I'm sure he was responsible for every single one of those shootings.

~Zoo

Didn't say that.  Just shows that once again, he has never accomplished anything except faking an image.

You mean Gustav is headed for them?

I remember the same thing about New Orleans a couple of years ago.

Well, at least he can give powerful speeches. You know how important that is when one is a President. That should be enough, right?

Well, judging from the phrase "community organizer" it looks like one would organize things in a community.  I'm not sure fighting crime is included in that.

Now if he said, "Crimestopper" or "Police chief" I might well agree with you...but a community organizer has little power when it comes to stopping violent crime.

~Zoo

Chicago is the kind of example Democrats should be using for gun-control. Frankly, there is no way to keep American principles (principals?) and solve the crime problems in Chicago.

That is certainly the gun-control advocate's assumption, but, frankly, there is no empirical evidence to support that assumption, Denmark notwithstanding.

If you were willing to really put money in policing, and arms were illegal, you could do something about guys running around with a gun in their pocket. You can't when guns are legal. It all depends on how you're willing to tackle it. In general, gun control is ridiculous for America given their constitution, but places like Chicago are a Democrat propogandists wet dream.

Interesting you should think that, given that Democrats have run the place since WWII.

Actually, I think they've run it ever since Capone was sent to prison.  Guess there was a 'leadership gap' in his absence.

lol, that's true. But if this election has taught us anything, it's that the whole story is very rarely digested.

The status is chicago is such that only heavy policing will even begin to clamp down on these gangs, and even then it would take a long time.

Democrats in Chicago aren't exactly fighting corruption, either, are they? Unlike the Governor of Alaska

I'll give you that.  Usually too many 'nuances.'

The best line of defense is with the individual.  If You always run to nanny when trying to defend yourself, youll just be attacked where nanny cant protect you.  The police dont have the power to proect everyone all the time, they are best as a deterent and second best as a way to be avenged.

Guess we need a 'surge' in the Chicago Province of Illinois.

Yea, now that he agree's it worked. I guess Obama when from living in Chicago to living in "The Nile" (denial) then back to Chicago again.