Chicago Daily Observer

And it came to pass, in the eighth year of the reign of the evil Bush the Younger (The Ignorant), when the whole land from the Arabian desert to the shores of the Great Lakes had been laid barren, that a Child appeared in the wilderness.

The Child was blessed in looks and intellect. Scion of a simple family, offspring of a miraculous union, grandson of a typical white person and an African peasant. And yea, as he grew, the Child walked in the path of righteousness, with only the occasional detour into the odd weed and a little blow.

When he was twelve years old, they found him in the temple in the City of Chicago, arguing the finer points of community organisation with the Prophet Jeremiah and the Elders. And the Elders were astonished at what they heard and said among themselves: “Verily, who is this Child that ... Read More...

Unable to find a McCain campaign office in Illinois, about 100 who want America to wait for Iran to detonate nuclear bombs in America, protested in front of the “Cook County Republican Headquarters”

Once again, the “Web 2.0” Candidate is being scrutinized by using…Web 2.0.

The Republican National Committee has launched a suprisingly functional Facebook parody titled Barackbook, which goes into Sen. Obama’s deep links with various Chicago radicals, convicted felons, and Iraqi financiers.

The site is not all that deep, but serves the purpose of easily navigating the tangled set of relationships in Cook County Politics.

Once again, the “Web 2.0” Candidate is being scrutinized by using…Web 2.0.

The Republican National Committee has launched a suprisingly functional Facebook parody titled Barackbook, which goes into Sen. Obama’s deep links with various Chicago radicals, convicted felons, and Iraqi financiers.

The site is not all that deep, but serves the purpose of easily navigating the tangled set of relationships in Cook County Politics.

Cathleen Falsani Religion Editor of the Chicago Sun Times had this to say about Benson ‘Time Out.’

There’s something painfully ironic about Cedric’s (if temporary) ouster.

He’s been thumbing his nose at authority—secular and sacred—for years in pursuit of what he believes God has called him to do: fight for the poor yardage and the press coverage; battle injustice in whatever form it appears to taxing him at the moment, be it racism, sexism, or classicism; and to above all present the God of revolutionary love and radical grace to the world around him like he did when those cracker Texas Gomers boarded his boat. That sometimes has meant disobeying civil and Man law.

Benson has been arrested several dozen times over the last five weeks for civil disobedience. He’s taken on drug dealers aboard his boat, big alcohol content while driving, the tobacco products ... Read More...