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The city of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy.
The city of Detroit has filed for bankruptcy.
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Matt Millen says all they have to do is draft 3 or 4 wide receivers and they'll be fine.
Matt Millen says all they have to do is draft 3 or 4 wide receivers and they'll be fine.
FadeToBlack&Gold
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Well, the city pensioners were in denial right up until it happened, and then of course promptly issued a statement whining about "lack of good faith discussions". Otherwise, nope.
Well, the city pensioners were in denial right up until it happened, and then of course promptly issued a statement whining about "lack of good faith discussions". Otherwise, nope.
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St. Clown
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In the near future, Chrysler's cars will be imported from New Detroit.
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On the midnight trainAren't they already imported from South Detroit?
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And to think, in a few years, children won't even know what the heck Journey was talking about.
And to think, in a few years, children won't even know what the heck Journey was talking about.
Spartanforlife4
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Posted this in the CFB thread but it belongs here too.
Fan compares Saban to Hitler... in a good way.
Posted this in the CFB thread but it belongs here too.
Fan compares Saban to Hitler... in a good way.
FadeToBlack&Gold
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I don't think children listen to Journey much these days anyway. The bankruptcy is the best thing that could've possibly happened to Detroit - it was the only way out from underneath union contracts, pensions, and about $20 billion in debt that could never be paid back. Next step is shrinking the size of the city limits.
And to think, in a few years, children won't even know what the heck Journey was talking about.
I don't think children listen to Journey much these days anyway. The bankruptcy is the best thing that could've possibly happened to Detroit - it was the only way out from underneath union contracts, pensions, and about $20 billion in debt that could never be paid back. Next step is shrinking the size of the city limits.
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Also known as wages and compensation owed to actual people.
FadeToBlack&Gold
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It's a shame, but the city needed a clean financial slate. It no longer has the tax base to support the number of employees and retirees it has. Someone has to be the villain and make these kind of decisions.
It's a shame, but the city needed a clean financial slate. It no longer has the tax base to support the number of employees and retirees it has. Someone has to be the villain and make these kind of decisions.
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I'm feeling quite sad about the outcome of the Zimmerman trial. About how this incident caricaturized America and encouraged us to think the worst about each other. And the analogy that has popped into my mind is the film Paths of Glory, where degenerate French generals direct artillery fire at their own troops, promote one another and vie for the most luxurious headquarters. Meanwhile, the rest of their troops wallow around in the mire hoping they don't get our heads blown off. We are those troops. All of us.
Wherever any of us stands on this event and the issues it raised, lots of folks have labored strenuously to make it worse. The President of the United States stuck his nose into a local criminal case. The Attorney General of the United States did the same, with speeches about George Zimmerman's "guilt," an FBI investigation of Zimmerman to determine if he acted out of racial animus (it turned up zip, by the way, which would make a proposed federal civil rights trial a sure loser). And funds from a DOJ slush fund were used to "coordinate" various demonstrations in Florida. Demonstrations which ultimately intimidated the governor to appoint a "special prosecutor" who laid charges without presenting them to a pesky grand jury.
The usual media suspects were out in force, doing their level best to create and justify a "racist" narrative: "white guy shoots innocent black child for no reason." "Racially profiled." Their efforts included only using pictures of the victim from about age 12, repeated references to Zimmerman as "white," speculation that Zimmerman had used the word "coon" in his 911 call and fraudulent editing of audio tape to make Zimmerman sound racist. And much more. Generally speaking, there was very little context provided and not nearly enough attention paid to the circumstances of how this prosecution had been brought and that it was an unwinnable overreach and pander.
The race pimps and hustlers, the haters, the black bigots (as usual) were out in force. Demanding Zimmerman be "brought to justice." Translation: convicted. The ones who lit the match to all of this hatred and suspicion were the Martin family lawyers. Looking, one presumes, for big pay days down the road. The race pimps and hustlers, as usual, are looking for more nights in first class hotels, limo rides, surf & turf dinners and honoraria.
The rest of us were left in our trenches, hoping we wouldn't become casualties. Both black and white Americans were encouraged to take sides, to make judgments about each other based on skin color. To think the worst about "them." To think a court room was the place to rectify our racist past. To think some of us don't have some legitimate historic gripes. To think many of us are 50's southern racists, ready to put on the white sheets at a moment's notice. To think there's been no progress. That America is "forever Selma." To retreat to the basest generalizations and prejudices.
Now that the criminal trial is over, the same Attorney General who just couldn't quite bring himself to lay voter intimidation charges against mincing New Black Panther Party peg boys with their cute little uniforms and billy clubs, is talking about bringing federal civil rights charges against a guy whom the FBI has already said didn't act out of racial animus. Some might conclude this administration has a dual standard in these matters. And that perception is not good for America. Certainly not for the Justice Department, which is in the "justice" business.
From where I sit, the people who exploit these matters (from any perspective) are damaging the country. And media who are insufficiently balanced and fail to provide context are complicit. The simple explanation is they're doing it for the ratings. Which means they're doing it for the money. That's not good enough.
I'm no Pollyanna, we have real problems in this country, some based on race. But discussions of some of those problems are generally off limits: like the carnage in the streets of our major cities. Black on black violence that takes the lives of thugs but also maims and kills hundreds of completely innocent people. Why isn't it possible to be concerned about two problems? The "racist" shooting of a black "little boy" by a white "cop wannabe" and thousands of shootings and hundreds of deaths in our major cities? Shootings where both the victims and perpetrators are black?
The emotions stoked by this episode will subside. Until the next "outrage." Then us poor slobs in the trenches will be asked to go "over the top" once more. There's got to be a better way.
I'm feeling quite sad about the outcome of the Zimmerman trial. About how this incident caricaturized America and encouraged us to think the worst about each other. And the analogy that has popped into my mind is the film Paths of Glory, where degenerate French generals direct artillery fire at their own troops, promote one another and vie for the most luxurious headquarters. Meanwhile, the rest of their troops wallow around in the mire hoping they don't get our heads blown off. We are those troops. All of us.
Wherever any of us stands on this event and the issues it raised, lots of folks have labored strenuously to make it worse. The President of the United States stuck his nose into a local criminal case. The Attorney General of the United States did the same, with speeches about George Zimmerman's "guilt," an FBI investigation of Zimmerman to determine if he acted out of racial animus (it turned up zip, by the way, which would make a proposed federal civil rights trial a sure loser). And funds from a DOJ slush fund were used to "coordinate" various demonstrations in Florida. Demonstrations which ultimately intimidated the governor to appoint a "special prosecutor" who laid charges without presenting them to a pesky grand jury.
The usual media suspects were out in force, doing their level best to create and justify a "racist" narrative: "white guy shoots innocent black child for no reason." "Racially profiled." Their efforts included only using pictures of the victim from about age 12, repeated references to Zimmerman as "white," speculation that Zimmerman had used the word "coon" in his 911 call and fraudulent editing of audio tape to make Zimmerman sound racist. And much more. Generally speaking, there was very little context provided and not nearly enough attention paid to the circumstances of how this prosecution had been brought and that it was an unwinnable overreach and pander.
The race pimps and hustlers, the haters, the black bigots (as usual) were out in force. Demanding Zimmerman be "brought to justice." Translation: convicted. The ones who lit the match to all of this hatred and suspicion were the Martin family lawyers. Looking, one presumes, for big pay days down the road. The race pimps and hustlers, as usual, are looking for more nights in first class hotels, limo rides, surf & turf dinners and honoraria.
The rest of us were left in our trenches, hoping we wouldn't become casualties. Both black and white Americans were encouraged to take sides, to make judgments about each other based on skin color. To think the worst about "them." To think a court room was the place to rectify our racist past. To think some of us don't have some legitimate historic gripes. To think many of us are 50's southern racists, ready to put on the white sheets at a moment's notice. To think there's been no progress. That America is "forever Selma." To retreat to the basest generalizations and prejudices.
Now that the criminal trial is over, the same Attorney General who just couldn't quite bring himself to lay voter intimidation charges against mincing New Black Panther Party peg boys with their cute little uniforms and billy clubs, is talking about bringing federal civil rights charges against a guy whom the FBI has already said didn't act out of racial animus. Some might conclude this administration has a dual standard in these matters. And that perception is not good for America. Certainly not for the Justice Department, which is in the "justice" business.
From where I sit, the people who exploit these matters (from any perspective) are damaging the country. And media who are insufficiently balanced and fail to provide context are complicit. The simple explanation is they're doing it for the ratings. Which means they're doing it for the money. That's not good enough.
I'm no Pollyanna, we have real problems in this country, some based on race. But discussions of some of those problems are generally off limits: like the carnage in the streets of our major cities. Black on black violence that takes the lives of thugs but also maims and kills hundreds of completely innocent people. Why isn't it possible to be concerned about two problems? The "racist" shooting of a black "little boy" by a white "cop wannabe" and thousands of shootings and hundreds of deaths in our major cities? Shootings where both the victims and perpetrators are black?
The emotions stoked by this episode will subside. Until the next "outrage." Then us poor slobs in the trenches will be asked to go "over the top" once more. There's got to be a better way.
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This is Donny Vermillion, LIVE!
This is Donny Vermillion, LIVE!
johnnypohlfan
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Well said, OP. Lots of truth in that post.
Well said, OP. Lots of truth in that post.
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Meanwhile, in Houston, several homeless old men have evidently been held prisoner (for up to ten years) while their benefits checks were appropriated.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/19/justice/texas-houston-captives/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
Meanwhile, in Houston, several homeless old men have evidently been held prisoner (for up to ten years) while their benefits checks were appropriated.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/19/justice/texas-houston-captives/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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I see where B. Hussein (never let a crisis go to waste) Obama has stuck his nose into the Martin/Zimmerman train wreck again. To the best of my knowledge, the only other time a president opined on a pending criminal matter was when Nixon said Charles Manson was guilty. Front page headlines, coast to coast. Charlie even tried to get a mistrial when he showed the LA Times to the jury (the judge ruled he couldn't benefit from his own misdeeds, no mistrial).
And it's hard to argue BHO's remarks were spontaneous, and not a deliberate effort to take political advantage of a tragic situation. He popped off first before the trial. And now after the trial. And like any monomaniac, he's decided this case is all about "gun violence" and "gun control." Really, Mr. President?
I see where B. Hussein (never let a crisis go to waste) Obama has stuck his nose into the Martin/Zimmerman train wreck again. To the best of my knowledge, the only other time a president opined on a pending criminal matter was when Nixon said Charles Manson was guilty. Front page headlines, coast to coast. Charlie even tried to get a mistrial when he showed the LA Times to the jury (the judge ruled he couldn't benefit from his own misdeeds, no mistrial).
And it's hard to argue BHO's remarks were spontaneous, and not a deliberate effort to take political advantage of a tragic situation. He popped off first before the trial. And now after the trial. And like any monomaniac, he's decided this case is all about "gun violence" and "gun control." Really, Mr. President?
ScoobyDoo
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So, you obviously don't think that if Mr. Zimmerman wasn't carrying than both of them would be alive today. You think the 17 year old would have found a way to kill him if he didn't have a gun to protect himself.
That's some good thoughts. I kind of think less guns would equal less death. The stats that I've seen seem to support that point of view.
So, you obviously don't think that if Mr. Zimmerman wasn't carrying than both of them would be alive today. You think the 17 year old would have found a way to kill him if he didn't have a gun to protect himself.
That's some good thoughts. I kind of think less guns would equal less death. The stats that I've seen seem to support that point of view.
FlagDUDE08
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So there aren't any non-natural deaths in Chicago? Or have you been watching Demolition Man again?
So there aren't any non-natural deaths in Chicago? Or have you been watching Demolition Man again?
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