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| Jesse Jackson calls for mass protest against Detroit's emergency financial manager |
| 2013-03-23 |
| [FREEP] The Rev. Jesse Jackson called for a mass, nonviolent protest in bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit ... ruled by Democrats since 1962... against the new emergency financial manager at a rally this morning at city hall. Translated from Jesse-speak, that's "Hey! Lookit me!" The activists alongside Jackson pledged to file a lawsuit next week challenging the constitutionality of Michigan's new emergency manager law, which takes effect Thursday and grants broad powers to the incoming emergency financial manager, Kevyn Orr. Jackson, who was joined by Detroit Councilwoman JoAnn Watson, ...part of the problem... Congressman John Conyers I believe the little woman's in jug or perhaps just on appeal, but she couldn't make it... and a union representative, ...who has no name, but you get the idea... also called on the U.S. Department of Justice to intervene to protect Detroiters' right to vote. This one's a real thigh-slapper... Gov. Rick Snyder last week chose Orr, a Washington, D.C., bankruptcy lawyer, to be Detroit's emergency financial manager. Critics have said Orr's appointment takes away residents' right to elect their leaders. I wonder how that dastardly Gov. Rick Snyder got in office? "We marched too long and bled too much and died too young for the right to vote to have a governor, whether it's Gov. Snyder or Wallace or whoever ... to take away the impact of our vote," he said. Wallace, I believe, is dead and in his grave these many years... Jackson warned an audience of about 100 people Jesse hasn't been turning out the rubes like he used to... that the emergency financial manager's arrival eventually could force Detroiters from their homes. From the pictures I've seen there's lots of them already been forced... He described a scenario in which rich people buy up acres of neighborhoods, turn them into vacant lots and sell off the property. To whom? Who wants to buy a piece of terrestrial moonscape? "Detroit cannot be reduced to a rummage sale," Jackson said. It's been reduced almost to rubble now, by its elected politicians... Jackson, who repeatedly used the phrase "emergency czar," urged Detroiters to protest the emergency financial manager through "a major, mass nonviolent demonstration." Jackson did not provide specifics of the protest when later asked. "It'll be soon," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 No, If Jesse had the concession he'd demand a Million to start, then a reason to Quit(After one week) And he'd keep the million and state he's underpaid. Nope, I DON't think much of him. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-23 20:35 |
| #7 Time on your hands, what he has after purchasing primo basketball seats and elimitated first round and the male coke hooker is out of town. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2013-03-23 14:04 |
| #6 ...In a perfect world, Governor Snyder would stand up and say, "Ya know what? He's right. Reverend Jackson, YOU are now the emergency manager." I do believe the Reverend Jackson would set a world land speed record getting away from there. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2013-03-23 12:14 |
| #5 I am sure the long-term plan is for some sort of federal bailout. Afterall the fed borrows 12 billion every 12 hours to pay it's bills why not funnel a little more back to Detriot. Hey where did all the GM and Chrysler money go in 2008? |
| Posted by: airandee 2013-03-23 08:28 |
| #4 It's not MEEEE. So it does'n count, We gott'a make some money off'n this, Preferably MINE. Cough it Up. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2013-03-23 05:46 |
| #3 Holy men wearing orange robes in Vietnam protested with MOGAS. It's sort of an "all in" deal, but something to consider Jesse. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2013-03-23 01:27 |
| #2 To whom? Who wants to buy a piece of terrestrial moonscape? Somebody looking to start a raccoon ranch? Look, Jesse. Here's the deal. You can still vote for whoever you want. They just don't get to run the city. Why? Because the folks who have been doing it for the last half century have screwed the pooch so hard they've run up $12 billion in long term debt and unfunded pension liabilities. Yeah, billion with a 'b'. The city's assets have negative value. A third of the streetlights don't work and the cops have basically given up. The party is over, man. The credit cards have been canceled. I don't see how anyone is going to fix this without bankruptcy. But sure as hell, the people currently playing the game can't do it. If you had a plan to fix the mess, where was it last week? Or last year? The last 5 years? Go home, you 60s reject carpetbagger. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2013-03-23 01:22 |
| #1 Wallace, I believe, is dead and in his grave these many years... In other words he still votes Democrat. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2013-03-23 00:13 |