November 2 Morning Edition

THE WHITE HOUSE

— VIDEO: President Trump Makes Remarks on the Illegal Immigration Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJI9oOZT7vQ

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville bargaining unit loses union representation after half members use Janus rights, opt out of paying dues – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-union-janus-disinterest-petition-naperville-st-1102-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dems poised to take House.”
— Kanye exits ‘Blexit’ — but what about MAGA, Chance and Amara? – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-kanye-west-chance-the-rapper-candace-owens-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner blames Rauner for Rauner’s problems.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-bruce-rauner-charlie-baker-comparison-1102-20181101-story.html
— Kankakee is No. 2 on list of U.S. cities losing the most brainpower – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-kankakee-brain-drain-index-20181101-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump pledges asylum crackdown, tent cities – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181102/news/311029994/
— How would a graduated income tax work in Illinois? Here’s how three nearby states do it – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181102/how-would-a-graduated-income-tax-work-in-illinois-heres-how-three-nearby-states-do-it
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want young people to vote after shouting at them, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of. Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that they will use government to give preference to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181101/editorial-if-young-people-want-influence-they-should-vote

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate Trump want you to vote for Democrats. Those who hate Trump are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/vote-republicans-vote-trump-period

WGN TV
— ‘Most governors would be proud of my 1st term’: Rauner talks why he should be re-elected – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/01/most-governors-would-be-proud-of-my-1st-term-rauner-talks-why-he-should-be-re-elected/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats treat Pat Brady like he is THE SPOKESMAN for all Republicans in Illinois. Ever-increasing, Democrats ignore the fact that Illinois Republicans elected Precinct Committeemen outside of Cook County, Township Party Chairmen in Cook County, and Ward Committeemen in Chicago who then elected Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members who then elected Tim Schneider IRP Chairman, Mark Shaw IRP Co-Chairman, Demetra DeMonte IRP National Committeewoman, and Richard Porter IRP National Committeeman. As an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I have NOT been advised that IRP SCC members have voted to make Pat Brady the IRP Spokesman.)
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/01/wgn-tv-to-provide-continuous-live-local-election-coverage-starting-7-p-m-on-nov-6/

 

CBS2
— Bruce Rauner’s Birth Year Mistake – Dorothy Tucker
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/01/bruce-rauner-birth-year-mistake/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Early voting setting records in Illinois – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181101/early-voting-setting-records-in-illinois
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181101/about-150-gather-at-capitol-to-mourn-pittsburgh-victims-denounce-hate

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Rauner brings bus tour to Moline – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gov-rauner-brings-bus-tour-to-moline/article_919eed36-8cf7-5444-a36e-94e15e9108e7.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Milhiser appointed U.S. Attorney for Central District of Illinois
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/milhiser-appointed-us-attorney-for-central-district-of-illinois

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— ‘Combative, Tribal, Angry’: Newt Gingrich Set The Stage For Trump, Journalist Says – TERRY GROSS (DIERSEN: Republican Gingrich had to know that when he dramatically cut GAO’s budget during the mid-1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO would use those cuts to get rid of GAO employees like me who were Republican and especially those like me who were non-veteran White males. Gringrich’s not protecting GAO employees like me means that he believes in “up-or-out,” namely, that non-veteran White male federal employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 are losers who should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/combative-tribal-angry-newt-gingrich-set-stage-trump-journalist-says#stream/0

 

WSPY NEWS
— DeKalb Co. Clerk Candidates Asked About Early Voting, Election Security – Scott Zak
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/dekalb-co-clerk-candidates-asked-about-early-voting-election-security/article_15e5b448-dde5-11e8-bccc-ff62fec77e8e.html

 

BEVERLY PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites and anti-conservatives want to get rid of Sean Morrison.
https://patch.com/illinois/beverly-mtgreenwood/southwest-suburban-voters-its-time-take-stand-against-hate

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Fellow conservatives, do not vote for Sam McCann – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/11/fellow-conservatives-do-not-vote-for-sam-mccann/

 

BUSINESS WIRE
— Ethics Complaint Filed against DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin for Allegedly Awarding County Contracts to His Clients without Disclosing His Relationships or His Financial Interests in the Contracts
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20181101005345/en/Ethics-Complaint-Filed-DuPage-County-Board-Chairman

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent – Austin Berg
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-cake-walk-nearly-half-of-illinois-house-candidates/article_7e30cd36-dde9-11e8-bc46-0b573f49b4bc.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— NEARLY HALF OF ILLINOIS HOUSE CANDIDATES FACE NO OPPONENT House Speaker Mike Madigan has drawn Illinois’ legislative maps for three of the past four decades. – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/nearly-half-of-illinois-house-candidates-face-no-opponent/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW RESTORATION PAC AD: IL’S 6TH DISTRICT DESERVES BETTER THAN SEAN CASTEN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/new-restoration-pac-ad-ils-6th-district-deserves-better-than-sean-casten.html

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Coulter: Democrats Drive Down Black Wages by Using 14th Amendment To Bring in Illegals – MALACHI BAILEY
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/dems-amendment-illegals-coulter/

 

TOWNHALL
— Pittsburgh Synagogue Massacre: Obama Slams ‘Hateful Rhetoric’ — Did He Mean Trump’s, or His Own? – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2018/11/01/pittsburgh-synagogue-massacre-obama-slams-hateful-rhetoric–did-he-mean-trumps-or-his-own-n2533716

 

FOX NEWS
— Here’s why Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration protects all Americans – Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/charlie-kirk-heres-why-trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-protects-all-americans
— ‘Identity Is Everything’ for the Mainstream Media, Democrats – Tucker Carlson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats identify themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/01/tucker-carlson-identity-everything-mainstream-media-democrats

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— ‘Birthright’ Babies Outnumbered Births in 16 States – BOB DANE
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/11/01/birthright-babies-outnumbered-births-in-16-states/

 

BREITBART
— 6-in-9 Swing District Voters: Keep Migrant Caravan Out of the Country – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/01/6-in-9-swing-district-voters-keep-migrant-caravan-out-of-the-country/

 

HOT AIR
— Trump: If Anyone In The Caravan Throws Rocks At Our Troops At The Border, We’ll Treat That As Deadly Force
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/01/trump-anyone-caravan-throws-rocks-troops-border-well-treat-deadly-force/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Announces Step to Stop ‘Meritless’ Asylum Claims at Border – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/01/trump-announces-step-to-stop-meritless-asylum-claims-at-border/
— Promoting Adoption, Trump Affirms Human Life for ‘Born and Unborn’ – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/01/promoting-adoption-trump-affirms-human-life-for-born-and-unborn/

 

DAILY CALLER
— REPUBLICANS SEE BOOST FROM MIGRANT CARAVAN BEFORE MIDTERM ELECTIONS — WHILE DEMOCRATS CONTINUE TO AVOID THE ISSUE – Henry Rodgers
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/01/republicans-caravan-midterm-elections-democrats-silent/
— TRUDEAU GOVERNMENT BEGINS DEPORTING A LOT MORE ILLEGALS FROM THE US – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/01/trudeau-government-deporting-illegals-us/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Tech Tyranny: Conservative Christian Site Blacklisted by Web Host – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/30504-tech-tyranny-conservative-christian-site-blacklisted-by-web-host

 

CNS NEWS
— Trump: Democrats Encouraging Illegals to Break Our Laws So They Can Sign Up for Welfare and the Right to Vote – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-dems-encouraging-illegals-break-our-laws-so-they-can-sign-free
— LGBTQ Group Tries to Bully Christian Group Off Knox College Campus – Mark Meckler
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/mark-meckler/lgbtq-group-tries-bully-christian-group-knox-college-campus

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NBC’s ‘Will & Grace:’ Marriage is ‘Weird Thing’ Invented by Straight Men to ‘Own Women’ – Dawn Slusher (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy traditional marriage.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/dawn-slusher/2018/11/01/nbcs-will-grace-marriage-weird-thing-invented-straight-men-own

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE ANTI-SEMITES IN OBAMA’S NEIGHBORHOOD  Jack Cashill lists Hyde Park residents, others disparaging of ‘them Jews’ (DIERSEN: What have you done to fight anti-Semitism? Many of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were anti-Semitic. Many of the aforesaid did not want to supervise, work with, or work for the Jewish woman who I volunteered to work for in 1990 and continued to work for until she and my other Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. In addition to her being a Jewish woman, they resented the fact that she was younger, she was attractive, she was wealthy, she was a CPA, she had an MBA from the University of Chicago, and she was Russian-American. They were furious when I got her appointed the board of directors of IIT’s Financial Markets and Trading Master’s Degree Program.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/the-anti-semites-in-obamas-neighborhood/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump Addresses Illegal Immigration Crisis: “We Will Not Allow Our Generosity To Be Abused” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/01/trump_addresses_illegal_immigration_crisis_we_will_not_allow_our_generosity_to_be_abused.html

 

THE HILL
— Trump suggests foreign dictators take advantage of birthright citizenship – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/414451-trump-suggests-foreign-dictators-take-advantage-of-birthright

 

POLITICO
— Farmers are losing money thanks to Trump — but they still support him There’s a disconnect between the negative effect of Trump’s policies on his voters in farm country and their unwavering support for him. – MEGAN CASSELLA (DIERSEN: Some things are more important money. If I had wanted to make more money as a federal employee and as a federal retiree, I would have become a Democrat and I would have helped my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40, that is, I would have helped my Democrat superiors meet their Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/01/trump-farmers-trade-900623

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-border-asylum_us_5bd85d85e4b017e5bfd5ef71

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trumps-controversial-anti-immigrant-video-skirts-rules-political/story

 

CBS NEWS
— Companies try to get out the vote as Election Day approaches – CAITLIN HUEY-BURNS (DIERSEN: From what I see, more and more and more companies are anti-employee, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/companies-try-to-get-out-the-vote-as-election-day-approaches/

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump hammers away on immigration at Missouri rally “We’re going to keep these people out of our country,” Trump said in Columbia, Missouri. “Vote Republican.” – Jonathan Allen
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-hammers-away-immigration-missouri-rally-n930151

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump in the suburbs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/politics/republicans-trump-house.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/us/politics/trump-immigration.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/republican-party-lies.html
— New York Times Tops 4 Million Mark in Total Subscribers – Jaclyn Peiser (DIERSEN: I subscribe to the NYT for “opposition research.” It costs me $527/year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/business/media/new-york-times-earnings-subscribers.html
— HARD COPY ARTICLE TITLE: The President’s Lap Dogs – Peter Fritsch (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being lap dogs for my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/trump-russia-house-republicans-fusion-gps.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: In Finland, Every Citizen’s Taxable Income Is Revealed. – Ellen Barry (DIERSEN: If the taxable income of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents was revealed, would it show that my critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes at least $15/hour to harass me? Most of the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents a) appear to have serious health, financial, and other problems and b) appear to be people who will “do anything for money.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/world/europe/finland-national-jealousy-day.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/02/an-invasion-illegal-aliens-oldest-immigration-fear-mongering-metaphor-america/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-ratchets-up-racially-divisive-messages-in-a-bid-to-rally-support-in-the-midterms/2018/11/01/67bf596e-dde9-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/01/that-anti-immigrant-ad-is-essence-donald-trump-presidency/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google Employees Stage Global Walkout Over Treatment of Sexual Harassment Organizers demand the tech giant remove mandatory-arbitration clauses from employee contracts – Douglas MacMillan and Ezequiel Minaya
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-employees-stage-global-walkout-over-treatment-of-sexual-harassment-1541087094
— The Roots of Political Polarization Our politics seem to be degenerating because we no longer understand each other’s priorities. – Bobby Jindal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that their top priority is to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-roots-of-political-polarization-1541111248
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/birthright-citizenship-is-a-constitutional-mandate-1541025952

 

USA TODAY
— President Trump is reflecting anger, not creating it – Newt Gingrich
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/01/newt-gingrich-president-trump-reflecting-anger-not-creating-editorials-debates/1851844002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/01/donald-trump-wants-you-very-afraid-2018-election-editorials-debates/1830999002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Faith leaders try creative steps to urge people to vote. ‘It is an act of worship’ – Deborah Barfield Berry
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/02/election-day-2018-faith-leaders-take-pulpit-get-flocks-vote/1823233002/

 

NEWSWEEK
— E-VERIFY: AN IMMIGRATION POLICY CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS CAN GET BEHIND – STACY WASHINGTON (DIERSEN: Those who oppose E-Verify are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/e-verify-immigration-policy-conservatives-and-liberals-can-get-behind-1172638

 

THE WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you hate Trump, the more that Trump-haters love you.
https://theweek.com/speedreads/805127/former-cpac-leader-calls-trump-social-poison-over-bigoted-campaign-ad

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Poll suggests Trump voters are more loyal to him than they are to the Republican Party – John Walsh (DIERSEN: I am loyal to the Republican Party platform. Far too many Republican elected officials and Republican party leaders are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs. For them, “the platform is the problem.” They despise, if not hate, Republicans like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. )
https://www.sfgate.com/technology/businessinsider/article/Poll-suggests-Trump-voters-are-more-loyal-to-him-13353681.php

 

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-tweets-video-stoking-immigration-fears-ahead-of-the-midterm-election

 

SPECTATOR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois takes the lead in disenfranchising members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://spec.hamilton.edu/with-disenfranchisement-on-the-rise-its-more-important-than-ever-to-vote-43e058628622

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/anti-semitism-inherent-trumps-nativism/574672/

 

ESQUIRE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a24509738/president-trump-conspiracy-theories-pittsburgh-shooter/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use illegals to promote hatred against Trump and to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/01/donald-trump-white-house-immigration-midterms-speech

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.