Younger freepers might find it hard to believe that Detroit was once a vibrant, industrious American city.
Video #1: Detroit 1965
http://www.archive.org/details/DetroitC1965
After 55 years of solid blue Democrat leadership, Detroit fundamentally changed.
Video #2: Detroit 2009
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hhJ_49leBw
It is truly shocking to compare the Detroits depicted in these two videos.
There really are two Americas: socialist, welfare-state hellholes like Detroit that are utterly dependent upon the federal government and the American civil society comprised of productive business, professions, families, and other voluntary civic, social, and religious organizations. The Democrat dream is to eliminate the latter to unify America in the former ... just like they’ve done in Detroit.
Remember the Hudson’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, going downtown to see all the animations for Christmas the Hudson’s had in it’s windows, and standing in line for hours just to talk to Santa then go through Hudson’s Toyland?
Bump for a later read!
The sad thing is, Detroit is not the only city that once was thriving, and is no longer. The whole country has been going downhill for decades in terms of manufacturing. Much of the country thinks coffee houses and trendy shops and restaurants will save us. We used to actually build things here. Pittsburgh is doing OK, but from healthcare (which keeps closing hospitals) and education (which seems to educate many of our enemies) and government. God help us if we ever have another major war like WWII.