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August 11, 2011 10:41 AM

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EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KMOX) - The public housing complexes on the east side of the river might just be the deadliest places in the country, but efforts are underway to secure the area. Sen. Dick
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Durbin (D-Ill.) is bringing in federal law enforcement to help state and local authorities crack down on crime. Figures show that East St. Louis is nearly twice as dangerous as even the worst streets in Chicago. You will find that the crime rate here is the worst in the nation,Durbin says. The club scene in East St. Louis is a crime scene. Durbin says that although the public housing complexes are managed federally, their problems come from local sources. You cannot have this club scene turn out to be the wild west, where innocent people are victimized by it, no matter what the revenue is to the city of East St. Louis,he says. And you cant open liquor stores on every corner near housing developments and expect good things to come if youre open all night. Durbin says the responsibility is on city leadersshoulders to change the public housing situation. Sister Julia Huiaskamp has tutored many kids in the area, and she says opportunities are few. We have many, many children who have been cheated by the public schools system here, who do not have the skills they need to get a job, even if there were any jobs to find,Huiaskamp says.
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She also says the problem extends beyond just kids. We have so many parents of the children that we work with who have no cash income their only income is food stamps,Huiaskamp says. Durbin says poverty is a longer-term issue, and for now efforts will focus on reducing crime by tracking down and prosecuting criminals. Copyright KMOX Radio.

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DTH Democrat social policies in action: this is the end result. More progressive policies will not help. Cut the wellfare off. August 11, 2011 at 2:40 pm | Reply |

James Lynch East St. Louis public housing is home to 800 people, and the developments have seen ten killings in the past decade. Thats it? August 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply |

matt That is what I was thinking. Newport News VA has that many on a good Sat. Night. August 11, 2011 at 2:57 pm buckeye Thats funny, hell ATL has that many in a week it might be more if the white folks werent packin,,,,,, GA has a CWL August 11, 2011 at 3:01 pm boomer That was my first thought as well. August 11, 2011 at 3:12 pm Silverbelle Baltimore is much worse! August 11, 2011 at 3:23 pm Marbran I dont see that in the article any more. August 11, 2011 at 3:31 pm sick of MSM lies

I live up the hill from ESL.. the numbers you read are a LIE. 10 in a decade? I can tell you of 10 in the last WEEK. We had a torture house there last year.. with dead bodies in an abandoned facotry.. and an old woman was carjacked from OUR town and driven to ESL.. robbed and set on fire alive. This story is not telling you how horrible it is there. this is no place a human being should be raised and I weep for the decent folks who are stuck in ESL. They dont have a chance.. and the kids have NO hope. They love the thug life in ESLand if you arent a thug youre a victim. That place is a warzone and crawls up the hill to get the rest of us. We have crime from there spilling into our decent town every day of the week.. from robberies and home invasions to mobs of youthsbusting up our convenience stores and bowling alleys. Its sick. They bring their gangs INTO our schools and their thugs with armed robbery convictions come to our schools due their parents lying.. and we have to deal with it. Our children are threatened every day in the halls and the lunchrooms from ESL gangsta life lovers. Nuke that place.. get the good folks out and burn it and the thugs to the ground. August 11, 2011 at 4:22 pm Hawk Ten in 800 is the same as 1,250 per 100,000, which is how the FBI looks at it. By comparison, they show Chicago at 15 murders per 100,000 in 2010. So this murder rate is 83 times as high as Chicagos. Id say thats high. August 11, 2011 at 4:44 pm Scott Chester I cant understand what people want, hell were sending billions to Afreaka, billions to the hell known as the middle ease etcwhat more do you expect the USA to do? August 11, 2011 at 5:04 pm Truecolours Agree 100%!!! August 11, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Reply | Bawanna All over the WORLD it is the same issues from the same people. Does anyone else see this ?? August 11, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Reply |

Boomer Most people do, but everyone is afraid to speak the truth. August 11, 2011 at 3:15 pm Rancid Many can see, more every day. August 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm wkh Make everyone that draws a govt check in these sorry enclaves work 40 hours a week cleaning, painting, planting gardens, repairing and eytc. these projects and take a drug test. No test, no work no money August 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Reply |

wildbob Brilliant, workfare not welfare, give them something to be proud of in the end. August 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm Mspath Agree one hundred percent. I have been wanting the same for years. Not looking for a job, well I have some trash for you to pickup on the side of the road. August 11, 2011 at 4:26 pm rufus levin have you EVER noticed any PRIDE in ANY of these people about ANYTHING at ALL? Where do you get PRIDE is going to change the culture when there is NO pride ever anywhere with these folks. they just want drugs, beer, sex, tennis shoes, ipods, cell phones, french fried and buffalo wings. August 11, 2011 at 5:10 pm luckydog

They will not work. it is genetic. August 11, 2011 at 5:20 pm Len Dorman And just what do these uneducated, unemployed now homeless people do after you cut their only source of income off? Do they just die? No, they get guns and rob and murder they way into other folks homes for cash and food. While supporting these people for life is not the right answer putting uneducated criminals into public streets endangers the general public at large and is certainly not the answer. What is the answer? Technical education so these people can get and hold a job according to their natural abilities. August 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm | Reply |

dogfood Technical education so these people can get and hold a job according to their natural abilities. What jobs? August 11, 2011 at 4:09 pm pyronaught Guns and ammo are expensive, how do you suppose they will just get guns?Everyone else are the ones that need to be carrying guns, then the problem will solve itself when these leeches go the mob route. Half these people are brain dead from drug use, and the other half have been brainwashed by liberal swill into thinking the world owes them, that everythnig is whiteys fault and their attitudes are hopelessly incurable. You cant get blood from a turnip. Stop feeding the animals and let nature run its course. August 11, 2011 at 4:12 pm Mott Lee What a stupid assumption. Youre assuming that everyone who is poor is a killer and a thief. Your claim would not happen. Sure, there might be a small increase in certain crimes, but that will level off after the majority of people find other ways to make an income. August 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm Boomer The answer is cut off their funds. Then, arm the white population and when the blacks riot, shoot them down like the animals they are. August 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm Dylan Marvil You just dont get itthey ALREADY break into other homes and rob at gunpoint. These people arent going to be motivated to seek a technical educationor any education for that matter as long as they dont have to. Instead, they need to work the odd jobs in exchange for their government check paid for by the taxpayers (like picking up litter along the roadside, do paint and repair jobs, etc). Then maybe they will take an interest in improving their lot in life!! August 11, 2011 at 4:46 pm Craigster DTH, I agree after 5 decades of The Great Societyprograms and untold billions/trillions of dollars the problem is still here and has gotten worse. Progressives answer is to grow the program and throw more money at it with fewer results still - INSANITY. August 11, 2011 at 5:00 pm | Reply | hater Just wall the animals in. August 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm | Reply |

brandon like they did with the Jews. Idiot! August 11, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Reply |

rufus levin nothey gassed and burned THEM. and the Jews were peaceful and educated. with any LUCK, these AAs will kill EACH OTHER off.no sweat. August 11, 2011 at 5:08 pm

rulierose excuse menot that I agree in any way with haters silly comment, above, but I apparently need to inform you that the Jews werent running wild through Europe, raping and pillaging. they were just quietly trying to live their lives. entirely different situation. August 11, 2011 at 5:19 pm JLin Ban Socialism just like we banned the Nazis. It constitutes a criminal assault on human beings. Find another vehicle for social justicethat does not entail the confiscation and theft of private property. August 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm | Reply |

Matt The problem is not the government (well is it but), the problem is we have to many people in this country and we can not carry them all. We have to stop the flow of people to this country. August 11, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Reply |

Sunshine Connie Simple solution is to exempt all from any Social Services. August 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm jr jackson SunshineIf you were to become disabled and couldnt work would you let others help you through it? Im going to say yes. But please elaberate August 11, 2011 at 3:52 pm Sunshine Connie jr jackson, I have no problem with help for those who are truly weak, feeble or aged. There needs to be a limit on healthy able bodied people. Generational welfare is an abject failure. I am not heartless but my purse has limits. Wombs for money for 40 years is not helping. We have charities galore to assist the poor and they are rioting for more. Please read and think about the data below and tell me why we continue to pay for some to do nothing year after year after year Study: Americans in PovertyAre Seldom Poor Most of the Americans the federal government defines as in povertyare not poor in any ordinary sense of the term,according to a new study especially when compared to the poor in less developed countries. To the average American, the word povertyimplies significant material deprivation, an inability to provide a family with adequate nutritious food, reasonable shelter, and clothing, the study from The Heritage Foundation states. The actual living conditions of Americas poor are far different from these images. The Census Bureau reports that there are 43 million Americans living in poverty. To help them, taxpayers spend some $900 billion a year in federal and state dollars over $20,000 for each person deemed poor through more than 70 means-tested programs providing cash, food, housing, medical care and more. But according to the governments own survey data, in the past decade the average household defined as poor by the government lived in a house or apartment with air conditioning and cable TV, The Heritage Foundation study found. The household had a car one-third had two or more cars two color televisions, a DVD player, and a microwave. The home of the average poor family was in good repair and not overcrowded,the study observes. In fact, the typical poor American had more living space than the average European average, not poor. When asked, most poor families stated they had sufficient funds during the past year to meet all essential needs. Study authors Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield cite U.S. Department of Energy data showing that in 2005, the most recent year on record: 62 percent of poor American households had a clothes washer in the home, and 53.2 percent had a clothes dryer. 65.1 percent had more than one TV. 54.5 percent had a cellular phone. 38.2 percent had a personal computer. 36.6 percent had an answering machine. 29.3 percent had a video game system. 25 percent had a dishwasher. 5.2 percent had a photocopier and .6 percent even had a Jacuzzi. The study also found that 5.9 percent of households sometimesdid not have enough food, and just 1.5 percent oftendid not have enough. Some poor Americans do experience significant hardships, including temporary food shortages or inadequate housing, but these individuals are a minority within the overall

poverty population,the study authors concluded. Poverty remains an issue of serious social concern, but accurate information about that problem is essential in crafting wise public policy. Exaggeration and misinformation about poverty obscure the nature, extent, and causes of real material deprivation, thereby hampering the development of well-targeted, effective programs to reduce the problem. Former Congressman Ernest Istook, now a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation, echoed that sentiment in a recent Newsmax blog: By defining poverty so broadly, we drain resources that instead could be focused on those who truly are in dire straits. August 11, 2011 at 4:59 pm Mike Funny you should say that. NAZIS are socialists. What that means is Obama is not a marxist but a NAZI. August 11, 2011 at 4:28 pm | Reply |

rufus levin dont know about nazi or marxist.but CLEARLY he is a TOTAL IDIOT. August 11, 2011 at 5:11 pm Brent This article pretty much shows you the mindset of a typical progressive liberal. It is not the people who are shooting other peoples faultit is those bad business owners. If only those bad business owners didnt have a liquor store on the corner then those poor people wouldnt be forced to violence. Then Durbin says it is not the central govt fault.it is at the local level. Then the local progressive liberal says it is not the local governments fault.it is because the school system failed them. What a bunch of horse manure. Personal responsibility does not exist in their world. August 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm | Reply |

RightWay2012 At this very moment, my 7 year old son is doing his daily 30 minutes of reading. Im not a perfect parent. My point here is that as a parent I ensure that he completes his daily reading. No government said I had to make him read. The school system did recommend 20 minutes of daily reading, but a teacher is not standing in my home making sure he reads. I, as the parent, have made reading a priority in this home. Personal responsibility as a parent, and instilling that personal responsibility onto my child. That is why he has a chance. No progressive liberalism of excuses are permitted in this house; and it costs nothing for parents to ensure their child is learning. August 11, 2011 at 3:18 pm | Reply |

Sunshine Connie I took care of great nephew when dad went to Iraq. I go a 9 yer old with a big mouth who could read at 1st grade level. We did 45 minutes 2 times a day and oral reading with my 2 college grads before bed at night on the classics. In 1 year he went up to grade level and a bit beyond. Keep it up RightWay2012. Try a little later lights out if he reads quietly in his room. Reading is critical to all of life! August 11, 2011 at 3:32 pm Boomer The school system did not fail these students; they failed the school system by their thuggish lifestyle, and then blame the government for not MAKING them behave. Of course, any government that tries is immediately branded as racist. August 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm | Reply |

Sunshine Connie I agree with you Boomer! August 11, 2011 at 3:33 pm TMS Since when is East St. Louis in Missouri? (Look at your dateline) August 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply |

dankruse Thank you! East St. Louis has ALWAYS been Illinoiss problem that bleeds over to Missouri August 11, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Reply | Mr. Reality

Meanwhile, St. Louis is Missouris problem that keeps bleeding over into Missouri. Can we please give back St. Louis and their second rate baseball team to the French? August 11, 2011 at 3:35 pm | Reply | Phillep Harding Death by regulation. At one time, regulationmeant encourageand make work smoothly. Now it means discourage, prevent, and block. Repeal minimum wage laws. Open up the zoning to allow businesses. Reduce taxes and regulations on employers. Get rid of the teachersunions. Repeal laws and regulations preventing people from carrying firearms for self defense. Clean up city hall. August 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply |

JoeD 10 killings in 10 years. I think that is pretty good. Whats the rest of the story? Why is an illinois Senator involved in a city in Missourri? Why is the federal government involved in running these housing projects? Is this story an accurate one? August 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply |

Boomer Because East St. Louis is in ILLINOIS. August 11, 2011 at 3:21 pm | Reply | OPBuck Durbin says that although the public housing complexes are managed federally, their problems come from local sources. The local sources feeding at the federal trough with no incentives to wean? August 11, 2011 at 2:50 pm | Reply |

nygrump How does one death a year compute as deadliest in the nation? The article says East St. Louis public housing is home to 800 people, and the developments have seen ten killings in the past decade. Missing something here. August 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply |

matt Sounds like someone wants to redevelop some water front property to me. August 11, 2011 at 3:04 pm | Reply | Boomer Theyre talking, actually, about on a per capita basis. Although, with a town with all blacks, it is surprising it isnt MUCH higher. August 11, 2011 at 3:23 pm | Reply | STL Boy Aint that just like the stupid liberal media? Dont know that EAST St Louis is in ILLINOIS not Missouri August 11, 2011 at 2:51 pm | Reply |

johnoakman Keep it up Obammaitesyou are helping to get dat rat outta de den!!!!!!!!!!!!! August 11, 2011 at 2:52 pm | Reply |

Michael Jensen Just to set the record somewhat straight, East St. Louis has over 2,000 public housing units which would include way more than 800 fine residents of that sewer. Until someone is interested in honestly addressing the core problem, little will change. And Sister with all due respect the issue is not jobs because most of this population has not had a job in recent memory. This is a cultural issue fostered by and promoted by the liberal leanings of a society gone made. August 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Reply |

larry burdge You are right, Its not a job issue. Most of these so-calledfolks are on the government doll and

expect to see a bigger check comming in the mail next month..If it doesnt show up,,,,,,YOU ARE TO BLAMEand theyre gonnalet you know about it, personally.. Stock up on ammo, youre gonna need it.. IF NOT, get yourself a back-up phone and have 911 on speed dial so the cops can arrive in time to write up the sad report. August 11, 2011 at 3:10 pm | Reply |

AGKay This is precisely why you see signs in National Parks warning visitors not to feed the Bears. What do you do when the food runs out? No more is a concept the wildlife does not understand. August 11, 2011 at 3:26 pm Law Abiding Citizen Theres a civil war coming and the country will be divided geographically by race. Read the truth in this short book and make up your own mind. No affiliation whatsoever, but this will scare you. http://www.resist.com/CWII.pdf August 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Reply |

pyramid Its not necessarily about race. Its going to be between the producers and the takers. August 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Reply |

Law Abiding Citizen Multiethnic empires never achieve true internal stability. They survive only by unrelenting military and police suppression of their inhabitants. Do you really think were going to have peace and prosperity once the Latino and Black populations exceed the Whites? Look at Africa pick any African country endless wars and suffering punctuated by bouts of tribal mass killing with machetes. Soon, very soon, the White vote will no longer matter. Obama and Holder are making sure of that. The whites will flee north to avoid attack and injustice by elected overt racists protecting their people. (La Raza) August 11, 2011 at 3:16 pm Amethyst Except that its generally whites that produce and blacks that take! August 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm larry burdge Inner-city riots are comming shortly after the 2012 elections, win or loose, either way I see them comming to a town near you. Get ready. Its OBummers plan.AND all along you thought he was just a community organizer for ACORN.. August 11, 2011 at 3:06 pm | Reply |

Boomer What is going to set off the inner-city riots youre predicting? Blacks very seldom riot in cold weather and November is cold in most of the country. August 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm Boomer A civil war coming? Not likely; what would they do for welfare then? No, things will just keep moseying along as they have for decades. August 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm | Reply | david hey eddie haskel durbin just build more basketball courts like your buddy al gore did August 11, 2011 at 2:53 pm | Reply |

JackKracker The truth is always worth repeating Democrat social policies in action: this is the end result. More progressive policies will not help. Cut the wellfare off and wall them in. Only 10 dead in 10 yrs thats not worse than Chicago or where illegal aliens live. This is another Durbin fantasy using extreme force August 11, 2011 at 2:56 pm | Reply |

phillysmart Again poverty is not an excuse for lawlessness that is a left wing fabrication to justify massive federal spending on these leechesthe school system is not to blame eitherthese peopel are just stupid and are probably best served in a tribal setting where the community will keep them in line August 11, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply |

Boomer I think you meant to say that poverty is not a JUSTIFICATION for lawlessness. Blacks certainly DO use it as an excuse. August 11, 2011 at 3:33 pm | Reply | Mike Agreed, My father and Uncle grew up poor. Great Grandfather was a share cropper. Guess what they did not expect anything from anyone. They got up and got out of their poverty. Their father was a drunk as well. So no excuses. August 11, 2011 at 4:32 pm | Reply | Fred Flenders East St Louis, MO <<< LOL Stupid KMOX! August 11, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply |

Marc Kortlander probably a product of the public schools there August 11, 2011 at 3:05 pm | Reply | Tom in Austin .another list of excuses from a man that moulded the policies that caused these inner-city problems Dubin and the rest of the incopetent liberals should be made to live there. August 11, 2011 at 2:57 pm | Reply |

Linda white You betcha August 11, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Reply | joe Obama voters August 11, 2011 at 2:59 pm | Reply |

larryburdge YOU ARE A WISE MAN. August 11, 2011 at 3:03 pm | Reply | Henry Illinois. Another state with heavy gun restrictions where people cant defend themselves without having to jump through a whole bunch of hoops. Cities that have relaxed guns laws dont have these problems, because law abidding citizens will shoot thugs dead if they ever came to attack them. August 11, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Reply |

Iraq Vet Damn straight!!!! August 11, 2011 at 3:21 pm | Reply | Daniel K CBS St. Louis should be ashamed of the editorial effort on this story. This is ridiculous. Its obvious from a cursory reading that the story is a mess. Is this the status of reporting in the internet age? Who is the author? The author deserves to be demoted. August 11, 2011 at 3:00 pm | Reply |

larry burdge Durbin is from Illinois,,,,,,,,,He is probably trying to reflect any negative comments on his state, which we all know is the capitol of political crime in the USA. But that being said,,,,,housing projects around

the country are known for crime. If St. Louis is on the positive side of that fact,,,,,,,,,it is unusual, even if the residents are all related. August 11, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Reply |

Jsmith He may be right, or he might not be. Does IIllinois still have mayors and a governor? Why is a US Senator bringing iin aidel like this? August 11, 2011 at 3:02 pm | Reply |

Marc Kortlander it not the schools that fail the kids there it is the kids there refuse to do any work necessary on their own. why should they, the government will fund everything they could ever need and want August 11, 2011 at 3:04 pm | Reply |

Linda Whtie I lived in Belleville, Il during the 80s and E St. Louis was a nightmare then, this is a cultural wasteland and not because of lack of jobs, but because of the liberal entitlement society success, you know like Detroit. August 11, 2011 at 3:07 pm | Reply |

therealjg When I was a boy, our family drove through East St. Louis. It really made an impression. Never have I seen so many folk on street corners who looked like theyd slit your throat for a dollar. One scary place. Im now nearly fifty. August 11, 2011 at 3:07 pm | Reply |

JPrimus The car stripscene from Nat.l Lampoons Vacation took place in St. Louis. hahahaha August 11, 2011 at 3:21 pm | Reply | Boomer Before I retired, I visited the St. Louis and western Illinois area many times on business. Everytime I drove over the interstate to Illinois and looked down at E. St. Louis, it reminded me of the scene in Full Metal Jacket of the bombed out city of Hue. August 11, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Reply | AngryBuddha What an amazing large amount of uneducated, ill-informed, blatant racists post here on this site. When 2012 elections are over, the Tea baggers will be nothing but a bad memory and you lunatic fringe far right white supremacist clowns will be a marginalized side show, like the freaks that you are. August 11, 2011 at 3:08 pm | Reply |

Aunt Esther Just like 2010 right? August 11, 2011 at 3:13 pm | Reply | JPrimus Sorry Buddah, youre the one thats going to be disappointed. Its going to be the new direction of the country and youll be put on the wall with the rest of them. August 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm | Reply | Boomer Freaks we may be, but were not baboons like YOU, boy!!! August 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm | Reply | Brad Manwhat is happening? Are you all so mad at each other that you cant even see that your country is falling apart? These people In St. Louis, sure, some of them are probably bad, selfish criminals. And some are people with good hearts who have been born into the results of a society that up until a few decades ago, did not even allow other races to vote. Education prevents crime. This has been proven a million times. People are the same everywhere, some are cruel, some are kind. It seems to me, all you guys do is yell and hate, and no one wants to take responsibility for helping their fellow human beings.. this is the end of your empire. I am

continually glad I do not live in your crumbling country. So sad. you guys used to be the example for the world. now you are becoming everybodys enemy. even your own. August 11, 2011 at 4:28 pm | Reply | mike Oh sit down and shut up . August 11, 2011 at 4:34 pm | Reply | NYGlenn The same feral humans exhibiting the same subhuman behavior. Like locusts they come to an area, wreck it and move on. DISGUSTING! August 11, 2011 at 3:09 pm | Reply |

Sunshine Connie We have so many parents of the children that we work with who have no cash income their only income is food stamps,Huiaskamp says. Is that how they buy alcohol? Stop the foodstamps and give beans & rice. If I want to eat I work for money to buy food. If you want something then figure out how to work for it. Society does not owe you a thing except the right to pursue a better life. If you are to stupid or lazy, so be it. The GRAVY TRAIN is out of money. ALL OFF! August 11, 2011 at 3:10 pm | Reply |

JPrimus Thank you. WORKFARE. You work, well pay you. I once saw a guy on workfare working on a construction site. He was complaining about how it was bullsh!tthat he was being forced to work. A Portuguese guy working with us said nothing all day. Quiet guy. He finally exploded and launched into a tirade about what he had to go through to get to the U.S. The guy gave him some lip in response. The Porto beat the sh!t out of himbad. Broken nose and jaw. Porto was like 60, and the recipientwas, Id say 28. It was one of the best things Id ever seen in my life. Justice. August 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Reply |

Boomers LOL: What I wouldnt pay fo a video of that scene!!!! August 11, 2011 at 3:41 pm Hazel Burke Dont they see that us assuming the responsibility of their actions are just what causes the problem? Where is there personal responsibility? Build a high wall and once a week and air drop some food. August 11, 2011 at 3:12 pm | Reply |

Anishinabi As a citizen of the Wild West in Arizona I resent thei implication. This is Blue State, on the dole lawlessness. It aint those bowlegged white folks on horses doing this. And it aint those casino indins. August 11, 2011 at 3:14 pm | Reply |

anton Pack a bunch of blacks together and they frequently manage to devolveinto a pack of ni*gers. August 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm | Reply |

Boomer The surest rule of thumb when it comes to blacks is that anytime more than two of them gather in one spot, especially after dark, violence is quite likely to occur. August 11, 2011 at 4:26 pm | Reply | JPrimus Listen to how they blame the schools. When you walk into a failing school,it is failing because their student body and surrounding community is a failure. You cannot blame professionals for the personal failure of people to teach their kids a respect for a FREE EDUCATION. Teachers arent even allowed to discipline students anymore, much less mess up their sense of education.

More excuses, excuses, and then some more excuses. Now that its generational, so were doomed. August 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm | Reply |

JEANNE YOU ARE RIGHTIN KANSAS CITY THEY LOST THREE PRINCIPLES AT ONE HIGH SCHOOL BECAUSE THE KIDS WERE OUT OF CONTROLSETTING FIRES INSIDE THE SCHOOL, HITTING TEACHERS, AND ALL THAT GOOD STUFFTHEY LIKE TO DO. THEY DONT GO TO SCHOOL TO LEAR ANYTHING..THEY ATTEND JUST TO CAUSE TROUBLE AND KEEP OTHER PEOPLE FROM LEARNING. August 11, 2011 at 5:18 pm | Reply | Owe Faver Thats the reason they are such a mess. They blame the liquor store and the public school..When they kill in the streets, its the rich peoples fault . August 11, 2011 at 3:17 pm | Reply |

sirandrew Public housing is nothing more than a ghetto paid for by responsible citizens. Tear them down and set up a facility that utilizes dorms and the inmates are to care for the maintenance and upkeep. Fence it off from the civilized world and let the inmates form their own security. Slavery was a crime against humanity but now we are facing a new crime against humanity because we freed the slaves and did not ship them back to Africa August 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm | Reply |

Alberto Del Rio what is the predominant race in South St Louis? is it white people and asians causing this trouble? August 11, 2011 at 3:19 pm | Reply |

anton E St Louis National average Murder 101.9 5.6 Rape 251.3 32.2 Robbery 1,347.0 195.4 Assault 5,847.3 340.1 Burglary 2,442.8 814.5 Auto theft 2,067.5 526.5 August 11, 2011 at 3:20 pm | Reply |

Mike East St. Louis is in ILLINOIS, NOT Missouri. Morons. August 11, 2011 at 3:21 pm | Reply |

stewie animals and feds in the same area. will we be able to tell the difference? August 11, 2011 at 3:21 pm | Reply |

jnsesq HmmmWhat do all these hubs of violence have in common? Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Flashmob Philly.Oops, there I go gettinall racistand stuff, know whut ahm sayinor whatever, yo? It is what it is. And until this liberal-created social dysfunction is addressed on the merits instead of merely givinda Rev.Al his own cable TV show, it will continue to degenerate over time till no city will be inhabitable by civilized people kinda like Detroit, Milwaukee, St. Louis, Chicago, Flashmob Philly August 11, 2011 at 3:22 pm | Reply |

James Sadly tax dollars may help here, weather it be in more police, more oversight or more aid, better schoolsto bad those dollars are going to illegal immigrants now instead. Yes, Obama is kicking aside his own people to give millions to illegal immigrants. Its so funny to me how he has done more for illegal immigrants then our African American community. August 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm | Reply |

ED357 Arm and Separate.. I refuse to allow someones poor life choices to take my life or the lives of anyone in my family. Molon Labe. August 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm | Reply |

Jenny Dumb Dumb Durbin will blame everyone, EXCEPT the criminals. Hell blame the govt, businesses, teachers, etc., everyone EXCEPT the trigger pullers! He needs to retire. Hes been in for so long, how come Illinois has gotten worse? August 11, 2011 at 3:27 pm | Reply |

brojo688 It would be cheaper and safer to send them all back to Africa where they could be called Africans(save on typing, paper, verbage, etc,). This trash does nothing but bleed our tax dollars (welfare, ADC, food stamps, section 8, etc., etc., etc. Then they can elect Obama and the rest ot the Democrats over there. This one move would solve, deficit problems, budget, crime, dumbing down of our education system, baggy pants, hyphenated words, crack sales, gosh the list goes on. August 11, 2011 at 3:29 pm | Reply |

Boomer Oh, what a heaven that would be. Unfortunately, it will never happen. August 11, 2011 at 3:47 pm | Reply | Joe Conway The schools cheat the students says the article. But Durbin will never vote for school policy changes that the unions oppose. August 11, 2011 at 3:31 pm | Reply |

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Portia If they only have food stamps, how are they buying booze and going to clubs? These are free in East St. Louis? And how are the schools cheating these kids? They have tenured illiterates for teachers maybe? Or are the discipline problems so extensive and the schools so PC, no one can learn. Get rid of the unions. Open reform schools for the thugs and bring back the paddle. I grew up very, very poor. Much poorer than anyone in East St. Louis. We didnt have food stamps or cell phones or even TVs. But being poor was NEVER an excuse for doing badly in school or for criminal acts. And we didnt live with constant jealousy of those who had more than we. August 11, 2011 at 3:34 pm | Reply |

jr jackson Im sure they are selling drugs. Regardless, its the parents responsibility to teach moral values. Black dads suck at being there for their kids. Teachers here know a paycheck is coming regardless if they educate or not. More or less glorified childcare. By the way, its doing poor in school. August 11, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Reply | John Yaya Poor people breeding more poor people who live off the Government from birth to death and when they do vote, they vote Democratic. Obama and all his promises will haunt him in the next election. Are you better off now than you were 3 years ago? August 11, 2011 at 3:35 pm | Reply |

Thron East St. Louis is a monument to the failures of unionized and liberalized public K-12 education and other black communities in major cities are following its lead. But still black communities vote for Democratic leadership assuring unionized teachers can continue to fail their children. Washington DC public school system is an excellent example of how a black community will reject a successful superintendent that holds unionized teachers accountable. Self destruction is a sad act to watch. August 11, 2011 at 3:35 pm | Reply |

BoyKingEffedUpAmerica Obamas Hope & Change taking effect in MO as well as WI August 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply |

Marcus Johnson The good Sisters comment that the kids have been cheated by the public school system is an understatement. Its unrestricted liberalism that has not only cheated the children but also their welfare dependent parentsTime for these people to wake up to the reality that government does not solve their problems but only creates them.but then again, without a societal problem, the government would be out of a job. What a concept, eh? Wake up homies! August 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply |

brodave Perfect example of the utopian progressive liberal (Democrat) system at work. I am fearful that if We The People dont take over the governments in 2012 we could very well have a full-blown revolution on our hands. August 11, 2011 at 3:36 pm | Reply |

John Yaya Study: Americans in PovertyAre Seldom Poor Most of the Americans the federal government defines as in povertyare not poor in any ordinary sense of the term,according to a new study especially when compared to the poor in less developed countries. To the average American, the word povertyimplies significant material deprivation, an inability to provide a family with adequate nutritious food, reasonable shelter, and clothing,the study from The Heritage Foundation states. The actual living conditions of Americas poor are far different from these images. The Census Bureau reports that there are 43 million Americans living in poverty. To help them, taxpayers spend some $900 billion a year in federal and state dollars over $20,000 for each person deemed poor through more than 70 means-tested programs providing cash, food, housing, medical care and more. But according to the governments own survey data, in the past decade the average household defined as poor by the government lived in a house or apartment with air conditioning and cable TV, The Heritage Foundation study found. The household had a car one-third had two or more cars two color televisions, a DVD player, and a microwave. The home of the average poor family was in good repair and not overcrowded,the study observes. In fact, the typical poor American had more living space than the average European average, not poor. When asked, most poor families stated they had sufficient funds during the past year to meet all essential needs. Study authors Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield cite U.S. Department of Energy data showing that in 2005, the most recent year on record: 62 percent of poor American households had a clothes washer in the home, and 53.2 percent had a clothes dryer. 65.1 percent had more than one TV. 54.5 percent had a cellular phone. 38.2 percent had a personal computer. 36.6 percent had an answering machine. 29.3 percent had a video game system. 25 percent had a dishwasher. 5.2 percent had a photocopier and .6 percent even had a Jacuzzi. The study also found that 5.9 percent of households sometimesdid not have enough food, and just 1.5 percent oftendid not have enough. Some poor Americans do experience significant hardships, including temporary food shortages or inadequate housing, but these individuals are a minority within the overall poverty population,the study authors concluded. Poverty remains an issue of serious social concern, but accurate information about that problem is essential in crafting wise public policy. Exaggeration and misinformation about poverty obscure the nature, extent, and causes of real material deprivation, thereby hampering the development of welltargeted, effective programs to reduce the problem. Former Congressman Ernest Istook, now a distinguished fellow at The Heritage Foundation, echoed that sentiment in a recent Newsmax blog: By defining poverty so broadly, we drain resources that instead could be focused on those who truly are in dire straits. August 11, 2011 at 3:37 pm | Reply |

Sunshine Connie We read from the same books! One smart man you are John Yaya! August 11, 2011 at 3:48 pm | Reply |

Big B The authors an idiot. There are an average of 25 murders a year, in a city of 27,000 people. Its rate of 101 per 100,000 is one of the highest in the world, let alone in the US. Durbins from E. St. Louis is why hes interested. He just cant admit the cause of the crime is the population itself, and not evil businessmen. August 11, 2011 at 3:38 pm | Reply |

Chris K Well in the words of the infamous pastor of ObamaThe chickens have come home to roostThis is the product of Liberal, Social welfare programs with no clue or remedy for the root cause! Their answer tax the rich people more and give us more welfare dollars! As Margaret Thatcher once saidThe problem with Liberalisam is that you eventually run out of other peoples moneyWhat will happen then? Im guessing riots like their having in LondonBe prepared! August 11, 2011 at 3:39 pm | Reply |

Pako123 Brilliance of Ann Coulter! Were beginning to see the final result of that idea in Britain. The welfare state creates a society of beasts. Meanwhile, nonjudgmental elites dont dare condemn the animals their programs have created. Rioters in England are burning century-old family businesses to the ground, stealing from injured children lying on the sidewalks and forcing Britons to strip to their underwear on the street. I keep reading that its because they dont have jobs which theyre obviously anxious to hold. Or someone called them a kaffir.Or their social services have been reduced. Or their Blackberries made them do it. Or they disapprove of a referees call in a Manchester United game. A few well-placed rifle rounds, and the rioting would end in an instant. A more sustained attack on the rampaging mob might save England from itself, finally removing shaved-head, drunken parasites from the benefits rolls that Britain cant find the will to abolish on moral or utilitarian grounds. We can be sure theres no danger of killing off the next Winston Churchill or Edmund Burke in these crowds. But like Louis XVI, British authorities are paralyzed by their indifference to their own civilization. A halfcentury of berating themselves for the crime of being British has left them morally defenseless. They see nothing about England worth saving, certainly not worth fighting for which is fortunate since most of their cops dont have guns. This is how civilizations die. It can happen overnight, as it did in Revolutionary France. If Britain of 1939 were composed of the current British population, the entirety of Europe would today be doing the Heil Hitlersalute and singing the Horst Wessel Song. August 11, 2011 at 3:40 pm | Reply |

Boomer The reason the police dont fire a few well-placed rifle rounds is that they know it would finally bring things to a head, provoking actual war. The problem with that is that if they wait much longer, it will be too late. Its much better to have a race war now, while whites are in the majority, than when were vastly outnumbered. August 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm | Reply |

rufus levin then we can sell them guns, ammunition, tear gas, flak jackets, headgear, meals ready to eat, uniforms, rocket propelled grenades, mortors, military vehicles.get OUR economy ROLLING again. August 11, 2011 at 5:00 pm belleboy Key words: The projects are managed federally. If Durbin thinks things are out of hand now, wait until the gravy-train is derailed and the free-loaders are cut off. When that occurs, Durbin will be calling for a Seal Team. August 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Reply |

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Jerry Thank you Lyndon Johnsonson and the succession of moronic democrats who have guaranteed their re election by making the minorities dependent on government handouts. It has only cost the black community their soul. August 11, 2011 at 3:46 pm | Reply |

Law Abiding Citizen Every day in America the white population decreases by 3,000. All while the door remains firmly wedged open for millions upon millions of illegals to flood in and bring their third-world, open gutter, steal anything in sight mentality. Theyre not all bad people of course and I understand why, but the effect will be the same and will utterly destroy what others have built up over decades of hard work. Most of this nation will look like Tijuana, or worse, in your lifetime. Its over prepare accordingly. Look at the second population chart down. http://www.susps.org/overview/numbers.html August 11, 2011 at 3:47 pm | Reply |

Obamaniac You rich people need to get a life. These people deserve far better from you. Just in time, our President is preparing to turn foreclosed houses into rentals so these deserving people finally have a place to live in peace. We will finally achieve integration these underserved children will finally attend good suburban schools near their homes. No they wont be paying taxes to suport local schools, water districts, police departments, etc but that is more than offset by the social good it provides. And yes, there might be some adjustments necessary by the existing home owners to their new neighbors, but whatever disruption occurs will quickly be resolved with existing police departments. And even if some property damage happens, or crime rates increase, or housing values plummet you probably deserve it anyway. Bottom line you rich folks have benefitted from the abundance of America and will now be sharing everything including your neighborhoods. I am sure you will gladly welcome your new neighbors. August 11, 2011 at 3:48 pm | Reply |

StopDiversityNow Make Durbin go clean it up. He needs a taste of a primate mob. August 11, 2011 at 3:48 pm | Reply |

jared sparks Illinois must be the most crime ridden state in the lower 48, it figures though because of their strict gun laws. August 11, 2011 at 3:49 pm | Reply |

Dennis D And they will continue to voter Democrat no matter how bad their cities get August 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm | Reply |

AtlasObjectivist Does everyone see a pattern here with the radical liberal mind set? Durbin blames liquor stores that are open at night for the crime. The First Lady blames McDonalds for fat kids. In the liberal world there is no personal responsibility. If you want to play the blame game, start with the failed liberal policies that destroyed the American black family. August 11, 2011 at 3:50 pm | Reply |

Allen in Orlano Answer is simple. You have to understand the culture. That in its self presents a problem because there is vast number of Black People who are productive and work hard. Those are the ones who long ago made a choice not to listen to the Federal Government and refused to accept a welfare check. Those are the ones who are harmed by the shiftless deadbeats who wouldnt hold a job if their lives depended upon it. August 11, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Reply |

Duncan Can a voter really be independent? http://thebraverepublic.com twitter.com/braverepublic August 11, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Reply |

Jen Taylor Obomber will probably sign the mobs up for the domestic extremismforce lol August 11, 2011 at 3:51 pm | Reply |

hughglass Bout time we recognize that for whatever reason we have developed a portion of the urban black population that is, for whatever reason, a lost generation. Wasting any money on trying to rehabilitatethese barbarians is insane. The only money to be spent on them is for incarceration to protect law abiding citizens (most of whom are helpless Blacks in the hood) from their savagery. We hear a lot of talk these days about how liberalism, welfare, lowering of standards, etc. has caused the problem. They have certainly contributed, but one has too look no further than sub saharan africa to see that some small, and apparently permanent, percent of blacks are hard core savages, regardless of the environment, who will never conform to a civilized society. The world better look at this problem realistically, it is much bigger than ESL, Chicago, London August 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm | Reply |

Diego Roswell Another well managed region of the United States that has been primarily democrat controlled. Failed public policies, failed social engineering, failed industrial regulations all contribute to one of if not the most high crime area in the country. The filthy dump should be bombed and burned to ashes. August 11, 2011 at 4:03 pm | Reply |

The Cryptojournalist In the eternal words of Homer Simpson.East St. Louis?Is there any other? http://rhymeandreasonable.com August 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm | Reply |

Dr. Norm Balog Classic. This is what happens when you disarm victims and make them dependent upon a democratsocialist welfare state for day to day care and protections. Everywhere democrats control large urban populations this is the norm. Simple fact: DC, a democrat-controlled socialist occupied statefor over 100 years has a murder rate (variably) of around 80 per 100,000 population. Cross the river into Virginia, where concealed carry of firearms is the norm, the rate drops precipitously into single digit per capita violence. Watch Wisconsins urban crime rates begin to drop this year when concealed carry becomes normalized. The only state in the union with NO means for citizens to carry lawfully adequate protection and defense against violence will be Illinois. Its going to get much much crazier there. August 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm | Reply |

Robin Rhea About 5 years ago a friends young idealistic daughter took a teaching job in East St. Louis.Even with a cop posted outside her classroom, she didnt make it to Thanksgiving. You cant teach with violent disruptive animals in the classroom. Its not fair for the students who want to learn. Education is not a right we can enforce on hoodlums. Remove them, and give the other kids a chance. August 11, 2011 at 4:05 pm | Reply |

Boomer Your friend should be arrested for parental neglect. As soon as the daughter announced she was going to teach in ESL, he or she should have had the daughter committed to the nearest mental institution. August 11, 2011 at 4:10 pm | Reply | Ruckweiler East St. Louis is a disaster and has seemingly always been. Bulldoze the town and remove the residents. Then it wont be a problem. Otherwise. August 11, 2011 at 4:09 pm | Reply |

natb1 The 50 Year test results are in: The public housing complexes on the east side might be the deadliest places in the country Public Housing = FAIL

Durbin says the public housing complexes are managed federally Federal Programs = FAIL Durbin says the responsibility is on city leaders City Programs = FAIL We have many, many children who have been cheated by the public schools system here Public Schools = FAIL You will find that the crime rate here is the worst in the nation, Gun Control = FAIL We have so many parents of the children that we work with who have no cash income their only income is food stamps Welfare = FAIL even if there were any jobs to find, Stimulus = FAIL And you cant open liquor stores on every corner near housing developments City Zoning Officials = FAIL Watching Officials sidestep all responsibility like 9 year olds = PRICELESS August 11, 2011 at 4:10 pm | Reply |

digitus Well done. August 11, 2011 at 4:21 pm | Reply | nk More racoons are dwelling in the hoods August 11, 2011 at 4:12 pm | Reply |

n sampson More racoons are dwelling in the hoods August 11, 2011 at 4:13 pm | Reply |

SockRayBlue The WILD WEST on the east side of the Mississippi? Ive been to East Saint Louis a number of times it is closer to the central jungles of Africa and the natives are indeed restless. August 11, 2011 at 4:15 pm | Reply |

n sampson We should be building more zoos instead of jails to keep these bublebutt primates controlled. Three squares a day and a banana for desert August 11, 2011 at 4:16 pm | Reply |

hyvision Backinthe50sEastSt.LouiswasanallAmericancity. Now it has deteriorated to the point where I do everything I can to avoid going near iteven in daytime. I fail to understand why people who are living in these deplorable conditions do not leave. Their entitlementswould transfer with them and they would at least have a shot at a better (and probably longer) life. I could not understand why the victimsof Katrina remained in the squalor of the dome for weeksapparently waiting on someone to tell them what to do. If I had been there, I would have walked anywhere to get out. But somehow all initiative has been drained from the residents of E. St. Louis and N.O. by the decades of big government providingfor them. I recently drove through E. St. Louis and I noticed relatively new school buildings amid the squalor. And in the parking lots it seemed almost all of the teachers were driving new Cadillacs. The $$ resources have not been denied to the educational system. But substantial sums are going to educators who are themselves functionally illiterateno wonder they cannot teach. And of course most of the kids have no desire to learn. What is the answer? One thing for sure, continuing along the current path is the classic definition of insanity. August 11, 2011 at 4:20 pm | Reply |

Bob Kutz Amazing to me; its the education systems fault? Go to google earth, compare E. ST. Louis to, say, Chernobyl. Marxism has the exact same result, no matter how its implemented, no matter the method by which that outcome is reached; a desolate landscape supporting a feral population. Wall it off and ship all rioters looters and car thieves there. Since this is where they filmed Escape from New York, it would be a prophetic end.

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Mr. Science Its due to global warming. August 11, 2011 at 4:23 pm | Reply |

old_geezer No need to be concerned. Mr Turbin Durbon, one of the Obama henchmen is on his way and he is bringing check, food stamps and Ammo. You can all relax now August 11, 2011 at 4:25 pm | Reply |

The TRUTH Hundreds of thousands of dirt poor white folk in the appalachians and ozarks and know what? You dont see them shooting each other down every night with glocks and ak-47s and beating down innocent people with flash mobs do ya. August 11, 2011 at 4:31 pm | Reply |

Southsider Come back Buster Wortman. All is forgiven. August 11, 2011 at 4:33 pm | Reply |

texanna If you were a young adult there, wouldnt you do anything to get out? Just start hitching a ride out, walking, save up bus fare, anything, and find work somewhere else. just saying August 11, 2011 at 4:36 pm | Reply |

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Dorothy Ill say it again. STOP WELFARE Cut them all off after six months, starting NOW. Keep an emergency fund but make it so people are only eligible once in a lifetime for a six month period. Mandatory military service for everyone under the age of 25, unless you are in school. Watch how quickly these areas will clean up. If you can find money for drugs and guns you can find money for food. August 11, 2011 at 4:44 pm | Reply |

Publicus Above all else, protect Brooklyn, Illinois. Thats where alll the fine gentlemens clubs and bordellos are. August 11, 2011 at 4:48 pm | Reply |

Benjy Ashley Sister says their only income is food stamps. What about all the welfare benefits? August 11, 2011 at 4:52 pm | Reply |

Rational Db8 Since when do we have a Federal Police Force? How in the world were the Feds called in to help? Was martial law declared and such an amaizng development ignored by the maistream media (honestly wouldnt surprise me anymore!). How can the expense to taxpayers from other states be justified for policing a single city? Frankly that aspect even applies to citizens of state who dont happen to live in St. Louis. How can a supposed journalist write a story like this and fail to include such key facts including the most basic what type of federal assistance is even being referred to? How does the editor of the paper miss that and allow this article to go forth as it stands? August 11, 2011 at 4:52 pm | Reply |

rufus levin east to solve the problem.put about 10,000 snakes in the buildings and 4000 hungry Rottweilers outside.then pass out free bus tickets to Los Angeles to those that want to move. August 11, 2011 at 4:57 pm | Reply |

Gunny G HOWS THAT HOPEY CHANGEY DOING YA!? Liberalism sure works well huh. THE ANTI LIBERAL ZONE on blogspot August 11, 2011 at 5:01 pm | Reply |

Craigster Since Illinois and Durbin like to tax so much why dont they just impose a protection tax on the welfare payments, that should force the people to move out just like businesses are looking to do. August 11, 2011 at 5:02 pm | Reply |

rufus levin gotta ramp up HIV and get a faster more virulent strain out theresickle cell and diabetis are just too slow August 11, 2011 at 5:04 pm | Reply |

jeff I would just build a wall around esl and then let them have at it. They can take each other out till no one is left and then fewer tax dollars will be wasted. The fence will also prohibit them from harming regular responsible tax paying citizens. Im being faciteous here, of course, but this is a symptom of progressive (aka, Marxism / Socialism) policies that are its root cause. Dont believe me? Have you read about whats happening in London. When 51% pay taxes and support the other parasitic 47%, this is the outcome. Shared sacrifice? The top 25% in this country are currently paying 86.5% of the taxes in this country. These are FACTS. Since those of you on the left dont like dealing with facts I will allow you to resume with you ideological diatribe. Oh, you are such a racist and terrorist lefty feral parasite August 11, 2011 at 5:04 pm | Reply |

Crosscut Dont leave out Milwaukee. Las Vegas needs to start some weekly pool. August 11, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply |

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joecool And ESL received a lot of economic benefit as part of the negotiations on airport improvements in the last decade, complements of federal taxpayers. Apparently that didnt work so well! August 11, 2011 at 5:12 pm | Reply |

Paul Begala This is what happens when you have dopey liberal politicians who think its a good idea to pay people to do nothing. Liberalism coming home to roost August 11, 2011 at 5:13 pm | Reply |

rufus levin AS A SOUTHERNERI AM SO GRATEFUL TO YOU FOLKS THAT GAVE JOBS TO THESE PEOPLES FOREFOLKS SO THEY COULD WHEN FREED FROM HORRIBLE OLE SLAVERY MIGRATE UP NORTH FOR GREAT PAYING JOBS AND A BETTER LIFE THAN IN THE OLD SOUTHCLEARLY THEY ARE ALL DOING JUST GREAT, CONTRIBUTING TO YOUR SOCIETY, AND MAKING FINE UPSTANDING CHILDREN FOR YOUR FUTURE WORKFORCES. THANKS SO MUCH. August 11, 2011 at 5:14 pm | Reply |

Ricardoh Anyone ever heard of birth control? August 11, 2011 at 5:14 pm | Reply |

kim The Public housing problem in Detroit was solved. The residents simply burn em down and destroy em. Problem solved.. August 11, 2011 at 5:20 pm | Reply |

kim Democrats like em dumb. I say they are succeeding. August 11, 2011 at 5:22 pm | Reply |

TheBellCurve Look liberal troll, your not helping. August 11, 2011 at 2:59 pm | Reply |

Chris So we should just go rounding up black people and do what exactly? In what reality would this happen? Are you a troll, do you just write stuff to annoy or get a rise out of people or could you possibly be this much of a horses ass? August 11, 2011 at 2:59 pm | Reply |

John Yaya Round them up, give them jobs cleaning up vacant lots, sweeping streets or what ever needs to be done. Feed them, cloth them, attend to their medical needs. No cable tv, no cell phones, no pizza delivery,no18chromerims,nostereosystems,nohighspeedinternet. They get just the basics to survive. When they get tired of this, maybe they will take care of themselves and become productive citizens instead of takers. Living off the Government does not build character. August 11, 2011 at 3:42 pm | Reply |

StopDiversityNow Do what exactly? Ship them to Mexico. Are you a primate or a silly liberal kid, Chris? August 11, 2011 at 3:52 pm | Reply |

rufus levin send them to somalia for free food and water.you knowHOME. August 11, 2011 at 5:05 pm | Reply |

n sampson round them up and exterminate August 11, 2011 at 4:18 pm | Reply |

rufus levin beat them within an inch of their lives, cut their achilles tendon, casterate the males and sterilize the girls, knockout their teeth, and break fingers.then send them to LA for hospital care. August 11, 2011 at 5:02 pm | Reply |

Bob Loblaw No stupid, round them up and hang them all. Start applying collective punishment. Each time any black commits a violent crime, we round up the nearest 500 and hang them in public the next day. Additionally, all government benefits from the entire extended family (including aunts, uncles, grandparents, etc) are halted for 40 years. August 11, 2011 at 5:15 pm | Reply |

David Christian Newton They will kill the people providing the food and clothing. They will pull their victimsteeth out and sell the loose gold and silver for one hit of cocaine,. It is hopelessthey have no souls. August 11, 2011 at 5:15 pm | Reply |

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