[truthkeeper]

Heartbreaking. I was born here. My mother used to say once upon a time Detroit was the most beautiful city in the country. Looking at the her old photographs and the architecture in these photos, I believe her.

What was done is nothing short of a crime.

[MamaDearest]

Heartbreaking. I was born here.

I had aunts and uncles who lived in Detroit (they are now deceased). I rode the bus to downtown and watched movies and shopped as a teenager. It seems like a different world there now and a frightening one at that. I'm glad my relatives never saw the degradation of this once great city.

What was done is nothing short of a crime.

The democrat welfare state is an endorsed lifestyle, one that Pelosi and company are attempting to increase with each day's higher jobless numbers. Putting healthcare ahead of American jobs IS intended at all costs. It's not a priority, it's an agenda - think China and the peasants.

[cripplecreek]

Actually the same is true in many of the nicest “old neighborhoods” across the country. Its invariably the same tired old welfare crowd that does it.