Jan
Chicago, the Chicago-land area, is my home town. I have yet to find another area that I can truly call my home… maybe one day, but not yet.
So, with that in mind, I would like to know how it is that the murder rate in Chicago is so high - higher than the U.S. death rate in all of Iraq for 2008 - yet no one in the press really seems to notice or care?
Chicago had 509 homicides in 2008
Chicago closed out the year with 509 homicides, an increase of about 15 percent over 2007, but still among the lowest numbers in decades, according to preliminary data released by the department Thursday.
US deaths down in Iraq in 2008
According to a tally by The Associated Press, at least 314 U.S. soldiers died in Iraq in 2008, down from 904 in the previous year.
So, the United States can decrease the number of deaths in a country that is hostile towards the U.S. but it cannot even manage to keep murders down in it’s 3rd largest city?
To me that is just… sad… what is even more disturbing is the fact that the press continues to call Iraq a failure when the City of Chicago has failed at protecting those that live within the City Limits.
Misplaced priorities if you ask me.