"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Sunday, January 6, 2019
Would you like a little graft to go with that hypocrisy?
Chicago City Council member Ed Burke has been charged with trying to shake down a restaurant franchise; interestingly, this outspoken advocate of gun control had 23 guns in his office.
I've known some people (natives or long-time residents) who take a perverse sort of pride in Chicago's reputation for corruption and violence - which strikes me as completely irrational, don't get it at all.
"... which strikes me as completely irrational, don't get it at all."
It's the only game in town. A very stupid and amazingly expensive one, but the gangsters have the local politics sewn up tight. This was the case when I lived there in the 1980s.
...this outspoken advocate of gun control had 23 guns in his office.
ReplyDeleteOf course, it's what all leftists think: "Gun control for thee, not for me. I'm not the problem, you're the problem."
That's The Chicago Way, now being practiced nation wide.
ReplyDeleteIn order to convict him, they'll have to have his trial somewhere ... anywhere ... outside of Chicago.
ReplyDeleteHonesty. If you can fake that you've got it made.
ReplyDeleteThen again, 'ye shall know the tree by its fruits'.
ReplyDeleteCome on, people. You have to know by now that Dems don't want to get rid of guns.
ReplyDeleteJust the ones we have.
What surprises me is people acting surprised.
ReplyDelete"Wait, you mean Chicago's gov't is full of corrupt gangster-types?!?!?!?"
I've known some people (natives or long-time residents) who take a perverse sort of pride in Chicago's reputation for corruption and violence - which strikes me as completely irrational, don't get it at all.
ReplyDeleteWell, Paco, when it's all you've got...
ReplyDelete"... which strikes me as completely irrational, don't get it at all."
ReplyDeleteIt's the only game in town. A very stupid and amazingly expensive one, but the gangsters have the local politics sewn up tight. This was the case when I lived there in the 1980s.
And the primary reason as to why I moved.