Comments on: Great Moments in Chicago politics

By: derklempner

derklempner — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:42:25 +0000

As a former employee of the Cubs, I can honestly say that the Ricketts are all-in when it comes to bringing a championship team to the north side of Chicago. If you’re just some average Joe with an opinion, then you don’t know the whole story, and you might think you have some sort of insight into the inner workings of the Cubs’ operations, but you’re not even close to the truth.

Stop being negative about the Cubs’ system and start believing that this team is headed towards many years’ worth of winning seasons and contention for the title. The Cubs may not do anything noticeable in the next year or two or three, but they will be a force to be reckoned with in the NL over the next 10 years. And its all thanks to the Ricketts’ determination to succeed.

By: derklempner

derklempner — Tue, 15 May 2012 06:37:25 +0000

You’re a sad person who feels that stereotypes are funny, even when they’re not true. If you would have anything close to a true stereotype, then you might not have a negative rating to your comment.

By: chumthumper

chumthumper — Mon, 14 May 2012 22:00:53 +0000

According to a current car insurance commercial, who knew every Chicagoan sounds like Harry Caray.

By: bringin1234

bringin1234 — Mon, 14 May 2012 21:02:52 +0000

Its funny but they sold the Cubs to a Business man, hes only in it for the money… if you wanted a guy to care about the team and winning, you should have lobbied for Mark Cuban…. expect him to keep pushing this… heck who knows maybe sometime down the road if they keep trying to kill the ads, lets see if all hell breaks loose and he tries to move them…..that would be anarchy…. and fun to watch

By: APBA Guy

APBA Guy — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:49:09 +0000

The Roberts Court has made it perfectly clear that buying politicians via donations is legal. Unlike some municipalities, Chicago has long practiced what the Court only recently approved.

By: The Rabbit

The Rabbit — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:17:02 +0000

As I have learned after moving from the major East Coast cities to the rural Bible Belt, the corruption is actually worse in small town America.
Everyone is related to everyone else and there is no lesser of two evils…The thief running is unopposed.

By: cur68

cur68 — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:15:17 +0000

Have some torradol. You’ll feel invincible and can roll them really far after.

By: cleverbob

cleverbob — Mon, 14 May 2012 18:12:01 +0000

My wife tells me all the time that I need to make more free speech.

By: recoveringcubsfan

recoveringcubsfan — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:59:02 +0000

It’s all free speech, man. And Chicago is the freest city in the midwest! That’s what makes people love it so much – that, and the fat people. The funny, funny fat people, like John Belushi.

No wait. Chicago is actually corrupt and its people are sad, disenfranchised slobs. Won’t somebody explain how this can be?

By: professor59

professor59 — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:57:14 +0000

It’s far too ingrained to be avoidable. By the time someone gets to a mayoral nomination in Chicago, they’ve been groomed in the corruption for years. You only have a choice between the lesser of two evils at any time.

Not to pick on Chicago, where political corruption is most legend – it goes in in most, if not all of the big cities.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:56:51 +0000

Yeah, because….you know…the votes of state and federal representatives are so rarely sold to the highest bidder….OUCH! Damn, sprained a muscle rolling my eyes while typing that.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:30:54 +0000

Fair enough. I prefer Common’s “Chi-City” or simply “The Chi”…sometimes I even call it Chicago….

By: nelsonsaint

nelsonsaint — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:26:38 +0000

Anyone who says that word immediately sounds like Jim Belushi.

By: El Bravo

El Bravo — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:22:57 +0000

What’s wrong with “Chitown”?

By: aceshigh11

aceshigh11 — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:16:55 +0000

A man becomes preeminent, he’s expected to have enthusiasms. Enthusiasms, enthusiasms…

What are mine? What draws my admiration? What is that which gives me joy?

Baseball!

A man…a man stands alone at the plate. This is the time for what? For individual achievement. There he stands alone.

But in the field, what? Part of a team. Teamwork… Looks, throws, catches, hustles. Part of one big team. Bats himself the live-long day, Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and so on.

If his team don’t field… what is he? You follow me? No one. Sunny day, the stands are full of fans. What does he have to say? I’m goin’ out there for myself. But… I get nowhere unless the team wins…

By: nelsonsaint

nelsonsaint — Mon, 14 May 2012 17:01:48 +0000

Please don’t call it “Chitown” ever again, especially if you’re inserting that awful word into one of cinema’s greatest sentences.

By: mybrunoblog

mybrunoblog — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:44:48 +0000

If the people of Chicago keep electing these frauds they get what they deserve: See D.C., Washington, Marion Barry

By: hammyofdoom

hammyofdoom — Mon, 14 May 2012 16:37:53 +0000

Craig, you just made me a very, very happy boy with not only an Untouchables quote but a Chinatown one as well.Unfortunately you got a little bit of baseball and politics in with my cinema, that was a little disappointing.

ON topic, it’d be so weird to see billboards off behind the left field stands in Chicago… just weird.