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Wag the Dog???
Vanity | 9/13/12 | EqAndyBuzz

Posted on 09/13/2012 7:30:36 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz

Has anyone noticed something about Chicago?


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Education; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: chicago; strike; teachers
I was looking through the dailies today, watching some TV, listening to the radio and something was oddly missing. I thought about it for a second, then it hit me.

There has been no mention of the Teachers Strike in Chicago. Obama still hasn't weighed in on which side he is taking. Romney's statement has been spiked.

Which leads me to believe that this whole Middle East 9/11 fiasco, Muslim Brotherhood uprising, and the killing of an American Ambassador is an effort by the administration to distract Americans from what is really going on.

We have no jobs, we have no money, we have no prospects for a better future and we have less than two months to change the minds of millions of Americans or face financial and cultural armegeddon.

1 posted on 09/13/2012 7:30:42 AM PDT by EQAndyBuzz
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To: EQAndyBuzz

I wouldn’t put it past Hussein to collude with the Muslim Brotherhood to give him a “wartime President” boost right before the election, but if he did, I would think that he would have planned it better, because this whole debacle just makes him look too incompetent to lead.


2 posted on 09/13/2012 7:34:40 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: EQAndyBuzz

As a Michigan resident I hope the teacher’s strike goes on for a very long time. We seem to benefit from union trouble elsewhere.


3 posted on 09/13/2012 7:35:29 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Boogieman
I originally predicted this last year.

I don't think it will work, though.

4 posted on 09/13/2012 7:35:57 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Communist Party = Democrats. Socialist Party = Republicans. WE NEED A CAPITALIST FREEDOM PARTY!)
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To: EQAndyBuzz

Which leads me to believe that this whole Middle East 9/11 fiasco, Muslim Brotherhood uprising, and the killing of an American Ambassador is an effort by the administration to distract Americans from what is really going on.
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There were warnings of the possibility of attack some time ago from what I’ve been reading. It was ignored. Embassies should have been put on high alert throughout the region.

I’m thinking the same as you.


5 posted on 09/13/2012 7:35:56 AM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear (Bocephus hits a home run! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rt_vjPqAVzI)
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To: EQAndyBuzz
I said it a few days ago ...

all scenerios are on the table.

zero is done .. logically, emotionally, politically even maybe criminally, but that's not going to stop a power crazed mulatto

6 posted on 09/13/2012 7:39:43 AM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
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To: cripplecreek

I expect other union rabble to take to the streets soon. They seem to believe it helps their cause.


7 posted on 09/13/2012 7:46:24 AM PDT by .45 Long Colt
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To: EQAndyBuzz

They don’t like the visuals of 10,000 Marxist lunatics marching around in red shirts Hugo Chavez style. Plus I truly believe that they’ve lost control of this (the union apparently replaced their leaders with the hard-hard core after the prior ones tried to compromise with Rahmbo)


8 posted on 09/13/2012 7:54:46 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: .45 Long Colt
I expect other union rabble to take to the streets soon. They seem to believe it helps their cause.

They seem to believe they have to push Barry to give them all they want when he's vulnerable, or go the way of the Dodo.


9 posted on 09/13/2012 7:56:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: EQAndyBuzz

No doubt Chicago has been pushed out of the headlines but no same person would use the ME (Middle East to those lurkers from Rio Linda) in a wag-the-dog scenario. No, they’d pick a locale where the outcome could be contained, letting The One demonstrate his prowess.


10 posted on 09/13/2012 8:30:40 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Taranto: "The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

In fact, I think the opposite is true, that the teachers’ strike was to be the wag-the-dog moment where Obama could step in and save the day but world events got in the way.


11 posted on 09/13/2012 8:40:20 AM PDT by NonValueAdded (Taranto: "The whole point of the metaphor is that if you can hear the whistle, you're the dog.")
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To: EQAndyBuzz

well, its all quiet due to the storm coming this weekend to Chicago, my rugby team, the Saint Paul Jazz Pigs, are going to whoop up on the Chicago South Side Condors in Mens D2 rugby!


12 posted on 09/13/2012 8:45:44 AM PDT by Docbarleypop
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To: cripplecreek
As a Michigan resident .....

That God you do not live in Ill. It must be a very expensive place to live.They make 76,000 and are asking for a 35% cost of living adjustment just to stay even. Let us pray for these new 1 percenters....

13 posted on 09/13/2012 8:48:06 AM PDT by llevrok (By comparison to Obama, at least Nero could play a fiddle.)
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To: llevrok

These union fights elsewhere help us in Michigan.

The day after Scott Walker won the recall fight, the recall against Rick Snyder was dropped in Michigan. Now they’re trying to bury us under ballot initiatives and a public union fight in Chicago will help us at the polls in Michigan.


14 posted on 09/13/2012 8:58:43 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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To: Docbarleypop

The Tigers are back in town to tie up the standings with the White Sox again.


15 posted on 09/13/2012 9:00:20 AM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
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