October 20, 2008Barack Obama apparently has some explaining to do. On his 2000 and 2002 tax returns, he listed $16,500 and $34,491 in speaking fees. Yet, under Illinois State Ethics law, as a State Senator from 1997 to 2004, he was prohibited from receiving any speaking fees.
The Illinois Governmental Ethics Act provides:
(5 ILCS 420/2-110)
Sec. 2-110. Honoraria.
(a) No member [...]
October 9, 2008Many people argue that using term “Socialist” to describe Barack Obama is no more than just projecting the label that best describes Barack Obama’s views. But in reality, it turns out to be a fact. Much was made last ago when Sarah Palin once spoke to the Independence Party in Alaska, a separatist party in Alaska, and that her husband [...]
