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Posts tagged "Rahm Emanuel"

The Chicago school system was not designed for the benefit of the kids.

That’s not me, a white suburbanite, saying it. That’s Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel (about 4:24 into the video). “A Tale of Two Missions,” with Juan Williams, lays it on the line. It’s a school sysystem weighed down by federal and state mandates, union demands and a fat, unresponsive bureaucracy. It’s worth a watch... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
February 28, 2012 at 12:40 pm
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Chicago protesters, get a grip

Chicago’s aging hippy, dippy yippies and their spawn have a legitimate point in their opposition to Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s crackdown on potentially violent public protests. By anticipating such conduct at May’s G-8 and NATO summits here, do the new proposed rules infringe on the constitutional right of free assembly? Marilyn Katz, an anti-war activist in... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
January 10, 2012 at 8:48 am
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CME's political contributions to Illinois' power brokers pay off

Steve Bogira  at the Reader details how the some–shall we say?–farsighted campaign contributions by CME to House Speaker Michael Madigan, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn and Ald. Ed Burke might help explain why the financial giant successfully–dare I say–extorted a bribe from Illinois not to move out of state. Explains Bogira: Just since 2010, CME’s... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
December 16, 2011 at 10:37 am
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Rahm Emanuel: Take your holiday and shove it

At least the Creche survives secularism on the Daley Plaza. To be dedicated on Saturday. Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s decision to alter decades of tradition and call the Christmas tree that has long graced the Daley Plaza a “holiday tree”  is marked by ironies. The greatest irony is the praise heaped on Emanuel for his “welcoming”... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 25, 2011 at 11:23 am
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Book: Rahm Emanuel dumped $250,000 in Freddie Mac stock days before it collapsed

Insider Trading? Is it illegal? It might not be because: While by no means illegal; lawmakers are exempted from the insider trading laws they impose on private traders. At the least there are all sorts of potential and serious conflicts of interest, demonstrating that even Democrats are not immune from financial hanky panky. Read the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 15, 2011 at 4:39 pm
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CME, Rahm Emanuel and new bailouts?

This is from Newsalert. Very interesting. The new Dodd-Frank bill has an usual provision in it. Never before could a U.S. financial exchange get a bailout from the Fed. But, now thanks to Dodd-Frank : America’s largest futures exchange can get a direct line of credit from the Fed. Former CME board member Rahm Emanuel was... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 15, 2011 at 2:26 pm
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Put a speed camera on every block for all I care

… and among these unalienable rights are life, liberty and driving as fast as we damn well please. Thus, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plans to install cameras on some city streets to nail speeders has provoked bellyaching by drivers who claim some sort of right to race past schools and parks. I suppose if you pinned them... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
November 1, 2011 at 8:10 am
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Why O'Hare is America's most dangerous airport--and why it will get worse

And Midway is Number 12 A new study based on Federal Aviation Administration statistics shows that O’Hare International Airport is the nation’s most dangerous airport. The study is based on the number and potential severity near-collision between airplanes incidents at the airports.  (See the full methodology.) Travel and Leisure Magazine, which conducted the study, cited a... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
October 13, 2011 at 9:12 am
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Rahm Emanuel: He gone.

Rahm Emanuel: He gone.
Here’s the most recent report that Rahm Emanuel will be leaving his job as President Barack Obama’s chief of staff. This report says he’ll be gone after the general election in November.  Why? The story says its a different in styles between the brainy Obama and the tough Emanuel. Emanuel wanted a compromise on the... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
June 21, 2010 at 12:33 pm
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Why is Rahm Emanuel opposing Fed audit?

When the Obama administration wants to kick in the teeth of every financial institution in sight, why is the White House now opposing a part of the financial reform legislation that would audit the Federal Reserve. After all, the Fed has had as much to do, if not more, than AIG and the other Wall... Read more »
By Dennis Byrne,
May 4, 2010 at 5:21 pm
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