Stuff I have not had the time to comment on recently:

Re: Mary Mitchell, columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times. Ms. Mitchell is the resident black muckraker for the local news rag ( I call it a rag because it is indeed a rag...a Rupert Murdoch rag aimed at the lowest common denominator in this great city...it was once a respectable newspaper, but that was long before Murdoch got his grubby hands on it ) called the Chicago Sun-Times. Many of her columns read as if she wrote a decent column, and then reviewed the results before adding certain inflammatory "code" paragraphs and paragraphs that had a certain "negative spin" that the ignorant reader would not even notice.

Recently, Ms. Mitchell wrote about an 82-year-old southside grandma who got tasered after she attacked some cops who had been called to check out her apartment. You should read the article ( GRANDMA GETS TASERED ) which was the front page article on the Monday, 11/05/07 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times ) to see how subtly Mitchell painted the cops as brutal, inconsiderate, and out of control. Her bias is evident to any intelligent reader, but she obviously does not write for "intelligent" readers. She writes "for" the impoverished, the unfortunate, and the black community. However, after castigating the police department, the city of Chicago ( City Hall ), and everybody except the rampaging grandma herself, Ms. Mitchell was ticked off mightily when she found that Chicago Sun-Times readers responding to the papers website question on her article, SHOULD COPS HAVE TASERED AN 82-YEAR-OLD?, did not unanimously agree with her slant on the grandma versus cops confrontation.  to wit, while 67% of the respondents said NO, 37% said YES ( grandma should have been tasered)! 7,967 readers responded, and 2, 940 of that number expressed the sentiment that grandma go pretty much what she asked for. Those results led Mitchell to comment that "despite what the coldhearted among us have said, police officers showed poor judgement in their handling of this woman. It shouldn't take a front page story or a a lawsuit to make the city acknowledge that much." What umbrage and defiance Ms. Mitchell showed in that statement...hmmm, front page story or a lawsuit...hey, if you get a chance to see the front page shot of grandma on the 11/05/07 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times, you will note that next to grannny's left arm is a tall glass of amber colored liquid...now what could that be??? In my opinion is sharper than Mitchell would give her credit for being, and Mitchell is giving her some gift wrapping for a lawsuit. I also get the feeling that the responding police officers were probably black, otherwise Mitchell would have jumped more on that angle of the article. You might say that she is giving the cops a tiny bit of slack ( if the responding officers had been white, you had better believe that Mitchell would have stoked that "fire-fact" to the hilt. that is how she writes.

More on Ms. Mitchell in a day or two ( she also wrote two columns on a recent Bill Clinton sighting in chicago that left her feeling "left out"...more on that soon ).

I have been too busy to blog lately, but I have a bit of time to jot
down a few comments on things here in Chicago that have served to
tweak my interest or otherwise infuriate me. Most of the comments are
short and to the point, but I really had to fire out a bit on the
Chicago Sun-Times resident race-baiting bigot, Mary Mitchell. Read on
to find out what I have to say on a lot of things:

On October 31, 2007, a police officer was shot and killed in
Philadelphia during a doughnut shop robbery. The officer was the third
one shot by street punks over a four day period. And to think they
call Philly the "CITY OF BROTHERLY LOVE???? The other two officers
were merely wounded. The one shot in the doughnut store robbery was
killed by a bullet to the face. The shooter was located yesterday,
Tuesday, November 6th, in Miami, Florida. Lets hope and pray that he
is given the death penalty, and that they find the other thugs
involved in the previous three shootings. The seem to take shooting
cops as "sport" in Philly. It is a sick town, and it will take more
than 10,000 black men patrolling the streets to clean up that
cesspool.

On Tuesday, November 6, 2007, in Los Angeles, California, a pregnant
woman was killed and two other people were injured when a woman rammed
her car into them during a planned street fight involving as many as
30 young women, according to authorities. Looks like Los Angeles is a
cesspool as well.

A good book to read that will reveal exactly why Mayor Daley, Arnie
Duncan ( Daley's Superintendant of Schools ), and the vast majority of
parents of inner city public schools are wrong when they keep begging
the public for more money for schools so that "test scores can be
raised," is TESTED: ONE AMERICAN SCHOOL SSTRUGGLES TO MAKE THE GRADE
by Linda Perlstein ( published by HOLT BOOKS ). This book reveals how
the "no child left behind" programs only serve to make kids somewhat
better at taking test rather than truly educating them. A great, if
disheartening, read. Worth the price ( $30 ).

New York Times, Sunday, October 14, 2007, headline: Iran Cleric Calls
for boycott of Peace Talks. Ha, just what you would expect from a
cleric representing the so-called "religion of peace."

If you get a chance, get a look at page 17 / Section 1, of the
Saturday, October 13, 2007 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. There is
a picture of rapper "50 Cent" seated next to the Mayor of Bridgeport,
Connecticut, John Fabrizi, while the mayor announces that October 12,
2007 is "50-Cent Day." My, my, my, does money ever talk. It will be a
sad day in human existence when a thug rapper deserves a personal
"day" and key to any city except for perhaps Sodom and Gommorah. Just
my opinion.

Sunday, October 14, 2007, Chicago Tribune-nice articles on why all of
us pet lovers out there should consider adopting older pets from
animal shelters, in the Oualities of Life  section ( 13 ), pages 1 and
8. Older animals are often overlooked in animal shelters in favor of
puppies, kittens, and younger dogs and cats. Trust me when I say that
the oldsters can offer you a lot of love and affection as well as
total friendship. Check em out!

Sunday, October 14, 2007, Chicago Tribune-Section 4 ( Metro ), page
3-article on how some American Indians protested at the annual
Columbus Day parade here in downtown Chicago.  The Indians claim that
their beef is with Columbus, nt with the Italian people. Right! Sad to
say this, but were it not for Columbus, the Spanish Conquistadors
would have come in and killed every Indian on the face of the earth.
Yeah, my Indian brothers and sisters, there would have been a worse
scene than what the Europeans brought upon you. I'm one quarter
Cherokee Indian myself, so I know a bit about what I'm talking about
here.

Sunday, October 14, 2007, Chicago Tribune-Section 4 ( Metro ), page
14A-15A-A great article by reproter Norman Parish titled "Descent into
a Hell Hole" which recounts his revisiting the Ida B. Wells public
Housing complex, where his mother grew up. "It was clean and new then,
whtih green grass and space for kids to play. It's nothing like that
now." A superb article. Read it if you can.

Ah, no time to say my stuff about Mary Mitchell, race-baiting resident
bigot at the Chicago Sun-Times. I'll do that tomorrow if I can.

Gotta' get some sleep.

This is an outstanding quote that I came across in the excellent 1998 book on USMC Boot Camp training by Thomas Ricks, titled, MAKING THE CORPS:

"Starting in the mid-1960's, we have thrown away the values, morals, and the standards that define traditional Western culture. In part this has been driven by cultural radicals, people who hate our Judeo-Christian culture. Dominant in the elite, especially in the universities, the media, and the entertainment industries ( now the most powerful forcein our culture and a source of endless degradation ), the cultural radicals have successfully pushed an agenda of moral relativism, militant secularism, and sexual and social 'liberation.' This agenda has slowly codified into a new ideology, usually known as 'multi-culturism' or 'political correctness' that is in essence Marxism translated from economic into social and cultural terms." -William S. Lind

Semper Fi, Everybody,
BlackScorpion

I have been unable to post any blog material for the past couple of weeks, but the world continues to evolve without me, so I have decided to sit down this afternoon and log in some comments about goings on in Chicago and around the nation / world that spark my interest.

Since I last posted a blog entry Jesse Jackson has "hip-hopped from photo-op to photo-op" like a publicity hungry jackrabbit. He was in Jena with (?) the Jena 6 "lineup" (those kids are thugs no matter what incited them to jump and brutally beat on that white kid) in Louisiana, and then back up here in Chicago to spend the night in an apartment in a Southside of Chicago Housing Project (with resident who has chosen to live in that terrible place since 1973!!!). Jesse claimed that he was protesting police abuse of building residents. Uh-huh, Jesse, how about the abuse on our entire society that many of the residents, gangbangers, thugs, punks, pimps, and others in that community dole out every day of the week year round? Oh, well, you got your picture in the paper, and those who follow you like sheep have another clipping to justify their continued support of the tired horse that you have been riding since the sixties. Beats working if you can get away with it...and you have.

Right behind Jesse was the unflappable con maestro, Al Sharpton, who is currently in town doing what he does best-rabble rouse! His purported "targets" of protest are Mayor Daly and the Chicago Police Department. Gee, Al, I have no problem with you bringing your NYC bull show into Chicago...it is a land of free speech even for traveling clowns like yourself, but could you take some time while you're here to do some explaining and some repenting for your disgraceful Tawanna Brawley crapola fest, and, more recently,  your loudmouthed, vile, despicable, and flat out wrong condemnation of the Lacrosse players at Duke University who were falsely accused of rape and a host of other crimes by a black "exotic" dancer? *By the way, I recall Jesse Jackson proclaiming that his Operation Push was going to pay for the college education of that poor, black "exotic" dancer who was "brutalized and demeaned" by those white lacrosse players. What's up Jesse? Are you still going to pay for her education? Or did you get "schooled" by her (pun intended)? My personal advice is for Sharpton to just get out of Chicago and let us Chicagoans take care of our problems, you neo-carpetbagger! And while you're on your way out of town, see if you can take Jesse Jackson with you.

This past weekend there was an overnight prayer vigil in Humboldt Park on the northwest side of town to protest the recent shooting of a 10-year old caught in gang crossfire on the southside in particular, and the urban bloodshed that goes on daily all over town on an almost daily basis. If you are among those who really believe that prayer and protests will stop gangbangers and thugs from brutalizing and killing law abiding citizens and our youth, I have a bridge on Michigan Avenue that I would like to sell you. The solutions to urban bloodshed caused by criminals are not going to be found in churches or at protest marches. The evil that currently hovers over us all here in Chicago, and all across the nation in urban communities, goes much deeper than something prayer can solve (miracles not withstanding, but I haven't seen any urban miracles during my 60 years of living in Chicago, so maybe God is just bidding his time on this urban violence thing....riiiigggggghhht!). It is a sociopathic thing that has been spawned by at least three generations (and counting) of parents who are children themselves attempting to raise children. That is the root of the whole evil tree of urban violence. It is not the whole tree or all of the branches, but it is the root of it. The "ministers" and the so-called "community leaders" can harp about it 24/7, but the truth is that the horse of violence has been out of the barn since the early seventies. And the horse is galloping away, far, far away, right now. There are so many illiterate, semi-literate, malcontented, foul-mouthed, government assistance and affirmative action dependent inner city youth, adults, and seniors in our urban cities now that it is a virtual country within a country or nation within a nation as it were. Which leads me to the recent comments by ace hate-monger Louis Farrakhan's recent comments in Atlanta, Georgia (10/16/2007) where he urged black Americans to "separate for mainstream culture to establish and support their own community." Only a moron would be able to be non-cognizant of the tact that an huge percentage of American blacks (the youth from grade school to high school, the  Hip-Hop "followers" and entertainers(???), the rappers, the gangbangers, the petty criminals, the sexual deviants, and the outright black bigots and racists among others with similar convictions (pun intended) have already long since separated and made radical social diviations from American society and its values since the early seventies. Can anyone with a single function brain lobe not recognize that do-rags, faux earrings, oversized athletic jerseys, baggy pants hanging below the butt line and crotch at knee level or below, oversized cheap jewelry, thug posturing, glorification of violence, total disrespect of females, and a scowl-faced outright hatred of everybody and everything that is not "in orbit" around those things, has created a cultural jihad here in America that is is as loathsome and dangerous as that presented by the fanatical islamic jihadism that Osama bin-Laden and his ilk espouse? Urban America is sick and getting sicker by the hour. Don't think so? Think that the Jackson's and the Sharpton's, and the Pflager's can turn this mess around? O.K., keep the faith baby, keep the faith. However, I notice the following in a loca paper a few days ago...I hope Jackson and Sharpton read it, though I doubt that it would get them to clean up their personally profitable "acts" simply because they realize that the "pot filled with gold" is big enough to keep their coffers filled even with disagreement...but what I read paints a bleak picture for black  Americans of all political and social bents...read on;

RAPPER "NAS" WILL BE NAMING HIS UPCOMING ALBUM, DUE DECEMBER 11, AFTER THE "N-WORD." ACCORDING TO "NAS," PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TRIP OFF THE ALBUM'S TITLE; THE SONGS ARE CRAZIER THAN THE TITLE." "NAS" CLAIMS THAT HE IS TAKING POWER FROM THE USE OF THE WORD..."NO DISRESPECT TO NONE OF THEM WHO WERE PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT SOME...IN THE STREETS DON'T KNOW WHO (CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST *WHO WAS SLAIN BY RACISTS IN THE SIXTIES ) MEDGAR WAS, THEY KNOW WHO "NAS" IS.


"AND TO MY OLDER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO "NAS" IS AND WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A STREET DISCIPLE IS, STAY OUTTA THIS F------ CONVERSATION. WE'LL TALK TO YOU WHEN WE'RE READY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON A WHOLE NEW MOVEMENT. WE'RE TAKING POWER FROM THAT WORD."

*Comments by "NAS" from an interview posted on MTV's web site.

Sounds like outright nihilism to me folks! Sounds like the "angry young blacks" don't give a damn about what their elders, or black leaders (???), or the black clergy, or the police, or society in general thinks. Sounds to me like a "black Lord of the Flies" taken to an absurd and dangerous "extreme" that will require equally extreme measures to curb and turn around. The only things that interest todays punks are "funky" flash, sex, drugs, guns, chrome (cars, teeth, and jewelry), and flaunting their ignorance of meaningful and productive social values. You can call it what you want, but I call it nihilism, and radical anarchy is the only belief that they hold high.

How do you deal with ever burgeoning communities of evil like that? I have no idea. Just look at what is happening in Philadelphia, PA, where the police chief gave up and made a public plea for "10,000 black men to come out on the street and help the police department take back the streets from the criminals."Whappened was that this past Sunday, October 21, there was a gathering of (reportedly) several thousand concerned Philadelphia black males of varying age groups who lined up for several blocks to register to become part of organized street patrols under the aegis of  "CALL TO ACTION: 10,000 MEN, IT'S A NEW DAY!" the registrants will not carry weapons or make arrests, but will instead be trained in conflict resolution (Pardon me while I hold back a ton of laughter.....). "Nobody else is going to magically come into this community and get it done," said real estate developer (hmmm, real estate developer...my, my, my, the open hearted sincerity and aboveboard straightforwardness) Abdur-Rahim Islam, a lead organizer. Philly Mayor John F. Street, music producer Kenny Gamble, and other black activists (where were Jesse and Al???) joined Police Chief Sylvester John for the kickoff rally. Non-blacks were also extended a welcome to attend (ha, ha, ha), but organizers stressed the need for blacks to solve their own problems (at least there is a smattering of "verbal responsibility" for the cesspool that the Philadelphia black community has "de-evolved" into over the past 35 years or so...you can't blame this mess on "white people" as is usual par for the course in American urban chaos dictums put out by angry blacks claiming continual discrimination and disenfranchisement no matter what the scenario...I guess you can call that some sort of progress, but Martin Luther King is spinning in his grave at this very moment over the current "state of disarray the black community has created for itself, by itself, today...it isn't a very pretty picture, and I have my personal doubts about it getting better anytime soon).

Do I think that the current scenario in Philadelphia will blossom into a better Philadelphia, or a better black America? Not really. My personal answer to the urban black punks and criminals and so-called community leaders is simply, "don't bother me with your degeneracy, your handshakes, your "whats happening brothas's," your "funky" hip-hop music, your "faux dreadlocks (who in their right mind would feel comfortable wearing what amounts to a "rug" on their head from dawn to dusk every day of the week except a bald person who wishes he or she had a full head of hair...for that matter, who in their right mind would want to wear "dreadlocks" except Jamaican ganja fanciers who are welcome to their fashion by me, but I draw the line at seeing all of the current spate of black and caucasion wannabe rastas.)," and your myriad of other false, empty, and, at the end of the day, regressive, fashions, styles, and attitudes. I don't need, support, or have any praise for any of that degenerate fashion, entertainment,  and personal social commentary. But I will say this...I have a love and respect for old-fashioned American values that will see me through the crap that we read about and see in todays media and on our city streets. In a sense I can say that "I love the America that was" back in the 50's and 60's (social warts and all) when I was growing up. Sure, America wasn't perfect back then, but it was a lot better than today's society where massive numbers of those who live in the black community are trying to either get a handout from the government (to supplement what they make from jingling coins in empthy McDonalds soft drink cups on the corner, or hitting saying the hell with school, I'm not gonna get an education because I don't need a formal education to become a rapper or a criminal. Those people disgust me to no end. I cannot stand derelicts and social hangers-on. That's the way I'm wired folks. Those who choose not to take advantage of the many opportunities for success available in this society should scrounge up enough money to buy a plane ticket to some place on the planet where their "total social support" mentality will be lauded ( hint...there is no such place, my friends ). Between the do-rag thugs and the Mcdonalds cup beggars, I have had it up to my nose. To all of them I plead, "Go away, go far away, ...and don't come back." Join Louis Farrakhan's "Nation" and get with that program. Do something, but go away!

Ah, it felt good to lower that boom, but the crap doesn't end with inner city punks, hip-hoppers, and beggars; there is Mayor Daly, City Hall, the Cook County Board, the constantly conniving and thieving aldermen, and the Mayor of this town. They are like the cream on top of the crap sundae! More on all of them when I get bak to the keyboard this evening.

Bye!

P.S. You might wonder why I am not raging on the cops here in Chicago. I like Chicago cops, with the obvious exception of the bad ones. Check out my favorite blog on the internet "http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com" and you might have a bit more respect for them as well. I have been unable to psot any blog material for the past couple of weeks, but the world continues to evolve without me, so I have decided to sit down this afternoon and log in some comments about goings on in Chicago and around the nation / world that spark my interest.

Since I last posted a blog entry Jesse Jackson has "hip-hopped from photo-op to photo-op" like a publicity hungry jackrabbit. He was in Jena with (?) the Jena 6 "lineup" (those kids are thugs no matter what incited them to jump and brutally beat on that white kid) in Louisiana, and then back up here in Chicago to spend the night in an apartment in a Southside of Chicago Housing Project (with resident who has chosen to live in that terrible place since 1973!!!). Jesse claimed that he was protesting police abuse of building residents. Uh-huh, Jesse, how about the abuse on our entire society that many of the residents, gangbangers, thugs, punks, pimps, and others in that community dole out every day of the week year round? Oh, well, you got your picture in the paper, and those who follow you like sheep have another clipping to justify their continued support of the tired horse that you have been riding since the sixties. Beats working if you can get away with it...and you have.

Right behind Jesse was the unflappable con maestro, Al Sharpton, who is currently in town doing what he does best-rabble rouse! His purported "targets" of protest are Mayor Daly and the Chicago Police Department. Gee, Al, I have no problem with you bringing your NYC bull show into Chicago...it is a land of free speech even for traveling clowns like yourself, but could you take some time while you're here to do some explaining and some repenting for your disgraceful Tawanna Brawley crapola fest, and, more recently,  your loudmouthed, vile, despicable, and flat out wrong condemnation of the Lacrosse players at Duke University who were falsely accused of rape and a host of other crimes by a black "exotic" dancer? *By the way, I recall Jesse Jackson proclaiming that his Operation Push was going to pay for the college education of that poor, black "exotic" dancer who was "brutalized and demeaned" by those white lacrosse players. What's up Jesse? Are you still going to pay for her education? Or did you get "schooled" by her (pun intended)? My personal advice is for Sharpton to just get out of Chicago and let us Chicagoans take care of our problems, you neo-carpetbagger! And while you're on your way out of town, see if you can take Jesse Jackson with you.

This past weekend there was an overnight prayer vigil in Humboldt Park on the northwest side of town to protest the recent shooting of a 10-year old caught in gang crossfire on the southside in particular, and the urban bloodshed that goes on daily all over town on an almost daily basis. If you are among those who really believe that prayer and protests will stop gangbangers and thugs from brutalizing and killing law abiding citizens and our youth, I have a bridge on Michigan Avenue that I would like to sell you. The solutions to urban bloodshed caused by criminals are not going to be found in churches or at protest marches. The evil that currently hovers over us all here in Chicago, and all across the nation in urban communities, goes much deeper than something prayer can solve (miracles not withstanding, but I haven't seen any urban miracles during my 60 years of living in Chicago, so maybe God is just bidding his time on this urban violence thing....riiiigggggghhht!). It is a sociopathic thing that has been spawned by at least three generations (and counting) of parents who are children themselves attempting to raise children. That is the root of the whole evil tree of urban violence. It is not the whole tree or all of the branches, but it is the root of it. The "ministers" and the so-called "community leaders" can harp about it 24/7, but the truth is that the horse of violence has been out of the barn since the early seventies. And the horse is galloping away, far, far away, right now. There are so many illiterate, semi-literate, malcontented, foul-mouthed, government assistance and affirmative action dependent inner city youth, adults, and seniors in our urban cities now that it is a virtual country within a country or nation within a nation as it were. Which leads me to the recent comments by ace hate-monger Louis Farrakhan's recent comments in Atlanta, Georgia (10/16/2007) where he urged black Americans to "separate for mainstream culture to establish and support their own community." Only a moron would be able to be non-cognizant of the tact that an huge percentage of American blacks (the youth from grade school to high school, the  Hip-Hop "followers" and entertainers(???), the rappers, the gangbangers, the petty criminals, the sexual deviants, and the outright black bigots and racists among others with similar convictions (pun intended) have already long since separated and made radical social diviations from American society and its values since the early seventies. Can anyone with a single function brain lobe not recognize that do-rags, faux earrings, oversized athletic jerseys, baggy pants hanging below the butt line and crotch at knee level or below, oversized cheap jewelry, thug posturing, glorification of violence, total disrespect of females, and a scowl-faced outright hatred of everybody and everything that is not "in orbit" around those things, has created a cultural jihad here in America that is is as loathsome and dangerous as that presented by the fanatical islamic jihadism that Osama bin-Laden and his ilk espouse? Urban America is sick and getting sicker by the hour. Don't think so? Think that the Jackson's and the Sharpton's, and the Pflager's can turn this mess around? O.K., keep the faith baby, keep the faith. However, I notice the following in a loca paper a few days ago...I hope Jackson and Sharpton read it, though I doubt that it would get them to clean up their personally profitable "acts" simply because they realize that the "pot filled with gold" is big enough to keep their coffers filled even with disagreement...but what I read paints a bleak picture for black  Americans of all political and social bents...read on;

RAPPER "NAS" WILL BE NAMING HIS UPCOMING ALBUM, DUE DECEMBER 11, AFTER THE "N-WORD." ACCORDING TO "NAS," PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TRIP OFF THE ALBUM'S TITLE; THE SONGS ARE CRAZIER THAN THE TITLE." "NAS" CLAIMS THAT HE IS TAKING POWER FROM THE USE OF THE WORD..."NO DISRESPECT TO NONE OF THEM WHO WERE PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT SOME...IN THE STREETS DON'T KNOW WHO (CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST *WHO WAS SLAIN BY RACISTS IN THE SIXTIES ) MEDGAR WAS, THEY KNOW WHO "NAS" IS.


"AND TO MY OLDER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO "NAS" IS AND WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A STREET DISCIPLE IS, STAY OUTTA THIS F------ CONVERSATION. WE'LL TALK TO YOU WHEN WE'RE READY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON A WHOLE NEW MOVEMENT. WE'RE TAKING POWER FROM THAT WORD."

*Comments by "NAS" from an interview posted on MTV's web site.

Sounds like outright nihilism to me folks! Sounds like the "angry young blacks" don't give a damn about what their elders, or black leaders (???), or the black clergy, or the police, or society in general thinks. Sounds to me like a "black Lord of the Flies" taken to an absurd and dangerous "extreme" that will require equally extreme measures to curb and turn around. The only things that interest todays punks are "funky" flash, sex, drugs, guns, chrome (cars, teeth, and jewelry), and flaunting their ignorance of meaningful and productive social values. You can call it what you want, but I call it nihilism, and radical anarchy is the only belief that they hold high.

How do you deal with ever burgeoning communities of evil like that? I have no idea. Just look at what is happening in Philadelphia, PA, where the police chief gave up and made a public plea for "10,000 black men to come out on the street and help the police department take back the streets from the criminals."Whappened was that this past Sunday, October 21, there was a gathering of (reportedly) several thousand concerned Philadelphia black males of varying age groups who lined up for several blocks to register to become part of organized street patrols under the aegis of  "CALL TO ACTION: 10,000 MEN, IT'S A NEW DAY!" the registrants will not carry weapons or make arrests, but will instead be trained in conflict resolution (Pardon me while I hold back a ton of laughter.....). "Nobody else is going to magically come into this community and get it done," said real estate developer (hmmm, real estate developer...my, my, my, the open hearted sincerity and aboveboard straightforwardness) Abdur-Rahim Islam, a lead organizer. Philly Mayor John F. Street, music producer Kenny Gamble, and other black activists (where were Jesse and Al???) joined Police Chief Sylvester John for the kickoff rally. Non-blacks were also extended a welcome to attend (ha, ha, ha), but organizers stressed the need for blacks to solve their own problems (at least there is a smattering of "verbal responsibility" for the cesspool that the Philadelphia black community has "de-evolved" into over the past 35 years or so...you can't blame this mess on "white people" as is usual par for the course in American urban chaos dictums put out by angry blacks claiming continual discrimination and disenfranchisement no matter what the scenario...I guess you can call that some sort of progress, but Martin Luther King is spinning in his grave at this very moment over the current "state of disarray the black community has created for itself, by itself, today...it isn't a very pretty picture, and I have my personal doubts about it getting better anytime soon).

Do I think that the current scenario in Philadelphia will blossom into a better Philadelphia, or a better black America? Not really. My personal answer to the urban black punks and criminals and so-called community leaders is simply, "don't bother me with your degeneracy, your handshakes, your "whats happening brothas's," your "funky" hip-hop music, your "faux dreadlocks (who in their right mind would feel comfortable wearing what amounts to a "rug" on their head from dawn to dusk every day of the week except a bald person who wishes he or she had a full head of hair...for that matter, who in their right mind would want to wear "dreadlocks" except Jamaican ganja fanciers who are welcome to their fashion by me, but I draw the line at seeing all of the current spate of black and caucasion wannabe rastas.)," and your myriad of other false, empty, and, at the end of the day, regressive, fashions, styles, and attitudes. I don't need, support, or have any praise for any of that degenerate fashion, entertainment,  and personal social commentary. But I will say this...I have a love and respect for old-fashioned American values that will see me through the crap that we read about and see in todays media and on our city streets. In a sense I can say that "I love the America that was" back in the 50's and 60's (social warts and all) when I was growing up. Sure, America wasn't perfect back then, but it was a lot better than today's society where massive numbers of those who live in the black community are trying to either get a handout from the government (to supplement what they make from jingling coins in empthy McDonalds soft drink cups on the corner, or hitting saying the hell with school, I'm not gonna get an education because I don't need a formal education to become a rapper or a criminal. Those people disgust me to no end. I cannot stand derelicts and social hangers-on. That's the way I'm wired folks. Those who choose not to take advantage of the many opportunities for success available in this society should scrounge up enough money to buy a plane ticket to some place on the planet where their "total social support" mentality will be lauded ( hint...there is no such place, my friends ). Between the do-rag thugs and the Mcdonalds cup beggars, I have had it up to my nose. To all of them I plead, "Go away, go far away, ...and don't come back." Join Louis Farrakhan's "Nation" and get with that program. Do something, but go away!

Ah, it felt good to lower that boom, but the crap doesn't end with inner city punks, hip-hoppers, and beggars; there is Mayor Daly, City Hall, the Cook County Board, the constantly conniving and thieving aldermen, and the Mayor of this town. They are like the cream on top of the crap sundae! More on all of them when I get bak to the keyboard this evening.

Bye!

P.S. You might wonder why I am not raging on the cops here in Chicago. I like Chicago cops, with the obvious exception of the bad ones. Check out my favorite blog on the internet "http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com" and you might have a bit more respect for them as well. I have been unable to psot any blog material for the past couple of weeks, but the world continues to evolve without me, so I have decided to sit down this afternoon and log in some comments about goings on in Chicago and around the nation / world that spark my interest.

Since I last posted a blog entry Jesse Jackson has "hip-hopped from photo-op to photo-op" like a publicity hungry jackrabbit. He was in Jena with (?) the Jena 6 "lineup" (those kids are thugs no matter what incited them to jump and brutally beat on that white kid) in Louisiana, and then back up here in Chicago to spend the night in an apartment in a Southside of Chicago Housing Project (with resident who has chosen to live in that terrible place since 1973!!!). Jesse claimed that he was protesting police abuse of building residents. Uh-huh, Jesse, how about the abuse on our entire society that many of the residents, gangbangers, thugs, punks, pimps, and others in that community dole out every day of the week year round? Oh, well, you got your picture in the paper, and those who follow you like sheep have another clipping to justify their continued support of the tired horse that you have been riding since the sixties. Beats working if you can get away with it...and you have.

Right behind Jesse was the unflappable con maestro, Al Sharpton, who is currently in town doing what he does best-rabble rouse! His purported "targets" of protest are Mayor Daly and the Chicago Police Department. Gee, Al, I have no problem with you bringing your NYC bull show into Chicago...it is a land of free speech even for traveling clowns like yourself, but could you take some time while you're here to do some explaining and some repenting for your disgraceful Tawanna Brawley crapola fest, and, more recently,  your loudmouthed, vile, despicable, and flat out wrong condemnation of the Lacrosse players at Duke University who were falsely accused of rape and a host of other crimes by a black "exotic" dancer? *By the way, I recall Jesse Jackson proclaiming that his Operation Push was going to pay for the college education of that poor, black "exotic" dancer who was "brutalized and demeaned" by those white lacrosse players. What's up Jesse? Are you still going to pay for her education? Or did you get "schooled" by her (pun intended)? My personal advice is for Sharpton to just get out of Chicago and let us Chicagoans take care of our problems, you neo-carpetbagger! And while you're on your way out of town, see if you can take Jesse Jackson with you.

This past weekend there was an overnight prayer vigil in Humboldt Park on the northwest side of town to protest the recent shooting of a 10-year old caught in gang crossfire on the southside in particular, and the urban bloodshed that goes on daily all over town on an almost daily basis. If you are among those who really believe that prayer and protests will stop gangbangers and thugs from brutalizing and killing law abiding citizens and our youth, I have a bridge on Michigan Avenue that I would like to sell you. The solutions to urban bloodshed caused by criminals are not going to be found in churches or at protest marches. The evil that currently hovers over us all here in Chicago, and all across the nation in urban communities, goes much deeper than something prayer can solve (miracles not withstanding, but I haven't seen any urban miracles during my 60 years of living in Chicago, so maybe God is just bidding his time on this urban violence thing....riiiigggggghhht!). It is a sociopathic thing that has been spawned by at least three generations (and counting) of parents who are children themselves attempting to raise children. That is the root of the whole evil tree of urban violence. It is not the whole tree or all of the branches, but it is the root of it. The "ministers" and the so-called "community leaders" can harp about it 24/7, but the truth is that the horse of violence has been out of the barn since the early seventies. And the horse is galloping away, far, far away, right now. There are so many illiterate, semi-literate, malcontented, foul-mouthed, government assistance and affirmative action dependent inner city youth, adults, and seniors in our urban cities now that it is a virtual country within a country or nation within a nation as it were. Which leads me to the recent comments by ace hate-monger Louis Farrakhan's recent comments in Atlanta, Georgia (10/16/2007) where he urged black Americans to "separate for mainstream culture to establish and support their own community." Only a moron would be able to be non-cognizant of the tact that an huge percentage of American blacks (the youth from grade school to high school, the  Hip-Hop "followers" and entertainers(???), the rappers, the gangbangers, the petty criminals, the sexual deviants, and the outright black bigots and racists among others with similar convictions (pun intended) have already long since separated and made radical social diviations from American society and its values since the early seventies. Can anyone with a single function brain lobe not recognize that do-rags, faux earrings, oversized athletic jerseys, baggy pants hanging below the butt line and crotch at knee level or below, oversized cheap jewelry, thug posturing, glorification of violence, total disrespect of females, and a scowl-faced outright hatred of everybody and everything that is not "in orbit" around those things, has created a cultural jihad here in America that is is as loathsome and dangerous as that presented by the fanatical islamic jihadism that Osama bin-Laden and his ilk espouse? Urban America is sick and getting sicker by the hour. Don't think so? Think that the Jackson's and the Sharpton's, and the Pflager's can turn this mess around? O.K., keep the faith baby, keep the faith. However, I notice the following in a loca paper a few days ago...I hope Jackson and Sharpton read it, though I doubt that it would get them to clean up their personally profitable "acts" simply because they realize that the "pot filled with gold" is big enough to keep their coffers filled even with disagreement...but what I read paints a bleak picture for black  Americans of all political and social bents...read on;

RAPPER "NAS" WILL BE NAMING HIS UPCOMING ALBUM, DUE DECEMBER 11, AFTER THE "N-WORD." ACCORDING TO "NAS," PEOPLE SHOULDN'T TRIP OFF THE ALBUM'S TITLE; THE SONGS ARE CRAZIER THAN THE TITLE." "NAS" CLAIMS THAT HE IS TAKING POWER FROM THE USE OF THE WORD..."NO DISRESPECT TO NONE OF THEM WHO WERE PART OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT, BUT SOME...IN THE STREETS DON'T KNOW WHO (CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST *WHO WAS SLAIN BY RACISTS IN THE SIXTIES ) MEDGAR WAS, THEY KNOW WHO "NAS" IS.


"AND TO MY OLDER PEOPLE WHO DON'T KNOW WHO "NAS" IS AND WHO DON'T KNOW WHAT A STREET DISCIPLE IS, STAY OUTTA THIS F------ CONVERSATION. WE'LL TALK TO YOU WHEN WE'RE READY. RIGHT NOW, WE'RE ON A WHOLE NEW MOVEMENT. WE'RE TAKING POWER FROM THAT WORD."

*Comments by "NAS" from an interview posted on MTV's web site.

Sounds like outright nihilism to me folks! Sounds like the "angry young blacks" don't give a damn about what their elders, or black leaders (???), or the black clergy, or the police, or society in general thinks. Sounds to me like a "black Lord of the Flies" taken to an absurd and dangerous "extreme" that will require equally extreme measures to curb and turn around. The only things that interest todays punks are "funky" flash, sex, drugs, guns, chrome (cars, teeth, and jewelry), and flaunting their ignorance of meaningful and productive social values. You can call it what you want, but I call it nihilism, and radical anarchy is the only belief that they hold high.

How do you deal with ever burgeoning communities of evil like that? I have no idea. Just look at what is happening in Philadelphia, PA, where the police chief gave up and made a public plea for "10,000 black men to come out on the street and help the police department take back the streets from the criminals."Whappened was that this past Sunday, October 21, there was a gathering of (reportedly) several thousand concerned Philadelphia black males of varying age groups who lined up for several blocks to register to become part of organized street patrols under the aegis of  "CALL TO ACTION: 10,000 MEN, IT'S A NEW DAY!" the registrants will not carry weapons or make arrests, but will instead be trained in conflict resolution (Pardon me while I hold back a ton of laughter.....). "Nobody else is going to magically come into this community and get it done," said real estate developer (hmmm, real estate developer...my, my, my, the open hearted sincerity and aboveboard straightforwardness) Abdur-Rahim Islam, a lead organizer. Philly Mayor John F. Street, music producer Kenny Gamble, and other black activists (where were Jesse and Al???) joined Police Chief Sylvester John for the kickoff rally. Non-blacks were also extended a welcome to attend (ha, ha, ha), but organizers stressed the need for blacks to solve their own problems (at least there is a smattering of "verbal responsibility" for the cesspool that the Philadelphia black community has "de-evolved" into over the past 35 years or so...you can't blame this mess on "white people" as is usual par for the course in American urban chaos dictums put out by angry blacks claiming continual discrimination and disenfranchisement no matter what the scenario...I guess you can call that some sort of progress, but Martin Luther King is spinning in his grave at this very moment over the current "state of disarray the black community has created for itself, by itself, today...it isn't a very pretty picture, and I have my personal doubts about it getting better anytime soon).

Do I think that the current scenario in Philadelphia will blossom into a better Philadelphia, or a better black America? Not really. My personal answer to the urban black punks and criminals and so-called community leaders is simply, "don't bother me with your degeneracy, your handshakes, your "whats happening brothas's," your "funky" hip-hop music, your "faux dreadlocks (who in their right mind would feel comfortable wearing what amounts to a "rug" on their head from dawn to dusk every day of the week except a bald person who wishes he or she had a full head of hair...for that matter, who in their right mind would want to wear "dreadlocks" except Jamaican ganja fanciers who are welcome to their fashion by me, but I draw the line at seeing all of the current spate of black and caucasion wannabe rastas.)," and your myriad of other false, empty, and, at the end of the day, regressive, fashions, styles, and attitudes. I don't need, support, or have any praise for any of that degenerate fashion, entertainment,  and personal social commentary. But I will say this...I have a love and respect for old-fashioned American values that will see me through the crap that we read about and see in todays media and on our city streets. In a sense I can say that "I love the America that was" back in the 50's and 60's (social warts and all) when I was growing up. Sure, America wasn't perfect back then, but it was a lot better than today's society where massive numbers of those who live in the black community are trying to either get a handout from the government (to supplement what they make from jingling coins in empthy McDonalds soft drink cups on the corner, or hitting saying the hell with school, I'm not gonna get an education because I don't need a formal education to become a rapper or a criminal. Those people disgust me to no end. I cannot stand derelicts and social hangers-on. That's the way I'm wired folks. Those who choose not to take advantage of the many opportunities for success available in this society should scrounge up enough money to buy a plane ticket to some place on the planet where their "total social support" mentality will be lauded ( hint...there is no such place, my friends ). Between the do-rag thugs and the McDonalds cup beggars, I have had it up to my nose. To all of them I plead, "Go away, go far away, ...and don't come back." Join Louis Farrakhan's "Nation" and get with that program. Do something, but go away!

Ah, it felt good to lower that boom, but the crap doesn't end with inner city punks, hip-hoppers, and beggars,  not at all because there is still Mayor Daley, Todd Stroger, Ron Huberman (Frank Kruesi's doppleganger?),City Hall, the Cook County Board, the constantly conniving and thieving aldermen, as well as Governor Elvis, whoops< I meant Governor Blago'. They are like the cream on top of the crap sundae! Daly's proposed budget for 2008 would hike property taxes more than in his previous 18 years in office combined. Stroger wants to triple the county's share of the sales tax, increase the gas tax, and add more than 1,100 new jobs to a payroll that even an idiot could see is infested with Stroger's family members, political cronies, and a historical legacy of inefficiency and ineptitude that is appalling. As for Governor Blago', what can I say? The man knows how to inject "fair share" and "for the children" into every paragraph he speaks these days. That takes a gift of gab. Unfortunately, Governor Blago' want to tax anything and everything short of the air we breathe here in Chicago ( yeah, I know, Daley wants to tax bottled water...it figures). J. Thomas Johnson, president of the Taxpayers' Federation of Illinois, put it best when he stated that "...there seems to be no coordination of governments taxing the same people or prioritization of what's important." A leader of the Civic Federation stated cogently that, " these government officials think their role is to oversee the expansion of government rather than the management of government." Right on! for more on the scoundrels who infest our Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois political scenario, I suggest you check out the Chicago Tribune's excellent analysis of Chicago's and Cook County's budget plans for 2008 at "chicagotribune.com/budgets." .

Bye!

P.S. You might wonder why I am not raging on the cops here in Chicago. I like Chicago cops, with the obvious exception of the bad ones. Check out my favorite blog on the internet "http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com" and you might have a bit more respect for them as well.

I was perusing the Wednesday, October 10, 2007 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times the other day, and on page five I cam across an article about Jesse "Action" Jackson's latest photo-op ploy-staying overnight in the home of a longtime resident of the Harold Ickes housing project  ( aka the Harold Ickes Homes public housing project ) here in Chicago.

Jackson was quoted as saying that "The people down here (down here???) are looked down on-dismissed and discounted (except of course when photo-ops or votes are needed, eh, Jesse). They are not afforded equal protection under the law. Their human rights and constitutional rights are being violated. So we have to come and stand with them today."

Wow! Jesse spent the night there in the apartment of a woman who has been living in that housing project since 1973! Yes, that's righ, 34 years in the projects along with her brother and four grandchildren! She claimed to have been harassed in the past by Chicago cops. Maybe some of them may have been insulting her by asking why any intelligent and upward social status individual would choose to live in a housing project for over three decades. I know I wouldn't.

Jackson, along with 20 other ministers handed out turkeys (how symbolic, don't you think...or is that "ironic?"). He also passed out voter registration materials (par for the course), and he brought alon some of his "Operation Rainbow/PUSH (I can hear the late Curtis Mayfield singing "Keep on pushin' " in the background) employees to spread the word about HIV testing (AIDS is an epidemic in the black community, with 50% of all new cases being black according to government statistics).

Jackson claimed that he went to the Ickes Homes because of numerous complaints of police harassment by the residents there. Jackson was quoted as saying that "We intend to break up the Gestapo-like techniques used in this area (hmmm, I wonder if the Reverend Jackson would ever consider asking some of Louis Farrakhan's FRUIT of ISLAM come in an solve the many problems in the Ickes Homes??? We all know that the Black Muslims wouldn't ever stoop to Gestap-like techniques, even though Louis F. sometimes sounds like Hitler in some of his speeches, uh huh, uh huh!).

It turns out that what really got the residents of that housing project riled up was the police use of "contact cards" that were used for compiling information on individuals who were stopped and questioned when the police were checking to see whether or not some of them were either residents or trespassers. It seems that many of the residents objected to the police doing their job. One woman was quoted as saying that "there are a lot of drugs here, but some police harass residents instead of protecting them (???)." Yeah, right! And there was a long line of residents standing outside the apartment that Jackson was going to sleep overnight in. They all voiced similar opinions.

One thing that sort of made me scratch my head while reading the article was a quote in which Jackson said, "If they are skilled enough to work in Iraq and Vietnam, they should be skill enough to have a job back here at home." Did Jackson think that he had wandered into a military veterans home? Are a large percentage of the Ickes residents former militarry personnel? Did Jesse just blurt that one out because it was an easy way to cover the gap between the Vietnam war and the current Middle East "policing" actions?

According to the article, Jackson hit the sack at 11:30 p.m.. It goes without saying that at least some of the many problems at the Harold Ickes Homes could be alleviated or solved if more of the residents would get in bed around the same time.

You can't help people who can't help themselves. You could pour 5 million bucks into the Harold Ickes Homes and the results would be the same as time went on...an ever enlarging sea of human failure and despair that is a subculture of a subculture of a national culture. What do you call it when a con man hands out "turkeys" to the ignorant? I call it bad news.

A short comment on the ridiculous situation that the Ridgeland School District #122 ( five schools in the Oak Lawn community) has found itself in recently. Santa Claus and Halloween  festivities may be given the boot because some Muslim parents are miffed at the fact that Muslim holidays are not given equal representation in the districts scheduled festivities throughout the year. It turns out that the number of Muslim children enrolled in many of those schools has risen to 30% or more, so the Muslim parent are feeling a bit feisty about promoting "their" religion in those schools. It nothing more than "multicultural political correctness" blown up to absurd proportions. Liberal Americans are siding with the Muslim parents and bending over backwards to their demands without stopping to consider exactly whee their decisions might lead. Can you somehow sense that there may someday be situations like one finds in the suburbs of France where an "overabundance" of Muslim youths who refuse assimilation into the French culture has resulted in nightly riots spearheaded by unemployed, disaffected, and often religiously fanatical Muslim teens who believe that fire and brimstone on earth 24/7 is the norm?

Personally I would have listened to the parents complaints, and then told them that I would review their points. Then I would tell them that they are in America...AMERICA! This is not Iraq, Iran, Syria, Egypt, Lebanon, or, god forbid, Palestine. It is AMERICA! If you don't like the way we do things, pack your bags and go someplace else on the planet...anyplace on the planet. Just go away! If you want to instigate rather than assimilate (help me here Reverend Jackson...its time for a rhyme), then get out of the USA.

I am not a fan at all of so called multicultural enthusiasts. I believe that we in this great country are Americans first, and the "hyphen-nates" (african-american, italian-american, polish-american, etc) second. Many years ago Teddy Roosevelt stated that the only thing that could shatter this great country was a rise in "hyphen-nated" groups whose goals were exclusion and seclusion from the American society as a whole. I agree with that belief. There is a basic American culture that binds us all together...although you would not know that if you listen to the leaders (???) of certain ethnic communities who get wide media and press coverage every single day in this country. This is AMERICA, and it is not some rabid dictatorship like those overseen by Mullahs, Ahminijad, Chavez, Kim Jong Il, or other monsters of today.  GOD BLESS AMERICA...the greatest place on this planet for people who cherish freedom and opportunity.

It boggles my mind to whenever I hear local news outlets announce that Jesse "Action" Jackson is actually present here in Chicago and doing his rabble rousing thing for some local individual or social group, so you know that I was astonished the other day when I heard that HE WHO MUST BE LISTENED TO ( The, uh, "Reverand" Jackson was joining in with residents at a southside housing project who claim that they are being harassed by the Chicago Police Department in an effort to ( in the residents opinion, supposedly ) get them move out of the project so that it can be torn down so that "white folks" can grab the land and build condos and businesses after tearing down the housing projects. Here it is 2007 and you still have certain segments of our society that are somehow "proud" of the fact that many of them have gone through a number of familial generations that have gone through the entire "cradle to the grave" cycle several times over and are still esconced in public housing that was origionally created as  "stopgap" for low income residents of Chicago who were trying to work their way up the social ladder slowly but surely. My parents used the Chicago Public Housing system as a "stepping stone" for a three year period in the late fifties while my dad was working numerous jobs while raising the money necessary to put a down payment on a west side three flat in the "K-Town" area. We lived there only as long as was necessary, and left just befor the "projects" began to become the ratholes of crime, drug usage, perversity, and despair that they were to become in the mid-sixties. My parents alwasy told us kids that we were "movin' up and movin' out" asap! And we did. Ah, but many CHA residents never did. They simply dug in deeper with each passing year, and with each passing generation. So much so that even though many of the really bad projects have been torn evacuated and torn down, there are still a few that remain as blights on the local landscape. The people who live in them are "locked in" by their own lack of initiative, education, and willingness to do whatever it takes to "get up off their collective knees." That is not to say that they are bad people, but rather that they are people who have long ago given up and settled for the lowest common denominator in terms of social existance. Many will say that it is the lack of good schools, community programs, more government givaways and whatnot, but the simple truth is that they are a community which has chosen to stay settled in enclaves that are nests of crime, depravity, and hopelessness. They are the antithesis of what Martin Luther King saw for african-Americans when he was marching back in the sixties. Ah, but they have Jesse"Action" Jackson to lead them, and infuse them with the "spirit" of the late Dr. King as he ( Jackson ) thrusts his fist in the air and blathers something about " power to the people," or some other outdated and meaningless "code words" that, if nothing else, will give him an excellent phot op and press space here in Chicago. I believe some folks call it the "same old, same old, doing the same old." And, Jesse leads the "community" in blaming everyting on the cops rather than the gangbangers, the drug dealers, the drug users, the bums, the pimps, the prostitutes, the deviants, the foul-mouthed and perpetually grumpy and scowl faced youth ( and their sdcowl faced parents ). It is all so patently ridiculous. Wake up people! Jesse Jackson has no real interest in either changing you or your community in a really meaningful way...hell, if he did you wouldn't be living in a housing project in the first place. It ain't the city, the mayor, the white people, etc....no it is YOU that is holding YOU back. It really is that simple. 

I have been putting off writing a third blog entry for the past seven days because of all the mindboggling news that has been popping up in the local papers. So much to comment on...so little time in which to do so...but I'll try.

For those of you intrigued by the internecine daily killings that are routinely written up in the Chicago Sun-Times "24/seven" column, and that I mentioned in the previous blog entry, the body count continues to mount daily. On Monday, October 1, 2007, there were the following listings (in brevis):

Sunday / 3:39 A.M. / Auburn Gresham District / Man killed, but gunman, motive a mystery

Sunday / 3:56 A.M. / Washington Park / Man standing in street shot to death

Sunday / 10:06 A.M. / South Side / Man shot, killed in apparent domestic dispute

Sunday / 7:48 P.M. / Little Village / Men (2 brothers, believe it or not) critical after stabbing each other

Oh, yeah, there was mention of a taxi running a stop sign and hitting a motorcyclyist at 1:35 P.M. on the NW Side of town, but the motorcyclist survived with cuts and a broken wrist. I wonder if the cab driver is a U.S. citizen and literate.

I wonder where "Action" Jackson was while that bloodletting was going on. Probably in Jena Louisiana huddling with his advisors and plotting how to wring as much publicity as he can after doing his FREE THE JENA SIX tap dance. And where was Mayor Daley? Somewhere trying to figure out how the public caught on to his condescending "put the children's museum in Grant Park for the children" primo obfuscation line. I suppose he thinks that the citizens of Chicago can't "smell what the Mayor is cookin'!" ( namely a first step towards getting a gambling casino on the lakefront sometime in the future to cement his, uh, legacy??? ). And what about our newest "immigrant to Chicago," the inemmitable "reverand" Al Sharpton. Who knows? Who the hell cares? (he is probably checking in with Tawana Brawley to see if she might want to reveal the name of some Chicago cops who may have "tortured" her "once upon a time"...Sharp Al would go bananas ( no pun intended ) if she would suddenly recall that in a dark room she heard someone call out, "Burge, its your turn."

I recommend that you readers check out page 17A / METRO of the Sunday, September 30, 2007 edition of the Chicago Sun-Times. Read the article titled, "I DIDN'T WANT TO LIVE THERE ANYMORE," which is the story of 27 year-old Carolina Aguilar who (with her three children) moved from the barrio in little Village to a "quiet apartment in Arlington Heights...because I didn't want to live like that anymore ( boyfriend prison-bound, out of wedlock, and losing her nephew and brother to gang violence )." She stated that, "All my life, I was in a loud place with all the people and cars blasting music, and it's so quiet here ( in Arlington Heights ), but we love it." If nothing else, Ms. Aguilar's story refutes the usual lip service you get about how cool it is to live in the hood. If the truth be told, an intelligent person gets out of the hood, the ghetto, the barrio, or urban hell, and never looks back if he or she wants to become all that they can be in this life. Why saddle yourself with the baggage and problems of those who share neither your vision or work ethic? Live amongst likeminded people and you will grow and evolve and prosper. Live with those who scheme and plot and deal dope and adopt thuggery or panhandle on a daily basis, and you will be wearing shackles of your own making. The choice is yours.

New GALLUP POLL results:

31% of white Americans who are satisfied with "the way things are going in the United States at this time."

30% of Hispanic Americans who are satisfied.

11% of African-Americans who are satisfied.

If nothing else, that poll is proof positive that there is nothing, NOTHING, that can satisfy some people in this great land.

Look at it this way, if you could wipe out all racism and bigotry overnight in America, you would still have millions of dissatisfied African-Americans who would then press the government even more for that old "reparations "canard." And, what if the government gave in and rewarded every single African-American in America $5000, forty acres in the Nevada Desert ( former nuclear testing grounds???), and a mule? Well, then the African-Americans would jump back on the affirmative action bandwagon. I could go on, but it is obvious that some people (especially the ones who are dependant upon the government from cradle to grave) will always have grievances that will give them cause to be dissatisfied no matter how good things might really be in this world. I wonder how many Asian Americans are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the USA today? Not many, I would think. I pray for the day when "African-American people wake up and look in the mirror to realize that "we have seen the enemy, and he is us!" Until such a time, weasels like "Action" Jackson will always be around to stoke the fires of dissatisfaction and sow the seeds of impossible to meet demands for as long as the phot op present themselves, and as long as the corporations exist who are more than willing to "pass along" some cash and disposable "empty suit" jobs to get Jackson to quit huffing and puffing and just go away!"

Hey, more Chicago Sun-Times 24seven...this time Wednesday, October 3, 2007:

Monday / 8:05 P.M. / Princeton Park / Man stabbed to death in his apartment.

Tuesday / 12:05 A.M. / Roseland / Man shot, drives to hospital

Tuesday / 11 A.M. / Austin / Man shot on sidewalk

And the beat goes on....

Last week there was a latino teen who was shot by police after he ran from police and then stopped an pointed a "big, chrome, pistol at the police, and refused to drop the gun. He was shot. His parents claimed that he was watching television with his girlfriend and some friends around 1 A.M., and decided to go out and get some orange juice from the corner store. Riiiiiiiiiiggght! Oh, and the police found a nearby dead man who they belive that the "orange juice" kid probably shot befor the cops came upon the scene. No big outcry from the latino community or "Action" Jackson because the kid was probably a gangbanger doing what gangbangers do from time to time. He, shall we say, "paid the price, for not being nice?"

On the national scene I felt proud to be an American when I heard Erik Prince, the head of BLACKWATER USA, fend off the pompous and self-serving battery of indignant questions and mini-"holier than thou" speeches from democratic members of the House Oversight and Government Reform (ha, ha, ha, ha, ha,) Committee. I say Go Blackwater USA, All The Way! The real story is that the US and Iraqi politicos are all circling Blackwater USA like sharks hoping that they can get a cut of what Blackwater USA is getting paid for their ( in my opinion ) stellar and superlative services. For those who wring their hands and moan about the "loss of civilian Iraqi lives," all I can say is go back and find a copy of that video shot several years ago when Iraqi civilians shot, mutilated, and hung from a bridge four BlackWater USA employees who were ambushed in their car in broad daylight. I like to think of the occasional Iraqi civilian wounding or killing as collateral damage that is part and parcel of being in a war zone. Those of you who disagree with me can go over to the middle-east with your flowers, smiles, and words of eternal loving brotherhood between cultures, and see how long you will last when some less enlightened shiites and sunnis decide to remove "the infidel" (you) so that they can go about doing what they have been doing best for the past 1,000 or more years...MAIMING AND KILLING ONE ANOTHER OVER RELIGIOUS DIFFERANCES. Those evolutionary retards need a Blackwater USA to keep them from making Iraq worse than it already is...especially since our US military is essentially emasculated by the politically correct rules of engagement that makes them cops rather than soldiers in a war zone.

Note to George Bush-What you should have done. The hell with Rumsfeld's neauveau blitzkrieg tactics. You should have flattened the entire country with air power, then moved in a huge army to exterminate the remaining "insurgents" before rebuilding the entire country with western style housing projects. Then you could have left the damn place unless, of course, Iran wanted to become the next glass plate in the desert on our USA ALL THE WAY Middle-East Tour ( in memory of the US Marines who were slaughtered in the barracks bombing that Hezbollah pulled off when Reagan was in office...we owe Hezbollah and the Palestinians something with a mushroom cloud exclamation point, but the Israelis will probably beat us to that deal ).

Back on the Chicago scene, Mayor Daley wants to raise property taxes again. The Mayor is "full of it" and he knows it, but with the city council ( a group of overpaid alderman whose incompetancy is only matched by that of Todd Stroger who heads the Cook County Board ) in Daley's back pocket, and Daley seemingly immune to the criminality of seemingly all of those who surround him, he is going to eventually do to our pocketbooks and wallets what he did to Meigs field a while back. Todd "The Village Idiot" Stroger wants to raise the county sales tax (while he continues to hire his relatives and friends to big bucks county jobs). And governor "Blago" is doing his "for the children" health insurance shuck and jive act while also continuing to bring up his "big corporations must pay their fair share" spiel" to all who will listen. None of these men has any shame or respect for the average hard working citizen of this city and county.

If Daley and Stroger get their tax increase wishes, and they probably will, we will be paying 11% sales tax...the highest in the nation. And there is no end in sight to further tax increases. Yeah, and they intend to tax the bottled water another 10% too. Haven't they learned from their cigarette tax fiasco (most people go to another state to buy cigarettes now), and their other taxation boondogles of the recent past?

Hey, the Cubs are in the playoffs. The team is mediocre as a whole. The MIGHT beat the Diamondbacks, but I don't see them getting to the World Series. In another year or two Lou Pinella will really have the team he wants, and they will seriously contend. As for the present...this team is so-so at best. Hey, I'm a Sox fan and a realist!

Before I sign off...I heartily recommend that you visit the following blog written by a Chicago Cop...It is superb!

http://secondcitycop.blogspot.com

Since I am pretty much a night owl in the sense that I work the so-called third shift overnight on a daily basis, I often find myself ruminating on the sights and sounds of Chicago from dusk til dawn over a few cups of coffee when I am on breaks. Each night finds me thinking about different things, but there are certain things that I keep coming back to night after night. Below you will find my commentaries on some of those recurring thoughts.

SOCIAL PROFILING-If I walk outside of the building where I work in downtown Chicago, and I am accosted by someone with the intention of mugging me, the odds are that the mugger will be "african-american." It is not politically correct to say such things, but it is a fact. The same goes if I were to be on the street on the southside or the westside of this city during the wee hours of the morning. That is why one of my cardinal rules of urban survival has always been that I do my best to engage in any sort of banter or conversation with "african-americans" between sundown and sunup. This despite the fact that I am an "american of color" myself. I learned many decades ago that whenever anyone I don't know approaches me on the street at night saying something along the lines of, "hey, brother...," there is slightly more than a 50% chance that there is impending danger behind that question. The same goes for the "brothers" who shuffle towards me on the subway late at night asking me some jive about, "hey, man, how can I get to the southeast side of town on this train." Those el-train riding jive talkers know more about the CTA and its routes than the average CTA employee because they usually spend all night, every night riding the trains and looking for someone to jive-talk, scam, pick-pocket, mug, or kill (if worse comes to worse). They come towards you on the street or on the subway trains with that knuckle dragging, shoulder bouncing, swagger that is meant to intimidate you or me before they even get close enough to either ask a phony "set-up" question or simply cut to the quick and say something like, "I need five dollars, man!" The idea is to read your response and go on from there. If they are in a pack of two or more, things can escalate rapidly to a conclusion. Same thing goes if it is a single thug who is physically imposing, or brash enough to be openly brandishing a pipe, knife, gun, or beverage bottle. And, make no mistake about it, those "moonlight gamblers" can smell the slightest bit of fear that you may exude. They will rob you of your wallet, jewelry, and sometimes your clothing or shoes. They will beat you to a pulp if there are few or no onlookers. They will kill you for "sport." And, in most cases, they will be "african-american." Not only that, but some of those "midnight ramblers" are teenagers who have the physiques and attitudes of middle-aged professional criminals.  Anyone who thinks otherwise is welcome to do a little moonlight strolling with me in the loop or in any 'hood that they think is free of human vermin, or take a ride with me on the CTA Red, Green, or Blue Lines at night (isn't it ironic that the "PINK" line shuts down at around 1am or so...something about the name of that line will never go over easy in my mind). If you want to get mugged by a caucasian or hispanic thug you will have to do your moonlight strolling  on the southwest side of town or in the Pilsen area. The thugs are out there in open sight like sharks in the ocean waiting for a tasty meal (you or me), but the difference between you and me is that the way they react to me is different than the way that they would react to you because Ilearned a long time ago how to give off that "scent" that says, "IF YOU START SOMETHING WITH ME I WILL DO EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO TAKE YOU TO WITHIN AN INCH OF YOUR LIFE, OR FURTHER, WITHOUT EVEN BLINKING!" And that scent or aura is fact. I do not believe in "brotherly love" or being passive on the street or on the subway.  I think that so-called "subway vigilante," Bernard Goetz, was a great American who didn't pump enough bullets into those thugs who tried to mug him on a NYC subway on the afternoon of December 22, 1984. I won't tap dance around that issue with anyone who wishes to take issue with me about it for a variety of reasons-primarily because when I am faced with a choice between compassion (or political correctness) and survival, survival always trumps compassion. I have no intention of becoming another statistic on a police blotter because of letting my guard down in a midnight confrontation with a malevolent "african-american" (or two, or three, or...) in my hometown. I love life too much. Unfortunately, I live in a town where the illustrious mayor, Richard M. Daly, has made a personal crusade of keeping personal protection weapons (firearms) out of the hands of law-abiding, hardworking, god fearing citizens so that criminals always have the upper hand (unless you have my mentality, mindset, and weapons training experience).

To prove my point, I have been taking notice lately at a regular column in the Chicago Sun-Times titled 24/seven:
A DAY ON THE CHICAGO CRIME AND FIRE SCENE. On Monday, September 24th, 2007, there was listed a "man shot during argument" in Pilsen, a "man shot, criticall hurt" in South Austin," and a "man wounded in thigh" in the Gresham district. On Tuesday, September 25th, 2007, there was listed, a "man shot in drive-by (shooting) in the Little Village neighborhood, and a "man stabbed in the abdomen," as well as mention (on a different page of the paper that day) of a "man (hispanic) found hanged hanged from a billboard" on the southside of town. today, Wednesday, September 26th, 2007, there was a "man shot in abdomen who died" in the Grand Crossing District, a "man shot in the head while inside a car (who died on the scene)" in the West Englewood District, and "two shot-1 in arm, 1 in leg" in the Roscoe District. Am I living in Baghdad, Iraq or some suburb of the Twilight Zone? I'm not sure. But I am sure that most of the shooters and the people being shot over that three day period were most likely of "african-american" descent. Will more gun laws and gun law lip service take the guns out of the hands of people like those shooters. Most likely not. So, what I ask you, are civilized, hard working, law abiding americans (of all colors) to do in order to avoid being shot here in the city of Chicago? Pray, become more vigilant 24/7, and take self-defense courses? Good luck! You know there is an interesting new film out currently starring Jodie Foster, titled THE BRAVE ONE. I suggest you check it out. And for you fashion fanatics out there, it can't hurt to add a "Glock Perfection" t-shirt to your casual wardrobe. And always remember tht it is illegal to own a handgun in the city of Chicago, primarily due to the ever diligent efforts of "King," whoops, I meant Mayor Richard M. Daly (who strangely is never seen in public without a bevy of well armed plainclothed Chicago cops at his side ( same goes for that paragon of gun control...when there is a photo op...Jesse "Action" Jackson ).

I know that some of you are probably boiling mad because I mentioned the words "african-american" several times in the above comments. I am simply a man of simple words who calls it like I see it. Have you ever taken a moment to notice that quite often when you see a young "african-american" in urban america today, you see a  scowl-faced, swaggering, knuckle dragging, ill-tempered, ill-mannered, malcontent, wearing a "do-rag," a oversized baggy t-shirt/sport jersey, pants with the beltline below the butt and the crotch area around knee height, and wearing expensive athletic shoes as if life were a perpetual hoops game. Some call it "baddass bling." I call it a generation prepping itself for the ubiquitous felony conviction / rap sheet development / hardcore hip-hop self-destructive lifestyle that is unfortunately both the "way and the power" for too many of today's inner-city urban youth. Is it any wonder that the police chief of Philadelphia recently admitted that he could not control the rampant crime in his jurisdiction's ("african-american") communities, and suggested that 10,000 responsible "black men" volunteer to assist the police in policing those communities. So far not many "responsible" black men have signed onto that crusade which leads one to wonder why any intelligent black ( or "african-american" ) male with an ounce of functional brain tissue would volunteer to walk mean streets where it has long been taught that anyone who sides with the police is going to get the same "street justice" that the criminals have in mind for the police and law enforcement departments of Philly? Don't look for 10,000 (or even 1000) responsible black men to risk their lives in Philadelphia, or any other major urban american city, protecting their communities from the drug dealers, the gang bangers, the thugs, and the perverts that live amongst them. They are not going to play Don Quixote and fight those malicious and potentially deadly windmills that shoot back at anyone, ANYONE, who opposes or defies them....better to leave that stuff to Sancho (Quixote's squire...you know, like Jesse Jacksons sidekick, Catholic priest, Michael Pflager), eh, senor? Besides, the law abiding Philly black men are too busy working hard each day and trying to protect their families and possessions, while the rest of Philly's able-bodied black men are the ones who are out causing the social chaos in the first place. According to law enforcement authorities there is something called the BLACK MAFIA that is controlling crime and criminality in Philidelphia. Ha, one more good reason to never visit that terrible city again in this lifetime.

I can hear the outcries of, the white man caused all this, the white man put drugs in the community, the schools don't have enough money, the neighborhood needs more community recreation centers, the government does not give the community enough handouts or housing, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah! It's all a load of self-serving crap from a community and a culture which by and large had become virtually "genetically" addicted to federal, state and local welfare handouts, government entitlements, and an arrogant acceptance of "second class citizenship" as a badge of honor. Is it any wonder that in downtown Chicago you can't walk five feet in any direction without some teen, young adult, adult, or disabled person (some real, some fake, but all probably also raking in a decent buck through social security or some other disability entitlement that you and I, dear reader, pay for through taxes) holding and shaking an empty McDonald's beverage cup in your face. Oddly enough, a good number of those ever present panhandlers and glad-handers don't appear to be starving or in need of better clothing. Hell, I can't afford some of the baseball cap, do rag, athletic warmup top and bottom, and expensive, top of the line, athletic shoes many of those people wear while begging. And, judging by the waistlines and enormous butts on some of them, they also eat better than I do ( or at the very least they eat more than I do ). What a city! What a country. What a sham!

Ah, but I have a solution to at least part of the "problem" that I have explicated above. I believe that if the absurd entity that calls itself the Iraqi government actually does can the BLACKWATER SECURITY USA group from doing business in Baghdad, the BLACKWATER SECURITY USA group should be contracted to enter, secure, and help civilized citizens and educators begin the process of "americanization" of certain communities in at least a few big USA cities ( LA, NYC, Chicago, Minneapolis, etc ). Until such a time as that sensible suggestion is taken to heart, I will personally thank (in my daily evening prayers) the writers of the Constitution for their inclusion of the second amendment giving me the right to bear arms and defend my home, my family, and myself (something which jive talking politicians like "Da Mayor," and governor "Blago" would take away from me if they could). 

And, before I sign off tonight, I would like to mention that it always bothers me when I read local papers and see local news media begin foaming at the mouth whenever some rogue cop is accused of, or is caught redhanded doing something that is either above or beneath the written law of the land. Law enforcement work is a difficult profession by any standard. It takes special people to make the grade and pass muster. It also takes a special person to survive the stresses and duties of such a profession for a protracted period of time without at some point cracking uner the stress of the job. Yes, sometimes bad people do manage somehow to sneak through and make it into our police forces, and sometimes even "good" people do bad things, but that is not the norm in the CPD by any stretch of the imagination. Whenever you read about some police officer who "cracked under pressure," or who sided with the bad guys under the table, remind yourself that those corrupt cops number far less than "bad" doctors, "bad" teachers, "bad" public officials, and "bad" public servants in general ( hell, there are even more "rogue" priests, ministers, and reverands than there are "rogue" cops). And any sane person would know that were it not for the many fine police departments around this country who have intelligent, well-chosen, and well-trained officers behind the badge, we would have chaos on the streets not unlike that seen in fictional movies like THE ROAD WARRIOR or ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK. That is a fact that is self-evident. Only a fool or a self-serving demogogue rabble rouser would argue otherwise. I respect cops and the job they have to do. They keep the peace whether you like them or not. And, for that alone, what's not to like.

As a final note...how about this great politically incorrect dictum given recently by the Prime Minister of Australia:

Prime Minister John Howard - Australia

Muslims who want to live under Islamic Sharia law were told on Wednesday to get out of Australia , as the government targeted radicals in a bid to head off potential terror attacks.
A day after a group of mainstream Muslim leaders pledged loyalty to Australia and her Queen at a special meeting with Prime Minister John Howard, he and his Ministers made it clear that extremists would face a crackdown. Treasurer Peter Costello, seen as heir apparent to Howard, hinted that some radical clerics could be asked to leave the country if they did not accept that Australia was a secular state, and its laws were made by parliament. "If those are not your values, if you want a country which has Sharia law or a theocratic state, then Australia is not for you", he said on National Television ..
"I'd be saying to clerics who are teaching that there are two laws governing people in Australia : one the Australian law and another Islamic law that is false. If you can't agree with parliamentary law, independent courts, democracy, and would prefer Sharia law and have the opportunity to go to another country, which practices it, perhaps, then, that's a better option", Costello said.

Asked whether he meant radical clerics would be forced to leave, he said those with dual citizenship could possibly be asked to move to the other country. Education Minister Brendan Nelson later told reporters that Muslims who did not want to accept local values should "clear off. Basically people who don't want to be Australians, and who don't want, to live by Australian values and understand them, well then, they can basically clear off", he said.

Separately, Howard angered some Australian Muslims on Wednesday by saying he supported spy agencies monitoring the nation's mosques. Quote: "IMMIGRANTS, NOT AUSTRALIANS, MUST ADAPT. Take It Or Leave It. I am tired of this nation worrying about whether we are offending some individual or their culture. Since the terrorist attacks on Bali , we have experienced a surge in patriotism by the majority of Australians."
"However, the dust from the attacks had barely settled when the 'politically correct' crowd began complaining about the possibility that our patriotism was offending others. I am not against immigration, nor do I hold a grudge against anyone who is seeking a better life by coming to Australia ." "However, there are a few things that those who have recently come to our country, and apparently some born here, need to understand." "This idea of Australia being a multi-cultural community has served only to dilute our sovereignty and our national identity. And as Australians, we have our own culture, our own society, our own language and our own lifestyle."
"This culture has been developed over two centuries of struggles, trials and victories by millions of men and women who have sought freedom"
"We speak mainly ENGLISH, not Spanish, Lebanese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, or any other language. Therefore, if you wish to become part of our society . Learn the language!"
"Most Australians believe in God. This is not some Christian, right wing, political push, but a fact, because Christian men and women, on Christian principles, founded this nation, and this is clearly documented. It is certainly appropriate to display it on the walls of our schools. If God offends you, then I suggest you consider another part of the world as your new home, because God is part of our culture."
"We will accept your beliefs, and will not question why. All we ask is that you accept ours, and live in harmony and peaceful enjoyment with us."
"If the Southern Cross offends you, or you don't like "A Fair Go", then you should seriously consider a move to another part of this planet. We are happy with our culture and have no desire to change, and we really don't care how you did things where you came from. By all means, keep your culture, but do not force it on others.
"This is OUR COUNTRY, OUR LAND, and OUR LIFESTYLE, and we will allow you every opportunity to enjoy all this. But once you are done complaining, whining, and griping about Our Flag, Our Pledge, Our Christian beliefs, or Our Way of Life, I highly encourage you take advantage of one other great Australian freedom,
'THE RIGHT TO LEAVE'."
"If you aren't happy here then LEAVE. We didn't force you to come here. You asked to be here. So accept the country YOU accepted."
Maybe if we circulate this amongst ourselves, Canadian citizens will find the backbone to start speaking and voicing the same truths.

If only there was some way that we could impress upon certain malcontent communities here in the USA the same sentiments...and I am not talking about the Muslim communities here, although certainly those communities should read the above and "get with the program if they want to continue to enjoy the program." Love it or leave it, baby!

Goodnight all!