"A State with No Republicans!"

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[oldbrowser]

"A State with No Republicans!"

Very interesting...Note this. A US State with zero Republicans in office - The State of Illinois. Think about this.

Some interesting data on the 'state' of Illinois ... There are more people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working.
Chicago pays the highest wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S. averaging $110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are Illinois and Chicago great or what?
Be sure to read till the end. I've never heard it explained better. Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago ? Body count: In the last six months, 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago . 221 killed in Iraq ; AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.

Here's the Chicago chain of command: President: Barack Hussein Obama · Senator: Dick Durbin · House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. · Governor: Pat Quinn · House leader: Mike Madigan · Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) · Mayor: Rohm Emanuel · The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats. · Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . ·
Of course, they're all blaming each other. · Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! ·

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

>> State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

>> Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us?

>> George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in the prison.

>> He was replaced by Rob Blajegovitch who is that's right, also in the prison.

>> And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned a couple of weeks ago, because he is fighting to not be sent to...that's right, prison.

The Land of Lincoln , where our governors make our license plates.

But you know what?

As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago , nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does.

"Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian."

Don't forget Detroit another good example.

Some of you might find these data interesting. ALL SHOULD.

There are actually two messages here. The first is very interesting, but the second is absolutely astounding -- and explains a lot!

A recent "Investor's Business Daily" article provided very interesting statistics from a survey by the United Nations International Health Organization.

Percentage of men and women who survived a cancer five years after diagnosis:

U.S. ------- 65%

England ------- 46%

Canada ------- 42%

Percentage of patients diagnosed with diabetes who received treatment within six months:

U.S. ------ 93%

England ------- 15%

Canada ------ 43%

Percentage of seniors needing hip replacement who received it within six months:

U.S. ------ 90%

England ------ 15%

Canada ------ 43%

Percentage referred to a medical specialist who see one within one month:

U.S. ------ 77%

England ------ 40%

Canada ------ 43%

Number of MRI scanners (a prime diagnostic tool) per million people:

U.S. ------ 71

England ------ 14

Canada ------ 18

Percentage of seniors (65+), with low income, who say they are in "excellent health":

U.S. ------ 12%

England ------ 2%

Canada ------ 6%

And now for the last statistic:

National Health Insurance?

U.S. ------ NO

England ------ YES

Canada ------ YES

And check this last set of statistics!!

The percentage of each past president's cabinet who had worked in the private business sector prior to their appointment to the cabinet.....

You know what the private business sector is. A real-life business, not a Government job. Here are the percentages:

T. Roosevelt............... . 38%

Taft.................................40%

Wilson ........................... 52%

Harding.......................... 49%

Coolidge....................... 48%

Hoover ...........................42%

F. Roosevelt.................. 50%

Truman...........................50%

Eisenhower.................. 57%

Kennedy........................ 30%

Johnson..........................47%

Nixon...............................53%

Ford.................................42%

Carter..............................32%

Reagan...........................56%

GH Bush.........................51%

Clinton ...........................39%

GW Bush........................55%

Obama.............................. 8%

This helps to explain the incompetence of this administration: only 8% of them have ever worked in private business!

That's right! Only eight percent -- the least, by far, of the last 19 presidents! And these people are trying to tell our big Corporations how to run their business?

How can the president of a major nation and society, the one with the most successful economic system in world history, stand and talk about business when he's never worked for one? Or about jobs when he has never really had one? And when it's the same for 92% of his senior staff and closest advisers?

They've spent most of their time in academia, Government and/or non-profit jobs or as "community organizers." They should have been in an employment line.

Pass this on because we'll NEVER see these facts in the mainstream media.

"One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors." - Plato

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; Its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery" ... Winston Churchill

[Paradox]

While potentially interesting, I call BS on most of these email things. Until I see references, I call into question every single one of those “statistics”.

[usconservative]

Blagojevich was a loud mouth jerk with a judge who had it out for him.

Yep. Think about it: It's no longer necessary to get caught attempting to execute a crime, it's now enough just to think about it. The reality is Mike Madigan, John Cullerton and the rest of Democrats running Springfield and the rest of the State do far worse than Blagojevich ever did, and they continue to get away with it! Why isn't Mike Madigan in jail? (rhetorical question of course...)

IMO, the only good thing that became of the whole Blagojevich trial is the fact that Jesse Jackson Jr. is now sitting in jail, and his loud-mouthed wife Sandy will be following him.

The scourge on the Jesse Jackson (Sr.) family has been a very long time in coming. The only thing that would be better is if Mr. Shakedown Artist himself were rotting in jail.

[amigatec]

This says it all.

“The Land of Lincoln , where our governors make our license plates.”

[Blackirish]

Yes it was awful. It was reported that the screams were heard blocks away.

[usconservative]

“The Land of Lincoln , where our governors make our license plates.”

Actually, it's "The Land of Lincoln, Where our Ex-Governors Make Our License Plates."

[usconservative]

I happen to know that for fact because (a) I live in this shit-hole of a state, and (b) it's the tagline I use on every one of the thousands of QSL cards I send out every year for contacts I've made on Amateur Radio around the world.

In fact, the back of each QSL card I send has the following history of Illinois Governors that have gone to jail:

It is a fact that 4 of Illinois’ last 7 Governors have gone to Federal Prison for political corruption. They are:

Otto Kerner. 1961 – 1968. He resigned to become a judge (go figure!), then was convicted of bribery related to his tenure as governor. He spent three years in Federal Prison.

Dan Walker. 1973 – 1977. He pled guilty to bank fraud and other charges in 1987 related to his business activities after leaving office. He spent 18 months in Federal Prison.

George Ryan. 1999 – 2003. After leaving office he was convicted of racketeering for actions as Governor and Secretary of State. He was best known for the “Licenses for Bribes” scandal which resulted in 6 children from the same family being killed on I-94 in Wisconsin. He served 7 years in Federal Prison.

Rod Blagojevich. 2003 – 2009. “Blago” as he’s known tried “selling” Barack Obama’s Senate Seat to Jesse Jackson Junior (who is also now on his way to jail) after Obama won the Presidency. The investigation showed that Blago put nearly every political appointment and office “up for sale” in Illinois. He’s now serving 14 years in Federal Prison teaching History Class to inmates.

So next time you hear me say “Illinois is up for grabs!” you’ll know what it means. (Sometimes there’s no takers – we just can’t give this State away anymore!)

[flaglady47]

“Rod Blagojevich (sp?) remains in prison for at least another 14 or 15 years.”

Actually, Blago is up for his court appeal next month. It goes before the Judge and if he wins the appeal he gets a new trial, if the prosecutor decides to do another trial all over. If not, he’s free. Will be interesting to see what happens here.

[usconservative]

Yep, that's right. I heard that this past week and forgot about it.

Given Judge Zagel's excellent track record, the likelihood of Blago getting a new trial is somewhere between slim and none. I think he loses the appeal.

Having said that, I'll simply reiterate what I said above: Blago's a blow-hard. He committed no crime. The charge by former special prosecutor Fitzgerald was that his office "stopped a crime in progress."

Before I continue on, I think Blago's a piece of shat. I really do. Literally destroyed this state. However he committed no crime. He certainly committed no crime worse than any other Illinois Democrat (and many Illinois Republican's) do every single day.

If Blago remains in jail, then I'd argue Madigan, Cullerton and a whole lot more need to go there with him!

[justiceseeker93]

Illinois Republicans have US Senator Mark Kirk, half a dozen US congressmen, and two statewide elected officials, Comptroller Judy Topinka and Treasurer Dan Rutherford.

Reading the initial post, I was thinking about RINO Kirk as well. But it can be argued that he is a federal, not state, official. The other two you mentioned, jjotto, are definitely state officials, so the initial post is incorrect in that respect at least.

[chicagolady]

Leftist? The REPUBLICAN POLITICIAn are the ones who are LEFTISTS in Illinois...For Example our new GOP Minority Leader, just got bought............

SEIU invests in Illinois House Republican Minority Leader Jim Durkin
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2013/11/seiu-invests-in-illinois-house-minority-leader-jim-durkin.html

[volunbeer]

There are plenty of leftists with an R behind their name.

I had always hoped to live long enough to watch the rats stew in the total defeat of their ideas. I now realize they have inoculated themselves from consequences through government just as Freddie/Fannie did for the mortgage market.

The few benefit from the profits and the masses pay for it all.

[Impy]

Kirk is a federal official, there is no arguing that he’s a state official.

Anyway, chain emails are stupid and filled with misleading nonsense.

[AllAmericanGirl44]

bkmk

[central_va]

Illinois seems to breed really bad Presidents.

[Alamo-Girl]

Thanks for the ping!

[RSCHUITE]

I believe the point is that there aren’t enough Republicans to make any difference and the Dems get everything they want.