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Heard Paul Vallas on Roe and Roper on drive home and he said even if strike ends today, next year CPS is 1 billion in the hole. If true, how in God's green earth can the city afford that outside of pulling a Pat Quinn/Blago and sell bonds to finance the operating budget? Next year should be interesting.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 6, 2012 -> 08:56 AM) I'm pretty sure Chrysler is a brand again right? Please explain to us how the auto industry was not fixed. secondly, you're going to hold THIS president accountable for the job situation the first 6 months to a year he was in office? because if so, you are even more ignorant about how politics works than I thought. (remember from your social studies classes in middle school: the president has to have the support of congress to get things done!) Just want the same metrics used in measuring. Net jobs created since BO in office is 300,000. Why do you say 4 million? because it starts from the summer of 2010 low point? GMAFB. The narrative is lovely, really. But who is lying? GM fixed? Where did the gov't sell the rest of their stock and how much did we lose on it? How is ALLY doing? How is GM Europe doing? How much did GM steal from the taxpayers by writing off futures profits against past losses? Yeah all fixed.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 11:40 PM) They don't lose their jobs they get commended by their party and get crazy support. You did listen to Clinton tonight right? The country is in much better shape than it was 4 years ago. He proved it and had the stones to call Romney and Ryan out on their straight out lies that Obama hasn't improved the country. When Obama took office we were losing 750k jobs a month, we're now creating jobs every month(4.5 million new jobs in the last 2.5 years). He fixed the the auto industry, he passed healthcare and hes working on student loans and making college affordable again. Don't listen to them say he hasn't done anything because he has and he has the country pointing upwards again. Has BO been President for only 2.5 years or 3.75 years? So has a net 300,000 jobs since he took office. If you are going to use the "we were losing 750k jobs a month when we took office, then you have to use the same metric for jobs created." And that number is 300,000. The auto industry is not fixed. SO who is lying/misleading people? The only thing pointing upward is his nose when he talks to people.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 5, 2012 -> 06:46 PM) So what do you guys think about the big controversy of the changes just made to the 2012 Democrat Party Platform? Let's do this voice vote one more time. I actually felt embarrassed for Vilar Raigossa. If you are going to ram the vote through, why do it three times? And by the way what man takes the surname of his wife?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 11:55 AM) what does that have to do with anything? that's just selfish sour grapes. how bout YOU get a new job and stop b****ing. Yeah Alpha, you selfish son of a b****. LOL. Why would you include health,pension sick days they can bank, etc....That doesn't count.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Sep 4, 2012 -> 10:28 AM) It won't fix the real problem. If you ignore the root cause, you aren't fixing anything. Problem? What problem? We don't got no stinking problem?

QUOTE (Reddy @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 04:28 PM) and if the top 1% were paying their fair share in taxes, this wouldn't be the case.

QUOTE (mr_genius @ Sep 2, 2012 -> 02:03 PM) Illinois /Chicago: increased sales tax on middle class and lower class increase in state income tax on middle and lower class constant increase in property tax on middle and lower class ... and there's a lot more tax increases they have been subjected to and the state/city is still totally busted financially. Aw come on the Dems rock this state. What more could you ask for in a state legislature or governor. Pension crisis, what pension crisis? What union dick can I suck next? Get some balls and cut the f***ing pensions in this state.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 01:51 PM) Sweet, now address something relevant to your claims about tenure, please. But wouldn't a school need cause to fire someone? The lawyers would love that.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 01:04 PM) I don't think too many people, when presented with Crimson's timeline, would find Paul Ryan's line of attack very credible. What attack? He stated a fact. That's all.

QUOTE (CrimsonWeltall @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 09:58 AM) In December 2008, they shut down SUV production and laid off 2000+ workers. They also announced that they'd shut down the Isuzu line sometime in 2009. In April 2009, they laid off the 57 workers left who worked on Izusus. 2008 is the significant year, not 2009. So they shut the plant in 2009.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 30, 2012 -> 09:41 AM) If only Obama had more-bailed out GM with federal dollars! Oh, wait, that doesn't make sense. Ryan, the brilliant intellectual policy wonk, would never make such an incoherent criticism, right?! Not following this post.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 10:25 PM) And here is Scott Walker who Rachel Maddow just asked if the plant closed during Bush, and he completely avoided the question hahahahaha Were they making trucks into 2009 at the plant? The plant was idled and finally closed in JUNE 2009.

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 10:22 PM) Well he did go on an on about a plant that closed in his hometown, blamed it on obama etc. When it closed while Bush was still president. Not true. But if you have the transcript of him blaming Obama feel free to post.

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 01:48 PM) Most rich people do what they can to avoid taxes. Which is why its so imperative not to give them further tax breaks. I would say most smart people do what they can to avoid paying more taxes than they must.

QUOTE (Rex Kicka** @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 12:16 PM) Mitt Romney holds a Tampa fundraiser on a Yacht. A Yacht which is apparently chartered in the Caymans. http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/romney-party...ed#.UD5L89ZlQ7s Was that woman Teresa Heinz Kerry? Wait she avoids taxes on her yacht too.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 11:01 AM) Lead a sad and empty life full of unanswered questions. Lol. Nice!!!

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 29, 2012 -> 09:40 AM) http://www.ctunj.com/ What would you do without google?

QUOTE (kev211 @ Aug 28, 2012 -> 11:27 PM) His stance on teachers are that teachers unions shouldn't exist and that only the best should be teachers(create standards they have to meet). If teaching unions don't exist or they try to pull a Wisconsin there wont be any good teachers left. Because anyone worth anything(including me) will be looking for a new job. I totally agree with him on only the best should be teachers, but the best wont be teachers unless you pay them like they're the best. The majority of teachers are Woman(especially at the elementary and middle level). In High schools there's a lot more male teachers. Wow. Way to throw all the teachers in catholic schools under the bus. Yeah you can only be a good teacher if you are in the union. LMAO.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 05:53 PM) Too bad he wasn't in the administration. Then no one would care. Nice!

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 24, 2012 -> 03:32 PM) Press sources including CNN say he's staying in. However, as one of them is CNN... If that is true, he may the most dense politician evahhhh.

Akin news conference today at 5ish. Hopefully....he gone.....and the R's can regain that seat.

QUOTE (Balta1701 @ Aug 22, 2012 -> 07:42 PM) You misspelled buffoon. He lives in OIHO, what do you expect.

QUOTE (bmags @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 05:10 PM) Do you think they'll need to raise signatures? If so they need to get going on that now. Not sure. The story I read was referencing a think progress blurb that said tomorrow was the deadline for this tool to drop out.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Aug 20, 2012 -> 08:14 AM) Republican Senate Nominee: Victims Of ‘Legitimate Rape’ Don’t Get Pregnant He should have withdrawn already. Word is he will by tomorrow, no doubt because I thought I read that tomorrow is the last day to replace a candidate and still be eligible to be on ballot. Horrible statement to make. Maybe we should throw him in general pop and ask him a week later his opinions about rape.