Merry Fitzmas!

Saw this over on Backyard Conservative, and it’s just too good not to pass along!

 

John McHugh of Green Oaks writes (to the tune of "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen"):

Wake up, old Rod Blagojevich, the Feds just rang your bell.
Just step outside … and take a ride … no time for extra gel.
They heard the tape … there’s no mistake …
This state’s half-way to Hell.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, save Illinois! Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

How could you, Rod Blagojevich? This really has me beat.
It wasn’t nice … to put a price …. on that there Senate seat
The way you threatened Wrigley Field
How can the Cubs compete?
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, save Illinois! Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

Get real there, Rod Blagojevich, you’re much too smart a man
Remember what this state has done to Otto, George and Dan.
If Durbin doesn’t write a note
You’ll join them in the can.
Oh, tidings of comfort and joy, save Illinois! Oh, tidings of comfort and joy.

 

Mike Stawarski writes:
The Night Before Fitzmas

‘Twas the night before Fitzmas, all still at Rod’s house
While the Feds vetted transcripts: “That Blago’s a louse”.
A Senate seat’s empty, the temptation is great
To use the advantage and change Blago’s fate.

Rod’s plotting and scheming were thick in the air,
And Patti’s encouragement hung like a dare.
With Rezko convicted and Wyma on tape
Rod sensed a pressure he could not escape.

The dollar signs danced around in their heads,
With visions of firings for those who write ed’s.
And Patti in the kitchen and Rod in the den,
Had begun financial planning for 2010.

More rapid than eagles his ideas they came,
And he cursed and he shouted. His mind was aflame.
“Now, Tribune! Now, Cubbies! Now, Obama and pols!
This seat’s up for sale – for anyone…except moles.

“You’ll put up the money! You’ll pay, then you’ll play!
And meet me on my terms or I’ll snatch it away!”
After ranting and spinning, he twirled through the air.
(He then glanced at Patti, and asked ‘How’s my hair?’)

The Feds through the wire couldn’t believe what they’d heard.
Screwing sick kids for money – that’s just too absurd!
By selling the seat for the highest bid one would pay,
Rod fashioned a political form of e-Bay.

But Fitzgerald was ready – a warrant he swore,
The next morning, a phone call, a knock at the door.
“You’re joking!” Rod opined. “My conscience is clear!
They’ll love me again, from Troy to Kildeer!”

But the cuffs, they clicked soundly, and as he drove out of sight,
Illinoisians, they nodded – the Feds got it right.

(Trib cartoon)

He didn’t know. Yeah, that’s the ticket.

(h/t Backyard Conservative)

No Change in Obama’s Illinois

It’s not a secret that I have my own issues with Chicago, and while searching for other blogs to read on that topic, I stumbled across this one.  I love this guy.  He’d probably hate the posts I have going on my regular blog, but the things he says about Obama and Chicago are dead on.  And he knows because he lives near Obama’s district from when he was in IL politics.  Ray knows his stuff, and he tells it like it is.

Chicago politics are a joke.  A very sick, corrupt joke, and a vote for Obama is to put that same sickness and corruption in the White House. 

 

MURDER CAPITAL USA: 426 DEAD IN CHICAGO THIS YEAR….WHERE IS CODE PINK TO PROTEST THIS VIOLENCE?

from Chicagoans Against Obama by Ray

Honestly…where are the left-wing peace activists?….

Why don’t they care about the tragic violence that is occurring on the streets of Chicago…

Is trying to save Chicago not as cool as saving Darfur?

Are minorities being slain in Chicago, less important than those being slain in the Middle East?

The fact is…..Chicago’s murder rate is far out-pacing the number of US casualties in Iraq…

As of October 24th… Chicago has had 426 murders this year…..Iraq has seen 280 American casualties over the same period of time…(By comparison….New York..a city with 6 million more residents…has had 417…and LA…with about a million more people…has had 302…)

At this point…calling Obama inexperienced, naive, arrogant, insecure, socialist, liberal, etc..et al…is RACIST….

As is mentioning his relationships/friendships/associations with Rashid Khalidi, Bill Ayers, Louis Farrakhan, Reverend Wright, Father Pfleger, and ACORN….

But…I can guarantee you one thing……one thing that is not racist to discuss, or point out….the brutal, and too often ignored violence of minorities on Chicago’s South and West side…

Brutal violence that occurred in the 13th district which Obama once oversaw as a State Senator…..and Brutal violence that Obama continues to ignore, and not discuss, as he knows it will not help his campaign narrative/lie of change……

Barack Obama did not change anything here in Chicago….violence, corruption, religious zealotry, drug abuse, and political malpractice have been common place in Chicago for 77 years……and still are today..

A strong unique leader…..a true change agent…would have spoken out against the vast ills of this city….

Unfortunately…a strong unique leader…Barack Obama is not…..

But, he is a pretty good sales guy…

ChicagObama

I’ve copied a couple of posts from a blog I enjoy immensely.  I love the fact that the writer is a Conservative in IL like I am.  The difference is, she’s a much better writer than I.  So my hat is off to you, Backyard Conservative.  I thank you for adding to my education in terms of IL politics. 

 

Change Chicago Style

Thanks to Backyard Conservative.

CHANGE CHICAGO STYLE

Body count. In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago, 221 killed in Iraq.

Senators – Barack Obama & Dick Durbin,

Representatives – Jesse Jackson Jr.,

Governor – Rod Blogojevich,

House leader – Mike Madigan,

Atty. Gen. – Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike),

Mayor – Richard M. Daley (son of former Mayor Richard J. Daley) . . . the leadership in Illinois . . . all Democrats.

Chicago is a combat zone. Of course they’re all blaming each other.

Can’t blame Republicans, they’re aren’t any!

State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country. Cook County (Chicago) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. (Look’em up if you want). Chicago school system one of the worst in country.

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois.

He’s gonna ‘fix‘ Washington politics?

 

More thank you’s to Backyard Conservative.

Obama & His Chicago Machine

The latest little trouble with "ethics reform" in Illinois (which Obama has claimed as an accomplishment)–the Governor won’t give the tainted money back. McCain campaign ad below, Chicago Machine. David Freddoso nails Barack Obama on his sanctimony in the housing meltdown of today. It’s not just Obama’s raking it in from Fannie Mae, it’s his record in Illinois, (which started with ACORN by the way):

Indeed, it does sound familiar — it sounds a lot like what Barack Obama did to Illinois taxpayers as a state senator in Springfield. Using his elected office and his clout, Obama helped Tony Rezko and other unscrupulous low-income housing developers obtain millions of dollars in state grants, tax credits, low-interest loans, and regulatory advantages.
Taxpayers had no serious chance of recouping these “investments” in Rezko and other developers. And many beneficiaries went one step farther, depriving the public of even the benefits they could have gotten. These developers took government help to build low-income housing, and then let their buildings deteriorate into uninhabitable slums.

It wasn’t just Tony Rezko, it was Valerie Jarrett too, who is a senior campaign adviser, spoken of as slated for chief of staff in an Obama administration. Video:
UPDATE: Obama returning to the Chicago machine for his fundraising needs. Tribune:

The first Chicago event, with minimum admission of $1,500, will be held at The Standard Club. The second fundraiser, at a downtown restaurant, is being hosted by Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias and has a $28,500 admission price.

Alexi the Granny Grifter, banker to "Jaws" Giorengo, and Tony Rezko (scroll down past the details of Obama’s own iffy sweetheart mortgage.) Alexi Giannoulias, the guy Barack Obama went out of his way to endorse in the primary, because Alexi bankrolled Barack too.
Bloomberg, Kevin Hassett: "Fannie and Freddie Led to the Meltdown":

Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.

But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.

Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.

A bloviating Obama. The Politico:

"If we grant the Treasury broad authority to address the immediate crisis, we must insist on independent accountability and oversight," Obama said. "Given the breach of trust we have seen and the magnitude of the taxpayer money involved, there can be no blank check."

Breach of trust. Well, you would know about that, wouldn’t you Barack.

Obamaized Illinois

We here in Illinois have had to live with Obama as our Senator for a while now.  We now have one of the highest tax rates, and one of the highest unemployment rates in the country.  I didn’t need that kind of change, and frankly, neither do you, or anyone else. 

Here’s some informative articles on the kind of job Obama’s done for IL – the kind of job he wants to do for YOU.  He wants to bring Chicago Machine Politics to the White House.  Scared?  You should be.

Should Obama’s Chicago roots matter?

Ten reasons Barack Obama is no reformer

Kurtz: Obama-Ayers Partnership tried to radicalize Chicago Public Schools