Tuesday, January 17, 2012

A Professor Said What?

  • A University of Chicago economist says Antarctica or Guam would be better places than Chicago for the upcoming G8 and NATO summits, now scheduled for mid-May in the Windy City.

    Economist Alan Sanderson often questions large scale government subsidies for sports venues like Soldier Field for the Bears and U.S. Cellular Field for the White Sox. In the case of the NATO and G8 summits, Sanderson says there’s a lot of downside for the city’s reputation and little upside in the way of economic development.

    “It’s just a potential disaster,” Sanderson said. “Again, I hope it’s not. I hope things go really well and the city gets a real positive spin from it, but if you were betting in Las Vegas, you’d bet that’s not going to be the outcome.”

So since we and our readers have been saying this for over a year now, are we all that much smarter than a University of Chicago economist professor?

And this is amusing:

  • The city says security precautions will cost $65 million, to be picked up by private donors and the federal government.
"Private donors?"

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168 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Private donors equals taxpayers!!!!

1/17/2012 12:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who was the idiot that came up with the Chicago venue for the G8 and NATO clusterfuck in the first place? Daley?

1/17/2012 12:20:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, an egg head that might actually have thought about this and came up with a correct answer.

There ought to be an uprising of the taxpayers demanding that these events be cancelled, right now. I don't give a shit how bad it will look. I don't want to see how bad it will be in May. The city can't handle these events and the cost to businesses and the taxpayers is going to be huge.

1/17/2012 12:27:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who are the desk divas who think they're too special to do the G8/NATO training?

1/17/2012 12:36:00 AM  
Anonymous The Box Chevy Phantom said...

And 9.5 collapsed in a heap suffering a massive shit hemmorhage upon finding out a "traitor" is in the U of C "Go Rahm Go" think tank's cheerleader ranks... There no doubt will be an unfortunate series of "spectacular unxeplained accidents" & dirty tricksterism that would make the Mossad green with envy until the "traitor" is purged...

Ya gotta wonder if his Gold Coast & North Shore fundraising apparatchiks are paying attenting to the whispering in the "servants quarters" about how their Downtown & Boul Mich real estate holdings are in peril regardless of the massive amounts of bullshit & sunshine 9.5 is pouring up their asses? Naaawww! Really? Getdafuckouttaheah!

Pour a double boys and girls!
This cluster-fuck in waiting just took a very interesting turn.

A chink in the frontal armor of Rahm & Co.?

1/17/2012 12:38:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT

Did anyone else see this lame ass roll call training video yesterday? The one about the multitudes of Latin American cultures? About weed that is not weed. About bean bags these goofs put down their pants. Hey, I got a bag in my pants too, but it has BALLS in it. Can I get some exempt that has balls? Is this PBS or CPD??

I want to know about the BAD GUYS!!! Teach me about the MS13! Teach me about the many Mexican Cartels. Fuck, teach me some shit about the Latin Kings! ANYTHING USEFULL!!!!! Why do we have TWO gang units?? Can they put some videos together about the gangs? Their leaders? Where they live? What cars they drive? So I can find them and LOCK THEM UP??? Why do
I learn more about gangs of Chicago from the History Channel than MY OWN HALF WITTED DEPARTMENT?!

I do not want to hear shit from any exempt or pol or media hack about why the city had to burn in May. I will use yesterday's lame video as exhibit # 1.

Is this still a police department?????

Why do I still care?

1/17/2012 12:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What do you call tax paying citizens around here? private donors!!!! ',,,,,,,,,,,, i feel special already

1/17/2012 12:39:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This will secure a Defeat for Obama, and the chief of staff is at the helm LoL!!!

1/17/2012 12:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T.>>> Hey SCC check out this bridgeport mess that is going on. These idiots are becoming more and more frequent in what was once a great neighborhood. http://www.suntimes.com/10055237-418/brutal-bridgeport-beating-captured-on-youtube-video.html

1/17/2012 01:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That IS interesting -- Private Donors? What happen to this transparency thingy?

1/17/2012 02:10:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No, not smarter, but no one asked him until now.

1/17/2012 02:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I wouldnt be surprised if the "private donors" are our fucking pension fund!

1/17/2012 03:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I will continue to say this was completely unnecessary to host this event in this city and incredibly ignorant to schedule it anywhere in this nation during the National Law Enforcement Memorial.

I would like all of us to black band our stars during this summit as our own sign of silent unity, protest, and remembrance of all the fallen throughout the nation.

1/17/2012 04:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

7,000 "dignitaries" -- A.K.A The one-percent-er's.

That a few billion people from around the world see as the cause of their hardships...all centralized into one place?

What could possible go wrong? Ralm's got it covered.

1/17/2012 04:17:00 AM  
Blogger It's McTwitter! said...

This will be the most violent G8 and NATO summits, EVER. Let's start a poool for the number of IODs. 486 is my bet.

1/17/2012 04:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why do I still care?

1/17/2012 12:39:00 AM

Exactly.

1/17/2012 05:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM

Call Jon "The Plumbing Doctor". Look him up on Yelp, great reviews. He did an excellent job for me. 630-936-1157.

1/17/2012 05:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Private Donors" means the global, stateless, wealthy elite that Rahm represents.

1/17/2012 05:36:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I hereby designate SCC as an honarary Professor at the University of Chicago.

1/17/2012 05:53:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

its gonna burn,and i dont care!

1/17/2012 05:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The goofballs at 35th & Michigan and 5th floor City Hall are all having collective projectile diarrhea in their pants over the G8 & NATO Summits. Most likely because of the briefings they receive from the Feds and the Pentagon.This is not gonna be the cream puff scam that Chicago Politicians are world renown for. There are gonna be some murderous bastards coming to Chicago and it ain't to look at the bean.The anarchists will be enough of a problem. I am referring to Islamic Jihadists.

1/17/2012 06:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And this is amusing:

"The city says security precautions will cost $65 million, to be picked up by private donors and the federal government."
"Private donors?"

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Looks like Shanks & Tiny Dancer are about to "earn" a little extra hide away money from the up-coming disaster !

1/17/2012 06:13:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM

Nixon had plumbers...and they worked downtown in a highrise called Watergate. They weren't very good though and had trouble keeping a secret.

1/17/2012 06:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

nice catch...

"private donors" = the perpetually pissed on taxpayers

or

"private donors" = the big money investors first in line for the IPO of "CHICAGO" (trade mark regist.)

the first american municipality subjected to hostile take-over via the ballot to be stripped and flipped for profit like the failing business it is.

michael milken would have a phone pole hard-on...

those who has plenty, will gets more.

those trying to hang on what they has, will see it turned into shit.

Cue the laugh track: Paul Lynde, Vincent Price, The Joker and The Riddler. Extended Play - Chicago Club Mix.

1/17/2012 06:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is 4 months away and people are just starting to realize what a clusterfuck we are in for.

1/17/2012 06:57:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They should have this thing where the protestors can't get to it. Guam, the rock of Gibraltar, the fortress of solitude. Anywhere but a big city in the U.S.

1/17/2012 07:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He must not have been invited to the Obama's yet.

1/17/2012 07:29:00 AM  
Anonymous Honey Badger said...

Do I look like I give a fuck?

1/17/2012 07:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bridgeport was never a great neighborhood its the birthplace of all the bullshit you see from merit promotions - wasted taxpayer money I have done two tours there over twenty years on look at all the connected fucks working days and weekends off in 009 forced a bunch of good cops to retire early.

1/17/2012 07:41:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Private donors=new term for taxpaying citizens

1/17/2012 08:04:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

those diversity videos at roll call are pathetic. i'm not taking off my shoes, lighting incense, and bowing to a golden calf before giving someone a report.

1/17/2012 08:07:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Blogger Phil Schitz here said...

This will be the most violent G8 and NATO summits, EVER. Let's start a poool for the number of IODs. 486 is my bet.

1/17/2012 04:36:00 AM

Callback will have plenty of space for them if this Limited Duty BS is allowed to continue... FOP, where the hell are you?

1/17/2012 08:14:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rahm has the media in his pocket. He will control the spin on any negative publicity for the city and the banana head coming from Washington.

1/17/2012 08:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did anyone else see this lame ass roll call training video yesterday? The one about the multitudes of Latin American cultures? About weed that is not weed. About bean bags these goofs put down their pants. Hey, I got a bag in my pants too, but it has BALLS in it. Can I get some exempt that has balls? Is this PBS or CPD??

Nothing is a bad as the streaming video on how to deal with cross dressing men. No kidding. This video is just creepy. "...put the fucking lotion in the basket....."

1/17/2012 08:23:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Coming from 2 blocks away!

1/17/2012 08:33:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Private donors=Rahm's millionaire buddies who are looking for favors down the road. That should cover the 65 mil projection. In typical Shitcago fashion, it should end up costing 3 times the projected amount, and that's where we taxpayers get the high hard one.

1/17/2012 08:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

“Who was the idiot that came up with the Chicago venue for the G8 and NATO clusterfuck in the first place? Daley?”

1/17/2012 12:20:00 AM

Rahm was the idiot! He asked his buddy BO if Chicago could host the summit as a way to show off the city and BO agreed.

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“Let's start a poool for the number of IODs. 486 is my bet.”

1/17/2012 04:36:00 AM

The city is estimating approximately 1000 IODs. My guess is 1000 -1200.

1/17/2012 08:37:00 AM  
Blogger Michael said...

maybe obama and oprah can cough up 10 million for shitcago--- this is obama's home town and obama won it in 2008 because of her endorsement--- she's a billionaire and he has 150 million in his campaign war chest-- he wanted it here and she backed him so it's time to share the pain....

1/17/2012 08:45:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

 "I wish very much that the wrong people could be prevented entirely from breeding; and when the evil nature of these people is sufficiently flagrant, this should be done. Criminals should be sterilized and feeble-minded persons forbidden to leave offspring behind them."

Teddy Roosevelt. 

1/17/2012 08:51:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The University of Chicago????!!!! Puleeese, Obama's associated with them along with his wife!!! We are gonna start believing them now, and dont let me start talking about that terrorist Bill Ayers, U of chicago employee and obama friend.

1/17/2012 08:54:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Private donors?"Its called a "Tax Payer"

1/17/2012 08:59:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The anarchists want to win this one. The cops aren't the same as 68.

1/17/2012 09:00:00 AM  
Anonymous OFF TOPIC GUY said...

****** OFF TOPIC *******


From the Sun Times article:


The mayor’s original plan called for fines ranging from $200 to $1,000 for resisting arrest. The new version will remove those higher fines entirely. They will remain at $25 to $500, where they have been for years.



Yep,the little guy is no different than what any seasoned cop thought, a fake.

1/17/2012 09:08:00 AM  
Blogger pathickey said...

"Guam could tip over and capsize!"
Rep. Hank Johnson (D-Ga.)

Rather, our City Fathers intend to do an Eastland on Chicago with all the fruitcakes running to port.

1/17/2012 09:31:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Private donors" = George Soros

1/17/2012 09:32:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT

SCC. maybe we can send out a call to expose the Ghost Supervision going on.

Case in point, as of Jan 08 our unit no long had budget line for Commander of XO and all office staff, but they are still there. Heard from friends in other units that same thing is happening, so is this how CompStat works? change the budget but leave them there? what were they promised to stay?

Just a thought for a good story of waste and corruption.

1/17/2012 09:46:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OMG!! Was that one kid without the mask that gave the first knock out punch Vanecko????

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O.T.>>> Hey SCC check out this bridgeport mess that is going on. These idiots are becoming more and more frequent in what was once a great neighborhood. http://www.suntimes.com/10055237-418/brutal-bridgeport-beating-captured-on-youtube-video.html

1/17/2012 01:59:00 AM

1/17/2012 10:16:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1 officer hurt from the G8 & Nato summits is 1 officer too many and God forbid is an officer is killed. Rahm, you are a jagoff. Deep pockets Daley and now you; how did we get so lucky?

1/17/2012 10:21:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Private donors.....could they mean personal friends of rahmstein, not retrofitting their highrises with sprinklers, per new ordinance. One unsuspecting citizen dead, others displaced. Rahm never lets a crisis go to waste....hmmm looks like the check will be in the mail.

1/17/2012 10:34:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh, you didnt hear. Desk Diva's and Mall Brotha's dont have to go for G8 training. Last fucking time I checked, they wear a shield on their hats and a star on their shirts. They call themselves Chicago Police, but we all know they're not. They need to stop pretending to be the police and get out there learn to be the police. Hiding in the hole, shopping their whole tour, filing their long finger nails while reading magazines or hiding inside behind a desk is bullshit. Send them to the front lines

1/17/2012 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Racoon "Einstein" Eyes says that he wants this fiasco in Chicago and that is that. Why the fuck would anyone in their right mind bring this disaster to their city. Maybe some day we will get the answer. In the mean time "pucker up" Chicago. You are about to get royally FUCKED!

1/17/2012 10:35:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T.>>> Hey SCC check out this bridgeport mess that is going on. These idiots are becoming more and more frequent in what was once a great neighborhood. http://www.suntimes.com/10055237-418/brutal-bridgeport-beating-captured-on-youtube-video.html

1/17/2012 01:59:00 AM
Wow! What a bunch of bridgeport COWARDS! Wonder if the Chinese will will strike back at these idiots! At least he could still runaway,these cowards I think work at that dirty restaurant freddies! italians what a concept!

1/17/2012 10:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

With the world economy in the toilet every asshole and crackpot that has a beef with the 1% will be in Chicago to toss shit in their faces. Problem is the CPD will be the wall between them and the wealthy extortionist responsible for this economic mess. This won't be a vocal protest. It is going to be Violent! Better make plans to stay out of Chicago the week of the G8. And there are not any private donors. The Chicago taxpayers will pick up the tab for this circus.

1/17/2012 10:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

They can't wait for the city to burn. They WANT it to burn so that they can bring in the bullshit laws to further control their sheeple. Why do you think Rahm wanted the G8 rules to be permanent?

1/17/2012 10:47:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I remember when 011 used to be a good place to work. When everyone backed eachother no matter what. I guess times have changed,right T/S?

1/17/2012 11:01:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Did anyone else see this lame ass roll call training video yesterday? The one about the multitudes of Latin American cultures?

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Ssshhhh! You are giving away secret law enforcement intelligence! Now everyone will know that we are a lame-ass police department!

1/17/2012 11:12:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guam?????? spent two years there in the navy,they deserve it, they hated us anyhow,

1/17/2012 11:15:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

$65 million?!?%$&!?

Any thought about how that might impact other giving by said private donors? Is this going to hurt other institutions that rely on private support?

Morons . . . what the hell does Rahm think he's accomplishing here? If he's trying to paint himself as a tough guy against the leftist fringe, does he think that's going to help him in the Democratic party? Or make him a pariah . . . I think the latter.

1/17/2012 11:24:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

had a chance to see the video of the 6 little jagoffs beating up the Chinese kid in Bridgeport? Maybe if we had a few more cars on the street this beating might have been discovered while it was going on. Cops have the six in custody. Real brave assholes. Throw the fucking book at them. Maybe not. Now President Prickwankle wants to close down Audy Home and put the little criminal bastards on "home detention".

1/17/2012 11:26:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Sanderson was saying that a year ago when this Debacle-to-be was announced, he was just not quoted in the papers yet. He was anti-Olympics before that, anti-state subsidies for private businesses in general. And as someone who works at a university, though not the U of C, let me assure your commenters that Obama and Rahm are not universally loved on campuses. The entire conservative economic philosophy your site favors was built from theories produced at the University of Chicago. Remember all those Nobel Prize winners? Damn those Hyde Park libtards! Econ is the biggest major on my campus, and there are no courses in Marxist economics. Pure free market, baby.

1/17/2012 11:40:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police who in today's world are well educated. In addition, along with work experience and daily dose of the real world are some of the smartest people on are planet.
As far as the U of C economic professor? Surprised to hear one talk like this. He must stand or on the verge of being casted out amongst his peers for thinking so conservative. You see all these super educated people so willing to give their academic assumption and theories, have advanced degrees in economics and the like, but NO Degrees in Common Sense!

1/17/2012 12:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm glad someone has the balls to call out Scumbag Emanuel. When the city is destroyed in May, the blame game should be interesting,unfortunately it will probably be one officer who snaps that will get crucified.

1/17/2012 12:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How about staying home and video conferencing? What you didn't spend in travel expenses could be used to party in your own country.

1/17/2012 12:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

don't worry... King Daley's family will be issued a few contracts for the event.

1/17/2012 12:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The protesters are preparing and getting themselves all hyped up.

Check this out and read the quote at the end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp9KL0UVq2k&sns=fb

1/17/2012 12:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM

Sounds like you have a "homeowner" type problem that came up, if it's a clog or small leak check with the bldg engineer. Anything that involves re-routing pipes call Plumbing Council (Union), they're by FOP, always have guys available for small stuff & to do a reliable job.

1/17/2012 01:12:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey do any of you crybabies pay attention. Stop crying we are short 4000 officers. Not any more, they mayor got rid off all the vacancies, we are not shot any more. I know we are, but your bullshit reasoning that we are budgeted for 13500 isn't true, because we aren't. We are only budgeted for around 9600.

1/17/2012 01:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, we had to watch it too and its discusting. Several years back the transgender training video was just as good. We are here to provide police service and response. I don't need to see a fucking barney video on someone who wears a wig and has balls and if ANY ETHNIC culture is intimidated and scared of the police then good.....we are doing our jobs then. We are Fucking Police!!! Does our military watch video on taking thier boots off in taliban soil? The ship that flipped next to Tuscony by Italy is our new symbol. Sad, sad sad. Education, liberals and politicians are running this shipwreck and we are about to sink people.....if you don't like the rules of the good old USA THEN LEAVE and see what link cards and free money on taxpayers will get you in other countries..Assbags!

1/17/2012 01:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Fuck this liberal professor. What the fuck does he know? Besides, how many years do you think he has spent in the real world and not in the ivory towers of academia?

1/17/2012 02:13:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Makes me want to join that Mobil force field. Hey Rahmmie thanx for disbanding my unit guess what. I have all the turtle gear plus ballistic helmet. No crs for the last year ( no proactive police work). So now what? Are you going to pull 1k cops out if your ass and put them on the front line. I don't think your ass is not that big. Maybe your mouth.

1/17/2012 02:28:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Private Donors'?

More like arm twisting and under the table give backs!

Feds? Media? Beuhler? Anyone?

CRICKETS!!!!!!

Da Pelon

1/17/2012 02:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Robbery said...

The city says security precautions will cost $65 million, to be picked up by private donors and the federal government.
"Private donors?"


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YES

Private donors (Businesses) that will be STRONG ARMED by these fucking political HACKS!

1/17/2012 02:43:00 PM  
Anonymous It's a Mourning Band said...

......I would like all of us to black band our stars during this summit as our own sign of silent unity, protest, and remembrance of all the fallen throughout the nation. ....
It's a mourning band to pay tribute to an officer who was killed in the line of duty or died on duty. It's not a tool to hide your star number or send a message to the bosses. If you wear it after the seven days following the duty death of a Department member you are out of uniform. Most bosses will have you take it off, and they are right. Don't dirty-up the meaning of it for personal messaging. Pick something else-- put a smiley face sticker upside down on the butt of your gun or something. You won't be allowed to wear the mourning band anyway, but you shouldn't want to disrespect the meaning in the first place.

1/17/2012 02:49:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM

Residential or Commercial?

1/17/2012 02:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

can you believe it the fucking assholes sent my shit to a collection agency because they were very retarded to send me a bill last jan. when i had a relative transported by ambulance. and check this out apparently i'm not the only one this has happened to they are not sending bills and sending your name to collection agencies. i had to call several mfers to just to get the correct dept. and fix this shit

1/17/2012 02:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

i donated my $ 11.00 raise to the cause. they can get some green recycled toilet paper, and will have the ability too wipe the exempts asses.fartman..

1/17/2012 02:57:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dont think it was Rahm who started the G8. Those events are scheduled years in advance and take years of planning Just alittle something Daley left for us

1/17/2012 03:10:00 PM  
Anonymous noone90210 said...

The Michigan Avenue merchants said and did nothing, while flash mobs rob(bed) and terrorize(d) their customers and stores.

While I won't be involved in the window breaking, looting and burning, I won't be praying about destroyed businesses.

Instead, I will pray for Chicago Police Officers and their families, along with other good people involved in the mele.

1/17/2012 03:14:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Private donors my ass!

1/17/2012 03:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who are the desk divas who think they're too special to do the G8/NATO training?

1/17/2012 12:36:00 AM

That order came from Eugene Williams. Says anyone not in a 4&2 DOG (aka most, if not all HQ personell, Commanders staff, CAPS, school officers, foot people etc.) will not be sent for the 1 day training. Doesn't take much of a leap to figure if they're not being sent for training they most likely won't be eligible to be sent when, not if, the shit hits the fan.
Who's fuckIng idea was this? Shouldn't the entire department be trained and ostensibly eligible to be sent for this? I mean it is such an emergency that they cancelled a furlo segment over 6 months in advance! Talk about a double standard.

1/17/2012 04:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The goofballs at 35th & Michigan and 5th floor City Hall are all having collective projectile diarrhea in their pants over the G8 & NATO Summits. Most likely because of the briefings they receive from the Feds and the Pentagon.This is not gonna be the cream puff scam that Chicago Politicians are world renown for. There are gonna be some murderous bastards coming to Chicago and it ain't to look at the bean.The anarchists will be enough of a problem. I am referring to Islamic Jihadists.

1/17/2012 06:04:00 AM



Well, the merit will tuck tail and run like Mayor Nagin in New Orleans during Katrina.

1/17/2012 04:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I would like to rham charged with agg bat & God forbid homicide when the shit starts in MAY. This boys & girls is an invitation to a war, a war with 1 side armed & ready.

1/17/2012 04:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Shoot to kill. Your life may depend on it.

1/17/2012 04:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Police who in today's world are well educated. In addition, along with work experience and daily dose of the real world are some of the smartest people on are planet.

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You must exclude CPD officers from your theory. The goofs I work with are definitely NOT some of the smartest people on the planet...

1/17/2012 04:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

This is off topic, but I've noticed that all the stories on Chicago breaking news do not have an area for comments anymore. Then I read the story today about the autistic boy from Pilsen receiving a settlement from the city involving two officers. At the end of the story, what do you know, a comment section filled with comments from ignorant citizens. Please follow up on this with Chicago breaking news. Be safe.

1/17/2012 05:01:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

MARSHAL LAW Mein Freind

1/17/2012 05:07:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I receive a document in the police mail today regarding citizen being asked to complete survey on line. The survey ask citizen to provide feedback regarding there encounters with Police Officers during crime incidents, traffic stop, or traffic crashes. According to the document this survey is to be confidential. Yah right?

1/17/2012 05:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Yes, we had to watch it too and its discusting. Several years back the transgender training video was just as good. We are here to provide police service and response. I don't need to see a fucking barney video on someone who wears a wig and has balls and if ANY ETHNIC culture is intimidated and scared of the police then good.....we are doing our jobs then. We are Fucking Police!!! Does our military watch video on taking thier boots off in taliban soil? The ship that flipped next to Tuscony by Italy is our new symbol. Sad, sad sad. Education, liberals and politicians are running this shipwreck and we are about to sink people.....if you don't like the rules of the good old USA THEN LEAVE and see what link cards and free money on taxpayers will get you in other countries..Assbags!

1/17/2012 01:28:00 PM

You must not be prior military...you'd be surprised at what we watch and some of our "training."

1/17/2012 05:21:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

There ought to be an uprising of the taxpayers demanding that these events be cancelled, right now. I don't give a shit how bad it will look. I don't want to see how bad it will be in May. The city can't handle these events and the cost to businesses and the taxpayers is going to be huge.

1/17/2012 12:27:00 AM

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They would probably like to except with the new anti-constitution laws in Chicago regarding free speech and protest (which are now called parades) no-one can afford the free speech fees (called parade permits) OR the bureaucracy that is being put into placed and about to be rubber-stamp to ensure that said free speech is only for those with the money.

AKA the one-percent.

Seriously, have you looked at hizzhonors new laws?

If they stick you can forget about protest in Chicago which at first glance sounds really good in this trade.

However, if there ever comes a time where you feel cheated unfairly..oh like the OEMC layoffs for example...forget it.

Million dollar insurance policies?

Pre-registering all your electronic sound equipment along with any apparatus designed to attract attention (which leaves it wide open to interpretation), etc..etc..etc..

It basically IS in fact a police state.

I can see it now. The mayor doesn't like your shirt or skirt or you have a hat that he determines is attracting attention so therefore you must be trying to parade without a permit -- so it's a $2,000 fine for you as you go in the clink.

The terrorist have won! They don't have to do anything. Our elected politicians are the ones wanting to "send us back to the 15th century" me thinks.

What are we protecting here?

1/17/2012 05:22:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Private Donors" means the global, stateless, wealthy elite that Rahm represents.

1/17/2012 05:36:00 AM

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Right-on!!

These private donors most likely all chipped in about $40 dollars to buy some party balloons so we can use that private donor term as though it represents some sort of significant contribution.

Everyone feel better now? The private donors are here..ha. WTF does that mean? Political wordsmith jackazzes

1/17/2012 05:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OT
Is there possibly a "reason" why Nobama of late is sporting gray hair? He's so arrogant I cannot believe he wouldn't color it - is it so he will look more "distinguished" and "presidential" for the upcoming election?

(Gag me a river)

--No Cop Here

1/17/2012 05:37:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

RE:
This will be the most violent G8 and NATO summits, EVER. Let's start a poool for the number of IODs. 486 is my bet.

I say it should be 13,000. That's the number of Police we have right?

1/17/2012 05:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

wrt:

I want to know about the BAD GUYS!!! Teach me about the MS13! Teach me about the many Mexican Cartels. Fuck, teach me some shit about the Latin Kings! ANYTHING USEFULL!!!!! Why do we have TWO gang units?? Can they put some videos together about the gangs? Their leaders? Where they live? What cars they drive? So I can find them and LOCK THEM UP??? Why do
I learn more about gangs of Chicago from the History Channel than MY OWN HALF WITTED DEPARTMENT?!

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Did you not get the memo? Crime is falling!

Hey..the sanctuary city needs to import more of these jags not lock them up because crime is falling -- we need to get those numbers back up to create crisis's that we can use!

If crime keeps falling the emperor will lose justification for more taxes to protect HIS kingdom.

Fear is a powerful motivator..AND it is also a great distraction away from so many other evil deeds or shall we say crisis's that continue to enrich the privileged ones.

It all sounds so absurd. Nevertheless look at the actions of the leaders not necessarily the words.

1/17/2012 05:41:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

In Dupage County, ALL vacations have been cancelled from May 15-22 for the "Event".

1/17/2012 05:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

.....I would like all of us to black band our stars during this summit as our own sign of silent unity, protest, and remembrance of all the fallen throughout the nation. ....

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Yeah but doesn't that fall under hizzhonors new parade permit laws?

You are displaying something that is designed to attract attention and it needs to be listed and registered with your parade permit first. Then you have to provide a list of people in your parade and provide another list of names of the marshals for ever one-hundred people, along with proof of $1 million dollar of liability insurance.

That's you're so-called "free speech" Get it?

Hizzhonors message is to just sit down and shut the f--- up!

We may love it for the G8/NATO summits right? Right after when they start screwing us with the next union contract and pension deal just don't get any bright ideas like protesting about it as we have successfully used the crisis by not letting it go to waste.

So let's sit down and shut up...and "just do our jobs"

/sarcasm

1/17/2012 05:56:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anybody know a good plumber (reasonably priced too would be great) that would look at a plumbing problem in the downtown area?

1/17/2012 02:18:00 AM

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You mean like the guys that did the Watergate hotel right? I think I may have a number here somewhere..

1/17/2012 05:59:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

011 dist use to be the best place to work if you wanted to do police work. Now its the worst bosses suck, and you can't leave your beat. .......xo bay you are a joke!

1/17/2012 06:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

$65 million dollars of the taxpayers money to throw a party for 7,000 clowns.

Let's round it up to $70 million as you know these things often go over budget.

Why that's $10,000 dollars a clown for this circus. If they are in town for ten days it's $1,000 dollars a day per clown.

From another perspective the city has about 6.5 million people here right? So a ten dollar private donation from every man women and child should cover the cost of the party for the dignitaries.

If you have a family of four please deposit your $40 into the next campaign fund raising dinner envelope and remember.."He that has the most STUFF when they die wins!!1"

All while bodies stack up at the morgue, homeless shelters and mental health facilities are closed and the poor children get shot and mobbed seven to one behind our schools.

Buy hey if we run over budget we can always close down the libraries for another day of the week or set-up aldermanic photo-ops via main stream media to proclaim how selfish these people are -- how they need to take another pay cut -- them and their greedy little unions.

1/17/2012 06:18:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The police department can not keep the peace with the little amount of police personal. So don't blame the Chicago Police Department and its officers. Blame those who did the planning and the Mayor!

1/17/2012 06:26:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

CALLING ALL UNIT REPS:

Tell them you don't feel safe going to the PLANNED protest with the lack of equipment the city has given us. Set things in motion for the class action law suit for everyone's injuries from the protest.

1/17/2012 06:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dont think it was Rahm who started the G8. Those events are scheduled years in advance and take years of planning Just alittle something Daley left for us

1/17/2012 03:10:00 PM

Nice try Raccoon Eyes. It's all yours.

1/17/2012 06:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just came across the wire. It seems that the ship Captain who ran the cruise ship into a rock, sunk it, abandoned his post and refuse to go back when ordered to help his passengers.......wait for it......is none other than J-Fled in his new position.

1/17/2012 06:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bridgeport is Bridgeport. The village stays the same as do the village idiots. Da boy needs to take care to go to Satr'day school for kung fu lessons.

1/17/2012 06:38:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Are the Feds payin Deb Kirby's salary?

1/17/2012 06:46:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dont think it was Rahm who started the G8. Those events are scheduled years in advance and take years of planning Just alittle something Daley left for us

1/17/2012 03:10:00 PM

Rahm himself stated he begged President Obama for the summits. His words, not mine.

1/17/2012 06:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Dont think it was Rahm who started the G8. Those events are scheduled years in advance and take years of planning Just alittle something Daley left for us

1/17/2012 03:10:00 PM

Also, the planning committee travels from city to city, putting the next event together. They were not scheduled to arrive in Chicago to pull it together until January (now).

1/17/2012 06:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who's gonna be patrolling my hood during G8? It sounds like majority of our 8000 man Dept will be downtown in the G8 box.
Time to guard our own.

1/17/2012 06:55:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Here's another holy shit for ya SCC:

Cubs/Whitsox game is May 19-20 at Wrigley field, 2 miles from Lincoln Park.

1/17/2012 07:25:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The anarchists want to win this one. The cops aren't the same as 68.

1/17/2012 09:00:00 AM

Oh yeah? Wait and see what happens when that first bag of shit hits some officers. People are people and when they are faced with violence, they'll respond accordingly.

1/17/2012 07:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The University of Chicago????!!!! Puleeese, Obama's associated with them along with his wife!!! We are gonna start believing them now, and dont let me start talking about that terrorist Bill Ayers, U of chicago employee and obama friend.

1/17/2012 08:54:00 AM

So, by the same so-called logic...

The Chicago Police Academy????!!!!
Puleeese, Abbate's associated with them, along with that Jerry Finnegan guy!!! We are gonna start believing other police officers now? Oh, my, no; other police officers went through the SAME police academy, so ALL police officers must be brutal and must ALL be soliciting the murder of their partners, as well!

Your thought process, if one could call it that, is ludicrous.

1/17/2012 07:51:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Breaking News from CNN.
Recordings were just broadcast over CNN of the radio traffic between the captain of the Italian Cruise ship and the Italian Coast Guard.
The last word of the cruise ship captain were, "
avuto modo di eseguire."

Translated means, "Gotta Run."

Does JFled have a new gig?

1/17/2012 08:03:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hell yes "private donors" equals tax payers! Private donors paid for the olympic bid too, then all of a sudden... Oh no, the city is broke and cuts must start immediatley!

1/17/2012 08:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The newsppaers in this town are WHORES, They gave frontt page coverage to that POS Ady Thayer and then 2 pages inside. This creep tells the city straight out that he plans to start SHIT, I really think that the city is in big trouble over this, with over 30 yrs on this job and involved in just about every major event, we are ill prepared and will suffer, our status as a nice city will suffer and Rahm will be the biggest embarrasement of all, his political power will diminish and by May , McCarthy will be just about fin ished, with a no confidence vote by the membership, there will be nothing left but to blame the rank and file members of the Chicago Police Dept.

1/17/2012 08:35:00 PM  
Anonymous Sgt. Saunders said...

Gents, my wife works at one of the major businesses downtown on Michigan Ave. The management there are telling their employees to expect major property damage and perhaps even physical harm. They are telling them that they may have to hole up inside the building because of the possibility of not being able to get out for the entire week that this summit is here. They are stocking up on food, water and general survival supplies. The managment there is simply amazed at the spin that city hall is putting out on this.

1/17/2012 08:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow!Did anyone see the WTTW piece on Gen. Custer? They made him out to be nothing but a baby killer. The evil white man strikes again.

1/17/2012 08:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

How much is Lori Healy making in her G8 role? These are federal dollars, taxpayers have a right to know.

1/17/2012 08:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

If were surprised at what a professor said about the G8, I can't imagine how others would feel about some of the questions posed today at the FOP meeting. Let's see: who's gonna wash my uniform if it gets dirty? Who's gonna pay for me to get extra uniforms?(uniform check douchebag). what's the deal with this sound truck?(don't even know what the hell that was). Who's gonna spell me if I need a relief? Do those tire 1 guys give me a break so I don't have to stand so long? I couldn't believe my ears! My impression is that a majority of coppers that have to be at this crap are scared shitless. And these are the same people that are gonna be behind me and my teammates and are supposed to be helping us out if need be. Stay home. I wouldn't want you to have to incur any goddamn laundry expenses. These were their only concerns. Unreal! We are so screwed. People it's only 10 days out of your career and I got a feeling you wont be complaining come the following month when you get your OT check. Maybe then you can spend some of your money on cleaning your uniforms if they happen to get dirty during the protests. I gotta give our union execs for withholding what I'm sure they really wanted to say to these idiots. And to the dude that researched law to find out why he feels he doesn't have to buy the proper uniforms, that's why they give you 3 uniform checks a year. FOR UNIFORMS! They're not for vacations. Instead of figuring out ways to get out of paying for the equipment you need to get through this safely maybe you should focus more of your time and energy on how to better prepare yourself for the actual event.

1/17/2012 09:00:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who are the desk divas who think they're too special to do the G8/NATO training?

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We have supervisors in 024 who will not accept a gas mask...are those the divas you are talking about?

1/17/2012 09:09:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bill Ayers teachs at University of Illinois at Chicago and the Economics Department at the University of Chicago is a right wing conservative freemarket department- whose professors' theories are part of the reason our country is in the hole. Maybe you should know what you're talking about before you brand a conservative a libtard.

1/17/2012 09:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Wow!Did anyone see the WTTW piece on Gen. Custer?"

Wrong Blog, shaved is just a click away.

1/17/2012 09:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The anarchists want to win this one. The cops aren't the same as 68.

1/17/2012 09:00:00 AM

Hmmmm? Have you seen some of the cops compared to what they were in 68? Faster and defiantly stronger. Some even trained fighters be it karate, MMA or boxing....

Only reason the people may winthis one is because the cops are to afraid now a days to do anything.

1/17/2012 09:29:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

quit bitching and get in line for some OT, if you got any time on the job! use this to put some money or time on the books. remember the fire strike we all got a couple hundred hours.

1/17/2012 09:32:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

04:03 If what you say is true, this department is a joke. You are right, everyone should be trained and that excludes no one. The desk jockeys are exempt, so the do nothings continue to do nothing. They should be sent down first because their jobs can be delayed, not like the beat guys answering calls.

1/17/2012 09:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

1/17/2012 04:36:00 AM

Callback will have plenty of space for them if this Limited Duty BS is allowed to continue... FOP, where the hell are you?

1/17/2012 08:14:00 AM
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You are a FUCKING MORONIC TOOL....... Don't you pay attention to anything that has happened in other jurisdictions moron.

1/17/2012 09:42:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What district do these diva work?

1/17/2012 09:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

A HUGE THANK YOU to Carol Marin and F.O.P. for the expose on Ch 5 about the lack of leadership for the G-8 Disaster. Carol it's the tip of the iceberg, KEEP DIGGING!

1/17/2012 10:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey mike shields...hope you are using the G8 summit as a bargaining chip... Or.... Should we all just say "fuck it" and LET THE CITY BURN?? ball in rham.s court

1/17/2012 10:27:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

f**k this city,department.mayor and supt. they will f us when the g8 and nato is over.whether it turns out good or bad.we will get the blame for something and he will mess with our contract.closing stations and areas to save what no money being saved when you need to make room for more dets or get lockers in the combined districts,moving dist records for p.o.'s and getting sync on computers with new beats wheres the savings NONE.just more spending GIVE US MORE RECRUITS BETTER COMPUTERS AD EQUIPMENT TO DO OUR JOBS.we took this job because we liked doing what we do just give us working radios computers and cars to do what we need too. stop wasting money on crap.if the union is not behind us then we need to stay on track and stand up for what we believe in.i feel the fop is falling for his crap and is sleeping with him.they are awefully quiet and letting these changes go through without a peep.wake up people

1/17/2012 10:30:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

When this city wants something they get private donors??how about more police!!

1/17/2012 10:33:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/clout/chi-city-council-could-vote-thursday-on-new-map-but-delay-possible-20120117,0,6475884.story

Article about the new ward maps

1/17/2012 10:44:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I'm sure a lot of people will forward this to you.

http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-police-nato-g8-summits-training-137540483.html

About the training CPD for the G8/NATO

1/17/2012 10:50:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Umm, i see a lot of o.tm

1/17/2012 10:53:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Not one investigative reporter has asked how Daley left the city with a $600M deficeit? It gave Rahm a perfect "we are broke" routine to make everyone in the city kneel! Now Daley is laughing all the way to the bank! No investigations, no explanations, nothing! Billions came in from the Skyway and Parking meter scam and no one has asked where it is all at. You would think as a new mayor you would call in an accounting firm to protect yourself later on in case of a scandal! Not Rahm! That was the deal! Daley promises to step down and Rahm will cook the books! Genius I say, genius!

1/17/2012 10:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

O.T.>>> Hey SCC check out this bridgeport mess that is going on. These idiots are becoming more and more frequent in what was once a great neighborhood. http://www.suntimes.com/10055237-418/brutal-bridgeport-beating-captured-on-youtube-video.html

1/17/2012 01:59:00 AM

What the fuck are you smoking??? Bridgeport once a great neighborhood?? You got to be fucking kidding!! It has always been a SHIT neighborhood!

1/17/2012 10:54:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Who is Rahm going to blame when this tanks?

1/17/2012 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

No news here...

The 10 Worst States to Retire In: They're Frosty and Costly

No. 2 Illinois

The Prairie State is in dire fiscal straits, with terrible figures for pension funding, deficit spending, unemployment and foreclosures. The official response out of the capital in Springfield? An increase in income taxes. Most pension and Social Security income is not taxed in Illinois, but the state's 5% flat tax eats into other earnings, such as investment income.

http://www.dailyfinance.com/2012/01/13/the-10-worst-states-to-retire-in-theyre-frosty-and-costly/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl5|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D128212#photo-9

1/17/2012 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

if i am required to work a 12 hour tour, will i need to generate 2 event numbers?

1/17/2012 11:10:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

if Lt. Lemonhead (701) wants to hold stand up inspection maybe he should not be wearing his bowling shoes? just saying...

1/17/2012 11:15:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bill said...
Sanderson was saying that a year ago when this Debacle-to-be was announced, he was just not quoted in the papers yet. He was anti-Olympics before that, anti-state subsidies for private businesses in general. And as someone who works at a university, though not the U of C, let me assure your commenters that Obama and Rahm are not universally loved on campuses. The entire conservative economic philosophy your site favors was built from theories produced at the University of Chicago. Remember all those Nobel Prize winners? Damn those Hyde Park libtards! Econ is the biggest major on my campus, and there are no courses in Marxist economics. Pure free market, baby.

1/17/2012 11:40:00 AM
I sure hope so. The Rockefellers did create u of c.

1/17/2012 11:36:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Goudies report from 10Jan!
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/iteam&id=8496624

1/17/2012 11:58:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Oh yeah? Wait and see what happens when that first bag of shit hits some officers. People are people and when they are faced with violence, they'll respond accordingly.

1/17/2012 07:50:00 PM..................................................NEWS FLASH Sparky.This ain't your fathers CPD or city of Chicago.Lose your temper and you'll be out a job,sued and maybe criminally prosecuted.Don't get me wrong,I'm no fan of the joke we've become and my personal view is that any punk that throws shit,piss or spits at me deserves to be beaten into a coma.But I'm not going to lose everything I've got because of pride or self respect.I'm taking the bag of shit to the head and going IOD and trying for a disability.I can't think of a more appropriate way to end this 26 year career.

1/18/2012 12:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Guam? Does anyone remember the fears voiced by a congressman from Georgia regarding 8,000 or so US Marines plus all their equipment? This congressman asked a US Navy Admiral the following:
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myfox8.com/wghp-congressman-guam-capsize-100401,0,888765.story

WGHP; VIDEO: Ga. Congressman Concerned Guam Might Capsize

1:13 PM EDT, April 1, 2010

During a House Armed Services Committee meeting last week, a Georgia congressman expressed concern over a plan to station more troops on Guam, saying he wondered if the additional people would cause the island to capsize.

Rep. Hank Johnson, a Democrat representing Gwinnett, Dekalb and Rockdale counties in Georgia's fourth district, was questioning Admiral Robert Willard about the stationing of 5,000 additional U.S. Marines and their families on the island, a U.S. territory in the Pacific.

After going into detail about the exact dimensions of the 212-square-mile island, Johnson says, "My fear is that the whole island will become so overly populated that it will tip over and capsize."

Willard replies: "We don't anticipate that."

The Atlanta Journal Constitution reported that, through a spokesman, Johnson has explained he was speaking metaphorically:

"I wasn't suggesting that the island of Guam would literally tip over," said Johnson. "I was using a metaphor to say that with the addition of 8,000 Marines and their dependents -- an additional 80,000 people during peak construction to the port on the tiny island with a population of 180,000-- could be a tipping point which would adversely affect the island's fragile ecosystem and over burden its already overstressed infrastructure.

"Having traveled to Guam last year, I saw firsthand how this beautiful -- but vulnerable island -- is already overburdened, and I was simply voicing my concerns that the addition of that many people could tip the delicate balance and do harm to Guam."
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Now just imagine what would happen if Guam did capsize. It might sink and might not be found again for years. And if the governor of the island was formerly in the Italian Cruise Ship business we could have a real problem.

Imagine the headlines: GUAM: LOST AT SEA! GOVERNOR OF ISLAND REFUSES ORDER TO RETURN TO CAPSIZED ISLAND

Comment from witness: "First that damn Italian cruise ship takes a crap and rolls over, now it is damned Guam that can't be found!"

"But then again, if we could get all the citizens and US Serviceman off the island first and we only lost protestors it might not be too bad.

1/18/2012 12:58:00 AM  
Anonymous Ready, willing, able !!! said...

To the protestors: do what you have to do. As will I.

I realize you thrive on getting a reaction out of me, a family man trying to pay the bills, stuck in a situation I'd rather not be in. We both know I am not going to "join" you, even if I sympathize with your cause.

The media is salivating at the thought of catching me with a nightstick raised overhead to put on the front pages.

I believe protests are futile, selfish acts, especially when they turn violent.

Protest to your very core, but know this: I'm human too. If you start a battle with me, be prepared for Hell on earth. It won't be my home you burn down and I could not care less about the corporations you whine about. But raise a fist to me, or my friends/co-workers and expect swift and blinding Justice.

This is not a threat. It is a warning.

Anyone in a hoody or mask will have my exclusive attention. I hope for peace, but I know what you crave. It's not peace.

Behave.

1/18/2012 01:06:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Thank u to all who wrote back about the plumbing issue. My daughter lives down there and was hoping to maybe get an off duty that does it on the side. Ended up hiring a friend of a friend.

1/18/2012 01:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Guam?????? spent two years there in the navy,they deserve it, they hated us anyhow,

1/17/2012 11:15:00 AM


Who cares what they hate. They are one step to becoming a US State. We own them.

1/18/2012 02:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
They should have this thing where the protestors can't get to it. Guam, the rock of Gibraltar, the fortress of solitude. Anywhere but a big city in the U.S.

1/17/2012 07:06:00 AM


Detroit would have gotten my vote if Michael Moore could only have sent a film crew.

1/18/2012 03:00:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

We are so fucked! Maybe this is the city's way of going bankrupt after the police go wild. No white shirt is going to tell me to stand down. GET YOUR IOD Pre filled out now. Fuck this job

1/18/2012 03:17:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Get your facts straight. Bill Ayers WAS a professor at UIC. He has retired. And the economic theory that put this country intothe dumper was "Kansian Economic Theory" (throwing money into a system to prop it up) which if followed by liberals, not the "Free market theory" that is taught at U of C. Free market is what will get us OUT of this mess.

1/18/2012 06:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

IF I were a business owner anywhee near these protests, I would close and lock my store and board up the windows for the duration. Yes I would lose business but my employees would get a vacation (yes I would pay them) but It would be less expensive than a loss of stock and repairing the valdalism that will occur. If they attendees are upset that they can't shop or eat or whatever, let them blame Rahm.

1/18/2012 06:56:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Rham thought his "protest fine" program would pay for NATO/G8 unfunded security costs. Now that option looks unconstitutional.

Lori Healy: "Jill-of-all-Trades", exactly what are her qualifications to oversee a major security event such as G8, plus NATO, plus that belatedly-added Russian conference? She's just another Daley loyalist appointee who goes from assignment to assignment, performance be damned. She was in charge of Olympics bid --- doesn't that say enough? Naive, ill-informed, and pompous "Chicago Will Conquer" mentality.

Note that Ignatius is closing for the duration of G8/NATO, despite significant inconvenience to school operations (reschedule prom, AP tests, sports events, etc)

Note that BOMA Chicago is advising its downtown property manager members to stockpile boarding-up materials and food provisions, to expect tenants to be marooned in building during riots, and to expect significant ground-floor property damage. Expect looting and bystander injuries.

There's a low-budget feature film set in Seattle during their G8 conference that includes footage from those riots. Should be mandatory watching for all Chicago residents who find themselves downtown on a regular basis. Bystanders get injured and property damage notable.

Chicago has long operated on the "good enough" principle, run by "C+" administrators who don't bother to investigate, prepare, brief, or adequately manage city operations. Chicagoams are in for a very rude surprise.

1/18/2012 07:55:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

The hippies from '68 are now in control of this city and country. They want to see us in peril. They want a retaliatory strike. Let them have it.

1/18/2012 08:37:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

What the fuck are you smoking??? Bridgeport once a great neighborhood?? You got to be fucking kidding!! It has always been a SHIT neighborhood!

1/17/2012 10:54:00 PM

Not compared to Canaryville.

1/18/2012 08:43:00 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Gents, I have to dissent a bit with some of the comments about Prof. Sanderson. He is a straight shooter, not a BS artist. He told the Daley/Ryan olympic committee that their financial projections were pure fantasy, too. Finally, Billy Ayers is associated with the Uni. of Illinois @ Chicago, not the Univ. of Chicago, though he has plenty of friends at the latter.

1/18/2012 09:29:00 AM  
Anonymous USMC said...

Posted on 929pm to the idiot that said we are scared to do anything now. also said how some police are mma fighters. Yes some police are skilled fighters but unlike what you might think i like to think there are police with common sense. See dosent matter how good of a fighter you are when you are facing several thousand people you will get hurt. No one wants to get hurt for this bullshit because its not worth it. Fuck the ot.

1/18/2012 12:04:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Bill Ayers teachs at University of Illinois at Chicago and the Economics Department at the University of Chicago is a right wing conservative freemarket department- whose professors' theories are part of the reason our country is in the hole. Maybe you should know what you're talking about before you brand a conservative a libtard.

1/17/2012 09:19:00 PM

Bill Ayers retired a couple of years ago. I guess you don't keep up much either, do you?

1/18/2012 12:19:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

And to the dude that researched law to find out why he feels he doesn't have to buy the proper uniforms, that's why they give you 3 uniform checks a year. FOR UNIFORMS! They're not for vacations. Instead of figuring out ways to get out of paying for the equipment you need to get through this safely maybe you should focus more of your time and energy on how to better prepare yourself for the actual event.

1/17/2012 09:00:00 PM

OK. let's see. You're in a unit and you purchased the gear so you can be elite. Or you were issued the gear as first issue a few years back. Either way, you need to check that contract. If the city got $56 million to fund this G8 and won't purchase the gear to keep officers safe, that's a problem.

Our uniform checks were given as a way to keep salaries down. It's not for us to piss away every time the mayor wants to hold something that requires extra gear. If you get your paid for gear destroyed by paint or shit, are you going to buy it again?. How about if it gets fouled up for the next event? You buy it? if you do, you're soft.

1/18/2012 12:24:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

OK, so when the international PROFESSIONAL anarchists get here will they resort to the euro/asian preferred weapon of choice, the MOLOTOV? Will we hop/skip out of the way like the euro cops do or drop the MF'ers with a headshot?
Anybody talkin about this yet?

1/18/2012 01:16:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I believe the proper term is "Keynesian Economics".

1/18/2012 03:45:00 PM  
Anonymous Law and Order said...

"Get your facts straight. Bill Ayers WAS a professor at UIC. He has retired. And the economic theory that put this country intothe dumper was "Kansian Economic Theory" (throwing money into a system to prop it up) which if followed by liberals, not the "Free market theory" that is taught at U of C. Free market is what will get us OUT of this mess."

Since you are trying to get facts straight, It's "Keynesian" Economic Theory (John Maynard Keynes) not from "Kansas." And you're correct, it is/will be the ruin of this country if not stopped.

1/18/2012 03:52:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"...the Economics Department at the University of Chicago is a right wing conservative freemarket department- whose professors' theories are part of the reason our country is in the hole. Maybe you should know what you're talking about before you brand a conservative a libtard."


And you have it exactly backward. If our government followed the U of C free-market (Conservative) economic theories, we would not be in this problem--it is because our government shackled and involved it self in so much of the economy (Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac) that our economy is screwed up. Obama does NOT follow the theories for which his his former school is famous.

1/18/2012 04:31:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why cant we charge those reuiring additional city services? They havent paid American taxes, at least charge them for G8!!

1/18/2012 05:02:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

quit bitching and get in line for some OT, if you got any time on the job! use this to put some money or time on the books. remember the fire strike we all got a couple hundred hours.

1/17/2012 09:32:00 PM

I have money in the bank. I have hours on the books. Time with my family is more important than this bullshit.
You can take your 12 hour days and o.t. and stick it up your ass. In case you haven't noticed nobody in this city except Rahm wants this fucking event.

1/18/2012 06:17:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

PM..................................................NEWS FLASH Sparky.This ain't your fathers CPD or city of Chicago.Lose your temper and you'll be out a job,sued and maybe criminally prosecuted.Don't get me wrong,I'm no fan of the joke we've become and my personal view is that any punk that throws shit,piss or spits at me deserves to be beaten into a coma.But I'm not going to lose everything I've got because of pride or self respect.I'm taking the bag of shit to the head and going IOD and trying for a disability.I can't think of a more appropriate way to end this 26 year career.

1/18/2012 12:06:00 AM

You go ahead and take that bag of shit to the head. Then you go ahead and try to go IOD. When Rahm's medical integrity unit is done with you, you will have lost your 26 years. Why don't you just slip and fall in the parking lot instead? It might be a safer way for you to get out of standing with your brothers and sisters.

1/18/2012 08:08:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

THE MOLOTOV COCTAIL. It is definitely "likely to cause death or great bodily harm and disfigurement to you or another".
Would that put a reasonable person in fear of losing their life?
Smoke the SOB

1/18/2012 11:28:00 PM  
Blogger JANS, Kevin C. said...

Anonymous said...

If were surprised at what a professor said about the G8, I can't imagine how others would feel about some of the questions posed today at the FOP meeting. Let's see: who's gonna wash my uniform if it gets dirty? Who's gonna pay for me to get extra uniforms?(uniform check douchebag).


My friend, as a former Army medic and current 20th Dist Unit Rep. my concern is for you and your families health and well being. If you live with small children or older adults who aren’t in the best of health and you bring soiled clothes home, they can be infected and die by what you bring home on your clothes.

Diseases can be spread when people come in contact with human waste, both fecal material and urine.
Germs live in human waste and grow very quickly in warm, moist conditions. Human waste may also contain parasitic worms and their eggs.
Many diseases and parasites are spread by human waste. They are very common in areas of the world where sanitation is poor. Many people coming to this event will be coming from areas of the world with poor sanitation. Check out what happened in Haiti after the earthquake.
Diseases Spread by Human Waste: Cholera, Dysentery, Hepatitis, Measles, Polio and Typhoid fever. Things that live in Human Waste: Pinworms, Amoebas, Tapeworms, Hookworms, Roundworms, Giardia and Trichina worms.

Giardia is a microscopic parasite that causes the diarrheal illness known as giardiasis. Giardia (also known as Giardia intestinalis, Giardia lamblia, or Giardia duodenalis) is found on surfaces or in soil, food, or water that has been contaminated with feces (poop) from infected humans or animals.
Giardia is protected by an outer shell that allows it to survive outside the body for long periods of time and makes it tolerant to chlorine disinfection. While the parasite can be spread in different ways, water (drinking water and recreational water) is the most common method of transmission.
I believe that you my not be able to go home if transportation gets messed up during the riots and you will need a change of uniform. Have you purchased or have a change of turtle gear? How about the other members of your team?

1/18/2012 11:39:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

quit bitching and get in line for some OT, if you got any time on the job! use this to put some money or time on the books. remember the fire strike we all got a couple hundred hours.

1/17/2012 09:32:00 PM

I have money in the bank. I have hours on the books. Time with my family is more important than this bullshit.
You can take your 12 hour days and o.t. and stick it up your ass. In case you haven't noticed nobody in this city except Rahm wants this fucking event.

1/18/2012 06:17:00 PM

Well, I'll just bet you can take that bank account along with you as you look for a new job.

You don't work at an accounting firm; you're (ostensibly) the police.

In other words, the twelve hour days and the overtime are MANDATORY, junior, not elective. Grow up. None of us WANTS this mess our mayor has brought to the city, but we're all stuck with it. Even you.

1/19/2012 06:20:00 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Anonymous said...
Get your facts straight. Bill Ayers WAS a professor at UIC. He has retired. And the economic theory that put this country intothe dumper was "Kansian Economic Theory" (throwing money into a system to prop it up) which if followed by liberals, not the "Free market theory" that is taught at U of C. Free market is what will get us OUT of this mess.

I notice that the people get smarter as you near the end of the blog. You, my friend, almost had it right. It's "Keynesian" economic theory (Named for the British economist, John Maynard Keynes) and it is the one favored by the liberals, unlike the conservative theories fronted by several Nobel prize winning economist from the U of C.
Got mine in Economics from Loyola where we studied them both. Look where it got me... a beat car in the ghetto!

1/21/2012 07:15:00 PM  

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