Perfectly Philly... ONE MORE TIME

I dont know if you have noticed, but ever now and then The Black Sports Guy seems to get 'pulled back in' to discussions about Philadelphia. In a way, its hard to avoid Philadelphia. Of the Black Sports Guy's two headed physique, one of us is actually FROM Philly, and the other spent over 5 years there in graduate school. So the city does mean something to us, and it is hard to avoid, especially since the place has pretty much ALWAYS been a little crazy (dont forget this is the city that had a mayor that ordered the BOMBING of a neighborhood in the 70s).

SO, here we go.... quickly now.

Philadelphia is outpacing the rest of the country, and most of the world, in murder this year. The count right now is slightly over 1 murder a day (I think its like 1.06).

There have been weekends where 11 people have been killed. So you could say there is a violence problem in the Declaration of Independence City aka The City Of Brotherly Love -what a fucking JOKE.

The naturaly things public officials are blaming for the murders (and crime) is, of course, poverty and lack of jobs/opportunities (and behind closed doors "those damn black fools").

So, how are they taking care of the problems? By closing down ALL of the city's psychics, tarot card readers and astrologers (I'm assuming palm readers are also getting closed).

See apparently in Philly the logical thing to do is to create even more jobless people, create more poverty within a community, send more people out looking for work in a city where there is already a shortage of jobs. They are doing this in accord with a law that is 30 years old, and many of the shops they are closing have been open for over 10 - 20 years. Most of the shops are/were fun tourist attractions and most importantly THEY WERE NOT BOTHERING ANYBODY AT ALL.

Now behind this sudden activity is the wonderful Philadelphia Police Force who were said to be the folks who had to tell public officials about the 20 year old law.

GOT IT? The police, in a city where people are getting gunned down at a rate of ONE A DAY, somehow had time to literally find a law, find a few public officials, and begin forcing people out of businesses they have owned for over a decade. Because in the end, isnt that how you slow down the rate of crime and murder.

Philadelphia needs ITS COLLECTIVE CIVIC BRAIN LOBOTOMIZED AND START ALLLL over WHAT AN Embarrassment! (Totally Sad Comment: The fortune tellers never saw this coming.. ROFL.. LOL.. thats not funny)

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