Milwaukee Mayor suffering from heat stroke

The Memorial Day weekend was quite violent in Milwaukee. Check out this piece of justification from Mayor Barrett (from Jenna):

In response to a string of shootings in the city over the Memorial Day weekend, Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett today called the level of violence "unacceptable" and announced increased police patrols to help stem the tide of violence.

"I am outraged at the level of violence we have seen in the city in the last 96 hours," Barrett said, adding that hot temperatures over the weekend contributed to the violence. "Violence and fatalities rise as the temperatures rise," Barrett said. "There are many hot days ahead."

Yes, sociologists have found what they believe to be links between hot weather and increases in violent crime. But folks, the hottest it got in Milwaukee over the weekend was 90 degrees. If the Mayor wants to stick to that piece of reasoning for the violence, I recommend full body armor to anyone who visits Milwaukee when summer really gets here.

In the spirit of Mayor Barrett's heat rationale, I have a few new slogans for Milwaukee tourism.

This summer, visit beautiful Milwaukee, the:
A) Kirkuk on the KK
B) Mosul on the Menomonie
C) Fallujah on the lake