Politicians: When the Head is Sick—the Body Ails!
By Rev. Harold E. Bailey
President of Probation Challenge and the PCC Internet Network
CHICAGO, IL – As it use to be with the metropolis of Chicago, we regret to announce that things have taken a drastic turn for the worse! The city, once a model for the nation and envied by many … is now on a ventilator and withering on the vine.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and his administration of yea-sayers have long suffered with a tremendous migraine headache that won’t go away! The symptoms of crime, drugs, violence, red lights, mismanagement, are but a few acute pains that desire immediate attention! An emergency operation is warranted to remove the ailing mayor and alder-parts which have caused a cancerous growth among the taxpayers. This administration cannot assume to believe it can continue to walk in the shadows of  President Barack Obama… trusting to deceive the various communities!
Not even a radical transplant of yesterday’s political-foes could possibly serve as a substitute, for they too just might prolong death until (after) a swearing in! The city is in direct need of the best medical-candidates to render the best surgical procedure ever! Now, who might that person be becomes the utmost question! The present political administration under the guides of their leaders has walked with arrogant behavior as they were full of pride. I hasten to point out that: Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall. Proverbs 16:18.
Warning: Evil ethics are contagious and subject to any political candidate—present and future.
Remember crime stats and figures: Before any citizen of the city venture to vote, I would seriously suggest that they review the following documented stats and in doing so, be reminded that under the recent administration the facts are as follows:
Accordant to documented source: For the year 2013. Total shot and killed are reported as 375. Shot and wounded 1810. Total shot homicides reported as 2185.
Year 2014. Shot and killed are reported as 388. Shot and wounded 2231. Total shot 2619. Total homicides reported as 456.
An asinine and arrogant commercial won’t buy public trust: There are more deceptions expected from those who actually contribute to the careless violence by merely winking at the despicable acts in the streets!
Where is the honest repentance? And as with an asinine and arrogant commercial… will the public be expected to forgive and forget past atrophies coming from what is expected to be the most powerful body of people in the city?
Resurrection of those murdered! To right the wrong of the blatant murder in the city … are we to assume that there will be a massive resurrection of those slaughtered at the hands of gangbangers, or even unjustifiable law enforcement? Cemeteries are filled with our children and our many grandchildren, as their blood cries from the earth for justice! Dead are those who could have had productive lives as doctors, lawyers, teachers and other professional who could have given back to us what the Lord gave to them—help for other! As we have noted, there is now not a mention of those who have gone into eternity, but decisions are made to pretend these deaths never took place! Most candidates have been instructed to address unpopular issues until after the election… to avoid waking and shaking-up the voters.
Contagious cancer of lies in readiness to spread:
Do voters reward certain incumbents or other candidates a yes vote, when their actions indicates a ‘dialect of duty’ as some counsel-floor persons suffer from a disease called: No-show for council work or non-responsive to their constituents! Even the disease of not showing in the community seems to be rather prevalent until around the election hour! Then, they come with colorful words of grandeur as the deceivers introduce a full-bloom cancerous badge of infectious lies. This then in a readiness state is spread into the community with a bitter-sweet and deceiving grin! Satan, the deceiver comes only but to rob, steal, kill and destroy—if we allow it!
Politicians: Currently, the beautiful city by Lake Michigan, is now in a dismal state of affairs, while the administration is allowing tax paying individuals to remain critically ill and holding on with assistance from a respirator … and believe it or not patients (tax payers) are perishing for the want of a mere truth-pill which is most times unavailable!
Chi-town, a hideout for the wealthy: Is Chicago a place where the rich becomes richer–while the poor becomes the poorer? Are most politicians about the matters of greed, power, or merely about dollars and not having much sense? Times change as does the dollar figure, but Chicago’s payroll use to be about $2.5 billion. One of the largest expenses then was to battle a $650 million budget deficit. The data showed that 2,400 city workers then were paid $100,000 or more per year. Times have certainly changed in the now transparent government.
Where is the promised open government? Chicago Mayor Emanuel promised to have an open, accountable and transparent government, one that the City of Chicago has ever seen, but as it stands today, his unofficial trips that did not represent Chicago has totaled into the thousands of unaccountable dollars! Could or would this unaccountable finance lead to unscrupulous criminal findings? Question comes to mind whether or not the city council is holding the mayors feet to the fire. Actually, aldermen/women are hired to relate their accounts back to the community!
Mayor/Aldermen/Alderwomen: Are you aware that voters are over-heated with a high pitch fever resulting from the lack of honesty and the lack of accountability coming from city hall?
Bloody cries are heard in the streets as the elderly hide themselves behind their closed curtains and doors with bars, all for the fear of rampant crime, drugs and violence, that has perpetrated their once safe haven. If by chance the elderly fall victim to gun-fire or other means contributing to their health condition … their acute medical attention is then placed under microscope. As seniors are barged down in bureaucratic red-tape and in a serious fight to exist, they have to decide which bill to pay… high rent, insurance, food, etc… while standing in the wings are some political foes waiting to take on matters of property taxation. These issues are too grievious for seniors to bear!
Are our youth to emulate what is being perpetrated by the powers-that-be? Youth are in many cases emulating what comes out of city hall… in many cases potential jail bait.
Politicians should be sensitive: The taxpayer needs acute safety attention that would help in seniors experiencing daily trauma of their: 1.) Crossing game-turf to travel to work, banking. 2.) Fear of the drugs on the many street corners. 3.) Unable to grocery shop or enter/exit from a currency exchange without being hustled. Senior and others are noting these injustices… why are policemen who swear to protect and service—non responsive? Are they following the dictates of their leadership? Well, when the head is sick the body ails.
Politicians are you listening to: The ailing cries of ‘Please Help Me’ are heard from all corridors of the South and Westside deteriorating streets daily! However the citizens (tax-payers) pleas for assistance are more than often unheard! Well, when the head is sick the body ails.
Do political ears care to hear their constituents? A large number of tax-payers have said that their representatives have eyes to see only those who can help financially, or in their election campaign bid. Why won’t they hear serious question? It has been said more than a few times that some politicians are sick with greed and have buried themselves in the false grandeur of a financial political arena. It has been declared that many have dreams of what they will never become, for they at first regrettably get lost in the struggle to help others—while getting lost helping themselves.
Many loyal and dedicated voters say that political allegiances are not to them but to the person sitting in the mayor’s seat. Although some agree to what is being said… most don’t register, and most don’t vote!
Could not voting be orchestrated: Question is posed if youth and elders alike are orchestrated into not voting? Could the enemy of their vote be guilty of rocking African Americans and Hispanics, into a stupor induced by drugs, alcohol and other means, then rock them in the cradle of comfort ability so that they become complexion, thusly loosing all hope of change… you think this is not possible in this 21st Century? Mission Impossible—Thank Again!
Seniors and youth suffering: Retired elders who bear the blunt of taxes, have paid through the nose and have contributed greatly to paying their dues to society along with aspiring youth… sit unprotected day-after-day, peering from their windows… hoping that on tomorrow there will be a far better day to obtain that educational and recreational relief!
With the tears that fall like rain and without a word from God, we will continue to follow the voice of the many pharaohs who seeks the demise of the deprived.
Diagnose with a Solution: In pretense, the powers-that-be, would have the public to believe that there is no medicine to alleviate the sufferings that minority communities have been forced to endure. However, there is a cure! No, it is not an antibiotic, aspirin, nor a chill pill! It means simply to seek God in efferent prayer! Let’s seek the face of the creator—asking who can best serve his people!
Selma and Chicago, do we differ?! Selma knew they had problems and sought to change them. Chicago has a multitude of problems and in this year 2015, we just ought to be about the matters of constructive change. Learning from the Selma experience we must be wise as a serpent yet harmless as a dove! As Selma demonstrated we too must march and show our displeasure! We must walk-that-walk and talk-that-talk, and of course all of this will be coupled with spiritual pride!
A. In your journey to the voting polls—take the time to self-examine! B. Know each candidate and their history.
1.) Do not forget those who have been wreak-less with your life in their hands!
2.) Know that each candidate’s future rest in YOUR vote!
3.) Take two (2) pills of truth and honesty, swallowed hard—then vote! Now perhaps you can rest in the assurance that the cancerous headache will go away… if only for a season!
A word to politicians: Incumbents and Candidates
Talk no more so very proudly, let not arrogance come from your mouth; for the Lord is a God of knowledge, and by him actions are weighed.
I am ‘A-Political’ and not endorsing any political candidate!
Rev. Harold E. Bailey, PCC Internet Network
Contact: 773.978.3706
Editor’s Note: The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of Rev. Harold E. Bailey and not CopyLine Magazine.
