Deadbeatonomics: Obama stiffs Chicago for $1.74M

[peapod]

Haha. I love the Irish too! That's why I'm following my team there. I can't really lose! OK, I'd prefer to see the Huskies win. They've been such a sad lot in recent years, though. So, you'd have to spot me some major points to entice a bet.

As for Willingham, we fired his sorry ass after last season. lol

Go Southern Go! (next year, I mean)! The only challenge NIU faces for us is football and we won last year and the year before ;)

Although NIU did sneak the coach away, the new coach turned out to be pretty darn good too.

[Ictoanius]

I was there, and it was a blast. The level of positive energy was amazing. And with all those people from different backgrounds, there wasn't a single arrest made during or after the celebration.

I was very proud of my city. I really think that Chicago is going to get the 2016 Olympics now. We showed the world that people of widely diverse backgrounds could assemble peacefully to celebrate.

Nice try but this story isn't about the party itself. It is about how Obama isn't paying his bills.

Some reason you are not talking about the subject itself?

In my opinion this is a sign of the poor character that made me vote against him in the first place. Then for him to talk about personal responsibility??? What a joke! This is more "do as I say not as I do".

[Susanna]

Chicago is a great place to be from. As far from as you can get.

[tperkins2009]

What's $1.74M to a man that just put our grandchildren in hock for their entire gross earnings over their lifetime. And by the way, Chicago sucks because of one thing, SNOW. Man I hate the snow.

[Fantasy Chaser]

I guess you don't think that little matter of rampant corruption will get in the way. lol

[AlmostThere]

I was there, and it was a blast. The level of positive energy was amazing. And with all those people from different backgrounds, there wasn't a single arrest made during or after the celebration.

I was very proud of my city. I really think that Chicago is going to get the 2016 Olympics now. We showed the world that people of widely diverse backgrounds could assemble peacefully to celebrate.

I have a great idea how the crooks, I mean politicians, in Chicago can earn some carry-around money. With the millions of visitors the Olympics would bring and the surveillance cameras on every corner, Chicago could make commemorative DVD's of each visitor's stay in Chicago.