"To get an even better perspective on the gun violence in Chicago, we've taken a look at the number of homicides citywide, most of which are gun related. Put into context, it is true that the number of murders has declined significantly over the last 10 years, from a total of 761 in 1997 to 443 in 2007. "


http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?sec...cal&id=6091849



Pretty sad when Americans would rather cry afoul about the war in Iraq instead of cleaning up the mess they leave in their own backyard.

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Bush ought to pull out of Chicago...its obviously more dangerous than Baghdad.

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He should probably pull out of LA and Philadelphia as well.

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Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.

Isn't Washington DC the murder capitol of the Country?

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I never said that you had no right to have an opinion. I just said that it was, in fact, worth nothing.

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Another place to add to the list, as well as Baltimore.

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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.

I suppose this thread's an interesting way to diminish the damage done by Bush's War...

whatever floats your boat, I guess.

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When the Founding Fathers protected our right to free speech, I think that meant we were supposed to use it.

Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was the world's most unhinged lunatic. He's now dead. So that moves Ann Coulter up to first place - David Letterman

O, when she is angry she is keen and shrewd; / She was a vixen when she went to school, / And though she be but little, she is fierce. — Shakespeare

51 days left http://www.backwardsbush.com/

Just trying to point out that the damage done in Iraq isn't near as bad as certain groups (liberal, whack job anti war nuts) have made it out to be. Guess the Dem's war on poverty started by LBJ has turned out to be a failure and we should withdraw from the inner cities of America and leave them to their fate. That is the logic your kind is using.

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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.

Negative Press is all it is. If you were to put together all of the crime/murders/shootings, etc... in our nation, I bet we'd have more deaths per year than in Iraq. The Texas border is just as dangerous as Iraq is at the moment.

The Texas border is worse because of the drug wars going on there.

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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.

Right ... because high crime areas are exactly the same as us invading and occupying a soverign state...

sure thing.

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"Trust none of what you hear And less of what you see" Springsteen

When the Founding Fathers protected our right to free speech, I think that meant we were supposed to use it.

Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi was the world's most unhinged lunatic. He's now dead. So that moves Ann Coulter up to first place - David Letterman

O, when she is angry she is keen and shrewd; / She was a vixen when she went to school, / And though she be but little, she is fierce. — Shakespeare

51 days left http://www.backwardsbush.com/

Is there a point in here somewhere?

Since there is crime in Chicago that means we were right to invade Iraq.

Yeah I'd put money on that. There's alot they aren't putting on the news about that. There are hundreds and hundreds of missing people on the border; Mexican and American citizens. There are battles going on all of the time....RPG's, grenades, rockets, machine-guns, etc... you just don't here about it. There have been numerous occasions recently, where the Mexican military has infiltrated miles into Texas on operations.

Since you liberal twats only use the violence level in Iraq as a reason for leaving, I figured to show you that Iraq is not the most violent place in the world. Once again, you have shown that attempting to speak rationally and logically to your ilk is a monumental waste of time and I should simply stick with the name calling because that's more fun.

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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.

I don't think that's the point that is being made here. I don't believe it has anything to do with whether invading Iraq was right or wrong. What he's saying is that the violence there and "utter failure" is being harped on in the media (hard to imagine they would harp on things that aren't 100% correct--such as the "man" giving birth.) Soldiers come home everyday and will tell you that it's not as bad as what the media shows it to be. I've had several friends over there that will tell you that the media makes it look worse than what it is, and that most of them never fired their weapon...because they didn't need to. If I'm not mistaken, he's talking about the "play up" by the media.

See my previous answer, you vacuous cum receptacle.

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The greatest happiness is to vanquish your enemies, to chase them before you, to rob them of their wealth, to see those dear to them bathed in tears, to clasp to your bosom their wives and daughters.

Genghis Khan

Leroy Green: The truth will be revealed only to eyes unclouded by desire.
Sho'nuff: It's mumbo jumbo like that and skinny little lizards like you thinkin' they the Last Dragon that gives kung-fu a bad name.