California or Chicago?

California used to be mockingly known as the land of fruits and nuts.

Now, as seen at right, it’s Chicago (and a voting majority in California is just plain nuts) where nanny-mayor Rahm Emanuel is giving Michael Bloomberg a run for his money your money.

While there’s a 37% rise in murders in Chicago for the first half of 2012, there’s still enough time for the mayor’s mighty government to figure out how many milligrams of sodium per serving are permissible in school vending machines.

That the school kids can’t read or write or are out killing one another is another issue: priorities, people, priorities.

Is patriotism the last refuge for a scoundrel? No, I think there’s an update: It’s for the children.