Politics: September 2007 Archives

The national self-immolation we like to call the national electoral season has now kicked off, and the Swami is particularly happy to pass along the first of the season’s really stupid comments. They come from Ohio, a place from which dumb comments often emanate. Read on gentle seekers of truth and justice…

Maybe it won’t be the closest race around, but Swami sure anticipates the head-on battle between Democrats Melissa Bean and Randi Scheurer for the 8th Congressional District nomination. Scheurer has called out Bean on the Iraq War. It’s ugly and it’s only 2007. We've got a whole year to go. Swami sees great fun ahead….

What do Rahm Emmanuel, Luis Gutierrez, Jesse Jackson Jr., Danny Davis and Bobby Rush all have in common? Sure, they’re all Democrats, and they’re all congresspeeples but that’s not the answer Swami seeks from you. To get the correct answer, please read onward, dear souls …

If you ever wondered how those “let’s stay the course of the war” ads starting popping up on local television and radio at just about the time the national debate was re-focused in Washington, the Swami knows and reveals …

Swami wishes to announce a statewide traveling political circus with House Speaker Mike Magigan serving as ringmaster. You might want to join in the fun, but sorry, bucko. Swami has bad news for you. Read on ....

Swami has watched the immigration events of this month in our fair county, and now has a definite view on what is right and what is wrong with the whole mess. Do you think you know where Swami stands on this business? He bets you are wrong. Read on ….

Have you wondered, as The Swami has, how the government that runs Illinois has devolved into a frat party food fight? Has the gov got a screw loose? Was Illinois always operated like it was the Chicago Outfit, except less rationally, or is this a new phenomenon? We have no perfect proof but we know people who do. Let’s go meet them …