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However, they're handling it with the same split screen Democrat vs. Republican everyone is entitled to an opinion foolishness they handle most everything else. I haven't seen anyone trot out Drs. Oz or Gupta tohttp://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/08/bob-dold-and-how-legitimate-rape-has.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-5199518626568631118Tue, 14 Aug 2012 03:29:00 +00002012-08-14T08:23:23.406-05:00Patch recently reported Bob Dold's comments on the choice of Paul Ryan for VP: "Our country needs strong leadership to put us back on a path to prosperity.” Dold said. “Paul Ryan has worked tirelessly to come up with solutions to the enormous fiscal challenges we face. I am optimistic that Mitt Romney's choice for vice president will put the national discussion back onto these key economic http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/08/bob-dolds-support-of-romneyryan-cannot.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-1183960662299979316Mon, 06 Aug 2012 17:45:00 +00002012-08-06T13:26:40.201-05:00Gosh, I didn't know. Bob Dold is my friend. He just told me so in an email. The email begins "Dear Friend," and is from his congressional office. It tells me how he wants to help me--because we're friends and all. He doesn't mention why he hasn't wanted to help me from his initial swearing in until now just before an election, but better late than never, I guess. It turns out that Bob Dold wantshttp://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/08/bob-dold-is-my-friend.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2236932769590030838Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:36:00 +00002012-06-23T12:11:55.681-05:00 Above, Bernie Sanders discusses the farm bill cuts from food stamps while corporations are given subsidies. I post this because it speaks to some points made by Chris Hayes last night at the Chicago Public Library yesterday evening. Chris Hayes is the host of MSNBC's Up with Chris Hayes, a weekend morning panel discussion with a format similar to talk shows of days past. It's a slower moving, http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/does-new-american-dream-breed-nation-of.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2775548189234763700Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:23:00 +00002012-06-25T08:32:46.656-05:00Bob Dold's dusted off the bus and now it's "blaring" Taylor Swift music.I guess the district is Juliet to his Romeo. Look for Dold's bus illegally parked in a neighborhood near you. The theme is "Working Together", so long as it's not in Congress. Apparently, Dold caught some flack for having signed the Grover Norquist no taxes until the middle class is on its knees pledge, but Democrats were http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/o-dold-dold-wherefore-art-thou-dold.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-267183408610650834Fri, 15 Jun 2012 19:37:00 +00002012-06-15T16:14:17.138-05:00The state plead poverty and drastically cut Medicaid, but there is one provision that shows how they can find money for things when they want to. Part of the plan to save money is to use private vendors to access national databases to render more people ineligible for benefits. So, we're going to spend money to keep people off of benefits. I'm wondering if it might be cheaper, and better for http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/medicaid-reform-were-broke-but-can.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-302455611991632376Thu, 14 Jun 2012 22:37:00 +00002012-06-14T17:45:43.137-05:00 Quinn signed the bill referred to in the video today. Now you own your parents or grandparents dirty adult diapers, and remember to save up for their prescriptions because they only get 4, but their probably on more than that, a lot more than that as the average is about 38.5. You had better save up for that $6000 per month nursing home too because there will be no help, no Medicaid planning http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/ownership-society-you-wanted-it-you-got.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4753670114564653504Thu, 14 Jun 2012 16:05:00 +00002012-06-15T23:25:32.665-05:00According to the linked story, the Lake County Clerk had some time on her hands to go to Wisconsin to help voters, and by helping voters we mean, according to the complaint against her, helping them feel threatened when voting. (h/t to Lake County Eye) But of course, we know better in Lake County, Illinois. County Clerk Helander is all about voter power. But, seriously, we have seen Helander http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/voter-power-just-button.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2119824611994619613Tue, 12 Jun 2012 22:04:00 +00002012-06-12T21:35:09.362-05:00Wisconsin was a big drag and probably a genuine train wreck, and Mitt Romney tells us it's supposed to mean that all Americans want no teachers, firemen or police. OK, Republicans, you tell all those little kids who want to be teachers, firemen or police that their dreams are dashed because I'm not going to do it. In an unrelated story, I heard that murders in Chicago were up. Maybe they'll http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/abandon-ship.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-1403813078122956785Sun, 10 Jun 2012 19:30:00 +00002012-06-10T15:03:19.164-05:00There are two Democats now: Meet Rachel (front) and Lexi. Lexi has shown some interest in political blogging. In fact, she's helping and by helping I mean making sure it takes me twice as long to finish. Rachel appears to prefer phone banking. Haven't had time to blog much this week due to kittens, work and some surgery for my dad. He's fine. Noticed Astellas might be in the district after http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/republicans-watch-out.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-5978940823020961573Wed, 06 Jun 2012 15:35:00 +00002012-06-06T11:22:02.121-05:00On Mad Men, the AMC television series about a small advertising agency in the 1960s, the agency just landed the Jaguar account. To do so, they had to figure out how to create a US market for an unreliable, overpriced, foreign-made, unnecessary sports car and compete against much larger and more established agencies doing the same thing. In the story, the car wasn't even reliable enough to assist http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/mad-men-not-yard-signs-and-volunteers.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-8044929314637553780Wed, 06 Jun 2012 03:45:00 +00002012-06-05T22:45:57.579-05:00Sorry Dodie, Mark, the title's already taken. Super Sad True Love Story is a book by Gary Shteyngart. Set in the near future, the story is not so much the story of the breakup between two people, but the breakup of a country from it's people. It's America if we continue down the path we're on. I tried to keep the spoilers down, but there might be a few, so read on at your own peril. The http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/super-sad-true-love-story-book-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-7655429903485641915Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:59:00 +00002012-06-06T11:16:09.731-05:00Bob Dold attended the opening of the new headquarters of Astellas Pharma, a Japanese pharmaceutical company moving a whopping few miles from Deerfield to Glenview. Some of the articles say Northbrook, but it's at Willow and the Tollway which is Glenview. So, if you think about it, they're actually moving out of the district which now excludes Glenview and most of Northbrook. Deerfield, the town http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/bob-dold-taking-credit-where-no-credit.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-7973996829326696017Mon, 04 Jun 2012 14:55:00 +00002012-06-04T10:00:02.315-05:00Now that Mark Kirk is disabled and under scrutiny for less than ethical behavior, IL-10 Rep. Bob Dold is trying to become the new fake moderate darling of the media. First, he tried to say that his anti-clean air and anti-clean water voting record made him an environmentalist, and the media gushed. Now, he's in favor of the already off-the-table Simpson-Bowles "Bipartisan Budget", and he's http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/now-that-mark-kirk-going-down-in-flames.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-8494791492439751659Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:00:00 +00002012-06-03T00:00:05.894-05:00What a difference a year makes. Once Teflon, Mark Kirk is now under scrutiny. It's surprising to me because I thought his stroke was going to make his story off-limits for a long time. I think the press embargo on the hard truths about Mark Kirk initially cracked when this blog uncovered Kirk's military award and military resume puffery in 2010. The Washington Post picked up on the story and http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/recovering-mark-kirk-under-scrutiny-why.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2377977285364395182Sun, 03 Jun 2012 04:57:00 +00002012-06-03T00:01:38.021-05:00When the Kirk FEC complaint story broke, I was in Southeast Alaska visiting friends and family. Here are some pictures: Friendly bear at Tracy Arm Fjord Ice berg in Tracy Arm Fjord North Sawyer Glacier (receding due to global warming) Downtown Juneau I asked the sea lions to forgive Bob Dold for confusing them with seals in 2010. They went into conference to think about it. http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/06/where-has-ellen-been.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4108741245906093657Mon, 21 May 2012 20:37:00 +00002012-05-21T15:37:34.135-05:00Here is the Sierra Club's Scorecard for Bob Dold: http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/bob-dold-flunks-environment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4623480216804438924Mon, 21 May 2012 00:45:00 +00002012-05-20T20:18:17.512-05:00Recently, I have been posting to a personalized blogspot on Patch. That is something the publication has chosen to allow and even encourage people to do on their site. Both Democrats and Republicans, and those favoring other parties, are free to post on Patch. However, now Republicans are mad. This weekend, I answered a factually light News-Sun story on Bob Dold as environmentalist with a http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/republicans-criticize-political.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2097688872876329390Sun, 20 May 2012 14:58:00 +00002012-05-20T11:09:08.151-05:00As if decades of heartbreaking losses weren't enough, the Ricketts family has now made it even harder to be a Cubs fan. The Cubs lost me when Ryne Sandberg retired. Now, they're at risk of losing my dad who has been a fan for years. Dad was born in Brooklyn, so I have suggested he go back to the Dodgers. If you have not been following the story, billionaire Cubs owner and Chairman of the http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/cubs-nato-its-all-1-taking-public-money.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4835528436498593139Sat, 19 May 2012 17:49:00 +00002012-05-19T12:59:58.218-05:00Yesterday, the Lake County News-Sun chose to gush over Bob Dold as an environmentalist because he went up 40 feet in a bucket lift while touring Illinois Beach State Park and Spring Bluff Forest Preserve. They went on to report that he was there because he was on his way to (or from) a ground breading ceremony for a Macy's in Gurnee Mills. Apparently, that was enough to give him both http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/dold-keeping-close-eye-on-environmental.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-5667284369354976600Thu, 17 May 2012 13:26:00 +00002012-05-17T08:26:21.996-05:00Jan Schakowsky has chastised Bob Dold for his cynical, press seeking Planned Parenthood funding bill. Schakowsky apparently agrees with me that Dold's bill is intentionally doomed. Dold's supporters are all over Schakowsky for her reality check, but I think there is an easy way to settle the matter. Bob Dold should sign a pledge that he will not rest until his Planned Parenthood funding http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/bob-dold-should-put-his-career-where.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-5097152848800040366Mon, 14 May 2012 14:36:00 +00002012-05-17T08:06:27.901-05:00Yesterday, I attended a lecture on the Presidential Debates by former FCC Chair Newton Minow. The event was sponsored by the Adlai Stevenson Center on Democracy located right here in the IL-10 historic Adlai Stevenson home, now owned and operated by the Lake County Forest Preserve. Attending the lecture, meeting Adlai Stevenson III and his wife Nancy, and sharing cookies and coffee with them in http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/newton-minow-isues-involving.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-6749696335804484109Sun, 13 May 2012 05:40:00 +00002012-05-13T00:40:24.705-05:00 She was a good little buddy and she will be missed.http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/zoe-democat-1992-2012.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-726339328121634111Sat, 12 May 2012 16:28:00 +00002012-05-12T12:03:19.478-05:00The Republican party has clearly made the anti-women, anti-health care position a strategic initiative. In an election year, they're somehow unconcerned about alienating over one-half of the electorate. The lack of concern likely comes from two conclusions they have made. First, allegiance to other causes will causes some women to act against their own interest and rights. Some of these women http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2012/05/bob-dold-fake-moderate-rirrelevant.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1