priorities

[TommyTooter]

growing up in chicago in the last half of the 20th century during hizzoner, the boss, richard j. daley's heyday, we understood that politics was messy, expensive and not always completely honest, but we lived in a city that worked.



the public utilities and roads were kept in good repair. public transportation was available 24x7x365. unions didn't strike and if they did, they only stayed out a few days.



there was an effort in the politicking of that era to legislate the greatest good for the greatest number with the least negative impact on the fewest number in the most cost efficient manner possible. that's long gone and been replaced by the pork barrel programs of the military-industrial complex eisenhower warned us about in his farewell address.

The Patriot Act, War in Afghanistan, War in Iraq, torture, detention without trial, x-ray body scanners, TSA patdowns, NDAA, assassination of U.S. citizens, government secrecy, bloated defense budgets, troop worship, nationalism, drone attacks in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia ... all made possible by that day in September. Let us never forget... that 9/11 is, indeed, the 24/7 excuse for anything and everything. (from: facebook.com/GeorgeW.Obama )

 

[DrLeftover]

Evidently the Chicago Mr. Tooter grew up in was on another planet.



There were plenty of union strikes throughout the time period mentioned, including Teamsters (does the phrase 'wildcat truckers strike' ring a bell?), UMW, several UAW strikes, and even a post office strike, some of which became violent and/or lasted a long time.



As far as the city working, he seems to have forgotten a certain snow storm that resulted in Mayor Jane lady beat the machine Byrne.



It would seem that truth, like memory, is subjective and variable.

 

[TommyTooter]

Evidently the Chicago Mr. Tooter grew up in was on another planet.



There were plenty of union strikes throughout the time period mentioned, including Teamsters (does the phrase 'wildcat truckers strike' ring a bell?), UMW, several UAW strikes, and even a post office strike, some of which became violent and/or lasted a long time.



As far as the city working, he seems to have forgotten a certain snow storm that resulted in Mayor Jane lady beat the machine Byrne.



It would seem that truth, like memory, is subjective and variable.

so you don't live on the earth, mister? when you critique somebody, you need to document yourself, lest it appear that you've just blown some smoke out your anus. for instance, is there even a UMW chicago local? there aren't any mines anywhere near chicago.



between 1955 and 1975, i'm sure there were plenty of strikes but i'll stand firm on the assertion that few, if any, lasted very long. maybe the teamsters went out for extended periods, but the public worker union strikes didn't last more than a few days. i've looked and all the really noteworthy strikes in chicago occurred before 1950



as for the storm that destroyed jane byrne: i was there. she never had a chance. it was actually three storms in a row with hard freezing weather between them.

 

[DrLeftover]

I am from Illinois. Not Chicago, but Illinois all the same.



The below image shall stand for all of its Northern Illinois Brethern:



Wilmington, Illinois is about twenty five miles from the Loop.

There were also several working mines not far from the city to the Southeast in Indiana, not to mention a couple in Wisconsin.

 

[TommyTooter]

I am from Illinois. Not Chicago, but Illinois all the same.



The below image shall stand for all of its Northern Illinois Brethern:



Wilmington, Illinois is about twenty five miles from the Loop.

There were also several working mines not far from the city to the Southeast in Indiana, not to mention a couple in Wisconsin.

52 to be precise. i always thought the coal fields were much further south.