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The members of the Commercial Club of Chicago to watch out for, that are currently sitting in the White House with Obama.

Valerie B. Jarrett She is part of Obama’s White House staff, her title is Senior Advisor. One of her past relationships was Mayor Richard M. Daley, she was his Deputy Chief of Staff. Mayor Richard M. Daley is so openly corrupt this online paper’s only job is to follow him and report their findings. http://dailydaley.windycitizen.com. Until last year, Jarrett was chairman of the Chicago Stock Exchange and was a director of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago. She has been vice chairman of the University of Chicago's board of trustees, chairman of the university's hospital board and a vice chairman of the team preparing the city's bid for the 2016 Olympics—one of the mayor's most cherished initiatives. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-obama-jarrett21nov21,0,7075788.story

Rahm I. Emanuel He is Obama’s Chief of Staff and was in 1989, Richard M. Daley mayoral campaign - senior adviser & chief fundraiser. Rahm I. Emanuel, Valerie B. Jarrett, William M. Daley and Mayor Richard M. Daley are all members of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

William M. Daley He is a Advisory board member for the 2008 Obama-Biden transition team and a member of the Obama-Biden economic advisory team. William M. Daley is a director for the Boeing Company, Chicago Community Trust – trustee, Executives' Club of Chicago – director, Commercial Club of Chicago – member, just to name a few of the organizations. http://www.muckety.com/William-M-Daley/1711.muckety William M. Daley is Mayor Richard M. Daley’s brother. Here is a picture of Rod Blagojevich, Barack Obama and Mayor Richard M. Daley during a rally in Chicago, April 16, 2007 http://newsbusters.org/people/richard-daley. Mayor Richard M. Daley is so corrupt there is a online paper that follows him around every day waiting for him to do something corrupt and then they report it here at the daily daley Windy Citizen http://dailydaley.windycitizen.com William M. Daley is a Trustee at the Northwestern University Where they have Stem Cell Research. A large number of members of the Commercial Club of Chicago are Trustees for the Northwestern University, this because Henry S. Bienen is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago and president of Northwestern University.

President Henry S. Bienen Delivers Final 'State' Address on March 18, 2009 http://www.northwestern.edu/president http://www.northwestern.edu/newscenter/stories/2009/03/stateofu.html Listed under Retirement in Wikipedia it states Northwestern University President Henry S. Bienen, who led the University to increased academic prominence, financial strength, and athletic success, plans to retire from his position effective August 31, 2009, announced Patrick G. Ryan, chair of the University's Board of Trustees. In a letter to the Northwestern community, Bienen said, "I continue to enjoy my job immensely, but I truly believe that it is important for institutions to be refreshed regularly with new leadership. So Henry S. Bienen will be passing on his position as President of Northwestern University on to Patrick G. Ryan. Ryan is currently co-chair for Barack Obama inaugural committee. http://www.muckety.com/Patrick-G-Ryan/9843.muckety . Northwestern University School of Law has a associate professor her name is Bernadine Dohrn.

Bernadine Dohrn is the spouse of William C. Ayers both were members of the Weather Underground http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/17/ayers-and-obama-what-is-t_n_97204.html President Bill Clinton pardoned William C. Ayers and gave Bernadine Dohrn a communted sentence. William C. Ayers and Barack Obama worked together on the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Ayers is currently a professor at the University of Chicago and Ayers is an informal adviser to Mayor Richard M. Daley http://polizeros.com/2008/10/10/mayor-daley-of-chicago-has-praised-ayers

William C. Ayers and Barack Obama were both chairman of Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Chicago Public Education Fund was the predecessor for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge. Chicago Public Education Fund have a number of members from the Commercial Club of Chicago, one of those members of the Commercial Club of Chicago and she is also director of theChicago Public Education Fund is Penny S. Pritzer.

Penny S. Pritzer’s current relationships are, Host for Barack Obama fund-raising dinner, 7/2/2008, co-chair for Barack Obama inaugural committee, a member of Obama-Biden economic advisory team. Her past relationships were national finance chair for the 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign and fundraiser for 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign. Three other Pritzker’s are also members of the Commercial club of Chicago. J.B. Pritzker, Robert A. Pritzker and Thomas J. Pritzker.

As I stated above, The Chicago Public Education Fund was the predecessor for the Chicago Annenberg Challenge, there leadership council members included Virgina Aronson - Sidley Austin LLP - managing partner and R. Eden Martin - Sidley Austin LLP – counsel. Sidley Austin LLP is a Law Firm where Michelle Obama was a Lawyer and Barack Obama was an Intern. http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2008/10/10/2008-10-10_mccain_campaign_brands_michelle_obama_as.html Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Bernardine Dohrn (William Ayers wife)they all three worked at Sidley Austin LLP in 1987. Bernardine Dohrn was a Litigator for the Sidley Austin LLP firm.

Michelle Obama work for Mayor Richard M. Daley as a Staffer, Valerie B. Jarrett was Mayor Richard M. Daley’s deputy Chief of Staff. Valerie B. Jarrett http://change.gov/learn/valerie_jarrett and Michelle Obama are friends. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/j/valerie_jarrett/index.html Valerie B. Jarrett is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. http://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/staff/ Valerie B. Jarrett is now White House Staff Senior Advisor, David Axelrod is also a White House Senior Advisor. A little history on David Axelrod http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-070620axelrod-htmlstory,0,7217326.htmlstory Axelrod signed up with the 1989 mayoral campaign of Richard M. Daley, the son of that antithesis of progressive politics, Richard J. Daley, the Boss. On the younger Daley's retainer ever since, he has been a trusted inner-circle adviser.


Michelle Obama http://www.muckety.com/Michelle-Obama/4613.muckety and Penny Pritzer (a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago) were both board members at the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools. John W. Rogers Jr. is a personal friend of Michelle Obama. http://www.bettergov.org/bga_in_news_20080617_02.asp this article states Michelle, met Rogers at Princeton University and has known him for years. http://www.muckety.com/John-W-Rogers-Jr/4564.muckety Roger’s is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, a director at Commonwealth Edison Company also known as ComEd, and Chicago Symphony Orchestra - life trustee. http://suburbanshoutout.wordpress.com/2008/10/23/when-will-dave-diersen-explain-his-relationship-with-terrorist-bill-ayers/ William Ayers’ father, Thomas G. Ayers, was chairman and CEO of Commonwealth Edison. Because of Wikipedia latest dissapearing act with their website I included all this information on Thomas G. Ayers. Thomas G. Ayers was also a Chicago Symphony Orchestra - life trustee. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_G._Ayers .

Thomas G. Ayers (February 16, 1915, Detroit, Michigan – June 8, 2007, Chicago, Illinois) was president (1964–1980), CEO and chairman (1973–1980) of Commonwealth Edison.[1]
Ayers served as chairman of the Board of Trustees of Northwestern University, the Erikson Institute, the Bank Street College of Education in New York City, the Chicago Symphony, the Chicago Community Trust, the Chicago Urban League, the Community Renewal Society, the Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry, Chicago United, the Leadership Council for Metropolitan Open Communities, and Dearborn Park Corp.,[1] and served as vice president of the Chicago Board of Education.[2]
Ayers also served on the board of directors of Sears, G.D. Searle, Chicago Pacific Corp., Zenith Corp., Northwest Industries, General Dynamics Corp. of St. Louis, First National Bank of Chicago, the Chicago Cubs, and the Tribune Co.[1]
His son William Ayers, once the leader of the radical Weather Underground, has been a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago since 1987.[3] His son John Ayers, once on the staff (1983–1986) of former U.S. Rep. Lane Evans (D-IL), is a national leader in charter school development.

Northern Trust Corporation. John W. Rogers Jr. is a director for the Exelon Corporation http://www.muckety.com/Exelon-Corporation/5000680.muckety Sue L. Gin - director, John W. Rogers Jr. – director and John W. Rowe - chairman & CEO all three from Exelon Corporation and are also involved in Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) Sue L. Gin – director, John W. Rogers Jr. – director, John W. Rowe - chairman & CEO and all three members of the Commercial Club of Chicago. http://www.muckety.com/John-W-Rowe/5896.muckety John W. Rowe - director, Susan Crown – director, Dipak C. Jain – director, Arthur L. Kelly – director, Robert C. McCormack – director, William A. Osborn – chairman, Harold B. Smith – director, William D. Smithburg – director, Frederick H. Waddell - president & CEO, past relationships David W. Fox - chairman and Robert F. Reusche - vice chairman all members of the Commercial Club of Chicago. Northern Trust Corporation. receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout. http://www.muckety.com/Northern-Trust-Corporation/5001390.muckety http://www.muckety.com/2008-2009-financial-bailout/5056529.muckety

Bank of America Corp. Wilma J. Smelcer - Illinois chair listed as a past relationship for Bank of America Corp. Wilma J. Smelcer is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. http://www.muckety.com/Bank-of-America-Corp/5000198.muckety Bank of Amercia - - receiving federal investment.

Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, Samuel C. Scott III is a member of the Executives Club of Chicago, Abbott Laboratories and the Commercial Club of Chicago. Samuel C. Scott III is a director of Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, receiving federal investment & bailout manager in the 2008-2009 financial bailout http://www.muckety.com/Bank-of-New-York-Mellon-Corporation/5003218.muckety Samuel C. Scott III is a director at Abbott Laboratories http://www.muckety.com/Abbott-Laboratories/5000008.muckety Richard W. Ashley Jr. – EVP, William M. Daley – director (Mayor Richard M. Daley’s Brother) W. James Farrell – director, William A. Osborn – director, William D. Smithburg – director, Glenn F. Tilton – director and Miles D. White - chairman & CEO all working at Abbott Laboratories and all members of the Commercial Club of Chicago.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. William M. Daley was JPMorgan Chase & Co. - chairman Midwest region and James S. Crown – director, both members of the Commercial Club of Chicago and one member Andrew D. Crockett - executive committee member that is a Group of Thirty - member http://www.muckety.com/Andrew-D-Crockett/105387.muckety http://www.group30.org http://www.muckety.com/JPMorgan-Chase-Co/5001046.muckety
JPMorgan Chase & Co. receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout. http://www.muckety.com/U-S-Bancorp/5004877.muckety

U.S. Bancorp Arthur D. Collins Jr. is a director at U.S. Bancorp and was a VP at http://www.muckety.com/Abbott-Laboratories/5000008.muckety Abbott Laboratories.
U.S. Bancorp receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout. http://www.muckety.com/2008-2009-financial-bailout/5056529.muckety

I could only find one member of the Commercial Club of Chicago William H. Strong - managing director involved in Morgan Stanley receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout http://www.muckety.com/Morgan-Stanley/5001252.muckety

The members of the Commercial Club of Chicago involved with Goldman Sachs Group Inc. are http://www.muckety.com/Goldman-Sachs-Group-Inc/5000806.muckety John H. Bryan - director , Byron D. Trott - managing director (friend of Warren Buffett) past relationships Wade Fetzer – partner, Edward M. Liddy – director ( He is also a member of the Executive Club of Chicago http://www.muckety.com/Edward-M-Liddy/421.muckety Goldman Sachs Group Inc. receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout http://www.muckety.com/Goldman-Sachs-Group-Inc/5000806.muckety

AIG, AKA American International Group, Inc. - receiving federal investment. In the 2008-2009 financial bailout Edward M. Liddy is chairman & CEO of AIG. Edward M. Liddy is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, director of the Executives' Club of Chicago, director of the Boeing Company, 3M Co. – director and Northwestern University – trustee. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. – director http://www.muckety.com/2008-2009-financial-bailout/5056529.muckety

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. - receiving federal investment. I found it interesting that some of the people at AIG carry titles at other institutions involved in the bailout, let me show you. http://www.muckety.com/American-International-Group-Inc/5000105.muckety AIG’s Pei-Yuan Chia a director, is Citibank, N.A. - vice chairman http://www.muckety.com/Pei-Yuan-Chia/4626.muckety Ellen V. Futter is a director at AIG and a director at JPMorgan Chase & Co. http://www.muckety.com/Ellen-V-Futter/2250.muckety Anastasia D. Kelly is - EVP & general counsel at AIG and was SVP & general counsel at Fannie Mae. http://www.muckety.com/Anastasia-D-Kelly/10497.muckety James F. Orr III is a director at AIG and was a director at Mellon Financial Corporation. http://www.muckety.com/James-F-Orr-III/2065.muckety Ratan N. Tata is international advisory board member at AIG and also currently JPMorgan Chase & Co. - international advisory board member http://www.muckety.com/Ratan-N-Tata/2121.muckety http://www.muckety.com/Jacob-A-Frenkel/641.muckety Jacob A. Frenkel is vice chairman for AIG and Group of Thirty - chairman & CEO.

Group of Thirty. http://www.group30.org/members.htm Paul A. Volcker is the Chairman of the Board of Trustee’s Group of 30 Former Chairman, Board of Governors of the Federal System and currently is economic advisor to President Barack Obama. Mr. Volcker will head the President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board. Timothy F. Geithner and Lawrence Summers are members of the Group of Thirty. 2008 Lawrence Summers was Bilderberg conference – participant http://www.muckety.com/2008-Bilderberg-conference/5030330.muckety


The Bilderberg conference http://www.slate.com/id/2193220 Lawrence Summers is currently Barack Obama administration - national economic council chairman
http://www.muckety.com/Lawrence-H-Summers/969.muckety Who gets invited to Bilderberg? Discovering National Elites: US manual of elite target analysis, produced in 1953 but only published in 2000, describing the US policy of focusing propaganda on "priority targets" in the elite of other countries. This may explain how some people seem to be "got at" and change their views on issues such as globalisation once they reach positions of power. http://www.bilderberg.org/bilder.htm


GMAC LLC- receiving federal investment in the 2008-2009 financial bailout http://money.cnn.com/2009/01/09/news/newsmakers/gmac_chairman/index.htm Madoff-linked GMAC chairman resigns NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- GMAC chairman J. Ezra Merkin, who lost billions after getting caught up in the Madoff scandal, resigned from the finance company's board Friday. Sidley Austin LLP- lobby firm is the only current relationship listed on Muckety. Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Bernardine Dohrn (William Ayers wife) all worked at Sidley Austin LLP in 1987. Bernardine Dohrn was a Litigator for the Sidley Austin LLP firm. http://www.muckety.com/GMAC-LLC/5034561.muckety . http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=955855 Bernardine Dohrn Bio http://www.law.northwestern.edu/faculty/profiles/BernardineDohrn Article written by Bernardine Dohrn called Letter to Young Activists: Beware Sixties Nostalgia dated 7-27- 2005 http://mrzine.monthlyreview.org/dohrn270705.html

General Motors Corporation - 2008-2009 financial bailout - receiving federal investment. http://www.muckety.com/General-Motors-Corporation/5000774.muckety again showing Sidley Austin LLP - lobby firm as a current relationship. Robert S. Osborne is General Motors Corporation – group VP and a member of The Commercial Club of Chicago. John H. Bryan and Mayor Richard M. Daley have been doing business for a long time through the Commercial Club of Chicago. General Motors Corporation Business Week Overview. http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/people.asp?symbol=GM http://www.worldbusinesschicago.com/Portals/0/WBC.pdf The original World Business Chicago was an initiative of the Civic Committee of The Commercial Club of Chicago, which documented the need for an international business development organization. Sara Lee Corporation chairman John H. Bryan led the creation of the WBC as a joint venture of the Civic Committee, the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce and the World Trade Center – Chicago. Since 1998, WBC founding Managing Partners Robert M. Ady and David J. Paulus have successfully attracted international investment to the nine counties that make up the Chicago metropolitan area. The Chicago Partnership for Economic Development was created by Mayor Richard M.Daley in 1999 to retain and foster business development in Chicago. As a nonprofit corporation equally funded by the City of Chicago and the private sector, the Partnership facilitates economic expansion to keep and attract new business and establish Chicago as a leading international city in the global economy.

John R. Schmidt and Frank D. Mayer Jr. – partner are members of the Commercial Club of Chicago and a Mayer Brown partner http://www.mayerbrown.com/lawyers/profile.asp?hubbardid=S947697282 Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in key business centers across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We have approximately 1,000 lawyers in the Americas, 300 in Asia and 500 in Europe. The firm's Asia presence was enhanced by its 2008 combination with Johnson Stokes & Master, one of the largest and oldest law firms in Asia. This unequalled on-the-ground presence in the world’s leading markets for legal services enables Mayer Brown to offer clients access to local market expertise on a global basis.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/govt/admin/daley.htm William M. Daley He has never run for public office, but Commerce Secretary William M. Daley is regarded as a skilled politician, particularly in the wake of the NAFTA agreement he helped broker. Daley has been a key adviser to his brother, Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, and worked on his behalf with the local business community. Taking over the Commerce helm from Clinton adviser Mickey Kantor, Daley promised reforms on several controversial issues, including patronage and international trade missions. Sworn in: Jan. 30, 1997 (nominated Dec. 13, 1996) Succeeded: Mickey Kantor, acting commerce secretary (1996-97) Previous occupation: Special counsel to President Clinton on NAFTA, 1993; Partner, law firm of Mayer, Brown & Platt; president and chief operating officer of Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, 1990-93, vice chairman, Amalgamated Bank of Chicago, 1989-90; lawyer, firm of Daley and George, Chicago; Advisory Council, Economic Opportunity, 1977-80.
http://www.mayerbrown.com/probono/commitment/article.asp?id=4195&nid=3140 Mayor Daley Thanks Mayer Brown For Pro Bono Assistance In Gun Control Case.
Mayor Richard M. Daley http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-0605260152may26,0,1351888,full.column?coll=chi-homepagenews2-utl Quiet guy lifts the lid off hiring machine. Picture a red beet in a suit perched in the witness box in federal court, and you can see Jack Drumgould. He's a quiet little guy who worked at City Hall for almost 30 years and who, on Thursday, explained how Chicago really works. From the witness stand in the patronage corruption trial, with Mayor Richard Daley's underlings staring at him, Drumgould was established as an expert in the hiring business.How do you become a hiring expert at City Hall so you can retire with a $6,000 monthly pension? You do what the mayor's office wants you to do when it comes to hiring some people and not hiring others.You hire the guys they want you to hire and give them a good rating score. And you downgrade others after interviewing them because that's what the bosses want, even if those downgraded are more qualified. Assistant U.S. Atty. Julie Ruder wanted to know about the hundreds of people he had interviewed for the jobs of truck driver and laborer. She asked: Didn't the interviews matter?"No," he said. "Because the interviews are not going to decide who is going to receive the position." http://washingtonindependent.com/18104/obamas-boys-from-chicago In the days following his election, it has become clear that President-elect Barack Obama is bringing a little bit of Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley’s City Hall to Washington. The White House chief of staff will be Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.), a former Daley fund-raiser. Emanuel is stepping down from his district on the city’s northwest side to help Obama govern. Obama’s senior adviser will be David Axelrod, a long-time friend and ally who wrote speeches and ran campaigns for Daley for almost 20 years. And a key player on the Obama transition team is none other than William Daley, the mayor’s younger brother and rumored to be in line for a Cabinet post.
What will it mean for the country to have so many denizens of Chicago’s City Hall in charge? Well, speaking as a Chicagoan who’s been watching these guys for years, you can put aside any notion that the White House will be run by left-wing ideologues. By and large, this is a bunch of pragmatic deal makers who view ideology — especially extreme left-wing ideology — as a weakness. Mayor Daley Looking for Piece of Stimulus Pie http://news.aol.com/political-machine/2009/02/03/mayor-daley-looking-for-piece-of-stimulus-pie Daley refuses to release stimulus project list http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/clout_st/2009/02/daley-refuses-to-release-stimulus-project-list.html

Ray La Hood The Obama Gift to the Chicago Political Machine and Mayor Daley: http://www.usnews.com/blogs/barone/2009/2/2/the-obama-gift-to-the-chicago-political-machine-and-mayor-daley-ray-lahood.html?s_cid=rss:barone:the-obama-gift-to-the-chicago-political-machine-and-mayor-daley-ray-lahood
Ray LaHood Rick Moran spotlights one of the under-covered stories of the incoming Obama administration: O'Hare Airport. I don't take as dim a view as Moran does of Mayor Richard M. Daley's project of expanding O'Hare from four to eight runways and building a new terminal on the west side of the airport. It seems to me that Daley is acting in the spirit of his father. Transportation has been the key to Chicago's growth as a world city. In the middle 19th century the railroads did more than anything else to make Chicago what it became. In the middle 20th century the building of O'Hare, superintended in significant part by the late Mayor Richard J. Daley, did the same. The current Mayor Daley's project of expanding O'Hare is intended to do the same for the 21st century. Currently Britain is debating whether to build a third runway at Heathrow November saw the opening of the fifth runway at O'Hare. Unlike Moran, I like this kind of grand vision, and I don't think it's hugely tragic that a neighborhood of several dozen houses in Bensenville will have to be torn down (don't these people have to live with runway noise anyway?). In any case, O'Hare expansion is going forward. It's significant that so far the only member of Barack Obama's cabinet ever elected to office as a Republican is Ray LaHood at Transportation. LaHood was former Minority Leader Robert Michel's successor in the 18th District of Illinois, a completely honest but also get-along-go-along Republican who served on the Appropriations Committee. The chances that he will not facilitate O'Hare expansion are, I think, precisely zero. His appointment was a gift not so much to House Republicans as to Mayor Daley.

Rod R. Blagojevich a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago http://www.muckety.com/Rod-R-Blagojevich/5157.muckety http://outfoxingkarlrove.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/obama%e2%80%99s-effort-on-ethics-bill-had-role-in-governor%e2%80%99s-fall/ Picture of Senator Barack Obama was joined by Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich, left, and Mayor Richard M. Daley in Chicago in April 2007. http://cbs2chicago.com/politics/daley.blagojevich.cuckoo.2.916166.html Mayor Daley Calls Blagojevich 'Cuckoo' He noted that he has called Blagojevich "cuckoo" once before. The earlier comment came in September, when Blagojevich questioned financial statements by the head of the Chicago Transit Authority. "I've said 'cuckoo' once. I'll say it again," Daley said. He chirped another "Cuckoo!" to reporters before leaving his Friday morning news conference. Meanwhile, Blagojevich said Friday afternoon that his choice not to attend his impeachment trial in the Illinois State Senate was "not an act of defiance," but a protest against what he again characterized as a violation of constitutional civil liberties. ( Side note: When reading this article keep in mind, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, White House Senior Adviser Valerie Jarrett, Gov. Rod Blagojevich and Mayor Richard M. Daley are all members of the Commercial Club of Chicago.)
Patrick G. Ryan is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago http://www.muckety.com/Patrick-G-Ryan/9843.muckety Ryan’s has a current personal relationship listed showing Richard M. Daley as his financial supporter. Patrick G. Ryan is currently Barack Obama inaugural committee - co-chair and Northwestern University – trustee.
http://news.muckety.com/2008/11/26/high-powered-group-most-from-chicago-plans-obama-inaugural/7511 The group overseeing Barack Obama’s Jan. 20 inaugural boasts a bipartisan roster of go-getters, most with deep Chicago roots. Penny Pritzker, Desirée Rogers, John W. Rogers Jr., William Daley, members of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Sidley Austin LLP I went a little farther on researching the law firm Barack Obama, Michelle Obama and Bernadine Dohrn worked at, to see if I had any more Commercial Club of Chicago connections. This was the first time I really looked closely at Sidley Austin LLP and this is what I found. http://www.muckety.com/Sidley-Austin-LLP/5005633.muckety R. Eden Martin – counsel for Sidley Austin LLP is President of the Commercial Club of Chicago. I found a couple of articles worth reading Anatomy of a Scandal http://www.aviationintegrity.org/word-html/jtb-summary.html and Skip Navigation %3Cbody%3E%3Cdiv%20id%3D%22adDiv%22%3E%3C%21--%20Casale%20Media%3A%20728x90%20%28Banner%29%20--%3E%3Cscript%20type%3D%22text/javascript%22%3Evar%20CasaleArgs%20%3D%20new%20Object%28%29%3BCasaleArgs.version%20%3D%202%3BCasaleArgs.adUnits%20%3D%20%222%22%3BCasaleArgs.casaleID%20%3D%2091922%3B%3C/script%3E%3Cscript%20type%3D%22text/javascript%22%20src%3D%22http%3A//js.casalemedia.com/casaleJTag.js%22%3E%3C/script%3E%3C%21--%20DO%20NOT%20MODIFY%20--%3E%3C/div%3E
Airport expansion data is wrong, says watchdog http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23486302-details/Airport+expansion+data+is+wrong,+says+watchdog/article.do Thomas A. Cole – chairman, Charles W. Douglas – partner, Newton N. Minow - senior counsel, Howard J. Trienens – partner, they are all listed as current relationship with Sidley Austin LLP and members of the Commercial Club of Chicago. One past relationship, with Sidley Austin LLP is David D. Hiller– partner and member of the Commercial Club of Chicago. I see the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago holding a lot of titles in different organizations. I feel like they have woven themselves into our Government, businesses, Universities, Pharmaceutical Research, Manufacturers, banks “AIRPORTS”, etc., spreading though our country like cancer and until now, has gone pretty much unnoticed. Let me show you, Abbott Laboratories. http://www.abbott.com The current members of the Commercial Club of Chicago that are listed on Muckety http://www.muckety.com/Abbott-Laboratories/5000008.muckety that are holding some type of title at Abbott Laboratories are as follows, Richard W. Ashley Jr. – EVP, William M. Daley – director, W. James Farrell – director, William A. Osborn – director, Samuel C. Scott III – director, William D. Smithburg – director, Glenn F. Tilton – director, Miles D. White - chairman & CEO, Etc. Now follow these people and see who they are involved with. Follow the rabbit trails. You will see that they are involved in companies like Boeing Company, JPMorgan Chase & Co. involved in the Bailout, Northwestern University, Caterpillar Inc., Tribune Company. The listed is too long to write but easy to follow on Muckety’s website. William M. Daley (Richard M. Daley’s brother) It looks like he is woven or dug into many companies AND the White House http://www.muckety.com/William-M-Daley/1711.muckety they are using a variety of titles in different organizations which if you’re not looking for it you probably wouldn’t see it. You will also see other members branching off from the Commercial Club of Chicago and from other members. I am concerned that they are bulling there way into where ever they want to be. I am very concerned what type of “CONTROL” they may hold over these companies or our White House, Judges etc. Muckety is a great tool and I wouldn’t be surprised if things started disappearing on there website, like what’s been happening with Wikipedia, so if you find something important, copy it. The best way I have found to really get good information is to lay out the main information like I did below and research one person and one company at a time, adding things as I find them.

Sidley Austin LLP
People related to Sidley Austin LLP:
Virginia Aronson - managing partner (Chicago Public Education Fund - leadership council member Sidley Austin LLP - managing partner)

Bradford A. Berenson – partner (Federalist Society – member Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Anthony Calabrese – attorney (Sidley Austin LLP – attorney)

Walter C.D. Carlson – partner (Chicago Historical Society – trustee Sidley Austin LLP – partner Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. – director United States Cellular Corporation – director)

Thomas A. Cole – chairman (Commercial Club of Chicago – member Chicago Council on Global Affairs – director Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100 Sidley Austin LLP – chairman University of Chicago – trustee)

Charles W. Douglas – partner (Commercial Club of Chicago – member Chicago Symphony Orchestra – trustee Northwestern University – trustee Notebaert Nature Museum – trustee Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

David F. Graham – partner (Metropolitan Family Services – director Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Thomas C. Green – attorney (Sidley Austin LLP – attorney)

Mark Hopson – partner (Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

R. Eden Martin – counsel (Commercial Club of Chicago – “president” Aon Corporation – director Chicago Board Options Exchange – director Chicago Historical Society – trustee Chicago Public Education Fund - leadership council member Chicago Symphony Orchestra - life trustee Lyric Opera of Chicago – director Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100 Museum of Science and Industry – trustee Nicor Inc. – director Northwestern University - trustee Ravinia Festival - life trustee Renaissance Schools Fund - treasurer Sidley Austin LLP – counsel United Way of Metropolitan Chicago – director University of Illinois Foundation - life director)

Newton N. Minow - senior counsel (Commercial Club of Chicago – member Carnegie Corporation of New York - honorary trustee Chicago Foundation for Education - life director Chicago Symphony Orchestra - life trustee Commission on Presidential Debates – director Medill School of Journalism - board of advisers member Sidley Austin LLP - senior counsel Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago, 2008 - in top 100 University of Notre Dame - trustee emeritus WTTW - trustee emeritus)

Richard F. O'Malley Jr. – partner (Big Shoulders Fund - director Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Carter G. Phillips - managing partner (Economic Club of Washington – member Sidley Austin LLP - managing partner)

Karen A. Popp – partner (Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Imad I. Qasim – partner (Chicago Council on Global Affairs – director Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Daniel M. Rossner – partner (New York Society Library – trustee Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Mark D. Schneider – partner (Federal Communications Bar Association - president-elect Sidley Austin LLP – partner and past relationship Federal Communications Commission - associate general counsel)

Kathryn B. Thomson – partner (DC Muckety: 2009 power couples – named Sidley Austin LLP – partner and past relationship 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign – fundraiser)

Howard J. Trienens – partner (Commercial Club of Chicago – member Chicago Botanic Garden – trustee Sidley Austin LLP – partner)

Kurt Van Engen – attorney (Sidley Austin LLP – attorney)

James D. Zirin – partner (Sidley Austin LLP – partner Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs - advisory council member and past relationships Breed Abbott & Morgan – partner)

Other current Sidley Austin LLP relationships:
Aon Corporation - lobby firm
Apria Healthcare Group Inc. - lobby firm
ARAMARK Corporation - lobby firm
Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now - legal adviser
Bayer HealthCare - lobby firm
Berlex Laboratories - lobby firm
Biotechnology Industry Organization - lobby firm
Caterpillar Inc. - lobby firm
Celgene Corporation - lobby firm
Chicago Mercantile Exchange - lobby firm
Cook Group, Inc. - lobby firm
Eisai Inc. - lobby firm
Eli Lilly and Company - lobby firm
Firemans Fund Insurance Co. - lobby firm
Genentech, Inc. - lobby firm
General Electric Company - lobby firm
General Motors Corporation - lobby firm
GMAC LLC - lobby firm
Herbalife International - lobby firm
Honeywell International Inc. - lobby firm
ImClone Systems Inc. - lobby firm
Johnson & Johnson - lobby firm
Koyo Seiko - lobby firm
MasterCard Worldwide - lobby firm
Monsanto Company - lobby firm
National Thoroughbred Racing Association - lobby firm
Nickel Institute - lobby firm
Novo Nordisk Inc. - lobby firm
Organization for International Investment - lobby firm
Parry, Romani, DeConcini & Symms - lobby firm
Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America - lobby firm
Purdue Pharma LLP - lobby firm
Replidyne, Inc. - lobby firm
Rio Tinto Borax - lobby firm
Sanofi-Aventis - lobby firm
Schering-Plough Corporation - lobby firm
Sepracor Inc. - lobby firm
Society for Diagnostic Medical Sonography - lobby firm
Society for Vascular Ultrasound & Diagnostic Sonography - lobby firm
Specialty & Biotech Distributors Association - lobby firm
Swedish Covenant Hospital - lobby firm
Talecris Biotherapeutics - lobby firm
TransUnion Corp. - lobby firm
Tribune Company - bankruptcy adviser
United Parcel Service, Inc. - lobby firm
U.S. Association of Importers of Textiles & Apparel - lobby firm
U.S. Business Alliance for Customs Modernization - lobby firm
U.S. Chamber of Commerce - lobby firm
Vietnam Textile & Apparel Association - lobby firm
Sidley Austin LLP past relationships:
Mark A. Angelson – partner (Northwestern University – trustee Chicago Council on Global Affairs – director Human Rights First – director Institute of International Education – trustee Terra Foundation for American Art – director past relationships Moore Wallace Incorporated – CEO Sidley Austin LLP – partner and R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company – CEO (SIDE NOTE I clicked on R.R. Donnelley & Sons Company and found more members of the Commercial club of Chicago Thomas J. Quinlan III – CEO, Jonathan P. Ward – director he’s also a Executives' Club of Chicago – director, Norman H. Wesley – director he is also Executives' Club of Chicago – director past relationships James R. Donnelley - vice chairman, John R. Walter - chairman & CEO)


J. Robert Barr – partner (Grinnell College – trustee Steppenwolf Theatre – trustee (SIDE NOTE Nora Daley Conroy is Mayor Richard M. Daley’s daughter and a Trustee for Steppenwolf Theatre)

James L. Connaughton – partner

Bernadine Dohrn – litigator (William C. Ayers – spouse Northwestern University School of Law - associate professor National Children's Law Center - co-chair past relationships Cook County (IL) Office of the Public Guardian - legal associate Sidley Austin LLP – litigator Weather Underground – member)

Faith Elizabeth Gay – attorney

David D. Hiller – partner (Commercial Club of Chicago – member Los Angeles Urban League – director Los Angeles World Affairs Council – director McCormick Foundation – director Roosevelt University – trustee, past relationships CareerBuilder – director Chicago Council on Global Affairs – member Chicago Historical Society – trustee Chicago Tribune - publisher & president & CEO Chicago Tribune Foundation – director Classified Ventures – director CrossMedia Services – director Economic Club of Chicago – director Los Angeles Times - publisher & president & CEO Sidley Austin LLP – partner Tribune Company – SVP Tribune Interactive – president Tribune Publishing – SVP)


Barack Obama – intern (Barack Obama administration http://www.muckety.com/Barack-Obama-administration/5057524.muckety Rahm I. Emanuel - White House chief of staff, Desiree G. Rogers - White House social secretary Executives' Club of Chicago – director,
Michelle Obama – lawyer (Valerie B. Jarrett – friend, Desiree G. Rogers – friend Executives' Club of Chicago – director, John W. Rogers Jr. – friend, past relationship Richard M. Daley – staffer, are all members for the Commercial Club of Chicago)

Stephen F. Smith – associate (Dartmouth College - alumni trustee University of Virginia School of Law – professor past relationships Sidley Austin LLP – associate
Clarence Thomas - law clerk U.S. Department of Education Civil Rights Reviewing Authority - chairman)

Skip Navigation Booz Allen Hamilton http://www.boozallen.se/ I’ve seen this person’s name directly tied to the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago some of those members are Gary D. Ahlquist - member, Charles F. Allison III – member, and John W. McCarter Jr. - member http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booz_Allen_Hamilton Booz Allen Hamilton, or more commonly Booz Allen or BAH, is a private consulting firm headquartered in McLean, Virginia, with 80 other offices throughout the nation. Ralph Shrader is its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer - the seventh since Edwin Booz founded the firm in Chicago circa 1914, making it one of the nation’s oldest consultancies. Booz Allen's core business is contractual work completed on behalf of the US federal government, foremost on defense and homeland security matters, with limited engagements of foreign governments specific to U.S. military assistance programs. In this vein, BAH’s services include strategy design, operations improvement, information technology work, systems engineering, organizational change efforts, modeling and simulation, program management, specialist staff augmentation, assurance and resilience, and economic and business analysis. Booz Allen is somewhat unique in that it competes for business with both pure systems integrators and defense contractors such as SAIC, BAE Systems, and Lockheed Martin, as well as with broader management consulting firms with a considerable stake in the public sector market such as Deloitte, BearingPoint, and Accenture. In 2008, Vault.com, an entity which provides survey based ‘prestige’ rankings of various professional industries, placed Booz Allen Hamilton second only to McKinsey & Company in the category of ‘Technology Consulting Firms’ (the sole grouping it was considered for), indicative of the fact technological issues in the broadest sense pervade a substantial portion of BAH’s revenue stream. As of July 31, 2008, what was formerly Booz Allen Hamilton’s parent company (which used the BAH name itself) divided into two wholly separate entities, based on a vote by Booz Allen’s senior vice presidents and vice presidents, i.e. partners. As a result, the Booz Allen Hamilton moniker would be retained by the half focusing on U.S. governmental matters, with spinoff Booz & Company taking sole control of its commercial and international portfolio. As a consequence, Booz Allen Hamilton is now majority owned by private equity firm The Carlyle Group, while Booz & Company is owned and operated as a partnership. [2] The split was engendered by several endemic differences between the two business units, namely: profitability (i.e. government work was both more profitable than most of the commercial operations and exhibited less volatile earnings), internal culture (e.g. the government side frequently retained mid-level consultants for several years, whereas the commercial side had greater staff turnover due to an up-or-out policy), and recruiting philosophy for mid-to-senior level employees (BAH recruited a relatively high proportion of bachelor's, non-business master’s, and doctoral degree holders from a wide array of schools compared to Booz & Co.'s primary focus on elite MBA graduates).
Central Intelligence Agency Henry S. Bienen shows as a past relationship he’s also member of the Commercial Club of Chicago http://www.muckety.com/Central-Intelligence-Agency/5000389.muckety When you see past relationships it could be yesterday, last week, last month, etc. Henry S. Bienen - Senior Review Panel member. http://www.muckety.com/Henry-S-Bienen/2282.muckety Henry S. Bienen is also governor of Argonne National Laboratory http://www.muckety.com/Argonne-National-Laboratory/5002503.muckety which ties him to John W. Rowe – governor, http://www.muckety.com/John-W-Rowe/5896.muckety (Please review all the Chicago connections one past relationship was Thomas Ayers through Commonwealth Edison Company - chairman & president & CEO) Alan Schriesheim - director emeritus, B. Joseph White – governor, Robert J. Zimmer – governor four more members of the Commercial Club of Chicago.


Snowball sometimes the connections just snowball.
Acorn http://www.muckety.com/Association-of-Community-Organizations-for-Reform-Now/5056521.muckety Sidley Austin LLP - legal adviser for Acorn
Sidley Austin LLP http://www.muckety.com/Sidley-Austin-LLP/5005633.muckety The People related to Sidley Austin LLP that are members of The Commercial Club of Chicago are as follows: Thomas A. Cole – chairman, Charles W. Douglas – partner, R. Eden Martin – counsel, Newton N. Minow - senior counsel, Howard J. Trienens – partner. The Commercial Club of Chicago has over 500 members that seem to be dug in to many businesses, government as well as the banking industry. Some of the members you will know their names, Impeached Governor Rod R. Blagojevich, Mayor Richard M. Daley, Daley’s brother, William M. Daley currently serving in the white house in the 2008 Obama-Biden transition team and formally Chairman of the Midwest region for JP Morgan Chase & Co. and after the bailout is still going strong. William M. Daley also made Muckety most list http://www.muckety.com/Muckety-List-of-Most-Networked-in-Chicago-2008/5029681.muckety During the William J. Clinton administration he was Commerce Secretary. http://www.muckety.com/William-M-Daley/1711.muckety Some other important members of The Commercial Club of Chicago are Rahm I. Emanuel. Rodney L. Goldstein chairman & managing director, and Martin J. Koldyke – founder of Frontenac Company http://www.muckety.com/Frontenac-Company/5012123.muckety
Frontenac Company’s Other current National Venture Capital Association Relationships are listed in alphabetical order, please note the listing of JP Morgan Asset Management inc. http://www.muckety.com/National-Venture-Capital-Association/5001327.muckety , Lehman Brothers Fund of Funds, Morgon Stanley Venture Partners and too many other medical, banking, lending institutions, etc. to list. National Venture Capital Association past relationships include http://www.muckety.com/James-W-Breyer/4196.muckety James W. Breyer’s current relationships are director of Walmart stores inc. and director of Facebook. http://www.muckety.com/Facebook/5008044.muckety James W. Brewer’s (director of Facebook) Under People related to Facebook is Chris Hughes http://www.muckety.com/Chris-Hughes/8459.muckety his current relationships, 2000 Al Gore Presidential campaign- volunteer http://www.muckety.com/2000-Al-Gore-presidential-campaign/5004262.muckety , Harvard University- graduate, http://www.muckety.com/Harvard-University/5000867.muckety other Harvard relationships include; Arne S. Duncan – overseer, Chris Hughes – graduate, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – graduate, Penny S. Pritzker – overseer, David Rockefeller – benefactor, Lawrence H. Summers - professor & former president. Harvards Past relationships; Walter H. Annenberg – benefactor, Arne S. Duncan - men's basketball team co-captain, Henry A. Kissinger – professor. Chris Hughes http://www.muckety.com/Chris-Hughes/8459.muckety past relationship also includes 2008 Barack Obama presidential campaign - coordinator of online organizing http://www.muckety.com/2008-Barack-Obama-presidential-campaign/5004664.muckety Which shows his relationship with Acorn, we just made full circle. Last relationship I want to mention about Chris Hughes is his Roomate at Harvard and co- founder of facebook http://www.muckety.com/Mark-Zuckerberg/8613.muckety

Please note some of the members of Muckety List of Most Networked in Chicago 2008. http://www.muckety.com/Muckety-List-of-Most-Networked-in-Chicago-2008/5029681.muckety David Axelrod, Rod R. Blagojevich, John H. Bryan, Mayor Richard M. Daley, William M. Daley, Arne S. Duncan, Richard Durbin, Rahm I. Emanuel, Valerie B. Jarrett, Barrack Obama, Michelle Obama, William A. Osborn, J.B. Pritzker, Penny Pritzker, Thomas J. Pritzker, Patrick Ryan.