Posted on 12/01/2006 7:36:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
"You really need to drill down to the root of the problem," he said.
1. No fathers in the homes. Lots of illegitimate kids running around in this are of our state.
2. No jobs. High poverty rate.
3. Influx of illegals and gang bangers bringing even more violence and drug activity to Milwaukee. (Gang bangers have been shooting up my little Cow Town of 6,000!)
4. Releasing parolees early and right back into the mix.
Just for starters...
"Governor Doyle Please Pick Up The White Courtesy Phone in the Lobby" Ping!
So...he ignored this during his past term. Who wants to bet it'll be ignored for his upcoming term, too?
You left out that WI doesn't allow citizens to defend themselves effectively outside of their homes. No deterent for criminals. Carjacking is safe in WI.
Great minds! I was just coming back to past that FACT, too. :)
5. Unarmed citizenry makes for easy pickings for criminals.
".... fault the U.S. Justice Department ..."
Oh right, it's someone else's problem, not a state or city problem. If the bad stuff is happening in your city, it's your problem to solve.
This sounds so much like Mayor Nagin complaining that FEMA did not send schoolbusses to evacuate NOLA.
You forgot:
(5) No shall-issue concealed carry law, so crooks know their victims are (most likely) defenseless. See http://www.packing.org/state/wisconsin/#statenote
The gang unit was eliminated & I don't think it has been brought back! Arty Jones was a terrible Police Chief & did some very nutty & destructive things to the force.
Heightened mistrust between the police force & the community, with things like the racial aspects to the Jude case getting a lot of play.
About three quarters of kids in the city drop out of high school before graduation.
Many of the community "leaders" are crooks, lining their pockets with funds intended to help "the less fortunate". The oversight is poor & when the crooks get caught, no one is held accountable by the voters.
Well, in a way this could be good news. I once flew home to Atlanta with a fellow passenger who was an army trauma surgeon. He said who was coming to Atlanta to get specialized training in ballistic wound care/treatment. Apparently in peacetime they weren't seeing enough of them and would come to Grady Memorial Hospital to bone up, as it were. With Froedert picking up the pace - the cost of flying such trauma trainees may decline. It offers real Midwestern convenience.
Tom Barrett continuing Milwaukeestan's proud socialist legacy.
"...with things like the racial aspects to the Jude case getting a lot of play."
That case is the biggest cluster to come down the pike in a very long time. He's like a quarter "black" so of course it's "racial." *Rolleyes*
Zoykes! Be careful what you wish upon our state! ;)
I'm still stunned that we actually had a 32-shell casing 'shoot out' in my Cow Town last summer!
Tancredo now claims Milwaukee is also like a "Third World Country".
Tancredo now claims Milwaukee is also like a "Third World Country".
I thank my Dad often for moving us out of that Hell Hole all the way back in 1970. I was born there, but escaped at age 10. ;)
I only have one crazy relative still living there. She's within blocks of a free-fire zone because she's one of those 'Crazy Cat Ladies' who will not leave her coven of feral cats. *Rolleyes*
The rest of us have moved on.
When everything is about blaming whitey, gotta make the definition of the victim class as expansive as possible, doncha know.
Tancredo said that about Miami. I didn't hear that he'd said anything about Milwaukee. Sensenbrenner said, "Milwaukee is rapidly becoming the murder capital of the U.S." & took some heat for it. Could that be what you were talking about or did I miss something?
I wish I were a 'special' and 'protected' class. I can't imagine anything better than being a monkey in the zoo who is fed and watered three times a day by Mother Government. Doesn't it ever occur to the Special Interest folk that this is all they're doing? (Rhetorical)
Self respect is something seriously lacking in our moral fiber these days.
"Remember when it was the beer that made Milwaukee famous?"
Most of my uncles used to work for Miller, and my Dad & both Grandpas worked at Allis Chalmers and Harneschfiger. I'm just saddened to the core that a once vibrant city founded by hard-working people is now such a hell-hole. That's socialism for ya! Destroys businesses, people, communities...anything it touches. :(
I prefer our northern beers; Leinenkugel & Point. And I can freely drink them now because the uncles have all passed on, LOL!
We used to live in Fox Lake, IL and crossed the border to Waukeegan, and sometimes to Milwaukee. Some good memroies, it is sad to see how far the area has fallen.
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