July 29 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State senator joins select group of Democrats insisting Madigan give up speaker’s gavel now: ‘It is clearly time for a change’ While other Democrats have issued conditional calls for Madigan to resign only if charged or convicted, North Side state Sen. Heather Steans made no such qualification. “Serving as Speaker is not a right; it’s a privilege,” she said. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/7/28/21345885/madigan-resignation-democrats-comed-steans

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What happened to an America where you could freely speak your mind? – JOHN KASS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-cancel-culture-kass-20200729-chokjsdvezbtbokgwy2bc76nty-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The angry left-handed broom of America’s cultural revolution uses fear to sweep through the our civic, corporate and personal life. It brings with it attempted intimidation, shame and the usual demands for ceremonies of public groveling. It is happening in newsrooms in New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles. And now it’s coming for me, in an attempt to shame me into silence. Here’s what happened: Last week, with violence spiking around the country, I wrote a column on the growing sense of lawlessness in America’s urban areas. In response, the Tribune newspaper union, the Chicago Tribune Guild, which I have repeatedly and politely declined to join, wrote an open letter to management defaming me, by falsely accusing me of religious bigotry and fomenting conspiracy theories. Newspaper management has decided not to engage publicly with the union. So I will.)
— Maine Township trustee says voters should decide on funding police protection for unincorporated area – JENNIFER JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-maine-township-police-tl-0730-20200728-trkjhglu4zhxflont6h7ch7qhe-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Notwithstanding tremendous efforts to push pot on Naperville and to push LGBTQ on Naperville, “Naperville retains titles of Best City to Raise a Family and City with the Best Public Schools.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-niche-best-cities-st-0729-20200728-u7g244fjcjfspjwtppsspgkwfq-story.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Biden vows to fight racial inequality with economic agenda – AP (DIERSEN: Fighting racial inequality is code for promoting hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/nation/biden-vows-to-fight-racial-inequality-with-economic-agenda/article_4c95114b-7231-528d-bd8f-c16e1f836d88.html

BUGLE NEWSPAPERS
— Claar officially retires as mayor of Bolingbrook after nearly 34 years Before he exits, board changes mayoral role to part-time and appoints co-administrators – Mark Gregory
https://www.buglenewspapers.com/story/2020/07/15/news/claar-officially-retires-as-mayor-of-bolingbrook-after-nearly-34-years/1536.html

STATELINE
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ rally planned for Saturday in Rockford
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/back-the-blue-rally-planned-for-saturday-in-rockford/

WREX
— OUTSTANDING: Rockford’s ‘Back the Blue Rally’ aims to show appreciation for the work law enforcement does – Cassandra Bretl
https://wrex.com/2020/07/28/rockfords-back-the-blue-rally-aims-to-show-appreciation-for-the-work-law-enforcement-does/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Bloomberg Vowed To Spend Whatever It Takes To Beat Trump. Dems Are Still Waiting – MARA LIASSON
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/bloomberg-vowed-spend-whatever-it-takes-beat-trump-dems-are-still-waiting#stream/0

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Drive-Thru Voter Registration Assistance Planned At COD Lisle Trustee Sara Sadat and the College of DuPage’s political science department are hosting the Aug. 2 event. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/drive-thru-voter-registration-assistance-planned-cod

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illegal Alien Immigration Blackmailing Facilitator Pleads Guilty
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/illegal-alien-immigration-blackmailing-helper-pleads-guilty/
— Lakewood Found Not to Have Violated the Open Meetings Act by Not Having Enough Zoom Spaces, But Law Has Changed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/lakewood-found-not-to-have-violated-the-open-meetings-act/
— McHenry County Democratic State Central Committeeman Peter Janko Promotes Anti-Mike Madigan PAC
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/mchenry-county-democratic-state-central-committeeman-promotes-anti-mike-madigan-pac/
— IL-14: Former Underwood Staffer’s Resignation from DuPage County Board Candidacy Makes Tribune’s Page 3
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/il-14-former-underwood-staffers-resignation-from-dupage-county-board-candidacy-makes-tribunes-page-3/
— Lake and McHenry County Health Departments Merge Coronavirus Data
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/149310/
— Law and Justice Committee Votes 6-2 Against Ending ICE Contract
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/149259/
— Quad-City Times Urges on Dems to Call for Madigan’s Resignation, But NWH Won’t Ask Local Dems Where They Stand
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/28/quad-city-times-urges-on-dems-to-call-for-madigans-resignation-but-nwh-wont-ask-local-dems-where-they-stand/
— Almost $2.9 Million for County Contact Tracing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/07/27/almost-2-9-million-for-county-contact-tracing/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS WORKERS REMAIN IDLE DESPITE NATIONAL REBOUND – Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-workers-remain-idle-despite-national-rebound/
— AFTER MADIGAN PROBE, PRITZKER CHANGES STANDARD ON WHEN ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS SHOULD RESIGN – Brad Weisenstein (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran federal employee, if you do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40, the Democrats who run the federal government want you to resign. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and up-or-out. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/after-madigan-probe-pritzker-changes-standard-on-when-illinois-lawmakers-should-resign/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Governor Pritzker/ISBE/IDPH Sued in Montgomery and Adams Counties – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/07/governor-pritzker-isbe-idph-sued-in-montgomery-and-adams-counties-today/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BIDEN’S TROUBLING PAST CONCERNING RACIAL INEQUALITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/07/bidens-troubling-past-concerning-racial-inequality.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— According to Ward Connerly, there is no such thing as institutional racism in America – R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jul/28/according-to-ward-connerly-there-is-no-such-thing-/

GOPUSA
— Barr Testifies Before Disrespectful Democrats Run By Nadler
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92612
— Pandemic V. Protestors – Star Parker
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92598
— Pandemic Shutdowns Bad For McDonalds In The US So They Are Shifting To China
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=92591

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— IS RACISM RESPONSIBLE FOR TODAY’S BLACK PROBLEMS? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who work the hardest a) to destroy traditional marriage and b) to destroy the traditional family, that is, I should write a book about my critics/opponents who work the hardest a) to promote LGBTQ and hatred of heterosexual men and b) to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ and hate heterosexual men.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/is-racism-responsible-for-todays-black-problems/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The most devastating problem is the very weak black family structure. Less than a third of black children live in two-parent households and illegitimacy stands at 75%. The “legacy of slavery” is often blamed. Such an explanation turns out to be sheer nonsense when one examines black history. Even during slavery, where marriage was forbidden, most black children lived in biological two-parent families. Professor Herbert G. Gutman’s research in “The Black Family in Slavery and Freedom 1750-1925” found that in three-fourths of 19th-century slave families, all the children had the same mother and father. In New York City, in 1925, 85% of black households were two-parent. In fact, “Five in six children under the age of six lived with both parents.” During slavery and as late as 1920, a black teenage girl raising a child without a man present was a rarity. An 1880 study of family structure in Philadelphia shows that three-quarters of all black families were nuclear families. There were only slight differences in family structure between racial groups. The percentages of nuclear families were: black (75.2%), Irish (82.2%), German (84.5%), and native white Americans (73.1%). Only one-quarter of black families were female-headed. Female-headed families among Irish, German, and native white Americans averaged 11%. According to the 1938 Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences, only 11% of black children and 3% of white children were born to unwed mothers. As Thomas Sowell reported: “Going back a hundred years, when blacks were just one generation out of slavery, we find that census data of that era showed that a slightly higher percentage of black adults had married than white adults. This fact remained true in every census from 1890 to 1940.” The absence of a father in the home predisposes children, especially boys, to academic failure, criminal behavior, and economic hardship, not to mention an intergenerational repeating of handicaps. If today’s weak family structure is a legacy of slavery, then the people who make such a claim must tell us how it has managed to skip nearly five generations to have an effect.)

BREITBART
— John Kass Defies Chicago Tribune Cancel Culture: ‘I Will Not Apologize for Writing About Soros’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/07/29/john-kass-defies-chicago-tribune-cancel-culture-i-will-not-apologize-for-writing-about-soros/
— AG Barr Calls Out Democrats for Not Condemning Mob Violence – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/28/watch-ag-barr-calls-out-democrats-for-not-condemning-mob-violence/
— Big Tech, Establishment Media Crush Free Speech Through a Form of Prior Restraint – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/07/28/pollak-big-tech-establishment-media-crush-free-speech-through-a-form-of-prior-restraint/
— AG William Barr Doubts Federal Building in Portland Would Be Standing if Officers Weren’t Deployed – HANNAH BLEAU (DIERSEN: In addition to your Post Office, what other federal buildings are in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? Which federal buildings do the Democrats want to destroy first?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/07/28/ag-william-barr-doubts-federal-building-in-portland-would-be-standing-if-officers-werent-deployed/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Silicon Valley Ramps Up Censorship Of Conservatives
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/32981

DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s Behind ‘The Plot to Change America’ – Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/07/29/whats-behind-the-plot-to-change-america/

FEDERALIST
— In Latest Attempt At Corporate Wokeness, PricewaterhouseCoopers Sponsors HuffPost Diversity Podcast – Jordan Davidson (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/07/28/in-latest-attempt-at-corporate-wokeness-pricewaterhousecoopers-sponsors-huffpost-diversity-podcast/

EPOCH TIMES
— Violence and Anarchy Reign in Portland No end in sight as rioters call for ‘revolution’ and feds struggle to contain violence – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/violence-intensifies-at-portland-riots_3440001.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Conservative University of Illinois student group threatened with blacklisting for refusing to sign BLM letter – Blair Nelson (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will those Democrats and RINOs who lead your municipality, your township, your county, and the organizations that you are a member of officially blacklist you if you do not promote BLM and LGBTQ?)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=15311

COLLEGE FIX
— 73% of Democratic college students support taking down statues of Founding Fathers who owned slaves – JENNIFER KABBANY (DIERSEN: Did any of your ancestors own slaves? None of my ancestors owned slaves. If they had, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/73-of-democratic-college-students-support-taking-down-statues-of-founding-fathers-who-owned-slaves-poll/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-haters say “Trump’s Chicago theater: Guns, violence and a conservative offensive. The president is putting a pre-election focus on America’s third-largest city, hoping to turn it into an example for how he’ll deliver law and order.” When the Democrats in your municipality riot, what will your mayor do?
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/07/29/trump-chicago-guns-violence-385798

CNN
— Trump undermines his pandemic response with more misinformation – Stephen Collinson (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/07/29/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-response/index.html

YAHOO NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue rally in Kansas City
https://news.yahoo.com/back-blue-rally-kc-032004095.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Are the Polls Missing Republican Voters? If Democrats were far likelier than Republicans to respond to telephone surveys, then polls could be systematically biased. – Nate Cohn (DIERSEN: What percent of pollsters are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/upshot/polls-political-party-republicans.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-haters and hate-filled Trump haters promote hatred against Republicans and against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/opinion/trump-republican-party-racism.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/opinion/trump-white-women.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-haters shout at Latinos, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/arts/design/national-museum-of-the-american-latino.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘This Is About Justice’: Biden Ties Economic Revival to Racial Equity – Thomas Kaplan and Katie Glueck DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight for racial equity? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were minorities, and especially those who were Democrat, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/politics/joe-biden-racial-justice-economy-plan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Hate-filled Trump-haters use Trump’s father to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/28/us/politics/donald-fred-trump.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— ‘Wall of Moms’ sues Trump administration for ‘gassing, beating, and kidnapping’ protesters in Portland
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-portland-crackdown-wall-of-moms-sues-trump-administration-20200728-263uoowz4vdhpdlf2sph4wkiy4-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/media/krissah-thompson-named-the-washington-posts-first-managing-editor-for-diversity-and-inclusion/2020/07/28/2e033ffa-d0dc-11ea-8d32-1ebf4e9d8e0d_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/washington-post-live/2020/07/28/race-america-diversity-corporate-america/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Biden lays out plan to address racial injustice, slams Trump – JANET HOOK, MELANIE MASON (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight racial injustice? My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were minorities, and especially those who were Democrat, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-07-28/biden-to-set-out-efforts-to-narrow-racial-gap-in-wealth

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Eighteen Is Too Young to Vote Today’s adolescent voters aren’t allowed to drink and aren’t drafted to fight a war. – David Gelernter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/eighteen-is-too-young-to-vote-11595977239
— The Ultimate Driver’s Test: Cross-Country in Dad’s Classic Buick She just got her learner’s permit before they drove his newly bought 1961 LeSabre home from California to Florida – A.J. Baime (DIERSEN: My outstanding father bought his first and only new car when he was 45 years old. It was a bottom of the line 2-door 1967 Chevy. He died suddenly 2 years later.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-ultimate-drivers-test-cross-country-in-dads-classic-buick-11595943867

USA TODAY
— In Portland, government must ensure the rule of law – William Barr
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2020/07/28/william-barr-portland-government-must-ensure-rule-law-editorials-debates/5531532002/
— Americans have downsized their views of what it takes to be rich and financially comfortable – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, you are rich if you are not on welfare.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/07/27/coronavirus-effect-what-does-take-rich-less-than-before/5521307002/

OAKLAND PRESS
— Rioters are seditionists, not protesters – Cal Thomas
https://www.theoaklandpress.com/opinion/column-rioters-are-seditionists-not-protesters/article_93f355b8-d0fd-11ea-bbc5-7769291f3638.html

FRANKLIN PRESS
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue draws huge crowd – Lee Buchanan
https://www.thefranklinpress.com/local-news/back-blue-draws-huge-crowd

WSYR
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue Rally takes place in Utica
https://www.localsyr.com/news/state-news/back-the-blue-rally-takes-place-in-utica/

KMBC & KSNB
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue rally held outside Kansas City Police Department headquarters
https://www.kmbc.com/article/back-the-blue-rally-held-outside-kcpd-headquarters/33451134#
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/back-the-blue-rally-held-at-kcpd-headquarters

DAILY TELEGRAM
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ rally set for Saturday in Holland – Carolyn Muyskens
https://www.lenconnect.com/news/20200729/back-blue-rally-set-for-saturday-in-holland

ABC57
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ gathering in St. Joseph to show support for police – Brenda Koopsen
https://www.abc57.com/news/back-the-blue-gathering-in-st-joseph-to-show-support-for-police

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats are overjoyed about the demise of Whites, and especially about the demise of Whites who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/isaacmizrahi/2020/07/28/the-minority-majority-shift-two-decades-that-will-change-america-its-time-for-a-new-script-in-hollywood/

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.