of grief that could be heard throughout the entire South...
Wallace “Gator” Bradley, the man responsible for the controversial fliers supporting incumbent Todd Stroger in the Cook County Board President contest, is promising more of the same as we close in on the February 2nd primary. Chicago Current caught up with Bradle y earlier this week at a press conference in which U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush endorsed Stroger. Promising, “That ain’t...
US Federal Trade Commission Chairman Jon Leibowitz and key members of Congress, including Representative Chris Van Hollen, Chairman Bobby Rush and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy, renewed their call for legislation that would put an end to anticompetitive patent settlements, which drugmakers have been using to keep less-expensive copy medicines off the market and charge consumers billions of dollars...
On January 13, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) Chairman Jon Leibowitz held a press conference with Congressional members Chris Van Hollen (D-MD), Bobby Rush (D-IL), and Mary Jo Kilroy (D-OH) arguing that health care reform legislation should include a prohibition to the patent settlements referred to as “reverse payment settlements” or “pay-for-delay settlements”....
Bobby Blue Bland Live on Beal Street >>>> Download Live on Beal Street <<<< artist: Bobby Blue Bland album: Live on Beal Street Tracklist: 1 Intro Bobby Blue Bland Orchestra mp3 2 When Your Love is not Around mp3 3 Thats the Way Love is mp3 4 Love of Mine mp3 5 As Soon as the Weather Breaks mp3 6 Further on Up the Road mp3 7 I Pity the Fool mp3 8 Ain't No Sunshine When Shes Gone mp3 9 St James Infirmary...
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