This guy has been sending Letters to the Editor since 1995, and 98 have been printed – according to him. He is frequently asked for sources to what he writes. He provides them, then the Pantagraph prints his letters. The Pantagraph must be tired of looking foolish and uninformed, because now they won’t return phone […]
REBEL PUNDIT: DURBIN DEFENDS PARTICIPATING IN CHICAGO MAY DAY EVENT (VIDEO) CHICAGO – At Wednesday’s annual May Day rally in downtown Chicago, Rebel Pundit was on hand to ask U.S. Senator Dick Durbin why he had no problem identifying with the radical factions that participated in the parade for amnesty, Marxism and anarchy. Durbin was […]
Why the uproar? COMMON CORE Is a set of education standards that have wormed their way into our country’s education system with little public scrutiny or debate. The Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) adopted the standards for use in Kentucky in 2009 as Senate Bill 1. Here are some things you need to […]
In case you didn’t know, Unit 5 and Dist 87 were test schools for this plan. Only 4 others in the country! Posted on May 1, 2013by ilpatriot The Indypendent – BY PETER RUGH Last week, students across New York finished a set of tests taken over a two week period designed to measure their proficiency at […]
CHICAGO, April 16, 2013—Last week, Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and other lawmakers introduced legislation in the House of Representatives calling for major changes in the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). The RFS is the reason why most US automobile fuel contains ten percent ethanol. The bill would eliminate the current mandate to blend 15 billion gallons of corn ethanol […]
Since its introduction in 2008, the Common Core State Standards Initiative, or “Common Core” (CCSSI) has been touted as a “voluntary, state led” initiative to adopt a common set of academic standards for all states in the country. As it turns out, the development of Common Core was not state-led, and participation, while technically voluntary, was […]
by: Ted Dabrowski, Illinois Policy Institute Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s pension proposal (House Amendment #1 to Senate Bill 1) perpetuates Illinois’ crisis. The plan locks in the unmanageable defined benefit plan, guarantees the crowd out of core government services and continues the irresponsible pension payment ramp. Madigan’s plan keeps politicians in control of state employee pensions. By […]
The House was debating the “may issue” proposal in the concealed carry law when Rep. Bost lost his cool. The proposal would allow sheriffs to decide whether a citizen has a legitimate reason to carry a gun. On the House floor in Springfield April 17th: The next day, all Republicans has “Constitutional Scholar” taped to […]
Fundamental Transformation ATHEIST ACCUSES CHRISTIANS OF TREASON OVER BELIEFS That there have been those who oppose Christianity in all its forms and expressions at any time anywhere isn’t new. Those are personalities like Mikey Weinstein, of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, who recently said, “We face incredibly well-funded gangs of fundamentalist Christian monsters who terrorize their […]
by: Diane Benjamin As reported by the Pantagraph: http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/bloomington-wants-court-to-vacate-arbitrator-s-ruling-on-fired/article_ef0f507c-90e7-11e2-9757-001a4bcf887a.html Bloomington wants court to vacate arbitrator’s ruling on fired police officer BLOOMINGTON — The city of Bloomington is asking a court to vacate an arbitrator’s ruling that would require reinstatement of a police officer fired for his physical handling of a 7-year-old. In December 2012, labor […]
By: Rick Manning It is a bad time to be a global warming believer. Seventeen straight years of climate stability will straighten even the most ardent true believers hockey stick. Russian scientists have even expressed concern that the globe may be facing more than 200 years of global cooling even going so far as worrying about […]
By Tami Jackson FOR FAR TOO LONG THE MAIN STREAM MEDIA HAS SMUGLY ASSUMED THEY HAD ALL PRINT AND BROADCAST NEWS SEWN UP NEATLY IN THEIR LEFTY POCKETS. But for the past week rumor that the Koch brothers are taking a long look at buying Tribune Company has spread like wild fire in a pine-beetle ravaged forest. Media […]
