Posted on 12/30/2008 6:46:29 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Behind the scenes work is already underway to rename Chicago’s Midway Airport after Obama — becoming the Barack H. Obama International Airport.
Apparently, there are those in the city, especially on the Olympics Committee, that want this done before October 2009, to give the IOC a little more incentive to award Chicago the 2016 games (despite the fact that here in Chicago it’s already considered a done-deal we’ll get the Olympics, and has been since November 4th). The Obamafication of Chicago begins with renaming Midway…and is partially designed to remind the IOC, in as loud a voice possible, that Chicago’s what gave the world Obama, and thus Chicago should be rewarded with the 2016 games, in “The One’s” adopted hometown.
Incidentally, for those wondering, Midway was named in 1947, after the Battle of Midway, but with so few veterans of WWII left, and so much for the city to gain by renaming Midway after Obama, don’t think for a moment the WWII honor will stand in the way here.
With 50 states competing for federal dollars, and Chicago competing for the Olympics (with Mayor Daley obsessed about winning those games), renaming Midway is part of a concerted effort to keep Obama focused on Illinois above all others. It’s also part of the Mayor’s scheme to privatize Midway airport…which he has been trying to do for a few years now, as privatization will give Chicago $3 billion in rent and cost savings. Currently, several of the major carriers flying out of Midway have been holding up the privatization deal (because they are concerned privatization will mean higher rent and other fees). The renaming is thus part of a rebranding and revamping that’s partially meant to force these holdouts to get on board. “What are you racist? You don’t want to stand in the way of an airport honoring our first black president, do you?”
It also, no doubt, will enable a great deal of private fundraising, to convert Midway into an Obama shrine while funding all the fancy improvements the Mayor wants for the airport but currently can’t afford. All those hopium laced contributions Penny Pritzker is so good at bringing in are expected to flow freely to Barack H. Obama International Airport.
Just watch. It will take a few months for the media to admit this is going on, but people we know in city government tell us this is the Mayor’s latest scheme (along with building room for the future Barack H. Obama Presidential Library and Museum into Chicago’s Southside Olympics plans, to guarantee Chicago lands that prize, and not Honolulu).
AKA Kenya International
It’s the first left after Martin Luther King Parkway on your right, you can’t miss it. If you see the Robert F Kennedy Bridge you’ve gone too far.
I don’t know about that, but I found myself lost at the corner of Daisy Bates and MLK in Little Rock once. I knew them as 14th Street and High Street. I do find it fitting that High Street was remamed MLK.
In May 2000, a crowd of more than 2,000 gathered in Robinson Auditorium in Little Rock to honor her memory. At this event, President Bill Clinton acknowledged her achievements, comparing her to a diamond that gets “chipped away in form and shines more brightly.” In 2001, the Arkansas legislature enacted a provision that recognizes the third Monday in February as “Daisy Gatson Bates Day.” Thus, her memory (along with those of American presidents) is celebrated on that date as an official state holiday. There are streets in various towns in Arkansas, including Little Rock, which bear her name.
Thanks.
I wouldn’t want to end up in a “bad” neighborhood.
I can hear it now...
Dear can you pick me at 7 pm tonight?
I’m landing at the BO Airport.
Awwww, I liked the old name for it, Skid Road.
I had to look it up. I had never heard of her.
I'm sorry, you accidentally went to the machine that distributes food stamps.
;)
Bird legs Ø gets an airport? Fits.
No no, on the wrong side. Lincoln’s on the other side and
wouldn’t an afro be a more magical and significant?.
If hillbuzz.wordpress.com predicted the sun will rise tomorrow, I wouldn’t count on it. They are below supermarket tabloids in reliability.
Sadly enough, we have a stretch of I-285 named after her father Billy McKinney - the original McKinney anti-semite.
Regarding schools and such, the King family is quite protective of those name rights (as well as they should be IMHO).
Until I found my friend’s house and asked her, I didn’t either.
they literally worship a politician without any accomplishments. they are insane for real
They still need work on the afro though.
OMG! LOL
Best ever!!!!!
PERFECT!!!!
Okay, I’m alright.
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