Family ties are what bind Illinois into its sad state

Mr W T Rush wrote:

Another day and the letters ERV don't make off Kass' fingers Hmmmm!
Guess we don't count the Bushes. They just thousands die in phony wars

"W" was elected, not selected. Get it?

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot wrote:

"...with the help of the Chicago Outfit, who had him (Cermak)killed,"
Says who?

It's actually "grassy-knoll-like" fact. Cermak was riding in a car with then-president, Franklin Roosevelt. They were, if I remember correctly, in Miami. Shots were fired - reportedly at Roosevelt but it was Cermak who was killed. The Mob has always had a large presence in Miami and because Cermak was stepping on the Good Fellas' toes, the one-plus-two-equals-three theorists put it together that Cermak was the intended recipient of the hit and not the President.

I'm glad I know where I stand with them now.

How long will it be before Chicago goes the way of Detroit? A laughingstock has-been of a town? With 50% of the people leaving in under a decade?

John Jeanneret wrote:

And let's not forget the old switcheroo that Bill Lipinski pulled late in 2004 to get his son Dan elected to Congress. Never mind the fact that Dan didn't even live in Illinois and was a professor at the University of Tennessee at the time.

Get a copy of Jim Laski's book. "My Fall From Grace, From City Hall To Prison Walls". That will tell you quite a bit about how Lipinski worked the system. You can get it at Borders.

Maori wrote:

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Get ready for the exportation of Chicago politics to the White House. Unless of course the Fed's roll out Rezko, who is now in protective custody.
Hey Barack, how about that affair you had with a female intern a while back. Michelle knows all about it, but we don't.
This is gonna be a real interesting "CON"vention in Denver.
Let's hope Mayor "Chucky" gets a hair cut and doesn't blow a head gasket.

What affair--was the intern white or black? Yes, it does make a difference!!

aTaylor wrote:

<quoted text> What affair--was the intern white or black? Yes, it does make a difference!!

Confirmed- female intern. More research to be reported, as it develops. It would be a good question for Michelle, she knows what happened.

Maori wrote:

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Confirmed- female intern. More research to be reported, as it develops. It would be a good question for Michelle, she knows what happened.

The sliming never ends, does it? Let's take a look at McCain and compare his admitted adultery and multiple marriages versus Obama's family life.

Maori wrote:

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Confirmed- female intern. More research to be reported, as it develops. It would be a good question for Michelle, she knows what happened.

I knew it--Obama HAD to have at least ONE skeleton in his closet!!

Dave wrote:

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The sliming never ends, does it? Let's take a look at McCain and compare his admitted adultery and multiple marriages versus Obama's family life.

McCain admitted- Barack and Michelle aren't talking. She straightened his butt out real good when she found out. Don't mess with mama. She wears the pants. That's why he has a great family life. Lucky guy.

Just remember how Clinton stated emphatically on national broadcast, how he never had relations with Monica. Yeah, we can believe a sitting president- not.

Hey- didn't he own a pickup truck with Astro-Turf in the rear end ? I'm sure it was for golf putting practice.

I'm sure Hillary straightened out his butt as well.

Hey- where the heck is Ross Perot when we need some truly original commentary on what is going on.

He might have been kinda "kooky"- but man was he entertaining.

Mr W T Rush wrote:

Another day and the letters ERV don't make off Kass' fingers Hmmmm!
Guess we don't count the Bushes. They just thousands die in phony wars

He's talking about Chicago politics, Corky. Stick to the topic.

Anybody have a good map of the Chicago (Northeast Illinois) congressional and/or legislative districts (showing actual street boundaries)? I haven't been able to find any other that high-level that don't show streets. One thing I did notice, however, is how most of the districts are long and skinny (like snakes, imagine that!).

Gerrymandering at its finest.

Revolution is nigh! Throw ALL of the bums out!

Maori wrote:

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McCain admitted- Barack and Michelle aren't talking. She straightened his butt out real good when she found out.

Sounds like a case of McCain's admitted adultery and affairs versus your imagination. With all of the crazy right-wing nuts out there, I bet a lot of them actually believe it too!

This column shows us that little has really changed since Ryko's book "Boss" back in 1971. We hope for reform and then don't back the real reformers. We point fingers when the "steakholders" don't look like us. J Kass has it right when he says that Chicago is great in spite of our clowns. When Kass gives up hope, I'm leaving town.

Favoring your children is wrong, but favoring people with the same skin color when hiring assistants is a-OK in your book, isn't it John?

Dave wrote:

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Sounds like a case of McCain's admitted adultery and affairs versus your imagination. With all of the crazy right-wing nuts out there, I bet a lot of them actually believe it too!

You would be surprised how "crazy", we are not. Just some real people who can see through the smoke and mirrors.

I have worked there, and I know how the whole system operates.

And it's not my "imagination", in Clinton's case it was blatantly real, and so is what I've stated. She'll surface in time.

I gots lots of friends to hire with all that tax money nobody can stop me

Gravelly voice? MUSH MOUTH is more like it!!!

Liberty Valence wrote:

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It's actually "grassy-knoll-like" fact. Cermak was riding in a car with then-president, Franklin Roosevelt. They were, if I remember correctly, in Miami. Shots were fired - reportedly at Roosevelt but it was Cermak who was killed. The Mob has always had a large presence in Miami and because Cermak was stepping on the Good Fellas' toes, the one-plus-two-equals-three theorists put it together that Cermak was the intended recipient of the hit and not the President.

And John Kass states it as fact. Here's the Wikipedia link:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton_Cermak

Maori wrote:

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You would be surprised how "crazy", we are not. Just some real people who can see through the smoke and mirrors.
I have worked there, and I know how the whole system operates.
And it's not my "imagination", in Clinton's case it was blatantly real, and so is what I've stated. She'll surface in time.

Why do we have to wait for Obama's imaginary mistress to surface if you already know about her? Why don't you just share her name and the pertinent details with all of us; otherwise it is just another attempt at sliming the good names of Barack and Michelle Obama.