Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The dumbing down of the Chicago Police.

These thoughts are mine. They may be shared by many but I am speaking for myself. If you are offended, it was not intentional. If you continually get offended by my positions and opinions, you should change, I doubt I will.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

The IRS will not mail paper tax returns or instructions to taxpayers any more. The move is expected to save the IRS over 10 million dollars per year. That seems awful low to me. The paper, the ink, the binding, the preparation, the shipping and the postage sounds like it costs more than 10 million dollars. Of course, that is a government figure. They use that new math stuff. Like Jed Clampett said, “They pay in those new kinds of dollars, called million dollars.”

President Carter is in the hospital in Ohio. I wish him a speedy recovery. He is probably suffering from a brain attack after publishing his new book. He thinks he is the greatest President since WWII. He claims he accomplished the most while in office. He must use that new math also. He should stop calling our Presidents names. He would lose that fight if anyone started firing back. Remember the Iranian Hostage crisis, Jimmy? A powerless, stone aged country held this entire country hostage for 444 days. They released the hostages in Iran after Carter was out of office and before Reagan could fuel and arm the jet fighters. Iran gave Carter and this country the finger. We have been paying for it ever since.

Illinois State Representative Jack Franks from Woodstock is often a critic of Governor Quinn and all things Democratic. He recently wrote an article for “The Huffington Post” concerning the inside deals Quinn made in choosing a company to run the state lottery. The plan to lease the lottery to a private company was kept secret until only two bidders were left. Not exactly open bidding. The only entities aware this was going on would be the companies already in that type of business. That precluded any Illinois company from forming a plan and making a bid.

Both companies that submitted bids had done business with the State before. They were known by Quinn. The company Quinn chose already had a lucrative State contract concerning the lottery. The company or its officers and directors had helped Quinn’s campaigns, past campaigns and his current one. I suggest you read the article. This webpage has a link to “The Huffington Post”

Education is a big story this week and month. America seems to be giving lip service to improving education of our youth. This discussion runs in cycles. In six months from now, it will be all forgotten again, at least until the start of the next school year.

An alderman in Chicago has a different spin. He wants to eliminate the requirement that Chicago Police hires have two years of college education. He claims that eliminating this requirement will even the playing field for minorities.

In a time when Homeland Security laws are taking away citizens rights to privacy, the First Amendment, Religion, travel and identification, I do not think is the right time to try some social experiment. Instead of raising the bridge, we should lower the river. I think we should be hiring the best people not the best minorities. Facts establish that nearly 50% of black students in Chicago do not complete high school. When will we have to lower the water again by getting rid of that pesky high school graduation requirement.

As George Washington once said:

            “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be
well tried before you give them your confidence.”


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