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Well, the buck stops at the top!Does it seem to you that America has become all Trump all the time?
Does to me.
I OBJECT
Well, the buck stops at the top!Does it seem to you that America has become all Trump all the time?
Does to me.
I OBJECT
Well, the buck stops at the top!
You know, I think I can believe that! :2razz:He sucks all the oxygen out of the conversation, then I dont get enough attention!
LESS TRUMP, MORE HAWKEYE
:lamo
I didn't hear that story before, but thanks. It's a good story (in that it illustrates the point well).
Yeah, sadly as a man you hit the point where you say to yourself:
"I can't figure-out a way to help those around me, but my first priority is to my wife & kids and I gotta' make a move here!"
When that day hits, it's a very sad feeling. But every time I'm back in the old neighborhood I (still got a few straggler buddies and a relative hanging-on), I look around and *know* I made the right decision moving my family out!
Nope.If I recall, your old neighborhood is getting gentrified....
I'm thinking of moving there, but it might be a bit pricey these days.
Nope.
Maybe the (Italian) neighborhood where my Mom and her relatives were from, but definitely not the (formerly Polish) neighborhood I grew-up with my Dad's side. It's a slum.
Unless you're thinking of the neighborhood down by the old ballfield? That's definitely on it's way up.
I'm not sure I know what you're getting at, here?You ever hear the story about the starfish?
The dead innocents, that 10%, are starfish. Badly paraphrased...I'm not sure I know what you're getting at, here?
The dead innocents, that 10%, are starfish. Badly paraphrased...
A young child was walking the beach with her friend and noticed that thousands of starfish had washed up on the beach to face certain death. As she walked along, she began throwing first one then another then another back into the water. Her friend watched and finally said, "Why are you bothering? There are THOISANDS of starfish. You can only throw in a few. What difference does it make?
The little girl looked at the starfish in her hand, gently tossed it back into the sea, and said, "It makes a difference to THIS one."
Pure schmaltz. But true.
For many years, forever, our answer to inner-city violence has been to rationalize that it's bad guys killing bad guys, as if that makes the killings lesser. But it doesn't. Not at all. And that 10%? They are innocents who got in the way, collateral damage. Dead starfish.
I've been trying to find out what the hell is happening. Seems to be mostly a result of turf wars for drugs, primarily displaced gangs which were moved from the housing projects out into the neighborhoods fighting for corners and drug houses.
Other factors I read about, but could not confirm:
1. Gang leaders are all in jail and the young bucks are running wild, shooting first and negotiating nothing
2. Guns being dumped on the street by the crate-full by illegal fire arms dealers
3. Police no-go zones resulting from a few publicized police shootings sparking near riots and prosecutions.
Its pretty simple actually. Its calle the Ferguson effect.
Violent crime is up and arrest are down.
Its pretty simple actually. Its calle the Ferguson effect.
Violent crime is up and arrest are down.
It's actually still lower than it was in the 90's. It's not the "Ferguson effect" it's more like what others have said about increased gang activity and increase flow of drugs due to a certain cartel hub in Chicago.
Gang warfare on streets of Chicago fueled by Sinaloa Cartel heroin | Fox News
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Cabrini green turned into a no go zone so essentially its the same issue
Cabrini Green hasnt existed since 2010 - and was started to be demolished in 1995 and essentially emptied by 2000.
Thanks for demonstrating , once again, you know almost nothing about the issue you are expounding upon.
Cabrini Green hasnt existed since 2010 - and was started to be demolished in 1995 and essentially emptied by 2000.
Thanks for demonstrating , once again, you know almost nothing about the issue you are expounding upon.
Lol ! Go back and read the post I was responding to before going off half cocked and making a fool out of yourself.
I did.
You still make no sense.
'No-go' areas dont exist.
The high crime areas are not 'no go' areas at all, given that street policing is distributed by crimes per area, the high crime areas of Chicago may have a much higher police presence than low crime areas.
But I know Cabrini Green once, so you must have all the inside info.
Cabrini Green was indeed a no go area...
Documenting the Rise and Fall of Chicago?s Cabrini-Green Public Housing Projects - In These Times