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2011-01-02 -Short Attention Span Theater-

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Posted by john frum 2011-01-02 07:07|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Instead of labeling the pictures it would of been interesting if Americans would guess where those pictures were taken. I imagine the guess' would range from Eastern Europe to Chernobyl.

Posted by airandee 2011-01-02 10:28|| 2011-01-02 10:28|| Front Page Top

#2 Isn't Detroit in the process of radically contracting its borders - to become much smaller?

Crowder had a good video on Detroit:

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-01-02 10:46|| 2011-01-02 10:46|| Front Page Top

#3 Is no one willing to make the point about the nature of the municipal government in Detroit over the past 40 years? The confluence of unionist Democrat politics and continuous racial leadership and cronyism produced a large part of this shocking tragedy.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2011-01-02 12:09|| 2011-01-02 12:09|| Front Page Top

#4 on top of that Detroit has a huge Paleo population.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-01-02 12:15|| 2011-01-02 12:15|| Front Page Top

#5 That they abandon libraries with the books still on the shelves and police stations with what appear to be evidence files without clearing them out tells you a lot about Detroit city government. Can't even make the effort to salvage anything of value?

Posted by tu3031 2011-01-02 12:20|| 2011-01-02 12:20|| Front Page Top

#6 Cleveland Tourism Pitch: "We're Not Detroit!"

Posted by Frank G 2011-01-02 12:38|| 2011-01-02 12:38|| Front Page Top

#7 Is no one willing to make the point about the nature of the municipal government in Detroit over the past 40 years?

You mean something like this by those Hayekian rascals, the Chicago Boyz, which asks "Why isnt Detroit a Paradise?"

Posted by SteveS 2011-01-02 14:13|| 2011-01-02 14:13|| Front Page Top

#8 To put Detriot into perspective, it was only 60 years ago that it was one of the top 5 manufacturing economies in the world, had strategic port and rail infrastructure and was not only epicenter of the worlds automotive industry, but also ringed with dozens of smaller industries that supported Big Auto.
It shares an international border with a major trading partner and enjoyed a well respected educational infrastructure fed by world class acedemics. In short, they had nearly every advantage possible going for them.
Now 60 years later, or arguably 2 generations more or less, and they are an economic basket case.

Posted by Capsu78 2011-01-02 15:32|| 2011-01-02 15:32|| Front Page Top

#9 Sic transit gloria mundi.

Posted by KBK 2011-01-02 19:48|| 2011-01-02 19:48|| Front Page Top

#10 Sixty years after nuclear weapons were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki both cities were thriving metropolises.
Democrats are more destructive than nuclear weapons.

Posted by Grusort Lumplump4862 2011-01-02 21:30|| 2011-01-02 21:30|| Front Page Top

#11 See also CHINESE MIL FORUM > [Tipping Point] 25 SIGNS THAT [US] FINANCIAL COLLASPE IS NOW CLOSER THAN EVER.

and

* TOPIX > GWYNNE DYER: REVOLUTION [NWO] HAS ALREADY ARRIVED. The Greatest Untold Story of 2010.

VERSUS

* CHINESE MIL FORUM [YouTube] GEORGE FRIEDMAND DISCUSSES COLLAPSE OF THE PRC + USA'S CONTINUED 100-YEAR DOMINANCE.

and

* WMF > WSJ: [Seven major/large]AMERICAN CITIES WHO ARE RUNNING OUT OF PEOPLE.

NOLA
FLINT. Michigan
CLEVELAND, Ohio
DAYTON, Ohio
ROCHESTER, NY
BUFFALO, NY
PITTSBURGH, PA

Posted by JosephMendila 2011-01-02 22:46|| NA 2011-01-02 22:46|| Front Page Top

#12 OOOOPS, the above is mine.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-01-02 22:47|| 2011-01-02 22:47|| Front Page Top

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