December 31, 2022

ABC7
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “New Year’s Chicago: Emergency officials prepared for Chicagoans to safely ring in new year.”
https://abc7chicago.com/fireworks-new-years-eve-chicago-police-2022/12630748/

WGN9
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Lightfoot calls for nearly $54M in state aid to support migrants.”
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/lightfoot-calls-for-nearly-54m-in-state-aid-to-support-migrants/

FOX32
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul appeals decision derailing bail reform in 64 counties.”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-kwame-raoul-appeals-decision-derailing-bail-reform-in-64-counties
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Shuttered Woodlawn elementary school to house newly arrived asylum seekers.” In which buildings in your municipality are Democrats housing illegals? In which buildings in your municipality will Democrats house illegals?
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/shuttered-woodlawn-elementary-school-to-house-newly-arrived-asylum-seekers
— COMMENT: Democrats say “New poll reveals what Americans want in an ideal president.” Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/1159981

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH PICTURE: COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Influx of migrants to Chicago places a strain on city resources; city moving forward with temporary shelter at school in Woodlawn.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-chicago-migrants-shelter-spending-texas-20221231-6ei7fg6g4zahdbbu5evhymo2i4-story.html
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say the Supreme Court Title 42 case is not about the pandemic.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-title-42-supreme-court-gorsuch-dreamers-durbin-page-20221230-5mk3dny64vaupl5qlnzoar25t4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Lightfoot asks Illinois for millions more to help migrants; state says funding will stop by end of January. Chicago has 1,531 migrants in its care, Lightfoot wrote in a letter to the state, and is running 11 alternate shelters that provide meals, clothing and showers.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/31/23532913/migrants-asylum-chicago-arrivals-assistance-request-state-funding-lightfoot-texas-abbott-buses
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Census redefines ‘rural’ and ‘urban,’ surprising some Illinois officials.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2022/12/29/23531600/census-redefines-rural-and-urban

DAILY HERALD
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Raoul files intent to appeal judge’s ruling on end of cash bail.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20221230/raoul-files-intent-to-appeal-judges-ruling-on-end-of-cash-bail
— COMMENT: Democrats say that Trump “took millions in deductions some years to reduce taxes paid.” In 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed my education deductions because I had complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. They outrageously, disgustingly, and unethically argued that the graduate business and accounting courses that I had deducted a) did not relate to my IRS Revenue Officer job duties, b) did not help me carry out those duties, c) did not maintain or improve my job skills, d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, e) were taken by me to qualify myself for a new trade or business, and f) were a distraction. They ignored my IRS Revenue Officer position description and the fact that IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take the courses that I deducted. The Democrats who run IRS use their up-or-out policy to get rid of their Republican employees who they do not promote to a) GS-13, currently $104,915/year, by age 25, b) G-14, currently $123,978/year, by age 30, c) GS-15, currently $145,831/year, by age 35, and d) Senior Executive Service, currently $176,300/year by age 40. Extremely few IRS employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20221230/trumps-tax-returns-released-he-took-millions-in-deductions-some-years-to-reduce-taxes-paid
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG PICTURE: COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, suburban Democrats crow about their success in replacing those who have demographics that vote for Republicans with those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20221230/blazing-new-trails-in-government-courts-schools-outdoors-suburban-history-makers-of-2022

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Chicago mayor asks state for $54M for migrants arriving from Texas.”
https://pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/chicago-mayor-asks-state-for-54m-for-migrants-arriving-from-texas/article_f68a85fe-887d-11ed-bd6f-277506099b0b.html

WJOL
— COMMENT: Illinois Democrats say “Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is asking for state funding to help with migrants arriving in the city.”
https://www.wjol.com/lightfoot-seeks-state-funding-for-migrants/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Trump blasts Democrats, Supreme Court after House releases tax returns.” Constructively, in its 4-page February 1978 article on me, Money Magazine released my tax returns. Money Magazine stressed that as an IRS Revenue Officer, I had deducted the graduate business and accounting courses that I had taken at Loyola and DePaul. Money Magazine hinted/implied/argued/shouted that those deductions should be disallowed by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that the courses a) did not relate to my IRS Revenue Officer job duties, b) did not help me carry out those duties, c) did not maintain or improve my job skills, d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, e) were taken by me to qualify myself for a new trade or business, and f) were a distraction. They ignored my IRS Revenue Office position description and the fact that IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take the courses that I took.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/hill-politics/trump-blasts-democrats-supreme-court-after-house-releases-tax-returns/

CITIES 92.9
— Chicago: The City in Illinois Where the Most Guns Are Linked to Crime – Samuel Stebbins
https://www.cities929.com/2022/12/30/the-city-in-illinois-where-the-most-guns-are-linked-to-crime/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— COMMENT: Chicago Democrats say “Blindsided By The City, Ald. Taylor Vows To Fight Mayor’s Plan To Place Migrants In Closed Woodlawn School.” In which buildings in your municipality are Democrats housing illegals? In which buildings in your municipality will Democrats house illegals?
https://blockclubchicago.org/2022/12/30/blindsided-by-the-city-ald-taylor-vows-to-fight-mayors-plan-to-place-migrants-in-closed-woodlawn-school/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Illinois Cook County Sheriff: “Our office hosts self-defense classes across the county to help empower residents.”
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/638369716-illinois-cook-county-sheriff-our-office-hosts-self-defense-classes-across-the-county-to-help-empower-residents-our-most-recent

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTUTE
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION TRIES TO KILL SCHOOL CHOICE FOR LOW-INCOME STUDENTS – Hannah Max
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-teachers-union-tries-to-kill-school-choice-for-low-income-students/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Illinois Review: It’s Time for the U.S. Postal Service to Audit the IL GOP Again
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2022/12/illinois-review-its-time-for-the-u-s-postal-service-to-audit-the-il-gop-again.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Violent crime soars in 2022; blame pinned on too few cops, lax prosecutors, more brutal society – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/30/violent-crime-soars-2022-blame-pinned-too-few-cops/
— The new abolitionists: Voters in a handful of states close the ‘slavery loophole’ in 2022 – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/30/new-abolitionists-voters-handful-states-close-slav/
— Gingrich for House speaker: Time to ignite another Republican Revolution – Jeffrey Scott Shapiro (COMMENT: Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically during the 1990s. My Democrat GAO superiors used that to get rid of me.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/30/gingrich-for-house-speaker-time-to-ignite-another-/
— School boards, NBA make top 10 ‘worst of the woke’ list – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/dec/30/school-boards-nba-make-top-10-worst-woke-list/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The few, the not proud, the ‘woke’ Marines – Christopher Tremoglie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-few-the-not-proud-the-woke-marines
— The absurdity of gender self-identification – Debra Soh
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/restoring-america/community-family/the-absurdity-of-gender-self-identification

AMERICAN THINKER
— Under Wokeism, Animal Farm Comes to Life – Allan J. Feifer
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/12/under_wokeism_animal_farm_comes_to_life.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden signs massive pork-stuffed bill after it’s sent to billionaire Dem donor’s home in vacation paradise – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2022/12/30/biden-signs-massive-pork-stuffed-bill-after-its-sent-to-billionaire-dem-donors-home-in-vacation-paradise-1320799/

BREITBART
— White House Leaks ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ Plan for Border Control – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2022/12/30/white-house-leaks-smoke-mirrors-plan-border-control/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Fives times ‘Anti-Racist’ ideology took over academia this year – Kate Hirzel
https://www.campusreform.org/article?id=20785

CENTER FOR IMMIGRATION STUDIES
— DHS and DOJ Delay Implementing Trump-Era Asylum Security Regulation – Elizabeth Jacobs
https://cis.org/Jacobs/DHS-and-DOJ-Delay-Implementing-TrumpEra-Asylum-Security-Regulation-Again
— Title 42 Expulsions Dropped, ‘Humanitarian Releases’ Surged, at SW Border in November – Andrew R. Arthur
https://cis.org/Arthur/Title-42-Expulsions-Dropped-Humanitarian-Releases-Surged-SW-Border-November
— Biden’s Shocking About-Face on Unaccompanied Alien Children. Then: ‘These smugglers routinely engage in physical and sexual abuse, and extortion.’ Now: Crickets – Andrew R. Arthu
https://cis.org/Arthur/Bidens-Shocking-AboutFace-Unaccompanied-Alien-Children

COLLEGE FIX
— Virginia school district pays almost $500k for ‘equal outcomes’ consultant – DAVE HUBER (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, if those who have demographics that vote for Republicans do better than those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, it is because those who have demographics that vote for Republicans benefit from discrimination against those who have demographics that vote for Democrats.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/virginia-school-district-pays-almost-500k-for-equal-outcomes-consultant/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Political Aims’: Here Are The Woke Initiatives Pushed By Teachers Unions In 2022 – REAGAN REESE
https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/30/political-woke-initiatives-teachers-unions/

DAILY WIRE
— ICE Deportations Lag Another Year As Agents Deployed To Border Crisis – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ice-deportations-lag-another-year-as-agents-deployed-to-border-crisis

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Builds Shipping Container Border Wall to Fight Illegal Crossings – Tom Ozimek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-builds-shipping-container-border-wall-to-fight-illegal-crossings_4952933.html
— Border Crisis Likely Cause of Employment Data Anomaly – Petr Svab (COMMENT: How many illegals are working in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? What kind of jobs do they have? Who are their employers? Every job that an illegal has is job that an American does not have. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have no problem with that. They justify it by hinting/implying/arguing/shouting that the jobs that illegals take are bad jobs that Americans ever-increasingly refuse to take. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers in Crete 1962-1964; washed dishes in Chicago Heights 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipped slag and pumped gasoline in South Chicago Heights in 1966; delivered mail in Park Forest 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line in Belvidere and as a security guard in DeKalb in 1970, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances in Chicago Heights 1970-1971, pumped gasoline in Chicago Heights 1971-1972, collected delinquent taxes in Chicagoland 1971-1980, and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/border-crisis-likely-cause-of-employment-data-anomaly_4954235.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The massive influx of illegal immigrants over the past year appears to be the most plausible cause of a major employment statistic growing increasingly inaccurate. If that is so, the error should be remedied come February. In fiscal 2022, Border Patrol was aware of some 2.8 million illegal border crossings—a historic number. Less than 40 percent of those have been sent back. The rest of them were largely released to the interior of the United States or weren’t apprehended in the first place. The majority of illegal border crossers work either illegally or on a work permit they are allowed to get while their immigration court case is pending. The government, however, has trouble accounting for these workers in its data. Usually, that’s a minor issue, but the influx of illegal immigrants over the past year may have caused a sizable anomaly in the data. Accuracy of the data in important as it’s used by the market and policymakers to make high-stakes decisions. Based on government numbers, the American economy has been adding millions of jobs, but Americans, when asked, don’t report such large gains in employment. The paradox emerged earlier this year and has continued to grow. By November, more than 4 million jobs were missing from a key Census Bureau survey.)
— California Becomes More Blue, and Other Trends Heading into 2023 – John Seiler
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-becomes-more-blue-and-other-trends-heading-into-2023_4954184.html

FOX NEWS
— Republicans betray voters on omnibus spending bill – Cal Thomas
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/republicans-betray-voters-omnibus-spending-bill
— NC State broadcaster suspended for referring to ‘illegal aliens’ at Sun Bowl in El Paso. – Ryan Morik
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nc-state-broadcaster-suspended-referring-illegal-aliens-sun-bowl-el-paso
— Global antisemitism: New York, Chicago, Kanye, Iran, US colleges top report’s worst incidents. – Benjamin Weinthal (COMMENT: Democrats run Chicago. Democrats run U.S. colleges.)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/global-antisemitism-new-york-chicago-kanye-iran-us-colleges-top-reports-worst-incidents

GOPUSA
— Critics Vocal Against Omnibus, Unable To Stop It
https://www.gopusa.com/critics-vocal-against-omnibus-unable-to-stop-it/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Does ‘Diversity’ Really Enhance Diversity? – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/does-diversity-really-enhance-diversity/

TOWNHALL
— New Year’s Resolution for the Republican Party – Allen West
https://townhall.com/columnists/allenwest/2022/12/30/new-years-resolution-for-the-republican-party-n2617721
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Going into this new year, perhaps the Republican Party can make a resolution to find a spine. It is painfully obvious that the progressive socialist left realizes that the Republican Party elected officials can just be pushed around and boxed into submission, utter capitulation.)
— Here’s Why Border Crossings Near El Paso Are Reportedly Plummeting: The Texas National Guard has installed two miles of border fencing near El Paso and is expected to add more as migrants in Mexico continue to wait for the end of Title 42. – Madeline Leesman
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/madelineleesman/2022/12/30/national-guard-putting-up-fencing-at-us-mexico-border-n2617728

CNN
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Governor Abbott says Texas bused more than 16,000 migrants to sanctuary cities in 2022.” How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run your municipality succeed in making it a sanctuary city?
https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/governor-abbott-says-texas-bused-more-than-16000-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities-in-2022

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/drag-story-hour-protest-nyc-caps-year-anti-drag-attacks-rcna63737

THE HILL & MSN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/3793707-the-real-impact-of-trumpism/
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-real-impact-of-trumpism/ar-AA15Ph8Y

THE HILL
— COMMENT: Democrats always want to do more to promote illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/latino/3786946-democratic-congress-was-disappointment-for-immigration-activists/
— Coming soon: America’s own social credit system – KRISTIN TATE (COMMENT: What social credit score (SCS) has/will the leaders of your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America given/give you? My SCS is/will be extremely low because I am conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun-owner, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, a Crete resident 1948-1972, etc. Ever-increasingly, the leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America treat me like my SCS is extremely low. I should write a book about that.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/565860-coming-soon-americas-own-social-credit-system/

NEW YORK TIMES
— COMMENT: Democrats say “For Democrats, Spending Package Marked One Final Opportunity.” Democrats only want to spend money that promotes dependency on government and charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/30/us/politics/democrats-new-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats want the next speaker to be someone who promotes those who have demographics that vote for Democrats, that is, those who are anti-American, anti-Republican, anti-conservative, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-homeownership, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/12/30/house-speaker-longest-vote/

CBS COLORADO
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Denver says it is reaching a breaking point when it comes to the continuing arrival of migrants here, and is now calling on the federal government to step in.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/city-denver-breaking-point-migrants-arrive/

SAN DIEGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats replace employees who have demographics that vote for Republicans with employees who have demographics that vote for Democrats.
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/story/2022-12-30/how-do-we-get-more-americans-back-to-work

WITF
— COMMENT: Democrats say “Another bus carrying people seeking asylum arrives in Philadelphia from Texas.”
https://www.witf.org/2022/12/30/another-bus-carrying-people-seeking-asylum-arrives-in-philadelphia-from-texas/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The U.S. Government’s Woke Training. Read instructions from the Army, NASA, the VA, and more, obtained via open-records law. – Editorial (COMMENT: The Democrats who run the federal government have always required federal employees to take lots of woke training. I should write a book about all the woke training a) that my Democrat IRS superiors required me to take 1971-980 and b) that my Democrat GAO superiors required me to take 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-u-s-governments-woke-training-federal-employees-diversity-equity-inclusion-11672251764
— Arrests, Deportations of Immigrants Illegally in U.S. Increased in 2022. ICE’s arrest and deportation numbers under Biden remain below the levels from Trump and Obama administrations. – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/arrests-deportations-of-immigrants-in-u-s-illegally-increased-in-2022-11672419628
— Your Coworkers Are Less Ambitious; Bosses Adjust to the New Order – Lindsay Ellis and Ray A. Smith (COMMENT: Extremely few of my Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO coworkers did what I did. I earned four job-related college degrees, six job-related professional certifications, and a job-related professional license.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-coworkers-are-less-ambitious-bosses-adjust-to-the-new-order-11672441067

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Five Times the EEOC Joined Court Battles to Help Workers in 2022 (COMMENT: How has EEOC impacted you? Constructively, EEOC sided with GAO in Diersen v. GAO. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whiles to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/five-eeoc-amicus-briefs-that-sought-to-sway-case-law-in-2022

REASON
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, and other Republican-haters argue for stopping all efforts to stop illegal immigration, that is, ever-increasingly, they argue for stopping all efforts to stop foreign invasion of America, that is, ever-increasingly, they argue for the destruction of America. Sooner or later, invaders will have enough votes to get rid of Americans who are the following once and for all: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cato.org/blog/border-wall-was-breached-11-times-day-2022-2

TIME
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share his demographics: conservative, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://time.com/6242260/christians-against-christian-nationalism-violence/

DAILY MAIL
— Texas ranch owners on the border say they have been forced to ARM themselves after repeated break-in attempts from migrants left them ‘fearing for our lives’ – PAUL FARRELL
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11586837/Texas-ranch-owners-arming-migrant-break-ins.html

WIKIPEDIA
— Voting behavior (COMMENT: I should write a book about those Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who stressed their demographics the most. I would focus on those who stressed the most that they were non-conservative, non-White, female, young, a parent, veteran, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or that their ancestors had not been in America for a long time. I would focus on the aforesaid who downplayed their education, downplayed their work experience, downplayed their income and/or net worth, downplayed their etc. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their defeats. I would focus on those who have taken the most/biggest adverse actions against me.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting_behavior

WIKIPEDIA
— Equal opportunity (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, equal opportunity is a) to replace Whites with minorities, b) to replace men with women, c) to replace older people with younger people, d) to replace heterosexuals with LGBTQers, e) to replace Christians with non-Christians, f) to replace Protestants with non-Protestants, g) to replace Italian Americans with non-Italian Americans, h) to replace German Americans with non-German Americans, i) to replace those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, j) to replace conservatives with liberals and moderates, k) to replace Republicans with Democrats and RINOs, l) to replace non-poor people with poor people, m) to replace homeowners with renters, n) to replace citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, o) to replace conservative American women who have children with women who have abortions, p) etc.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_opportunity

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.