Posted on 06/22/2007 8:09:53 PM PDT by new cruelty
from the article the word “normative”.
Is that one of the new words?
Probably more likely to vote (democrat) dead than alive.
To all those considering a visit to Filthydelphia.....don't go. You'll keep your car, your wallet, your health. Stay alive and stay in one piece. Your families will appreciate your presence a few more years.
In a craphole, like Filthydelphia, it's called "retrenchment".
“The slayings occurred in a neighborhood of tattered rowhouses that one resident described as “a melting pot - black, white, Hispanic, all kinds.” Alleys are littered with tires. Vacant lots sprout waist-high weeds. The yards of supply houses and body shops are protected by chain-link fences topped with concertina wire. “
I’m sure it is the conservative government that represents this area that is causing this strife...Sounds like part of the DNC/Blue State Plantation.
“I hope our ancestors can’t see what a mess our current leaders have made.”
Unfortunately, the people running our governments are not leaders. I’ll leave it at that for now.
The papers in Baltimore do not even bother to write up each murder. I did find that the SUN has made a new use of a Google map.
http://essentials.baltimoresun.com/micro_sun/homicides/
I think that Baltimore has already had 149 murders, making our rate way higher than Philadelphia’s.
Sadly, all these big cities that have corrupt mayors are hell-holes, yet the people BLAME the REPUBLICANS!! Idiots.
ping...
I once saw mayor john street address a group of 14-18 year old boys that were enrolled in a program. Many of the questions they asked concerned funding for youth programs to buy computers, replenish basket ball courts, etc. The mayor noted that while those things are important, the bigger issue was gun violence. He noted that he did not think more police on the streets was the answer, rather, it was up to the children and their parents to make a difference before anyone else would be willing to help them. He repeated this several times throughout their discourse, but the questions usually fell back on whether or not the city would be providing funding for youth programs.
I’ve also heard it called Killerdelphia.
Whatever the city is going to do, it would seem that mayor street has left it up to the next mayor to figure out.
etc, etc, etc....
:-)
And the cure they always demand? Take guns and money from conservatives in the low crime, low violence areas they inhabit.
He may have been as crooked as Mayor Daley the elder in Chicago, but during the 1970's and 80's Philadelphia, as dirty as it was, was a lot cleaner and under control than it is today.
Back then one of the big stories was the follies of Milton Street (brother of the current mayor) and his weatherization fund scandal. That was a project during the Ford or Carter administrations to provide federal funds to the poor in the inner cities to weather proof their dwellings against the ravages of global cooling which was the panic crisis of the time back in those days.
South Philly has ALWAYS been a DUMP! Now its a dump with more murders.
I went to college in Philly. There’s nothing safe about the neighborhood around Temple, or anything in North Philly. That area is a bona-fide warzone. I recall studying to the sound of gunfire, students getting mugged and beaten. One time, however, an “individual” decided it would be a bright idea to try to rob the rugby house. Not very smart on his behalf. The police applauded the students efforts in their response.
Oh yeah, I just CAN'T imagine that scheme being abused! LMAO!
Liberals love taking advantage of the same stupid people they purport to help.
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