Illinois.....HIGHLY Ranked.....

**Warthogg** · 12-22-2011, 02:16 PM

It's gotta be tough for New York and California trying to compete with a powerhouse like Illinois !!

Wart

Compared to the rest of the country we have lost 1/4th of our population.

Illinois just sold still more bonds and our credit rating is so bad we pay higher interest rates than junk bonds! Junk Bonds!

Illinois is ranked

50th for fiscal policy

47th in job creation

1st in unfunded pension liabilities

2nd largest budget deficit

1st in failing schools.

1st in bonded indebtedness

Highest sales tax in the nation

Most judges indicted (Operations Greylord and Gambat)

5 of our last 9 elected governors have been indicted. That is more than the other 49 states added together!

Then add 32 Chicago Aldermen and (according to the Chicago Tribune) over 1000 state and municipal employees indicted. The corruption tax is a real cost of doing business. We are the butt of jokes for stand up comics.

We live in the most corrupt big city, in the most corrupt big county in the most corrupt state in America. I am sick and tired of subsidizing crooks. A day rarely passes without an article about the corruption and incompetence. Chicago even got caught rigging the tests to hire police and fire!

Read more: Former State Senator Says ‘Goodbye, Illinois’ | Godfather Politics http://godfatherpolitics.com/2764/fo...#ixzz1hIA7V1Rc

**mrkalashnikov** · 12-22-2011, 02:37 PM

We're #1!

**f.b.l.p** · 12-22-2011, 04:01 PM

No wonder they won't let you carry guns!

**TEN-32** · 12-22-2011, 07:29 PM

Yes, we have very organized communities. Here is one I heard today.

An illegal alien, a Muslim, a member of the "Black Power Movement ", and a Socialist walk into a bar. The bartender says "What can I get for you Mr. President?"

**old Grump** · 12-22-2011, 08:36 PM

Don't forget first in helping to elect bad presidents starting with JFK.

**binky59** · 12-22-2011, 10:08 PM

Aw cmon' guys give us a chance to catch up! After all we had Weiner and Christy and a Governer that liked NYC high priced hookers, and wall street ponzi scammers.....Don't worry we'll catch up when Schumer tries to take our guns away..

**TEN-32** · 12-22-2011, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by old Grump

Don't forget first in helping to elect bad presidents starting with JFK.

I'd take JFK over this asshole any day.

**Krupski** · 12-23-2011, 10:17 PM

Originally Posted by TEN-32

Yes, we have very organized communities. Here is one I heard today.

An illegal alien, a Muslim, a member of the "Black Power Movement ", and a Socialist walk into a bar. The bartender says "What can I get for you Mr. President?"

Who's the socialist?

**Hobe Sound AK** · 12-23-2011, 06:59 PM

Is there a normal part of Illinois out there somewhere? far from Chicago? a Small all White Town of Hunter's and Gunowners?

**mriddick** · 12-23-2011, 07:05 PM

Originally Posted by Hobe Sound AK

Is there a normal part of Illinois out there somewhere? far from Chicago? a Small all White Town of Hunter's and Gunowners?

Well this thread just took a creepy turn...

**Hobe Sound AK** · 12-23-2011, 07:18 PM

No just wondering if the Whole State, every square Inch of it is just like Chicago.

**Warthogg** · 12-23-2011, 07:46 PM

Originally Posted by Hobe Sound AK

No just wondering if the Whole State, ever square Inch of it is just like Chicago.

Nope plenty of good towns in Illinois.

Wart

**Warthogg** · 12-23-2011, 07:57 PM

Cicero has an interesting past. Cicero once was a haven from criminals staying away from the Chicago PD and highly racist.

In 1960 Cicero's "Negro" population was 4.
In 1990 Cicero's "black" population had ballooned to 173 or .3%.
In 2000 Cicero's "Black or African American" population catapulted to 956 or 1.1%.

http://encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/pages/287.html

Also Cicero IS IN Cook County.

Wart

**mriddick** · 12-23-2011, 07:58 PM

I'm not sure if Chicago has a majority of blacks today, what they do have is a majority of democrats though. Where I've gone to in the windy city there seems to be alot of fat drunk Irish guys

**TEN-32** · 12-23-2011, 07:58 PM

Originally Posted by Warthogg

Cicero has an interesting past. Cicero once was a haven from criminals staying away from the Chicago PD and highly racist.

Also Cicero IS IN Cook County.

Wart

Mostly Mexican....

**mriddick** · 12-23-2011, 08:00 PM

Yes and mexicans, at the walmart I went to up there they did the PA announcements in spanish...

**TEN-32** · 12-23-2011, 10:06 PM

Illinois has 3 blue counties that carry the state every damn election.

http://elections.nytimes.com/2010/results/illinois

**old Grump** · 12-23-2011, 10:29 PM

Originally Posted by Hobe Sound AK

No just wondering if the Whole State, every square Inch of it is just like Chicago.

Are you really that simple? Outside of the collar counties around Cook County and Springfield the states people are just the same as any other state. What the dickens is the matter with you?

In fact most of Chicago is the same as any other city with people working to support their family, pay their bills send kids to school, their kids go to church or the scouts, go to movies, lie to their parents and get away with whatever they can just like every kid in every town and every city in the country. Don't mistake the druggies, whores, gangstas, corrupt unions and crooked politicians with the normal people. They are just trying to make a living the best they know how like you and me.