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New Crowder: The death of Detroit (Watch the Video - Horrifying!!!)
Hotair ^ | December 21, 2009 | Allahpundit

Posted on 12/22/2009 11:41:47 AM PST by American Dream 246

Portrait of an American nightmare. All his points are well taken, especially about the unions, but I’m wary of drawing too many broadly applicable lessons from Detroit for the simple reason that no place else — outside of Ramadi, say — looks like it. Other American cities have been dominated by the left for decades too, from Berkeley to D.C., and none have the Hiroshima-after-the-blast feel that Motown does. (Democrats currently outnumber Republicans on the New York City Council 46-3.) What Detroit reminds me of, in fact, is a photo set I once viewed online taken in and around Chernobyl by a girl touring the area on her motorcycle. It’s a fascinating gallery, in case you’ve never seen it; follow the link, then compare it to the ghost town Crowder’s walking through here. Horrifying.


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1 posted on 12/22/2009 11:41:50 AM PST by American Dream 246
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To: American Dream 246

Here’s the video...

Detroit in RUINS! (Crowder goes Ghetto)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw


2 posted on 12/22/2009 11:52:16 AM PST by Star Traveler (At Christmas - remember to keep "Christ" in the One-World Government that we look forward to)
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To: American Dream 246
Mogadishu on Lake St Claire. If the country ever splits in two this can be the Liberal Capitol.
3 posted on 12/22/2009 11:53:15 AM PST by Recon Dad ( USMC SSgt Patrick O - 3rd Afghanistan Deployment - Day 62)
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To: American Dream 246

Detroit’s primary problem is that it has been under black hegemony for decades on end. That’s not racist; it’s racial. And that is as it should be. As Churchill said, “Occasionally it’s good to acknowledge the truth.”


5 posted on 12/22/2009 11:57:03 AM PST by hampdenkid
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To: American Dream 246

rename it Obamaville.


6 posted on 12/22/2009 12:05:14 PM PST by wiggen (Never in the history of our great country have the people had less representation than they do today)
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7 posted on 12/22/2009 12:24:32 PM PST by backhoe (All Across America, the Lights are being relit again...)
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To: American Dream 246

The company I used to work for has a branch office in Detroit. They also have one in Chicago. Lemme tell ya, folks, Chicago ain’t got a darn thing on the Motor City when it comes to political corruption and red tape roadblocks. It’s one of the most hostile business environments imaginable.


8 posted on 12/22/2009 12:25:32 PM PST by DemforBush (Now officially 100% ex-Democrat.)
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Homeview bump.


9 posted on 12/22/2009 12:27:31 PM PST by IGOTMINE (1911s FOREVER!)
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To: DemforBush

Bump ...


10 posted on 12/22/2009 12:30:20 PM PST by Centurion2000 (Only payoff for being a Democrat? They get the illusion that they are intellectually superior to you)
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East St. Louis looks just like that, as well as certain sections of St. Louis City and County. In my Grandparents day, East St. Louis was a bustling steel production center and one of the biggest cattle yards in the nation. It was almost all white as well. Now its nothing.


11 posted on 12/22/2009 12:30:29 PM PST by Molon Labbie
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To: American Dream 246

Detroit is all the forces of liberalism coming together to destroy Capitalism in the name of social and economic justice. America is becoming Detroit.


12 posted on 12/22/2009 12:34:39 PM PST by pallis
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To: American Dream 246

Wow! Sad to see Detroit in ruins like that.


13 posted on 12/22/2009 12:46:51 PM PST by Sister_T (Stealing from the rich to give to the poor is still stealing ... Exodus 20:15)
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To: Star Traveler

Saw that. Awful thing to see of Detroit. Looking at some of the comments on the page, most people get it. One lib tries to blame Reagan for what happened to Detroit.


14 posted on 12/22/2009 12:48:22 PM PST by Sister_T (Stealing from the rich to give to the poor is still stealing ... Exodus 20:15)
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IIRC, the average house in Detroit costs $11K, yet no one is buying...go figure.

Coming soon to a street near you.


15 posted on 12/22/2009 12:50:55 PM PST by Turbo Pig (...to close with and destroy the enemy...)
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To: American Dream 246

I was in Detroit in Sep. Detroit is a warning what is to come to the rest of the country.


16 posted on 12/22/2009 1:01:23 PM PST by Irisshlass
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Some are $1000.00...Back taxes haven’t been paid.


17 posted on 12/22/2009 1:03:02 PM PST by Irisshlass
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Oh for heavens sakes, Detroit isn't that all that bad. Just look at this neighborhood on Detroit's east side.....

Indian Village

The is the neighborhood where a lot of Detroit's movers and shakes and city council members live.........

18 posted on 12/22/2009 1:28:13 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: Star Traveler; Hot Tabasco

Oops, I forgot to add the /sarc tag.......LOL!


19 posted on 12/22/2009 1:29:04 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (I want a hoochie-mama for Christmas, only a hoochie-mama will do............)
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To: onedoug

For home viewing.


20 posted on 12/22/2009 1:43:07 PM PST by windcliff
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