My friends used to refer to the Midwest population as being "good Midwest stock." The Midwest apparently stops at the Chicago City Limits. The Mafia, corrupt labor unions, corrupt school teachers, Southside gangs and drug dealers, and, perhaps most importantly, corrupt politicians run rampant there. I heard that the ante-room for the federal prison system was the Chicago City Council. The city is a blight on the Amnerican landscape.
If God doesn't destroy it, He owes an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Same in Springfield IL - state capital. The whole damn state is corrupt and broke beyond their ability to pay it back. Anyone who move to IL is plain stupid.
My father's family is from Chicago and surrounding areas. Had an Uncle (great uncle?) gunned down in a hit at the gas station he worked on, think he was just a by-stander. I know enough about the history of that city to know that Obama was as corrupt as any polietician to run for office. Certainly would have thought more people would have figured that out when he launched his candidacy from Bill Ayers' living room. I did not count on how many accepted that as his bona fides.
#1 one. And my wife cannot understand why I do not want to visit
ReplyDeleteNot more corrupt than DC. Absolutely not. But maybe DC doesn't count as a city.
ReplyDeleteThey don't count as a state either and shouldn't get representation in congress.
DeleteI can think of a shitload of other cities that get participation trophies.
ReplyDeleteThe total number of convictions (even if normalized/scaled to overall city population or number of govt workers) is NOT a good metric of corruption.
ReplyDeleteIn a really corrupt city there would be few convictions, since the corrupt would not even be brought to trial.
That said, I have no doubt that Chicago is high on the corrupt-o-meter.
My friends used to refer to the Midwest population as being "good Midwest stock." The Midwest apparently stops at the Chicago City Limits. The Mafia, corrupt labor unions, corrupt school teachers, Southside gangs and drug dealers, and, perhaps most importantly, corrupt politicians run rampant there. I heard that the ante-room for the federal prison system was the Chicago City Council. The city is a blight on the Amnerican landscape.
ReplyDeleteIf God doesn't destroy it, He owes an apology to Sodom and Gomorrah.
Same in Springfield IL - state capital.
DeleteThe whole damn state is corrupt and broke beyond their ability to pay it back.
Anyone who move to IL is plain stupid.
Been that way for at least 100 years
ReplyDeleteYeah, but that's only because they only rank amateurs, and we're professionals!
ReplyDelete- New Orleans and Detroit
nines said it!
ReplyDeleteWe demand a recount! -- Bill de Blasio
ReplyDeleteAnd that's a surprise?
ReplyDeleteNo shit... They needed a report to tell them that. Dumbasses
ReplyDeleteJD
The last good thing that came out of Chicago was WLS when it was a rock and roll station.
ReplyDeleteI miss Animal Stories, Steve and Gary....fun stuff to listen to back in my youth.
DeleteWhoo! WLS Boogie Check!
DeleteNYC got nuthin' on Chi-town.
ReplyDeleteUncle Joe's new U.S. Attorney is gonna fix that right up. (Mostly by sending all those old conviction records down the Memory Hole. See? All better.)
ReplyDeleteMy father's family is from Chicago and surrounding areas. Had an Uncle (great uncle?) gunned down in a hit at the gas station he worked on, think he was just a by-stander.
ReplyDeleteI know enough about the history of that city to know that Obama was as corrupt as any polietician to run for office. Certainly would have thought more people would have figured that out when he launched his candidacy from Bill Ayers' living room. I did not count on how many accepted that as his bona fides.