- It's been nearly two days since President Obama mercifully pulled the plug on our G8 weekend, and I still can't find anyone who cares that it's gone.
Oh, wait—that's not true.
Apparently, Mayor Emanuel's taking the loss very hard. And there are those activists who will miss having the grand, whole-world's-watching stage on which to rage against the machine.
A few years ago, Thomas Frank wrote a provocative book called What's the Matter With Kansas? In it he examined why working-class white people in Kansas generally vote Republican, even though it's against their financial best interests.
I recall many earnest discussions among learned Chicagoans along the lines of—man, those yokels in Kansas are weird.
Well, Chicago, it's time to look yourself in the mirror and ask: What's the matter with Chicago?
Cause when it comes to weird political behavior, you’re at the front of the line.
Aside from Joravsky's typical media elitism (yokels in Kansas? learned Chicagoans? a bunch of slanted attacks on republicans), he points out some obvious truths no one else seems to:
You say you believe in progressive taxation, but you willingly sign on to the TIF scam, which essentially robs the poor to feed the rich.
Supposedly, this is a union town, yet you voted for one of the most antiunion Democratic mayors in the country.