Chicago kids should move if they want to live

Seven year-old Julian King was found dead in an abandoned vehicle on the west side of Chicago. He had been shot in the face.

Lately, for those of us living within an hour's drive from Chicago, it is not shocking to learn that a child has been murdered on the South or West side of the city. For the better part of almost two years, it seems criminals have taken the NO Child Left Behind mandate seriously.

At last count, more than 30 Chicago Public School kids have been killed in the past year.

But Julian's death has made national news. See, he wasn't just another happy-go-lucky Chicago kid. He was the nephew of an Oscar winning actress and rising star in the music industry, Jennifer Hudson. Sadly, Ms. Hudson's mother and brother were also found murdered a couple of days earlier.

It hurts even when God takes a child's life without any explanation. It is worse when a child's life is taken by others. It is more sad when that child's death is given more attention only because he or she may be related to a popular public figure. It is most sad when the life expectancy of a demographic is directly correlated to the neighborhood they live. Who wants to tell a child that to live a long life, you need to move? No one does, but it's a reality.

Yes, many of us may have been told to go away to college, see the world, learn a lot. But not just to make it to see your 18th birthday.

Kids in Iraq have a greater chance of living to voting age than some Chicago kids. That's because we're spending billions of dollars to protect their neighborhoods.

Make a dollar; call United Van Lines; move out. That is the key to survival.

Look at the gangsta rappers. They don't live in the hoods they rap about or depict in their videos. No, no. And they don't marry the girls in their videos either.

Not even the mayor of Chicago will admit that moving out of some parts of his city is the only way to survive, and he has been the mayor of his city longer than any other man. He works harder to maintain better relations with a sister city in Ireland than he does with certain parts of his own city.

By the way, Julian's former hometown has a ban on private citizens owning guns. Go figure.

How's that bull crap working, Mayor Daley?

Here is an interesting stat to chew on. Over 100,000 black kids will be killed in Chicago before the Cubs win a World Series.