OJR Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Subject: Chicago , Illinois Chicago.... .............Who Runs it? Senators: Barack Obama & Dick Durbin Representative: Jesse Jackson, Jr. Illinois Governor: Rod Blogojevich (arrested) Illinois House leader: Mike Madigan Illinois Attorney General: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) Chicago Mayor: Richard M. Daley (son of Mayor Richard J. Daley) The leadership in Illinois ? All Democrats. Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . Body count in the last six months: 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago 221 killed in Iraq State pension fund - $44 Billion in debt, worst in the country. Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax - 10.25% highest in country. (Look it up). Chicago school system - rated one of the worst in the country. Of course, they're all blaming each other. They can't blame Republicans because there aren't any. This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And he's going to '"fix" Washington politics for us? Good luck and may God help us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Me, Me, Me, I, I, I, seem to be what our elected officials are all about. It's no wonder they want to take our guns away. Their agenda is a lot easier without an armed population. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Just as an interesting side note - Texas is projected to have a several billion dollar budget surplus this year. And Texas has exactly zero democrats elected to statewide office. Plus, both houses of the state legislature have been heavily republican for many years. Coincidence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawg Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 Just as an interesting side note - Texas is projected to have a several billion dollar budget surplus this year. And Texas has exactly zero democrats elected to statewide office. Plus, both houses of the state legislature have been heavily republican for many years. Coincidence? Ah, good ole Texas....why did I ever leave......I'll be back there one of these days!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldksnarc Posted January 12, 2009 Report Share Posted January 12, 2009 - Texas is projected to have a several billion dollar budget surplus this year. Don't say that too loud - they'll figure a way to take it away and spread the wealth to states that are in deficit - blue states. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun_300 Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 292 murders in 6 months in one city?! I just checked our stats for 2007, 594 murders in all of Canada in one year! That is crazy. Glad I don't live in Chicago (no offense to anyone that does on these forums, don't think there's any though). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJL Posted January 13, 2009 Report Share Posted January 13, 2009 I pointed that out months ago when everyone was claiming, " ANYBODY BUT HILLARY ".............. be careful what you wish for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevebeilgard Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 well, you sure did, jim. and they got what they wished for. in 3 years all we need to ask ourselves is "are you better off now than in the bush years". the dems control the presidency, the house and the senate. but they will still blame bush even 3 years from now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mach1 Posted January 14, 2009 Report Share Posted January 14, 2009 Most of us Illinoisians outside of Chicago know that nothing good goes on up there with politics. It's a shame what politics in our state are like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyoitker1 Posted January 15, 2009 Report Share Posted January 15, 2009 Great Post Orlan! Our state sadly is controlled by Chicago. Down state usually votes republican. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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