This one’s interesting. A couple weeks ago, an email was circulated comparing murder and crime rate in Chicago and Houston. The claim of 400 murders this year in non-gun Chicago to 200 in gun crazy Houston was confirmed by a WSJ article last week. I think the email stated 8 firearms dealers in Chicago compared to 200 in Houston, i.e., one on every corner. Beane correctly attributed the increase in gun involved murder rate in Chicago to cold weather which sounded to me like an astute observation on his part (all tongue in cheek, but true nonetheless).
Have you seen this?
Subject: Illinois vs. Oklahoma - You Gotta Read This
I thought these two e-mails, the first about Illinois and the second
about Oklahoma, made an interesting contrast . .
PART 1 — Illinois
"A State with No Republicans!"
Some interesting data on the 'state' of Illinois ... There are more
people on welfare in Illinois than there are people working. Chicago pays the
highest wages to teachers than anywhere else in the U.S. averaging
$110,000/year. Their pensions average 80-90% of their income. Wow, are
Illinois and Chicago great or what? Be sure to read till the end. I've
never heard it explained better. Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago
? Body count: In the last six months, 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago .
221 killed in Iraq ; AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in
the entire US.
Here's the Chicago chain of command: President: Barack Hussein Obama •
Senator: Dick Durbin • House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. • Governor:
Pat Quinn • House leader: Mike Madigan • Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan
(daughter of Mike) • Mayor: Rahm Emanuel • The leadership in Illinois - all
Democrats. • Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago . • Of course, they're
all blaming each other. • Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any! •
Let us get ALL the facts out while we are at it:
Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. Can't
blame Republicans; there aren't any!
State pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in country. Can't blame
Republicans; there aren't any!
Cook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. Can't
blame Republicans; there aren't any!
This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois . And
he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us?
George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in prison.
He was replaced by Rob Blagojevich who is, that's right, also in prison.
And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned, .. and that's right, he
and his wife both are in prison also.
The Land of Lincoln , where our Governors and Representatives make our
license plates. What?
As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of
Chicago , nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the
country does.
"Anybody who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the
Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian."
Don’t forget Detroit , another great example of a Democratic empire…
With all the bad news, there is hope, so let’s go to:
PART 2— Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA - may soon have plenty of new residents!
THIS IS REALLY INTERESTING, AND TRUE ... PLEASE READ IT!
Oklahoma is the only state that Obama did not win even one county in the
last election... While everyone is focusing on Arizona ’s new law, look
what Oklahoma has been doing!!!
An update from Oklahoma :
Oklahoma law passed, 37 to 9 an amendment to place the Ten Commandments
on the front entrance to the state capitol. The feds in D.C., along with
the ACLU,said it would be a mistake. Hey this is a conservative state,
based on Christian values... HB 1330
Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.
Oklahoma recently passed a law in the state to incarcerate all illegal
immigrants, and ship them back to where they came from unless they want to
get a green card and become an American citizen. They all scattered. HB
1804. This was against the advice of the Federal Government, and the ACLU,
they said it would be a mistake.
Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.
Recently we passed a law to include DNA samples from any and all
illegal's to the Oklahoma database, for criminal investigative purposes. Pelosi
said it was unconstitutional SB 1102
Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.
Several weeks ago, we passed a law, declaring Oklahoma as a Sovereign
state, not under the Federal Government directives. Joining Texas , Montana
and Utah as the only states to do so.
More states are likely to follow: Louisiana , Alabama , Georgia ,
Carolina 's, Kentucky , Missouri , Arkansas , West Virginia , Mississippi and Florida .
Save your confederate money, it appears the South is about to rise up once
again. HJR 1003
The federal Government has made bold steps to take away our guns.
Oklahoma , a week ago, passed a law confirming people in this state have the
right to bear arms and transport them in their vehicles. I'm sure that was
a setback for the criminals The Liberals didn't like it -- But....
Guess what... Oklahoma did it anyway.
Just this month, the state has voted and passed a law that ALL drivers’
license exams will be printed in English, and only English, and no other
language. They have been called racist for doing this, but the fact is that
ALL of the road signs are in English only. If you want to drive in
Oklahoma , you must read and write English. Really simple.
By the way, the Liberals don't like any of this either
Guess what... who cares... Oklahoma is doing it anyway.
If you like it, pass it on, if you don't then delete it... Thanks
