[rightwingintelligentsia]

I guess the Community Organizer didn't do such a good job organizing his own community:

Will Obama Support Chicago Surge? Hometown Death Toll Double Iraq's

As per this item [via Drudge] from the CBS affiliate in Chicago:

"An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period."

[mewzilla]

With Law-Abiding Citizens Unable To Arm Themselves...Violent Crime In Chicago Is Sky-Rocketing

The scandal-plagued IL gov has talked about sending in the National Guard.

[AliVeritas]

As his buddy carries the banner...

Chicago school protest ends; governor OKs meeting
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080904/ap_on_re_us/school_funding_protest_16

Sure you have these already:

Michelle’s Boot Camps for Radicals
http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=305420655186700

Nigeria seizes money for Obama
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7592362.stm

[AliVeritas]

Since he speaks of economics, this is what folks missed:

Friday, August 29, 2008
Ill. Gov. Blagojevich sneaks back to Illinois to close parks, cut jobs

While Illinois Senator Barack Obama was preparing to accept the Democratic nomination for president, the governor of his state, fellow Chicago Democrat Rod Blagojevich sneaked back to Illinois to close some state parks and historical sites, as well as cut some jobs.

He was hoping that people wouldn’t notice. I did, and so did the local media.

From the Daily Herald:
http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=231102

The move outraged lawmakers who just a day before watched the governor hug political rival Michael Madigan, the Illinois House speaker, and talk about a new day of working together.

State Rep. Jack Franks, a Woodstock Democrat, said it’s obvious Blagojevich was trying to bury the cuts and closings under all the Obama coverage coming from the national convention.

“Every time he astonishes me on how low he can go,” Franks said

The cuts include 325 layoffs among four state agencies - natural resources, historic preservation, human services and children and family services. In addition, 11 state parks and 13 historic sites will close.

Click on the above link to see the list of closed sites.

Two sites with strong Abraham Lincoln ties were among the victims of Blajojevich’s pen. One of them is the replica log cabin site near Charleston, Illinois.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln_Log_Cabin_State_Historic_Site

It was the last home of Lincoln’s father and stepmother. The old state capitol in Vandalia will will also close.

http://www.vandaliaillinois.com/oldstatecapital.html

Lincoln began his career in the state legislature there.

Blagojevich, he sure is audacious.

http://marathonpundit.blogspot.com/2008/08/mccains-pick-its-alaska-gov-palin.html

[Eagle of Liberty]

Obama at University of Chicago:

His schedule from the school shows him teaching two or three classes in the fall and winter terms — usually Constitutional Law III: Equal Protection and Substantive Due Process; Voting Rights and the Democratic Process; and Current Issues in Racism and the Law. In the spring, he would attend the Illinois legislative sessions. It seems a fairly safe bet that, like most legislators, his constituent work — fielding phone calls and helping people in his district — went on year-round. Press reports indicate he would do a small amount of private law practice during the summer. So that's eight years as a public official in Illinois, bringing our total to 12 years.

http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2008/mar/07/obamas-20-years-experience/