I can't remember the last time I ran into a middle easterner let alone an obvious muslim. Now when I go to town I see stores full of spanish speakers.
There is a lot more to Michigan than Detroit.
Posted on 07/19/2011 7:30:20 AM PDT by flowerplough
And a new baseball park right around the corner.........
Interesting how poor liberal cities (Det, Cle, Chi, etc) can find all that money for stadiums.
Muslims aren't taking over Michigan any more than Mexicans are taking over Tex....... uh, never mind.
You've got a bigger problem with illegal mexicans than Michigan has with its muslim population, which is primarily focused in the Dearborn area. Don't believe me, then read your local and state wide crime reports..........
As for your corner standing "day laborers", it's apparent that their short term employers aren't concerned about little things like work permits or green cards.
If I'm not mistaken, you folks just fried a Mexican illegal........
So don't be bashing Michigan until you can clean up your own illegal crap first.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/gallery/2011/jan/02/photography-detroit?vm=r
It is indeed. All those lovely books just sitting there rotting on the shelves. Such a waste.
I guess you're right, Michigan is the place to be. Jeff Daniels says so.
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Yes, I have to say, that’s just downright genius.
Drop by my place and I'll take you on a tour..........virtually every gas station and party store are owned by Chaldeans in Macomb County.........Personally I don't see that as a bad thing especially when you talk to them about "Muslims".......they hate them more than we do.
I play senior softball with a 62 year old Chaldean guy and a couple weeks ago I asked him exactly what a Chaldean was. His explanation was that they are "Baghdad Christians".......I then asked him about his thoughts on Muslims and he went into a profanity laced tirade about them....LOL!
But back to the point, Detroit is just a pinprick on the map of Michigan and does not represent what the state of Michigan has to offer. I'm starting to get pretty damn tired of all the folks around here bashing our state simply because of Detroit and the cloistered Muslim population in Dearborn.......
I took my own pictures there just last week, over a period of a few days. I covered several neighborhoods... and was amazed at how spread out the “typical” scenes really cover... amazing.
For anyone who’s interested, here are my photos:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/23441454@N03/sets/72157627278854858/
Photos I took in the UP back in 08.
http://www.worldisround.com/articles/346923/index.html
Wish I had my good camera back then.
Nice pics... a bit different from the Detroit ones for sure!
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