August 21, 2022

CBS2

— Italian American groups upset with panel’s recommendation to permanently remove Chicago’s Columbus statues – SABRINA FRANZA (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, Democrats dump Italian-Americans.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/italian-american-groups-upset-with-panels-recommendation-to-permanently-remove-chicagos-columbus-statues/

WGN9
— Monkeypox disproportionately affecting people of color, data shows – Gabrielle Franklin (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, Democrats encourage people of color to be LGBTQers.)
https://wgntv.com/news/monkeypox-disproportionately-affecting-people-of-color-data-shows/

FOX32
— Italian American leaders push for return of Columbus statues, say Chicago cannot ‘bury history’ (COMMENT: Ever-increasing, Democrats dump Italian-Americans.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/italian-american-leaders-push-return-columbus-statues-compare-chicago-leadership-to-taliban

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats use the Illinois State Fair to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-illinois-state-fair-divisive-politics-20220821-5bufalmcbbhp5ml2ntqbutxj4m-story.html
— COMMENT: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-liz-cheney-donald-trump-great-task-pac-20220819-4p5isswdnfgcdhblyxu7735l2y-story.html
— Successful students tend to have family support, resilience, communication skills, reliable routine – Donna Vickroy (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to promote LGBTQ, that is, they do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-nvs-vickroy-column-st-0821-20220820-qakaeeh5anha3jkyppwhowzmbm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Authorities say drug suspect texted that he ‘turned countless angels into junkies’ – Susan Sarkauskas (COMMENT: What would you have not been able to do if you had been a junkie? If I had been a junkie, I would not have been able a) to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970, b) to earn job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) to earn job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) to earn a job-related professional license when I was 32. The Post office would not have hired me in 1966. Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970. IRS would not have hired me in 1971. GAO would not have hired me in 1980. I would not have been able to buy new cars when I was 16, 18, 19, 20, 23, etc. I would not have been able to buy real estate when I was 24, 25, 27, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20220819/authorities-say-drug-suspect-texted-that-he-turned-countless-angels-into-junkies-

NPR ILLINOIS
— The IRS will look into options to create a free tax filing system – Scott Simon (COMMENT: I deducted my education expenses 1972-1980 and 1992-1997. If the Democrats who ran IRS back then offered free-file and if I had tried to use it, they would not have allowed me to take those deductions. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran, they would have allowed me to take those deductions.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2022-08-20/the-irs-will-look-into-options-to-create-a-free-tax-filing-system

WVIK
— Dan Brady Top Priority: “Cutting Wait Times at Driver’s License Facilities” – Robin Johnson
https://www.wvik.org/podcast/heartland-politics-with-robin-johnson/2022-08-20/dan-brady-top-priority-cutting-wait-times-at-drivers-license-facilities

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) reports that its newly elected and appointed Executive Officers are: Vice Chairman Mark Shaw, 10th District, Secretary Jan Weber, 16th District, Treasurer Laura Pollastrini, 11th District, Co-Chairman Judy Diekelman, 2nd District and that Don Tracy was unanimously re-elected as IRP Chairman. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Bailey: ‘Thank you to the great Patriots of Awake Illinois for holding a rally at the Illinois State Capitol today’ – Bree Gonzales (COMMENT: If conservative-haters had not succeeded in killing TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), those organizations would be holding rallies for Bailey today. I was the TAPROOT chairman 2005-2012 and an ICRC Steering Committee member 2003-2007.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/630566204-bailey-thank-you-to-the-great-patriots-of-awake-illinois-for-holding-a-rally-at-the-illinois-state-capitol-today

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kushner: Trump would have prevented violence on Jan. 6 if he knew about the riot beforehand – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/aug/20/jared-kushner-trump-would-have-prevented-violence-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Those who live in Evanston, Illinois, have just seven more days to sign up for a basic income program that will provide $500 a month for one year. – Misty Severi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/stimulus-update-2022-check-direct-monthly-payment-500
— DeSantis to campaign for school board candidates ahead of Tuesday primary – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/education/desantis-to-campaign-school-board-tuesday-primary
— America is experiencing a self-censorship epidemic, study reveals – Brad Polumbo (COMMENT: I do not self-censor. If I did self-censor to gain acceptance by anti-conservative Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, I would have to NOT include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that promote the individual responsibility, traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, or equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform. I would have to use my newsletters to glorify and praise and to pander to the aforesaid anti-conservatives. I would have to serve as one of their operatives or dupes. I would have to cover up their wrongdoing. I would have to give them money.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/faith-freedom-self-reliance/america-is-experiencing-a-self-censorship-epidemic-study-reveals

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats allow NYC minorities to suffer while affluent whites stay safe – Steve Cuozzo
https://nypost.com/2022/08/20/democrats-let-nyc-minorities-suffer-as-affluent-whites-stay-safe/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Americans are figuring out that they are being invaded – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/americans_are_figuring_out_that_they_are_being_invaded.html
— A UC Berkeley housing co-op goes full Jim Crow, only it’s banning Whites – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/a_uc_berkeley_housing_coop_goes_full_jim_crow_only_its_banning_whites.html
— Washington is running out of your money to spend – Allan J. Feifer
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/washington_is_running_out_of_your_money_to_spend.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘It’s insanity’: Rep. Jim Banks identifies a whopping 52 radical items in ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/08/20/its-insanity-rep-jim-banks-identifies-a-whopping-52-radical-items-in-inflation-reduction-act-1275680/
— Woke CA city dubs August ‘Transgender History Month’, honors Compton’s Cafeteria riot – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/08/20/woke-ca-city-dubs-august-transgender-history-month-honors-comptons-cafeteria-riot-1275683/
— Biden’s demand that a border be built around his own Delaware beach mansion on your dime is offensive – Kevin Haggerty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/08/20/bidens-demand-that-a-border-be-built-around-his-own-delaware-beach-mansion-on-your-dime-is-offensive-1275510/
— Clever illegal immigrants wearing ghillie suits thwarted by eagle-eyed border patrol – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/08/20/clever-illegal-immigrants-wearing-ghillie-suits-thwarted-by-eagle-eyed-border-patrol-1275627/

BREITBART
— ‘I Don’t Know’: Illinois Republican Secretary of State Nominee Can Not Remember if He Voted for Trump in 2020 – JACOB BLISS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/20/i-dont-know-illinois-republican-secretary-of-state-nominee-can-not-remember-if-he-voted-for-trump-in-2020/
— Gov. Abbott’s Buses Expose Biden’s Open Borders – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/08/20/tom-homan-gov-abbotts-bussing-strategy-spotlights-bidens-open-border/
— Biden May Use Amtrak to Send Illegal Aliens to American Towns – JOHN BINDER
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/08/americans_are_figuring_out_that_they_are_being_invaded.html

DAILY CALLER
— Wokeness Is Ripping Through America’s Schools. Here’s How To Protect Your Children From It – NICOLE SOLAS
https://dailycaller.com/2022/08/20/opinion-wokeness-is-ripping-through-americas-schools-heres-how-to-protect-your-children-from-it-solas/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Republicans Used to Defend Traditional Marriage. What’s Changed? – Tony Perkins (COMMENT: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who reject the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform and who have had the most success in destroying me because I promote that plank. I would focus on those who have/had lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/07/23/these-senators-defended-marriage-in-2015-whats-changed/

EPOCH TIMES
— Wokism Is About Money and Power – Andrew Chen
https://www.theepochtimes.com/wokism-is-about-money-and-power-says-poilievre-in-light-of-comments-made-by-government-paid-anti-racism-consultant_4677458.html
— Red-Hot Inflation Drives up Cost of Raising a Child by Over $1,500 per Year. But the true cost could be much higher. – Tom Ozimek (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive up inflation. Raising children is very expensive. Inflation discourages having children. Ever since my wife and I got married, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if we had children, a) I would not have been able to earn the second and third job-related master’s degrees that I did or any of the six job-related professional certifications that I did, or the job-related professional license that I did; b) we would not have been able to suffer my $20,901/year (21%) pay cut that we did so that I could transfer from IRS to GAO which I did; c) my wife would not have been able to earn the job-related bachelor’s degree that she did; d) we would not have been able to have the new home built in Wheaton that we did; e) we would not have been able to buy the new cars and collector cars that we did; f) we would not have been able to buy the car condo in Naperville that we recently did; g) etc.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/red-hot-inflation-drives-up-cost-of-raising-a-child-by-over-1500-per-year-report_4677406.html

FOX NEWS
— NBC poll finds whopping 62% of college Democrats would ‘never’ room with Trump voters. The poll also showed that most students wouldn’t date someone who voted for the opposite party candidate – Gabriel Hays (COMMENT: How successful have Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs been in promoting hatred against Republicans in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, and in your county? I should write a book about the success that they have had in promoting hatred against Republicans in my precinct, in Wheaton’s East and West Districts, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County’s 4th District, and in DuPage County. They have stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks since 2021. They promoted LGBTQ big time on downtown Wheaton in 2020.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nbc-poll-finds-whopping-62-of-college-democrats-would-never-room-with-trump-voters
— San Diego schools want to ditch ‘gender binary’ they claim dominates racial, sexual minorities. ‘Genderqueer,’ ‘non-binary,’ ‘pansexual’ are the new norm at San Diego schools. – Christopher F. Rufo
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/san-diego-public-schools-overthrow-heteronormativity

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Accuses GOP Of Pushing ‘Christian Nationalism’ In Schools – Alex Christy (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves a) as being White-haters to get votes from minorities, b) as being Christian-haters to get votes from Christian-haters, and c) as being America-haters to get votes from America-haters.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/alex-christy/2022/08/20/msnbc-accuses-gop-pushing-christian-nationalism-schools

PJ MEDIA
— Stumping For Republicans, DeSantis is Sounding More and More Like a Presidential Candidate – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2022/08/20/stumping-for-republicans-desantis-is-sounding-more-and-more-like-a-presidential-candidate-n1622573
— Vanguard’s Diversity Training Seminar Targets ‘White Men’ – CHRIS QUEEN (COMMENT: Democrats run the federal government. They require all federal employees to take lots of diversity training. I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years. All the diversity training that I took targeted White men.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/chris-queen/2022/08/20/vanguards-diversity-training-seminar-targets-white-men-n1622619
— The Victimy Left Has a New Phrase to Describe Sane People: ‘Stochastic Terrorist’ – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2022/08/20/the-victimy-left-has-a-new-phrase-to-describe-sane-people-stochastic-terrorist-n1622532

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Consequences of Plummeting Fertility Rates – Joel Kotkin & Wendell Cox (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can a) to destroy traditional marriage, b) to destroy the traditional family, and c) to discourage/stop Republicans from getting married, from having children, and from raising children, and especially Republicans who are conservative, patriotic, White, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2022/08/20/the_consequences_of_plummeting_fertility_rates_577598.html

TOWNHALL
— Gov. Ron DeSantis Hits the Campaign Trail, Calling for Republicans to Unite – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2022/08/20/untitled-n2612026
— Biden Plans to Use Tax-Payer Money to Fund Amtrak to Send Illegal Aliens to American Towns – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2022/08/20/biden-may-use-amtrak-to-send-illegal-aliens-to-american-towns-n2612029
— Republicans Warn that Biden’s Border Crisis Is the Worst in History – Sarah Arnold
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2022/08/20/majority-americans-agree-bidens-border-crisis-an-invasion-n2612010

THE HILL
— DeSantis takes crusade against ‘woke ideology’ to Pennsylvania, Ohio as he rallies for GOP candidates – CAROLINE VAKIL AND JARED GANS
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3608661-desantis-takes-crusade-against-woke-ideology-to-pennsylvania-ohio-as-he-rallies-for-gop-candidates/

NEWSWEEK
— Kinzinger Says ‘Friend’ Pompeo Lacks ‘Moral Center,’ Rips His Trump Support – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/kinzinger-says-friend-pompeo-lacks-moral-center-rips-his-trump-support-1735406

YAHOO NEWS
— Kinzinger suggests social media companies need to take responsibility for violent, ‘insurrection-type’ speech – Lloyd Lee
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-adam-kinzinger-suggests-social-030528389.html
— RNC Rules Do Not Allow It To Block Liz Cheney From Running As A Republican (COMMENT: Should Republican organizations have the power to block candidates from running as Republicans? If yes, what should the criteria be? If I ran for an office as a Republican, my critics/opponents would pull out all the stops to get the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to block me. They would shout that I am unelectable. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://news.yahoo.com/rnc-rules-not-allow-block-120000504.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: COMMENT: Democrats say “How a Storied Phrase Became a Partisan Battleground” and “A touchstone of political and social discourse, the nearly 100-year-old phrase “the American dream,” is being repurposed — critics say distorted — particularly by Republicans of color.” Trump and I share many of the same demographics. Because of the ever-increasing hatred that Democrats promote against those who share Trump’s demographics (conservative, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, gun-owner, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time), I question if I could find the motivation today to do the things that I did. If I was in my teens today, I question if I could find the motivation to graduate from NIU debt-free with a bachelor’s degree in management and owning a year-old Dodge Charger SE like I did in 1970. If I was in my 20s today, I question if could find the motivation to earn an MBA from Loyola like I did in 1976 and pass the CPA examination on my first attempt like I did in 1979. If I was in my 30s today, I question if could find the motivation to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul like I did in 1980 and pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA like I did in 1981. If I was in my 40s today, I question if could find the motivation to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT like I did in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/21/us/politics/republicans-american-dream.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/opinion/sex-women-feminism-rules.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/18/opinion/abortion-pregnancy-child-roe.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the more of the following that you are, the more original sin that you have: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/story/2022-08-20/americas-original-sin-racism-or-greed

BOSTON GLOBE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to incite White supremacists.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2022/08/20/metro/after-flat-footed-response-white-supremacist-march-questions-about-boston-police-intelligence-gathering/

BALTIMORE SUN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/opinion/cc-op-letters-21aug-20220821-3h6tzzixyndkpf3ogh47jfowy4-story.html

POST AND COURIER
— COMMENT: Democrat school board candidates do not want to answer questions about CRT.
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/charleston-gop-survey-asks-school-board-candidates-if-all-white-people-are-racist/article_dc39e884-1f0a-11ed-965c-f71fed44f3b6.html

MASS LIVE
— How Patriot Front and white supremacist groups are hijacking American symbols to recruit in Massachusetts – Chris Van Buskirk
https://www.masslive.com/news/2022/08/how-patriot-front-and-white-supremacist-groups-are-hijacking-american-symbols-to-recruit-in-massachusetts.html

COLORADO NEWSLINE
— COMMENT: Democrats say socioeconomic status should not determine access to health care in America. I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 25 years. The federal government pays 72% of health care, dental, and vision insurance premiums for its employees, for its retirees, and for their spouses. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been furious about that. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonstrated the most hatred against past, present, and future federal employees, federal retirees, and their spouses. I would focus on those who would never stoop to seek or to take a federal job a) because federal pay and benefits are terrible, b) because federal advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.
https://coloradonewsline.com/2022/08/20/socioeconomic-status-access-health-care/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Merrick Garland, The Man Who Could Put Trump In Court
https://thestreetjournal.org/merrick-garland-the-man-who-could-put-trump-in-court/

FORTUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say to prosecutors who have pledged to not prosecute abortions that the reality is tougher and that they should ask the Florida state attorney who DeSantis ousted. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.
https://fortune.com/2022/08/20/they-pledged-not-to-prosecute-abortions-reality-tougher-ask-florida-state-attorney-desantis-ousted-roe-wade/

FORBES
— We Must Condemn Abuse Of Religion As Tool Of Discrimination – Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab (COMMENT: I should write a book about what my Democrat superiors in the federal government did to force my Jewish supervisors to take adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962, that I was 100% German national origin, that I was conservative, that I was Republican, that I had lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2022/08/20/we-must-condemn-abuse-of-religion-or-belief-as-tool-of-discrimination-and-violence/

REPUBLIC
— Auto enthusiasts pay thousands for customizable condos for their cars (COMMENT: Are you an auto enthusiast? I always have been. I am interested in American-nameplate cars, and especially Corvettes, Chargers, Mustangs, and Thunderbirds.)
https://www.therepublic.com/2022/08/21/auto-enthusiasts-pay-thousands-for-customizable-condos-for-their-cars/

NEWS ONE
— COMMENT: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations, that is, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination are reparations. How much reparations have you paid? Because I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, I had to pay lots of reparations. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate. Previously, they gave me unfair job assignments, performance expectations, and performance appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, forced the GAO manager to retire in 1987 who had arranged my transfer from IRS, who had gotten me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and who had promoted me in 1986, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,901 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, forced the IRS manager to transfer to Texas in 1975 who had promoted me in 1974, 1973, and 1972, and disallowed my travel vouchers in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.
https://newsone.com/4393633/reparations-more-than-a-check/

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.