So why was Chicago missing from the inaugural speech?

  We noticed a curious absence of mention of Barack Obama's famous home town in Barack Obama's inauguration speech this week:

Our journey is not complete until all our children, from the streets of Detroit to the hills of Appalachia to the quiet lanes of Newtown, know that they are cared for, and cherished, and always safe from harm.

  Now why do you suppose he rarely mentions his home town of Chicago, the place where he cut his teeth politically?  An answer might be found on the Maumee Valley Patriots Facebook page:

Wow, is Illinois and Chicago great or what?  

Perhaps the U.S. should pull out of Chicago?  

Body count: In the last six months 292 killed (murdered) in Chicago. 

(Handguns are banned) No concealed carry in Illinois -- 221 killed in Afghanistan AND Chicago has one of the strictest gun laws in the entire US.  

President: Barack Hussein Obama Senator: Dick Durbin House Representative: Jesse Jackson Jr. Governor: Pat Quinn House leader: Mike Madigan Atty. Gen.: Lisa Madigan (daughter of Mike) Mayor: Rahm Emanuel  

The leadership in Illinois - all Democrats.  

Thank you for the combat zone in Chicago .  

Of course, they're all blaming each other.   

Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!  

Chicago school system rated one of the worst in the country. 
Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!  

State pension fund $95 Billion in debt, worst in country. 
Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!  

Cook County (Chicago) sales tax 10.25% highest in country. 
Can't blame Republicans; there aren't any!  

This is the political culture that Obama comes from in Illinois. And he is going to 'fix' Washington politics for us? 

George Ryan is no longer Governor, he is in the big house. Of course he was replaced by Rob Blajegovitch who is...that's right, also in the big house.  

And Representative Jesse Jackson Jr. resigned a couple of weeks ago. That is because he is fighting being sent to...that's right, the big house.  

The Land of Lincoln -- "Where our governors make our license plates."  

But you know what? As long as they keep providing entitlements to the population of Chicago, nothing is going to change, except the state will go broke before the country does. 

Keep voting Democratic because it isn’t your guy who did this, or is it? 

Remember, your precinct captain or union boss will tell you who to vote for.You’re not supposed to think, they will do that for you. 

This is a public service announcement...OH YEAH!