Posted on 10/07/2009 10:59:40 AM PDT by Westlander
DETROIT (WXYZ) - Thousands of people jammed into Cobo Hall and lined up around the building to seek out housing aid from the federal government. It quickly turned into a mess with reports of fights and nearly a stampede.
People started lining up around midnight, but the real chaos broke out near the front entrance that leads to the ballroom.
Thousands of people jammed into too tight of a space. There were reports of fights and people passing out in the crowd.
(Excerpt) Read more at wxyz.com ...
Reparations
The list, ping
Why didn’t they just go to ACORN.
If they would just put this on a big sign out front, and have staff with bullhorns walk up and down the line of people, repeating it over and over, they'd get rid of about 95% of the people standing in line. Guaranteed.
The moral of the story: be careful where you yell “FREE”.
Reminds me of reports in N.O. with Katrina.
These folks were not there for aid, but for their own greedy self interest and free money.
Detroit bump
I was referring to the immediate “gimme” line in Destroyed Michigan..As to the ‘bama’s plans, I believe you arte correct in assuming that his model may be that of the country formerly known as Rhodesia. Their undoing will be that they are as innumerate as they are intemperate. The demographic numbers are the inverse of the aformentioned country..
“Git away from my pie, you fish eyed old heathen!”
Full employment for the police, 150 of them down at Cobo.
No they didn't.
Bush and the inept, corrupt Republican party insiders that drove the Republican party into the ground, gave us Obama.
If you build it, they will come.
If these freeloaders spend all of their time on the couch watching Oprah and swilling Diet Pepsi, how do they even KNOW about all of these ‘Freebies’ that are up for grab...no matter WHERE they live?
Someone is being played. Big time. And I think it’s me and YOU!
Is there some modern-day ‘Hobo Network’ operating? You know, when they would leave a ‘sign’ as to which kind-hearted woman was good for a meal and would let you sleep in her barn?
How far we’ve come! Thanks again, LBJ! Some ‘War on Poverty’ you’ve created! We’re still waging it today...but it’s being waged with REAL blood and REAL dollars at an untold COST to taxpayers and wasted potential, alike!
Grrrrrrrrr!
And a good part of the blame should fall SQUARELY on the shoulders of Jennifer Grandholm; the STOOOPIDEST Governor to ever be elected to a State House!
Man, she’s a Liberal piece of work!
“Cobo a scene of desperation
Social service agencies are bracing for more troubles”
BY TAMMY STABLES BATTAGLIA and MATT HELMS
FREE PRESS STAFF WRITERS
http://www.freep.com/article/20091008/NEWS05/910080464/1322/Cobo-a-scene-of-desperation
200+ comments, too
Just add water.
I guess Eric Holder didn’t see that video because this is what he said....”Youth violence is not a Chicago problem, any more than it is a black problem, a white problem, or a Hispanic problem. It is something that affects communities big and small, and people of all races and all colors. It is an American problem.”
We all know it's Whitey's fault.
Yes! You have that correct! :-) As I'm still shaking my head!
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