Are you ready for Barack Obama's Birthday as a holiday on which government employees get a day off and schools are closed?  Now that neither George Washington's nor Abraham Lincoln's birth is considered worthy of a national holiday, creating Barack Obama Day as a state holiday in Illinois would definitely make a statement.  An insane statement, but when did that ever stop the Democrats? Hoang Tran reports for Chicago City Wire: House Bill 503, introduced by Rep. Sonya Harper (D-Chicago), would amend the State Commemorative Dates Act and make August 4, Obama's birthday, a holiday in which state agencies would close. If the date falls on a Sunday, the following Monday would be reserved for the holiday. If schools are in session, they would have the day off. The problem is that Illinois is already so deeply in debt that each state resident is on the hook for over $45,000 in unfunded state liabilities.  The depth of the sustained fiscal...(Read Full Post)