Delusional Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates promising the moon to citizens

Delusional Illinois Democratic gubernatorial candidates promising the moon to citizens
"The state of Illinois is in the worst financial mess of any state in the union. 
The state owes billions in unpaid bills to vendors - most of them small businesses. 
The pension system is underfunded and is a ticking time bomb getting ready to explode. 
The state income tax is among the highest in the nation, the recently "reformed" school funding formula heavily favors the Chicago public schools while shortchanging suburban and rural schools, and the state legislature proceeds as if nothing was wrong.

Democrats refused to enact any of Republican Governor Bruce Rauner's reforms, which included pension reform, tax cuts for the middle class, and property tax reform. 
Rauner, looking to change the "pay to play" culture in Springfield, stood firm for his reforms. 
But Democrats refused to vote a state budget for two years. In the end, Democrats got their way and passed a budget with a hefty increase in taxes.
In short, the state is broke. 
But you'd never know it by listening to the front runners for the Democratic nomination for governor..."
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CNN polled the audience on Trump’s State of the Union and soon came to regret it

CNN polled the audience on Trump’s State of the Union and soon came to regret it:

"CNN may have been hoping for a different outcome as results from their poll on President Trump’s State of the Union address came back to bite them.
It seems 70 percent of those polled who were watching the speech reacted positively according to an instant CNN/SSRS poll, CNN reported."

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History for February 1

History for February 1 - On-This-Day.com:
John Ford (Sean Aloysius O’Feeney) 1894 - Director, Clark Gable 1901 - Actor ("It Happened One Night", "Gone with the Wind"), Stuart Whitman 1928 - Actor ("Cimarron Strip", "The Longest Day")


Boris Yeltsin 1931 - Russian president 1991-1999, Garrett Morris 1937 - Actor, comedian, Sherman Hemsley 1938 - Actor ("The Jeffersons")


1862 - "The Battle Hymn of the Republic," by Julia Ward Howe was first published in the "Atlantic Monthly."


1884 - The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was published.


1900 - Eastman Kodak Co. introduced the $1 Brownie box camera.


1919 - The first Miss America was crowned in New York City.


1953 - CBS-TV debuted "Private Secretary."


1968 - During the Vietnam War, South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig. Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executed a Viet Cong officer with a pistol shot to the head. The scene was captured in a news photograph.


1979 - Patty Hearst was released from prison after serving 22 months of a seven-year sentence for bank robbery. Her sentence had been commuted by U.S. President Carter.


2003 - NASA's space shuttle Columbia exploded while re-entering the Earth's atmosphere. All seven astronauts on board were killed.

LIBERTY REVIEW

LIBERTY REVIEW:

https://libertyreview76.blogspot.com/2018/01/house-of-cards-by-tammy-derouin.html

House of Cards

By Tammy Derouin

A foundation built on lies and deception is like a house of cards, eventually it will collapse under its own weight and lack of stability. Certain techniques can be used to give the structure some support. It is, however, temporary. It may look good and even appear to be holding its ground but the lack of a foundation or the ability to permanently bind the pieces together will be its undoing. A house of cards is a vulnerable structure. Eventually, it will collapse and when it does, the fallout is massive and so is the cleanup.

For far too many years, the American people have been subjected to an unbelievable magic show. The master of illusion worked hard to perfect his craft and tried to pass his skills of deception on to others who, it was hoped, would follow in his magical footsteps. As with all illusion, eventually the smoke clears, the mirrors are moved and that man standing behind the curtain ends up being a huge disappointment.

Remember when Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Man and the Lion discovered that they had been duped by a larger than life individual who made promises too good to be true? Could you blame them for being so upset when the truth was revealed? This magical wizard sent them on a path which could have destroyed them. Thankfully, they found their inner strength and survived the evil which was intentionally set before them.......

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