Rahm ... this is a leap in logic...a vault grandeur, a grand jete. While anointing the Nation of Islam with some sort of community watch authority, you, the mayor of Chicago, roadblock a national restaurant chain from opening second location in the city.  Why this battle? The restauranteur  promotes the concept of traditional man and woman marriage.  The Nation of Islam leader does as well.  Add in Farrakhan's interesting views on Jewish people. Yet you have thrown your arms around the gay community and the Nation of Islam in one calculated political move. You seem to have locked up these two groups in your camp.  But at what expense?  What groups did you lose? This opinion on traditional marriage is not only CEO Cathy's opinion, but one shared, arguably, by perhaps over 50% of Chicago. Want to lock horns with the Catholic Church and all their Polish and Irish parishioners?  Most glaring is the simple fact that  Barack Obama ran for President...(Read Full Post)