Posted on 09/03/2010 4:36:21 PM PDT by frankenMonkey
The Rev. Jesse Jackson came to Detroit last weekend pushing green jobs for the U.S. economy. On Monday, the Cadillac Escalade carrying him around the city was stolen and stripped. Does building replacement $1000 rims count as "green jobs?"
Jackson came to Detroit as part of UAW President Bob King's "Jobs, Justice and Peace" march on Sunday, which drew about 5,000 people to a combination protest and Democratic Party spirit parade.
A day after the rally, the 2009 Cadillac Escalade SUV that Jackson used to get around Detroit went missing from a parking lot near his hotel. According to WXYZ-TV, the SUV was later found abandoned, with the window busted and its wheels gone, similar to the jacking of a SUV used by Detroit Mayor Dave Bing's security.
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Jackson came to Detroit as part of UAW President Bob King's "Jobs, Justice and Peace" march on Sunday, which drew about 5,000 people to a combination protest and Democratic Party spirit parade.Jobs (there are none), Justice (this means the imprisonment of anyone who builds businesses which put people to work; or people who want to cut "entitlements"), and Peace (means living under a police state). Thanks frankenMonkey.
Oh the irony...LOL!!
“(Green) Jobs, Justice, and Peace”
Can’t make this stuff up!
UPDATE:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2671614,jesse-jackson-car-stolen-090310.article
Just days after Jackson’s SUV was stolen, one of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing’s vehicles also went missing. The GMC Yukon Denali was later found resting on bricks, also missing its rims.
Because, as everyone knows, going green (and driving the price of electricity through the roof) is the number one priority in the Inner City . . . except for maybe "gay marriage."
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