June 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 45 shot, 3 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/45-shot-3-fatally-in-weekend-shootings-across-city/10787534/

WBEZ
— A Rash Of Mass Shootings Stir U.S. Fears Heading Into Summer – Kathleen Foody
https://www.wbez.org/stories/a-rash-of-mass-shootings-stir-us-fears-heading-into-summer/f69720e6-4964-470a-bb25-38837bf89fb5

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cook County kicks off weeklong celebration of Juneteenth, now a paid county holiday. Marking the first celebration of Juneteenth by Cook County since it became an official paid holiday, the county’s week-long celebration kicks off Monday with a mix of virtual and live programming. Juneteenth recognizes the freeing of the last slaves in Texas, two years after the Emancipation Proclamation. – Maudlyne Ihejirika
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/6/13/22530269/cook-county-week-long-celebration-juneteenth-paid-county-holiday
— Do Chicagoans know DuSable had a Native American wife? We should celebrate her, too. DuSable was the first permanent, non-indigenous settler of what would become the great metropolis of Chicago. But Native Americans were there long before. – Laura Washington
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint traditional marriage as being when a man enslaves a woman.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/6/13/22530069/jean-baptiste-point-dusable-kitihawa-native-americans-chicago-history-laura-washington
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to Whites who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites to curry favor with minorities?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/6/13/22532000/street-name-change-dusable-lake-street-drive

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Juneteenth to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-juneteenth-freed-slaves-20210614-dpmnf56rb5b5dkgt3ud5beivue-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, BLMers and LGBTQers promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-drag-queens-protest-march-0613-20210614-4mpdckm23jbl5jjhxhxbytg7ra-story.html
— Finally, a full house again in the White House press briefing room – PHILIP WEGMANN
(DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned me as being like Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News Ever since 2005, my critics/opponents have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. I should sue my critics/opponents.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-white-house-press-briefings-20210611-d6bdsdxfznfijp2f2shnn2gllu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Virtual EmpoweRun 5K raises funds for A Safe Place
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs promote Illinois, DuPage County, DuPage County’s 4th District, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton’s West District, and my precinct as being a “SAFE PLACE” for those who promote Critical Race Theory (CRT), BLM, LGBTQ, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform. I should write a book about the aforesaid promoters. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout but who focus on destroying those like me who do not promote CRT, BLM, and LGBTQ and the rest of the Democrat Party platform. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District (WPD), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who not only failed/refused to help me stop the WPD from stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks, but who glorified and praised the WPD for stopping Republicans from helping sponsor the parade and fireworks.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20210610/virtual-empowerun-5k-raises-funds-for-a-safe-place
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Grant will expand vocational training for DuPage jail inmates – Lauren Rohr
(DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) janitorial jobs are bad jobs that they would never stoop to take and b) all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210614/grant-will-expand-vocational-training-for-dupage-jail-inmates

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinoisans deserve better when it comes to redistricting – Sheldon Jacobson
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/guest-commentary-illinoisans-deserve-better-when-it-comes-to-redistricting/article_1e7ca21e-4866-53c5-885d-5ec67f4f81ad.html

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Kinzinger: America’s new TV star … from Bloomington-Normal – BILL FLICK
(DIERSEN: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you. QUESTION: What do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Kinzinger to do? ANSWER: Destroy not only the Republican Party, but to destroy all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/columnists/flick-america-s-new-tv-star-from-bloomington-normal/article_518ba651-cbf5-5f45-b12b-8311b94f1616.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— ‘That’s a problem’, policy analyst says of Illinois’ rules against differential teacher pay – Andrew Hensel
(DIERSEN: Hatred against federal employees frustrated efforts by my superiors in the federal government to hire and retain qualified employees. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. I should write a book about those who have demonstrated their hatred against federal employees and against federal retirees the strongest. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. )
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=327070#.YMcwQ8EXCM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tim Benson, policy analyst for the Heartland Institute, which focuses on education among other things, said the shortage is more nuanced than simply raising salaries across the board. “The shortages come in areas where the teaching is a little bit more – the field is a little more difficult, whether it’s special education or math or science, English as a second language – something like that,” he told the Illinois News Network. Benson pointed out there is no shortage of drama, art or physical education teachers. He suggested a solution private and charter schools already employ. “They offer differential pay for subjects that are a little bit more difficult to teach or something that’s a little more intensive in time,” he said. Raising the pay rate for positions that are hard to fill would attract more educators into those gaps, Benson argued. Something the existing system and teachers’ unions don’t allow, he added. “That’s a problem,” he said.)

FOX MILWAUKEE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BLMers and LGBTQers unite to destroy Republicans.
https://www.fox6now.com/news/milwaukee-pride-march-lgbtq-blm-communities-come-together

WCMY
— Congressman Adam Kinzinger says he will not run for a state office in 2022 – Steven Devine
https://1430wcmy.com/2021/06/14/33747/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LIGHTFOOT’S LAWYERS USE BIZARRE DEFENSE FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION OF WHITE REPORTERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/06/lightfoots-lawyers-use-bizarre-defense-for-racial-discrimination-of-white-reporters.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pentagon gets ‘woke’: Whistleblowers reveal segregation for ‘privilege walks,’ critical race theory – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/11/pentagon-whistleblowers-troops-segregated-privileg/
— When safe spaces for the coddled young move from college campus to tennis courts A modern Prometheus returns, bringing the self-inflicted disease of ‘self-worth’ – Everett Piper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/13/when-safe-spaces-for-the-coddled-young-move-from-c/
— VP Harris slammed for marching in gay pride parade instead of visiting southern border – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jun/13/kamala-harris-makes-time-gay-pride-parade-not-bord/

FOX NEWS
— Republicans who voted for impeachment face barrage of pro-Trump primary challengers Some pro-impeachment Republicans may struggle to hold on to seats – Tyler Olson
(DIERSEN: In Illinois, expect that hate-filled Trump-hating Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization will do everything that they can to destroy Republican voters, precinct committeemen, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, fundraises, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers WHO DO NOT HATE TRUMP.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republicans-impeachment-pro-trump-primary-challengers

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Anatomy of the Woke Madness How did such collective madness infect a once pragmatic and commonsensical America? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/06/13/anatomy-of-the-woke-madness/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ditch the Donkey – Democrats’ New Mascot is the Face Mask – Brian C. Joondeph, MD
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/06/ditch_the_donkey__democrats_new_mascot_is_the_face_mask.html
— A Muslim schoolboard member urges jihad at a Virginia high school graduation – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/06/a_muslim_schoolboard_member_urges_jihad_at_a_virginia_high_school_graduation.html

BREITBART
— Ron Johnson: ‘Unequal Administration of Justice’ Toward BLM Rioters, Capitol Rioters ‘Highly Alarming’ – TRENT BAKER
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/06/13/ron-johnson-unequal-administration-of-justice-toward-blm-rioters-capitol-rioters-highly-alarming/
— Jon Voight Scorches ‘Racist’ Hunter Biden, Media Double Standards: ‘Lowest Human Being, Poor Pity of a Man’ – JOSHUA KLEIN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/06/13/jon-voight-scorches-racist-hunter-biden-media-double-standards/

BLAZE
— Biden makes several gaffes at G7, at one point world leaders openly laugh at his forgetfulness – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-gaffes-g7-summit-video
— Nancy Pelosi backtracks, reassures America that Democrats ‘did not rebuke’ Rep. Ilhan Omar – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/nancy-pelosi-backtracks-reassures-america-that-democrats-did-not-rebuke-rep-ilhan-omar

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— The Border Crisis Is Coming to Your Front Door – Mike Howell
(DIERSEN: How many illegals have those who run your municipality, township, county, and Illinois secretly agreed to accept? How many illegals will they dump at your front door?)
https://www.heritage.org/immigration/commentary/the-border-crisis-coming-your-front-door

COLLEGE FIX
— Black student who set fire to her dorm in hate-crime hoax awaits court hearing – ALEX MCKENNA
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-student-who-set-fire-to-her-dorm-in-hate-crime-hoax-awaits-court-hearing/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Emory Prof Claims Second Amendment Was Designed to Keep African Americans Powerless. “the right to bear arms has been consistently used as a weapon to keep African Americans powerless” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/06/emory-prof-claims-second-amendment-was-designed-to-keep-african-americans-powerless/

THE HILL
— McConnell warns he’s willing to intervene in 2022 GOP primaries – JORDAIN CARNEY
(DIERSEN: Of course, in Illinois, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want McConnell a) to reelect Kinzinger and b) viciously destroy candidates who do not hate Trump.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/558260-mcconnell-warns-hes-willing-to-intervene-in-2022-gop-primaries

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Exodus of election officials raises concerns of partisanship – ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
(DIERSEN: Is your top election official a Democrat? If so, expect that Democrats will put tremendous pressure on your top election official to assure a) that Democrat candidates win elections and b) the Republican candidates lose elections.)
https://apnews.com/article/election-officials-retire-trump-2020-threats-misinformation-3b810d8b3b3adee2ca409689788b863f

MSN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/see-kamala-harris-surprise-visit-to-pride-rally-in-washington-d-c/ar-AAL0kj6

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about Facebook’s success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/conservatives-love-hate-imaginary-version-facebook-n1270638

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I do not promote Critical Race Theory (CRT), BLM, LGBTQ, or the rest of the Democrat Party platform. Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote CRT, BLM, and LGBTQ and the rest of the Democrat Party platform, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs destroy you. I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois but who focus on destroying those like me who do not promote CRT, BLM, and LGBTQ and the rest of the Democrat Party platform. I would focus on leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District (WPD), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on the aforesaid who not only failed/refused to help me stop the WPD from stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks, but who glorified and praised the WPD for stopping Republicans from helping sponsor the parade and fireworks.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/critical-race-theory.html
— To Fill Millions of Open Jobs, Many Workers Need More Than Skills – Steve Lohr
(DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/business/workers-jobs-coaching.html
— What the Rich Don’t Want to Admit About the Poor – Ezra Klein (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being rich.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/13/opinion/stimulus-unemployment-republicans-poverty.html

NEW YORK POST
— American moms are taking a stand against Critical Race Theory – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/06/13/american-moms-are-standing-up-to-critical-race-theory-devine/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— An unwelcome mat remains out for ex-President Trump in the city of his birth – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT and LARRY MCSHANE
(DIERSEN: From what see from having lived in Wheaton since 1978, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more unwelcome that you are: conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you promote, the more popular that you are: hatred of Trump, dependency on government, dependency on charity, Critical Race Theory, 1619, BLM, 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 age discrimination. Most recently, the more that you glorify and praise Wheaton Park District Executive Director Michael Benard, the more popular that you are with Wheaton residents who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-draft avoiders, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, 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.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-donald-trump-six-years-escalator-20210613-dlo4u37b5zh2da7mfy3tmq7pey-story.html

USA TODAY
— Richard Nixon and Watergate scandal brought back into focus in crucial ‘King Richard’ – David Holahan
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about the biggest backstabbers in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization since 2000.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/books/2021/05/25/king-richard-brings-watergate-scandal-into-focus-crucial-time/7423420002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elizabeth Warren’s IRS Entitlement The Senator and President Biden want to put the agency beyond annual appropriations. – Editorial
(DIERSEN: IRS employees are among the most hated federal employees. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. I should write a book about those who have used my IRS employment the most since 1971 to promote hatred against me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elizabeth-warrens-irs-entitlement-11623617019
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you promote hatred against Trump, the more that hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote you. QUESTION: What do hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Republican Trump-haters to do? ANSWER: Destroy not only the Republican Party, but to destroy all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chip-roy-tests-gop-voters-appetite-for-trump-dissenters-11623490201
— How to Quit Your Job Gracefully. There are right and wrong ways to head for the exits, in everything from your resignation letter to how you think about the work you’re leaving – Allison Pohle
(DIERSEN: When I graduated from NIU in 1970, I took the only job offer that I received; to be the Retail Sales Manager in the Chicago Heights Firestone Store. The job did not really require a college degree. Constructively, I served as the store’s salesman. Firestone’s district office hired me; the store’s manager would never have hired me. He disapproved of my avoiding the draft, my being a college graduate, my being Missouri Synod Lutheran, and my being 100% German American. He refused to let me start until I passed a 2-week probationary period working in Firestone’s Gary store. He rudely fired me when I gave him my 2-week notice in early 1971. I had accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile. But Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. The aforesaid directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-quit-your-job-gracefully-11623600002
— FRONT PAGE: Forget Going Back to the Office—People Are Just Quitting Instead As the pandemic clouds lift, the percentage of Americans leaving employers for new opportunities is at its highest level in more than two decades – Lauren Weber
https://www.wsj.com/articles/forget-going-back-to-the-officepeople-are-just-quitting-instead-11623576602
— Retiring Workers Alter Fed’s Calculus on Jobs Shortfall Shrinking labor force lowers the bar for when monetary stimulus can be dialed back – Paul Kiernan
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about early retirement.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retiring-workers-alter-feds-calculus-on-jobs-shortfall-11623596400

NPR
— Tom Hanks Is A Non-Racist. It’s Time For Him To Be Anti-Racist – Eric Deggans
(DIERSEN: Anti-racist is code for being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, 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.npr.org/2021/06/13/1005725990/tom-hanks-is-a-non-racist-its-time-for-him-to-be-anti-racist

GOVERNING
— What Democrats and Republicans Agree On: Gerrymandering the Courts. Political partisanship is playing out across the country as lawmakers move to change how their states’ supreme courts are elected. – Billy Corriher
https://www.governing.com/now/what-democrats-and-republicans-agree-on-gerrymandering-the-courts

CHICAGO PRIDE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BLMers and LGBTQers unite to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/117899316

DAILY MAIL
— Police retirements have soared 45 PERCENT since BLM protests erupted and Atlanta homicides have surged another 60 percent up from historic high in 2020 after 200 cops quit – ANDREW COURT
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9682005/Police-retirements-soared-45-PERCENT-BLM-protests-erupted-George-Floyds-death.html

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy” to destroy individuals, to destroy organizations, to destroy companies, to destroy governments, and to destroy countries that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, 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.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jun/08/barack-obama-cnn-interview-republicans-election-trump

MERRIAM WEBSTER
— Glorify
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes glorify those who take adverse actions against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/glorify

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.