To: SeekAndFind
My folks and I are traveling via AMTRAK through Chicago’s Union Station ... like downtown ... so how safe is that? Where are all the shootings taking place? We have to change trains there ... I’m for opting to just stay in the station for the two hour layover ....
2 posted on
10/03/2009 9:01:35 AM PDT by
SkyDancer
('Those who hammer their guns into plows will plow for those who do not..' ~ Thomas Jefferson)
To: SeekAndFind
Well probably never hear about the real reason the International Olympic Committee dumped Chicago from the shortlist of host cities in 2016, but it would be naïve to omit the committees concerns about the safety of thousands of foreign tourists. Many of those tourists would have been sampling the Chicago bar scene too. Warning them about the "rough areas" would be embarrassing. There were no "rough areas" in, say, China.
8 posted on
10/03/2009 9:14:07 AM PDT by
HiTech RedNeck
(The Democrat party is a criminal enterprise.)
To: SeekAndFind
As far as the IOC not picking Chicago because of concern for safety...I don’t buy that one bit. Rio is a heavily crime-laden city...worse than Chicago, no doubt. Had to be something else besides a concern for safety.
10 posted on
10/03/2009 9:17:09 AM PDT by
nfldgirl
To: SeekAndFind
Can you imagine that if the Olympics were held in Chicago how many people would be murdered by the thugs there..I think the Olympic judges have seen what goes on in that city and decided by what they saw not to trust it..Obama is safe there because he is the gang leader just like Wright putting this hate in these young peoples hearts..And then they have the parents that teach them from birth to hate anyone that seems to have more and especially Whittie..Sick place and I will never go there..
14 posted on
10/03/2009 9:21:08 AM PDT by
PLD
To: ChicagoConservative27
Great city you live in CC.
17 posted on
10/03/2009 9:23:19 AM PDT by
Springman
(Rest In Peace YaYa123)
To: SeekAndFind
>> the [Communist] Chilean poet Pablo Neruda
Nothing like a nice Commie quote to spice up an article.
21 posted on
10/03/2009 9:35:54 AM PDT by
QBFimi
(When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
To: SeekAndFind
I wonder how sorry Daly is now that he helped get Obama elected?
30 posted on
10/03/2009 9:54:19 AM PDT by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: SeekAndFind
barrack hussein obama
Mmmmm....Mmmmm...Mmm
31 posted on
10/03/2009 9:54:41 AM PDT by
FrankR
(To Stimulus recipients: You are only enslaved to the extent of charity that you receive.)
To: SeekAndFind
As far as cities are concerned, Chicago is relatively safe except in various pockets.
A good rule of thumb for tourists is do not venture East of the United Center or South of Chinatown---and you'll be fine.
33 posted on
10/03/2009 10:03:07 AM PDT by
Fast Ed97
(Is it bad when you start to miss the Clinton years?)
To: SeekAndFind
The "Black House", eh? How chilling.
Perhaps the new administration will unwittingly provide an opportunity to confront black on white racism.
44 posted on
10/03/2009 10:29:19 AM PDT by
Mamzelle
(Who is Kenneth Gladney? (Don't forget to bring your cameras))
To: SeekAndFind
Chicagos vitriolic West Side Catholic leader and one time Obama spiritual mentor Father Michael Pfleger ... has, earlier this year thundered about the hypocrisy of fighting a war in Iraq when we have innocent children dying on the streets right here at home."Fr. Pfleger only has to look in the mirror to understand why Chicago has the violence it has. He, and others of his liberal ilk, have been making excuses for this bad behavior for years, bleating about carp like 'root causes of crime' etc. The 'root causes' are simply that these folks know they can get away with the bad things they do, and have pushed the envelope for years, escalating crime as they went.
49 posted on
10/03/2009 10:55:49 AM PDT by
SuziQ
To: SeekAndFind
“The boy suffered a fractured skull and barely survived the vicious attack.”
Barely survived?
54 posted on
10/03/2009 11:34:34 AM PDT by
EDINVA
(Obama CAN'T see the Olympics from his back porch !)
To: SeekAndFind
Jeremiah is a great scholar? Who knew?
63 posted on
10/03/2009 3:19:46 PM PDT by
Marysecretary
(GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL!)
To: SeekAndFind
The U.S. clearly needs to pull out of Chicago.
66 posted on
10/04/2009 7:36:06 AM PDT by
Bubba_Leroy
(The Obamanation Crisis - America Held Hostage)
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