Media Influence on Sheeple
- As Chicagoans put away their snowblowers and "dibs" chairs — for now — city officials can look back on the Groundhog Day Blizzard of 2011 and congratulate themselves: An overwhelming majority of residents think the city did a good job responding to the storm, according to a Tribune/WGN poll.
Nearly three-quarters of the Chicagoans surveyed — 73 percent — gave the city an overall passing grade for how it handled the storm.
In fact, when it came to the storm's most conspicuous consequence — the hundreds of vehicles snowbound along Lake Shore Drive — respondents were more likely to blame the stranded drivers than the city.
Almost 1,000 cars abandoned on Lake Shore Drive and the city gets a passing grade? Not only as passing grade, but the respondents blame the stranded drivers?
We don't know about you, but if we see an entrance ramp open to a main thoroughfare, we assume that the road is passable, drivable and safe for us to proceed on. We mean, why else would you leave a road open?
But Shortshanks and Tommy Thumb and everyone else started the blame game early and said the citizens should have known better than to drive on a road for pete's sake. Why think you could get anywhere on a road? The media ran with it and all of the sudden, the city did a fine job during a blizzard.
Now imagine if you had a major newspaper or two making political endorsements for a candidate that says things like "politicians shouldn't trade on their connections to make money," but somehow forget to ask that same candidate how he made $18 million for under two years work for a connected buyout of a power company. Or how he got paid another few hundred thousand for attending just 6 meetings for a government agency that precipitated the mortgage meltdown. Or how his enemies list rivals that of Richard Nixon.
Oh wait, you don't have to imagine it. It's happening right now and the object of the media affection is approaching 50% of the vote total from people who don't know any better.
We don't know about you, but if we see an entrance ramp open to a main thoroughfare, we assume that the road is passable, drivable and safe for us to proceed on. We mean, why else would you leave a road open?
But Shortshanks and Tommy Thumb and everyone else started the blame game early and said the citizens should have known better than to drive on a road for pete's sake. Why think you could get anywhere on a road? The media ran with it and all of the sudden, the city did a fine job during a blizzard.
Now imagine if you had a major newspaper or two making political endorsements for a candidate that says things like "politicians shouldn't trade on their connections to make money," but somehow forget to ask that same candidate how he made $18 million for under two years work for a connected buyout of a power company. Or how he got paid another few hundred thousand for attending just 6 meetings for a government agency that precipitated the mortgage meltdown. Or how his enemies list rivals that of Richard Nixon.
Oh wait, you don't have to imagine it. It's happening right now and the object of the media affection is approaching 50% of the vote total from people who don't know any better.
Labels: city politics, silly people
posted by SCC at 12:05 AM
111 Comments:
The sheeple need a shepherd. There's one with nine fingers who wants to lead them all to the slaughter house after he fleeces them.
That short little nine fingered ballerina is going to take even more teeth out of this weak excuse for the press. They really need to just change their name to Pravda already. What a pack of gutless losers. Kass and a handful of others are the only ones with the balls to stand up to Shortshanks and the rest.
My favorite is that even though shanks said he banned marina trucking and mike tadin from doing business with the city. Marinas trucks are doing all the snow removal. Yet no one calls him on it.
It was more important to plow out parks than your side streets.
CTA plows gong up and down CTA routes (Major streets) with the plow up and not spreading salt...
This snow storm was a FUCK UP on the City's part.
Okay, I would never have taken Lake Shore Drive that day.
But I was listening to the news constantly. I was driving when the snow started and I saw how scary it got and how fast it turned vicious.
That being said, we (you know, those PUBLIC SERVANTS Rahm and everyone else harps about) are responsible for those who aren't bright enough or informed enough to be responsible for themselves. That's why most of us came on this job.
And the mayor, and Byrne, PUT those people in harm's way by letting them drive on LSD that afternoon.
SCC said........We don't know about you, but if we see an entrance ramp open to a main thoroughfare, we assume that the road is passable, drivable and safe for us to proceed on. We mean, why else would you leave a road open?
I hate the City, and while they are part to blame for the LSD disaster overall I blame drivers too and I think the snow removal wasn't too bad. And if I use your statement above SCC I'll ask you this.....The Taste of Chicago is open.....Does that mean you'd go to it at night and think it's safe?
Sun Times Headline; City requires show shoveling.
Now they want us to show them how to shovel? Link card, Food stamps, Free School meals, Ghetto lottery and now we have to show these stupid BASTARDS (at least a good percentage of them) how to shovel? When will it end Chalkie?
The geniuses in charge of Blizzardfest spoke out of both sides of their mouths-Gee, we needed to keep LSD open to move all those people along and not jam the downtown streets, but we just didn't know anyone would be silly enough to drive on it!
I must have been amongst the 27% who thought the City did a horrendous job. The side streets are still impassable. The Trib is going to carry the Runts water until he leaves,sickening.
OT: WHY is it that Daley is going to travel to China AGAIN, just before he leaves office?
What is the justification for WASTING OUR CITY's MONEY on this obvious junket?
How does he get away with giving himself (and probably twenty of his closest friends) a 'lovely parting gift'???
Isn't theft a felony?
Those people were warned for DAYS that there would be waves hitting LSD. Although that wasn't the cause of the people getting stranded, you would have to live in a cave to miss all the warnings to avoid LSD.
So yes, those people can only blame themselves. Seems like Darwinism at its finest to me.
No, I don't work for the city or any government entity. Fair disclaimer, lol.
OT: Did you get a look at this fromt he Tribune website:
Recruits go on field trips now, Wow,that's all I can say. What a crock of S^%$@.
Cop recruits learn fine art of policing
Trainees seek clues in paintings at Art Institute
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-police-art-institute-20110210,0,4393314.story
OT: did anyone else read the Tribune story of recruits going to the Art Institute to look at paintings so they can interpret crime scenes?!? WTF?????
First the Crystal Ball Unit, now The Art Insitute. What's next?
Obvious my dear Watson! Next is ballet lessons.
Anonymous said...
OT: did anyone else read the Tribune story of recruits going to the Art Institute to look at paintings so they can interpret crime scenes?!? WTF?????
2/11/2011 02:14:00 AM
Then they go back to the Academy and play Clue. Colonel Mustard did it in the kitchen with the candlestick holder.
I would give the overall blizzard response a C - passing, but not good. I'd give the handling of Lake Shore Drive a D. If they'd closed it earlier as pre-emptive action against later problems, they could have gotten a B overall. The fact that the wards didn't hold up their end on clearing pedestrian paths through the plow mounds at critical intersections until the weekend or later would keep them from getting an A.
How in the world could the runt Rasputin get 50% of any informed electorate? This greasy goof has been shitting on everyone he has come in contact with his whole life. And we're going to vote for this miscreant to be in charge of billions of taxpayers money and nearly 3 million people? Have you lost your damn minds?
I am going to miss Short Shanks, the change that's a comin' will not be an improvement. It will be decidedly worse.
OT- From District299 blog - CPS - Real-time data isn't just for Twitter and breaking news anymore. This Slate magazine article notes that "predictive" policing is being used to help law enforcement detect likely hotspots for violence or theft in the near future (Can police really predict crime before it happens?). Much the same thing has already been attempted in CPS, where the district claimed it could identify kids who were likely to become involved in school violence ahead of time. (The statistical modeling was always under question and Catalyst notes that the effort never got off the ground.) What's next? "Predictive teaching" is my guess -- aily or hourly feedback to teachers about which kids are headed off the rails in ways that might not otherwise be noticeable.
Anonymous said...
First the Crystal Ball Unit, now The Art Insitute. What's next?
2/11/2011 02:40:00 AM
A road trip to the set of "Ghost Hunters" to see if the recruits can learn the "fine art" of talking to the dead to see if they can help solve murders.
I love the city plows that have plowed in the driveways and service walks on my block three different times. It wouldn't be bad but they still haven't done curb to curb nor have they cleared in front of the hydrants.
2:40 a.m. says: The Crystal Ball unit, the Art Institute, what's next? Why, ballet lessons, of course. If Rahm wins, he will require all new recruits to take ballet lessons so he'll have someone in his bodyguard contingent to dance with!
The fiasco on LSD should be a major embarrassment. For the many millions the city has spent on emergency planning, and how to handle (usually terrorist, but should also be any natural) disasters, having over 1000 people stranded IN THE CITY is unacceptable. And for those who are blaming the drivers, it was a fricken CTA bus that caused the nightmare. Even days after, South LSD had snow drifts in varying lanes, forcing drivers into unsafe lane changes. Side streets are still awful - I guess we're waiting for this weekend for the snow to melt?
I had no power for almost 4 days. It was brutal. Even the dog was sneezing!
OT: The Art Institute to learn how to interpret a crime scene, my my, how warm & fuzzy.
Take them to the morgue for a day & show them the real " good stuff " they'll learn more there than a week at the Art Institute.
I think S&S did a horrible job of removing the snow. As usual. I live on a street in which every single home has a side drive. NO ONE parks their cars on the street yet when the plow comes down the street he will make one or two passes right down the center never once going to either side of the street and plowing to at least one curb. So as I look out my window I see snow sitting about three feet tall in the curb lane on each side of the street meaning that there is one small lane right down the center of the street for cars to drive on. So if you are driving west on my street and another car is coming east, one of them has to pull into someones driveway to allow the other to pass. It is ridiculous. But this is the way they plow in the City of Chicago. One year I watched as they plowed right down the center of the street four times within twenty minutes never once going to either curb. One of my neighbors stoppped one of them once and asked the driver if he could plow to ONE of the curbs and he told her that he doesn't get paid to plow to the curb. All of this means that I now live on a one lane street until probably June.
I went out last night I proceeded west bound on Talcott. When I got close to Canfield I sat in traffic for about twenty minutes unable to move because of the cars turning S/B on Canfield from W/B Talcott. Once again the traffic was held up. Why? Because the city didn't plow all the way to the curb on Talcott at the corner which eliminatd one lane of traffic. So anybody that wanted to continue west on Talcott or north on Canfield had to wait until all the cars that were turning onto southbound Canfield made the turn. And then to put icing on the cake of frustration, as soon as one crosses Canfield into Park Ridge each street is plowed curb to curb. I wish the city would send it's plow drivers out to Park Ridge to see how the pro's plow streets. And before anyone here blasts me by bringing Park Ridge into this by claiming that they don't have as many streets to plow or they have more equippment, Park Ridge as the same amount of trucks and drivers per mileage requiring plowing as each city S&S ward has.
Out of curiousity I am wondering if anyone in the city got an ANOV after the storm for not shoveling the sidewalk in front of their house. Chicago could have closed the budget deficit on those tickets.
Worse than this bullshit is the article in today's paper concerning the city ordinance that requires both a homeowner and business owner to make sure their sidewalks are clear of snow of face a fine. The streets aren't clear; the city packed the snow into the alleys and on to sidewalks and parkways and now the city wants to send out inspectors to fine the good peopleof this city. Yeah, they're doing a great job.
Anonymous said...
OT: WHY is it that Daley is going to travel to China AGAIN, just before he leaves office?
What is the justification for WASTING OUR CITY's MONEY on this obvious junket?
How does he get away with giving himself (and probably twenty of his closest friends) a 'lovely parting gift'???
Isn't theft a felony?
2/11/2011 12:53:00 AM
Not disagreeing at all, but what's the difference between THIS FELONY and EVERY OTHER FELONY he's committed while Mayor?
BTW, what ever happened to the illegal private jet flights he and the family were caught taking from some politically connected student scholarship fund. Never did hear that THAT has been resolved:
"But mayoral press secretary Jacquelyn Heard denied Wednesday that the Daleys had taken 58 trips on the Educap jet..."
http://chicagoist.com/2009/03/05/did_mayor_
daley_travel_on_a_private.php
Chico closing in on a runoff. Love to see Rahm get 47% and Chico run in second and then kick ass in the runoff. Very possible.
Democrats can do no wrong according to the stooge media.
I'm 51 years old. I have never, ever been contacted by any survey for any reason.
ABC7, gives Rhammie 54% from calling just under 600 people. Where are these calls made to and can 600 people be an accurate amount out of millions?
Statistics can say whatever you want depending on the question asked and the sample size. I'm saying they made all their calls to Obmama lovers.
If you decided to take Lake Shore Drive home the night of the blizzard, barricade or no barricade, you are an idiot.
Those possing common sense don't need the city, state, Tom skilling's cellphone number or a barricade to tell them to take a pass on that particular route.
Citizens need to quit relying on thier government to shovel their walks and wipe their ass.
when we're hit with a weather event like that we ALL play a part. what did YOU *DO* about it?
did you grab a shovel and get into the spirit of community? or did you merely grab a lawn chair to protect "your spot" in the public domain, and procede to bitch and moan what city services were not provided?
Drove the other day S/B on Oak Park Av. in the city's NW side. Junk all over the street for people to claim parking spots and most of the street still isn't plowed. As soon as I crossed Oak Park Av. S/B at North Av. and entered the actual town of Oak Park, guess what? Yes the street was plowed curb to curb, no junk on the street claiming spots, and the sidewalks giving access to the crosswalks were cleared and shoveled.Wait it gets better, all of the above was the same on all the small side streets! Why can this small town accomplish this while the City That Works cant? Shit I want the guy in charge of snow removal in Oak Park come work for Chicago.
While continuing my trip S/B on Oak Park AV. I crossed Roosevelt Av. I entered the Town of Berwyn. A little version of the 10th district, guess what I observed? That's right, the road not plowed curb to curb, junk all over claiming parking spots, crosswalks inaccessible, and the side streets were just as bad.
Later I went to the 11th district and the street Harison in front of the station has not been plowed! Both sides on the curb side!, cant park or gain access to the main entrance and citizens cant access a CTA bus from the bus shelter.Yeah right the city did good job with this blizzard.
The media in this city are by no means reporters or require any investigatory skills. They are nothing more than parasites who leach on to other information sources. i.e. SCC and "report" on what they steal.
When that kind of bullshit reporting is not done, it is nothing more than "reporting" what city hall throws into their little mouths to eat and treat like the fucking gospel.
I'm sure everyone saw the big headline that police complaints were supposedly down because of fucking J-Fled! Are you fucking serious Frank Main?
We are down anywhere from 1000-2000 cops, the working policeman has been castrated by politicians, the liberal media, and fucking lawyers and you think J-Fled is to take the credit?
Get off your knees Main, and maybe ask some questions about manpower, felony arrests, lawsuits and maybe you can create your own conclusion rather than being force fed city hall's numbers to make J-Fled look like he's done a goddamn thing other than fuck this department up!
The Scum times tell us who to vote for, why city workers don't deserve pensions, and how good Jody and Da mayo are running things.
The Tv media liberals serves the same master and broadcasts what they are told to and when in order to sway public opinion on elections or union contracts like the police/ fire or all other hot ticket items.
The media in this town should be ashamed of themselves for not having any balls to ask and "report" on all the corruption and bullshit that goes on right under our noses at city hall.
When they decide to remove their balls from city halls collective purse maybe some actual journalism could happen. Will it? NEVER!
Da Mayo going to China? Shows you that he will still run things behind the OZ cutin. He has Rahmbo sitting on the throne until he gets picked by Hillary as her running mate 6 years from now. Then he comes another Daley. Nora Daley will continue the family crime wave.
The city did a fair job on the snow removal. The grade should be dropping the longer it takes them to widen main streets to the curbs so we are not losing lanes as we drive those streets. It also needs to open up some of the side street intersections. There are some of those intersections that are practically unnegotiable.
As far as keeping LSD open you can go many ways on that one. I believe that the best solution for LSD would have been if you choose to keep it open at least keep the buses off there. 50 -60 mile an hour winds and big wind targets like buses make for a bad combination during a snow storm.
Yep, and not to mention the CTA riders
who have to stand in the street to
wait for buses because the CTA has not
dug out the frozen concoction that is
blocking access to the bus stop itself
and the shelter. This is especially
bad for riders with small children and
if the driver has to entend the lift
or kneel the bus for wheelchair
passengers. There ain't no room.
Anonymous said...
OT: WHY is it that Daley is going to travel to China AGAIN, just before he leaves office?
What is the justification for WASTING OUR CITY's MONEY on this obvious junket?
How does he get away with giving himself (and probably twenty of his closest friends) a 'lovely parting gift'???
Isn't theft a felony?
2/11/2011 12:53:00 AM
Do the aldercreaturrs approve this spending or is just a dictator spending with no approval?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
My favorite is that even though shanks said he banned marina trucking and mike tadin from doing business with the city. Marinas trucks are doing all the snow removal. Yet no one calls him on it.
2/11/2011 12:28:00 AM
But name was marina now MT cartage or Mike Tadin same owner same shit!
Sorry SCC, I'm putting at least some blame on the drivers as well. Yes, I blame the city for not shutting it down earlier, but as another commenter said, there were numerous reports predicting big waves that could get LSD (that didn't end up happening) and really bad winds (that did). Even with it open, no way was I going near it. I'd fight Clark or Lincoln or whatever over that.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Sun Times Headline; City requires show shoveling.
Now they want us to show them how to shovel? Link card, Food stamps, Free School meals, Ghetto lottery and now we have to show these stupid BASTARDS (at least a good percentage of them) how to shovel? When will it end Chalkie?
2/11/2011 12:40:00 AM
Last Feb 2010,my neighbor in her 80,s received an anov type ticket stuck in her mailbox, I shovel for her all the time but was gone on an overnight and she had to pay $50.00! Bunch of jags at the top!
do you really beleive chico, political spawn of burke is any different? he's just as bad.
Anonymous said...
I'm gonna call bullshit on this one. Nice try though. I'm voting for him [Rahm], so I guess I just got lucky at the University of Chicago.
2/10/2011 01:06:00 AM
Please tell us exactly WHY you are voting for Rahm?
Where was everyone last night? There was literally a handful of people at FOP headquarters for the Chico phone bank.
Talk and whine all you want but you still have to get off your butts and really do something if you want things to change.
Rally on Sunday at Clemente High(?) School 2:30pm
I don't agree with you here, SCC. Common sense and personal responsibility needs to come into play - from the citizens who have so much trouble thinking for themselves on how to handle their everyday "emergencies". Depending on the police to make decisions for them - or the City - is the problem.
Yes the entrance ramp was open. Whether or not they should have been closed sooner, lets play this out. As a smart citizen who has lived in the City for over 20 years and thus - through 20 winters.... hmmmmm what should I do? If I choose to take LSD, the consequences are I get stuck. I learn my lesson and next time choose a different route. Thank goodness I'm not a mindless lemming.
I left work late Wednesday night and took major roads and the expressway all the way. Snow had been plowed on every road I chose AND the Kennedy. I tipped my hat to the City - the VERY night of the snowstorms completion and all that snow had been removed. I'm sure not everyone could say the same depending on where they came from. But I am one of those 73% who will say to the City - good job. There is always room for improvement.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
SCC said........We don't know about you, but if we see an entrance ramp open to a main thoroughfare, we assume that the road is passable, drivable and safe for us to proceed on. We mean, why else would you leave a road open?
I hate the City, and while they are part to blame for the LSD disaster overall I blame drivers too and I think the snow removal wasn't too bad. And if I use your statement above SCC I'll ask you this.....The Taste of Chicago is open.....Does that mean you'd go to it at night and think it's safe?
2/11/2011 12:35:00 AM
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I had to drive home from work the night of the blizzard. The expressway was open. There was no way in hell you could have gotten me on it. Took arterial streets the whole way at about 10-15mph. At least if I got stuck there were places to go along the route.
SCC, I disagree. While Shortshanks and Byrne did majorly f-up the LSD thing...what kind of moron are you to get on the drive during a blizzard? (out of towners, excused, due to lack of experience)
Accept the consequences for the decisions you make, people! Despite the week long blizzard warnings, the endless advice of "don't go out unless you absolutely have to", and perhaps we would remember our own mothers teaching us to " dress for the weather, because you never know..." some people still chose to brave the drive.
Well, I say, now you have a great story to tell. But, don't blame someone else for your misfortune.
If you see a big storm coming, why are you out driving? Everybody knew in advance the storm was coming. So those stupid enough to be out on the road are at fault.
Daley has allready fleeced the people of Chicago.
Rahm's job will be to cover Daley's tracks.
Trying to scare trial lawyers away from the design and premise liability lawsuits
Apparently not everyone loves Rahm.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK66KrEQRkE&feature=player_embedded
Any video that works in the word 'assclowns' is worth viewing.
The purpose of the main stream, corporate owned/government directed, media is to guide public opinion and protect corporate intrests.
This objective is persued through the use of omission, combining lies w/ obvious truth and repeating outright lies to the point they are accepted as truth.
News reports in all media formats are combined w/ content in magazines, t.v. shows and movies to subtley introduce and reinforce the desired opinion.
This is why people with no personal knowledge of specific matters have such strong opinions regarding them.
For example : guns are bad, Obama is the best candadate and public pensions are responsible for government deficit.
We are taught in school that the main function of the media is to alert the people of government abuse of power.
If this was ever the case, it is no longer so.
'These aren't the droids that you're looking for...'
I don't blame the "government" either, I blame the people
Just like Katrina ... how could you reside in a soup bowl - below sea level - and not own a row boat?
Was the city gov't a little weak? Ya, I'll give you that .... but it just hurts too much not to blame those stupid weak-minded "I'm stranded when I can walk across the street to safety" types"
you are taking this a little too hard SCC
get over it
If you have lived your entire life in Chicago and have nothing else to compare the snow removal to, then it was a good job.
But if you have lived somewhere else, you know that Shortshanks blew it and has been blowing it for the past 10-12 years.
One has to be a complete Idiot to believe the City did a good job on cleaning up the Blizzard snow. But then again, that's Chicago. Sheeple who believe ANYTHING the mainstream news tells them.
The sheeple need a shepherd. There's one with nine fingers who wants to lead them all to the slaughter house after he fleeces them.
2/11/2011 12:11:00 AM
the Anti-Frodo?
That being said, we (you know, those PUBLIC SERVANTS Rahm and everyone else harps about) are responsible for those who aren't bright enough or informed enough to be responsible for themselves. That's why most of us came on this job.
And the mayor, and Byrne, PUT those people in harm's way by letting them drive on LSD that afternoon.
2/11/2011 12:34:00 AM
so, what you're saying is that you signed up to be a caretaker for the retarded?
When will it end Chalkie?
2/11/2011 12:40:00 AM
"Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...!"
Chalkie
So yes, those people can only blame themselves. Seems like Darwinism at its finest to me.
No, I don't work for the city or any government entity. Fair disclaimer, lol.
2/11/2011 12:59:00 AM
I don't work for the city or any government entity, either.
Does that make you me?
Chalkie
First the Crystal Ball Unit, now The Art Insitute. What's next?
2/11/2011 02:40:00 AM
Kiddieland?
LSD was jammed because of a couple of traffic accidents, one including a bus that blocked all lanes.
The Ryan, Kennedy, & Ike were not jammed because there were no accidents blocking the traffic lanes.
Did the state plow 94, 90, etc any better than the city did LSD.
Seems it could-a happened on any x-way or all of them at the same time. Just luck.
Why didn't the NO crystal BALLS unit predict hundreds of stranded drivers on LSD?
If these polls are remotely accurate it's amazing that such a large percentage of sheeple are taking the spoon feeding of the media and supporting the anointed one. I gaurantee that lots of them won't think so highly of him once he gets in and starts bending everyone over.
The media is treating Rahm with kid gloves just like they did with Obama. Why let tough questions or the truth get in the way of their agenda. Time to wake up people. Think for yourselves!
Anyone who drove downtown that day took a chance PERIOD.
And all the Sheeple slept at night knowing that the big bad wolf was being held at bay by the honest politicians because the local media had told them it was so....
OT: WHY is it that Daley is going to travel to China AGAIN, just before he leaves office?
What is the justification for WASTING OUR CITY's MONEY on this obvious junket?
How does he get away with giving himself (and probably twenty of his closest friends) a 'lovely parting gift'???
Isn't theft a felony?
2/11/2011 12:53:00 AM
Because China is a non-extradition country, that's why!
Jesus, we got a little snow. There are places in this world that get 50 inches of snow over night, on a regular basis and nobody complains. Does it inconvience people? Yes it does, but it is not the end of the world.
Go look at the I-70 corridor through Colorado. They have few guard rails and do not use salt. If you get stuck on the highway, it is your fault. Pay attention to the weather, have a blaket, water, food, and more than a quarter tank of gas. If a major storm is predicted and you choose to take certain roads, it is on you, especially if you are unprepared.
The press yea right. It seems like the press is now being controlled by the Dem. machine...a passing grade on the blizzard...come on...There are still a number of NW side streets that are barely passable... NW Highway is still only one and a half lanes and now I hear they have street and san workers ringing doorbells and reminding people to shovel their sidewalks because its neighborly and it's the law...stating you could get hit with a $50 fine...Yes let ticket all the senior citizens who for some stupid reason are unable to shovel their sidewalks...Way to go Mr. Daley....Can't wait for the next hired truck scandal in a few years maybe then Daley and Byrne will get indicted. Well a person can dream.
scc, I think the city did fine during the snowstorm. My neighborhood was completly fine. Why are you blowing it out of proportion? The lakeshore drive thing was unforseen in my eyes and I think the eyes of alot of people. I know you hate the current regime(as do I) but you really tryin a little hard on this one. as they ususally say scc.... It is what it is. The city did ok getting the streets clear and warning people. Im not trying to defend the city and definatly not shortshanks but I also dont like it when someone takes a side and tries to push thier side just because they dont like the other side. I like being fair and I like to base my viewpoints on facts... the fact is that the snowstorm was a bad one and the city actually kept up with it... everything has its glitches which happened here but overall it could have been worst... its not the doomsday as your tryin to make it.
"Sun Times Headline; City requires show shoveling.
"Now they want us to show them how to shovel? Link card, Food stamps, Free School meals, Ghetto lottery and now we have to show these stupid BASTARDS (at least a good percentage of them) how to shovel? When will it end Chalkie?"
--2/11/2011 12:40:00 AM
Some of the worst offenders are big businesses -- Commonwealth Edison at Grand and Narragansett, Burger King at Grand and Fullerton, and Pep Boys auto parts at 6811 W. Grand in 025 are a couple that come to mind off the top of my head -- as well as a vast number of banks and absentee realtors who own foreclosed houses and vacant/for lease/abandoned buildings and lots. Their names and phone numbers are usually on a sign stuck right on the front of the building or in the lot.
If the city wanted to haul in some real money, it'd stop sneaking around working people's houses at night up in 016, looking for expired city stickers, and just send people down any main street in the daytime to write violation after violation after violation for failure to clear sidewalks.
But -- we know who the Mayor likes, and who he doesn't...
Recently received a piece of Rahm's literature that has his reproduced signature on it. It shows some sort of accent mark placed high over the scribble that stands for the 'm' in Rahm. Is there anyone that can and will explain?
Regardless, I am voting for Gery Chico! And, if they love Chicago, Mosely-Braun, Del Valle, Walls and Van Pelt-Watkins should all toss their support to Chico, BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
Why would anyone still live here??
because not everyone assumes that the city should (or ought) to make every little decision for them? If the weather is predicted to be the worst blizzard of a decade, with 20 foot waves on LSD - you are, indeed, a moron and at fault if you take the Drive, open or no (coming from a northsider who works in the Loop, usually takes the Drive home, and used the sense god gave me that day to take an alternate route).
DALEY and EMANUEL will get a free pass from the FEDS each and every time. CHICAGO TAXPAYERS TAKE THAT TO THE BANK!!!!
"...the object of the media affection is approaching 50% of the vote total from people who don't know any better..."
Oprah to Obama to Emanuel; it's the same people.
Off topic but hey! Media! What's with all of the Columbia and North Face clothing? Do they give it to you free to wear on-camera, or is there a little cash tucked into the pocket as well?
It's long past the point at which the word "unethical" comes to mind. It's so pervasive that you have become walking billboards.
My, you come cheaply.
"...when it came to the storm's most conspicuous consequence — the hundreds of vehicles snowbound along Lake Shore Drive — respondents were more likely to blame the stranded drivers than the city..."
The "blame the victim" propaganda is sinking in nicely. They need to "become proactive" (gag) and "accept more responsibility."
The health care industry is spinning that crap out by the mile. You're responsible for telling the doctor to wash his hands. You're responsible for making sure the right medication is running into your arm. Etc.
Janet Napolitano says that the terrorist threat here is greater than at any time since 9/11. Therefore, it's your fault if you get blown up in some building, get killed in some mass shooting. You ignored the warning.
Butter wouldn't melt in their mouths...
O.T.: Get out there and vote! Are you all aware that you can go to any of the Early Polling Places and vote until 17 FEB 11? It does not have to be the one near your house. Took me 5 minutes to vote and hopefully keep Rahm from getting 51% - or better yet, get Chico 51%.
Don't fall for all of the media BS saying Rahm will win, and get frustrated and blow off voting "because Rahm's gonna win anyway" - GO VOTE AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Send in your FOP ballot, too!
so lets see Daley fucks over our pension for the last 10+ years and soon he will be at the city employee pension board applying for his own pension at, i'm guessing, about $150,000 a year and he UNDERFUNDED pensions....let's UNDERFUND his by $149,000 a year....sue the bastard
I'm not a fan of the city these days, but what really messed up LSD was an accident with an accordian bus...that exacerbated the issues with the snow, since it blocked all lanes of LSD right when the snow really started coming down. I DO think it should've been shut down earlier, but I don't think the cars would've been stuck if not for the accident with the bus
I Used To Dislike Mike Royko. I Thought He Was Not A Big Police Fan.
I Only Wish We Had Reporters As Mike Royko, Jack Mabley,Howard Miller, Irv Kup.
They may have had their favorites.
They knew this city, and its history. They were not afraid to ask the hard questions.
Most of the "reporters" today did not grow up in the city. They never heard the stories from the working class. They went to college,studied journalism. Now they come back to the city. They live downtown, and think they discovered places, as Gene and Junes for Hot Dogs.
They are dumb enough to get in line for Rahm.
What else is there to say ?
First the Crystal Ball Unit, now The Art Insitute. What's next?
If Rahm gets in they will all wear ballerina outfits....Love them Kahaki Tu Tu's
OT YOU CAN GO TO THE BANK ON THIS ONE......Sergeants class of 75 to begin in March......more to come
how "field trip" the recruits in all parts of the city and have them do an exercise of running after an offender and giving a description and knowing what street and direction they are heading while talking into the radio....something a bit more realistic....
...but I don't think the cars would've been stuck if not for the accident with the bus
2/11/2011 07:02:00 PM
and why did the accident with the bus occur?
My, you come cheaply.
2/11/2011 05:37:00 PM
they're paid what they're worth.
....its not the doomsday as your tryin to make it.
2/11/2011 04:05:00 PM
it wouldn't be, in Florida, where you are.
Seems it could-a happened on any x-way or all of them at the same time. Just luck.
2/11/2011 01:42:00 PM
yep, that's my perspective.
Chalkie
"NW Highway is still only one and a half lanes...
Unreal...no snow-tows, huh?
"...and now I hear they have Street and San workers ringing doorbells and reminding people to shovel their sidewalks because its neighborly and it's the law...stating you could get hit with a $50 fine...
--2/11/2011 03:57:00 PM
Yeah, NW HWY (with senior citizen buildings) all clogged up while the Mayor calls for volunteers to go shovel out Madison and 63rd Street, and Tom Dart is digging out hydrants in Des Plaines.
Half the doorbells on NW are either failed manufacturers or vacant/unstarted/unsold condominiums by now anyway...boy, did the speculators destroy that area in ten years.
...and in summer the little asshole is planting trees like mad up and down Milwaukee Avenue, from Lawrence south.
Q. What do you call a street with a lot of empty stores and a lot of trees growing?
A. "Urban prairie."
get over it
2/11/2011 12:47:00 PM
says who?
Because China is a non-extradition country, that's why!
2/11/2011 02:46:00 PM
they'll take his money, then feed him to the poor.
Everytime the wind blows too hard, the LSD shuts down and becomes a parking lot. I know this from experience not from the media.
I bet many of those who took the LSD will not take it next time there is a snow storm or when the waves from the Lake flood the lanes so much so that any cars would have been taken out to sea and never seen again.
Rally on Sunday at Clemente High(?) School 2:30pm
2/11/2011 10:52:00 AM
Division and North Western Ave., for you southsiders.
1200 north, 2400 west.
Please tell us exactly WHY you are voting for Rahm?
2/11/2011 10:24:00 AM
because she's stupid.
do you really beleive chico, political spawn of burke is any different? he's just as bad.
2/11/2011 09:34:00 AM
no one is just as bad as the rahmbutt.
he's in an asshole class by himself.
Do the aldercreaturrs approve this spending or is just a dictator spending with no approval?
2/11/2011 09:26:00 AM
you're not from around here, i see.
I'm saying they made all their calls to Obmama lovers.
2/11/2011 08:33:00 AM
they made no calls, other than the one to rahmbutt's handlers.
Out of curiousity I am wondering if anyone in the city got an ANOV after the storm for not shoveling the sidewalk in front of their house. Chicago could have closed the budget deficit on those tickets.
2/11/2011 07:43:00 AM
what a busy little bee you are, indeed.
What's next? "Predictive teaching" is my guess -- aily or hourly feedback to teachers about which kids are headed off the rails in ways that might not otherwise be noticeable.
2/11/2011 06:29:00 AM
wouldn't that be the parents' job?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
When will it end Chalkie?
2/11/2011 12:40:00 AM
"Niagara Falls! Slowly I turned, step by step, inch by inch...!"
Chalkie
2/11/2011 01:21:00 PM
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nyuk nyuk nyuk
Anonymous said...
how "field trip" the recruits in all parts of the city and have them do an exercise of running after an offender and giving a description and knowing what street and direction they are heading while talking into the radio....something a bit more realistic....
2/11/2011 08:46:00 PM
Or have that dick that on-viewed a burglary in 016 take them under his wing. This guy chased some hillbilly on a freezing night on icy streets, through the neighborhood, while calling out the chase on his cellphone until help arrived. Great job fellas, proud to know that there are still coppers protecting the homefront! Why was he using a cellphone? Guy was on furlo!
Off topic but hey! Media! What's with all of the Columbia and North Face clothing? Do they give it to you free to wear on-camera, or is there a little cash tucked into the pocket as well?
It's long past the point at which the word "unethical" comes to mind. It's so pervasive that you have become walking billboards.
My, you come cheaply.
2/11/2011 05:37:00 PM
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Observation and perception, detective; those name-brand items very obviously have the station identifier embroidered on them.
That should answer your question.
Anonymous said...
do you really beleive chico, political spawn of burke is any different? he's just as bad.
2/11/2011 09:34:00 AM
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If you've been paying attention to Rahm you'd know he enjoys hammering people. Even if Chico is elected Mayor we're probably going to get hosed, but I suspect he will try not to rape us, but will have to out of necessity. I suspect Rahm would enjoy slapping us down and taking every nickel he could from us because he is a mean little bastard. Do we really want someone with his track record in charge of Chicago? I don't. He's yapping about assault weapons and firearms, do we really need to go back to that Brady nonsense? Emanuel is a typical liberal politician with a nasty disposition. I really believe he is the spawn of satan, sorry Les, but your nephew is a louse.
Anonymous said...
The sheeple need a shepherd. There's one with nine fingers who wants to lead them all to the slaughter house after he fleeces them.
2/11/2011 12:11:00 AM
I am known as 9 1/2, not 9.
There was sooo much 'finger-pointing' going on at OEMC and city hall that it looked like the entire country of China... hitch-hiking!
Hiiii-Yooooo!
nyuk nyuk nyuk
2/12/2011 12:27:00 AM
sointinlee!!
I don't work for the city or any government entity, either.
Does that make you me?
Chalkie
2/11/2011 01:23:00 PM
that made me LOL
"Observation and perception, detective; those name-brand items very obviously have the station identifier embroidered on them.
That should answer your question."
--2/12/2011 01:25:00 AM
Some do, some don't -- all have the manufacturer's logo.
I can remember when Popular Mechanics, say, used to scrupulously airbrush out the manufacturer's name on a bottle of glue appearing in a photo in a "how-to" article, to avoid any accusations of commercial favoritism.
Ethics. Since that time, of course, the tables have turned, and manufacturers pay for "product placement" in movie scenes, etc...
...in TV "news..."
It was so cold on the North side the local flasher took to describing his private parts to women on the bus.
I really believe he is the spawn of satan, sorry Les, but your nephew is a louse.
2/12/2011 07:57:00 AM
every so often, satan has a bowel movement, and this is what we get.
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