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Armed kidnappers snatch victims from cars and even a local shopping mall across the Phoenix valley for ransom, turning the sun-baked city into the "kidnap capital" of the United States.

Barak Obama's selection for Secretary of Homeland Security was the Governor of that state, which is home to the "kidnap capital" of the United States. Isn't that just grand?

[ChocChipCookie]

Yes, and she left Arizona without ever having any type of emergency plan in place. Just priceless.

[mountainbunny]

Barak Obama's selection for Secretary of Homeland Security was the Governor of that state, which is home to the "kidnap capital" of the United States. Isn't that just grand?

I expect nothing less from Democrats.

But never forget that the GOP's presidential nominee for 2008 is also from Arizona and he calls those murderous so-and-so's God's children, who deserve our respect and understanding. Plus our tax money, medical care and, what the heck, citizenship.

That's what I find depressing as all get out, and not in the least grand.

[HollyB]

And Chicago has one of the fastest growing gang presence:

The most significant increases were in the
East and Southeast Regions, most likely the result of the migration of gang members from urban areas
such as New York, New York; Chicago, Illinois;
and Los Angeles, California, to smaller jurisdictions
in these regions. In Chicago, gang movement
to suburban areas can be attributed to several factors:
the breakdown of traditional hierarchical gang
structures resulting from law enforcement targeting
of gang leaders, the razing of some large Chicago
public housing projects, an abundance of wholesale
illicit drug suppliers, and the expectation of high
profits from new suburban drug operations.

http://www.fbi.gov/publications/ngta2009.pdf