SAD, Just SAD.

[surjimmy]

Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago?

Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago.

221 killed in Iraq AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.

President: Barack Hussein Obama

Senator: Dick Durbin

House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr.

Governor: Pat Quinn

House leader: Mike Madigan

Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike)

Mayor: Rahm Emanuel

The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats.

Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago .

Of course, they're all blaming each other.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country.

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois.

And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us???

George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in the big house. Of course he was replaced by Rob Blajegovitch who is...that's right, also in the big house. And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned a couple of weeks ago. That is because he is fighting being sent to...that's right, the big house.

The Land of Lincoln, where our governors make our license plates.

But you know what? As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does.

 

[Old Fart]

Kind of unfortunate as there are some decent folks and pretty country just outside that den of sin.

 

[Glocktogo]

You could probably overlay everything listed for Detroit and come up with pretty much the same results.

Why should we value the opinions of abject failures???

 

[Lurker66]

If its what the citizens of Chicago want or what the citizens of ILLinoise wants, let them have it. LA and California seem to like it, NYC and NY as well. When they truely get tired of it, theyll change.

 

[HMFIC]

wasteland...

 

[Fredkrueger100]

I agree with a post from above that if they want to change it they will. Obviously they are fine with their crime rate and all the other terrible things that are happening there. They must have voted for all the idiots that are running that state. I am so thankful that I live here in Oklahoma. People really don't stop and think about that very much. People like to say how boring it is but so what, everywhere is after a while. We have a great economy and have pretty good people running this state. I am happy with that. But hopefully people up there will have enough but I doubt it. This has been going on for quite some time now.

 

[Glocktogo]

I have no problem with them preferring their lot in life. What I have a BIG problem with is when they try to export it, and they do that a lot.

 

[TerryMiller]

And, to add to the above list of illustrious Democrats, Jesse Jackson, Jr's wife is also under investigation. She just happens to have been one of the "Aldermen" of Chicago:

"Reports the Sun-Times' Natasha Korecki and Michael Sneed:

"Included in the scrutiny of Sandi Jackson, who resigned from her 7th Ward aldermanic position last month, is her access and use of her husband’s congressional campaign money, including credit card charges, as well as the movement of money from one account to another, sources say.""

Feds Investigating Sandi Jackson

 

[nos8ed]

They keep electing the same bull**** over and over.

 

[HarryBear]

When will it be their time to realize how to fix their problems and start representing the people?
What I mean by that is this. Enough with stats and crime prevention start punishing the people responsible and hopefully the self responsibility will speak louder than lack of actions.