CHICAGO: EVIDENCE OF THE LEFTIST GOVERNING RECORD

The track record of the left in American politics is as clear as it can be. Virtually wherever they have been in control of government for any significant length of time, failure is everywhere in evidence. As the article below illustrates, Chicago is a major poster child for this nationwide reality.

The Daley Democrat party machine has controlled the windy city for decades. In this example, crime runs so rampant there that the medical blood supply is in peril of running out. There is so much crime and so many bleeding victims that hospitals are desperate to resupply their blood reserves.

Will voters in Chi-town ever figure out the obvious? Democrat party machine governance has and is ruining their city. We can only hope that a tipping point will be reached sooner rather than later so that a meaningful change of direction can take place. Like so many American metropolitan areas, Chicago is seriously degraded by corruption and management so poor as to continue to devolve into a cesspool of failure. And virtually all of those cities have long been governed by the Democrat left. Anyone seeing the pattern?

Everyone can recall the rotten condition of the Big Apple when Rudy Giuliani became the mayor. Democrat rule had driven New York City to the edge of the abyss and most of the world did not believe that it could recover. At that very late date, voters woke up and took a desperate non-leftist flyer. And as they say, the rest is history. New York underwent a miraculous turn around and once again became a world class city.

All because the left was removed from positions of control and power and reasonable people with the greater good in mind took over and led the parade back to sanity, safety, fiscal normality, cleanliness and far more honest governance.

What is most disturbing about this news is that the most doctrinaire Chicago leftists packed up and went to Washington DC earlier this year to take control of the federal government. Thinking about that can keep you up at night.

What can we expect from that unfortunate turn of events? Look to the city of big shoulders for the answers.

By the way, if you happen to life near Chicago, volunteer to give blood.


Chicago Violence Endangers Vital Blood Supply
ReportingPamela Jones
O-Negative blood is in short supply at hospital emergency rooms.

There is a real emergency for a county hospital emergency room. The uptick in violence is literally draining the blood supply. And as CBS 2's Pamela Jones reports one specific blood type is running dangerously short. "I lost a lot of blood, so they had to give me a lot of blood for me to get back on my toes," said De'London Smith. De'London Smith was stabbed through the heart on Friday. He's still recovering at Stroger Hospital where he says blood transfusions saved him. "It gave me life again. Because from what I heard, I was dead," Smith said. But now it's the trauma unit that needs saving. Doctors say the facility's supply of O-negative blood is dwindling. "So that's the lifesaving blood, and that's what we have virtually nothing left in the hospital," said trauma surgeon Dr. Andrew Dennis. The blood bank showed us the eight units of O-negative blood that are left. Only three of the units are designated for trauma patients, though. Any more outbreaks of violence on the streets pose a threat here. "Tonight we may be in a very tough situation," Dr. Dennis said. "Because we're that short on O-negative blood." O-negative is the universal donor type and anyone can accept it when seconds count. "Anyone that is bleeding, that needs blood emergently, that is their first line of defense," Dr. Dennis said. Dr. Dennis says the reason for the shortage is the high numbers of victims of shootings and other violent crimes who come to Stroger Hospital for life-saving treatment. "We see probably an average of between 10 and 15 people who get shot or stabbed every night," Dr. Dennis said. Addie Lewis has seen the benefits of blood donation firsthand. She stands in her 18-year-old grandson's hospital room; he was shot in the neck."Everybody has been so good, he's had about eight or 10 blood transfusions," Lewis said. Her family and others urge the public to give blood and help save more lives. "Donate blood to the county because it's my day today and it's someone else's day tomorrow," Lewis said. CBS 2 talked to Lifesource, which supplies Stroger Hospital and others in Chicagoland. They say the O-negative blood shortage is not unique to Stroger and that they're seeing a shortage across the area. If you donate just once, the blood you give could save three lives. If you'd like to donate blood, Stroger Hospital is hosting a blood drive Wednesday, June 24th from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule your appointment, call Lifesource at (847) 803-7943 or register online by clicking here.

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