Hell hath no fury like a spurned liberal.
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/opinion/article/0,2669,SAV-9912310191,FF.html
"PHILIP, CRIMINALS WIN AGAIN
December 31, 1999
What a bunch of gutless sheep.
Let's make this clear. If everyone had shown up Wednesday in the Illinois Senate, if everyone had lived up to their word, Illinois citizens would be protected by a tough, necessary anti-crime law.
But not everybody showed. Some who showed didn't vote. Some found more important things to do than vote against crime. What gutless sheep.
Senate President James "Pate" Philip, you can't say he's gutless. He had the guts to browbeat and threaten his own members to defeat the bill. He had the guts to turn this from a crime vote into a political loyalty vote. He told his members to snub Gov. George Ryan and not show up in Springfield. He told them this wasn't about crime, this was about loyalty to him.
Thanks to the gutsy Philip, Illinois is an easier place for criminals to mug, steal, rape, shoot and rob.
Philip has nothing to explain. He wants to protect the gun lobby at any cost. So far he has succeeded.
But others better be working on something better than the whimpering excuses they offered this week.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Chicago), who has--had?--aspirations to be a member of Congress, chose a trip to Hawaii over public safety in Illinois.
Sen. Kathleen Parker (R-Northbrook) also chose a vacation over public safety in Illinois. A vacation to who knows where--she made sure nobody could track her down.
Senators Chris Lauzen and Patrick O'Malley couldn't even bring themselves to vote up or down. They voted "present." Thanks for showing up. Don't forget to collect your daily expense checks.
Where were the others George Ryan was counting on? Everybody had excuses. Tom Walsh. Rickey Hendon. Wendell Jones. James DeLeo. Excuses.
Then there were the suburban Republicans who spit in the eye of every police officer supporting this law, who voted against the clear majority of their constituents: Adeline Geo-Karis, Doris Karpiel, Dick Klemm, Steve Rauschenberger.
There are few truly essential services of government, but one of the essentials is to protect the public. People rely on police to patrol the streets and on lawmakers to give police the tools they need. The police will hold up their end. They'll be out on watch today. The lawmakers will be hiding under the covers.
This issue isn't going away. Gov. Ryan, Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan, Mayor Richard Daley and the scores of law enforcement officers in this state who support re-enacting the Safe Neighborhoods Act with the toughest gun provisions will be back next year, back right smack in the face of the lawmakers.
Happy New Year. Stop saluting the gun lobby and start listening to the police. Find some guts."
You can let those bozos know what you think of their "truth in reporting" editorial at -- http://www.chicago.tribune.com/interact/letters/letted.htm
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.
http://www.chicago.tribune.com/news/opinion/article/0,2669,SAV-9912310191,FF.html
"PHILIP, CRIMINALS WIN AGAIN
December 31, 1999
What a bunch of gutless sheep.
Let's make this clear. If everyone had shown up Wednesday in the Illinois Senate, if everyone had lived up to their word, Illinois citizens would be protected by a tough, necessary anti-crime law.
But not everybody showed. Some who showed didn't vote. Some found more important things to do than vote against crime. What gutless sheep.
Senate President James "Pate" Philip, you can't say he's gutless. He had the guts to browbeat and threaten his own members to defeat the bill. He had the guts to turn this from a crime vote into a political loyalty vote. He told his members to snub Gov. George Ryan and not show up in Springfield. He told them this wasn't about crime, this was about loyalty to him.
Thanks to the gutsy Philip, Illinois is an easier place for criminals to mug, steal, rape, shoot and rob.
Philip has nothing to explain. He wants to protect the gun lobby at any cost. So far he has succeeded.
But others better be working on something better than the whimpering excuses they offered this week.
Sen. Barack Obama (D-Chicago), who has--had?--aspirations to be a member of Congress, chose a trip to Hawaii over public safety in Illinois.
Sen. Kathleen Parker (R-Northbrook) also chose a vacation over public safety in Illinois. A vacation to who knows where--she made sure nobody could track her down.
Senators Chris Lauzen and Patrick O'Malley couldn't even bring themselves to vote up or down. They voted "present." Thanks for showing up. Don't forget to collect your daily expense checks.
Where were the others George Ryan was counting on? Everybody had excuses. Tom Walsh. Rickey Hendon. Wendell Jones. James DeLeo. Excuses.
Then there were the suburban Republicans who spit in the eye of every police officer supporting this law, who voted against the clear majority of their constituents: Adeline Geo-Karis, Doris Karpiel, Dick Klemm, Steve Rauschenberger.
There are few truly essential services of government, but one of the essentials is to protect the public. People rely on police to patrol the streets and on lawmakers to give police the tools they need. The police will hold up their end. They'll be out on watch today. The lawmakers will be hiding under the covers.
This issue isn't going away. Gov. Ryan, Atty. Gen. Jim Ryan, Mayor Richard Daley and the scores of law enforcement officers in this state who support re-enacting the Safe Neighborhoods Act with the toughest gun provisions will be back next year, back right smack in the face of the lawmakers.
Happy New Year. Stop saluting the gun lobby and start listening to the police. Find some guts."
You can let those bozos know what you think of their "truth in reporting" editorial at -- http://www.chicago.tribune.com/interact/letters/letted.htm
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The New World Order has a Third Reich odor.