As with the story of the Prodigal Son, the traditional liberal wing of the Democratic Party has reacted with a sense of betrayal at the belabored efforts of the Obama Administration, and moderate Democrats in congress to reach out, to compromise, and event adopt many Republican positions on issues in order to find common ground, and create legislation which tries to address the interests of all Americans.

Are some Democrats losing their moral compass?

I recommend the following story for your consideration.

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/114271-dems-consider-more-food-stamp-cuts-to-fund-child-nutrition-bill

Here's an portion of the full article:

The following is an excerpt from a recent Moveon, message:
 
"Target, the retail giant, just became one of the very first companies to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision allowing unlimited corporate cash in elections.¹

Due to lightening, hail and heavy rain the Woodstock Memorial Day ceremonies and parade has been canceled. The Democrats have also canceled their meet and greet scheduled to take place after the parade.
 The Parade committee would like to thank all of you who came out to help us, and endured the sudden downburst of heavy rains and hail with the intention of helping us.

 We look forward to another try this coming Saturday in Harvard, IL. Contact Drew Georgi for details, and see the Democratic calendar of events on this site for all future parades and events.

 Spring Grove resident, De Yip Loo, had an opportunity to thank Congresswoman Melissa Bean for her instrumental help in finally getting his WWII and Korean War Medals after more than 50 years. 

 A proud immigrant, De Yip Loo, gained his citizenship in 1954.

 In the photo, along with Bean and Loo, his daughter Frances, and family friend, and Bean volunteer Terry Kappel. Photo taken at an April Bean house party in Barrington, IL.

WOODSTOCK, Ill., May 12 (UPI) -- A Chicago-area man has sued a county sheriff, saying he was held overnight as a suspected illegal alien even though he showed proof he is a U.S. citizen.

 An idea for a meet and greet forum after the parades has been proposed for the Memorial Day Parade in Woodstock, May 31. My thought was, in keeping with the holiday, to publicize it, something thing like, "The McHenry Democrats invite you to join us after the Parade for a free soda, and an informal candidate meet and greet, and discussion of veteran's affairs and other issues.

 Time is short to make a decision, so timely input would be helpful. Let us know if you would like to attend such an event, and if you would like to participate in the parades this year. It's important we make a big showing, to spur enthusiasm to get out a big vote this fall.

 The Democratic Party Needs You (and your friends and neighbors)!

The McHenry County Sheriff's Department has provided an example of what those of us who oppose the new AZ law on immigration fear-- a system of law enforcement which is different for people with a dark completion, or a heavy accent because they were born in another country. 

 We wish to see illegal immigration fought, with more border patrol agents, and penalties for those who have come here illegally, and for employers who have knowingly employed them. But, the vast majority of hispanic Americans, were born here, or have emmigrated and are productive contributing Legal Citizens. In a case from November of 2008, "Edward Bustos became a U.S. citizen on April 27, 2004, after being honorably discharged from the Army."

 A man who put his life on the line, and served honorably in our military, deserves better than to sit in a jail cell all night long because the County Sheriff's Department feels a need to make sure he's a legal citizen. Obviously, the man would not have been treated so dishonorably had his accent been of European origin.
 I offer the following, Northwest Herald article for the enlightenment of our communities.


Mexican-American citizen says sheriff's office illegally detained him

 I attended the Bean volunteer organizational event at the Lake Villa library Wednesday night, and found their plans for a team leader system of campaign networking and management to be a great opportunity for our county party's organization as well. They plan on training individuals to be team leaders, to manage two precincts each, and to help that team leader identify volunteers to do the canvassing and other activities for that precinct. They hope to coordinate with the down ticket races and with the central commitee system as well.
 Most significantly, they plan to provide palm pilots to the canvassers so data entry will be greatly eased as well. For the palm pilots alone it might be worth having everyone go through the training. They would like us to hold three canvasses in our area, with volunteers to help with the leg work. We coordinate. I gave a summary. If you want to get more details, or get involved. Contact Field Director Nick Meyers at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it