Wave a Flag?
Honest to god, who thinks up this crap? And get's paid for it. And probably gets some sort of kickback:
- The City of Chicago is hoping to improve pedestrian safety at certain unprotected street crossings with brightly-colored flags that people can use to be sure cars know they are there.
As WBBM Newsradio’s Mike Krauser reports, the flags are in what basically amount to buckets hanging from streetlight poles on either side of the street.
Pedestrians can take one of the several orange flags from a bucket, and wave it as they make their way across the street. At that point, the flags are placed in the identical bucket on the other side of the crossing.
We almost drove off the road laughing when we heard this one. And the first intersection to have flags in the bucket? 64th and Western.
We give the buckets about a week before they're gone. The flags won't last a day.Labels: we got nothing
posted by SCC at 12:07 AM
177 Comments:
64 and western??? hahahahahaha, the little animals will steal that sh*t before they are even secured to the poll... god this city is a f*cking joke!!!!!
By the end of this weekend, the Bucket Boys will have themselves some new "skins".
The bucket boys will be sure to steal the buckets and use the flag sticks for drum sticks
This makes me so sad. It's a good idea -- one that would have worked in a monocultural society about 100 years ago, back when a social contract existed.
You're right -- the elderly person who could use one of these flags won't find one there.
You're joking??? They are giving them weapons..Great...More frigging law suits..Fucking asshats....
Hey look...santa came early and he brought us drums!! What's the deal with this orange stuff on the drum sticks though? Oh well it comes off easy enuff..off to the red line..!
I'm sure this brilliant system will work just as well as pointing to the pedestrian sign on traffic light as a car is about to almost run you over. drivers here don't give a xxxx. it's getting worse too.
The bucket boys are going to be happy!
The Buckets will end up on Michigan ave with the bucket beaters.
Red flags? Holy Shit, the Communist are coming, the Communist are coming!
HOLY SHIT!!!!
I thought people stopped dropping acid back in the 1970's !!
Wait until one goof takes all the flags and sells them at the fleemarket.
Follow the money. Who got the contract for this bullshit. Somebody connected got this brain dead idea and sold it to some politician who will also reap benefits. I thought this city was broke. Guess not. The more money you give these corrupt bastards the more they will piss away.
Dude, these will be gone the first day, the hell with waiting a week. This is ridiculous and a waste of money. Who in the world thinks up this crap.
Unreal. Willing to bet some former stroke gold star has a flag store.
What Alderman's company has the contract for the flags?
Which one has the contract for the buckets?
Which has the contract for the upkeep of the buckets?
Do you get extra points for hitting a flag waver? On the run?
We will be getting calls about a "Man crossing the street waving a flag on his...personal pole."
Kids will be using these as matador capes to play
I-double-dog-dare-ya in traffic.
How about hiring more police to enforce traffic, and criminal laws?
But I bet this has something to do with the Speed and Stoplight Cameras! Extra fines$$$ if in there is a flag waver in the photo.
If it's from Rahm, it's for Rahm and for the money.
And I'm sure some politically-connected bucket maker and seamstress won the job. It would be hilarious if it wasn't so damn pathetic.
Like a flag would stop some of these morons driving on the street anyway.
--No Cop Here
This is the Nanny state gone wild.
What brainiac thought up this one?
Sheridan/Wilson looked like the OK Corral tonight.
023 coppers doing the best they can.
Rahm out to fuck over everyone in the city, not just the employees
What the FUCK!
This ain't Mayberry.
Who was the alderman that lost his last election, then got a state job in traffic safety? Somebody from Quinn's ward? Did he get right to work??
They have these stupid flags in Utah where the National F.O.P convention was August. Too bad a "unknown" streaker used them to cover certain body parts in Mormon land!
And by the end of the month, they will have cameras
mounted to catch the offending "flag thieves".
O KAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
How much will this cost? Remember our 2% raise???????????????????????
This idea might be good for a small town, but Chicago? The aholes will destroy, steal or eat just about anything they can, just for the fun of it.64th Wester? If you are unlucky to have to live around there and must cross the street, even traffic lights do not stop the aholes . Watch yourself.
Park Ridge already has this program in place.
LMAO....Someone probably got a raise over this. NYPD here stay safe fellas.
They could write on the stick "This flag STOLEN from the City of Chicago".
I'll bet THAT will keep anyone from stealing them.
Can they put out a bucket of whistles too, one blast to Stop, two blasts to Go. If dangerous maurading bands of youth approach, several blasts from a whistle while waving your flag will certainly get the attention of the almost extinct police officer.
Oh, and throw in a bucket of iPods - iPhones - iPads too.
Lmao what is this the 1800s ..I have a better idea. Put lollipops and daisies in the buckets and let them hold hands singing kumbiah...while crossing ...shit in one hand wish in the other ..LIFM
whos got the flag making contract. $1000 each.
824 please respond to a battery in progress a women is being beat with a flag at 64th and western
orange doo rags in da hood!
Is this for real? This ain't London!
If you stick it up your ass, the cars will stop for sure, especially in Boystown.
What does the red bandana mean again?
Panhandlers will have them in middle of street to stop traffic! Lol
Is there an option for a WHITE flag?
I am totally stealing EVERY flag I see!
By far one of the most stupidest ideas I ever heard!
Must be a Gold Star Exempt who thought this shit up!
Heres a hint: Fucking retire already!
Da Pelon
By far one of the most stupidest ideas I ever heard!
Must be a Gold Star Exempt who thought this shit up!
Heres a hint: Fucking retire already!
Da Pelon
Ped safety? How about teaching the assholes to look both ways before crossing the street and not stepping out into moving traffic while drunk!!!
And what if all the flags are in the bucket across the street from you?
Does that mean you can't cross?!
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This just in, man gets stabbed to death with crossing flag. City to pay 5 million to victims family.
Now when they are kiled they'll be holding a flag and an trophy
You know someone is paying some realative three hundred per bucket and twenty per flag right? LMAO! Only in Chicago. If this was anyplace else I would have thought it was a joke.
Didn't drivers back in the late 1800's have to do something like that before a car could drive through a four way stop? Wave a flag, honk a horn, and fire two shots in the air? Are we back to two out of three???
Just when you thought you heard everything .....
Wave a fucking flag ?
Been sitting here trying to think of a more stupid idea that would top this one.
After an hour, I can't think of one.
And believe me, I'm full of stupid shit, ask anyone, they'll tell ya I should be at least a Commander.
3rd world Guess their not Clouted
They pay for the votes that they get and the services they receive
More money the city doesnt have.
But it worked in Stockholm......
Hahahahaha, just when you think this city can't get any STUPIDER. Thanks for the laugh! Talk about having no friggin' clue, this cannot be for real, can it? At least the flag sticking out of a pedestrian will make it easier for the Paramedics to find them after being mowed down.
WTF...did some of those "wall street" assholes get a job with the city?
Sounds like one of my kids video games.... how many points for a politician??????
The winning bidder for the new Flag and Bucket contract is Daley and Venecko Crime Inc.
At first blush, it does seem odd, and even though the flags and the buckets will most probably not last very long before they are reappropriated, having handled a gruesome fatal pedestrian accident, I applaud any effort towards helping pedestrians stay safe. Besides, the flags will be great for catching a cab and might attract more attention than yelling, "POE-LEECE!".
The winning bidder for the new Flag and Bucket contract is Daley and Venecko Crime Inc.
New city MCC. Crossing the street without using a personal pedestrian in the public way device. Rahm will argue that it's just as important as a seat belt for the safety of the public and they should hold as much accountability for their safety outside of a vehicle as those traveling inside a vehicle. The only thing left for him to come up with is how to put boots on your boots
BOHICA !!!
'Mo Money 'mo money WASTED! Who thought up this stupid shit? What alderthief will get the contract? Oh well another thing for the feds to EVENTUALLY look into!
Question, have you ever over the course of your career (for those that have been on the job for over 10 years) seen a superintendent so anti police?
I saw the video. Maybe they should tell old girl to get off the phone and pay attention when crossing the street.
Once again your mayor is trying to bring DC to Chicago-they have had this in the tonier areas of DC for a long time,just like the bike share and other things I saw when visiting home. What's next? Chicago becoming the Nation's Capitol and changing his job title from Mayor to President. Here's one for him-DC has the highest number of police per 100 citizens,perhaps he should start there. Stay safe CPD.
Why are they placing them by crosswalks? The rarest sight in this city is a "citizen" crossing in a crosswalk.
Put em right in the middle of the block!
O.T. Did anyone else see the article in yesterdays chicago breaking News regarding a person who works for the state of Il. as a drivers safety teacher who got a DUI recently. I can't seem to find the article today. The state said he was not being punished/fired from his job because he was not working and in his personal car when he received the DUI. I guess using this logic if I shoot and kill somebody in a drive by while off duty in my personal car the city of chgo(p.d.) will say I won't be fired because I was off duty and in my personal car??? LOL nice double standard.
You cops are all so freaking cyncical. These flags are made from the finest grade, repurposed salt-pile tarpaulins, cut into triangles and attached to repurposed surveyor's stakes, by the nimble hands of reform school third-graders employed at 25 cents per hour by the VTF Company, LLC.
VTF, Vanecko Taxpayer Fleecers, takes pride in their products! How much do the flags cost the city, you ask? $25 per flag. Wuh? Why so surprised? Hey, I got's to make a living! Besides, the old paint buckets are a deal at only $10 each or $25 for three. VTF Company is looking out for dem pedestrian voters.
Outfitting the drum and flag corp..
Amother public service.
They use this system out in Jackson Hole Wyoming but strangley enough
the buckets and flags don't go missing.
what's the deal with sgt. magic @ mass transit? is this the same guy who hid at erps & midway as a p.o. and cried to daddy when he made sgt to get him out of the sooo busy 008 dist? what a rubber.
Is This a Mcgoofy/Mc Stupid Idea Or what?
Ok Fellow Scc Readers, What Would You Do If You Saw Tiny Dancer aka 9 1/2 Or Mcjersey Shore Walking Across The street Waving one of those Flags?
It would Be a Jib Jab Moment For Me.
023 was a War Zone last night. 4 shot, one dead. In the 1 incident over 35 rounds shot at 6 Pm on a busy street. Only six cars working in the whole district. The crime lab took over 6 hrs to get there. Barely any detectives to cover the scene. Zero detectives to go to the 3 different hospitals. The victims had to be interviewed by beat officers. And best of all, this incident took place directly under a POD camera at Wilson and Sheridan that DOES NOT WORK!! Its just flashing up there like a Christmas decoration.
OT:
RIP to the Virginia Tech Copper killed the other day
This sounds similar to the idea that got Lloyd Braun fired from Dinkins campaign and lost the election.
Cosmo.
April 1st already? That was a short winter.
Wow, what a moneymaker for the city. Write an ordinance stating that it is mandatory for a pedestrian to carry a flag while crossing the street. When the flags are missing or someones hands are full of groceries and they don't carry the flag...BAM! $100 ANOV. Look for these flags on the n/w, s/w, and downtown areas for a huge payday. Damn, wish I had thought of this.
Yes they use this crap in Salt Lake City, Utah. Funniest thing I ever saw was a dude grabbing a flag and waving it to cross the street. But people there did actually slow down. I had to try it and laughed my ass off crossing the street waving a flag.
It won't work here....
Gee, can't they do something for the jaywalkers?
We just saw the buckets and flags being off-loaded at Streets an San. The writing on the buckets reads "Have a Merry Christmas from Vanecko and Daley Crosswalk Safety Inc."
Who's monitoring all this waisted spending that the mayor does? Just like our government, priorities are always backwards and with ridiculous spending. I know this idiotic flag and bucket idea didn't run the city tens of millions, but it's the point of it. Waisted money no matter how much it is on stupid ideas that wont work.*od, I hate this city.
I actually saw these a few years back in Seattle. Being from Chicago, I also thought it was a joke. Unbeliveably traffic in Seattle actually stop to let you cross. Any kind of street, doesn't matter. At the same time you don't have to spend more than 5 minutes in Seattle to realize it's not like Chicago. I'd actually like to live in Seattle.
I saw it on Chan 2
I thought it was April 1st.......
It looks like our City officials stole this idea from Salt Lake City, UT. I was there over the summer and could not believe it! I joked with my friends that such a crazy idea would never work in Chicago. Rahm has proven me wrong once again!
The City should put our checker flags like NASCAR.
This is "BIG" in California.
A Granola land idea.
Not as silly as sending V.C. detectives around to the local gang infested h.s. to meet with Principals to learn of any potential "word in the hallways iz" . . . But hey, for $100K a year, I'd pretty much do anything for this joke of a Department and the sorry-assed Goldstars who "lead" it.
-Laughing all the way to the 1st & 16th.
This makes me so sad. It's a good idea -- one that would have worked in a monocultural society about 100 years ago, back when a social contract existed.
12/10/2011 12:15:00 AM
Not even 100 years ago. This works in small towns right now, I've seen and used them.
Naturally, those towns aren't filled with shitheads
The little mutts can attach them to the back of their motor scooters or bicycles. Then dart around the hood in and out of traffic, always in the wrong direction, creating chaos and disorder as usual.
the hommies will find use for the buckets!
You don't need any flags, buckets, new laws or money to fix this problem. You need some pedestrians with common sense, who can look both ways before crossing.
What Idiot thought this up ????
They need a big dose of REALITY !
Stupid is as Stupid does.
Only in shitcago !!
Welcome to Mayberry http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1px5vIv9Rs0&feature=related
Who ever thought of this.....find them! Then beat them, beat them really bad!!!
Sorry office I thought these bucket was put here in case someone had to pee. So I did.
They already have a system like this in place...in China! Way to have an original thought. At least in Korea, pedestrians raise their right arm before crossing the street. It's still a free for all but it's fun to watch.
Gotta love the alderthieves that come up with pre-school aged ideas. It's a shame because many aren't even qualified to run a christmas tree lot. If they weren't able to fool the public and get elected they would probably be unemployed.
Anonymous said...
Sheridan/Wilson looked like the OK Corral tonight.
023 coppers doing the best they can.
Rahm out to fuck over everyone in the city, not just the employees
12/10/2011 02:27:00 AM
023 has the least amount of patrolmen in the city. Shootings nearly ever other day. Downed cars everyday. 8 shot in less than a week with one DOA. The 4 shot last night were right under the camera. Bet it didn't get the shooting. Back in January two shot one DOA on the corner of wilson and magnolia right under the camera and guess what? Camera missed it. Luckily a UC copper didn't and chased the shooter down and caught him. This city is a JOKE!
64th/Western???? hahahahahahaha
not only the flags, but the buckets will be gone by end of day!!
Makes me wonder how many hundreds of thousands they paid the brainstorm committee to think up this money waster??
Has anyone seen the "cones" around Malcolm X to show the bike lanes and parking spaces? Will this be removed during snow removal or destroyed by plows? As SCC said, who thinks up this stuff?
Agreed, the flags will be history or sold at the nearest flea market in short order.
023 was a war zone last night. Over 40 rounds let off.
Here's an Idea...
Fuck the Flag concept.
Stick all the whiney TMA's at those south side and west side and east side intersections where there are no stop signs or stop lights with their pretty whistles and light wands.
BUCKET BOYS welcome that idea. Won't have to go far for additional instruments!
What the fuck! Why doesn't 4-finger Rahhhhm just hire more of his cronies as crossing guards.
Another Kickback Pay-to-Play Contract Scheme by the Democommunists, and another waste of our Tax-Dollars somehow, of Course.
Another waste of Taxpayers Dollars in a broke City. Every time you see one of these Buckets, remember these are more important to the City than having enough police officers to keep the Citizens AND the Police as safe as possible.
The Berkeley, CA City Council unanimously agreed to spend $3,000 on a pilot project to place brightly colored flags on both sides of a small number of Berkeley crosswalks for about $250 per intersection. The flags are likely to be stolen, they could be cheaply replaced at about a dollar each and that thefts should decrease over time. The city will attempt to get some of the costs subsidized by offering merchants a chance to advertise on the quivers or by seeking sponsorship of specific crosswalks by neighborhood organizations.
In Salt Lake City 44 crosswalks were equipped with bright orange flags measuring 18 inches by 18 inches, similar to those used by road crews. The sticks are about a yard long. They do get stolen and are replaced at a cost of $1.65 for the plain type and $2.65 for the reflectorized ones. Intersections are sponsored by businesses, schools or neighborhood groups, who take responsibility for maintaining and replacing the flags.
Cambridge, MA installed flags at two crosswalks in 1999, and has kept them at one. Flags installed at a busy crosswalk on a major arterial road were abandoned because they kept getting stolen and because no one was using them. Other measures -- such as raised crosswalks, barrels in the middle of the street and curb extensions or "bulb-outs" -- seem to be more effective.
SF Chronicle, May 2001
In my opinion the creation of official crosswalks at random non-intersection points is one of the most cockamamie laws ever enacted. And I say this as a pedestrian. It is counter-intuitive and takes all the focus off compliance with the yield laws and signals at lights and stop signs. This flag nonsense only serves to highlight that obvious fact. They ought to repeal that law ASAP and re-focus enforcement on laws that actually make sense.
--Law Abiding Citizen
P.S. When I need to get an oblivious motorist's attention, I simply pound with my fist on their hood or trunk, and use a bad word.
How about putting rifles and shotguns in strategic locations (like anywhere in the 7th district)...so that the indigenous can protect themselves.
If they place them near the cameras, no one will mess with them, except for legitimate self defense purposes. If a weapon happens to get stolen, it'll probably go to Mexico. No worries.
When do I get promoted?
"This makes me so sad. It's a good idea -- one that would have worked in a monocultural society about 100 years ago, back when a social contract existed."
"You're right -- the elderly person who could use one of these flags won't find one there."
--12/10/2011 12:15:00 AM
It strikes me that they could very well be doing this in Japan today, where it would work fine. Is that where the idea came from?
People there bundle up their newspapers for recycling, and the man who picks them up gives a package of recycled toilet paper in exchange.
They bow politely to each other.
Good, large flags give you something to aim at. I sorely miss the gunsight hood ornament on my old Buick...
"I'm sure this brilliant system will work just as well as pointing to the pedestrian sign on traffic light as a car is about to almost run you over. drivers here don't give a xxxx. it's getting worse too."
--12/10/2011 12:24:00 AM
True.
Of course, a converse has developed -- the idiot pedestrian wandering diagonally across four lanes of traffic who points angrily to the cell phone he's texting on when drivers swerve, take nosedives and hit the horn.
OMG I LMST GT KILD
WT IS RONG W PPL TDAY
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Why not have them call 911 everytime they need to cross. We do everything else for them why not this.
How about instead of the the dumb shits waving flags they walk a block north and cross at the light at 63rd St!
I would like to meet the minority firm that got this contract.
What's next? Horse and buggies?
---not a cop
PLEASE, someone tell me that this is just a joke! I just woke up, so I will have to read this again later.
Brilliant idea..
The city can turn this into yet another revenue generation program.
$150 dollar tick$ets can be issued for crossing the street without a flag!
Then after the foot is in the door we- can continue the political re-education programs and expand the flag program to where you MUST carry two flags, one in each hand whenever you are outdoors.
See if you are holding flags you can't hold a gun! To top it off just think about all the people we can ticket generating city revenue when they are caught out side with a flag.
Hey..yeah I know..I know..however it's FOR THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN..don't you know haha...and if it saves just one live then isn't it worth it?
Respect for the law and all that jazz.
When these morons get run over with their flags in the street just stick the flag up their arces so the Dicks and wagon crews can find them. What a complete waste of money.
023 was a War Zone last night. 4 shot, one dead. In the 1 incident over 35 rounds shot at 6 Pm on a busy street. Only six cars working in the whole district. The crime lab took over 6 hrs to get there. Barely any detectives to cover the scene. Zero detectives to go to the 3 different hospitals. The victims had to be interviewed by beat officers. And best of all, this incident took place directly under a POD camera at Wilson and Sheridan that DOES NOT WORK!! Its just flashing up there like a Christmas decoration.
12/10/2011 10:05:00 AM
Suck it up Johnny , too bad it only counts as one incident
Don't the powers that be know that in the ghetto no one crosses the street in the crosswalk? It's always the bee-bop shuffle at any point in the street BESIDES the crosswalk.
If this was Sweden, it might work--but not here in the jungle.
LMAO, seriously. More likely they will use them as spears. How galactically stupid. Unreal.
Looks like someone already took advertising on the flags into their own hands: $2 Old Style pitchers at Miska's in Roscoe Village
Picture here: http://i.imgur.com/CGtnI.jpg
Don't tell me it isn't cheeper to put up stop signs. What a fucking joke!
Ha! Funny shit!
it works in St. Petersberg FL.
Anonymous said...
what's the deal with sgt. magic @ mass transit? is this the same guy who hid at erps & midway as a p.o. and cried to daddy when he made sgt to get him out of the sooo busy 008 dist? what a rubber.
12/10/2011 10:01:00 AM
There's no specifics?!? Do tell why he's a rubber?
Sheeeiit!
Ya think 9.5 & Co. have thrown enough shit against the wall with this one?
The next flag waved ought to be by the taxpayers...
"Aight dammit! Enough of Team Rahm and their shittin' the bull... Foul on the muthafuckin' playing field, roughing the taxpayer! Life in prison for number 9.5! Touchdown Team Taxpayer..."
Who on Team Rahm is willing to take ownership of this stupid assed idea?
Just another brain-turd by the smartest people ever in the history of municipal governance.
"We have ideas to fix everything but we can't tell ya!"
TRANSLATION:
"We don't have a fucking clue how to fix this mess other than blaming somebody else for it so don't ask us again, we're busy dynamiting the bridges so you taxpayers can't escape our experiment in fuckery."
How about looking both fucking ways before you cross...Democratic - Liberal - BS
>>>Anonymous said...
Who was the alderman that lost his last election, then got a state job in traffic safety? Somebody from Quinn's ward? Did he get right to work??
12/10/2011 05:29:00 AM<<<
I don't know was that JOHN "We can't hire more police because we just gave them a 10% raise!" RICE? Quinn lives near him.
But the bigger largely ignored story is how Rahm is trying to REDISTRICT the 36th WARD to get rid of who won the election, CFD Lt. NICK SPOSATO. Rahm can't let anyone who stands up for the working First Responders stick around.
The citizens of Chicago are getting EXACTLY WHAT THEY VOTED FOR!
Friends and acquaintances from all over the country are wondering "what the fuck is WRONG with people in Chicago?"
Where the fuck to begin??
"Is there an option for a WHITE flag?" - J-FLED at 7:44 AM
Effen hilarious! I now have a beer-soaked keyboard.
GOTTA RUN!
It's for the children!
Anonymous said...
023 was a War Zone last night. 4 shot, one dead. In the 1 incident over 35 rounds shot at 6 Pm on a busy street. Only six cars working in the whole district. The crime lab took over 6 hrs to get there. Barely any detectives to cover the scene. Zero detectives to go to the 3 different hospitals. The victims had to be interviewed by beat officers. And best of all, this incident took place directly under a POD camera at Wilson and Sheridan that DOES NOT WORK!! Its just flashing up there like a Christmas decoration.
12/10/2011 10:05:00 AM
welcome to the SUCK
sounds like Area 2 North....
"023 was a War Zone last night. 4 shot, one dead. In the 1 incident over 35 rounds shot at 6 Pm on a busy street. Only six cars working in the whole district. The crime lab took over 6 hrs to get there. Barely any detectives to cover the scene. Zero detectives to go to the 3 different hospitals. The victims had to be interviewed by beat officers. And best of all, this incident took place directly under a POD camera at Wilson and Sheridan that DOES NOT WORK!! Its just flashing up there like a Christmas decoration."
--12/10/2011 10:05:00 AM
"Gentrification" has slipped and fallen and is sliding terrifyingly back down the glacier, its hands scrabbling frantically for something to grab...
MacWhatshisname said "he steps on all the empty cartridge cases at crime scenes."
Did he pick up the brass at this one? Ha.
I understand the family has fled already. Has MacWhatshisname gone back to Newark, too?
(Sound effect -- empty red-hots bag blowing down deserted street)
Would anybody even notice?
Chicago Police Department -- ship without a rudder.
Has everyone seen those little molded plastic fluorescent-green "running kid" safety things they're sticking out in the street?
He's got a little round 1920s-type beanie on, and is thrusting a flag forward.
They look like another one of the stupid Eurostyle things that Daley brought back from his interminable travels overseas, along with the gold-on-black downtown street signs you can't read and the death-trap plate-glass bus shelters that block vision at street crossings.
The trendies think the green plastic kids are hilarious, "way retro," and are stealing them for their condos.
"I thought people stopped dropping acid back in the 1970's !!"
--12/10/2011 01:01:00 AM
Uh, wow, wait, wait a second, dude. Uh, you said, it's, it's like, 2011 already? Two-oh-one-one?
Wowwww!
Good weed, man!
"Looks like someone already took advertising on the flags into their own hands: $2 Old Style pitchers at Miska's in Roscoe Village."
--12/10/2011 04:56:00 PM
People all over the country are seeing this trend -- private advertising to try to subsidize public property.
Go chug a few pitchers, superdepthcharges, Jagerboilermakers (don't knock your front teeth out) and then wend your way merrily home, yelling and waving the orange Miska's flag so the jackrollers can spot you easier...
How dry I am! >hic<
Can't be any worse than the idiot that works there (64/Western) in the a.m. She just loves jumping out in front of the peak of traffic, in order to cross some 40 y.o. crackhead, making 200 cars wait. I'll agree to it, so long as they fire her stupid ass.
(ot) was at fop store yesterday buying some items not bad prices was kidding with cashier about "police discount" then i walked around looking for 1 other item. then an fop rep from a unit walks up and asks for "his discount" he got 30% additional off. this rep has the silver spoon his whole career. no names why not give the working street coppers same price?
Anonymous said...
How about putting rifles and shotguns in strategic locations (like anywhere in the 7th district)...so that the indigenous can protect themselves.
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Yeah ORANGE Shotguns and Rifles in big buckets!
Better yet why don't they make the buckets more useful in the ghetto since there is no BAFFROOMS...use them orange flags for toilet paper too...
Also some other suggestions to leave out on the street:
-Bags of free Cheetos and Big Orange popsicles
-Some Apple Iphones since that seems to be what they want when they take them from people on the "EL"
-Link Cards (for the street gamblers to use when their monies run out)
-syringes and condoms (bright oranges too)
many more ideas ....hell we can put almost anything in a bucket!
Anonymous Anonymous said...
023 was a War Zone last night. 4 shot, one dead. In the 1 incident over 35 rounds shot at 6 Pm on a busy street. Only six cars working in the whole district. The crime lab took over 6 hrs to get there. Barely any detectives to cover the scene. Zero detectives to go to the 3 different hospitals. The victims had to be interviewed by beat officers. And best of all, this incident took place directly under a POD camera at Wilson and Sheridan that DOES NOT WORK!! Its just flashing up there like a Christmas decoration.
12/10/2011 10:05:00 AM
Suck it up Johnny , too bad it only counts as one incident
12/10/2011 04:48:00 PM
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
Just a reminder from last year --
OFF TOPIC BUT IMPORTANT
"Seniors are being targeted for robberies from Jewel at
Archer and Mayfield. There have been four in the last month, M/1
follows seniors from TCF bank to their home in Clearing/Garfield
Ridge, pushes in on them in their homes and robs them. The
youngest victim so far is 77yrs old. Please help look out for
out seniors, sorry not more specifics, but contact 008 for
details. It seems to be happening on 2nd watch..."
--1/03/2009 06:48:00 AM
It also seems to be happening right now out in La Grange -- a nanny and three kids forced back into an aparment by a crew that ransacked the place. Also another HI crew working south suburbs, seeking elderly whites who go out for the mail...
Scattered-site housing, man. Tear down the jets and spread the bugs far and wide...
Flags, flower pots, fences, and concrete. Same old shit. fuckers
The only Red Flags are the ones going up for this deal. No money for cops but cash for flags.
"It's for the children"....
We have become a third world nation.
I already have my own flag. It's actually get a tax credit for it.
"As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened?"
--12/10/2011 07:56:00 PM
A disastrous, worldwide depression, triggered largely by financial speculators urging "urban pioneers" to buy condos, forcing themselves into only half-tamed low-income areas. Land was cheap, profits astronomical before the bubble burst.
Repeating --
"Gentrification" has slipped and fallen and is sliding terrifyingly back down the glacier, its hands scrabbling frantically for something to grab...
Sorry, but there are no guarantees against making a bad investment.
Besides, all this was called "diversity," remember? Of course there was the unspoken idea, radiated by the (now-vanished) "developers," that the police would somehow keep it away from YOUR particular doorstep.
Sorry. CPD is undermanned, backlogged, complete vacuum of leadership. The very MacWhatshisname family has already fled back to Newark.
Would anyone even notice if Superintendent MacWhatshisname followed them, and what difference would it make?
Chicago Police Department -- ship without a rudder.
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
12/10/2011 07:56:00 PM
City hall could care less about 023. It has the lowest number of police officers in the city.
The flags are important, a bunch of lefties had a conference in Hawaii on the taxpayer dime and said so.
a checkered flag would work well?
How about a loaded .38 in a holster at each street corner....if someone tries to mug you, you can grab the closest gun..... just an idea......
The damage that has been done to this Department will never be undone. Pedestrians being forced to wave red flags because there are not enough police to enforce the traffic laws. The Department, once proud and strong,is nowadays slowly collapsing. What a disgrace.
why does sgt. magic need to drive around the city for an entire tour with another sgt at all times? do they only have one sgt's car in mass transit?
...So sad but true...
Anonymous said...
Gotta love the alderthieves that come up with pre-school aged ideas. It's a shame because many aren't even qualified to run a christmas tree lot. If they weren't able to fool the public and get elected they would probably be unemployed.
12/10/2011 12:29:00 PM
...I think of you more as a genius than ANY of them.... they all are suspect, too many newbies w/ NO knowledge... Now it is up to us...
023rd Citizen @ 12/10/2011
07:56:00 PM...
Do you hear that sound?
That is the sound of you, your neighbors and your family members feeling very much alone and left to fend for yourselves.
Rahm doesn't give two flamin' hot shits about annyone who isn't a North Shore or Gold Coast millionaire.
Pay attention to the people applauding Rahm "taking it to those Cops," stripping honest, hard working middle-class taxpayers of Police protection and doing his best to drive a wedge between The Police & the taxpayer. (while ignoring the fact that Policemen ARE taxpayers)
We're going to tell you something that will blow your mind 023rd Citizen... Your fate, safety and well being are inextricably intertwined with the state of CPD.
As CPD goes, so goes the city and all that it implies.
The smartest mayor and police executive ever in the annals of municipal governance have a plan, just ask them.
The recent spate of the toilet overflowing in 023 is nothing...
You people are about to witness first hand Rahm's promise of you paying for everything, getting nothing and being glad of it.
YOU ALLOWED THIS TO COME TO PASS!
Rahm is catering to his noisy, riotously fecund, democratic voting constituency.
Just wait until your doors get kicked off the hinges when Dude & Co. comes in, puts a gun to your head and tells you he's going to
crash in and sell dope out of YOUR house.
Makes you want to scream for help already, doesn't it?
Go ahead... Scream... There is no help coming for you or The Policeman in the field.
Everybody in Chicago is a dead man walking except those who have gamed and manipulated every rule and safeguard to enrich themselves.
Do you people think that the legacy criminal-political cabal of millionaires at the Chicago City Club who applauded McMouth getting in a shot against Mike Shields, are actually INTERESTED in seeing "good money" spent on hiring enough Police to protect YOU?
Rahm promised them something at the expense of everyone's safety.
The intentional destruction through attrition of CPD ensures that the toilet will overflow city-wide.
The Police didn't break "it"...
"It" has decayed way beyond the ability of The Police to fix "it."
A whole bunch of people who have NEVER had to fight for or defend a damned thing in their lives are going to find out what it's like to go up against the devils that stride 023 and other parts of this city like natural men...
Maybe you develop an appreciation for why Policemen think and react the way they do...
Some of you might even have the joy and pleasure of having the same nightmares Policemen have by the time this is over and done.
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
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Alderwoman Shiller. (i know shes gone but damage lives on)
We should send the bucket boys to Rhams block I'm sure he wouldn't mind!!!
It also seems to be happening right now out in La Grange -- a nanny and three kids forced back into an aparment by a crew that ransacked the place. Also another HI crew working south suburbs, seeking elderly whites who go out for the mail...
Scattered-site housing, man. Tear down the jets and spread the bugs far and wide...
12/10/2011 08:08:00 PM
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In La Grange that was not a random pick of the nanny.
Those offenders know the renters of that apartment and were looking for something specific.
The offenders waited for the renters to leave and then grabbed the nanny because the offenders knew that it would be easier that way.
There's more to that story than just some random pick.
Who owns Flag making businesses in Chicago??
Just issue every citizen in Chicago there own flag.
Is it 1972 and are we in the city of Mayberry? What world does Rahm and Garry live in? Oh my God.
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
12/10/2011 07:56:00 PM
Replace every elected official in office right now. Then keep an eye on the new ones. REPLACE THEM ALL. It is the only way.
Who makes the flags? Follow the money.
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
12/10/2011 07:56:00 PM
i could tell you, but then you'd have to kill somebody.
Chalkie
.....A disastrous, worldwide depression, triggered largely by financial speculators urging "urban pioneers" to buy condos, forcing themselves into only half-tamed low-income areas. Land was cheap, profits astronomical before the bubble burst.
Repeating --
"Gentrification" has slipped and fallen and is sliding terrifyingly back down the glacier, its hands scrabbling frantically for something to grab...
12/10/2011 09:45:00 PM
true pioneers stand there ground.
these were/are merely stepping-stone real estate amateur speculators, the fodder on which the true, cutthroat, pirate speculators routinely feed upon.
you bought it, it's yours, defend it or flee.
nobody ever has had an easy time putting down roots.
How about a loaded .38 in a holster at each street corner....if someone tries to mug you, you can grab the closest gun..... just an idea......
12/10/2011 11:13:00 PM
uh, shirley, ain't it way past your bedtime?
why does sgt. magic need to drive around the city for an entire tour with another sgt at all times? do they only have one sgt's car in mass transit?
12/10/2011 11:41:00 PM
are you begrudging them their cuddling time?
Some of you might even have the joy and pleasure of having the same nightmares Policemen have by the time this is over and done.
12/11/2011 12:52:00 AM
man's poison is my bread and butter.
Chalkie
This has been done for years now in various parts of Northern California. It sounds totally goofy, but this isn't some strange idea that Chicago made up.
The Box Chevy Phantom said...
Do you hear that sound?
That is the sound of you, your neighbors and your family members feeling very much alone and left to fend for yourselves. Rahm doesn't give two flamin' hot shits about anyone who isn't a North Shore or Gold Coast millionaire.
I couldn't have said it better myself! To all of you who eagerly "drank the kool-aid" and obediently voted for Rahm just like the media told you to, you are getting what you deserve. You voted for a liar who thinks all you non-millionaires are expendable trash, and now, you are being treated like trash, trash that doesn't deserve police service. I trust you are all still happy with the vote you cast for Rahm, because I don't see an angry crowd occupying City Hall demanding his resignation!
Am I wrong? I thought stop signs and red lights with WALK and DON't WALK were supposed to do this.
This has been done for years now in various parts of Northern California. It sounds totally goofy, but this isn't some strange idea that Chicago made up.
12/11/2011 02:44:00 PM
Northern California, land of yuppies and tree huggers are a far cry from the "citizens" of 64th and Western. The buckets will be stolen after a day and the flags will be used as weapons for the daily after-school mayhem. Mark my words, some kid will get maimed by a flag and momma will immediately get the scum-bag lawyer for the ghetto lottery lawsuit. Socialist /commie Channel 5 will be there on the spot along with a Trib reporter ready to blast the city for their negligence and praising the honor student.
just sayin
023 dist citizens can thank Obama, Quinn, Daley and Rahm. No one thinks the police are needed...no wants the police to do their job...no one backs us up....even many of the citizens.....until they need a cop and then we are OK for that moment...as long as we do what "they" say and tell us "how it should be done"....we are few and far between and our hands are tied.
kma member
somebody please, whistle blow the person or persons that got this contract. the fix is in yet again. when does it end? The Shitcago Way!
Who dreams this shit up? Some liberal dumb shit with a city paycheck and waaaayyyyyyy too much time on his hands. Give the genius a broom and have him do something constructive.
023 Uptown has always been a shithole, " one flew over the cukoo's nest" place, full of addicts, thieves, demented.
Condo's were sold to newcomers to Chicago as Lakeview North.
As a resident of 023, why is our community so crime ridden? In 2003 when I bought my condo things were not this bad. What happened? What can citizens who live in the community do to make it better?
Why did you move into an area, without doing your homework first? Did you talk to locals? Did you observe the area, before you moved in? Have you read many online articles, before moving in?
Ped safety? How about teaching the assholes to look both ways before crossing the street and not stepping out into moving traffic while drunk!!!
I look both ways, don't step into moving traffic and never drink. :)
How about teaching the (drunk?) drivers to stop? :)
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