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2011-11-04 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Detroit in "extremely serious" fiscal shape: mayor

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Posted by Fred 2011-11-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11129 views ] Top

#1 Rent it out for Apocalypse movies. Or torch it for the insurance money.

Posted by tu3031 2011-11-04 00:33|| 2011-11-04 00:33|| Front Page Top

#2 Put the enviro-greenies to work at min-wage returning Detroit to a productive ~~swamp~~ wetlands.

Posted by Water Modem 2011-11-04 01:31|| 2011-11-04 01:31|| Front Page Top

#3 It would have nothing to do with that governor? No. Heh.

Boortz put it this way "It's a literacy test, those that can read the signs on the freeway know how to leave." I may be paraphrasing here, but it was worth a laugh.

Posted by newc 2011-11-04 02:00|| 2011-11-04 02:00|| Front Page Top

#4 The 'West' is littered with ghost towns whose reason for existence died along with the costs of maintaining the the image of purpose.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-11-04 08:04|| 2011-11-04 08:04|| Front Page Top

#5 ...Having lived in MI for 6 years, let me tell you that a state takeover of Detroit would be, shall we say, interesting. The other 90% of the state (not much of an exaggeration) has for a very long time resented the fact that those morons down in Wayne County have been in the driver's seat. The rest of Michigan is, for the most part, fairly rural and conservative (though not necessarily Republican). The long knives would be out.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-11-04 09:54|| 2011-11-04 09:54|| Front Page Top

#6 Put a wall around it and put all of our prisoners in there. It would be our single prison for violent offenders. Kinda like it is now, but with a wall to keep them there.

Posted by DarthVader 2011-11-04 10:23|| 2011-11-04 10:23|| Front Page Top

#7 I agree w/Mike...having grown up in S.E. Michigan (suburban Detroit), going to college in the state and still having a lot of family and just about all my friends still there - the D is a cess pool - shitty schools, no-account voters, union idiocy. Coleman Young did his best to drive out just about any successful white owned business from the city proper while bilking the tax payers - Kwame was just a symptom to a problem. If you want to laugh hard just google Detroit City Council and watch those clowns for about 5mins conduct a meeting.

When I left for the USMC I pretty much figured I'd never move back to live in MI - at least not near Detroit (not too mention northern winters).

Posted by Broadhead6 2011-11-04 10:29|| 2011-11-04 10:29|| Front Page Top

#8 oops - I meant Youtube the Detroit City Council - see the idiot woman w/the tiara on her head...Detroit - where you get the gov't you settle for...

Posted by Broadhead6 2011-11-04 10:30|| 2011-11-04 10:30|| Front Page Top

#9 Heard a joke somewhere while back, try to re-tell it.

GM of the Lions was watching the news, TV had footage of the Balkins. Showed a guy throw a hand grenade into the window of a moving car. Then the guy took another grenade and threw it 40 yards into a third story window. GM say, "get me that guy for Quarterback!"

Guy has an excellent season, Lions make the playoffs. He calls his mother, "Mom, we made the playoffs!"

Mother replys sobbing, "Oh son, your father has just been held-up, your sister was raped in broad daylight, and your brother is in the hospital with a gunshot wound! Why oh why did you make us move to Detroit with you!"

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-11-04 12:05|| 2011-11-04 12:05|| Front Page Top

#10 Detroit bus system stalled out today due to drivers' complaints of fear for their own safety: Our drivers are scared, theyre scared for their lives. This has been an ongoing situation about security. I think yesterday kind of just topped it off, when one of my drivers was beat up by some teenagers down in the middle of Rosa Parks and it took the police almost 30 minutes to get there, in downtown Detroit, said Gaffney.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2011-11-04 13:45|| 2011-11-04 13:45|| Front Page Top

#11 Detriot: Everyone we can loot has moved away.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-04 14:47|| 2011-11-04 14:47|| Front Page Top

#12 Not quite necessarily Bright Pebbles, there are certain car companies...

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-11-04 14:48|| 2011-11-04 14:48|| Front Page Top

#13 Those car companies make any profits? Is it American Leyland?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-04 14:52|| 2011-11-04 14:52|| Front Page Top

#14 California: Everyone we can loot is moving away?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-11-04 15:11|| 2011-11-04 15:11|| Front Page Top

#15 Detroit: The Progressive 'Model City'.

Posted by CrazyFool 2011-11-04 15:55|| 2011-11-04 15:55|| Front Page Top

#16 DC gave them money from an account I put money into. Imported from Detroit is their new sales pitch, whatever that means.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-11-04 16:49|| 2011-11-04 16:49|| Front Page Top

#17 The Occupy Wall Street socialists have long ago accomplished their aims in Detroit--not much work to do there. It has been reduced to the status of the third world.

Posted by JohnQC 2011-11-04 19:08|| 2011-11-04 19:08|| Front Page Top

#18 I thought POTUS-wannabe JOHN KERRY was going to save Detroit vee the proposed GREAT LAKES FTZ-EEZ-SEZ, then afterward become POTUS???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-11-04 22:09|| 2011-11-04 22:09|| Front Page Top

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