  Thewack Member Username: Thewack Post Number: 193 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 71.125.244.135 |
http://www.alternet.org/story/ 31635/ | ||
Jimelnino Member Username: Jimelnino Post Number: 341 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 68.250.97.237 |
You know what, all I can think about this article is the guy set out to write an article where he could inject liberal ideas into it (Operation Class War??), and in doing so didn't even stop to consider the past 40 years that contributed to the state of the city today. Maybe I missed the point. | ||
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c Post Number: 623 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.21.62.206 |
I sure did... | ||
Psip Member Username: Psip Post Number: 1007 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 69.246.13.131 |
He actually said one thing I agree with. quote: (If instead of betting on the big game, you want to give to the Detroit Rescue Mission, call 313-993-4700 or send a check to Detroit Rescue Mission, 150 Stimson, Detroit, MI 48201.) But it's interesting how "they" speak to their followers, its almost a mantra, he tells them what they want to do. ie: "you want to give to...." | ||
Jjw Member Username: Jjw Post Number: 41 Registered: 10-2005 Posted From: 68.33.56.156 |
Unlike other negative press about this weekend, I do understand this article and appreciate his honesty. He took no cheap digs at Detroit but instead looked at the bigger picture of the event. Detroit does have poverty, the homeless have been rounded up, most cannot afford the event, there have been lay-offs. I don't see it as a liberal-conservative issue; just an honest opinion about the events. | ||
Dialh4hipster Member Username: Dialh4hipster Post Number: 1394 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.250.205.35 |
Wait, isn't this article a parody? Like on theonion.com? | ||
Rijobo Member Username: Rijobo Post Number: 9 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 67.38.25.245 |
If everybody in the USA bought real American autos GM, Ford & Chrysler. Things around here would get much better. I wonder what this writer Dave Zurin drives ? | ||
Bobj Member Username: Bobj Post Number: 423 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.40.89.238 |
I finally learned after many years that my biggest investment ( my house) and my livlihood would be majorly threatened by the failure of Ford and GM and started buying American. I had owned only Japanese since 1981, not we have a Ford, a Jeep, an Impala, and a Cavalier at the house. They have turned out to be just as reliable as all the Japanese cars I bought. | ||
Irish_mafia Member Username: Irish_mafia Post Number: 329 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 69.221.79.80 |
"Wait, isn't this article a parody? Like on theonion.com?" Hipster...when you wrote that, I actually had to go back and check...oh well, I don't think that the author will be in the fun part of the party.... | ||
Tomoh Member Username: Tomoh Post Number: 73 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 68.40.205.183 |
Some of the comments people have left are amazing. I quote: "Detroit is a dying whale, breathing it's last land-locked breath. Being a student of a college in the downtown area of Detroit there have been several startling changes recently in the area. One which sickens me to no end is the replacement of windows and facades of ailing buildings in the downtown area to make them look as if they were being used by anything other than flops and the homeless." Several others commenters are also disgusted at the progress downtown has made, as if we'd be better off not having new residents (with higher expendable income), stores, restaurants, businesses, corporations, or a Superbowl. I realize there is the argument that more tax money should be distributed directly to the poor in the short term but focusing on that one can lose sight of longer term investments where tax money can create a larger tax base. |
