Just what old Detroit needs!
Posted on 07/23/2007 4:21:37 PM PDT by goldstategop
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
But we do have the Tigers.
And the Red Wings.
Look on the brite side, they have a large and growing Islamic population.....
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Ping
Any comment I make will get me banned.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Reminds me of the flick “Kentucky Fried Movie,” during the Bruce Lee parody, the villain passes judgment on a poor fellow by saying, “Send him to Detroit!” The guy is dragged away screaming.
And this movie was made in the late 70’s....
http://www.detroityes.com/toc.htm
Detroit = Zimbabwe... same-same
All my life I heard stories about Detroit when - believe it or not - it was a once-great city of fine auto plants, beautiful Belle Isle, a vibrant Downtown, and, of course, the Hudson's Christmas parade. When my father was dying of cancer, he wanted to go back for "one last look." When he returned, he was so depressed that all he would say was "I wish I'd never gone back. It was better to remember it the way it was."
That was in 1980.
Au revoir, Detroit.
The first step for Detroit is obviously addressing crime. Copy what NYC did in the 90s with the broken window theory. All city police officers should be put on administrative leave temporarily and an outside force should be assembled to tackle crime in the short run. The police officers placed on leave would have to go through re-training and background checks to weed out the corrupt or don't-give-a-damn officers.
Next Detroit needs to get rid of its city income & property taxes, and replace them with a .05% sales tax and a land-value tax. This will spur investment into those old abandoned buildings and put people to work. The half-percent sales tax would generate needed revenue to upgrade basic city services.
Once the crime is addressed, people will start visiting again, and the magic of the free market will accelerate growth. Detroit probably won't be where it used to be but it won't be the Snake Plissken-like environment that it is now.
A lot of Canadians tell me that Windsor is getting pulled under by Detroit as well.
“With a pimp daddy mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, who dresses like a Gangsta and is involved in scandal after scandal, the city is the laughing stock. But, hey, the Mayor made an appearance on “Living Large,” a now-cancelled national hip-hop show. Thank you very little. Kilpatrick, whom I like to call Kwame the Kingpin, was suspected in the drivebuy shooting of “Strawberry,” a stripper who allegedly performed in the Mayoral Manoogian Mansion for “His Honor.” He used his 21-bodyguard posse of police officers to serve as his personal harem-recruiter and to ferret him to and from different girlfriends.”
A rising star in Democratic circles to be sure, at least a House member, maybe a Governor even...
One thing that has always surprised me about places like Detroit is “why” a Libertarian type though process never takes hold, the place sounds like a pit.
Until there is an apology from the rioters, not more excuses, there can not be healing.
The lesson from the riots can be seen in downtown Detroit, in the Fist of Joe Lewis. It may be said it is just a memorial to a boxer, but everyone knows what it really means.
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