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Obama Chooses Chicago to Host His Presidential Library

I thought all of Chicago was ****ty. Specially, the South Side of Chicago. That's what the media tells Conservatives and Liberals.

Hey works for me, I sure don't plan on going to that ****ty place. An Obama library in a place I never plan on going back to is perfect.
 
Wow. It only took me 2 days on the site to be called a racist for not worshiping Obama. :lamo

And yet another perfect example of why there are so few funny right winger comedians...
 
Fun fact, Presidential libraries didnt exist before 1939, like much of this politician worship culture we have today. Why they cant just put their papers in the Library of Congress, and they have to have a special palace built for them, I dont know. Fact 2- taxpayers spend 100million (that we dont have) on these pointless monuments.

The fact that they are a relatively recent phenomena probably has more to do with the fact we are a far more mobile and traveling society than we used to be. Prior to the 30s a lot of people spent a their entire lives never getting more than 100 miles from their birthplace. I don't see anything wrong with having presidential libraries. Anything that gets people more engaged in history and the politics that surrounded it is a good thing in my opinion.
 
The fact that they are a relatively recent phenomena probably has more to do with the fact we are a far more mobile and traveling society than we used to be. Prior to the 30s a lot of people spent a their entire lives never getting more than 100 miles from their birthplace. I don't see anything wrong with having presidential libraries. Anything that gets people more engaged in history and the politics that surrounded it is a good thing in my opinion.

Even if that unnecessarily costs 100 million dollars? :roll:

First world problems I guess...
 
I can. But as I've said before, you can't reason a man into understanding a position he didn't reason himself in to.

Then do it, instead of making excuses to not do it.

And yet another perfect example of why there are so few funny right winger comedians...

Wow there is something to brag about. "My side has more comedians neener neener neener". Really this is something you see as a positive? To have more jokesters on your side?

Politics is not about humor, its not about likability...its about logic, thought, and reason. This is why liberal policies fail...they trade things that work good for things that sound good.
 
Hey works for me, I sure don't plan on going to that ****ty place. An Obama library in a place I never plan on going back to is perfect.

Did you know that Chicago's crime rate has dropped by half since 1990?
 
Even if that unnecessarily costs 100 million dollars? :roll:

First world problems I guess...

Presidential Libraries are built with private funds. The records in them are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. As to what percentage of the NARA's budget goes towards maintaing the records for presidential libraries, I don't know, but the entire agency operates on 391 million a year, and maintaining records for presidential libraries is just a small portion of what the agency does.
 
The fact that they are a relatively recent phenomena probably has more to do with the fact we are a far more mobile and traveling society than we used to be. Prior to the 30s a lot of people spent a their entire lives never getting more than 100 miles from their birthplace. I don't see anything wrong with having presidential libraries. Anything that gets people more engaged in history and the politics that surrounded it is a good thing in my opinion.

Its not history though, its worship. They have things in there like a feature on Bush's dog.
 
Presidential Libraries are built with private funds. The records in them are maintained by the National Archives and Records Administration. As to what percentage of the NARA's budget goes towards maintaing the records for presidential libraries, I don't know, but the entire agency operates on 391 million a year, and maintaining records for presidential libraries is just a small portion of what the agency does.

Presidential libraries are huge failures - Salon.com

A hundred million.
 
As a native Chicagoan, I can't tell you how pleased I am to hear this.

You can have Obama all you want and I hope like hell he moves back there next to his library. Further when he clears out of Washington I hope he leaves nothing behind.
 
One less reason to ever visit Chicago in my book. Still amused he didn't put it in Hawaii.
 
Are you suggesting that is something to be proud of.

Here you can check out how Chicago compares to the rest of the US. Chicago is a killing field.

Crime rate in Chicago, Illinois (IL): murders, rapes, robberies, assaults, burglaries, thefts, auto thefts, arson, law enforcement employees, police officers statistics

Actually, its not too bad compared to most urban areas. I'm guessing you're not getting the concept of numbers vs. per capita crimes.

And most of the violent crime is confined to a few areas of the city - its major news if a murder happens downtown or on the near North side, where virtually all visitors are.

But please, stay away. We dont mind.
 
One less reason to ever visit Chicago in my book. Still amused he didn't put it in Hawaii.

I love the exaggeration of the crime in Chicago. It keeps the cowards out of town - you know, the ones who proudly say they live in an area with no crime, yet have to have a gun on them at all times because they are afraid of getting attacked?

It makes Chicago a better place to be, thats for sure.
 
Are you suggesting that is something to be proud of.

Any crime rate cut in half is something to be proud of.


Yes, your link shows that Chicago's crime rate has been dropping globally.
 
Even if that unnecessarily costs 100 million dollars? :roll:

First world problems I guess...
100M is a relative pittance in relation to the annual budget in context of a public treasure-trove of historical artifact.

I'm with SouthernDemocrat all the way, here ...
 
I love the exaggeration of the crime in Chicago. It keeps the cowards out of town - you know, the ones who proudly say they live in an area with no crime, yet have to have a gun on them at all times because they are afraid of getting attacked?

It makes Chicago a better place to be, thats for sure.
The **** are you on about?

I don't like Chicago because it's a big city, high taxes and the Cubs are there. The crime problem is more relegated to areas that no one cares about expect when it comes to get out the vote drives. Then they care.

I went to Great Mistakes, I got a couple of days in the city. I was not impressed. Good Pizza though.
 
100M is a relative pittance in relation to the annual budget in context of a public treasure-trove of historical artifact.

I'm with SouthernDemocrat all the way, here ...

When you worship the government no amount is too small. Have you guys figured out what "fair share" means, yet?


I had the pleasure of learning statistics from a very accomplished professor. He thought it was pretty funny how if you asked people in a community if they support building a public library, you almost get a unanimous "yes" as a result. Then if you ask people in a community if they support raising their taxes $100 a year to build a public library, the support nearly disappears.

I just thought it is awesome how absolutely appropriate that example was to this topic. :lamo
 
When you worship the government no amount is too small. Have you guys figured out what "fair share" means, yet?


I had the pleasure of learning statistics from a very accomplished professor. He thought it was pretty funny how if you asked people in a community if they support building a public library, you almost get a unanimous "yes" as a result. Then if you ask people in a community if they support raising their taxes $100 a year to build a public library, the support nearly disappears.

I just thought it is awesome how absolutely appropriate that example was to this topic. :lamo
Well then, you hang-on tight to your 30 cents there bucko, my 12 y.o. nephew said he'll be happy to kick-in your share out of his allowance, if it'll teach you civic responsibility.

And yeah, I'd happily give a c-note to build a library that benefits my kids & the other kids in the neighborhood - no idea what kind of community you live in, but I live in a small community with a very direct & responsive government, and we make those decisions on an annual basis, and we value having a clean, safe, fiscally sound community with good schools & libraries - and we are willing to pay for it. Why? Because nothing in life is free, and if you want the best for yourself & your family, you've got to be able to fork-over a few Georgies.

I do think it's pretty telling that the example of withholding funds you picked is a library - there's a lot of other examples that would put your argument in a better light than one involving kids, knowledge, and education - but hey, you're the one that picked it!

But then you've trained under 'a very accomplished professor', which sounds kind of interesting seeing as your example doesn't seem very supportive of academics or knowledge.
 
Well then, you hang-on tight to your 30 cents there bucko, my 12 y.o. nephew said he'll be happy to kick-in your share out of his allowance, if it'll teach you civic responsibility.

And yeah, I'd happily give a c-note to build a library that benefits my kids & the other kids in the neighborhood - no idea what kind of community you live in, but I live in a small community with a very direct & responsive government, and we make those decisions on an annual basis, and we value having a clean, safe, fiscally sound community with good schools & libraries - and we are willing to pay for it. Why? Because nothing in life is free, and if you want the best for yourself & your family, you've got to be able to fork-over a few Georgies.

I do think it's pretty telling that the example of withholding funds you picked is a library - there's a lot of other examples that would put your argument in a better light than one involving kids, knowledge, and education - but hey, you're the one that picked it!

But then you've trained under 'a very accomplished professor', which sounds kind of interesting seeing as your example doesn't seem very supportive of academics or knowledge.

Nice rant!

Just wanted to let you know that you completely missed the point then wasted your time going on a tirade about libraries for some reason. :lamo

Have a good one!
 
Every US president from Herbert Hoover and on has a presidential library. Gerald R. Ford also has a museum.

Presidential libraries are indispensable repositories for historians, archivists, authors, and citizens.
 
One less reason to ever visit Chicago in my book. Still amused he didn't put it in Hawaii.

No way would he put it in Hawaii. He's far too narcissistic for that. Not enough people there or who can afford to travel there. Obama envisions people worshipping at his Library.
 
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