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On May 23, 2008 10:27 AM in How Much is a Gallon?, they said:

I don't know if anyone say the story on CBS2 but 79 cents per gallon of gas in Chicago goes to various different taxes. So if gas is 4.20-.80=3.40 with no tax and oil companies are making about a 10% ...

On May 8, 2008 9:18 AM in Purple Hotel Sold, Will Be Demolished, they said:

Having lived in Lincolnwood my whole life it's going to be weird to drive past Lincoln and Touhy and not see the purple hotel. I just hope they don't put up something generic and "suburban" in its pl...

On May 1, 2008 2:01 PM in Immigration Rally Downtown Draws Thousands, they said:

Go back to your country, get in line, apply for citizenship and wait. I don't care where you came from. You don't become a citizen by jumping borders and overstaying student visas. ...

On April 21, 2008 9:46 AM in Chicagoist Weekend Blotter, they said:

prohibition doesn't work. It didn't work for alcohol, it doesn't work for drugs and it doesn't work for guns. All it does is make law abiding citizens criminals and make criminals rich. When alcoho...

On April 18, 2008 3:07 PM in Cook County Third Biggest CO2 Emitter, they said:

How much of that is hot air coming from the mouths of politicians in Cook County?...

On March 28, 2008 1:25 PM in Wisconsin's Sales Pitch, they said:

http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2288&GAID=9&GA=95&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=36213&SessionID=51 Well you could see 5% and 8% in about two months. I know some of those things aren't sta...

On March 28, 2008 1:08 PM in Wisconsin's Sales Pitch, they said:

Sure, well the proposal is to increase the income tax from 3 to 5 percent and the coporate from 4.8 to 8. The number one way to cap spending to approve of a con con and put in the new constitution ...

On March 28, 2008 12:51 PM in Wisconsin's Sales Pitch, they said:

Why don't they try curbing their spending instead of trying to fleece taxpayers?...

On March 28, 2008 12:44 PM in Wisconsin's Sales Pitch, they said:

Wisconsin might have lower sales tax but they have a higher income tax and they tax retirement income which is why retirees flee the state. Michigan has a 6% sales tax and doesn't allow any local tax...

On March 26, 2008 11:34 PM in That IS Grand, they said:

federal funding is the biggest ripoff. You have to waste state dollars just to receive them. There's a saying "leave no federal dollars on the table" all that means is that we have to spend and was...

On March 26, 2008 10:42 AM in Lights Out in About 4 Days, 6 Hours and 35 Minutes, they said:

I think one thing that people forget or don't know about is thermodynamics. Energy can't be created it is merely transfered into different forms. So no matter what form of power we use it will cause...

On March 25, 2008 7:26 PM in Lights Out in About 4 Days, 6 Hours and 35 Minutes, they said:

Please, there is no such thing as global warming....

On March 19, 2008 11:29 AM in Why Does MLB Hate Obama?, they said:

Yes I do know what socialism is. I didn't attend a CC but a major university majoring in Economics. How does having the farthest left voting record enable you to unite a country? His form of soci...

On March 19, 2008 10:59 AM in Why Does MLB Hate Obama?, they said:

Obama is a socialist, and if you were moved by his speech I have a plot of land on the moon i'd like to sell you. It's so easy to see through his rhetoric. You don't have a 20 year relationship with...

On March 19, 2008 9:32 AM in Why Does MLB Hate Obama?, they said:

I think the real question is, why does anybody like obama?...

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