September 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois governor vetoes data privacy measure – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-governor-vetoes-data-privacy-measure/2446105/

 

NBC5
— Madigan Could Undo Soda Tax if County Board Doesn’t – Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/madigan-could-undo-soda-tax-if-cook-county-board-doesnt-446944103.html
— Who Will Replace Lisa Madigan? – Carol Marin and Mary Ann Ahern
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB-deep-dish-chicago-446934553.html

 

WGN TV
— Illinois among 21 states targeted by hackers during election, Feds say – AP
http://wgntv.com/2017/09/22/illinois-among-21-states-targeted-by-hackers-during-election-feds-say/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner vetoes plan to require teaching cursive – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-vetoes-plan-to-require-teaching-cursive

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gov. Rauner sets timeline for $6B bond sale to pay down bill backlog – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-rauner-sets-timeline-for-6b-bond-sale-to-pay-down-bill-backlog/
— Rauner vetoes smartphone location tracking privacy bill – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-vetoes-smartphone-location-tracking-privacy-bill/
— Illinois Lottery selects UK firm for $2.2B private management contract – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/illinois-lottery-selects-uk-firm-for-2-2b-private-management-contract/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups glorify and praise McCain: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/charen-speaking-of-great-character-thank-you-john-mccain/
— My friend Ed might be alive to this day if he’d had medical insurance – David McGrath (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious because my wife and I have subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance for the rest of our lives because I am a retired federal employee. We pay only $5,763/year (25%) and the federal government pays $17,288/year (75%). Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/my-friend-ed-might-be-alive-to-this-day-if-hed-had-medical-insurance/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McHenry County still not following new immigration law, defense attorneys say – Amanda Marrazzo and Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mchenry-county/news/ct-mchenry-county-trust-act-immigration-ice-met-20170922-story.html
— Wheaton College at first stood by players accused of hazing, letter shows – Christy Gutowski and Stacy St. Clair (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use this story to smear those who share the following Trump demographics – Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, rich, etc. However, Wheaton College is in Milton Township and Trump got only 39% of the vote while Clinton got 53%.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-wheaton-college-hazing-charges-met-20170922-story.html
— Trump says NFL owners should fire players who kneel during anthem: ‘Get that son of a bitch off the field’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-nfl-anthem-protest-20170922-story.html
— Illinois Lottery selects new private manager – Joe Mahr and Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-illinois-lottery-new-manager-met-20170922-story.html
— Students like free speech as long as they like the speech – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, because of their Democrat teachers, students only like speakers who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-campus-antifa-pc-brookings-berkeley-20170924-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Who got more votes, has more expertise? – Chris Lauzen, Kane County Board Chairman
http://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20170923/who-got-more-votes-has-more-expertise
— Meeting the challenge of college costs – Peg Mannion  (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for your college expenses? The money to pay for my 1970 bachelor’s degree and my 1976, 1980, and 1997 master’s degrees came from money that I earned washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assemble line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20170921/meeting-the-challenge-of-college-costs
— New Lombard police chief knows town, people ‘inside and out’ – Marie Wilson  (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county and Illinois?  I have lived a) in my precinct since 1984, b) in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, and c) in northeast Illinois since 1948.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/new-lombard-police-chief-knows-town-people-inside-and-out
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF COOKSEY: Lawyer: More than 5 Wheaton College players took part in hazing – Katlyn Smith  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use this story to smear those who share the following Trump demographics – Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, rich, etc. However, Wheaton College is in Milton Township and Trump got only 39% of the vote while Clinton got 53%.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/lawyer-more-than-5-wheaton-college-players-took-part-in-hazing
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: For a few federal agencies, like NASA, it is easier to hire and to retain qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat females. But for most federal agencies, including the agencies that I worked for (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), it is very difficult to hire and to retain qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat females.
http://www.dailyherald.com/news/20170922/bartlett-high-school-grad-talks-about-her-pathway-to-working-for-nasa

 

NORTHWEST HEARLD
— Illinois Lottery picks new private manager
http://www.nwherald.com/2017/09/23/illinois-lottery-picks-new-private-manager/axj4214/

 

WGME
— Cahokia team of youth football players kneel in protest during National Anthem  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://wgme.com/news/nation-world/team-of-youth-football-players-kneel-in-protest-during-national-anthem

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump touts ‘Big Luther’s’ loyalty, electability at Alabama rally – ERIC BRADNER  (DIERSEN: Who/what are you loyal to? I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject some or all of the aforesaid.  What harms your electability? From what I see, ever-increasingly, my demographics harm my elecability: Trump supporter, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, old (68), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal retiree, former union member, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc.  How many of the aforesaid “bad” demographics do you have?)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/health-news/trump-heads-to-alabama-after-health-care-setback/816765631
— Trump: NFL owners should fire players who protest the national anthem  POTUS gives speech in Alabama – SOPHIE TATUM  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who oppose patriotism, Republicanism, and especially Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. They do everything that they can to discourage Republican candidates and elected officials from a) participating in the parades and b) helping sponsor entries in the parades.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-nfl-owners-should-fire-players-who-protest-the-national-anthem/816863346

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives demands Raoul apology over ‘sexist’ Harold comments – Caitlin Nordahl
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511221801-ives-demands-raoul-apology-over-sexist-harold-comments
— Illinois abortion foes not ‘appeased’ by Rauner wavering on expanded coverage – W.J. Kennedy
http://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511221762-illinois-abortion-foes-not-appeased-by-rauner-wavering-on-expanded-coverage

 

CATHOLIC CITIZENS OF ILLINOIS
— How to Respond When People Say, ‘Who Am I to Judge?’ – Mary Anne Hackett (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. They demonize, denigrate, and condemn all those a) who fail/refuse to glorify and praise them, b) who fail/refuse to pander to them, c) who fail/refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) who fail/refuse to give them money.)
https://catholiccitizens.org/views/74189/respond-people-say-judge/

 

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats a) shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) want Republicans to give Dreamers citizenship.
http://dailyillini.com/news/2017/09/22/rally-on-campus-pushes-davis-signature-of-the-dream-act/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Motion for Summary Judgment filed in NIU’s Presidential Golden Parachute Vote – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2017/09/motion-for-summary-judgment-filed-in-nius-presidential-golden-parachute-vote/

 

GOPUSA
— Handful of players demand racial sensitivity training for NFL leadership; Trump speaks out (DIERSEN: The federal government requires all its employees to take lots of race and gender sensitivity training. I took lots of it while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997. The classes a) painted younger minorities and younger females in a positive way and b) painted older Whites and older men in a negative way.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30622
— ‘Sanctuary Family’ coming to ABC; show involves illegal alien nanny  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) paint Republicans as being Nazis and b) paint illegals as being Jews in Germany during the 1930s and 1940s.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30614
— Liberal states vow to meet Paris climate goals without Trump (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats use meeting Paris climate goals to get rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30587

 

TOWNHALL
— 5 Reasons “Dreamers” Shouldn’t Be Given Amnesty – John Hawkins (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Dreamers and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnhawkins/2017/09/23/5-reasons-dreamers-shouldnt-be-given-amnesty-n2385369
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1) The “Dreamers” are mostly adults, not children or teens. Many people seem to believe “Dreamers” are little kids. Actually, only 22% of them are even below the age of 25 according to the Department of Homeland Security. . .2) Kids get punished for things their parents do all the time. . .3) Republicans are giving up on making a real deal before they’ve even started. . .4) Many of the “Dreamers” are not who you think they are. . .5) It will encourage more illegals to bring their kids here.)

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— ‘Transgender’ lobby weaponizes children as pawns in the culture war – Denise Shick
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/transgender-lobby-weaponizes-children-as-pawns-in-the-culture-war
— Gay activists seek to use ‘LGBT’ Mass to promote homosexuality – Charles LiMandri
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/gay-activists-seek-to-hijack-healing-mass-for-families-of-the-lgbt-communit

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The media, Democrats, academia, and Hollywood stick to old habits in the Trump era. – JIM GERAGHTY
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/451607/why-trump-won-media-hollywood-democrats-double-down-hate

 

FEDERALIST
— Today’s American Teens Delay Responsibility Longer Than Ever  Whereas physical health may be on the rise among teens in the iGen generation, their mental health and wellbeing has declined. – Gracy Olmstead  (DIERSEN: What did you accomplish by the time you were 32?  Shortly after I turned 16 in 1964, I got a drivers license, bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, and got a part-time job washing dishes. I bought my first new car when I was 17. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought my fourth new car, a Corvette, when I was 23. I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24. I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago when I was 25 and a one bedroom condo in that building when I was 27. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31.  I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32.  I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I got married when I was 29 and we bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29.)
http://thefederalist.com/2017/09/22/research-todays-american-teens-delay-reponsibility-longer-ever/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “18-year-olds now look like 15-year-olds used to,” Jean Twenge says. Members of Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2012, are less likely to drink alcohol or have sex in high school. But they are also less likely to pursue independent acts of responsibility, like getting a driver’s license or procuring a job while in high school. Many people in Gen X—and even some among the millennial generation—are rather dumbfounded by these trends. In my home state of Idaho, teens my age could procure a driver’s license at 14, due to the state’s rural, farming nature. There wasn’t a single kid who didn’t look forward to his 14th birthday: it carried with it the prospect of independence, and eventually car ownership.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says N.F.L. Players Who Take a Knee During National Anthem Should Be Fired – JOHANNA BARR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/sports/football/trump-nfl-kaepernick.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity have the power to destroy individuals, destroy organizations, destroy companies, destroy governments, and destroy countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.  Which LGBTQ promoters in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois have destroyed most individuals, organizations, and companies?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/us/minnesota-gay-marriage-video.html
— Facebook’s Belated Awakening  As social media companies wield greater power in the political system, more safeguards are needed. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What does Facebook think of those who share your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Facebook has the power to destroy those whose demographics it disapproves of. What will people do to curry favor with Facebook? Will they change their political affiliation, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.?  Will they help Facebook get rid of those who Facebook disapproves of?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/opinion/facebook-mark-zuckerberg-political-ads.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/nyregion/daca-program-young-immigrants-feeling-helpless.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— How Obama is funding the anti-Trump resistance – Paul Sperry  (DIERSEN: Of course, Bush did not fund any kind of anti-Obama resistance.  One could argue that in retrospect, with benefit of hindsight, Bush is only slightly to the right of Obama.)
http://nypost.com/2017/09/23/how-obama-is-funding-the-anti-trump-resistance/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— ‘Affirmative Action Bake Sale’ charges University of New Mexico students based on race – Jessica Schladebeck
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/affirmative-action-bake-sale-charges-students-based-race-article-1.3515715

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Wealthy Few Aid RNC Fund  Trump’s legal defense draws in part from a small group of affluent donors – Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Who are the wealthy in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, and to who/what to they give money to?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-funds-donald-trumps-defense-in-russia-probe-with-help-from-a-handful-of-wealthy-people-1506109617
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Trump Towns Cheer Economic Agenda, Blame GOP – Valerie Bauerlein,  Arian Campo-Flores and Quint Forgey (DIERSEN: You are a minority in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and your state if you voted for Trump, but the majority voted for Clinton in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in you county, and your state.  Government is supposed to protect minorities.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-backers-cheer-economic-agenda-blame-gop-for-setbacks-1506078002
— Let’s Agree on an Age to Retire  Current antidiscrimination law hurts businesses and both younger and older employees – Saul Levmore and  Martha Nussbaum  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination, but for different reasons. With only rare exceptions, the federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its non-veteran White male employees who do not make GS-13 (currently $94,610) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $111,801) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $131,508) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $161,900) by age 40.  In today’s dollars, how much were you earning when you were 25, 30, 35, and 40?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-agree-on-an-age-to-retire-1506099499
— Amazon Takes Over the World  Forget about the other tech giants: Amazon is poised to beat them all. What are the consequences for the rest of us? – Scott Galloway  (DIERSEN: What does Amazon think of those who share your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Amazon has the power to destroy those whose demographics it disapproves of. What will people do to curry favor with Amazon? Will they change their political affiliation, religion, gender, sexual orientation, etc.? Will they help Amazon get rid of those who Amazon disapproves of?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-takes-over-the-world-1506104228

 

BARRON’S
— Ministering to the Middle Class  Joe Jacques started out auditing government agencies, and now helps his clients build up a war chest for retirement. – Steve Garmhausen  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $94,610-$122,991.)
http://www.barrons.com/articles/ministering-to-the-middle-class-1506139411
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  His career started in what is now the Government Accountability Office. Jacques actually did some exciting work there: Still in his 20s, he assisted in the investigation of then-President Jimmy Carter’s brother Billy, who had been accused of improperly taking money from the Libyans. “I’d be in Strom Thurmond’s office with Bob Dole and these power players, joking like normal people,” recalls Jacques, “and they’d turn to me and ask, ‘What information do you have for us?’ ” But Jacques spent most of his time auditing government agencies, when he would have preferred to be doing taxes and working for himself. In 1983, he left Washington to do just that. Along the way, he started taking financial-planning courses and, with the help of an industry mentor, added life insurance and annuities to his bailiwick.)

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.