Hey Rahm, Nice "Parade"
- Organizers had promised a big fire display for Chicago's first Great Chicago Fire Festival, but in the end it didn't quite meet expectations.
Crowds were disappointed when the spectacle of fire ended up fizzling on the Chicago River this weekend. Elaborate sculptures of Victorian homes did not go up in flames like they were supposed to.
Organizers blame recent heavy rains for an electrical malfunction.
Spin it any way you want - it sucked to the tune of $2 million, $350,000 of which was taxpayer money. If we were running for office, we'd be cutting the campaign commercials right now.
The crowd reactions were fantastic:
The crowd reactions were fantastic:
- “It looks kind of like a sad bonfire,” said Luther Walls, 20, a University of Chicago student who was at the event with a group of his college friends who live at the university’s Talbot House.
- “We’re a little disappointed,” he said. “I could have found a different way to spend my Saturday night.”
- “The concept is nice, the concept is cool . . . but honestly it was a let down,” said Arguro Carmona, 29, of Woodridge. “We were expecting to see big flames and they just didn’t seem to catch.”
- “It was disappointing to say the least,” said Jane Kollmer, 31, of Uptown, who watched the festival from the 14th floor of the Wrigley Building.
No better way to celebrate the deaths of 300 Chicagoans who died than a blazing parade that can't ignite.
Next up - The Eastland Commemorative Extravaganza! It'll be FANTASTIC we tell you - AMAZING! Rahm will pack the ship with city union workers and potential Fioretti voters. And for the grand finale, the ship won't capsize or sink.
Next up - The Eastland Commemorative Extravaganza! It'll be FANTASTIC we tell you - AMAZING! Rahm will pack the ship with city union workers and potential Fioretti voters. And for the grand finale, the ship won't capsize or sink.
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posted by SCC at 9:01 AM
102 Comments:
you could have fed the children with that money rahm...
Haha, thanks for the laughs!
Anybody but Rahm. Any candidate that advocates smaller government. Shrink the City Counsel to 17 Alderpersons. Fiscal responsibility.
The Gelardo curse continues!
Huge build up ( Al Capones vault ) / Huge let down.
Pretty much sums up Chicago's politics.
only in the good old USA. we celebrate death and destruction.
So our tax dollars went towards setting fire to three floating houses? Is that it??? And people actually WENT to that? Only in Chicago...
--No Cop Here
$350,000 doesn't include police, fire and s&s overtime, as well as administrative costs to plan and execute this spectacle.
What's next is an Ebola Awareness Run for Rahm 5k?
Glad to report that my incantation worked -- i.e., "Let it rain! Let it rain! Let it rain, rain, rain!" I will try to do some more good around here, as my magic strengthens, becomes more potent anad unerring.
*
Anyway, the Tribune paywalled the story, but the teaser does say --
"Anyone who has suffered the ignominy of a fire pit, a backyard full of guests and a pile of soggy wood could only empathize with Redmoon on Saturday night."
"Redmoon," all soaked and bedraggled = $350,000.
A spectacular fizzle to one of Mayor Rahm I. Emanuel's idiotic ideas = priceless.
>snicker<
Off Topic...
We had an officer in 024 call the union and ask if someone could come out to discuss the contract. The union sent out the 1st vice president and one of the lawyers ( who's name I forgot ) that actually was part of the negotiating team to 2nd watch roll calls. They then came back for 3rd watch. Not sure if anyone came out to midnights.
10/04/2014 06:58:00 PM
Why does Ray Casiano need an attorney to accompany him to roll calls? Perhaps he doesn't have a clue to what he's talking about? How much of my dues money is being spent because these idiots are clueless? The FOP is WORSE than the city council!!!
'The concept is nice, the concept is cool . . . but honestly it was a let down,' said Arguro Carmona, 29, of Woodridge."
Don't take it too hard, Arguro. Perhaps someday you too will get the chance to flee in terror through a blizzard of flying embers and molten roofing lead showering down, your hair ablaze, dodging collapsing masonry walls as orange-glowing three-ton iron safes plummet from the offices seven stories above...
...and no time for "selfies," either.
"Up in Smoke"
Hopefully like his reelection campaign.
Could have thrown in greasy ass Al not so Sharpton and Jesse Jackass in there to get things going.
Well they can do it again if Rahm takes my house. Cannot afford the %300 assesment fee. Fucking jagoff...
Celebrateing a horrific event.
"No better way to celebrate the deaths of 300 Chicagoans..." -- SCC
"Fleeing from the burning city"; Alfred R. Waud, Pencil, Chalk, and Paint Drawing, 1871
http://www.greatchicagofire.org/view-item/692
I have an idea: let's have the E2 commemorative parade and lay people down in a makeshift doorway and we could trample them.
How about celebrating the high rise public housing. Hire people to throw things out the window, like poo or housewares, garbage, and etc
How about celebrating the Haymarket riots, Rahm is already killing us.
What next? We can hold an Ebola fest with floats that have folks throwing up and " who has the highest fever contest!!" Rahm,go f**k yourself!!!!!
To begin with, this was such an odd idea. I never understood the concept. Besides the $350K chipped in by the city, where did the rest of the cash come from? A foundation? They're never going to give the City a red cent again-what a waste!
Whoever dreamed it up will be paying their dues on Monday. It's going to cost someone a lot of clout!?!
Lol!
Rahm's promise of an extravagant flaming shit-show was just a shit-show huh?
Comments in both online rags were telling and kinda funny... "Some viewers felt burned by fire festival"
"I've seen better bonfires..."
Frantic propeller beanie wearing mayoral staffers drawing straws as to which ones will volunteer to self immolate to salvage this itchy minded shit show.
"Let's hear it for Rahm!"
Pfffft! Meh...
>One person slow clap as the fuses on wet bottle rockets sputter and smoke<
Yay...
OT --
Excellent blast against cop killer Mumia Abu-Jamal by a CNN commentator who debunks the whole myth, short and sweet. Worth watching.
http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/bestoftv/2014/10/04/exp-smerconish-commentary-10042014.cnn.html
300 people died and 100,000 were homeless from this fire. Why the fuck would they celebrate is tragedy? Liberals are just sick in the head.
Anyone that would be entertained (even the slightest) by such a retarded event is a complete moron.
I wasn't real happy with the idea of floating kayaks on fire. Then, I caught it on the news and they said they were burning (or trying to burn) mock-ups of Victorian HOMES!
How OFFENSIVE. What poor judgement. You mean there were no little figures in the windows, screaming 'my baby!' or 'we can't get out'?
And trying to spin it with saying it's a celebration of Chicago's ability to bounce back after the fire? Stuff it, Rahm. You're totally out of touch with reality. This so-called celebration was just plain sick and warped.
I cant help but be sad....Everytime I see a candle light vigil, whether it 9-11. Shanksvill PA, or a spontaneous candle vigil after a neighborhood shooting. These actions only keep a bad memory burning. And since when did Teddy bears, baloons, and votive candles define our greiving process? And how long do we grieve? The Chicago fire was over a hundred years ago. In my opinion we have risen like a Thunderbird from those ashes. We should be celebrating that!
"Remember the strengths, and virtues of our lost and dead, should they deserve that honor. But we should hasten to forget those who hurt us, and never let those that would do us harm, to suffer us ever again!"
Anonymous
The people who got paid to present this fuck up will never be outed. Electrical failure, $2 million. Fuck you, rham. How many squad cars does $2million buy?
This asshole Emanuel is not from here, or of here.
He is an opportunist raised in Wilmette.
Elect a Chicagoan as mayor in 2015.
Send Emanuel back to the north shore....
And keep his pension stealing buddy Rauner on the north shore, away from Springfield.
Eastland commemoration, priceless!
And after that rahm wants to commemorate the '68 convention "riots"...with the police getting their asses kicked.
What the dumbest way to spend large amounts of money you say,just what Rahm do it!
i was there, this was the silliest thing i have seen in years.it looked as if it was concieved by teenagers on drugs.
Another 350,000 that should've gone into city's pension contribution now up in smoke.
Yeah Rahm's broke alright.... so broke HE keeps demanding pension reform... saying it's in our best interest.
That fucking slimeball reviles me
Gee, who'da thunk that a FIRE set upon a body of water wouldn't catch or be "big"? >sarcasm<
City that can't fund its pension obligations, can't maintain the infrastructure, can't fund proper equipment for Police/Fire, can't run decent schools - has an extra $350K laying around to simply light on fire... W T F??
How fitting. The city that doesn't work. I'm embarrassed they call themselves Chicagoans. What next, a 9/11 Festival, with remote controlled model planes crashing into towers, followed by pyrotechnics?
i was there, it was the silliest thing i have ever seen. It looked as if it was concieved by teenagers on drugs.
I think this one can be renamed "The Great Chicago Shit-Show". A bit O.T but recently was checking out a personnel transfer order and noticed that 11 had about 8 new guys just off status being assigned, this really irked the fuck outta me as i live north but got assigned all the way south and have been hoping to bid a little closer to home ! Don't get me wrong i got less than 3yrs on; which is basically a minute and have no interest in working a slow district (15,11,10) , but why does the department not take it into consideration the fact that now when i have to lock someone up that i now will have court all the way down at 111th street and pretty much use up my three hours just driving there ! Maybe if they considered this as a factor when assigning people they might see a little less animosity in the department ! I'm curious to know how often a south-sider gets sent to a north district randomly ? If i work third watch and have court at 9am, then guess what...if its not a ticket-able offense then.... SeeYeah !!!. Why cant they give others a chance to bid to some of these districts before assigning people !!!!!!!! p.s Save the "just do your time kid" bullshit i was told back in the day you'd get assigned no more than two districts from where you lived, kinda made since for court at least !!! so must've been nice then !
I hope Karen Lewis had people filming this crap!
How many schools could have been saved with that money?
What does a ballerina know about making a City Great?
He couldn't even work a meat slicer when he was a kid look at his finger!!!
How about putting some firecrackers inside model cars to re-enact the cities drive-by shootings!
It could be an epic spectacle like never before seen!
Can I have $500K for the idea now too? /sarcasm
$2 mil dollars for a 60 minute show is $33,333 per minute.
Or perhaps sixty $33,333/year jobs
Worth every dime?
Maybe we could do a St. Valentine's Day Massacre reenactment and use tiny dancer and his 50 thieves as stand ins for Moran's gang...oh yeah, and live ammo too!!!!
OT --
Pair were looking to 'hit a lick' when they [murdered] 88-year-old barber
Oct. 4, 2014
"Samuel Higgins and a friend were looking to "hit a lick" -- slang for scoring a lot of money fast -- when they spotted 88-year-old Arthur Hearn waiting at a bus stop on the South Side.
"Higgins, dressed as a woman, kept watch up and down the 8500 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue as the man knocked Hearn to the ground and rifled through the elderly barber's pockets, prosecutors said Saturday as Higgins appeared in court on murder and robbery charges.
"When someone tried to come to Hearn's aid, the man claimed he was Hearn's uncle and waved the person off, prosecutors said. But the person flagged down a squad car as Higgins and the man fled, they said.
"Hearn was taken to John H. Stroger Hospital in critical condition with head trauma and died three days later, on Sept. 28. The Cook County medical examiner's office ruled his death a homicide.
"Higgins, 29, was arrested days later after he talked about the robbery to someone and was seen with a "ball of money," prosecutors said. The man with him has not been arrested.
"Higgins clasped his hands behind his back and slowly shook his head as sheriff's officers escorted him back to a court lockup after a judge ordered him held on $1 million bail.
"Higgins has six prior felony convictions, including 2010 and 2011 prostitution felony cases, according to Assistant State’s Attorney Alexandra Molesky. Higgins also has two felony convictions for forgery and additional felony convictions for identity theft, with 11 more misdemeanor convictions..."
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-man-charged-with-murder-of-88yearold-pillar-of-the-community-20141003-story.html
Thats money he could have put towards the pension crisis
OT --
Rahm's brother Ezekiel is at it again. Hopes fervently to die at 75. Trib paywalled story. 10,000 other sources...
"When we contemplate how our children will remember us, Emanuel claims, we hope they will think of us "in our prime -- active, vigorous, engaged, animated, enthusiastic, funny, warm, loving…independent." These attributes contrast sharply with the debilities of old age.
As far as Emanuel is concerned, "frailty is the ultimate tragedy."
"...at advanced ages...survivors are usually left fragile and decrepit. Instead of being "vibrant and engaged," they become "feeble, ineffectual, even pathetic." And that is something that Emanuel would rather die than endure, and he wants to persuade his readers to feel the same way about themselves.
"Reading Emanuel's essay, I began to despair — not just about the moral outlook it expresses, but about whether its readers will even recognize how monstrous it is. Emanuel has taken the ethic of meritocratic striving that currently dominates elite culture in the United States and transformed it into a comprehensive vision of the human good. Viewed in its light, the only life worth living is one in which you endlessly, relentlessly strive to look as smart and clever as possible in the eyes of other smart and clever people. The ultimate goal of such a life is to be considered the smartest and cleverest person of all. Once old age or any other misfortune gets in the way of continually striving for that goal, one might as well cease to exist...
"This is eugenics induced by narcissism."
http://theweek.com/article/index/268589/should-you-hope-to-die-at-75-absolutely-not
Some of the stupidest ideas come from the so called "artistic community".
Complete & total waste of taxpayer money (our money). Just fund our pension already instead of all this BS.
A grand spectacle to distract the common man. Bring out the lions, gladiators and let the people dance around the bonfires raging in the night. Rome must have been like this towards the end. Pay no attention to the thieves behind the curtain!
Why do Democrats love to piss away money like this?
Spent 2 hours from suburbs to travel by Metra and CTA to visit this festival with the whole family. Stood on bridge for another 2 hours keeping a good view of the floating house on river. OMG, what a waste of time, all this traveling for this: 1 excessively long commercial introduction of fire-lighters including our criminal governor and other no-body losers, 1 “gong” on a kayak, 1 boat of bratty rich kids who hummed an illuminati chant, 1 smoke polluting steam boat kayak, and the grand finale of the 1 house fire “that dreamed it could”. Add that to the 3 attempts of pick pocketing of my iPhone and the sleeping obese sergeant inside his parked squad car on the Michigan Avenue bridge. I'm sure you will see some Youtube videos from posters soon floating around cause he was so blatant, couldn't he have found a more discrete location other than in the middle of thousands of spectators?! We took public transportation due to wanting to avoid the hundreds of speed & red light cameras along Chicago streets, “Its for the children!”. I feel sorry for the Chicago taxpayers who literally got to see their taxes burn in front of their eyes, and even that couldn’t have been pulled off right. The at-large arsonist in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood could have put on a more spectacular show AND for free!
Ha Ha Rahm you asshole
Mayor Emanuel to Taxpayers
YOU'RE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!
Vows that we'll throw even more much needed tax revenue at this non-sense.
Middle finger to the taxpayers
THE KING HAS SPOKEN!
Does SanFransico have a earthquake tribute?
Emanuel knows how to hurt people . He does not know how to help people!
Did you happen to see the Trib photo of him after this debacle ? He looked like he ate ground glass!
This Rahm man is an idiot...spending $350,000 on burning wood...where are the ecologists and 'Save the Planet' people when we need them?? Rahm has spent our Tax money right from the drain....and by the way....who are Rahm's constituents anyway?? He doesn't have the West and South Side, he doesn't have the Northwest and Southwest Sides....so who does he have anyway to vote for him???
Ot
Obama sends praising letter to OKC beheader's mosque??
http://www.jihadwatch.org/2014/10/white-house-official-flies-to-oklahoma-city-to-read-special-thank-you-note-from-obama-to-beheaders-mosque
$350,000 is almost 400 duty availability checks. It's good to see that the PPO's money is being used for something productive.
Hey morons it was only $350,000 of your tax dollars, go write Parker's and Movers like the good little idiots you are. Your Buddy....RAHM
Anonymous Anonymous said...
i was there, it was the silliest thing i have ever seen. It looked as if it was concieved by teenagers on drugs.
10/05/2014 03:11:00 PM
Not unlikely. Saw a minute of it on the news and thought your description was spot on.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
$350,000 doesn't include police, fire and s&s overtime, as well as administrative costs to plan and execute this spectacle...
10/05/2014 10:14:00 AM
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At least another ten thousand wasted dollars wasted there.
Plus, set up for the vendors, who basically got rained out, anyway.
I wonder if Martin Sheen was hearing the words "the horror the horror" said by Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now as he was watching the bonfire? Lol!
Could had have been worse. I imagined the fire starting and actually burning down a building or two when the fire got out of control. My mom said never play with fire.
Anonymous said...
300 people died and 100,000 were homeless from this fire. Why the fuck would they celebrate is tragedy? Liberals are just sick in the head.
10/05/2014 12:26:00 PM
rahm is a sick bastard and will defend this as "an artistic display" while spending our $$.
My artistic display will be a few flares into my shit raised ranch that continues to lose value, due to the dem's. All family,pets, and anything that may be of value will be out.
FF's will be advised on scene, so as not to place any hero's in harm or jeopardy.
Then I woke up.
I hate this city.
OT - This needs to be pushed up to where people will read it.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Regarding the posts on the DD in 016...
Information about a Facebook post from a Dunkin Donuts employee was
recently circulating via several means of media distribution. The post
included negative comments toward the police including "CPDK".
I met with the manager of this store and the owner (who also owns
numerous stores throughout the city). They assured me that the
employee was fired when they became aware of the insulting and vulgar
posts. Both the manager and owner expressed their commitment to
working with the police and the community. In fact, the owner has
already been involved in numerous community and charity functions
over the years.
If any member has any issues with a business in the 16th District, and
the issue does not rise to the level of a criminal investigation, please let
me know. There are numerous partner agencies, chambers of
commerce and neighborhood organizations that are more than willing to
work with us to remediate conflict.
Commander Roger Bay
District 016 - Jefferson Park
Chicago Police Department
5151 North Milwaukee Avenue
Chicago IL 60630
10/05/2014 08:31:00 AM
$350,000 invested for 20 years at 12% = $3,724,000
Good investment. And you wonder why we have a pension crisis.
Must read article: Gazette magazine October 3, 2014 "DC think tank says Chicago pension crisis fueled by TIFs" by Miriam Y. Clinton.
"Putting Municipal Pension Costs Into Context:Chicago".
Who would "celebrate " with a "festival" about such a horrific tragedy? Totally shameful and inappropriate waste of taxpayers $.
Maybe we can have an EBOLA show and watch people drop dead all over the place!
Next week...A Viking Funeral...
Burning long ships sailing out of Burn'em (sic) Harbor...
Maidens singing Wagner arias....
Valhalla awaits the valiant warrior...
Relive the 1968 convention with no cameras allowed. Have the police in the old uniforms, find some bust outs and see what happens.
Rahm...what a weirdo...25 wounded, how many dead today..and he's burning Spanish Cedar wood in a wet river...and it bombed....who in the world would vote for such a fool. The event flopped for 2 million dollars...how much will they spend next year...double to make it work?? And what are we celebrating, the death of 300 poor souls??? Rahm is a complete idiot.
On a good drunk Fourth of July I've shoved sparklers up my ass that produced bigger flames!
RAHM is completely out of touch with reality.
He'll piss our money away on a joke like this and tomorrow be demanding " pension reform" again.
We gotta somehow vote this egotistical prick out.
Rahm announced a little while ago that this will be an annual event.
Anonymous said...
"...Trib paywalled story. 10,000 other sources..."
Truth!
Rahm has ordered a media/information black-out in Chicago. You wild assed, uncontrolled, clear eyed free thinking men need to give up on local media actually performing it's duty.
"Reading Emanuel's essay, I began to despair — not just about the moral outlook it expresses, but about whether its readers will even recognize how monstrous it is. Emanuel has taken the ethic of meritocratic striving that currently dominates elite culture in the United States and transformed it into a comprehensive vision of the human good. Viewed in its light, the only life worth living is one in which you endlessly, relentlessly strive to look as smart and clever as possible in the eyes of other smart and clever people. The ultimate goal of such a life is to be considered the smartest and cleverest person of all. Once old age or any other misfortune gets in the way of continually striving for that goal, one might as well cease to exist...
"This is eugenics induced by narcissism."
http://theweek.com/article/index/268589/should-you-hope-to-die-at-75-absolutely-not
Dinnertime conversation at the Emanuel house during Ari's, Ezekiel's and Rahm's tender formative years must've been a real muthafuckah to yield the vile men they've become.
Inflicting THEIR vision of how things ought to be on the rest of everybody else.
Just for the sheer fuck of it:
Is Rahm the only one to have his school records and other such under judicial seal?
Bet you a fat man on Friday you won't find any publication of his Northwestern University Master's thesis (Communications) either.
Too much of a window into the workings of that warped and peeling mind...
Heh... The man of certain age and upbringing can just look in Rahm's eyes and see the ghastly spectral shit looking back...
Windows to the soul and all that.
But then again, people voted for a community organizer and Harvard lawyer with a very curious lack of a paper trail too.
Funny... Many of the Catered To Constituency feel let down by "their" president. Wonder why?
How about Arby's has a "Meat Slicer Parade" with a giant inflatable Rahm and a severed finger(ala Dan Ackroyds Julia Child skit from S.N.L.).
We had less than 2 inches of rain last week. If they didn't figure that into their plans, than they were negligent.
That said, I don't expect Emanuel to have the courage demand Red Moon pay the city back. He wants this to just go away.
Flaming tutu fizzled…….
a precursor of his campaign?
If this goofiness cost 2 million, why can't they find 2 million to contribute to our Pension and only have to find another 598 million. What a bunch of scumbags we have running this city.
Rahm = incompetence, liberalism,"throw cash at it, even if you don't have it"....if there were a poster child for the antithesis of character and integrity, Rahm would be the guy
Hey Asshole,The Chicago Police Department of 1968 kicked the asses of the wannabe Anarchists at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. Get your facts straight ya moronic softball.
$350,000 invested for 20 years at 12% = $3,724,000
Good investment. And you wonder why we have a pension crisis.
10/05/2014 07:54:00 PM
Redo your math with an expected rate of return of 7.25% or lower. That's the rate pension consulting firms are telling clients to use. Some go as low as 6.75%.
I think this one can be renamed "The Great Chicago Shit-Show". A bit O.T but recently was checking out a personnel transfer order and noticed that 11 had about 8 new guys just off status being assigned, this really irked the fuck outta me as i live north but got assigned all the way south and have been hoping to bid a little closer to home ! Don't get me wrong i got less than 3yrs on; which is basically a minute and have no interest in working a slow district (15,11,10) , but why does the department not take it into consideration the fact that now when i have to lock someone up that i now will have court all the way down at 111th street and pretty much use up my three hours just driving there ! Maybe if they considered this as a factor when assigning people they might see a little less animosity in the department ! I'm curious to know how often a south-sider gets sent to a north district randomly ? If i work third watch and have court at 9am, then guess what...if its not a ticket-able offense then.... SeeYeah !!!. Why cant they give others a chance to bid to some of these districts before assigning people !!!!!!!! p.s Save the "just do your time kid" bullshit i was told back in the day you'd get assigned no more than two districts from where you lived, kinda made since for court at least !!! so must've been nice then !
10/05/2014 03:24:00 PM
People assigned to 011 after probation usually have some wack, even if it's only enough to get them to 011. Same thing with 010, and 009. If you had enough juice you would have been assigned there. You probably need quite a bit more time to make that bid anyways. You're stuck homeboy, unless you get your ball lick on and get a mangement transfer.
Didn't anyone see him on TV?? He promises it will be a yearly thing. A symbolic fire to represent Chicago coming back from the ashes.
This is some Avant Garde stuff. Too bad most of you are not sophisticated enough to see the artistic and socio-political values of this event.
Yeah,right.....what I saw was a complete waste of money.
That's what you get for using overpaid city/union electricians....hahaha
A. Skokal
"Bonfire of the Vanities" indeed!
Next time, Rahm's re-enactment of
The BATTLE OF PEARL HARBOR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kcSMaNlcDPs
Another one of Rahm's wet dreams, another waste of taxpayer money.
Anonymous Anonymous said...
This asshole Emanuel is not from here, or of here.
He is an opportunist raised in Wilmette.
Elect a Chicagoan as mayor in 2015.
Send Emanuel back to the north shore....
And keep his pension stealing buddy Rauner on the north shore, away from Springfield.
10/05/2014 01:15:00 PM
Agreed 100%
I couldn't have said it better myself.
Could have kept a school open for another year with that money.
How about celebrating the ISIS beheadings... Rahm could float a barge down the river and then the Captain gets beheaded by the bridge.
Anonymous said...
Spent 2 hours from suburbs to travel by Metra and CTA to visit this festival with the whole family. Stood on bridge for another 2 hours keeping a good view of the floating house on river. OMG, what a waste of time, all this traveling for this: 1 excessively long commercial introduction of fire-lighters including our criminal governor and other no-body losers, 1 “gong” on a kayak, 1 boat of bratty rich kids who hummed an illuminati chant, 1 smoke polluting steam boat kayak, and the grand finale of the 1 house fire “that dreamed it could”. Add that to the 3 attempts of pick pocketing of my iPhone and the sleeping obese sergeant inside his parked squad car on the Michigan Avenue bridge. I'm sure you will see some Youtube videos from posters soon floating around cause he was so blatant, couldn't he have found a more discrete location other than in the middle of thousands of spectators?! We took public transportation due to wanting to avoid the hundreds of speed & red light cameras along Chicago streets, “Its for the children!”. I feel sorry for the Chicago taxpayers who literally got to see their taxes burn in front of their eyes, and even that couldn’t have been pulled off right. The at-large arsonist in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood could have put on a more spectacular show AND for free!
10/05/2014 05:12:00 PM
You have to be stupid even to come into the city, and to bring your kids......on public transportation yet.....geeez.
And the "sleeping" Sgt..(If that even occurred) kept the bridge down, otherwise Rahm would have raised them for the floats and traffic would have stalled....
Who owns Redmoon and how is it connected to Rahm or his agent brother?
Anonymous Anonymous said...
I think this one can be renamed "The Great Chicago Shit-Show". A bit O.T but recently was checking out a personnel transfer order and noticed that 11 had about 8 new guys just off status being assigned, this really irked the fuck outta me as i live north but got assigned all the way south and have been hoping to bid a little closer to home ! Don't get me wrong i got less than 3yrs on; which is basically a minute and have no interest in working a slow district (15,11,10) , but why does the department not take it into consideration the fact that now when i have to lock someone up that i now will have court all the way down at 111th street and pretty much use up my three hours just driving there ! Maybe if they considered this as a factor when assigning people they might see a little less animosity in the department ! I'm curious to know how often a south-sider gets sent to a north district randomly ? If i work third watch and have court at 9am, then guess what...if its not a ticket-able offense then.... SeeYeah !!!. Why cant they give others a chance to bid to some of these districts before assigning people !!!!!!!! p.s Save the "just do your time kid" bullshit i was told back in the day you'd get assigned no more than two districts from where you lived, kinda made since for court at least !!! so must've been nice then !
10/05/2014 03:24:00 PM
You are a complete handjob.
Back in what day was this two districts away edict happening?
Now shut up and do your time kid.
Two + million dollars spent on this joke of an event???!!! AND people attended???? The idiot politicians in Chicago know that the people who live here are a bunch of farmer numbnuts. That's how they get away with their nonsense. Just throw the crowds some bread and circuses (beer, brats, drunken festivals and sports) and they will be satisfied. As Dennis Miller said last week on his radio show - Chicago is a nice place to visit, but I wouldn't want to live there.
Signed,
A Chicago native who is ready to flee.
"Spent 2 hours from suburbs to travel by Metra and CTA to visit this festival with the whole family. Stood on bridge for another 2 hours keeping a good view of the floating house on river. OMG, what a waste of time"
Then you should have stayed in the suburbs you sicko; who takes a family to a festival for a fire that killed 300 and left thousands homeless!? Did Winnetka not have a laurie dann school shooting reenactment that weekend? I mean what has this world come to?
People from Chicago are so stupid that they would probably be willing to pay to see a couple of Popsicle sticks set ablaze in the middle of a bathtub. They would stare in amazement at the small flames saying how symbolic it was.
Last weeks ribbon cutting ceremony at Olive Garden in the city and now this event makes me embarrassed to be from Chicago. Politicians and people are idiots alike.
"How about Arby's has a "Meat Slicer Parade" with a giant inflatable Rahm and a severed finger(ala Dan Ackroyds Julia Child skit from S.N.L.)."
10/05/2014 09:39:00 PM
"Oh, my goodness, I seem to have cut myself."
>guy offstage pumping a rubber bulb to simulate arterial bleeding, quarts of fake blood spraying all over<
Last weeks ribbon cutting ceremony at Olive Garden in the city and now this event makes me embarrassed to be from Chicago. Politicians and people are idiots alike.
10/06/2014 09:47:00 AM
World class city? Chicago is a cow town. How about the Trib covering the closing of some hot dog stand last week in its headlines for 3 days.
People wanted to see how 300 Chicagoans burned to death? That is sick.
Where's all the yes voting bitches crying poor mouth now?
Anonymous said...
That's what you get for using overpaid city/union electricians....hahaha
A. Skokal
10/06/2014 04:20:00 AM
We don't explode pyrotechnics stupid or our equipment.
Chicago Fire 1871 countless Mayors have come and gone. But it wasn't until the genius of Rahm came along to celebrate the Chicago Fire!
What a genius! What would Chicago do with out him?
"World class city? Chicago is a cow town. How about the Trib covering the closing of some hot dog stand last week in its headlines for 3 days."
I don't know which story is worse ...this one, ribbon cutting at Olive Garden, or Hot Doug's closing. Couldn't agree with you more about this city being a cow town. The mixture of Midwestern transplants and local politicians makes this city a total joke. I think that's why there are so many drunks/alcoholics in this town. Then we have to contend with the awful weather. Instead of putting two million into this joke of a festival they should pay us for living in this dumpy city.
Anonymous said...
"How about Arby's has a "Meat Slicer Parade" with a giant inflatable Rahm and a severed finger(ala Dan Ackroyds Julia Child skit from S.N.L.)."
10/05/2014 09:39:00 PM
"Oh, my goodness, I seem to have cut myself."
>guy offstage pumping a rubber bulb to simulate arterial bleeding, quarts of fake blood spraying all over<
10/06/2014 12:47:00 PM
Just satisfy yourself with the visual of a young Rahm Emanuel flouncing and twirling around in Arby's spraying shit, piss and blood everywhere...
Swan Lake with congas and a saxophone...
Interpretive dance for yo ass...
>Hep Cat finger snapping<
"Maaann... That was far out!"
Maybe the next thing Rahm will do is have the artists Christo and Jeanne Claude come to Chicago.
They are the ones who made headlines around the world by surrounding entire islands with miles of pink fabric in the early 1980s.
Think of what they could do with our lakefront from Evanston to Gary IN. and all up and down the rivers too.
No end of the ways Rahm could spend our money.
Flush Rham the police hater
a least it wasnt as bad as the 2014 southside st paddys day parade
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