tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post3537236644339020951..comments2024-03-20T12:34:55.100-05:00Comments on Stonekettle Station: Bang Bang Crazy, Part 12: Red LinesJim Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11259550121437562338noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-33839414432819548772017-02-05T13:33:56.025-06:002017-02-05T13:33:56.025-06:00re. Chicago; "I'll send in the Feds"...re. Chicago; "I'll send in the Feds"<br /><br />"It became necessary to destroy the town to save it"<br /><br />( https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%E1%BA%BFn_Tre )<br /><br />Hagar the Horriblehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11835631471335088847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6638046641929520202017-02-03T17:37:09.539-06:002017-02-03T17:37:09.539-06:00After reading your post yesterday on Spicer and Co...After reading your post yesterday on Spicer and Conway, I had to check up on the day's news and found Conway with more alt facts: The Bowling Green Massacre. As you stated, it never happened and is a despicable lie to feed to the unwary. I did find the 'Bowling Green Massacre Fund' page entertaining though; The ACLU capitalizing on racist lies to collect donations 'for the victims of this terrible story', while laughing hysterically at Conways stupidity.<br /> Thanks for keeping us informed Mr.Wright<br />~Pamela Gunnellbigmeannursehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06651491782773119479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-39777101094796882972017-02-03T00:26:04.315-06:002017-02-03T00:26:04.315-06:00Racism rears it head in many ways and this is anot...Racism rears it head in many ways and this is another example. Claiming "carnage" is another excuse to implement racist policies - much like when we claimed "states' rights" and "law and order" and "the war on drugs". It too conveniently ignores the systemic abuse of minorities for the past 300 years in America. Whether it's through slavery, Jim Crow, mass incarceration, discriminatory housing policies, defunding education, or any other attempt to degrade a race of people, we've institutionalized racism. To say that this is a gang problem is a facile argument that ignores the complicated and cruel history of race relations.<br /><br />Trump and his supporters will defend the threat of martial law honestly believing they are helping. And they will "help" at the expense of this city and its citizens because, as we've proven in the past, the rule of law is applied differently depending on skin color. <br />Conservatives will ignore the fact that this action violates the 2nd amendment because it isn't happening to them. <br /><br />The worst part is they will pat themselves on the back and brag to the world that they solved a problem and delivered on a campaign promise, etc. If they truly cared, they would provide basic services and job opportunities to these people.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208531005864980147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-1744433577825281232017-01-31T16:59:26.817-06:002017-01-31T16:59:26.817-06:00I recently read a post that you might find interes...I recently read a post that you might find interesting. It's called "How to Culture-Jam a Populist in Four Easy Steps" here's the address: https://www.caracaschronicles.com/2017/01/20/culturejam/ The writer lives in Venezuela and sees may parallels between their Hugo Chavez and our DT.<br /><br />Also, it appears that the brains behind DT is Steve Bannon, who recently told a writer for GQ Magazine that "(Donald Trump) is a blunt instrument for us. I don't know whether he gets it or not." Mr Bannon has also made it plain that his goal is to "destroy the state" and "bring everything crashing down, and destroy all of today's establishment" in order to establish a "new political order" In a Washington Post interview on January 30th, he said, "What we are witnessing now is the birth of a new political order, and the more frantic a handful of media elites become, the more powerful that new political power becomes itself."<br /><br />Perhaps we need to set a watchman on this slimy piece of excrement.Sisyphushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12997190543226527492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-9857757329302738552017-01-29T00:33:28.771-06:002017-01-29T00:33:28.771-06:00Ah, finally a mention of the dark prince - betsey&...Ah, finally a mention of the dark prince - betsey's brother and friend of pence. He has been lurking in the shadows and salivating for the opportunity to rise again! No capitals for scumbags. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-51787853914030910102017-01-27T17:46:56.937-06:002017-01-27T17:46:56.937-06:00Yes. Really. If I am not mistaken the original gu...Yes. Really. If I am not mistaken the original gun ban law in 1968 was due to the Black Panthers having guns " It was May 2, 1967, and the Black Panthers’ invasion of the California statehouse launched the modern gun-rights movement." http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/ LaurePWnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-26244357225894794692017-01-27T17:04:38.172-06:002017-01-27T17:04:38.172-06:00Thanks for another wonderful essay. I have to say ...Thanks for another wonderful essay. I have to say though, gun confiscation is not the MO. Rounding blacks up for imprisonment and murdering the troublemakers is what sending in the feds means.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18552086025677733002017-01-27T15:30:21.887-06:002017-01-27T15:30:21.887-06:00Someone above wanted to know what was our Great Le...Someone above wanted to know what was our Great Leader supposed to do about the South Side other than martial law. How about having some actual fucking gun laws in Indiana to stem the flood of illegal firearms over the border from Hammond, East Chicago, Whiting, Gary... How many gun shows are held at the Radisson at US 30 and I65 pretty much for the purpose of unloading stock to sellers who will grab up 30 - 50 guns at once? Then they drive the 20 minutes to Englewood or wherever and sell them all within a day, sometimes within hours. End the gun show sales, put a limit on quantities, require the same background checks and waiting periods, and you'll see a drop in gun violence on the South Side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-8110382577432047882017-01-27T11:32:56.410-06:002017-01-27T11:32:56.410-06:00(I see my comment really wasn't "blank&qu...(I see my comment really wasn't "blank" the first time...sorry all)Lynn Kalinoskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-83691665072107340972017-01-27T10:22:34.489-06:002017-01-27T10:22:34.489-06:00Believe among the fatalities in the new president&...Believe among the fatalities in the new president's budget is funding for Community Oriented Policing programs. Would guess that asking "how can we help" and beefing up any grant for Chicago would have been far more effective than tweets about "sending in the feds". Asking myself if threats of martial law and a revival of black sites, are at least partly due to the growing influence of Erik Prince, of Blackwater infamy, brother of Betsy DeVos? Geesh. SuznAZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00892721671660787518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-64975251852808486182017-01-27T07:52:37.122-06:002017-01-27T07:52:37.122-06:00Hi Jim, I enjoy your writing. I agree with what y...Hi Jim, I enjoy your writing. I agree with what you said. On the other hand, I think you over-reacted a bit. (Without knowing it Trump waved a red flag in front of you and you charged.) We are going to have to endure many crazy tweets from Trump, perhaps let the dust settle first? (How do we stay sane during the next several years? I've been trying to ween myself from my Trump addiction.) George Heroldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10856527872293160233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42607971187996376632017-01-27T06:48:09.934-06:002017-01-27T06:48:09.934-06:00Jim, I ought to share the w-mails I'm getting ...Jim, I ought to share the w-mails I'm getting from my friends in France and Germany who are reacting in absolute horror to the events of the past week. There is a growing anti-Americanism building in both countries thanks to Breitbart and Wikileaks doing a 1-2 punch on Merkel and French moderates. <br /><br />What truly scares me is how the Republican Party is marching lock step with Trump. Not one single Republican is voting against him. And my friends in Philly are telling me the demonstrations going on in the City against the Republican Party are even larger than Saturday's march but the media is silent about those marches. This is like 1917 Russia when the Bolsheviks are entrenching themselves! Scaring me to death!Joe Baconhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05975487218927110326noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-42961719954712325352017-01-27T05:50:41.037-06:002017-01-27T05:50:41.037-06:00What a fine piece of poetry in just one sentence (...What a fine piece of poetry in just one sentence (I'm serious): "This is typical of the same mindset that thinks you can carpet bomb other countries into democracy by dropping freedom from B-52s."<br /><br />I just hope you're using the word "democracy" as an irony here, which leads to the main concern: Trump is testing the waters. It's typical of right winged and even fascist governments to do so (and even a way to prepare hard or soft coup d'etats in advance). Let's see how people reacts to the idea, let's push and withdraw it again and again to (literally) f*ck their brains, until they get tired and softened enough to accept it. Then let's try it over the field, in a justifiable scenary for which enough people will agree and will defend the action, to "normalize" the once odd behavior and make it repeateable. Next time Trump would be able to "send the Feds" for weaker reasons, even just at will, arbitrarily, "preventivelly", "just in case". To frighten oponents with fully equiped soldiers ready to shoot anyone with impunity. To silence people, make them stay at home, afraid to speak unless to say "well... surely they did something bad to deserve it" when hearing about a neighboor who was shoot down. <br /><br />It happened, I've seen this movie already. I'm from Argentina, and I can tell how a totalitarian regime begins.Marcoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15595015290264137993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-59710990715863961252017-01-27T03:40:39.577-06:002017-01-27T03:40:39.577-06:00She would have to have Paul Krugman at her side po...She would have to have Paul Krugman at her side pointing out rent seeking activity and what will change aggregate demand. Maybe make it a trio, with Robert Reich explaining why rises in the stock market don't help average consumers.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09680604981092904582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-17992880079995040692017-01-26T22:07:02.172-06:002017-01-26T22:07:02.172-06:00Maybe we can just re-locate Chicago to the other s...Maybe we can just re-locate Chicago to the other side of the "wall" once it's completed. Actually it would be easier to move Chicago to the northern wall that we'll need to keep Americans from fleeing to Canada. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05160484091213206920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-91710619647379873712017-01-26T20:57:35.967-06:002017-01-26T20:57:35.967-06:00Ms. Trump, please say clearly from whom you will b...Ms. Trump, please say clearly from whom you will be defending your children. I can't imagine you'd win in a peashooter fight with the military or militarized police. So, that leaves one other option in the context of the essay. Say it.Lynn Kalinoskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-17067900325602937172017-01-26T20:51:53.755-06:002017-01-26T20:51:53.755-06:00Ms. Trump, could you clarify for us whom you imagi...Ms. Trump, could you clarify for us whom you imagine you'll be defending your children from so valiantly? Dare I ask?Lynn Kalinoskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-18011610939495857772017-01-26T19:20:05.746-06:002017-01-26T19:20:05.746-06:00Jim -- you hit the nail on the head once again.
I...Jim -- you hit the nail on the head once again.<br /><br />I lived in Chicago from 2006 to 2009, during the ass end of their "urban renewal" project which, in hindsight should have just been called "the kick all the black people out of their neighborhoods and put them in other neighborhoods" project.<br /><br />In the 1960's and 70's, Chicago herded all the poor black families (most of which moved there from Alabama and Mississippi to avoid Jim Crow laws and lynch mobs, but I digress) into ghettos like the infamous Cabrini Green. Throughout the 70's, gang activities in these projects rose exponentially -- and in a famous act in the early 90's, a former Chicago mayor tried to "show the world" that they weren't so bad by staying in Cabrini Green, guarded by heavy security, and only lasted one night. After Richard Daley became mayor, city council passed a measure which closed all the projects and relocated the tenants to other neighborhoods and, in some cases, suburbs.<br /><br />What we're seeing now is the result of the relocation efforts (because why have high-rise projects when you can have expensive townhomes and condos for middle-class white people?) When you take rival gangs from all over the city and force them to move into the same neighborhood, you're asking for bloodshed -- just ask Britain when they decided to put Shiites ans Sunnis together in the middle east, but I again digress (you and I both have this problem!)<br /><br />There is no easy answer to Chicago's violence problem. The racist policies that got us to this point did a pretty damned good job. Over 90% of Chicago is as safe as any town in America, where you can leave your door unlocked or your windows open and not worry about anything. It's that 5% or so on the south side and a few suburbs where dozens of gangs were relocated and told to share streets and buildings where the problem lies. All throughout the south side, community organizers (just like that famous one that moved to Chicago from Kenya and became president after being born in Hawaii -- according to trump's "people". There I go with the digression again) are trying to get people to stop the violence. In almost every business' window along Western, or 95th, or any other street on the south side, signs are displayed which plead to the community "STOP KILLING EACH OTHER!" <br /><br />Will martial law and gun confiscation work? Hell no. See, even though you can't get a gun in Chicago, you CAN get one in almost any suburb -- a 30 minute bus ride at the most. If you're going to try to curb Chicago's gun problem, you'll have to also restrict sales and ownership in the suburbs, and in northern Indiana, and Michigan and Wisconsin and, well you get the point. The Beer Brewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04968540012024133822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-6751538770954494152017-01-26T17:29:08.816-06:002017-01-26T17:29:08.816-06:00well you know they like to work in their own stret...well you know they like to work in their own stretchy ball<br />"love the freedom of information act but the blocking of research by public organizations is great for the country"<br />"Clinton has private email servers hang her! but Trump staying out of the circle of government servers and using his own means he cares about America"<br />"you are violating our rights by stopping me from praying but we need lead prayers in public schools because that is what the founding fathrs wanted."<br />"the thought of Obama sending in military troops after a TERRORIST bombing just proves he needs to be impeached! but Trump here has a point, people are murdering people and that is bad!"<br /><br />I really could go on but it would probably just get annoying after a few more.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06144315391258743972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-71933651649691711602017-01-26T15:10:25.967-06:002017-01-26T15:10:25.967-06:00Hm. Does Con Man Don think Elliot Ness is still al...Hm. Does Con Man Don think Elliot Ness is still alive?Rebel Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856052894035989473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-12763009326138745932017-01-26T15:09:29.470-06:002017-01-26T15:09:29.470-06:00Amen. Amen. Rebel Libhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14856052894035989473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-81318775410124424862017-01-26T14:42:38.853-06:002017-01-26T14:42:38.853-06:00OldNerdGuy said:
"You are not in Alaska anymo...OldNerdGuy said:<br /><i>"You are not in Alaska anymore. You are in Florida."</i><br /><br />Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-76118244618651762752017-01-26T14:38:09.344-06:002017-01-26T14:38:09.344-06:00Another thoughtful and well-written installment of...Another thoughtful and well-written installment of a thoughtful and well-written series, that as a gun owner I really wish wasn't necessary to write...<br /><br />A minor correction to Addendum 2: The western Michigan family that owns "Meyer Thrifty Acres" spells their name (and the company name) "Meijer."<br /><br />Be well, sir<br />-Dave in LansingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-57079407687546572642017-01-26T14:35:12.163-06:002017-01-26T14:35:12.163-06:00I spent much of yesterday writing out my thoughts ...I spent much of yesterday writing out my thoughts on Trump's tweet. Thank you for saying what I was thinking, only much more eloquently. <br /><br />You spoke mainly about the feds coming in and taking guns. But martial law means that Constitutional freedoms and liberties are suspended, doesn't it? In addition to taking guns, I can see 1st amendment rights being suspended.<br /><br />Hell, Trump is already pounding away at this one, what with placing gag orders on government agencies and making sure that information only comes from his approved mouthpieces. And lest we forget, this is a man who is used to scripted 'reality' TV. He knows what plays good for the camera and he used that skill consistently during his campaign. "Next on 'Saving Chicago,' we'll watch as the President does [insert inanity here]!" Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04772930308434798649noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8243351006478134285.post-41735613876369017822017-01-26T13:17:25.001-06:002017-01-26T13:17:25.001-06:00The right wing has had it in for Chicago at least ...The right wing has had it in for Chicago at least since before Obama was born.<br /><br />Google Kennedy-Nixon graveyard votes<br /><br />And of course at the '68 Dem convention there they think the police didn't riot enough.<br />unitronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04701729142297872693noreply@blogger.com