ChicagoTribune: On the South Side of Chicago, people don’t criticize Barack Obama — not in the open, at least.
In this predominantly African-American part of the city, where Obama charted his path to the White House and where his wife, Michelle, was born and raised, residents tend to speak of him with adoration and pride, like loyal subjects praising their king.
Now that Obama is about to build his presidential center in Woodlawn’s Jackson Park, some residents are wary of his ability to transform neighborhoods without doing harm to longtime residents who could end up displaced by gentrification.
A nasty fight over a community benefits agreement with the Obama Foundation has exposed an unexpected rift between the former president and some of the South Side residents who helped lift him to prominence.
Not everyone on the South Side, it seems, thinks Obama did enough for black folks during his eight years as president. And as he prepares to build a presidential center that will pay tribute to his legacy, some South Siders are calling him out for what they consider broken promises.
Obama consistently has asked residents to trust that he will do right by them. The presidential center, he insists, will provide a wealth of opportunities specifically designed to meet the needs of Chicagoans who have long been overlooked.
But this time, according to one activist, there will be no “Amen, kiss the ring.” more
“Not everyone on the South Side, it seems, thinks Obama did enough for black folks during his eight years as president.”
No matter who it is, black people will always say it’s never enough.
I’m hoping for a mud hut made from elephant dung
@I’m not PC…
The pictures I’ve seen look like a cross between a downed AT-AT and an urban pre-trial detention facility.
I was under the impression that Blacks already had ” The Key to the City ” !
CHICAGO CRIME MAP
Every colored area of the map (except for Navy Pier and other shoreline tourist areas) is an infested gang and high crime area.
I can’t imagine anyone in their right mind would be dumb enough to park their car and go inside.
CHICAGO NO-GO ZONES: http://yochicago.com/a-map-of-chicagos-no-go-zones/28003/
An arguably better one is http://heyjackass.com/.
If we have to have Obama’s Presidential Library in Chicago, the least they could do is bulldoze Austin or Englewood to the ground, pave it over, and built the damned thing there.
I don’t know how badly they want to fix Chicago. If I were a resident, I’d ask for some money to GTFO of there, not stay and wait for some money grubbing a-hole politicians to ‘fix’ chicago.
You want to clean up Chicago? offer a bounty on any known gang member. Triple for Tiny Dancer. Chicago needs an influx of Viking Bikers from hell.
Maybe the people in South Chicago figured out that while Obama was a “community organizer” there, not one fucking thing got better. Or, maybe he’s not giving them enough free shit anymore.
They’d be lucky to live long enough to build a trailer park library there. WhoDaPhuck would want to work there for that?
Sorry but the picture of the library truly resembles a grass shack from Africa.
Maybe that is the intent.
If they hire locals from that crime-infested area to work there, they will just steal the place blind.
Anyway, with his legacy fast disappearing and all his other activities being illegal, what’s left to put in the library?
Maybe Michelle’s collection of boob belts.
Happened in Pin Point too.
People who hold much animus over Justice Clarance Thomas jumped on the bandwagon when “The Factory”, where his mother worked, was turned into a learning center.
They all wanted something for nothing, wet their beak, so to speak.
I once worked for a cousin of Justice Thomas’, he told me he didn’t want anybody to know he was related to Clarance.
Boy did he ever drop in my respect.
In Pin Point, as in many black neighbourhoods you aint nobody without a street name.
Mine is Ironside.
Before moving, I would get a call when Clarance was visiting and would have coffee with all my friends. Damn, his motor home us yuge.
Take Me to the Water
The Story of Pin Point
Went to the premier as guests, premiers are cool.
The ruddy, red head, bearded man in the straw hat, my buddy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=33hQtFE1Hew
I envision deep red carpeting, faux animal upholstery, and vomit inducing velvet paintings of the ex-president covering the walls everywhere. A separate room to display the hideous fashon choices of the First Wookie.
I don’t know why they don’t trust him. He’s never lied to us before. Especially about healthcare. “If you like your…”
And what could possibly go wrong with his housemate valerie jarrett involved? It isn’t anything like her having been a slumlord, or displaced hospital patients (where mikey obama was working). Oh, those real estate transactions with partner tony rezko should provide good experience. And then there is her stellar attempts real estate manipulations in Chicago’s attempt to host the Olympics. I think even oprah lost money on that one. She’d be on easy street if the rest of the world didn’t see that scam. She should be, and hopefully will be, in jail.
What could possibly go wrong with there folks controlling real estate in Chicago?
http://michellemalkin.com/2009/09/18/olympic-sized-boondoggle-what-valerie-jarrett-and-michelle-obama-are-up-to/
That woman is evil personified.