July 23rd, 2006 - Ray Lahood, Turning His Back on America
When George W. Bush first outlined plans for invading Iraq, it seemed to me that the only good reason he gave was that Saddam Hussein and his sons were brutal torturers of their own people.
Saving Iraqis from torture wasn’t a high priority for the White House, though. Bush’s priority was finding the promised, but nonexistent, […]
July 16th, 2006 - Surveying the Candidate
A candidate for Congress receives many, many questionnaires and surveys. Some are very good, such as the survey I received from Project Vote Smart, others’ are not. I recently received a particularly poor, slanted and one-sided questionnaire from a pro-life organization called Illinois Citizens for Life. After some thought about the questionnaire I decided to […]
July 13th, 2006 - Do Little Congress or Congressmen?? You Judge…
Since early 2005 Ray Lahood has sponsored 18 House Resolutions in the 109th Congress. The legislative summaries that I’ve used for this can be found at: thomas.loc.gov
Ray Lahood’s 18 resolutions cover a variety of areas. I’ll summarize the summaries. One resolution was to disapprove the recommendation of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Three concerned Abraham […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
May 29th, 2006 - Memorial Day, 2006
Today, Memorial day 2006, President Bush said, "I am in awe of the men and women who sacrifice for the freedom of the United States of America." He also said, "The nation can best honor the dead by defeating the terrorists."
Nice words from one who couldn’t find his way into active duty during the Vietnam war, […]
May 27th, 2006 - Exploiting the poor for profit
For centuries poor people (slaves) were brought from Africa to America to perform manual labor. They were considered property and a source of wealth for their owners. The exploitation of slaves in America eventually led to the Civil War which so impoverished the country in the latter half of the 19th century.
My Great-Grandfather fought in the […]
May 21st, 2006 - Military Service
Since my last release I’ve been asked by several folks to expand upon my years in the military. To understand my service you have know about my father’s military service. My Dad was a WWII Marine who fought in the South Pacific on the islands of Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. Dad talked a lot about the […]
May 18th, 2006 - Fair Weather Patriots
Fair weather patriots are alive and well today.
They didn’t die with the Viet Nam war, they just sort
of went underground, out of sight, waiting for someone
like me to dig them up. Who are "fair weather
patriots?" To me they’re someone who supports war,
as long as they don’t have to go. They cheer from the
sideline, while others head off […]
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