3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter

Heard on ESPN. Chiefs' fan since Barry Word. Wrote 2 books of Chiefs poems. Followed by Jason Dunn, Joe Valerio & JJ Birden.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

#ChiefsKingdom - My latest article is up at AG! Go check out how each of these upcoming 2026 opponents were beaten in epic fashion by Chiefs teams of history.
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[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@pureMetatron I'd shout, "That's MR. OGYNIST to YOU!" Then stomp off in triumph.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@realMaalouf Ancient Greeks had music, which was around a lot earlier than Mohammed. This Islamic command is based off of a lie.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@AuthorGFAllen Reread this one again. Great unheralded story. A space story that combines sci-fi and 18th cent. British naval traditions. Involves a series of freak accidents that leaves an inexperienced 17 yr. old as the highest ranking officer on a ship months away from help.

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@DHSgov Sounds like you guys need to sue CNN for libel / slander.

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@BuiltInBuffalo_ So, you guys are saying that it took Josh Allen 4 more games to achieve the same number of TD passes as Mahomes, but Allen's the best...

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@w_terrence I hear Somalia is still very tolerant of Muslims. Except if you're not the right kind of Muslim. Or you lose the power struggles inherent there.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@nicksortor The spineless police need to arrest all of them for obstruction of justice. And that's the case even if the mayor commands them to stand down.

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@lexiosborne And Nussmeier is just laughing as Emmett Johnson tries.

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@DHSgov We need more of this.

[Yogi @Houseofyogi]

Chicago lost the Bears this week. A team that's been in the city since 1921.

They didn't lose them to a bigger market or a better deal. The Bears decided they'd rather be a tenant in Indiana than deal with Illinois for one more year.

Think about how badly you have to run a place for that to be the smart move.

They lost them for two reasons.

The people running Illinois would rather villainize a builder than keep one. And they're bad at their jobs.

In 2021 the Bears spent $197M on the old Arlington Park racetrack.

Before they could break ground, Cook County valued the empty lot at $192M (Bears said $60M). They were salivating at the chance to extort a building that didn't even exist yet.

That fight dragged on for years.

The Bears were ready to put $2B into the stadium. All they wanted was a promise the county wouldn't reassess them into oblivion, plus $855M for infrastructure everyone uses. Roads, transit, utilities. A $3B project, two thirds of it private money pouring into Illinois.

Springfield had since 2021 to get this done. They dragged it to the final night of session, passed it through the Senate at 3:39AM, and the House went home without voting.

So now it's all gone.

The funniest part? This started because Cook County tried to grab the tax early. They knew a built stadium would pay $53M a year. Now they get under $4M on a vacant lot. No jobs, no buildout, no new anything.

Congrats on fighting for scraps and losing the whole prize.

Pritzker: they're "an $8.5B valued business" that doesn't need propping up.

But be smart for a second. Almost every NFL city throws in public money for a stadium. Not charity. The return is real. Tourism, hotels, restaurants, jobs, game days, property tax on a huge development. The math works.

Indiana did the math. While Illinois sat on it for years, Indiana passed a bill in months, put up $1B, and took the team.

And the Bears took a worse deal to get there. In Illinois they were going to own their stadium. In Indiana they rent it from the state. A team that wanted to build its own home gave up ownership just to escape Chicago.

Nobody won but Indiana. The Bears lost their stadium. Illinois lost the team, the $2B, and $53M a year in taxes.

Pritzker after they left: "I wasn't willing to give up billions of dollars of taxpayer money to give it to a billionaire-owned family or team."

There it is. "Billionaire-owned."

That's how Democrats talk about any business right before they run it out of town. Call them a billionaire, act like you're saving working families, take a victory lap while the tax base drives across the state line.

Meanwhile they're running the whole state into the ground. And you already know how this ends. You're living in it.

Pensions are $143B in the hole, worst in the country and not close. You pay $6,285 a year in property taxes, double the $2,969 national average, for a city that's $1.15B in the red. The mayor called its finances "the point of no return."

When you run things this badly, you sell what's left.

They leased the parking meters for 75 years to Morgan Stanley and a sovereign wealth fund in Abu Dhabi. Took $1.15B and burned through it in two years. The investors already made it all back, with 58 years left to collect.

Sold the Skyway. Sold the downtown garages. Every asset that made money, gone for one check.

But a fixed property tax rate for a team that's been here 106 years? That's "propping up billionaires."

Companies are leaving. Boeing for Virginia. Caterpillar for Texas. Citadel for Miami. In 2023 alone Illinois lost 56,000 people and $6B in income to other states. The ones who left earned a third more than the ones who moved in.

Indiana didn't outbid anyone. AAA credit, 16 years straight. A $676M surplus. Fourth-lowest debt per person in the country. They just weren't a disaster.

Illinois could have collected $53M a year. It chose zero. Ignore all the bad management but make sure to stick it to those evil, pesky billionaires.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@Royals Good to see us in the W column again. Keep it up guys.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@MahomeSZN @iThinkIsee12 Joe Valerio. Every time he caught a TD pass, the Chiefs won.

All 4 of them. Great play, throwing to the backup OL.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

Let this be a lesson. High taxes means less incentive to build, and can lead to long-time establishments like the Chicago Bears leaving Chicago proper.

[Chicago Bears @ChicagoBears]

Statement from Chairman George H. McCaskey and President & CEO Kevin Warren:

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@Daily_Chiefs_ Mahomes at 92 is him with his injured leg. :D

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@katieemorann They do exist. I pray this for you too.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@lexiosborne @AshtonGillotte 97 days is such a long time. Wish it was Xavier Worthy days left.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@katieemorann Prayed for you. You need someone to listen and just share your burden consistently. May God carry your burdens in your time of need. It is not good to be alone in such times.

If you ever wish, you know I'm in your corner as a platonic. DM me if you wish.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@freedombunkr What would be the 1770s answer to this problem? Just wondering.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@alphafox Wow. Just to go back and see one of their earlier songs performed after knowing only Love Shack and Channel Z.

[3rdnlong Chiefs' Poet / Songwriter @Writer3rdnlong]

@TheCatholicEngr I realized some years ago that the only thing that makes the unborn "alive" or "human" to so many is only their will that makes that child alive or human.