No Jamie, this is not about you.<\/p>\n
We’re in the home stretch for getting Marylou here. \u00a0Beds are in place, 2 new hospital bed. \u00a0Tickets bought, American Airlines. \u00a0Wheelchair ordered from Medicaid. \u00a0Large quantities of alcohol ordered, wine for Nina and Knob Creek for me. \u00a0Putting up shelves in their room today.<\/p>\n
Poker game scheduled for Thursday. \u00a0Always a good time, but I may have to punch our host a bit. \u00a0He’s starting to get lippy in his emails about my lack of attendance lately.<\/p>\n
Anyone give a shit about the inauguration of the chief idiot? \u00a0I didn’t think so. \u00a0I’m getting tired of hear about it on the news. \u00a0I’m amazed at how people are fooled by this clown, but then it’s not about the country anymore, they’re selling the man.<\/p>\n
Got this from my mom:<\/p>\n
Wow, is Illinois and Chicago great or\u00a0 what?<\/em> Maybe that explains a lot of our current problems.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" No Jamie, this is not about you. We’re in the home stretch for getting Marylou here. \u00a0Beds are in place, 2 new hospital bed. \u00a0Tickets bought, American Airlines. \u00a0Wheelchair ordered from Medicaid. \u00a0Large quantities of alcohol ordered, wine for Nina and Knob Creek for me. \u00a0Putting up shelves in their room today. Poker game scheduled … Continue reading Things are coming to a head.<\/span>
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\nPerhaps the U.S. should pull out of\u00a0 Chicago?<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nBody count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in\u00a0 Chicago.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\n221 killed in Iraq AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun\u00a0 laws in<\/em>
\nthe entire\u00a0 US.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nPresident: Barack Hussein\u00a0 Obama<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nSenator: Dick\u00a0 Durbin<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nHouse Representative: Jesse Jackson\u00a0 Jr.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nGovernor: Pat\u00a0 Quinn<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nHouse leader: Mike\u00a0 Madigan<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nAtty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of\u00a0 Mike)<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nMayor: Rahm\u00a0 Emanuel<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nThe leadership in Illinois – all\u00a0 Democrats .<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nThank you for the combat zone in Chicago\u00a0 .<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nOf course, they’re all blaming each\u00a0 other.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nCan’t blame Republicans; there aren’t\u00a0 any !<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nChicago school system rated one of the worst in the\u00a0 country.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nCan’t blame Republicans; there aren’t\u00a0 any !<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nState pension fund $78 Billion in debt, worst in\u00a0 country.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nCan’t blame Republicans; there aren’t\u00a0 any !<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nCook County ( Chicago ) sales tax 10.25% highest in\u00a0 country.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nCan’t blame Republicans; there aren’t\u00a0 any !<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nThis is the political culture that Obama comes from in\u00a0 Illinois.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nAnd he is going to ‘fix’ Washington politics for\u00a0 us???<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nGeorge Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in the big house.<\/em>
\nOf course he was replaced by Rob Blajegovitch who is …\u00a0 that’s<\/em>
\nright, also in the big house. And Representative Jesse\u00a0 Jackson Jr.<\/em>
\nresigned a couple of weeks ago. That is because he is\u00a0 fighting<\/em>
\nbeing sent to … that’s right, the big\u00a0 house.<\/em>
\nEvery one knows what the “Big House” is right, it has lots\u00a0 of bars,<\/em>
\nguards, and a tall fence with barbed wire at the top, sound\u00a0 familiar<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nThe Land of Lincoln, where our governors make our license\u00a0 plates.<\/em>
\n\u00a0<\/em>
\nBut you know what? As long as they keep providing\u00a0 entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except\u00a0 the state<\/em>
\nwill go broke before the country\u00a0 does.<\/em><\/p>\n