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    Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago's streets.

    Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis said he did not support the idea because the military and police operate under different rules.

    "Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is," Fritchey said. "Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate? Without question. We are not talking about rolling tanks down the street or having armed guards on each corner."

    What he envisions, Fritchey said, is a "heightened presence on the streets," particularly on the roughly 9 percent of city blocks where most of the city's violent crimes occur.

    Weis previously identified those "hot spots" and said he plans to create a 100-person team made up of selected and volunteer police personnel to respond to crime there. If guardsmen were to assist police, they could comprise or contribute to that force, Fritchey said.

    So far this year, 113 people have been killed across Chicago, the same number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined in the same period, Fritchey said.

    "As we speak, National Guard members are working side-by-side with our troops to fight a war halfway around the world," Fritchey said. "The unfortunate reality is that we have another war that is just as deadly taking place right in our backyard." While the National Guard has been deployed in other states to prevent violence related to specific events and protests, the Chicago legislators said they are unaware of guardsmen being deployed to assist with general urban unrest.

    Weis countered that the only scenario in which the National Guard would be helpful is in the situation of a tornado, earthquake or flood. If the military were brought in to help with city violence, they wouldn't answer to police command -- creating a "major disconnect" in mission and strategy.

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    When will these politicians learn, if you stop feeding & housing them, most will go away or kill each other off.

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    Ridiculous.

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    End the drug war and most of that violence will end.
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    Quote Originally Posted by T&A View Post
    Warning, I just had to restart my computer because the link had a repeater spam code attached to it, or whatever...

    BTW, is this story for real???
    It's just a couple of rogue senators saying something stupid. Happens a lot. I would be extremely surprised if the idea actually gained traction.

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    most people of chicago deserve to die of lead poisoning and severe anemia because of their propensity to elect city council people who mandate their defenselessness.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Compassion View Post
    Ridiculous.
    you are right.... it is ridiculous... it is time to pull our police and firefighters out of harms way. Pull them to the outskirts of the city and let the FIB's have at each other.
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    They use mean annual and five year means in trend analysis. Don't tell me I have to explain the difference to you. "

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    "if you stop feeding & housing them, most will go away or kill each other off"

    Webb, that's the most racist post I've seen in my 4yrs here. Congrats grand wizard!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Topspin View Post
    "if you stop feeding & housing them, most will go away or kill each other off"

    Webb, that's the most racist post I've seen in my 4yrs here. Congrats grand wizard!
    one would think that with your highly vaunted college degree, you'd have better material.
    A sad commentary on we, as a people, and our viewpoint of our freedom can be summed up like this. We have liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans, yet those very people look at Constitutionalists as radical and extreme.................so those liberals and conservatives, Democrats and Republicans must believe that the constitution is radical and extreme.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Superfreak View Post
    you are right.... it is ridiculous... it is time to pull our police and firefighters out of harms way. Pull them to the outskirts of the city and let the FIB's have at each other.
    FIB's?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Compassion View Post
    Ridiculous.
    Yet real. And it is these people who are calling other people a "police state"...

    *sigh*
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    Quote Originally Posted by Compassion View Post
    FIB's?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Topspin View Post
    "if you stop feeding & housing them, most will go away or kill each other off"

    Webb, that's the most racist post I've seen in my 4yrs here. Congrats grand wizard!
    why do you think the words in quotes are racist? are you saying only people with a different skin tone than webbway are fed and housed and that if stopped, they will go away or kill each other off? <---please note question mark...i'm asking because it looks to me as if you believe only non whites fit the bill

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