I 
						also question why Sly is so concerned about the new 
						Administration. The President –elect (notice I didn’t 
						say “Our” president –elect) has a strong group of 
						friends from whom he can form his various teams (for the 
						occasions when he comes out of the gym). Obviously, as 
						you see below, they have much experience and have shown 
						the ability to attain heights previously unknown to us 
						mortal Americans.
						
						PJ
						
						
						 Chicago....
						
						
						
						
						Who Runs it?
						
						Senators:                               Barack Obama & 
						Dick Durbin
						Representative:                    Jesse Jackson, Jr.
						Illinois Governor:                 Rod Blogojevich 
						(arrested)
						Illinois House leader:           Mike Madigan
						Illinois Attorney General:     Lisa Madigan (daughter of 
						Mike)
						Chicago Mayor:                    Richard M. Daley (son 
						of Mayor Richard J. Daley)
						
						The leadership in Illinois ?  
						
						All Democrats.
						
						
						
						
						Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago .
						
						
						
						
						
						Body count in the last six months:        292 killed 
						(murdered) in Chicago  
						
						
						
						
						221 killed in Iraq
						
						
						
						
						
						State pension fund  -  $44 
						Billion in debt, 
						worst in the country.
						
						Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax  -  10.25% highest in 
						country. (Look it up).
						
						Chicago school system  -  rated one of the worst in the 
						country.
						
						Of course, they're all blaming each other. They can't 
						blame Republicans because there aren't any.
						
						This is the political culture that Obama comes from in 
						Illinois .  
						
						
						
						
						And he's going to '"fix" Washington politics for us?
						
						Good luck and may God help us. 
						
							
							
							
Happy 
							New Year to all from the rainy Northwest.
							Couldn't stand 
							on the sidelines entirely as I read the erudite 
							commentaries on OUR new President-Elect.  You guys 
							all had a restrained rant compared to Cyndi's who is 
							to the right of most Goldwater Republicans.  But how 
							can you attack the poor fellow who was a US Senator 
							for about 100 days before he started running for 
							President?  Let's give him a chance, eh? NO?  Cyndi 
							wouldn't either.
							Actually, 
							after attending Oregon's "Business PLanning" 
							conference a few weeks ago, I thought I had 
							inadvertantly moved to Massachusetts.  Seems 
							Governor Kulongowski (D) wants to eliminate the 
							so-called "kicker" that requires OR to refund higher 
							than defined threshold taxes to those that paid 
							them.  He wants to keep those overpayments so he can 
							distribute the money in a more "efficient and 
							compassionate" way.  Also, we heard him say that in 
							the face of the recession and reduced state 
							revenues, he had no intention of reducing any state 
							services.  Since I am closer to retirement now, 
							perhaps I should welcome this snce I will soon 
							become more of an entitled citizen than producer.
							Best 
							regards,
							Al