If only there were some way to blame Republicans, the media would be hammering the public with hysteria over the escalating carnage in Chicago.  President Obama’s adopted hometown has become a national embarrassment.  It stands alone among major cities in escalating into war zone-level casualties. The Chicago Tribune reports: Nine men were killed and at least 22 other people were wounded in separate shootings over a 21-hour period Monday morning into Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. The most recent homicide left two people dead and three other people wounded in the Lawndale neighborhood on the city's West Side. The five were standing outside about 10:45 p.m. in the 2700 block of West Lexington Avenue when someone in a silver minivan opened fire toward the group on a sidewalk. A 22-year-old man was taken to Stroger Hospital and pronounced dead, and a 22-year-old man died at Mount Sinai Hospital. A 17-year-old boy was left in serious...(Read Full Post)