Billiken Day
posted by SCC at 12:01 AM
Saturday, August 10, 2013
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Hope we can get some good videos.........
Hey SCC... any word on when the dept will make Sgt's and Lt's??
PLEASE!!! Can someone get videos of the savage fools acting out and post it. All the media keep on about how wonderfull this is. GOD be with you guy&gals come home safe!!!
For those of you who must work this non sense... sorry!
Just checking here first to find out where the children's dropoff tent will be this year...
We can't seem to ever find the location listed on the city's website or calling the parade organizers, but every year, sure as shit, there it is, the spot I send all my kids til i'm good and ready to come get them at the end.
Can you all have some food and drink this year for them? It doesn't seem right that when I pick them up they are so hungry.
The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery for at least a week now, in the area of North and Kedzie because a resident there battered the mail carrier. (Female on female.) The offender was known and arrested on the scene, yet postal service is still suspended indefinitely.
The spokesguy for USPS said they're 'assessing' the situation. Meanwhile, all the residents and businesses get NO mail delivery and have to go to the station to pick up their mail.
How long can it take to deliver mail in that small area? An hour, at most. Worst comes to worst, guarantee the postal worker 'safe passage', assign a Federal POSTAL POLICE (yes, Virginia, there really are postal police) car to sit in front of the armory or the bakery, and end this farce.
Who gives a shit ?
Not even those who profess to be leaders of the community.
Things should have changed by now.
I feel for you brothers. Good luck.
ANONYMOUS said:
How long can it take to deliver mail in that small area? An hour, at most. Worst comes to worst, guarantee the postal worker 'safe passage', assign a Federal POSTAL POLICE (yes, Virginia, there really are postal police) car to sit in front of the armory or the bakery, and end this farce.
8/10/2013 01:29:00 AM
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What happened to "No matter Rain, Sleet or Snow - the Mail must get through"?
Get some Postal Police out there and deliver the mail.
Geez is every government organization saturated with non-thinking, do nothing, leadership?????
Not a LEO, JAFO
Heard it from a good source that they will start a K9 class early next year to replace those that are retiring. Best of luck to those on the list!!
Anonymous said...
Hey SCC... any word on when the dept will make Sgt's and Lt's??
8/10/2013 12:25:00 AM
You missed it. they made both last Monday.
Lists came down Tuesday.
Sorry dude.
While your at it SCC, any word on who will win the Super Bowl?
How long can it take to deliver mail in that small area? An hour, at most. Worst comes to worst, guarantee the postal worker 'safe passage', assign a Federal POSTAL POLICE (yes, Virginia, there really are postal police) car to sit in front of the armory or the bakery, and end this farce.
MMMM the Bakery, I got my coffee and will happily sit inn front of the bakery. :-)
PO Crossing Guard Supervisors wont be there Even though they only work during the school year
*Gee shouldn't they be there to make up for their weekends and holidays off with No arrests
I like how it's advertised that it's the biggest and longest running African American parade in the country. They always omit that it is the worst parade ever too.
Didn't Dan Webb promise to announce the final findings of the Vanecko/Koschman case by July? Is he too afraid to announce they can't prove the investigation was tainted?
01:29:00 AM - Postal Police, hahahahahaha. Some quick stories: Woking midnites in 001. Stop two bustouts drinking 40s in a parling lot near main post office. Both can barely stand. Ask them what they are doing there and they tell us they are on break from work. We Tell them to move along and yep, you guessed it, they walk into the main post office right past the postal cop reading the paper and back to work. Story two: A few years back answer a domestic call at main post office. Worker tells dispatch she is in sorting facility and her ex boyfriend is threatening to do her harm. He also works there. As we approach postal cop at entrance, he tells us we can't go in because we don't have jurisdiction there! Third story: Also few years back but after prior story. Its a time when everyone was nuts about terrorists sending toxins thru the mail. Get a call from postal cops to meet them at their office. Once inside they tell us they found an envelope leaking a white powder, can we pleeeeease check it out. All of a sudden we have jurisdiction! Postal Police, hahahahha, please!
Of course, McCarthy will be at Wrigley Field participating in some capacity at a charity Wiffle Ball tournament hosted by Kerry Wood while the rank and file will be stuck at the Billiken Day parade.
Tell me how this parade promotes education? Does anyone have the answer?
Was gonna bring the family... Could not find a safe passage route to parade. Maybe next year?
Barry's golfing buddy might have some explaining to do....
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2013-08-10/jim-dey-its-scoundrel-time-again-land-lincoln.html
Hey SCC... any word on when the dept will make Sgt's and Lt's??
8/10/2013 12:25:00 AM
Sometime in sept or oct, maybe 70- 90 Sgt ., Lt. not sure.
Was detailed there maybe 8 to 10 times. I wonder if they still have those wonderful young ladies on the floats? The ones who are 17 and18 with the bullet wound scars, knife wound scars and the pregnancy stomachs. Have fun to all that can attend.
old retired guy
I was a postal carrier. I wish the police support ed their employees like usps did. Let the residents think about this for a while . Fuck with a postal worker and they can make your life hell . Delivering mail is hard work. People don't realize what's involved . It is more than walking around. They earn their pay and deal with politIcs too.
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
please , post how many children are being baby sat while baby mama and baby daddy are partying making more baby
Another useless waste of manpower. The southside hillbilly festivus was cancelled for less. Take a lesson from how things are run with pr fest. Quadrants which are clearly labeled. No nonsense tolerated and additional off duty hired to supplement those of us stuck there.
Hey channel 7 why dont you televise the south side Irish parade. Hey theres Jessie Jackson blaming the guns forthe pproblems in the community not the people. More $ more education haha fukin joke.
30 degrees left bank........hold your orbit.......clear to engage......engaging targets....
Anonymous said...
Hey SCC... any word on when the dept will make Sgt's and Lt's??
8/10/2013 12:25:00 AM
Probably after Labor Day-Area South is so short all time for Sergeants has to go through the Area Dep Chief for the next period. They cant afford to send anyone to the academy until summer furloughs are over with.
Anonymous said...
Just checking here first to find out where the children's dropoff tent will be this year...
We can't seem to ever find the location listed on the city's website or calling the parade organizers, but every year, sure as shit, there it is, the spot I send all my kids til i'm good and ready to come get them at the end.
Can you all have some food and drink this year for them? It doesn't seem right that when I pick them up they are so hungry.
8/10/2013 01:26:00 AM
Hilarious and spot on!!! Maybe we can outfit them for school too while we're at it!
The goal, have a resident give up the offender. In the days of receiving a check through the mail , that idea may have worked, but not today.
Another Southside irish parade?
Watched the parade on the peoples republic tv channel 7 and heard Jose sanders talk about gangs. He said, and I had to replay it several times to believe what i was hearing ."and I'll break it down even further,if your going to shoot, learn how to SHOOT at each OTHER!. Im tired of these kids being caught in the crossfire, learn to SHOOT! learn to SHOOT, go on the range. Go for each OTHER!. these innocent bystanders are the ones that you're hurting". OMG! well said Mr Sanders. Im sure your advise will be implemented immediately.
ex commander utz son got "dumped to 014" with three years on the job. Worse for him they have him working plain clothes on straight days. Poor kid has it rough.
I wish the media would cover how much garbage these "folks" leave at their parade. Its literally unbelievable. Anyone else remember in the 90s watching the 4 corner hustler dance ensemble performing. You can't make this stuff up.
Is it true Sgt P in mass transit has take has take home cars? Where do I sign up?
Nice job recruit with no cuffs, no gun - got in a foot chase and caught a guy with a gun !
Who's brilliant idea was it to have the recruits from the academy out there in their bright yellow "Chicago police" vests, in their khaki shirts, with NO GUNS? After a native parade attendee delivers a good old fashioned Bud Billikin-style pistol whipping to someone, the recruit gives chase on a person known to have a gun- while the recruit is UNARMED! All ends well as bad guy goes to jail, and the gun is recovered, but this could have been really bad. Either treat them as police and put them out there, or don't put them out there at all. Either way great job by all involved, especially the recruit with no fear (or just dumb).
Saw Z man from 017 Dist the Crossing Guard NOT RDO SS
Anonymous said...
The U.S. Postal Service has suspended mail delivery for at least a week now, in the area of North and Kedzie because a resident there battered the mail carrier. (Female on female.) The offender was known and arrested on the scene, yet postal service is still suspended indefinitely.
The spokesguy for USPS said they're 'assessing' the situation. Meanwhile, all the residents and businesses get NO mail delivery and have to go to the station to pick up their mail.
How long can it take to deliver mail in that small area? An hour, at most. Worst comes to worst, guarantee the postal worker 'safe passage', assign a Federal POSTAL POLICE (yes, Virginia, there really are postal police) car to sit in front of the armory or the bakery, and end this farce.
8/10/2013 01:29:00 AM
Good for the postal service. I agree with them. Maybe other businesses and services should shut down when a savage acts like a savage. Stop acting like fools with no self control and act like a civilized human being.
Was detailed there maybe 8 to 10 times. I wonder if they still have those wonderful young ladies on the floats? The ones who are 17 and18 with the bullet wound scars, knife wound scars and the pregnancy stomachs. Have fun to all that can attend.
they do. those girls are 15 and 16 now.
if only the media had the balls to report what really goes on at these so called parades.
So hypocritical.
The mayor closes 50 schools, fires over 2,000 teachers and then goes marching in a parade to show how important education is and that he cares.
The Rahm and Garry show.
They think that they are doing the right thing apparently. However it's like that insane guy that rubs shit all over the wall. He thinks he's Picasso.
Meanwhile, they also glorify some corporate CEO's and the Rickett's like they are a GOD as the Wrigley Field beat rises to the number one position in robberies! All that matters is the jumbo-tron I guess.
Crime is down hahaha.
Anonymous said...
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth.
Anonymous said...
PLEASE!!! Can someone get videos of the savage fools acting out and post it. All the media keep on about how wonderfull this is. GOD be with you guy&gals come home safe!!!
8/10/2013 12:35:00 AM
Yeah get back to us and let us know,how many people are caught taking a sh*t in someones backyard or walking into someones house and taking a piss? Please do.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
The goal, have a resident give up the offender. In the days of receiving a check through the mail , that idea may have worked, but not today.
8/10/2013 12:30:00 PM
If you're talking about the postal issue, the offender was arrested immediately after it happened. The goal is what, again? Punish the residents and business people?
Sad that the communitay has to have a parade to try to convince parents to take their kids to school. Tons of underage girls twerkin down MLK dr. It is the only time you hear Jim Rose use ebonics. FedEx provides school supplies after the parade and god I HATE VAL WARNER!
I wish the media would cover how much garbage these "folks" leave at their parade. Its literally unbelievable. Anyone else remember in the 90s watching the 4 corner hustler dance ensemble performing. You can't make this stuff up.
8/10/2013 03:21:00 PM
I made the mistake of driving through the park one night in the aftermath of the parade to get home. I couldn't see the grass for all the garbage. I believe.
DEMONIZE ALL THE GUN OWNERS!
NEWTOWN CT:
Gun rights activist hold a Starbucks Appreciation Day - Starbucks closes early, no thanks.
Guess your money is no good at Starbucks if you're pro gun rights?
Starbucks is closing early in Newtown today as a gun rights groups holds a "Starbucks Appreciation Day."
"Today, advocacy groups from different sides of the open carry debate announced plans to visit our Newtown, Connecticut store to bring attention to their points of view," Chris Carr, executive vice president for U.S. Retail at Starbucks posted on the company's Web site. "We recognize that there is significant and genuine passion surrounding this topic, however out of respect for Newtown and everything the community has been through we decided to close our store early before the event started."
http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/local/Starbucks-Coffee-Gun-Rights-Appreciation-Day-Newtown-218920241.html
Stealing more money from the working middle class. That's all these shithead politicians do in Illinois. Why the fuck should anyone work when these assholes just come up with ways to steal our money. I prey the citizens rip these things out of the sidewalk. Time to protect and serve the good hard working citizens from these politicians who believe they are today's royalty in the U.S.! Fuck shaking their hands and standing behind them in news conferences. They are fuckin criminals! All of them. They are not the voice of good tax paying citizens anymore.
But wait!
It's Bud Billiken Day and the fibune says one killed and five shot!
How DARE they break the peace of this "holiday."
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth
And they have what to do with going back to school?
PO Crossing Guard Supervisors wont be there Even though they only work during the school year
*Gee shouldn't they be there to make up for their weekends and holidays off with No arrests
How do I get that gig
They should have a float with one of those inflatable rats the union people use. It would represent the deadbeat parents who leave their kids at the lost and found while they get crunk
Anonymous said...
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth.
8/10/2013 10:10:00 PM
What about a straw man????
no promotions from old sgt list
a lot of us have 5 years on and never had the opportunity to take a sgt test
if promoted I could supervise a watch by myself with use of pdt
looking forward to being in charge of district when lt is day off
Little known fact - (and probably only the old retired guys will understand this ) Bud Billiken was the patron saint of policy runners. . . . .
Of course, McCarthy will be at Wrigley Field participating in some capacity at a charity Wiffle Ball tournament hosted by Kerry Wood while the rank and file will be stuck at the Billiken Day parade.
Tell me how this parade promotes education? Does anyone have the answer?
8/10/2013 08:59:00 AM
He hit two fly balls to deep left field that were caught for outs. Strangely, when he'd walk to centerfield, some yuppie goofs in the stands would start shouting his name in unison.
Who's brilliant idea was it to have the recruits from the academy out there in their bright yellow "Chicago police" vests, in their khaki shirts, with NO GUNS? After a native parade attendee delivers a good old fashioned Bud Billikin-style pistol whipping to someone, the recruit gives chase on a person known to have a gun- while the recruit is UNARMED! All ends well as bad guy goes to jail, and the gun is recovered, but this could have been really bad. Either treat them as police and put them out there, or don't put them out there at all. Either way great job by all involved, especially the recruit with no fear (or just dumb).
No news here. Where were you when they started this over 10 years ago. They have been sending recruits unarmed and with police vests on for at least 10 years and some who had only been in the academy for 1 month
Sad that the communitay has to have a parade to try to convince parents to take their kids to school. Tons of underage girls twerkin down MLK dr. It is the only time you hear Jim Rose use ebonics. FedEx provides school supplies after the parade and god I HATE VAL WARNER!
8/10/2013 10:57:00 PM
Val Warner is obviously desperate to become the new Oprah.
Anonymous said...
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth
I DON'T RECALL SANTA PACKING A GUN AND DRINKING A .40oz - or THERE BEING A PILE OF BLUNTS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. This parade has zero to do with going back to school. Just an excuse to act a fool. Plus a huge drain on city resources.
"Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question."
Harold Washington actually liked to read books - for this they named the world's biggest library after him. Barack Obama could actually talk, so they gave him a Harvard degree and the presidency.
"I wish the media would cover how much garbage these "folks" leave at their parade. Its literally unbelievable."
I can remember sitting on the periphery of Grant park during and after certain musical events, seeing people urinating on trees not 10 feet away from portable toilets, gazing on the vast thick sea of garbage left behind when the concert was over. I'll never forget the sea of trash. It was real. It couldn't be explained away. It meant something. It said something. It spoke the truth. And it is something nobody is ever allowed to see, to mention, to think about, to show - not in the newspapers, not in movies, not on television, not in our own minds. But it's there - right in front of our eyes.
Anonymous said...
Anonymous said...
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth
I DON'T RECALL SANTA PACKING A GUN AND DRINKING A .40oz - or THERE BEING A PILE OF BLUNTS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. This parade has zero to do with going back to school. Just an excuse to act a fool. Plus a huge drain on city resources.
8/11/2013 11:49:00 AM
Do some research on the parade and its origins. Does the Saint Patrick's day parade have any to do with Christianity?
I HATE VAL WARNER!
8/10/2013 10:57:00 PM
Val Warner is obviously desperate to become the new Oprah.
8/11/2013 11:17:00 AM
They are already alike. Even though one is rich and the other isn't, both are haters to the bone.
"Another Southside irish parade?"
Drop dead. When the South Side Irish Parade got out out of hand due in part to nonresidents crowding into the area, enough neighbors raised objections and successfully shut the parade down until security and crowd control were improved. Nobody from "the community" has called for the Billiken Parade to be suspended until conditions improve or threatened to cancel the parade for its licentious criminality.
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth
I DON'T RECALL SANTA PACKING A GUN AND DRINKING A .40oz - or THERE BEING A PILE OF BLUNTS AT THE END OF THE RAINBOW. This parade has zero to do with going back to school. Just an excuse to act a fool. Plus a huge drain on city resources.
----------- wasn't this billy bob Thornton in "bad Santa"?
Do some research on the parade and its origins. Does the Saint Patrick's day parade have any to do with Christianity?
Which parade should I do research on? I've been front and center for both for many years. Both started with good intentions, and both got way over blown as far as the city resources that it takes to run both. Add up the bill as far as city services ( police , fire, streets and San) etc - ( not to mention the non sense all around it) and its a no brainer. In a city that's broke - we can't afford it. We don't need a made up character to remind people about school - the importance of school - that's why they invented parents.
Anonymous said...
Every year this parade kills me. Only in " their" community do they need to make up a fictional character to get kids to go back to school. Why couldn't they find an actual spokesperson to set an example? Oh sorry, dumb question.
8/10/2013 09:41:00 AM
Are leprechauns real? Santa Claus? Think before you open your mouth.
8/10/2013 10:10:00 PM
If this is supposed to be about going back to school, then the parade organizer's should stress the fact as to how important it is to have the parent(s) involved in juniors education.
Maybe they could have a float that shows a mother and a father sitting down with their children and helping them with their homework. Or maybe instead of having baton twirling bands, have groups of adults holding childrens hands as if they were walking them to/from school?
Open a book someday, Santa Claus and Saint Patrick are based upon actual historical figures. Saint Nicholas was the model for Santa Claus. Bud Billiken was a wholly creation of "The Chicago Defender" newspaper.
Anonymous said...
Open a book someday, Santa Claus and Saint Patrick are based upon actual historical figures. Saint Nicholas was the model for Santa Claus. Bud Billiken was a wholly creation of "The Chicago Defender" newspaper.
8/12/2013 08:15:00 AM
See,you didn't read my post. What does the drunken debauchery of the Saint Patrick's day parade have to do with Christianity? The Bud Billiken character is based on the little black boys that sold the Chicago Defender way back when.
Open a book someday, Santa Claus and Saint Patrick are based upon actual historical figures. Saint Nicholas was the model for Santa Claus. Bud Billiken was a wholly creation of "The Chicago Defender" newspaper.
8/12/2013 08:15:00 AM
See,you didn't read my post. What does the drunken debauchery of the Saint Patrick's day parade have to do with Christianity? The Bud Billiken character is based on the little black boys that sold the Chicago Defender way back when.
8/12/2013 04:32:00 PM
You're right. It's not pathetic that you need a parade to remind you that your kids school is starting. For most people the date is enough. Considering the results anything helps right???
Open a book someday, Santa Claus and Saint Patrick are based upon actual historical figures. Saint Nicholas was the model for Santa Claus. Bud Billiken was a wholly creation of "The Chicago Defender" newspaper.
Didn't St. Patrick chase all the snakes out of Ireland and send them here.
Anonymous said...
Open a book someday, Santa Claus and Saint Patrick are based upon actual historical figures. Saint Nicholas was the model for Santa Claus. Bud Billiken was a wholly creation of "The Chicago Defender" newspaper.
Didn't St. Patrick chase all the snakes out of Ireland and send them here.
8/14/2013 02:26:00 PM
Didn't I say the Bud Billiken character was based on the black newspaper delivery boys of the Chicago Defender. That means he was based on actual people.
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