June 9th, 2006 - F-16s Over Afghanistan

It’s April 17, 2002, somewhere over Afghanistan, and two Illinois Air Guard F-16 pilots, Major Harry Schmidt and Major Bill Umbach, are flying a 10 hour night mission in support of Coalition Forces and Enduring Freedom.  These are two warriors out on the tip of the spear, in single pilot, single engine aircraft, with a handfull […]

June 14th, 2006 - Ray Lahood Votes to Destroy Net Equality

As reported by the Roll Call Report Syndicate in the State Journal Register, Ray Lahood voted in the week ending June 9, 2006 to end America’s equal privilege to internet access in HR 5252.  Essentially the FCC will take the authority away from local entities for delivering video, voice broadband and other internet services to […]

June 25th, 2006 - Ray Lahood Defends Dennis Hastert

What do House Speaker Dennis Hastert and Air Force Chief of Staff T. Michael Moseley have in common?   Both of them helped corporations employing friends receive government contracts.  Hastert’s contract was a Congressional earmark; Moseley’s $49 million dollar sole source Air Force contract is now under investigation by federal officials.
That doesn’t mean that Hastert rewarding his […]