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Do you think Obama can spell potato?
Jeez, Mr. President, as commander-in-chief you at least should know how to pronounce "corpsman." It's not "corpseman" like you said, not just once. It's core-man. Maybe they ought to put pronunciation guides on your TelePrompTer. Or maybe they already do, but figured that any idiot should know how to pronounced...
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Blago is re-indicted
In headier timesHe's baaaacckkk!The Tribune reports:Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich was re-indicted in his corruption case today as prosecutors seek to keep an upcoming decision from the U.S. Supreme Court on "honest services" fraud from delaying Blagojevich's June trial. The new 24-count indictment was handed up by a federal grand jury, the...
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Is there no escaping Obama?
Sit back with a beer and chips, relax and enjoy the SuperBowl, right? Except now we learn that CBS news anchor Katie Couric will interview President Barack Obama live during the network's pre-game program on Sunday.Aw, do we have to? The man's hubris has no bounds....
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Obama vs. Obama on GOP health plans
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CTA cuts: Building a 'flesh wall'
Chris Howard, 32, of South Shore shared his commute with "Going Public" for its "Sojournal" series, where CTA riders detail their commutes and talk about how they think it will be affected by the upcoming CTA service cuts. Rest of the series is here. More after the jump."Between 8-8:19 a.m.,...
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The Barack Championship Series and Tim Tebow's right to shut up and get Stoned
The President is considering screwing around with the BCS because he wants a playoff. And in this he's joined in his nanny statism by Republican Sen. Orrin Hatch because Hatch's Utah team was denied a shot at the BCS championship. How's about this? The President and Sen. Hatch can play...
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Obama's 2011 budget a setback for White House open government initiatives
Where's the data, Mr. President? The Flash map that allows us to drill down to the state level is so last century, why can't we sift and sort the details so we can compare how Illinois is doing in comparison to, say, any other state?
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High-speed rail: slow and dumb
It looks nice, but...Just as polls show that Americans are increasingly worried about government living beyond its means, President Barack Obama goes and announces he's shoveling out another $8 billion for high-speed rail that is neither high-speed nor smart.Blood-sucking politicians from Illinois wanted $4.5 billion of that, but had to...
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President Obama's State of the Union Speech
President Obama delivered his State of the Union speech in front of Congress last night. It was a monumental speech as it addressed where the country will be heading next. Topics covered include hopes for job increase in 2010, more employment opportunities, help to small businesses, development of clean...
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Hot on ChicagoNow: January 28, 2010
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