BEST MAYOR DALEY VIDEO YET

Hello everyone and thanks for reading! Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the blog lately. I don't really have a good excuse for it, but I will offer this one: out of town/busy with work/needed a break.

But never fear, I plan to be back soon with more posts about our beloved mayor, King Richard Daley II.

In the meantime, check out this hilarious video about Mayor Daley, the Olympics, and violence in Chicago:

MAYOR DALEY SONG BY CHICAGOCLOUT.COM

Another Mayor Daley song. This one's by Chicago Clout and the Clout Meisters.

So when you turn around
A new scandal is brewing
Daley knows nothing
It's none of his doin'

Now I have to move out
My taxes too high
Daley don't care
Let the middle class fry

And why should we change
Everything is so good
Who cares if kids are getting shot in the hood
We're cuttin deals for our family and our friends
2016's when the world's gonna end

Chicago Clout
Little Richie's gettin' richer

CHICAGO IS BROKE BUT MAYOR DALEY'S GOT $1.4 BILLION

What's so funny Mayor Daley?

Oh, right. You're having your way with the citizens of Chicago. And the gettin's good. You raised our taxes and fees. You laid off city workers and forced countless others to take unpaid days off. Your police department is insanely understaffed. You claim the city of Chicago has no money. But you're still tenaciously pursuing the Olympics. And somewhere, someplace sits a whole lot of money - OUR money, NOT yours - from the leases of the Skyway, the parking garages under Grant/Millennium Park, and the parking meters. You claim you're saving this money for a rainy day. I'm not sure how much more stormy it can get. Didn't you hear?...This is the worst economy since the Great Depression.

And now, comes word of the 2008 TIF report. No Games Chicago reports you are sitting on $1.4 billion dollars:

TIFs have sucked $3.1 billion out of the city’s budget from 1986 through 2007. They have been used, abused and mis-construed. The Mayor demands them from Aldermen in order to get any improvements in the communities. They are like money-draining zombies that can’t be killed and continue draining property taxes out of a neighborhood for decades, no mater why they were started and regardless if they help or hurt local improvements.

So. Mayor Daley and your assorted minions, can you please stop threatening us with your lack of alternate plans for economic development. Stop telling us “It’s the Olympics or nothing.” Release the $1.4 billion from your TIF slush fund and fix our schools, expand CTA service, re-open the shuttered public health clinics and create real, sustainable and equitable community economic development!

So forgive me, Mayor Daley, while I continue not to believe you when you speak about the financial state of this city and say that the Olympics are our only hope.

Thanks to your parking meter debacle and your Olympic nonsense, people are finally catching on. They don't trust you and your henchmen. They are fed up with your corruption and greed. And they can't wait to see your house of cards tumble to the ground.

But don't take my word for it.

The Provocateur: Mayor Daley + Olympics = Gasoline + Fire

The 2016 Olympics will guarantee billions, if not, tens of billions in contracts that the city will have to dole out for construction, security, street cleaning, etc. There is already a standard operating procedure for how these sorts of contracts get doled out now. They go to Daley's friends, admirers, and allies. Only now the budget is infinitesimal compared to what it will be if the Olympics comes here.

Bringing the Olympics to Chicago will allow a corrupt mayor to run the city in the same corrupt manner only with an exponential new sets of resources, responsibilities, and powers. Is that really what the city wants? That seems to me to be pouring gasoline on top of a fire.

Mayor Daley AKA Little Lord Fauntleroy, brought to you by my favorite YouTuber.

I hope Richie Daley is realizing that he could get hauled away in handcuffs too. You know, this guy's got a thick skull. And I don't know if anything can penetrate this guy's thick skull. But I hope for his sake he's realizing it. Judging by his actions, I don't think he is.

photo by Johnye West

Little Daley Fauntleroy. What an accurate description. Just in case you don't know, Wikipedia says:

Little Lord Fauntleroy is most often used as a term of derision. It describes a pompous spoiled brat, usually a young male, who takes his wealth and privilege for granted.

MAYOR DALEY'S SUPER SPECIAL SECURITY

This guy again! He heard about the drama at Mayor Daley's summer home and now he's got something to say. Listen to his take on the mayor's extra special police protection:

If you wanna talk about tough guys...the mayor's son Patrick, when he was a kid, probably in his late teens, he had a beer party at his dad's house in Michigan. And it got out of control. And fights ensued. And he hit somebody over the head with a baseball bat. Mayor Daley's son. So Mayor Daley, instead of costing the taxpayers a fortune to have people guard you 24/7, while you're sitting on your butt having a good old time in Michigan, just bring Patrick over. Give him his baseball bat back and pay him to watch you. Any intruders, he can hit them over the head with a baseball bat. He's good at that...You go to Michigan, you're on your own. Alright. You get Patrick, give him his baseball bat. Let him watch you.

I really love this guy.

OLYMPIC MYTHS: KIDS AND THE ECONOMY

Have you attended any of the public meetings the Chicago 2016 people are holding? Well Ben Joravsky has and he was not very impressed. Not surprising. It's also not surprising that Daley & Co. are claiming the Olympics are all about the kids:

They lost me when they claimed that providing recreational opportunities for underprivileged children in low-income neighborhoods was their primary motivation for staging the games.
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But let's not fool ourselves. Hosting the games is about a lot of things -- doling out contracts, making money, taking care of friends, building stuff, luring tourists to town, basking in the international limelight, feeding one man's ego...But it's most definitely not about helping underprivileged kids...

Joravsky is right, as usual. The Olympics are most definitely not about the children. The Olympics are all about Daley and his friends. And Daley's recurring exploitation of the city's underprivileged youths is starting to make me sick.

I also have my doubts about just how much the Olympics will help Chicago's economy. See, for instance, this video by No Games Chicago: 2016 Olympic Myth #1 - The Economy.





If anyone has been to any of the public meetings, I'd be interested in hearing what you thought of them.

WE TOLD DALEY: "THANKS, BUT NO THANKS FOR THOSE GAMES TO NOWHERE"

Because challenging Daley on this Olympic thing can be pretty daunting for the ordinary Chicago citizen, the US Olympic Committee offered up a little homegrown help.

I'm sure Richie LOVES this: TV Rights Squabble May Hurt Chicago's Bid

Just as Chicago tries to ride out one storm buffeting its bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games, it could face another problem: possible backlash from a money-related dispute between the U.S. Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee.

"I don't see how this can help," IOC Executive Board member Richard Carrion of Puerto Rico said via telephone Wednesday.
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He also thinks if powerful IOC members are angry enough, it could result in behind-the-scenes lobbying against Chicago.

"I'm sure Chicago is horrified," he said. "I would be."
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University of Chicago economist Allen Sanderson said IOC members may be inclined to shun Chicago's bid if additional controversies pile atop these two.

"The IOC just doesn't want the hassle," Sanderson said.

Here's hopin.

Keep up the good work USOC. If all the slime surrounding Mayor Daley isn't enough to keep the IOC away from Chicago, we're gonna need all the help we can get.

Maybe someone can get the IOC to watch these great anti-Olympic videos I came across on the YouTube. Check it:

Good King Rich - an Open Letter to the IOC:
by the same band that brought you Pay to Play the song




Cyclists against the Olympics:




Residents concerned about the Olympics' effect on Washington Park and Bronzeville:

DICK DALEY SINGS SAD SONG

Well, apparently Chicago is screwed if we don't get the Olympics. I wonder how all the other cities in America are planning to manage without them. Chicago is SO lucky. We don't have to worry about the future. Our Great Mayor should be showered with praise for arranging this Olympic thing for all of us peasants. But be careful people. If we keep up with the questions about the real costs of the Chicago Olympics, the IOC might not bless us with this wonderful gift. King Richard said so: Stop Throwing Darts or Risk Losing Olympics

"In the next eight years of any city in America, tell me where the economic development is gonna come from. Is it gonna come from the military? The military builds in the south and southwest. It does not build in the Midwest and East," Daley said.

"You tell me one economic program that anyone has offered — both in the private sector or public sector. Every other city would love to have this—when the federal government will spend billions of dollars on infrastructure and on security. Besides that, the national and global publicity we receive from the build-up all the way to 2016. This is the only economic engine. We're talking about jobs. We're talking about contracts…coming into Chicago."

But, the mayor warned, "If people keep throwing darts at it, maybe they will not get it."

Pressed on whom he believes is "throwing darts," Daley said, "Did you read any headlines?" He added, "You beat us up."

He then caught himself and said, "I'm not gonna blame the media because then, you'll say, ‘The mayor is fighting with the media. The mayor is always so arrogant. Then, he's fighting with the aldermen.' No. People can ask questions. But, there was a misconception by the media that I signed" an agreement making Chicago taxpayers the final back-stop against Olympic losses.

Poor Mayor Daley - always the victim. The media is out to get him. He's not a bad guy. In fact, he's a reformer. It's just the media that is causing all the problems. He wishes they would just go away. Let the mayor do his job. Trust him. He hasn't done anything wrong.

Playing the victim pays off, just ask Sarah Palin: Palin Plays Victim and Reaps Rewards

Because you can gain a lot more mileage these days as a victim, even if you have to inflate your victimization..."Sometimes taking offense can be the best offense." A bounty of blessings flow to those who wear the victim crown.

Cue the violins for this victim, our dear dear mayor.

LEAVE HIM ALONE! You're lucky he will even be your mayor, YOU BASTARDS! LEAVE DALEY ALONE! Please!...LEAVE DALEY ALONE! Please! Leave Mayor Daley alone right now! I MEAN IT!

MAYOR DALEY: REFORMER MAN

There Daley goes again. Defending another one of his city employees caught doing wrong. Following Homero Tristan's resignation, Daley reiterated his earlier comments on the matter, which were merely an echo of comments he previously made about the now convicted Al Sanchez and Robert Sorich. From the Chicago Sun-Times:

Daley said he accepted the resignation of Human Resources Commissioner Homero Tristan because the “honest, hard-working” attorney did not want to become a “distraction” to the city’s efforts to implement a hiring system free of politics.

“He doesn’t want to be in the headlines. . . . He’s a wonderful young lawyer. He has good judgement. And he doesn’t want to be the ping-pong ball,” the mayor said.
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“He didn’t do anything illegal . . . It was a minor violation. But he is not a person to say he stymied anything in city government.”

And then, Daley threw in this gem for good measure:

“If I say something, then you say, ‘Mayor Daley is not the reformer. He’s fighting the reformer.’ I’m more of a reformer than anyone else in regards to the peoples’ money in the city of Chicago,” he said.

Yes. He really said that. And it's not the first time. Remember, he is "leading by example" when it comes to open, transparent government.

From now on, I'm going to call him Reformer Man.
Maybe we can get Neil Young to change up the lyrics on his song just a little:

Reformer Man, Reformer Man
You run the show
Remote control
Direct the action
with the push of a button
You're a Reformer Man
Power in your hand
Reformer Man, Reformer Man

WTD PRESENTS: A MAYOR DALEY RANT - "MAYOR DALEY IS A SNAKE"

This person gets it. He has all sorts of videos about Daley posted on his youtube page.

Here are my favorites:

Mayor Daley is Chicago's 3 Cobra Snake




Mayor Daley and Illinois Corruption

Let's talk about Mayor Daley. It's only a matter of time, I believe,...before what's due to him, comes to him. And that's nothing personal. What it is, is just knowing that here we have someone who is in power, who has strategically and blatantly ignored the safety of the community...

It goes back to the Aldermen, though. They are the ones who are giving him the green light to anything that he wants to do...

It is just so many issues, you guys. A lady I was talking to, she said "I think Mayor Daley is doing a good job." And I told her, I'm not going to debate it with you. If you don't see, you probably won't see, even after I get through explaining it to you.

Daley Machine Need Like This

BOOT DALEY.


Don't worry. There are more. Check out some of the other videos this person has posted:

Chicago City Officials Need Shower

Mayor Daley and youtube

Mayor Daley and Charity Aeroplane

Time is Change, Chicago Need Change

Daley Sale Parking Meter, Now Planning to Sale Sidewalk

Daley Machine

Daley Machinery Moved Resident's Car and Parked Own Cars to Go See Cubs Games

Daley's Machine: Corrupt or Not?

PAY TO PLAY, THE SONG

"Pay to Play" - another song inspired by Chicago politics. Mayor Daley makes requisite appearance at the 1:32 mark.



"Pay to Play Politics in Chicago: It's Just a Group of Cheaters, Killing Us All, Slowly"

MAYOR DALEY IS A BAND

Mayor Daley rocks.

MAYOR DALEY IN HIS OWN WORDS II

The conversation is fiction. The words are his own.

THIS SONG'S FOR YOU DICK

In honor of Michael Jackson, I dedicate this song to you Mayor Daley.

I know your game
What you're about...

The word is out
You're doin' wrong
Gonna lock you up
Before too long
Your lyin' eyes
Gonna take you right
So listen up
Don't make a fight
Your talk is cheap
You're not a man
You're throwin' stones
To hide your hands

You know you're bad. You're bad. Really really bad.

MAYOR DALEY IN HIS OWN WORDS

The conversation is made up. The words are his.

WHAT, DALEY WORRY?

So if you're like me, you may be wondering why the US Attorney that brought you the Blago Indictment hasn't stepped up and arrested Mayor Daley for something, anything. After all, this is the same US Attorney's Office of the Northern District of Illinois that fancies itself to be "aggressively prosecuting public corruption." With an entire section of the US Attorney's Office devoted to Public Corruption and Organized Crime, what is taking so damn long? Dick's been mayor for 20 freaking years!

Just like this guy in the video below, I want answers. "I want to know why Patrick Fitzgerald allows Daley to exist as mayor." And I want those answers to be Daley in handcuffs. Come on Fitzgerald. Wipe that smirk of Daley's face.

ALDERMAN FLORES IS MAD AND HE'S NOT GONNA TAKE IT ANYMORE

via Progress Illinois



You might be onto something here Manny. Keep it up.

I WANNA TAKE MAYOR DALEY ON A DATE

Hey Mayor Daley. I know you're married and all. But I was thinking maybe we could go on a date anyway.

I could take you to a bar...















where we could drink some beer...























and listen to some music...



call me!
xoxo

MAYOR MUMBLES, WE LISTEN

Have you ever listened to Mayor Daley field questions from the press?



"Mr. [Mayor], what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul."

ROCK ME MAYOR DALEY

"mayor daley has the authority
don't you mess with that man"

you can find anything on youtube, including this Mayor Daley Tribute song.

note: obama and daley eating at manny's. mmmmm manny's.

DALEY PROPAGANDA MACHINE

Did you know Mayor Daley has his own YouTube Channel? Unfortunately, I cannot post any of the videos here because video embedding is disabled.

So, instead, here is a video of our fine Mayor hard at work bullying the City Council into voting for one of his tax increases. Note that Daley calls out Rookie Second Ward Alderman Bob Fioretti. You may hear laughter and see Chicago Corporation Counsel Mara Georges gazing lovingly up at Boss Daley, but this was no tender moment...Fioretti hasn't voted against any of Daley's proposals since. Democracy at its finest!