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Detroit in ruins
The Guardian ^
| January 2, 2011
| Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre
Posted on 01/02/2011 9:37:18 AM PST by hcmama
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To: Jack Hydrazine
To: WaterBoard
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posted on
01/02/2011 10:39:42 AM PST
by
oldvike
(I'm too drunk to taste THIS chicken)
To: hcmama
Me too, because it speaks volumes about the disregard the public employees had for all of the hard work by taxpayers that went into buying the books. They just didn’t care and couldn’t be bothered to find a new home for them.
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posted on
01/02/2011 10:39:53 AM PST
by
Nickname
To: Frantzie
Those pictures looked like Hollywood set stages for an apocalyptic movie.
Sets the tone to express something cataclysmic happened....something did.......
84
posted on
01/02/2011 10:40:36 AM PST
by
libertarian27
(Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
To: hcmama
85
posted on
01/02/2011 10:41:00 AM PST
by
Salo
To: hcmama
I don't think it is only Detroit. Look at the infrastructure around much of the northeastern United States. I went back to upstate NY over the summer, it was unbelievable in some areas. Complete ghetto, complete lack of care of maintenance, the trees and greenery looked like it was returning to the wild. I kept thinking, "WTH are you people paying nearly all your money to the government for, to live like this?" My daughter, 13, was pretty horrified herself. I told her, "this is what happens when progressives run things". Even the nicer areas were creepy.
It was disturbing.
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posted on
01/02/2011 10:41:15 AM PST
by
riri
To: truthguy
We all know that the major reason is one that we cannot state, even here on FR.
Ok, I'll bite.
What is the truth?
To: Peter W. Kessler
Such as Robocop? Twenty-some years before its time.
To: FromLori
They use double decker buss and go to Minnesota where they get better welfare benefits we see them on I-94 all the time. Problem is they welcome them which is one of the reasons we moved out of the Twin Cities.
Yes, I use to work with a guy from Minnesota who also lived in Milwaukee for a time. He said the same thing. That welfare payments were high in both Minnesota and Wisconsin and that was bringing in the welfare class from Detroit and Chicago. It was in effect destroying both cities in the same way Detroit was destroyed so many years ago. Even a blind man could see it. But liberalism is impervious to logic and reason and even facts directly in front of you. As Michael Savage says,
"Liberalism is a mental disorder".
Whether you like Savage or not, he nailed it with that one.
89
posted on
01/02/2011 10:44:29 AM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: hcmama; StarFan; Dutchy; alisasny; BobFromNJ; BUNNY2003; Cacique; Clemenza; Coleus; cyborg; DKNY; ..
It's so sad and disturbing to see what has happened to this once-great city in America.
Check out all the "Ghost Town Detroit" links you get with a simple Google search:
Ghost Town Detroit
And from those links, there are even more "Detroit in Ruins" type links to choose from...
90
posted on
01/02/2011 10:44:45 AM PST
by
nutmeg
(The 111th Congress: Worst. Congress. Ever.)
To: maggief; MichCapCon; DManA; stephenjohnbanker; GOPJ; Newtoidaho; Libloather; sickoflibs; ...
Detroit: The Triumph of Progressive Public Policy Capitol Confidential ^ | 8/10/2010 | Jarrett Skorup
FR Posted August 11, 2010 by MichCapCon
Imagine a city where all the major economic planks of the statist or "progressive" platform have been enacted:
* A "living wage" ordinance, far above the federal minimum wage, for all public employees and private contractors.
* A school system that spends significantly more per pupil than the national average.
* A powerful school employee union that militantly defends the exceptional pay, benefits and job security it has won for its members.
* A powerful government employee union that does the same for its members.
* A tax system that aggressively redistributes income from businesses and the wealthy to the poor and to government bureaucracies.
Would this be "a shining city on a hill," exciting the admiration of all? Detroit has been dubbed "the most liberal city in America" and each of these "progressive" policies is alive and well there. Let's look at how this has worked out... (Excerpt) Read more at mackinac.org ...
![](http://detnews.com/graphics/gn/2010/02/kwame_kilpatrick_house.jpg)
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(L) Beautiful downtown Detroit.
(R) Former Detroit Mayor (now in jail) Kwame Fitzpatrick's home.
===========================================
Mommy Kilpatrick loses House re-election bid
AP, 8/4/10, Liz Sidoti / FR Posted by Newtoidaho
Michigan Cong Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick lost her bid for an 8th term...the 8th
incumbent to be ousted by a frustrated electorate. More at enews.earthlink.net ...
![](http://truthandmyth.homestead.com/php/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kilpatrick_mom.jpg)
"Mommy lost? How'm I gonna pay off my house without Congressional earmarks?"
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posted on
01/02/2011 10:46:08 AM PST
by
Liz
(There's a new definition of bipartisanship in Washington -- it's called "former member.")
To: hcmama
How awful! The wood work inside some of those churches should be salvaged and used by someone who cares.
92
posted on
01/02/2011 10:49:10 AM PST
by
Ditter
To: maggief; nutmeg
Thanks for the pings.
These photos are astounding to see. To realize this city is still “there” and somehow lives and works around these relics is unsettling.
Maybe I’m oversimplifying it- but it appears this is THE result of unions, welfare and liberal government at work.
93
posted on
01/02/2011 10:55:37 AM PST
by
SE Mom
(Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
To: Aleya2Fairlie
94
posted on
01/02/2011 10:58:08 AM PST
by
esquirette
("Our hearts are restless until they find rest in Thee." ~ Augustine)
To: hcmama
Detroit: poster city for America's new Dark Ages.
To: MaryFromMichigan
Ok, I'll bite.
What is the truth?
Oh please Mary. You know the truth. Deep down you know the problem but are afraid of confronting it. In some sense, you are a part of the problem. When people cannot admit to the problem, they will never get a handle on it. Okay, just for fun, try this: It's an eleven letter word that starts with d and ends with c.
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posted on
01/02/2011 11:03:30 AM PST
by
truthguy
(Good intentions are not enough.)
To: snoringbear
[ Well, cities, like most everything else have a life cycle. ]
Many cities in Germany(and other places) have been doing fine for hundreds of years.. even thousands..
Could it be that you are ....WronG!...
97
posted on
01/02/2011 11:04:17 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
To: Frantzie
Americans traded liberty and freedom for a TV clicker.The image below says it all. No respect for book and learning. Hell, they don't even consider the books worth stealing.
To: hcmama
The Guardian is a UK leftwing paper. For their information this Detroit vision is incidentally the allusion of "Toad Hall" in Kenneth Graham's
Wind in the Willows.
When juveniles, those who cannot be honest enough with themselves, are in charge, things fall apart. Kind of like college sophomores voting for Barack Obama.
This is far over the head of anyone associated with the Guardian.
Johnny Suntrade
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posted on
01/02/2011 11:08:52 AM PST
by
jnsun
(The Left: the need to manipulate others because of nothing productive to offer.)
To: MaryFromMichigan
[ Ok, I'll bite. What is the truth? ]
The truth is most cities primarily run by black people look like ghettos..
In the U.S, Africa or anywhere...
A Hard saying but it is true..
97+% of black voters voted for Obama...
Merely 3% were smart..
100
posted on
01/02/2011 11:10:42 AM PST
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole....)
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