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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443462)	12/31/2008 3:21:07 AM
From: tejek	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 1572777

a) I've often wondered why the mainstream media and most people on this thread talk about the corruption in Chicago as if it's a given, like the sun rising in the east every morning. Is it really that bad? Why doesn't anyone seem outraged? Chicago is an example of 'machine' politics. Most major US cities experienced machine politics prior to WW II when they ended. However, the Daly machine in Chicago never died......as machine politics go its fairly benevolent. Typically, there is a lot of nepotism and payment under the table. b) Seems like liberals can get away with anything these days. Time to welcome our new socialist overlords ... LOL. What goes on in Chicago pales in comparison to what the GOP has become over the past ten years.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443462)	12/31/2008 6:29:22 AM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 1572777

re: I've often wondered why the mainstream media and most people on this thread talk about the corruption in Chicago as if it's a given, like the sun rising in the east every morning. Is it really that bad? Why doesn't anyone seem outraged? It's "the city that works" as they used to say.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443462)	12/31/2008 9:05:28 AM
From: Alighieri	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572777

Seems like liberals can get away with anything these days. Time to welcome our new socialist overlords ... What is he (are they) getting away with? Al

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (443462)	12/31/2008 9:23:48 AM
From: SilentZ	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1572777

>a) I've often wondered why the mainstream media and most people on this thread talk about the corruption in Chicago as if it's a given, like the sun rising in the east every morning. Is it really that bad? Why doesn't anyone seem outraged? Because it isn't THAT bad... it just makes for a good narrative. >b) Seems like liberals can get away with anything these days. Time to welcome our new socialist overlords ... Huh? Blagojevich is going to get both impeached by the Illinois legislature and indicted by the federal government in the next couple of months. No one, as far as I can tell, is standing behind him, but there's a legal process to get rid of him. What do you want, an on-the-spot beheaading? You're really fishing here... -Z