CCP hope to study and emulate PAP

[zzm9980]

This amused me. Not sure why. Maybe the references to "liberal authoritarianism".

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/ ... apores-pap

It's South China MP, so we can link!

[sundaymorningstaple]

You can also link the Today paper as well.

[JR8]

Any time any foreigner has something nice to say about SG they proudly write it up in the papers like clockwork

Reminds me of some dribbling articles back in the 90s, interviewing tourists, and how they ALL thought their home towns should be more like SG.

(Incl one lady from South Chicago... no kidding!)

[zzm9980]

(Incl one lady from South Chicago... no kidding!)

The south side of Chicago (or South Chicago if it was the 'burb) really would do well to be much more like Singapore. Mayor Daley did his best LKY copy-cat for many years with his one-man show. He did beautify large portions of the city and made it business friendly (to those businesses that were friendly to him), but didn't quite do anything about violent crimes. And when it came to things like CPIB, Chicago is more like JB

[JR8]

(Incl one lady from South Chicago... no kidding!)

The south side of Chicago (or South Chicago if it was the 'burb) really would do well to be much more like Singapore. Mayor Daley did his best LKY copy-cat for many years with his one-man show. He did beautify large portions of the city and made it business friendly (to those businesses that were friendly to him), but didn't quite do anything about violent crimes. And when it came to things like CPIB, Chicago is more like JB

Without profiling the subject too closely she was apparently from the inner-city badlands. That was why her idea of 'better' did not seem to require a very high hurdle, and hence the irony.

Mayor Daley, ah yes as I recall they like keeping it in the family. Didn't the previous one have a nick-name associated with the wind that blew in from the lake... ?

[zzm9980]

They call Chicago the Windy City. The nickname is actually a reference to the politicians spewing hot air, and has nothing to do with the weather. (It isn't particularly windy there anyway)

[JR8]

Yes that's it, and thank you.

When you hear the expression 'Windy City' from afar, you assume it means that. I recall being really quite surprised to hear it referred to local politics. Now considering the players, it is no surprise at all.

[Strong Eagle]

(It isn't particularly windy there anyway)

??? Have you ever been there in January with a freezing gale blowing in off the lake? Freeze the balls off a brass monkey... and definitely windy.

[zzm9980]

(It isn't particularly windy there anyway)

??? Have you ever been there in January with a freezing gale blowing in off the lake? Freeze the balls off a brass monkey... and definitely windy.

I lived there for 24 years, so yes I have. Maybe I should say "particularly windier that most other Midwest cities?

[JR8]

What is that restaurant where the staff insult you? I don't mean in the course of events, it is 'their thing'. Never quite understood why anyone would want to go there, and never encountered anything like it anywhere else.

[sundaymorningstaple]

Ed Debevic's

[zzm9980]

Yeah, Ed Debevics is one. The Weiner Circle, a really popular hot dog stand by a bunch of bars is another. At Ed's, it's kind of the theme. At Weiner Circle, can't tell if it's the theme or extremely poor customer service ethic of the employees

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wieners_Circle

[JR8]

Ah yes, that's the one!

p.s. I must admit that 'Over there' Jonny Rockets is more my kind of thing for diner food (or places like Carnegie Deli and Katz's in NYC)...