IS IT TRUE September 18, 2012
IS IT TRUE we at the City County Observer are saddened by the two murders that have been committed either in the City of Evansville or to an Evansville resident hauled to another location for execution during the last week?…that we are now aware of at least 8 murders in 2012 with a full three and a half months to go?…if this murder rate keeps up for the rest of the year the number of murders will reach 12 which will tie the record set in 2003?…the population was lower then so the current annualized murder rate is by definition at a record high of 10.2 murders for every 100,000 people?…that rate is still lower than the historical murder rates of Midwestern cities like Indianapolis, St. Louis, Cleveland, and Detroit?…what some will find surprising is that Evansville has passed the cities of New York, Los Angeles, and Dallas in rate at which people are murdered?…we suspect that this trend can be traced to the serious drug problems that many people outside of law enforcement deny that we have here in River City?
IS IT TRUE that the CCO has seen a jump in traffic during the last month or so that was unforeseen and unplanned?…an original article regarding the most accurate polls in past presidential election has been drawing in internet traffic at an increasing rate and is now drawing nearly 300 big city readers per day?…the readers are coming from places like Washington DC, New York, and Los Angeles?…that out of curiosity yesterday we did a Google search using the search term “most accurate presidential polls†and were surprised to find the CCO in the #7 position on the first page of Google citations just ahead of the New York Times election page?…this morning the CCO has risen to #1 just ahead of Talking Points, Reuters, the Huffington Post, NBC, Gallup, and the New York Times that has moved from #8 up to #7?
IS IT TRUE that the CCO was recently privileged to have a writer on the ground at the Chicago Teacher’s Union strike?…that for all of the sentiment on both sides of this issue the Chicago Teachers were seen to be creating a very hostile and intimidating atmosphere for casual observers?…the scene in the streets of Chicago resemble the scene from the streets of the Arab world with nice new red t-shirts?…the decision of these teachers to strike at the beginning of the school year as opposed to making their points during the summer when a settlement could have and should have been negotiated shows the world that the Chicago Teacher’s Union is willing to sacrifice the children they are entrusted with teaching and caring for in the name of personal gain?…after a summer when record numbers of murders were occurring on the streets of Chicago many among teenagers the Chicago Teacher’s Union decided to try to extort the City of Chicago by turning 350,000 school kids into the streets to fend for themselves?…that statistically before this is over there will be many crimes including some murders of the kid on kid type that could have been prevented if the Chicago Teacher’s Union would have been satisfied with a 16% raise and at least a shred of accountability for their performance?…Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuelle should take a lesson from President Ronald Reagan and fire the entire bunch of these spoiled prima donnas?…that will depend on whether he really is a man of courage or just another blustering wind bag Chicago politician?
IS IT TRUE that even though there are angry mobs in the streets of over 20 cities in the Arab world chanting “death to America†and calling us “the great Satan†that we continue to sign foreign aid checks that are cashed to provide aid to these countries?…we as a nation are borrowing money from China to give to countries that are calling for our blood?…this is the height of idiocy?…our nation’s leaders should set their paranoid political correctness aside and suspend all foreign aid to these countries for exactly three months to send the message that as humanitarian as the United States has historically been the days of allowing the hand that feeds to be hacked off by angry mobs is over?…that anyone that thinks that the killings in Libya and the unrest in the Arab world is completely over a youtube video is to naïve to lead a marching band?…the attacks on our diplomats were clearly planned, timed, and executed by people well aware of the significance of September 11th and that everyone with an effective IQ over 80 should know it?…denial and spinning is not the way back to prosperity but that defending our first amendment is?…that thus far we are proud that the first amendment has not been sacrificed to appease the angry mobs?…we hope our government has the resolve to continue as opposed to finding some SNEGAL way to appease the mob by sacrificing an American citizen?
It’s not easy to look at Rick McCarty’s art work, currently on display on the second floor of the Liberal Arts Center. Deborah Burdick, McCarty’s friend and “art mentor,” says we should look anyway.
