Chicago police aiming to quell violence over hot, busy weekend

Chicago police aiming to quell violence over hot, busy weekend


You can't but commend them for the effort, but in the long scheme of things, fixing stupid is a twenty-four-seven endeavour.

Look at it from this perspective. Years ago there was a steel plant in the city, among other manufacturing jobs. There was a television plant that was transportation friendly in the western suburbs. There even was a chemical plant in the south western suburbs, that was only a proverbial hop, skip, and expressway from the city.

All of them now gone. Many moved further south and west, where commuting via public transportation became a challenge. In layman's terms. If you didn't own a vehicle, you were basically fucked. So with these employment opportunities gone, our urban youth really had nothing economically stimulating looking forward. The only options were minimum wage jobs in the restaurant, and retail sectors.

So we all know what happened next. They saw that they could make more money peddling dope. And now we have the great idiot run of barely educated youths on our streets. It does cost money for educating them. It cost money for imprisoning them. It cost money for feeding them. So what do we do? Well, yes saturating the streets with officers is a start. But more is always needed. The Mayor is tinkering around with the idea of issuing citations for pot possession. That's a start. But employers are still going to make them piss in a cup. That can't be good. Consider this. Legalize pot. Tax it. Regulate it like cigarettes and booze. Get together with employers and have them only test for coke, and the other hard,and more dangerous drugs. And while you are at it. Have these employers use the same standards when an employee comes into work drunk.

At the very least, it is a start. Fixing stupid is indeed, a twenty-four-seven occupation.