[dinodino]

Sorry, couldn’t get past the misused apostrophe in the third sentence. The writer is a complete idiot.

[Publius]

Atlas ping. There are similarities to the Daniel Hannan article, but this article from Forbes looks at it from a slightly different angle.

[Rummyfan]

...Judge Aquilina should read my article about will and abandon the delusion that a constitution can alter reality by making nonexistent funds magically appear; in the second, it is an unjust constitution that confers a protection on public employees that private-sector employees don’t have. A sounder constitution would have prohibited the city government from gaining control of employees’ retirement funds contributions and instead have mandated that those contributions all go into a private fund in the workers’ names where the city couldn’t touch them.

Don't want to rush to judgement here, but Aquilina seems to be an idiot.

[Blood of Tyrants]

The only problem is that it took so long. Other cities and states and even the federal government ought to learn a lesson from Detroit, but they won’t. Not as long as there is one person out there left out there to loot.

[Baynative]

I was on the phone with a customer service guy a while back and while he was bringing up information we made small talk. I asked him where he was and he said recently moved to Michigan's Upper Peninsula. I had never heard the term and he explained it to me.

I though maybe he had migrated there from somewhere after seeing the TV commercials touting Michigan, but he said he had moved out of Detroit partially because he had a new woman in his life who wouldn't come to his house because of the neighborhood.

I asked him if was hard to sell a house like that and he said he just left it and walked away. I said, "Wow, that must have hurt." But his reply was that it only cost him $4,400 in the first place.

I've thought about that often in hearing the stories of Detroit's demise. For anyone not to have seen this coming long ago amazes me. For anyone to have stood by and ignored the obvious amazes me even more. How the hell did no one care to do anything about the condition of this once great city when the cost of a home had slipped lower than John Kerry's bicycle?

[luvbach1]

It is a fact that those who know nothing can belong to "it" can sometimes still make the mistake of adding an apostrophe as if it were possessive. I know because I've done it.

[onedoug]

One thing for sure is you gotta like Jim Leland and those Tigers.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

If he breaks wind we’re really in trouble.

[uncitizen]

This is a good article. Gets to the heart of the matter.

[grundle]

This is a great article. Thanks for posting it.

[wbill]

Good Quote...."when a society, instead of respecting (and perhaps even being grateful for) those who produce the wealth that sustains and enriches our lives, treats society’s economic benefactors as enemies to be plundered, a society embarks on a destructive path that, if unchecked, leads to doom.

Frankly, I'd settle for being left alone.

Wouldn't know what to do with "respect". And "Gratitude"? HA. haha.

[TexasRepublic]

I think Detroit’s downfall began in 1968, if not earlier. I had some relatives living in Detroit until the riots that year; they got the Hell out.

[SomeCallMeTim]

For many years now, I’ve driven through Detriot on my way to Canada, for business. It always SEEMED like a pretty nice place... from the freeway.

But, on one trip... the freeway was closed for construction, and I got detoured onto Michigan Ave. It was HEARTBREAKING to see. A HUGE road, nice and wide with a central median. But, on both side was row after row of closed businesses and abandoned buildings. The ONLY things open were: Stip Joints, and Rental furniture stores. And, both of them had BARS on the doors and windows.

I would have felt threatened... except, it was around noon. So, NO ONE was on the road except me.

[Cyber Liberty]

...it is an unjust constitution that confers a protection on public employees that private-sector employees don’t have.

It's not only "unjust," but it's a violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution. (Notice the proper application of the apostrophes.)

[PLMerite]

Maybe you could repost this article to a new thread with a disclaimer ?

[P.O.E.]

At least he didn’t omit the subject “I” in his first sentence.

[LivingNet]

Looks like we have a new FreeRepublic meme...

Due to a misused apostrophe you are a complete idiot OR
Due to a misused apostrophe I couldn't read any further