Tag Archives: Politics

Cast Your Vote

Posted on February 2, 2010 by rbirkey

I got up and went to my polling place this morning on Oak Park, Illinois, and cast my votes in the Republican Primary. I used one of the newer “computer” voting machines. I was voter #1 on my machine, in … Continue reading →

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Cisco is back on WLS

Posted on January 13, 2010 by rbirkey

Fellow Oak Parker and Calvary Memorial Church attender Cisco Cotto was recently employed at WIND 560 AM Talk Radio, where I would listen to him on the John and Cisco show in the mornings. Now he is back at WLS … Continue reading →

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Conservative Economic and Political Resources

Posted on December 8, 2009 by rbirkey

A friend recently asked me to put together some resources on the conservative economic and political worldview (especially from an evangelical Christian perspective), so that he could become better informed on this viewpoint. I decided to turn my research and … Continue reading →

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Tata Jesus is Bangala!

Posted on January 3, 2009 by rbirkey

I’ve just finished reading “The Poisonwood Bible” a novel by Barbara Kingsolver about the Price family who go to the Belgian Congo in the late 1950′s as Baptist missionaries. It’s a pretty depressing story based upon the experiences of Nathan … Continue reading →

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Thank You, Peter Fitzgerald!

Posted on December 9, 2008 by rbirkey

One of the best things that has happened in Illinois politics in recent history was the election of Peter Fitzgerald to the US Senate in 1998, defeating the Democrat incumbent Carol Mosley Braun. Peter was an Illinois GOP political outsider … Continue reading →

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McDonald’s Opposes “Employee Free Choice Act” supported by Obama

Posted on December 9, 2008 by rbirkey

I read an interesting article in Crain’s Chicago Business yesterday that talked about how McDonald’s USA is urging their franchise owner-operators to call their representatives to oppose the so called “Employee Free Choice Act” currently being considered in Congress. McDonald’s … Continue reading →

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How Christianity Shaped the West

Posted on December 6, 2008 by rbirkey

The November issue of Imprimis, the monthly newsletter of Hillsdale College, features an article adapted from a speech delivered by Dinesh D’Souza. Dinesh is a conservative author, thinker and speaker who worked as a policy analyst in the Reagan White … Continue reading →

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How Obama Got Elected?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by rbirkey

I read an email early this morning that mentioned this website in it. You might want to check it out at HowObamaGotElected.com. There is a video there that has been viewed over 1.4 M times on YouTube to watch, then … Continue reading →

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OK! – So, Now What?

Posted on November 6, 2008 by rbirkey

As you know if you read this blog, I was not a supporter of Barack Obama. However, he won fair and square and will become the next President of the United States of America. I admire him, and wish him … Continue reading →

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Barack Obama and Socialism

Posted on October 30, 2008 by rbirkey

Socialism: “A theory or system of social reform which contemplates a complete reconstruction of society, with a more just and equitable distribution of property and labor.” Barack Obama keeps saying his economic policies are not socialistic. However, in this 2001 … Continue reading →

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