[NetValue]

Thank you for a very informative post. It might be a long hot summer.

[syriacus]

Thank you for posting this. It was a good article to read before getting going on this Sunday morning.

Plenty of food for thought.

[uncbob]

At a rally in La Salle University's huge gymnasium, President Clinton argued t

I quit donating to my Alma Mater a while back
Shows I was right . A so called Catholic University allows a Partial Birth Abortion advocate to use its facilities

I doubt there is a Catholic College left in this country
SAD

[End Times Sentinel]

Big John Street is a mean spirited racist from a well documented family of idiots.

The only mitigating factor in his otherwise dismal administration is that he and his staff have shown such laughable incompetence that little (good or far more likely, bad) has been accomplished.

In fact, when a crisis strikes (not directly of his own doing), it’s uncanny how often the mayor is “out of town”. It makes one suspect that he’s secretly kept in a hay filled crate in the bowels of city hall.

In the 2 ½ years to date, his legacy has been nothing but adding to the arsenal of his potential future opponent. In fact, when one looks at how close the city came to actually electing Sam Katz (fewer than 10,000 votes) on a day that featured all day rain, yet a remarkably high (some would say unbelievalby high) turn out.

Poll results from the Committee of Seventy

Could Philadelphia possibly elect a Republican Mayor? If so, we’ll have Big John to thank!

Owl _ Eagle
“Guns before butter.”

[backhoe]

"This nation - if everyone wanted to be honest - was built on slave labor," she said. "Don't act like we are not entitled to a city!"

Whew! When the facade falls and plain words are spoken, it looks kind of ugly, doesn't it?

[TechJunkYard]

"I've reached out into areas of this city that traditionally vote Republican. They don't even vote Democrat," Street said.

What? Where? A bit of South Philly west of Broad? Roxborough? Northeast?

[Chad Fairbanks]

"This nation - if everyone wanted to be honest - was built on slave labor," she said. "Don't act like we are not entitled to a city!"

"Entitled"??? Must be a liberal...

[Tacis]

White racism, in every form, must be opposed and overcome. Black racism, in every form, is to be accepted. This mayor belongs the the Association of Black Mayors, on its face, a race based organization. The test is always east; would anyone be offended if the word "White" was substituted for the word "Black?"

[LouD]

Speaking of slavery - That's exactly what the city's wage tax is - Enslavement of commuters who use virtually no city services, but are forced to subsidize John Street's parasitic supporters.

I worked for a company in Center City, and my colleagues and I would routinely schedule meetings and other activities for our other facilities outside the city, or work at home, so we could avoid the wage tax for the day...

And all to support the People's Republic of Filth-a-delphia, where bums, er, I mean John Street's constiutents, urinate on the streets and subways, and accost families in the shopping malls and tourist sites.

The Philadelphia Police air wing had it right - There were a whole lot more neighborhoods they should have bombed...

[JZoback]

"This nation - if everyone wanted to be honest - was built on slave labor," she said. "Don't act like we are not entitled to a city!"

If everyone really wanted to be honest and factually- the whole country wasn't built on slave labor, the South certainly was, but that was destroyed for the most part.

I didn't realize the South was still in post - Civil War ruins

< / sarcasm >

[bandleader]

I Hate To Make ODIOUS COMPARISONS,But This Guy Sounds Like Philadelphia's Version Of That Great Statesman David Dinkins!!Is He In Arrears With The IRS As Well?Oh Well,there Has To Be Something Likable About Him!!!!

[CyberAnt]

"Don't act like we are not entitled to a city!"

WHAT?? ENTITLED!! Give me a break! The Constitution guarantees you life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness; but it doesn't guarantee any entitlement to running a city.

This is what the democrat's have brought us to. They have instilled in black people this "entitlement" stuff by their incessent entitlement handouts.

[Lucius Cornelius Sulla]

"Don't act like we are not entitled to a city!"

Actually 'they' already have most of the older cities in the country. Which is why most of those cities are going down the tubes. The only real differences are caused by the proportion of the suburban areas incorporated in the city. In Atlanta, almost none are, so it has a strictly nonwhite politics.

[dfwgator]

The City of Brotherly Shove.

[mrustow]

See also:

The Philadelphia Story: When the Cops are Crooks

[mrustow]

Even better:

Solving Philly's Crime Problem with an Eraser: The "Good Irishman" and the Race Man