Nathan Bedford's first Maxim of American politics: all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.
This entire article declines to discuss the elephant in the room.
Nathan Bedford's first Maxim of American politics: all politics in America is not local but ultimately racial.
This entire article declines to discuss the elephant in the room.
The article also didn’t address the problem, “When you have big corporations, you will have big unions.”
Too bad political correctness has paralyzed our society to the point we can not be honest in self evalulation. The rot that is happening in Detriot is playing out in every large city in this country, whether we want to accept that fact or not.
Unfortunately, it, most probably, never will...
Detroit has been smelling strongly of peanuts since 1967.
The Derbyshire episode was proof The National Review is either too PC or too chicken sh!t to discuss race openly. As a 25 year subscriber, I won't be sending that card back in again.
You hit the nail on the head and saved me some typing.
That certainly figures into the story, but Atlanta hasn't collapsed for being a majority black city run for decades by blacks. Business still finds it an attractive place to locate and there's work.
Ultimately, it all comes down to the imperative that man must work to survive (or someone must work for him.) When government hinders our ability to make a living, only bad things can result.
Like plenty here too....there are white democrat run cities that function
I would posit that if you put Thomas Sowell, Walter Williams, and Janice Rodgers Brown in charge of Detroit that elephant would rapidly shrink.
What say you?
I was thinking similar thoughts while reading this piece. Nice to have it confirmed that it was not just me.
Our county exec just spent $100k on the beginnings of a soapbox derby track (say what!?). This expenditure was not approved by the county commission. The total price tag would ultimately be north of $1 million. He is black.
We have had huge corruption in recent years in the county school system involving sweetheart construction contracts. Fortunately, this has been weeded out and there has been jail time involved. It was made more difficult by cries of RACISM! when the all-black group was initially being accused, and the replacement school superintendent was clearly selected primarily for the melanin content of her skin rather than for any proven ability to turn around a large system with some daunting issues.
In short, we are seeing locally examples of this same failure in government and tendencies towards corruption by black political leaders that caused Detroit’s downfall.
On a positive note, about a year ago I went down to watch a county commission meeting where a large tax increase was passed by a 1-vote margin. There were some *really pissed off* middle class blacks there after the vote who had been woken up as to the real nature of their political leadership. So amongst the dark clouds there is some hope.
I was thinking similar thoughts while reading this piece. Nice to have it confirmed that it was not just me.
Our county exec just spent $100k on the beginnings of a soapbox derby track (say what!?). This expenditure was not approved by the county commission. The total price tag would ultimately be north of $1 million. He is black.
We have had huge corruption in recent years in the county school system involving sweetheart construction contracts. Fortunately, this has been weeded out and there has been jail time involved. It was made more difficult by cries of RACISM! when the all-black group was initially being accused, and the replacement school superintendent was clearly selected primarily for the melanin content of her skin rather than for any proven ability to turn around a large system with some daunting issues.
In short, we are seeing locally examples of this same failure in government and tendencies towards corruption by black political leaders that caused Detroit’s downfall.
On a positive note, about a year ago I went down to watch a county commission meeting where a large tax increase was passed by a 1-vote margin. There were some *really pissed off* middle class blacks there after the vote who had been woken up as to the real nature of their political leadership. So amongst the dark clouds there is some hope.
This entire article declines to discuss the elephant in the room"
Here's a guy unafraid to tell it like it is.
http://stuffblackpeopledontlike.blogspot.com/