Another friggin genius in congress!!! I’m from the south suburbs of Chicago. Trust me, Iraq is NOT like Harvey. Harvey is the town where the Blues Brothers filmed the mall scene. Dixie Square Mall. Who could forget that. This guy’s gotta go!!!

DETROIT — A Republican congressman from Michigan who grew up in Chicago is drawing criticism for saying Iraq is no more dangerous than, among other places, south suburban Harvey.

During a radio interview Monday Rep. Tim Walberg said the returning troops he has talked with “indicate to me that 80 to 85 percent, in a conservative fashion, of the country is reasonably under control, at least as well as Detroit or Chicago or any of our other big cities. That’s an encouraging sign.”

Remarked program host Jack Ebling: “I’ve never heard Iraq compared to Detroit before.”

Walberg responded: “Well, in fact, in many places it’s as safe and cared for as Detroit or Harvey, Ill., or some other places that have trouble with armed violence that takes place on occasion.”

Detroit and Chicago had higher rates of murder and some other crimes than the United States as a whole in 2005, according to FBI statistics.

“It’s absurd to compare Detroit and Iraq in any way,” said James Canning, spokesman for Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, on Wednesday. “Unfortunately, for years people have beat up on the city of Detroit. Detroit is the word for negative. We are working very hard to transform that image of our city.”

A spokeswoman for Harvey Mayor Eric Kellogg said he had no immediate response.

Walberg was born and grew up in Chicago. He is in his first term in the U.S. House.

More at the Chicago Tribune

Breaking: BAGHDAD (AP) The U.N. secretary-general is unharmed but ducks behind podium as a rocket or mortar round lands in the Green Zone during a televised news conference.

In the Green Zone…..ya hear me? The Green Zone…….. no…..this wouldn’t happen in Detroit or Harvey Representative Shitforbrains.

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