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Detroit on the Brink: what 50 straight years of Democrat rule has done to a once great city
The Collins Report ^ | July 22, 2009 | Kevin "Coach" Collins

Posted on 07/22/2009 6:04:10 AM PDT by jmaroneps37

Detroit’s death spiral began with Coleman Young’s failed administration.

From 1974 until he left in 1994 Detroit became the quintessential liberal Democrat city. It offered nothing but high crime and low prospects and accelerated White middle class flight.

When the under skilled and overmatched Kwame Kilpatrick was carted off to prison the Motor City virtually ceased to exist. Now after 50 years of inept Democrat political hack administrations Detroit is among the worst places in live in America.

For the past three years FBI statistics have shown Detroit is the murder capital of the nation. Per capita it is more dangerous than Baghdad. Even the outgoing fired Police Chief went home to find his house ransacked by burglars. There are neighborhoods in the city so desolate “the police haven’t patrolled [them] in years.”

The situation in the city they call “Motown” is such that a huge section has been described as “30 square blocks of urban prairie.”

Detroit’s poor condition and decimation is hard to imagine.

These facts paint the picture of what 50 years of Democrats has brought

There are over 16, 000 foreclosed homes in the city, many of which have been taken over by squatters much as could be expected in the old West’s ghost towns.

In January Detroit’s unemployment hit 22.2%!

Even before the full destructive force of Barack Obama’s Marxist policies have been felt, a Detroit real estate agent reported selling a house for a single dollar. He had at least four more $1.00 homes, 1228 houses for sale at under $10,000 and 209 of them under $1,000!

The median selling price of a house in Detroit has tumbled from $66,000 to $5,800 since 2002.

Fifty years of swallowing Democrat lies has gotten Detroiters ever increasing misery. Now they must take responsibility for their votes.

(Excerpt) Read more at collinsreport.net ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: agenda; democrats; detroit; michigan; motown; socialism
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To: jmaroneps37

Memphis is not far behind.


61 posted on 07/22/2009 7:12:41 AM PDT by vetvetdoug
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To: preacher

Any stats on results of the education system? Graduation rate, drop-out rate, cost per student, etc


62 posted on 07/22/2009 7:17:02 AM PDT by newfreep ("Liberalism is just Communism sold by the drink." - P.J. O'Rourke)
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To: Leisler

exactly ! with brand new $500 rims that spin when you stop!

And where is the guy out front with his baggy pants and gold chains talking on a cell phone trying to hook up a crack deal?


63 posted on 07/22/2009 7:17:02 AM PDT by TexasFreeper2009
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To: jmaroneps37
I'm not a big fan of the Weekly Standard, but this was one of the best articles I've ever read about that disgraceful place known as Detroit:

The City Where the Sirens Never Sleep

64 posted on 07/22/2009 7:17:36 AM PDT by Alberta's Child (God is great, beer is good . . . and people are crazy.)
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To: kosciusko51

Crud. I screwed up my first post with the wrong verb.

It is funny that GM and Detroit are going the same road as 20th Century Motors and Starnesville.


65 posted on 07/22/2009 7:18:49 AM PDT by kosciusko51 (Anything worth doing right can still be done wrong)
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To: jmaroneps37

Stong headline. Much needed.


66 posted on 07/22/2009 7:21:08 AM PDT by Republic (Uhbama has sleezed and schmoozed his way through life-he is a silly little boy with inmmature dreams)
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To: wbones8765

Unfortunately, the “werkin’ man” in the northeast and upper midwest tends to vote for the Democrats.


67 posted on 07/22/2009 7:21:10 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Freds2nd

They are true to their mission.
Way back in the 60s we called it the “winter, water, welfare wonderland” a takeoff on the Michigan license plate slogan.


68 posted on 07/22/2009 7:21:10 AM PDT by nascarnation
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To: listenhillary
Detroit is the antithesis of free trade. Run by Democrats for 50 years and it’s still the Republicans fault.

Detroit's urban blight is the Democrats' fault.
Failure to offer a GOP alternative IS the GOP's fault.
69 posted on 07/22/2009 7:22:57 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: jmaroneps37

The real cause of Detroit’s destruction cannot be spoken of on FR.


70 posted on 07/22/2009 7:24:55 AM PDT by B-Chan (Catholic. Texan. Monarchist. Any questions?)
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To: Willie Green

How about some of the citizens that are left, declare themselves Republican and offer up ideas and say. Vote for me!


71 posted on 07/22/2009 7:32:41 AM PDT by listenhillary (90% of our problems could be resolved with a government 10% of the size it is now.)
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To: whd23

Are you sure that was not a link to Hiroshima 1948?


72 posted on 07/22/2009 7:35:49 AM PDT by dirtman
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To: Moonman62

It’s somewhere out in the yard. If it was attached to the house it would look tacky.


73 posted on 07/22/2009 7:45:20 AM PDT by constitutiongirl ("Duty is ours. Consequences are God's."- General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson)
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To: Disambiguator
a Detroit real estate agent reported selling a house for a single dollar . . .

Talk about not worth the commission.

74 posted on 07/22/2009 7:47:25 AM PDT by sportutegrl (If liberals could do math, they would be conservatives.)
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To: bert

I’d assume that there’s something of value left in the building. Bricks maybe?


75 posted on 07/22/2009 7:47:53 AM PDT by Patriotic1 (Dic mihi solum facta, domina - Just the facts, ma'am)
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To: matginzac
This is a real shame. Have been through the airport there and it couldn’t have been more user-friendly for travelers. I loved it and it made an excellent impression for Detroit. Would go there (airport) again in a heartbeat...

This is because the airport is not in Detroit. It's in Romulus, which is well outside of the city.

76 posted on 07/22/2009 7:50:20 AM PDT by CASchack
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To: listenhillary
It's obvious some enemies of the GOP who post here, haven't a clue about Detroit and its residents.

From someone who lives here, take it from me, Detroit's constituency LIKES THE WAY THEY LIVE.

Just like the Palestinians, or the homeless, the citizens of Detroit relish their victim-hood, and want to remain in the “struggle”.

Being a victim is addicting, and it means one does not have to do the hard work of living life, the drudgery of going to work everyday, making hard decisions, taking responsibility, having no one to blame but yourselves.

Detroit will never capitulate to whitey (the man), never.

77 posted on 07/22/2009 7:51:58 AM PDT by roses of sharon (It is not actual suffering but a taste of better things which excites people to revolt: Hoffer)
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To: listenhillary
How about some of the citizens that are left, declare themselves Republican and offer up ideas and say. Vote for me!

Grassroot conservatives willing to do that and buck the RINO establishment have had to go third party because populist agendas are not welcome by the multinational corporate lobbyists.

78 posted on 07/22/2009 7:52:01 AM PDT by Willie Green (Go Pat Go!!!)
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To: Disambiguator
Humm, $1...depending on the property tax cost it might just be worth buy a few. Someday they hit bottom...
79 posted on 07/22/2009 7:58:09 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: 556x45
They bear the lions share of blame for the mess.

But the Bears beat the Lions last year, as did everyone else. And that was definitely the Lions fault. I'm waiting for players on the Lions and Tigers to start defecting like the athletes on the old soviet teams used to.
80 posted on 07/22/2009 7:59:59 AM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world, and they are all out to get me.)
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