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Post by rainbow » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:12 am

Anything worthwhile there?
Seen the Blues Brothers movie, so it looks quite cool.
Is it?

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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:16 am

Oh man, the museums.... :drool: Get a City Pass, ASAP.
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Post by Clinton Huxley » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:18 am

I heard my Mama cry
I heard her pray the night Chicago died.
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:22 am

Glory be!
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Post by rainbow » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:48 am

Gawdzilla Sama wrote:Glory be!
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Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Wed Jul 10, 2013 9:51 am

See the Sky Box. On a clear day if possible. You can see Hell and Texas from there. (And you'd be looking in the same direction for both, of course.)
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Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:03 pm

Pizzeria Uno. :food:
Sears Tower (or whatever it's called this week).
River cruises.
Amazing architecture.
Awesome museums and attractions.
Jazz & Blues clubs.

Nah, fuck all there. :tea:
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Re: Chicago

Post by laklak » Wed Jul 10, 2013 4:10 pm

Take the Murder Tour. Just get on any city bus and look around.
Yeah well that's just, like, your opinion, man.

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Post by Seth » Thu Jul 11, 2013 2:20 am

Stay in the well-known tourist areas and if you're driving know the fuck where you're going because taking a wrong turn in Chicago can easily end your life. State legislators in Illinois are calling for the National Guard and State Police to move into Chicago to put a stop to the violence. More than 50 people shot and more than a dozen killed over 4th of July.

Personally, I won't get within a hundred miles of the place. Maybe 200 miles. Unless I'm driving a Ferret or something.
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Post by Rum » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:21 am

Guns then.

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:44 am

It's almost as if all the guns make Chicago more dangerous. That can't be right.
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Post by Rum » Thu Jul 11, 2013 7:46 am

Those 50 people killed in a weekend? I'm sure it would have been a lot messier if they had been forced to punch each other to death.

On a serious not, how warped is the gun issue that this is tolerable in one of their great cities. FFS.

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Post by Clinton Huxley » Thu Jul 11, 2013 8:05 am

50 shot but "only" a dozen killed. Over a weekend. Which is about as many as are murdered in the UK in a week.
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Post by Seth » Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:23 am

Clinton Huxley wrote:It's almost as if all the guns make Chicago more dangerous. That can't be right.
Correct. It's the LACK of guns in the hands of law abiding citizens that's the problem.
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Post by Seth » Thu Jul 11, 2013 10:25 am

Rum wrote:Those 50 people killed in a weekend? I'm sure it would have been a lot messier if they had been forced to punch each other to death.

On a serious not, how warped is the gun issue that this is tolerable in one of their great cities. FFS.
It's not tolerable. It's intolerable and evil that the politicians in Chicago have been victimizing their citizens for a hundred years. But that's coming to an end because the federal courts ordered Illinois to come up with a concealed carry law, which it did, that will allow ordinary citizens in Chicago to get permits and firearms to protect themselves with.
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