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you're not wrong, PA. 

there is a riff within the Black community ...in-fighting as it were because since Dr. King's death, not a single person really has represented the common sentiments of every Black person collectively.  yes urban decay, crime and gangs are a major problem within the Black community however it isn't contained to the Black communities only - there are Hispanic gangs, white gangs, girl gangs of all races, etc. - gangs are an ethnic and gender problem these days especially here in Chicago.

Sambas, you guys aren't "allowed" to carry guns in Chicago and it's a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens?
Man, you're screwed!
They were saying on the News that "sanctuary cities" should be cut off from federal funding.
I agree.
It doesn't sound as though The People are in control of their city up there anymore.

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"upper class residents away from the gun friendly and immigrant unfriendly suburbs."

What a sweeping, rediculous and reactionary statement.  

I brought this up in another thread that a great problem facing black America is its lack of role models.  Cosby is right in the things he says but he gets called an "Uncle Tom".  Barack is going to face that same criticism...only more so.  There is no Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. coming up in the ranks.  You have hacks and whore like Sharpton and Jackson who thrive on keeping black America and white America divided.  You have Louis Farakhan who is just plaing fucking nuts and you have the New Black Panther Movement.  All four of the aforementioned thrive on keeping things divided, the last two are enormously aggressive.  Dr. King stressed peaceful resolve and education.  You don't hear anything like that these days. There is no elogquent "I have a dream..." language that is being advanced, no one advocating the similarities we share as human beings and Americans that can be heard above the fray. 

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you're not wrong, PA. 

there is a riff within the Black community ...in-fighting as it were because since Dr. King's death, not a single person really has represented the common sentiments of every Black person collectively.  yes urban decay, crime and gangs are a major problem within the Black community however it isn't contained to the Black communities only - there are Hispanic gangs, white gangs, girl gangs of all races, etc. - gangs are an ethnic and gender problem these days especially here in Chicago.

Sambas, you guys aren't "allowed" to carry guns in Chicago and it's a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens?
Man, you're screwed!
They were saying on the News that "sanctuary cities" should be cut off from federal funding.
I agree.
It doesn't sound as though The People are in control of their city up there anymore.

Chicago is a tremendous city...I fell just at ease in my neighborhood as I would living anywhere else. As far as being a "sanctuary city" I guess it is possible but maybe I just haven't noticed.

One of the tremendous bounties of the city is the diversity...From the various street fairs that run through about every neighborhood to the restaurants, the music and just such a vast variety of folks and different cultures living in a rather small area.

I love living here anywhere else might seem a little "vanilla" to me.  Should everyone enter this country by legal means...Damn straight.  Do I feel that this is the most important crisis facing our nation?...Not a chance.

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ORIGINAL: sambamanslilgirl

you're not wrong, PA. 

there is a riff within the Black community ...in-fighting as it were because since Dr. King's death, not a single person really has represented the common sentiments of every Black person collectively.  yes urban decay, crime and gangs are a major problem within the Black community however it isn't contained to the Black communities only - there are Hispanic gangs, white gangs, girl gangs of all races, etc. - gangs are an ethnic and gender problem these days especially here in Chicago.

Sambas, you guys aren't "allowed" to carry guns in Chicago and it's a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens?
Man, you're screwed!
They were saying on the News that "sanctuary cities" should be cut off from federal funding.
I agree.
It doesn't sound as though The People are in control of their city up there anymore.

Chicago is a tremendous city...I fell just at ease in my neighborhood as I would living anywhere else. As far as being a "sanctuary city" I guess it is possible but maybe I just haven't noticed.

One of the tremendous bounties of the city is the diversity...From the various street fairs that run through about every neighborhood to the restaurants, the music and just such a vast variety of folks and different cultures living in a rather small area.

I love living here anywhere else might seem a little "vanilla" to me.  Should everyone enter this country by legal means...Damn straight.  Do I feel that this is the most important crisis facing our nation?...Not a chance.

Domiguy, Chicago, like all big cities in the U.S. was always "diverse" and had plenty of immigrants from many different countries.
I think you may be confusing "Immigrants" with illegal aliens.
Illegal aliens are criminals and have nothing to do with "diversity."

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you're not wrong, PA. 

there is a riff within the Black community ...in-fighting as it were because since Dr. King's death, not a single person really has represented the common sentiments of every Black person collectively.  yes urban decay, crime and gangs are a major problem within the Black community however it isn't contained to the Black communities only - there are Hispanic gangs, white gangs, girl gangs of all races, etc. - gangs are an ethnic and gender problem these days especially here in Chicago.

Sambas, you guys aren't "allowed" to carry guns in Chicago and it's a "sanctuary city" for illegal aliens?
Man, you're screwed!
They were saying on the News that "sanctuary cities" should be cut off from federal funding.
I agree.
It doesn't sound as though The People are in control of their city up there anymore.

Chicago is a tremendous city...I fell just at ease in my neighborhood as I would living anywhere else. As far as being a "sanctuary city" I guess it is possible but maybe I just haven't noticed.

One of the tremendous bounties of the city is the diversity...From the various street fairs that run through about every neighborhood to the restaurants, the music and just such a vast variety of folks and different cultures living in a rather small area.

I love living here anywhere else might seem a little "vanilla" to me.  Should everyone enter this country by legal means...Damn straight.  Do I feel that this is the most important crisis facing our nation?...Not a chance.

Domiguy, Chicago, like all big cities in the U.S. was always "diverse" and had plenty of immigrants from many different countries.
I think you may be confusing "Immigrants" with illegal aliens.
Illegal aliens are criminals and have nothing to do with "diversity."

I understand they have not come into this country by legal means but since we are on of the "sanctuary cities" you would think that there would be thousands of people "up in arms" about all of these illegals that have swamped our city...There recently was a raid on a shopping mall in a Hispanic neighborhood...Where they locked the doors of the mall and detained the people inside demanding to see I.D.'s

http://cbs2chicago.com/topstories/local_story_114185426.html

We need to make sure that our borders are not so easily crossed...But armed soldiers stopping fellow Americans by locking them in a mall is an extraordinary and unbelievable abuse..

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I'm wondering what message he has for the Irish/American community?
What's he going to do for us?