What Chicago is talking about this week:
[No ... not that. That dream ended earlier today, sparing me some tortured non-offensive connection between assistant coach Lloyd Lee (fired in 2009, and he worked the defense, and not the offense, but I digress...) and my theme week of Oriental Inspiration. Hey -- I can always cheer on the Steelers (maybe).]
Who came to town? Scratch that -- Hu came to town. [And that's all the Abbott and Costello I have in me today.] Of course, Hu Jintao's visit to Chicago did mean that protests were organized for outside the Hilton hotel where he stayed. Ultimately, and especially in these recessionary times, the business opportunities (and potential jobs that spring therefrom) played a little louder in the media than the message from those looking for freedom for Tibet (not that there's anything wrong with that -- standing up for that message, that is).
Maybe in wealthier times, we can re-focus on human rights?
SURPRISE! COME VISIT ME IN CHINA, YOU CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS:
http://www.wgntv.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-china-visit-0121-20110120,0,1898112.story?track=rssW
WE STILL HAVE THE PRO-BOWL SHUFFLE:
http://beargoggleson.com/2011/01/09/jimmy-fallon-spoofs-super-bowl-shuffle-with-pro-bowl-shuffle/
WE'VE BEEN WARNED -- STAY AWAY FROM TIBET AND TAIWAN:
http://www.chinanews.net/story/734323/ht/China-warns-US-to-keep-off-Tibet-and-Taiwan
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