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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Emanuel outsources Chicago crime problem to Farrakhan's "Fruit of Islam" soldiers
2012-07-27
Just when I thought it could not become more bizarre.
Rahm has to do something to distract the public over the fact that some weekends the south side of Chicago is more dangerous than Baghdad...
Posted by:Besoeker

#24  Not just in the UK, #3 phil_b.
Posted by: Barbara   2012-07-27 21:32  

#23  Choom-cago
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-07-27 20:36  

#22  What are these gangstas fighting about? Nobody wants to speculate? Could it be there has been an influx of illegal narcotics into Chicago on account of Rahm's buddy Barack refuses his duty to control the border?

Chicago's running a surplus of cocaine since Obama left town.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2012-07-27 19:44  

#21  This goes way beyond the scope of the Peter Principle. Rather than deal with the problems, Rahm goes for appearances while Chicago goes broke like other dem managed cities and states. They are running out of bullsh*t to fool people with.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2012-07-27 19:32  

#20  So...islam is the pits?

And by extension, there are the nuts of islam and the vegetables of islam?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2012-07-27 16:57  

#19  So they reject somebody who is against gay marriage, and welcome this fruitcake who is anti-Jew, anti gay marriage, and even anti mixed race marriage. I guess that makes perfect sense somewhere.
Posted by: AuburnTom   2012-07-27 16:38  

#18  JQC, Rahmie-poo is demonstrating one of the typical responses of the Peter Principle.

When one has been elevated above their level of competence they revert to dealing with only those things that they feel in control of. He is too incompetent to deal with real problems so he grasps at the trivial PC issue first to hand.
Posted by: AlanC   2012-07-27 15:14  

#17  His murder rate is soaring. He has a gang problem. He's got a problem with public unions. He has money problems. He has a culture of corruption. And Rahm Emanuel is concerned with Chick-Fil-A? Gimme a break.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-07-27 14:49  

#16  Time to just build Robocop and be done with it.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2012-07-27 14:39  

#15  But I'd still like to secure that border.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-07-27 14:02  

#14  Yes, Besoeker. I think that's been our government's policy for many, many years.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-07-27 14:01  

#13  Who cares EU, arm them well and sent them forth. “Ordnung muss herschen!” [Order must rule].

Posted by: Besoeker   2012-07-27 11:41  

#12  What are these gangstas fighting about? Nobody wants to speculate? Could it be there has been an influx of illegal narcotics into Chicago on account of Rahm's buddy Barack refuses his duty to control the border? Just askin'.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2012-07-27 11:31  

#11  "Emanuel outsources Chicago crime problem to Farrakhan's "Fruit of Islam" soldiers"

I would think it would be cheaper to just outsource to China. Can't they just call up a Hong Kong triad and get a cut rate bargain on corruption, bribery and extortion? Why deal with amateurs ... when you can go with the pro's??
Posted by: Raider   2012-07-27 11:16  

#10  The retro Baltimore & Ohio style conductor caps are rather stylish.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-07-27 10:29  

#9  I wonder what John Ringo thinks of it?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2012-07-27 10:26  

#8  Yeah, I'm sure the gang-bangers currently slaughtering each other in large numbers will be very impressed. All those bow-ties!
Posted by: mojo   2012-07-27 10:20  

#7  the phrase 'fruit of islam' is a creation of the NOI founder Wallace Fard Muhammad (the 1930s).

WFM believed, or at allowed his followers to believe, himself to be a manifestation of Allah and so, some people think the 'fruit' is a reference to the fruit in the garden of eden

others say that since WFM was completely bonkers, who knows what he was thinking at the time
Posted by: lord garth   2012-07-27 10:02  

#6  but Rahm, you've got some of the harshest gun control laws in the country. Wasn't that supposed to stop gun violence? (sarc/off)
Posted by: Broadhead6   2012-07-27 09:14  

#5  Fruit of Islam. Is that the brand of exploding underpants, or their man / boy love society?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2012-07-27 08:01  

#4  Will the "Fruit of Islam" resupply flotilla from Syria and Iran be allowed to dock at Navy Pier?
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-07-27 03:46  

#3  Fruit is a UK slang term for a homosexual.
Posted by: phil_b   2012-07-27 02:55  

#2  A Jewish mayor welcomes an anti-Semite.

Wow. Just, wow.
Posted by: gromky   2012-07-27 01:06  

#1  This is not the first time the 'fruit of islam' has done this kind of stuff.

Typically, they get some modest results the first week or so, then crime moves and there isn't enough fruitofislam power to expand and the fruit then kind of melts away.

But somehow the newspapers report of the fruitof islam melting away is on page 30 of the neighborhood section and the next mayor falls for the fruitof islam scam again.
Posted by: lord garth   2012-07-27 00:52  

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