Interesting facts on Chicago

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

221 killed in Iraq .

Sens. Barack Obama & Dick Durbin, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., Gov.

Rod Blogojevich, House leader Mike Madigan, Atty. Gen. Lisa Madigan, Mayor Richard Daley.....our 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, they're aren't any!

State pension fund $44 Billion in debt, worst in country. Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. (Look'em up if you want). Chicago school system one of the worst in country. This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . He's gonna 'fix' Washington politics?

Something to think on.

Jerry

Callico wrote on Oct 17^th, 2008 at 6:48pm:

sales tax 10.25% highest in country.

Holy shit!  :o :o :o

I live in Kerry/Kennedy country and we are only at 5.5%

The people voted to back it down to 5.0%, but the liberals did like the seatbelt bill........They told the folks fuck you, we dont care how you voted! >:(

Callico wrote on Oct 17^th, 2008 at 6:48pm:

Interesting facts on Chicago Body count. In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago , Jerry

Hey Jerry,
I'll guarantee that this election year propaganda wasn't written by anyone from Chicago. At least not anyone that actually cares about Chicago or the number of murders in the city.

Hell, I remember when the count for a 6 month span was over 700 murders.

Chicago is a great city & getting better (although more expensive all the time).

I'd also walk around most of Chicago, alone at night, sooner than I would some parts of Aurora LOL.

OVERALL: (371 cities)
MOST DANGEROUS 25:


1 St. Louis, MO

2 Detroit, MI

3 Flint, MI

4Compton, CA

5 Camden, NJ

6 Birmingham, AL

7 Cleveland, OH

8 Oakland, CA

9 Youngstown, OH

10 Gary, IN

11 Richmond, CA

12 Baltimore, MD

13 Memphis, TN

14 Trenton, NJ

15 Richmond, VA

16 Kansas City, MO

17 Atlanta, GA

18 Cincinnati, OH

19 Washington, DC

20 North Charleston, SC

21 Reading, PA

22 Newark, NJ

23 Little Rock, AR

24 San Bernardino, CA

25 Orlando, FL


If we could filter out all the half truths about this election, we'd have a lot more time to spend talking about sex, drugs and Rock and Roll.  ;)

BobW

Gpod post Bob!

Thos posts are the kind of thing you get from desparate campaigns.

Geeze!

Charlie

But it doesn't dispute any of the facts given.

That all this is the fault of Democrats is easily disputed and in fact doesn't need to be. It's absurd.

Charlie

Pinkfloyd wrote on Oct 17^th, 2008 at 7:23pm:

I  walk around most of Chicago, alone at night Sex, drugs and Rock and Roll.  ;) BobW

Really?  ;D

Bob,

With respect, I agree with you that Chicago is better than it was a few years ago.  I also agree that parts of Aurora can be rough, however, if you want to compare Aurora's crime rate per capita with other of the collar communities you would be very surprised.  Also, having driven a limousine in Chicago for 4 1/2 yrs I can guarantee there are places in Chicago I will not go even if I was allowed to be armed.

That however is not the point.  The point is a comparative of the ones responsible for the conditions we have here in the Chicagoland area and IL.  If the government and the conditions we have here are to your satisfaction vote accordingly.  Personally, I'm very dissatisfied.

Jerry

Callico wrote on Oct 17^th, 2008 at 11:25pm:

The point is a comparative of the ones responsible for the conditions we have here in the Chicagoland area and IL.  If the government and the conditions we have here are to your satisfaction vote accordingly.  Personally, I'm very dissatisfied. Jerry

Latest figures I could find.
2006 Murder rate/rank. Cities over 250,000 people

Chicago, Il. 16.4 / 20th.
Pheonix, Az. 15.4 / 21st.

Not much difference in my mind.

Most dangerous states list:
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Illinois 21st
Delaware 18th

Arizona 3rd
Alaska 7th.

If you want to talk education rankings, Arizona is dead last.

People can always find figures that support their side and defame the opposition.

To quote you, "If the government and the conditions we have here are to your satisfaction vote accordingly."

;)
Bobw

Meanwhile, the Republican ex-Governor, George Ryan, sits in jail for taking cash in exchange for giving drivers licenses to those that couldn't pass the driving test:

The corruption scandal that led to Ryan's downfall began over a decade earlier as a federal investigation into a deadly crash in Wisconsin that killed six children. The investigation revealed a scheme inside Ryan's secretary of state's office in which unqualified truck drivers obtained licenses through bribes. As the AP wrote: "The probe expanded over the next eight years into a wide-ranging corruption investigation that eventually reached Ryan in the governor's office."

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