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To: mhking
In Detroit, our African/American museum is in trouble. It is a beautiful place near the Detroit Art Institute and the Science Center.
MI is talking about building an African/American museum in Lansing to the tune of 47 mil. Lansing has no where near the number of African/Americans that Detroit has.

Go figure!
8 posted on 05/05/2004 5:51:49 AM PDT by netmilsmom (For Tali Hatuel, her son & daughters Tehila, 11; Hadar, 9; Roni, 7; and Meirav, 2 - Kill Arafat)
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To: netmilsmom
Here in Cincinnati, we have been "educated" as to the importance of our new multi-million dollar "Underground Railroad Museum." It's great, it's new, (it will keep racial hatred alive for ANOTHER generation.) We have heard these **glowing** projections as to the **millions** of dollars it is going to bring to the local economy.

Well, you know what? Just this year we had to have a tax levy to keep the Museum Center alive. The Museum Center has a children's museum, a natural history museum, and a Cincinnati history museum in it, and features a water play area, a giant tree house, and dozens of incredible hands on exhibits for kids and adults alike.

Now, if something that cool and universally interesting can't pull it's own weight on the west side of town, please explain to me how the "National Guilt Museum", occupying expensive prime real estate down on the Riverfront is going to pull money into our local economy, after All The Regular Suspects have done their level best to make America think that we are all racist, redneck hatemongers?

Mark my words, two years from now the very same people who insisted we need this (excuse me) white elephant that is going to be so popular will be blaming me for keeping people away from it, and coming around with their hands out extorting me by threatening to call me a racist if I don't give them a big wad of cash. (And the cops will still be being blamed for shooting back at the people who try to kill them. Maybe if we just voted the money to give tasers to everybody who wants to hold up a White Castle...)

9 posted on 05/05/2004 6:15:19 AM PDT by 50sDad ( ST3d - Star Trek Tri-D Chess! http://my.oh.voyager.net/~abartmes)
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