In honor of so many Iraqis showing courage by trekking to the polls, yesterday, I decided to make a break from the norm in my own life. Nothing so groundbreaking as giving the terrorists the inky finger, my gesture is simply to start this blog.
Whoopeee! I am now going where millions have gone before.
Still, for those who give a great goldurn, this is what I have to offer.
As a downstate Illinoisan, I'm not usually impressed with the antics of the Chicago Democrats and their cronies in Springfield. Not that I think only Chicago Democrats mean trouble to us hayseeds in the sticks, but the Chicago Democrats seem to have a broader flame to scorch our fields than other statewide groups. Not only do they consistently jack up taxes (Chicago may be able to afford the occasional rise, but businesses in smaller communities choke to death over them, rapidly relocating to more business-friendly climes, leaving the towns broke and depressed), but their idea of political fair play is Daleyesque, at best (Da Mare was no saint. Rumor has it that he's still voting Democrat in every election).
And, while I appreciate those precious and rare pork projects when they're tossed our way, Governor Blagojevich's choice to join other states in hiring lobbyists to keep them smacks of the old Cook County scool of political business. He's giving our scarce tax dollars to a private group so they will persuade Washington to leave our military bases alone during the next round of closings. I can't help but wonder whose palms in D.C. will get greased with my money.
If Scott Air Force Base and others are in danger of being closed, due to their being extraneous, excessively costly to operate, or other issues pragmatic, shouldn't we just let them go, instead of keeping them open at the public expense? Wouldn't it make more sense to find ways to lure PRIVATE businesses back to this state, instead of pushing to keep a tax burden operating?
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