Chicago Events this Fall

Yes the weather in Chicago is starting to get a bit cooler, but that does not slow down the number of events of interest in Chicago.

Chicago, as a world -class city, is never free from events worth putting on your calendar. In fact, it can be a daunting task to try to list, let alone attend even half of the worthwhile ,Exhibitions Concerts or Festivals. But below are a few Chicago Events worth checking out.

Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967
September 29, 2007 - January 6, 2008

This exhibition brings to Chicago. the most serious and comprehensive look at the intimate and inspired relationship between the visual arts and rock-and-roll culture to date.

Discover the man and the revolutionary theory that changed the world in Darwin. Exhibition runs June 15, 2007 - January 1, 2008. Tickets on sale now!

Adler is a proud participant of Chicago Science in the City. Chicago Science in the City is a compilation of two weeks of events designed to encourage Chicagoans to explore and experience the various fields of science.
Use your powers of observation to participate in a city wide science project. By counting stars in your neighborhood, you can help us to measure light pollution across the whole city of Chicago. Count the stars using Adler's Light Pollution Project Website.

"Navy Fear at Navy Pier 2007

October 5-8, 12-14, 19-21, 24-31

From One Extreme to Another! Fireworks every Friday at 9:00!

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Here are some other Chicago Events in September, October and November
Festivals & Events
Bike Chicago 2007
Chicago's 94th Annual Christma...
Chicagoween 2007
Farmers Markets 2007
Holiday Sports Festival
Mayor Daley's Kids and Kites F...
Under The Picasso

Yes, there are no shortages of things to do this fall in Chicago.

Hillary VS Thompson?

The latest polls seem to show Thompson taking the lead from Giuliani.
Many pundits believe that this is due in large part to what will be a short lived "Bump" from the attention surrounding his late arrival into the ring.

Michael Tomasky, editor of Guardian America, in a resent interview stated,

"Social conservatives are convinced virtually to a person that Hillary is going to be Democratic nominee," he said. "They think Giuliani is the only Republican who's tough enough to stop her. He's a tough, sharp-elbowed New Yorker."

While there has been a fair amount of movement in the polls on the Republican side, Hillary seems to just move further out ahead.

I agree that Hillary is polarizing and has high negative numbers. She does, however have the advantage of already being put through the fires.

The "Bad" news about her is already out there. We are not going to learn all that much new about her. Giuliani and Thompson both still have closets that have yet to be opened. So you knows.....

As a Democrat - leaning voter, I sure wish MoveOn.org would stop "Helping" the Democrats so much. Their intention might be to get Democratic party elected, but some of the time I think they do more harm than good.www.urbaninsuranceagency.comhttp://urbannewsblog.blogspot.com

Led Zepplin Tour?

In Iraq, Follow the oil money

When planning the family Christmas vacation, Iraq was not on the short list of likely destinations. I can not remember turning over any product and seeing a stamp stating “Made in Iraq”. It is clear the Iraq has one and only one commodity to sell, and that’s oil.

When President Bush announced that "America will hold the Iraqi government to the benchmarks." One that was top of the list was the pledge "to give every Iraqi citizen a stake in the country's economy”. In Iraq that means “Iraq will pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis."

It has long been understood that Without a system for sharing oil revenues, there will never be an Iraq. The Palestinians would sooner give up Jerusalem then would the Sunni’s or Shiite give up their share of Iraq’s oil resources. So it was very upsetting to hear that the negotiations failed and even more so when it became clear that a factor in the collapse of the deal was a deal Hunt Oil of Dallas made with the Kurdish provincial government.

This deal does two things, one it confirms that those with “Inside information” believe that the surge has failed, and that any attempt to get any negotiation back on track, has just been made much harder.

For years, many people here in the States as well as in Iraq, have suspected that the Bush/Chaney team have, as a part of their plan, a desire to profit from control of Iraq’s oil. I for one, laughed this off as “Left-Winged” propaganda. To take a line from the Yippies at the 68 convention in Chicago, “The whole world is watching”. I questioned some of the wisdom behind the move into Iraq, but not the motive. But let’s look at a few things we know:

1. Ray L. Hunt is the chief executive and president of Hunt Oil.
2. Hunt is a member of the President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
3. Ray Hunt, the current chair of the company, is also on the board of Halliburton
4. Ray Hunt has contributed $35,000,000.00 to form the Bush Library at MSU
5. Mr. Hunt is on the board of SMU. Southern Methodist University.
6. Mr hunt is on the Board of Trustess for the George Bush Presidential Library Foundation.
7. Haliburton Corp received $16.5 Billion in no bid contracts from Iraq war?
America has placed spent an amazing amount of “Blood and Treasure” in Iraq, I desperately want to believe that that sacrifices made were not in vane. I would love to see the Iraqi Government hit each of the benchmarks; but it seems as if the “inside money is betting the other way.

Larry Lubell
Larry@urbaninsuranceagency.com

Britney.... The Train Wreck Continues