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Civil order slipping away in Chicago
americanthinker.com ^ | 7/15/2017 | Thomas Lifson

Posted on 07/15/2017 7:55:33 AM PDT by rktman

Chicago is now notorious for the murder rate it suffers, vastly out of proportion to its population when compared to New York or Los Angeles. That horrendous carnage largely is confined to a couple of locations where rival gangs are battling over control of turf for drug deals. But what of the rest of the city?

There are signs that the fragile bonds that keep people functioning in society without routine resort to violence are fraying in Chicago. There is an invisible line looming ahead, the one where people no longer assume that they can rely on the police and courts to assure them of personal safety in their daily lives, and so must resort to defensive measures, or else suffer as victims.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: chiraq; gangsta
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To: rktman

It sucks when you run out of other people money and police protection all at the same time.

When the EBT cards go tilt and the Cops get pink slips on the same day its going to make the Watts Riots look like a Sunday BBQ.


21 posted on 07/15/2017 8:44:16 AM PDT by rdcbn
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To: Pirate Ragnar

Heck, even Mayor Daley would be useful now.


22 posted on 07/15/2017 8:44:25 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: rktman

The solution is to let Chicago, or possibly Illinois, print their own currency. Either that or just let them have their own French Revolution.


23 posted on 07/15/2017 8:50:54 AM PDT by cymbeline
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To: JLAGRAYFOX

You think voting R is a going to save us? Maybe on a case-by-case basis it will delay the inevitable. When I read that a majority of people now support Sodomite “whatever” posing as marriage, we have a lot of work to do. This was at one time a Christian nation - not the govt mind you, but We The People - but the people have turned away from God. I use Christian willingness to send their children into govt schools as a measure of where we are. The ones who are willing to do that are ignorant, or foolish, or both. It is all well and good to keep Hillary from the Oval Office, but her spirit is in the hearts and minds of many, whether they know it or not.


24 posted on 07/15/2017 8:53:57 AM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: hal ogen

Wasn’t Chicago the playground for traitors Barak and Valerie?


25 posted on 07/15/2017 8:55:18 AM PDT by abclily
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To: rktman
Full Disclosure: I live @ 30 miles Southwest of Chicago in Will County, IL. I commute to the city Monday - Friday to work.

Statement: Civil order isn't "slipping away" in Chicago - it's GONE. I will tell you all that I'm so glad I have my conceal/carry because I use I carry going to work everyday.

I do NOT feel safe going into the city to work daily anymore. I work in the South Loop part of Chicago. I've been accosted more times than I can tell you by panhandlers and was once almost a victim of a mugging outside the building I work in at LaSalle St. and Jackson around 7am on a Friday morning several years ago. Were it not for the fact that I'm a pretty big guy and am very capable of defending myself the thug that tried mugging me would've gotten my wallet and gotten away. He did neither.

It was only a few months ago that five "urban youths" tried some push, bump, steal and run scam on me at State St. and Jackson (again, downtown) and were it not for the fact I had my sidearm on me and my hand on it, I would've likely ended up down on the sidewalk with them kicking the sh*t out of me.

Civil order is NOT slipping away in Chicago - it's GONE.

26 posted on 07/15/2017 8:58:20 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: Vlad The Inhaler
Chicago could become the next Detroit - it will just take longer to turn into a giany ghetto because of its size.

The South and West sides of Chicago are already mostly bombed out ghetto's. I live streamed my commute into Chicago one day on FR's Facebook Page so people could see how bad the south side of Chicago truly is with burned out buildings everywhere.

The video and comments are gone - they were however quite priceless. And yes, it's been a Democrat run city for DECADES, currently being run by Clintonista Rahm Emmanuel.

27 posted on 07/15/2017 9:00:25 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: moovova
Post “Gun Free Zone” signs in the hoods. That’ll take care of it.

Like the "urban youths" in the hoods, I ignore those signs. I do it for my personal safety. They do it for other reasons.

28 posted on 07/15/2017 9:01:06 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: SkyDancer
and then there’s that famous cafe where Hwy66 starts

Not sure what famous cafe you're talking about. I walked by that sign just the other day, I work a few blocks from it.

29 posted on 07/15/2017 9:02:52 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: cymbeline
The solution is to let Chicago, or possibly Illinois, print their own currency. Either that or just let them have their own French Revolution.

Most of us in Illinois who DO NOT live in Chicago would be perfectly happy if we woke up one morning and the entire city slipped into lake michigan and everyone in it drowned.

Seriously. Chicago is a blueberry in an otherwise very RED state. Most people don't believe that, but it's true.

30 posted on 07/15/2017 9:04:48 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: rktman

Paging Elliot Ness.....


31 posted on 07/15/2017 9:07:42 AM PDT by dasboot (Nuanced foreign relations is the germ of international misunderstanding.)
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To: abclily

It still is with his friend rahm emmanual as mayor. I guess the majority of voters of chicago love to murder each other, go bankrupt or something. LOL. DIMs will be DIMs.


32 posted on 07/15/2017 9:10:44 AM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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Offer a thousand bucks and a pair of air jordans to any teen who wants to take a free one way bus ride to Canadia.


33 posted on 07/15/2017 9:10:57 AM PDT by dsrtsage (One half of all people have below average IQ. In the US the number is 54%)
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To: FatherofFive; moovova

And think of the PR coup.....as Mayor Rahm, himself, (in bullet proof vest), posts the “Gun Free” posters in high crime areas.

ROTFLOL.


34 posted on 07/15/2017 9:12:54 AM PDT by Liz
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To: dasboot
“Paging Elliot Ness.....”

No. Paging Paul Kersey.

35 posted on 07/15/2017 9:19:59 AM PDT by jeffersondem
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To: usconservative
Lou Mitchell's, also known as Lou Mitchell's Restaurant, is a Chicago diner located at 565 W. Jackson Boulevard. It is a popular restaurant for commuters, as it is located near Union Station. It is also located near the start of U.S. Route 66 and was frequented by many people on the start of their journey along the road, earning it the nickname "the first stop on the Mother Road." In May 2002, the Nationwide Route 66 restoration program was launched at Lou Mitchell's.

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006.

36 posted on 07/15/2017 9:20:49 AM PDT by SkyDancer (You know they invented wheelbarrows to teach FAA inspectors to walk on their hind legs.)
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To: rktman

There is an invisible line looming ahead, the one where people no longer assume that they can rely on the police and courts to assure them of personal safety in their daily lives, and so must resort to defensive measures, or else suffer as victims.

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Plus they get the benefit of paying higher taxes. Pay more, get less. That’s the way of the Democrats.


37 posted on 07/15/2017 9:25:28 AM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: Moonman62
#obamalinesdontmatter. 😜
38 posted on 07/15/2017 9:27:26 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?!)
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To: rktman

It’s a mystery, I tells ya! Can’t think of one possible thing that could be causing this. /s


39 posted on 07/15/2017 9:28:14 AM PDT by P.O.E. (Pray for America)
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To: rktman

The inevitable result of government deliberately paying people not to work and to make babies so they would always be miserable and dependent on the government.
While I and FR readers are too busy doing useful and constructive things, and paying taxes through our noses, and not voting democrat, the dems are planning more ways to promise people OUR money in return for votes.


40 posted on 07/15/2017 10:14:46 AM PDT by I want the USA back (Acting constantly in contradiction with one's human nature is de facto evidence of insanity.)
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