Wednesday, March 7, 2012
How can we raise our daughters to feel like equals when we are still being labeled hookers for having opinions?
Rush Limbaugh has always been a gaseous windbag, but "slut" and "prostitute?" Really? For anyone who may not have heard, the old right-wing shock jock blamed the victim. He waged a personal, and inappropriate attack on Sandra Fluke because she advocated insurance coverage of birth control. "I chose the wrong words in my analogy of the situation," he said in a diluted apology that came only after advertisers started pulling out. The wrong words? Ya think? Personally, I've never been a fan of shock jocks—on either side of the political spectrum. There is very little, if anything, that has ever come out of Limbaugh's mouth that I would find entertaining. He is easy to ignore. However, as a woman and a mom, this recent outrage has me seeing …
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Barrington Hills Democrat hopes to challenge incumbent Peter Roskam, a Wheaton resident.
Leslie Coolidge of Barrington Hills is seeking the Democratic nomination for the 6th Congressional District, which includes all of Wheaton and Glen Ellyn. Coolidge filed her petitions with the State Board of Elections Dec. 23, the first day for Congressional candidates to file. A CPA, Coolidge said she’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives to "make government work more efficiently for everyone.” “I first began thinking about running for Congress during the debt ceiling debacle when Congressmen like Peter Roskam, who currently represents this district, seemed to think only about politics and ideology and not about the damage a default on our obligations would do to the economy and nation as a whole. Their refusal until last week …
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Chief Deputy Whip says businesses must be allowed to flourish and not crushed by "heavy handed" government regulations.
America’s debt is not a problem that can be eliminated simply by cutting government spending. Instead it will require the removal of barriers to allow business to flourish, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam told attendees at a joint chamber of commerce meeting Tuesday morning. “We have to grow ourselves out of this mess,” Roskam said. Roskam, regarded as one of the most pro-business legislators in Illinois, was the keynote speaker at a chamber breakfast in Itasca that included members of 14 chambers from across Cook and DuPage counties, including the Elmhurst and Wheaton chambers. A Wheaton Republican, Roskam told the crowd of nearly 200 that trade agreements, regulatory reform and tax reform will become life-giving to a stagnant economy. But, …
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Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Glen Ellyn native touts House rejection of health care plan. Repeal passes 245-189.
From Washington D.C. Rep. Peter Roskam said the successful repeal in the House of a healthcare package was a historic day. The House of Representatives voted 245 – 189 to pass the Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act. Three Democrats supported a united Republican caucus in passing the measure. The vote came after seven hours of floor debate. Repealing the bill was one of the key election promises of Republican and conservative candidates during the 2010 midterm elections. “Without question the American public have said, we don’t want this health care law jammed down our throats because it’s having an adverse impact on job creation, it’s making healthcare costs go up—let’s drop this thing,” Roskam said prior to the vote. He said …
Friday, January 7, 2011
Legislative goal of repealing health care bill will set the tone for 2012 presidential elections.
January is starting with a bang for Rep. Peter Roskam. Not only was he sworn in as a three-term congressman from the 6th District of Illinois, but Roskam, a Glen Ellyn native and current Wheaton resident, also began his duties as chief deputy whip in the U.S. House of Representatives. One of his first duties was to escort new House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to the House chamber to take the oath of office. But following that ceremonial act comes a more ambitious and controversial plan. Long before the new House was sworn in Jan. 5, Roskam and other Republicans were hard at work to set a new national agenda that includes attempts to repeal health care legislation passed by the Democrats during the last session and focusing on job …
Wednesday, November 3, 2010
A day after winning reelection, Peter Roskam pushes for economic growth.
Rep. Peter Roskam isn't wasting any time celebrating his reelection to a third term in Congress or the fact that the U.S. House will be controlled by Republicans. Hours after Roskam defeated Democratic challenger Ben Lowe, he was hard at work talking with members of the House Ways and Means Committee discussing efforts to kick-start job growth in the United States. He said Congress needs to lay out a strategy to signal to the marketplace that change is coming that will allow businesses to flourish and expand in the near future. "We need to make sure that Washington, D.C. is putting forth policy that is putting forth certainty and clarity for business owners," Roskam said in a Wednesday morning telephone interview. Roskam said he is excited…
Max Gruppy
7:37 pm on Friday, March 9, 2012
Good comparison, JD. The historical similarities between sluts and fascists are so obvous that it's no wonder Rush gets excited by both of them. more ›