tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:21:31 +0000Using my free speech while I still have it.http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)Blogger2371125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-6841430215650430654Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-06-30T10:32:59.339-05:00Summer is the time for beach reading, chick lit, science fiction, juicy murder mysteries and the like, nothing too heavy or serious. You can delve into the Shopoholic series or try an Anthony Bourdain chef/mystery book. But, if you're in the mood for some real entertainment, you can stick to the Internet and Google (or Bing) Mark Kirk.Here's a new site from his senate primary opponent from the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/kr7vh6RFa-A/for-your-summer-reading-enjoyment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=kr7vh6RFa-A:Y3pK4LsLq8I:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/kr7vh6RFa-A" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/06/for-your-summer-reading-enjoyment.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-8897467931338589208Tue, 30 Jun 2009 18:24:00 +00002009-06-30T13:54:08.491-05:00About time.Here's the long awaited decision. It was a 5-0 non-split. The ruling says nothing about any problems with voting dead goldfish.The order only says Franken is entitled to the certificate of election. It doesn't actually order Pawlenty to sign it. That could become interesting, but if Pawlenty doesn't certify him now, it's going to look really bad and high time for Minnesotans to take tohttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/tgv-Fp4KRjg/congrats-to-senator-frankin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=tgv-Fp4KRjg:I_niGjS49Us:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/tgv-Fp4KRjg" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/06/congrats-to-senator-frankin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-994311503230942640Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:36:00 +00002009-06-30T19:41:48.778-05:00My mom just called me. This afternoon, she got a call from Mark Kirk's office of all places. They want her, my mom, my Democratic blogging against Kirk mom, a woman well know to be my mom, who doesn't have an R primary ballot in her entire voting history, who would leave a blank spot on her ballot rather than ever vote for Mark Kirk, to march in July 4th parades for him. I imagine she'll think http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/3_kJBkizbps/kirk-forces-looking-elsewhere-for.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=3_kJBkizbps:Q0Hi-htWblk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/3_kJBkizbps" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/06/kirk-forces-looking-elsewhere-for.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-5280618202306498220Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:29:00 +00002009-07-01T19:23:53.879-05:00I'm watching Obama's health care reform town hall on C-Span. The White House and Facebook sites had very choppy audio. So far it looks like an HCANned rally or an OFA house party, heavy on health care horror stories, light on explanations of the reform bills that are on the table. The only difference is that if you told your horror story here, you got a hug from Obama together with his promise ofhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/kbWwGsoo7fY/obamas-health-care-townhall.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=kbWwGsoo7fY:gwIDgh_QvzI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/kbWwGsoo7fY" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/obamas-health-care-townhall.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-2962126433112993324Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:01:00 +00002009-07-02T11:14:13.682-05:00UPDATE: My feeling exactly. The townhall was too tightly controlled, pre-packaged. That might account for the relative mildness of the question from Healthcare-Now. I expected more from them.*********************************The health insurance lobby plans to hold more than 75 town hall and other events around the country this week to rally their supporters on health care reform. I'm not exactly http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/TR9j4_0P4L0/next-townhall-you-get-invited-to-might.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=TR9j4_0P4L0:z2ZIF4Fqx10:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/TR9j4_0P4L0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/next-townhall-you-get-invited-to-might.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-1421124535556337290Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:47:00 +00002009-07-02T10:54:33.263-05:00Apparently, the Washington Post is selling nonconfrontational access to its journalists for $25K to $250K. You can have access to my blog for way less. It's just not guaranteed what exactly I'm going to say about you.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/A0IWCl8-vH0/confrontational-yes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=A0IWCl8-vH0:TcZb3QpXPEo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/A0IWCl8-vH0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/confrontational-yes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-3121989818462869703Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:25:00 +00002009-07-02T11:42:19.625-05:00The Washington Post and AP are reporting that there is a new revision to the Senate HELP Committee health care reform bill. I'm still trying to get ahold of a copy of the revision, most sources are only giving a vague overview from a pre-July 4 holiday letter sent out by Kennedy and Dodd, and it's not posted on the HELP Committee site.Cost is down to $611.4 billion over 10 years from over $1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/O7HjVSTw07U/new-help-committee-bill.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=O7HjVSTw07U:kXjmhFlHVhg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/O7HjVSTw07U" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-help-committee-bill.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-8033030332617290659Fri, 03 Jul 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-07-03T15:02:42.188-05:00Twelve documents relating to detainee torture at Guantanamo Bay and other overseas prisons were released by the Obama Administration. They were released because of the ACLU Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. Much of the contents of these documents has been redacted. The 200 page CIA report that was due out weeks ago is now scheduled for release on August 31. Absent that, take a minute or two to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/ojF_bT3U4_o/land-of-redacted-and-home-of-redacted.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=ojF_bT3U4_o:51FkYsRGNIE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/ojF_bT3U4_o" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/land-of-redacted-and-home-of-redacted.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4262353083900150153Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:36:00 +00002009-07-05T13:31:51.567-05:00UPDATE UPDATE: The LA Time is reporting that the FBI in Alaska is denying an investigation. That being the case, it's interesting that she's set up a defense fund and even more interesting that it suggests that it's a fund to protect the state. Blagojevich is starting to look not all that awful, isn't he?UPDATE: While Democat suggested that Sarah Palin quit to rescue us from further Michael http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/Syhv6oMtN5I/palin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)2<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=Syhv6oMtN5I:ThWZaOHBK5k:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/Syhv6oMtN5I" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/palin.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-1917117700364972660Sun, 05 Jul 2009 17:45:00 +00002009-07-05T21:43:38.862-05:00Poor Mark Kirk. I reported last week that he was seeking July 4th parade marchers among, of all people, my parents. Then, I had several friends report they received an email from Kirk touting his record and seeking support. These friends, like my parents, don't have an R in their history and haven't received emails from Kirk's campaign before. Suddenly, they are on his "list".The email sent http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/SYKrlRX1zY8/looking-for-love-in-all-wrong-places.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=SYKrlRX1zY8:0hiCRoyGCJg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/SYKrlRX1zY8" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/looking-for-love-in-all-wrong-places.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-8746575606281056784Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:38:00 +00002009-07-05T20:51:00.833-05:00He hasn't filed yet, but I heard it from the candidate's mouth tonight at dinner. David Gill is making another run for the IL-15. The big issue, health care. David's a doctor, so he has insights into the issue. He's for single payer, Medicare for all.Now, that's a candidate I can support.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/w4TIzO8ykD0/breaking-david-gill-for-congress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=w4TIzO8ykD0:StkLHzMgeg0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/w4TIzO8ykD0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/breaking-david-gill-for-congress.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-515266410669243898Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:18:00 +00002009-07-06T10:48:52.091-05:00June 30 came and went and we all heard the news reports that troops were leaving Iraq and that Iraqis were dancing in the streets. Not mentioned so much were the troops left in Iraq, a number somewhere between 134,000 and 200,000, they don't want to say for sure. That's not to mention the almost equal amount of American contractors. There will be at least 50.000 non-combat troops left in Iraq http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/YxEpOstpB7c/pssst-contrary-to-common-belief-iraq.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=YxEpOstpB7c:TAtizLjGpg0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/YxEpOstpB7c" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/pssst-contrary-to-common-belief-iraq.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-3445977536733892552Mon, 06 Jul 2009 21:38:00 +00002009-07-06T17:21:14.070-05:00The sheer amount of nuclear weapons available in the world has been a serious concern since the 1950s. Bush pushed us into a dangerous era by taunting nuclear weapons seekers in N. Korea and Iran, rewarding India for creating more nuclear weapons and ignoring Pakistan, a country with nuclear weapons and an unstable governments. President Obama campaigned on reduction of nuclear weapons and has http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/a0A-UmfXNeo/mark-kirk-seeks-to-undermine-president.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=a0A-UmfXNeo:Fz4XjOaiipw:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/a0A-UmfXNeo" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/mark-kirk-seeks-to-undermine-president.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4139244842696924081Tue, 07 Jul 2009 03:17:00 +00002009-07-06T22:26:26.241-05:00Here are some of my Dalai Lama posts from the archives:I read his book, The Universe in a Single Atom.This is one of my most read posts. It's about Karl Popper and how his concept of falsifiability proves that Intelligent Design is not science. I first learned about Karl Popper from the DL.The DL's teachings on science prove that Mark Kirk is wrong about his love of discrimination at the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/QkKpTy0Wi8g/happy-74th-birthday-to-dalai-lama.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=QkKpTy0Wi8g:F9yPRODphEE:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/QkKpTy0Wi8g" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-74th-birthday-to-dalai-lama.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-3016400030074556909Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:46:00 +00002009-07-07T20:05:14.515-05:00UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE: I think the earth just fell off its axis. Harry Reid just told the Senate Finance Committee to stop chasing republican votes. I was beginning to think Harry Reid was a republican vote.UPDATE UPDATE: Obama reconfirms his support for the public option. No word on choice, real choice as in a woman's right to choose to have an abortion.Sometimes I wonder if Rahm's job is to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/aal4bHCwNC0/health-care-reform-on-brink.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=aal4bHCwNC0:KX8Xb6m3dbg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/aal4bHCwNC0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-care-reform-on-brink.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-7032263524511640478Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-07-08T00:01:01.048-05:00I was looking into recession statistics and found one that is a little different than the unemployment statistics and the increased number of foreclosures we see every day on the Internet or in the mainstream media. This statistic is from SHALVA. SHALVA is an organization that serves the Jewish community and specifically helps victims of domestic abuse.The statistic that struck me was the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/Swru9ogGCx0/recession-statistic-on-local-domestic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=Swru9ogGCx0:EE2y51zdQPk:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/Swru9ogGCx0" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/recession-statistic-on-local-domestic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4547409942039274749Wed, 08 Jul 2009 16:30:00 +00002009-07-08T11:38:50.511-05:00Our Lake Couty Coroner, Dr. Keller's not running again. Unlike Sarah Palin, he's going to use the remainder of his tenure to do a good job in his office free from political entanglements.While I think Lake County will miss him, I recognize that he's got a very good point. All the politics, the constant fundraising and running, gets in the way of the job. Our founding fathers envisioned that http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/nd-Eg-wqxG4/dr-keller-sets-good-example-for-all-our.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=nd-Eg-wqxG4:-BO4zCmdjn8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/nd-Eg-wqxG4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/dr-keller-sets-good-example-for-all-our.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-4553793316503110762Wed, 08 Jul 2009 19:32:00 +00002009-07-08T21:39:40.260-05:00Thanks to the Sunlight Foundation, we can watch Mark Kirk's fundraising parties. The gadget is too wide for the right hand sidebar, so I've posted it below. Scroll down!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/N54QlbxHCW4/new-feature-lets-watch-kirks.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=N54QlbxHCW4:pSVg_CT4M3Q:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/N54QlbxHCW4" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/new-feature-lets-watch-kirks.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-9119840526158233066Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:30:00 +00002009-07-08T22:29:50.499-05:00Now that Kirk's apparently jumped into the Senate race, I'm wondering what he's going to say to all the people he called "goons" and "thugs" throughout the 2006 and 2008 campaigns. Kirk made it a habit of referring to all Seals supporters as goons and thugs from Chicago during both campaigns.He's insulted the entire city.There were 1,497,292 registered voters and 1,105,998 ballots cast in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/t-x-WJWqUZI/how-will-mark-kirk-court-1105998-goons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=t-x-WJWqUZI:O1RbU58CFxM:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/t-x-WJWqUZI" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/how-will-mark-kirk-court-1105998-goons.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-433855196301408579Thu, 09 Jul 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-07-09T00:01:01.474-05:00This is not good news. The Wall Street Journal is reporting an increase in subprime mortgages. Law.com is reporting indictments in a mortgage fraud scheme in New York involving straw buyers and fictitious purchases of distressed properties. Also, the FBI is reporting that mortgage fraud was revived in 2008 even though the market in general was not.Again, Illinois is among the top 10 mortgage http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/MkpXdrvltEA/subprimes-mortgage-fraud-if-you-thought.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=MkpXdrvltEA:Tmtd1syo4Os:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/MkpXdrvltEA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/subprimes-mortgage-fraud-if-you-thought.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-3236092062176493161Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:59:00 +00002009-07-10T10:39:10.987-05:00The Obama Administration, HCAN and OFA say they are all about choice because Americans desire a choice between keeping their employer plan or taking the public option. That's strange because if you look at the bills pending before the House and Senate, there isn't a whole lot of choice for many people.Employers who already cover their employees will not participate in the exchanges. That means http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/CDcTGIQDeg8/health-care-reforms-fib-for-many-there.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=CDcTGIQDeg8:A95g6Q7Wy4o:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/CDcTGIQDeg8" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/health-care-reforms-fib-for-many-there.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-1307431310381300510Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:21:00 +00002009-07-10T14:44:34.159-05:00From a comment: "Kirk not running for Senate, will run for re-election in House. Presser coming soon." I have no idea. Mark never sends me his pressers. I have no idea why not.Maybe his test balloon from yesterday's "leak" didn't go all that well. I guess we'll see some time or another relatively soon.This was sort of fun, but they forgot to mention the trillions he voted to spend on the Iraq Warhttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/NVpFzX6KPKA/i-have-no-idea-but.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=NVpFzX6KPKA:cJlLBwHxJnI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/NVpFzX6KPKA" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/i-have-no-idea-but.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-3813302875160843259Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:55:00 +00002009-07-10T16:41:43.166-05:00Kirk's out. Only wanted to run against Burris. It never occurred to me that Burris was actually going to run in the first place.Uh oh. Two seconds later and he's not out, but maybe... but maybe not....WaPo claiming IL repubs trying to get Kirk to rethink. MSNBC too. And... he's rethinking... big pow wow this weekend. It looks like the big stumbling block has been Kirk's vote for cap and trade. Ithttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/9KP7hrz4fSY/confirmed.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)0<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=9KP7hrz4fSY:fRQ-H2dRPhI:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/9KP7hrz4fSY" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/confirmed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-519258626672499806Fri, 10 Jul 2009 21:57:00 +00002009-07-10T16:58:11.515-05:00I can't take credit for this one. A Kossack, Bob Johnson wrote it and gave me permission to republish:You take the Mark Kirk out,You put the Mark Kirk in,And you shake him all about,He's takin' new positions,He's a phony politician,That's what he's all about!http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/g9R81AodL4I/mark-kirk-hokey-pokey.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)1<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=g9R81AodL4I:N3PUuwBaitc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/g9R81AodL4I" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/mark-kirk-hokey-pokey.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5663711.post-6458173611341725101Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:01:00 +00002009-07-13T00:01:00.784-05:00Remember what I predicted last week:Frankly, if I had to bet, I think he'll still run. He might not have statewide sized common sense, but he has a statewide sized ego. republicans fall in line well. I predict McKenna will bow out.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~3/2dpAj6CycOU/my-prediction-from-last-week.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Ellen Beth Gill)3<div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?a=2dpAj6CycOU:fEOLdQXekjY:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/EllensIllinoisTenthCongressionalDistrictBlog/~4/2dpAj6CycOU" height="1" width="1"/>http://ellenofthetenth.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-prediction-from-last-week.html