  Chris_rohn Member Username: Chris_rohn Post Number: 457 Registered: 04-2005 |
I'm not sure why this building was chosen as the protest target. Are they protesting the National City bank branch or is there a larger corporate office in the building? I thought the National City headquarters was in Troy. Is there some other company these folks would be protesting? | ||
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 5023 Registered: 02-2005 |
Sounds pretty damn goofy [to protest at all]. | ||
Reluctanttaxpayer Member Username: Reluctanttaxpayer Post Number: 3 Registered: 05-2008 |
And what did they accomplish? 1) Cost the city money (police presence) 2) Cost small business owners money (lost sales) 3) Make fools of themselves (acted like it was some party) Most of the people had no idea what they were protesting and their damn noisemakers did NOT help them get their message across. And to answer your question, Chris. Yes they were protesting the bank. (Message edited by reluctanttaxpayer on June 23, 2008) | ||
Wazootyman Member Username: Wazootyman Post Number: 369 Registered: 02-2006 |
Any idea what their message was? I suppose I don't understand the purpose of protesting in front of a bank branch. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 6057 Registered: 10-2003 |
Whoa, when I first read this I read something to the extent of "Bank forcloseses on First National Building." A Fruedian slip, eh? lol Nothing would surprise me in Michigan these days, though. The reason this makes sense (at least from the choice of location perspective) is because they were in Campus Martius meaning exposure. (Message edited by lmichigan on June 23, 2008) | ||
Sean_of_detroit Member Username: Sean_of_detroit Post Number: 891 Registered: 03-2008 |
Was it strictly aimed at that bank and building, or all the banks in the Financial District in general? Strange. | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 1011 Registered: 11-2006 |
National City has large offices in both the First National Building and in the former MichCon building on Jefferson | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2565 Registered: 09-2007 |
I guess they couldn't afford the trip to each and every bank headquarters in Troy, so they decided just to protest in the centrally located *former* financial district. | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 1012 Registered: 11-2006 |
you remain oblivious | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 887 Registered: 04-2006 |
they should have flown to houston to piss off Comerica over there. No sense in making them feel LESS welcome in Detroit. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2578 Registered: 09-2007 |
Dallas Andylinn, Dallas.  | ||
Lefty2 Member Username: Lefty2 Post Number: 1451 Registered: 07-2007 |
I hope Bush vetoes this crap of a taxpayer bailout. http://www.detroitnews.com/app s/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/200806 25/POLITICS/806250363/1001/BIZ I wonder how much Sen. Dodd was given by countrywide et al to write this piece of trash. They want taxpayers to bail out their problems (and the banks) as usual. They probably don't have jobs, they have time to protest about risky loans they probably shouldn't have received in the first place. Stupid. |
