25 Chicago Tweets for the price of one
Who says you can't make important points in 140 characters or less? Here are 25 tweets for the price of one:
Ÿ Mr. Blagojevich: you skipped law school class the day they taught the Chicago Method of Cross-Examination, didn't you?
Ÿ If ex-Gov. George Ryan is released early from prison, will ex-Gov. Jim Thompson speak out for freeing ex-Gov. Blagojevich?
Ÿ Hello Rahm! Some “official” photos of Chicago's skyline need to be updated. The new Trump Tower is missing.
Ÿ The big welcome signs outside O'Hare have Daley's name covered-up with the kind of opaque bar you see over nude photos.
Ÿ United Airlines' largest hub is no longer at Chicago's O'Hare. It's at Houston's main airport. Fallout from the Continental merger.
Ÿ If I had a few hundred million dollars and nothing to spend it on, I would buy the Willis Tower and then change the name back to Sears.
Ÿ Memo to man on Burlington/Metra train loudly complaining about not having a job: being drunk at 8 a.m. might have something to do with it.
Ÿ Listen for how often reporters say that victims are rushed to an “area” hospital. Would someone ever be taken to a faraway hospital?
Ÿ It flames my sensibility when someone says “what a difference a day makes.” Or a month or a year. Sometimes it does. Sometimes not.
Ÿ I don't know what makes regular H2O deserve the name “branch water” but it sounds as though it should be tastier.
Ÿ Mayor Rahm's press secretary took down her very personal Facebook page after a DH column note.
Ÿ Changing times: Old mayor kept open Lake Shore Dr. in Feb blizzard. New mayor shutdown North Ave. beach because of Mem Day heat.
Ÿ Chicago police insiders say the “heat” that forced North beach closure were winds of war. Brewing gang rumble.
Ÿ Gangbangers who used July Fourth fireworks as noise cover for gunplay are now searching for new m/o.
Ÿ If John Edwards had been elected president, what kind of deal would his own Justice Dept. have cut to keep him out of jail?
Ÿ Edwards is using a Blago-esque defense: I've done wrong but I did not break the law and I never thought I broke the law.
Ÿ Now that he has several high-paying jobs, when will ex-Mayor Daley do the right thing and pay for his own bodyguards?
Ÿ Let's all wish the members of the Illinois General Assembly a restful summer vacation. They must be so tired.
Ÿ With so many examples of failure across the nation, does anyone really think that gambling casinos are a budget cure?
Ÿ The Chicago Mob loans money to losing gamblers. The Chicago Mob can't wait for more casinos to open.
Ÿ As a native Detroiter, even renting a foreign car makes me feel like a traitor.
Ÿ The Michigan prosecutor who put Jack Kevorkian in jail thought Dr. Death would take his own life on video.
Ÿ It hasn't hit Illinois yet ... but can't be far off: hundreds of motorcyclists who shut down expressways with obstacle courses.
Ÿ Worst of times: Ohio State football coach Jim Tressel thinking that a sweater vest and meek look would forever mask what was really going on.
Ÿ Best of times: Missouri football coach Gary Pinkel taking his team and a semi of supplies to Joplin over the weekend for tornado relief.
Ÿ Chuck Goudie, whose column appears each Monday, is the chief investigative reporter at ABC 7 News in Chicago. The views in this column are his own and not those of WLS-TV. He can be reached by email at chuckgoudie@gmail.com and followed at twitter.com/ChuckGoudie.