Illinois Roll Call 12/04/05: Check to make sure you are on the list!

[kevsand]

With Tweed gone, no one's done one of these for quite a while. If you're not on the list, let us know where you are...

Champaign
benny05
davsand
kevsand
lagged_variable
paz
Rincewind
scarlet_owl
turtle_girl72
WildEyedLiberal

Chicago
aldian159
anitwarrior
Angelique
Bat Boy
catshoe
cubschicago
GettysbergII
gfr4656
grace0418
greatauntoftriplets
Hailtothechimp
iconoclastic_cat
hwmnbn
jeffery_x
JohnnyCougar
keek
Kingshakabobo
Lydia Guerra
The Magistrate
markmalcom
minvis
mopinko
naryaquid
pearl
pilsengirl
Placebo
Radical Activist
RandomKoolzip
Rican1
Rich Hunt
Robbien
shewhommustbeobeyed
sjbech
Southsideirish
Susang
taxpayer2000
terrya
Warrens
Withywindle
windycitychick
wndycty

Coal Valley
Laylah

Coles
BTFSTL
Illinois_Dem

Cook
andlor
billyf65
Cary
fabsfour
hedda_foil
il_lilac
jjanpundt
KharmaTrain
mohinoaklawnillinois
mpanno
Nailzberg
PallasAthena
Patch64
sabra
St. Jarvitude
Tesibria
topherX
tritsofme
XNASA

Crawford
dog_lovin_dem

DeKalb
dogman
Kota

DuPage
barb162
Cadfael
Chiburb
chicagomom
Dust Molecule
Elad
eternalburn
evil_orange_cat
Inland
Jim Sagle
LSK
Martin Eden
Norquist Nemesis
Paula Sims
oecher3
orleans
Thurston Howell IV
xBobx804

Jefferson County
EST

Kane
benburch
chicagojoe
chicagomom
Guns Aximbo
RaRa
rosesaylavee
send in the clowns
stevebreeze

Kankakee
NNN0LHI

Lake
Doomsayer13
DrGonzoLives
coffeenap
Heaven and Earth
if it comes from the white house it must be true
never cry wolf
nickster
olefty
renasissanceguy

Lee County
madrchsod

Livingston
RiDuevessa

Macon
jgardner

Madison
Bobbie47
bushisanidiot
CarbonDate
Willy Lee

McClean
BullGooseLoony
Outrider

McDonough
mantis49

McHenry
Bjornsdotter
DanCa
Ferball
maxpower
tofubo

Morgan
illini

Ogle
murielm99

Peoria
Can o Beans

Rock Island County
laylah

Saline
Ellen Rose

Sangamon
AntiSmirk
fit4life
Willinois

St Clair
x-g.o.p.er

Will
KAZ
Kitka
kster
ProfessorGAC
sueH
Sword Wielding Brit
Walt Starr

Winnebago
Acryliccalico
CubsFan1982

Okay, you know the drill. If you aren't on the list, please reply so I can add you.

So far we have 145 DUers in 27 Counties.

[jaxx]

1. Knox County

[Oceansaway]

2. Rock Island County

[BobEPeru]

3. Chicago

Northside

[davsand]

6. Welcome to you!

Haven't seen you here before--welcome!

:hi:



Laura

[BobEPeru]

7. Thanks

I've only been registered for a few days.

[davsand]

8. Any David Lynch fan is welcome as far as I'm concerned!

Love the screen name!


Laura

On edit: Life would be much better if I could spell!

:)

[BobEPeru]

9. Wow!

Hardly anyone has ever guessed the meaning of my screen name before, and I've been posting under this moniker for years on various message boards. Kudos. :applause:

[Susang]

27. Welcome

Chicago, Trendy, happening Humboldt Park here! :D

Nice to meet you! :hi:

We Chicago DUers have regular get togethers, so keep your eyes open for threads regarding any meet-ups. We're about due. ;-)

[returnable]

4. Chicago

:hi:

[Creideiki]

5. I'm in DuPage

[dogfacedboy]

10. Kane County n/t

[madrchsod]

11. OneAngryDemocrat

from stephenson county. he just started posting. that makes three of us on rt 26....

[kevsand]

12. It's good to see...

...that we're continuing to add DUers from all over the state. Nothing against Chicago (Illinois would obviously be very different without it), but we really need to beef up our downstate networks to keep our state in the blue column...

[Chicago Democrat]

13. Cook, 6th district... Democrat since 1980...

[dansolo]

48. Same here

Cook County, IL-06

[mucifer]

14. Hi Chicago here.

[turtle_girl72]

19. Hey there, mucifer

Funny how I keep bumping into you....:hi:

[madrchsod]

15. saged52

from Pocahontas il bond(?) county

[saged52]

24. yes, that's me!

I apologize for my tardiness - Bond County is correct. We live in the 19th Congressional District where a Republican incumbent is running for re-election - and I plan on doing everything I can to end his career!

[JVS]

16. Put me down for Champaign

[Rincewind]

42. Me two

I'm also in Champaign.

[madrchsod]

17. there`s someone in lasalle county but i forgot her name

i`ve seen a few new members but being a dumb ass i forgot to tell them to check in...

[Critters2]

36. I'm in LaSalle County

Ottawa, to be exact!:hi:

[yellowdogmi]

18. Sorry I'm late

edison park

[baldingrockwarlord2]

20. McLean County, here!!!

Count me in, please. I had to re-create my login identity due to previous password lost on a previous internet account. Here to stay as baldingrockwarlord2.

[gyles19]

21. Coles County

I live just outside Charleston.

[davsand]

23. Hey! Welcome to DU!

Good to see you here in the Illinois forum as well!

Well met!


Laura

[Doctor_J]

22. DuPage here

for 16 years

[riderinthestorm]

25. Dupage Co.

[bobalu]

26. Bobalu

..present!

[SIU_Blue]

28. Checking in.

From Oak Park but going to school in Carbondale (Jackson County).

:patriot:

[Gary Kleppe]

29. Yet another DuPage-er here

Specifically Villa Park, which is in the Addison-Elmhurst-Lombard area.

[MikeH]

30. Former Naperville Resident

I have been living in San Diego, CA since I moved out here with my folks in 1970 while in college.

However I did most of my growing up in Naperville, during a period which included the entire 1960's, and which for me covered later grade school through two years at North Central College.

I have been back a few times in recent years for school reunions. It is amazing seeing how the town has grown and changed since the time I lived there.

So hello to everyone from a former Naperville resident.:hi:

[darkism]

32. Hello from a current Naperville resident

:hi: I'm still in Naperville until I finish my undergrad work at Benedictine, then hopefully off to Evanston or Madison for grad school and putting off getting a real job! :D

[DaveJ]

31. Can't Skinner provide this info?

Anyway, I grew up in Madison county, now live in Chicago.

(yay...)

[kevsand]

34. Skinner doesn't know what county you're in.

At least, I hope he doesn't. (Great, another thing to lie awake at night worrying about...) :hide:

Actually, the main point of this is just to let us know you're out there, and to let you know we're in here.

[XNASA]

33. 'antiwarwarrior' should be stricken from the list

The traitor moved back to Florida. Bastard.

[kevsand]

35. Got it. Thanks.

It's probably getting to be time to start a new one of these with all the updates. I'll probably get around to it next week.

[Critters2]

37. Kev

Don't forget me...in Ottawa (LaSalle County), but missing C-U a bit

L

[kevsand]

38. We finally have a date set for the CCHCC dinner.

Of course, i don't remember what it is right now, but it's sometime in April. I'll have to go look it up when I get back to the office next week. I don't think they had one last year...

[Critters2]

40. Let me know!

April is sort a busy for me--Holy Week is the 9th to the 16th--but I should be able to hop down anytime but Easter weekend.

[benny05]

39. David Gill Reception Tomorrow 2/19/2006

For those who are interested in meeting Dr. Gill. It will be held at Al Kagan's place in Champaign from 1-3. I will be there to meet Dr. Gill for the first time and to hear more about his "Prescription for America" plan.

Gill is running against incumbent Tim Johnson-R, 15th district

[Caro]

41. Caro in Chicago

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[benny05]

43. Report on Champaign Friends for David Gill Reception 2/19/06

Sunday I attended my very first reception hosted at someone's private home for a progressive candidate, David Gill, who running for Congress in the Illinois 15th district. His opponent is one who has been in Congress for quite a while, but I think Gill has a very good chance to win.

Gill is a practicing family physician who supports universal health care because in the short and long run, it would save all of us money. I asked him if paperwork shuffled around by all of these insurance companies frustrated him. He said no. It was people who waited so late to come get treatment. He gave an instance of a 39 year old full-time dad who had a heart attack and didn't pay attention to the warning signs. His wife wanted him to see a doctor, but he said because they were uninsured, he would wait it out and maybe the chest pains would go away. The man died, leaving his working wife with 2 children. Sad case.

Other issues:
Gill also favors public financing of politicians because the private ones done through lobby often have too much clout. He mentioned that in Maine and Arizona that a fraction amount of income tax goes to public financing. Good idea.

Gill favors moving away from fossil fuels and talked about a project called Apollo.com. I also found out his wife is an avid (he calls her "rabid" :->) recyclist and buys Seventh Generation paper projects. According to the website, the name is derived from the Iroquois belief that "In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations."

I can see how retail politics appeal to Iowa citizens and NH, now that I've had a taste of it. There were about 15 people in all in a small condo, but everyone was seated comfortably, and he listened to their concerns and views. I enjoyed hearing their views. In addition to bringing up some issues, I asked the group if they minded if I took pictures to put on my blog, OAC, and now, Gill wants them for his blog. Good way to get the conversations going about JRE and other progressive candidates! He wasn't familiar with OAC blog, but said he had been reading good things about JRE in the news this week. I told him about the OAC audioblogs/podcasts and how they can reach a lot of people once.

I volunteered officially to be at his service, but I needed some training about how to do effective door-to-door campaigning. After all, I am a newbie.

[kevsand]

46. Nice picture.

We were out of town last weekend, or I might have been there. Dr. Gill is an amazing man, no doubt. I remained convinced that if every voter in the district could just meet him and talk to him in person, he'd be a shoo-in...

[benny05]

47. There will be another house meeting-Gill--reception in C-U

I know Gill's office is planning to have a C-U volunteers pizza/movie (Outfoxed) meeting on March 11th--6-9pm. I haven't heard where it will be yet. But I hope to attend as I want to meet other volunteers.

Kevsand, I know someone who also wants to host a reception in her Champaign condo--later in the spring. I will keep you informed PM about this event, if that is OK.

I've been blogging on Gill's blog: http://www.gill2006.com

Easy to sign up for an account.

David Gill is so down to earth, and I appreciate his candor when he admits he's not fully up to speed on an issue, but welcomes more information from any of us. His "Prescription for America" is on target. He's so optimistic!

Another positive note: he has responded to a post I put on his blog, and on another one, his campaign manager did so, which may indicate I'm able to put forward some other issues that they will think about and address.

He is not on the DCCC target list as they still doubt his campaign viability. Gill needs to be on their list, and I said so to them. Please DU'ers, don't give money to them if you feel strongly that this practice is unfair in helping non-incumbents who have a real chance this year, especially if you want our new progressives to get in there!

Benny

[Babette]

44. Two more for DuPage county...

Scubadude and Babette.

[City Lights]

45. I'm in Lake.

Recently moved back after a brief move to AZ.

[Bridget Dooley]

49. I am in DuPage N/T

[benny05]

50. Welcome to the DU

:hi:

I'm Benny from Champaign County.

[madrchsod]

51. new?

freddie stubbs and mr benchly spelling? i think they are in the 6th disrict.........

[dogfacedboy]

52. dogfacedboy of Kane County, reporting for duty!

Vote Laesch for Congress 2006!

[madrchsod]

53. welcome

zamora man myself..i live in ground zero of all that is holy for the republican faithful... so i get nothing about what the democrats are doing..i`ve meant zamora and i like him...may the best man win.

[dogman]

55. If you're near Rock Falls, Laesch has an event tomorrow.

Carpenters Local #790 Union Hall
6:30 pm, Tuesday, March 7
Rock Falls, IL

[benny05]

54. Welcome

:hi:

[kaleagal]

56. St. Clair County

HI! to everyone. Ok, kevsand, you can add your baby sis, kaleagal, to the list now. I'll try to start keeping up with you all from in here too.

[kevsand]

57. Wow! Your very first post here...

Welcome aboard! Everybody at DU please give a big hello to my kid sister down in the Metro East...

[dogman]

58. Welcome to DU

Great to have a fellow Clark '04 delegate (14th) and Illinoisan here.

[kaleagal]

59. Holey Underwear, Dogman!

You blew my cover. I was trying to sneak in as a novice, batting my eyelashes innocently, while wandering from camp to camp selling my wares.
By they way, we're in the 12th here, with Jerry Costello, the Cardinals, our Downstater complex, etc. Oh, yea, I almost forgot my manners. Thanks for the welcome, you guys. :pals:

[Adelante]

60. Hey, there

Welcome to DU!! :hi:

[kaleagal]

65. Hey, back atcha!

Thanks, WesDem! :hi:

[kevsand]

62. My fault...

I put a note in the Clark forum here to let people know you'd joined the DU ranks.

I also have made a small donation to DU in your name, so look for a gold star next to your user name in a day or two...

[kaleagal]

63. Ah Ha! No problema.

I tend to out myself sooner or later in any group and had fun overreacting. Thanks for doing the donation for me.

[Critters2]

66. You have a most cool brother

He fixed my 'puter when I killed it with an unnecessary Y2K patch year ago. I worked with him for 4 years. Great dem, great progressive, great computer geek, great guy. Cool family, too. So, I welcome you with open arms. Any sister of Kev's is a friend to me!! Although that Cardinal thing is a bit troublesome. I'm a Cubs gal myself...Chicago Cubs, then after 5 years across the river, Iowa Cubs...Cubs. Still, I try to keep an open-mind.

Welcome!! :hi:

[kaleagal]

68. Thanks on behalf of the family!

And thanks for the welcome. As you'll see from my response to you at the Democratic Beef--It's What's for Dinner thread, I could practically carry on a conversation by myself (rather argue) and welcome any interjections. :9

[davsand]

61. Hey, sis, welcome to DU!

Looks like the family is getting a very real presence here at DU, and I am glad to see it!

Next thing you know, Material Girl (the online name I use for our offspring) will be old enough to post and we'll need a forum here for all the kith and kin.

Welcome!


Laura

[kaleagal]

64. Hey to you too, Sis!

That would be fun if we could get Material Girl in here. Thanks for the welcome!

[Critters2]

67. Hey, L

I owe you an apology! I was bitchy with you in some discussion a couple of weeks ago. I was bitchy in general around that time (hard as that must be to imagine), so it wasn't personal. Sorry, really!

Hugs to Material Girl (interesting handle). I've wondered how she was!

[davsand]

69. Oh--no problem!

Not to fret. Frankly, I figure everybody has days--ya know? I really don't take a lot of what happens online personally, anyhow. :)

Being strong willed I've been known to voluntarily wade into a fray, so there's not much you (as someone I know and like!) could ever do to offend me.

Material Girl (so nick-named because it REALLY freaks her out if you put her toys in time-out) is getting big. She'll be 9 at the end of May. She's playing softball again this summer (ask Kev about coaching the little girl's team, BTW!)

She "worked" with dad last summer at the office, and by all accounts did a super job of stuffing envelopes and making copies. Community organizing starts young in our household, I guess. She already thinks bulk mail is a game the whole family can play...

Regards, and great to see you!


Laura

[Critters2]

70. She's 9!!

How is that possible?!!

That would explain why I feel old...I am!!!

I'm also curious. What does a toy do to earn a time-out? Btw, my beagle knows the command "Time-out!" and heads right to her crate. My organist thinks it's hysterical when this happens!

[davsand]

71. You can "time out" that kid forever and it doesn't register.

She'll just sit there--no impact at all on her.

Put ONE of her toys in "time out" and she just freaks out. The most effective thing we have found we can do to discipline her is take a toy away for a while--just put it up on the shelf.

She's actually a really good kid, but occasionally, we have to step in and be parental. That is when toys go in "time out." Ya gotta do whatever it takes sometimes.

Now, getting your dog trained to go into time out is pretty amazing. I really DO think they understand WAY more than we realize.


Laura

[merci_me]

72. Welcome to DU from Houston, Texas! n/t

[FatDave]

73. FatDave in Will County

First visit to the IL group. Count me in please.

[kevsand]

74. Welcome aboard! /nt

[benny05]

77. Welcome to the DU

:hi:

[dave502d]

75. dave502d from Kewanee, IL.

[Critters2]

79. I'm from Kewanee!

Wethersfield, class of '77

Go Geese!!

I'm in Ottawa now, though

:hi:

[metisnation]

76. McHenry

Can you please add me to the list.

kevsand

:dem:

[benny05]

78. Welcome to the DU!

:hi: