That comment just got you connected here:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2151323/posts?page=459
Chicago Crime Kind of TOWN.......It must be Floating on down the Mississippi
Chicago isn't on the Mighty Mississippi, so they must be pumping it back up the Chicago River and down the canal to Old Man River. Wouldn't put it past them, to keep from fouling their Lake Michigan waterfront and stinking the place up.
Interesting, though, that Mary Landrieu is taking on the race pimps and going over their heads to the black electorate directly. Very interesting.
Keep in mind, though, that Landrieu always has the benefit of murmurs from The Man Behind the Curtain, through her political mentor and advisor James "Snakehead" Carville.
Makes you wonder if some side-ring slapdown contest is underway between Castle Clinton on the one hand and The Chicago Boys on the other.
I agree with you that this article, as ramifying and as interesting as it is, is "only scratching the surface".
The implication of the remark about swinging cats is that U.S. Attorney Letten is going to have to conserve his energy and keep from wearing himself out tripping over chump-change City Council corruption cases and Levee Board bagmen. Sounds like he is starting to get connected to the Main Event.
[Hint to Letten: Get yourself a ballistic vest, and get a professional driver who knows how to check your car every day. Seriously now, boy!]