[Don Corleone]

To a younger Obama, Chicago was the romantic can-do town of Reverend Wright, Michael Jordan, Oprah, and the Daley machine; to the world at large, it is something quite different, and far more unappealing.

Mention Chicago to a typical European and the first thing that they think of is "Al Capone". Its a fact. Try it next time you are among the Euro peons.

[Biggirl]

I thought it was Micheal Jordan. You suprise me there.

[Vince Ferrer]

Mention Chicago to a typical European and the first thing that they think of is "Al Capone". Its a fact. Try it next time you are among the Euro peons.

Same thing with Americans really, if you don't live in the region. I can't think of anything except the mafia and the "Sears" tower, but having a building isn't enough. Or maybe that it is a big city that people fly past when going between Los Angeles and New York. For a city of world class size, it doesn't have a world class identity.

[lindsay]

l had a relative vist from Englnd a few years ago.We told him we would take him anywhere he would like to go.Chicago was the place of his dreams.He wanted to see where Al Capone lived and he wanted the kind of hat worn by Al Capone We found the city but not the hat.

[StormEye]

"Mention Chicago to a typical European and the first thing that they think of is "Al Capone". Its a fact. Try it next time you are among the Euro peons."

It's the first thing I think of too! Then:

1. The Chicago fire
2. The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
3. the Daley machine stealing the election from Nixon
4. the Chicago '68 riots at the Democrat party Convention.
5. The total mess of the '68 DemonRAT party convention.
6. Political & financial corruption
7. the big mouth and ugly mug of Jesse Jackson.
8. rigged elections
9. The lastest YouTube video of feral subhumans beating and murdering someone.
10. The "Operation Push" shakedown racket of Jesse Jackson
11. And did I mention political and financial corruption?