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The FBI reports that a record number of Americans (1.5 Million) applied to buy guns in December.
1 posted on 01/01/2012 9:45:09 PM PST by blam
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“I view great cities as pestilential to the morals, the health, and the liberties of man.”
Thomas Jefferson

(also God’s view in the OT)


2 posted on 01/01/2012 9:51:21 PM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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From this article:

"-The net worth of House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi increased by 62 percent from 2009 to 2010. In 2009 it was reported that she had a net worth of 21.7 million dollars, and in 2010 it was reported that she had a net worth of 35.2 million dollars."

3 posted on 01/01/2012 9:57:32 PM PST by blam
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ping


4 posted on 01/01/2012 9:57:46 PM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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City government used to be about management: keeping it safe, maintained and prosperous.

Now it’s all about graft and pensions for public employees. No money left to fix potholes.


5 posted on 01/01/2012 9:58:07 PM PST by jtal (Runnin' a World in Need with White Folks' Greed - since 1492)
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***Of course it would help if the Obama administration would stop wasting money on stupid things and would start spending it to rebuild this country. ****

Perhaps during his second term (gag)he could start another “Urban Renewal” program like LBJ did! After the money is appropriated and spent we will see no change but the money will disappear.


6 posted on 01/01/2012 9:58:20 PM PST by Ruy Dias de Bivar
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When you visit many of these cities and look into the sunken eyes of the residents, you almost get the feeling that something has sucked all of the hope and all of the life right out of them.

Yup...socialism 'll do that to ya.
7 posted on 01/01/2012 10:00:56 PM PST by rottndog (Be Prepared for what's coming AFTER America....)
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"But the reality is that these economic conditions are spreading and they will get to where you live soon enough."

Yes, and mentioning that in conversation with local government income recipients can elicit hysterical, angry responses. ...fun experiment. Mentioning property values falling for the next couple of decades can instigate even more fun. ;-)


8 posted on 01/01/2012 10:02:06 PM PST by familyop ("Wanna cigarette? You're never too young to start." --Deacon, "Waterworld")
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Speaking of Detroit, it is almost unbelievable what has happened to "the motor city"....

The FBI reports that a record number of Americans (1.5 Million) applied to buy guns in December.

Holder's People/Democrat Voters: The Thug Report

10 posted on 01/01/2012 10:11:39 PM PST by MamaDearest
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all enclaves of white people ....


11 posted on 01/01/2012 10:14:58 PM PST by LeoWindhorse
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The photo accompanying the article is heartbreaking.

I do work in historic preservation, and seeing something like that is stab to my soul -- and to all of America's soul.

Btw, Chris Hedges, a writer who is mentioned in the article, is on C-Span2 BookTV now.

12 posted on 01/01/2012 10:24:30 PM PST by shhrubbery!
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Would be interesting to see where the most guns are being acquired. I would have thought flyover country, not places like Detroit, largely because the big city regulations are still so bothersome and the 2nd amendment cases haven’t all cranked through court yet.


13 posted on 01/01/2012 10:26:38 PM PST by HiTech RedNeck (Sometimes progressives find their scripture in the penumbra of sacred bathroom stall writings (Tzar))
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Weeds often have the last laugh, the pride and ambitions of man, our beautiful buildings collapse or are destroyed, what stands in their place are weeds. There is something in our national character that like those weeds that will let us survive. In America there are those who by blood are survivors and opportunists, who can take any situation and turn it into profit. It is that spirit that will save this country, not socialism, not government. The people of this country move around and seek opportunity, some cities might fall into waste but another city will spring up. Sure there are those inner city populations that shall inhabit the shells of those places no longer viable but given time they will fade away especially if their government subsidies dry up. Being dysfunctional is not a long term survival strategy.


15 posted on 01/01/2012 10:33:54 PM PST by dog breath
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[ Of course it would help if the Obama administration would stop wasting money on stupid things and would start spending it to rebuild this country. ]

Even now most REFUSE TO ADMIT Zerodamus is doing this all ON PURPOSE..
Even Presidential candidates refuse to state the situation correctly..

Newt comes very close sometimes though..
BUT he refuses to come right out say it..

16 posted on 01/01/2012 10:43:16 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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This is what happens when a great nation sends two centuries of savings, jobs and development to a communist nation, for cheap crap at Walmart.


17 posted on 01/01/2012 10:45:27 PM PST by Cringing Negativism Network (ROMNEY / ALINSKY 2012 (sarcasm))
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“Speaking of Detroit, it is almost unbelievable what has happened to “the motor city.”

Ruins of Detroit, if you haven’t seen them. Amazing.

http://www.marchofthetitans.com/detroit10.htm


18 posted on 01/01/2012 10:47:26 PM PST by Bon of Babble (The Road to Ruin is Always Kept in Good Repair)
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Good...get a gun!This is what socialism has bread.


19 posted on 01/01/2012 10:47:48 PM PST by fabian (" And a new day will dawn for those who stand long, and the forests will echo with laughter")
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Detroit has been ruled by liberal Democrats since 1960. Detroit is a one party Democrat city. Just like the in the former Soviet Union the ruling party routinely gets almost 100% of the vote.

Almost all the experts on totalitarianism have concluded that a sense of despair and helplessness is necessary before a totalitarian government can gain control. The existing moral tenets of society must be undermined and weakened. The economic structure and productive members of society must be destroyed or forced out.

This is what has happened in Detroit.

24 posted on 01/01/2012 10:55:23 PM PST by detective
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Of course it would help if the Obama administration would stop wasting money on stupid things and would start spending it to rebuild this country.

The author is an idiot child.

The theory that the Obama regime, or any other administration, can solve such problems by spending money is the root of the problem.

25 posted on 01/01/2012 11:08:14 PM PST by cynwoody
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It struck me just today how we are losing these beautiful buildings in America. They literally don’t build them like that anymore and they just get wasted and squandered.


26 posted on 01/01/2012 11:09:37 PM PST by Crucial
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What is happening to this world?

In a nutshell, the last days, as prophesied in the Bible.

31 posted on 01/01/2012 11:24:41 PM PST by Ackackadack
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