I thought there was finally some good news to report on a Thursday morning. Initial jobless claims fell to an astonishing 341,000 after the numbers last week were revised up to 368,000. Granted, anything over 300,000 is still pretty bad,…
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Oh My! As State Senator, Obama Voted ‘Present’ On Protecting Rape Victims
by Lonely Conservative • • 17 Comments
President Obama and the Democrats keep pushing this bogus war on women meme on the public. It doesn’t seem to be working, and this news certainly isn’t going to help. In a 1999 legislative vote, then-Illinois State Senator Barack Obama…
What’s Obama Doing Purchasing A Prison In Illinois?
by Lonely Conservative • • 8 Comments
Did you know President Obama is buying a prison in Illinois with $165 million of our taxpayer dollars? I first noticed this while I was posting something on Sulia and a statement from Speaker John Boehner showed up asking if…
Senator Jim DeMint Says ‘No’ To Federal Bailout Of State Pensions
by Lonely Conservative • • 3 Comments
Illinois Governor Pat Quinn wants the federal government to bailout his state’s public pension system. As insane as that sounds, one certainly can imagine progressive Democrats going along with such a harebrained scheme. Why, what better way to pay off…
Will Obama Have to Defend Illinois in November Election?
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
This is interesting. According to The Daily Caller, President Obama may have to spend some time and money defending his lead in the deep blue state of Illinois this fall. President Barack Obama could lose his home state of Illinois…
Illinois Primary Results – Update – Romney Wins Illinois
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
Update Wednesday 3/21/12 8:23 AM: The final count was 47% for Romney and 35% for Santorum. Romney will take at least 41 of the Illinois delegates. You can watch his victory speech and read the transcript at WaPo. Update 8:40…
Hey, What Do You Know? Unemployment Went Up in Illinois After Tax Hikes
by Lonely Conservative • • 2 Comments
Look no farther than Illinois for an illustration of what President Obama’s proposed tax increased will do to the economy. Illinois raised the corporate income tax rate by 46%, and the personal income tax rate by 67%. Guess what happened…
Thanks Obama! Debtors Prisons Make a Comeback
by Lonely Conservative • • 6 Comments
Whoever heard of debtors prisons, except in tales of days gone by? Well, under President Obama’s economic leadership, debtors prisons are making a comeback. Hope and change has kind of lost its luster, eh? As if life wasn’t already tense…
California, New York and Illinois are the Worst States to Do Business
by Lonely Conservative • • 1 Comment
A recent survey of business executives reveals that California, New York and Illinois are the worst states for doing business in America. This news isn’t at all surprising. Nearly one quarter of the survey’s 322 respondents said Illinois had one…
“We Need to Kill All White People”
by Lonely Conservative • • 15 Comments
“We need to kill all white people,” chanted a large group of young black men while marching through the streets of Peoria, Illinois, terrorizing citizens of all races. The Peoria Chronicle has the full accounting by a witness of the…
A Vicious Cycle: Tax Hikes and Corporate Welfare
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Illinois Governor Patrick Quinn, a Democrat, thought signing massive tax hikes on the people and businesses in his state would be a great way to do close the state’s budget gap. The personal income tax was increased by a massive…
Dept. of Justice Suing School District Over Teacher’s Trip to Mecca
by Lonely Conservative • • 5 Comments
Eric Holder’s priorities sure are odd. He’s shown no interest in investigating the union goons and community organizers plotting the destruction of the American economy. He’s dropped a solid case against Black Panthers who wielded knight sticks at a Philadelphia polling…
Illinois Governor Puts Illinois Amazon Affiliates Out of Business
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The Illinois legislature, controlled by Democrats, decided that taxing Amazon sales by Illinois affiliates would be a great way to close the budget gap. Instead, they’ll make it worse, since Amazon will terminate its affiliates in that state. So any…
‘All they do is stick it to us’
by Lonely Conservative • • 4 Comments
“All they do is stick it to us.” That’s what Jimmy John Liautaud, founder of Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwich Shop chain, had to say about the state of Illinois and the new tax increase. He’s applied for Florida residency and…