Mayor Nutter’s Call: It is a sign of the times that basic decency has grown unusual.

NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE ^ | August 12, 2011 | Rich Lowry

[brityank]

The unraveling of the two-parent family and the diminution of adult authority go back decades. Nutter may be able to beat back the flash mobs, but the larger social disaster that is the context of such mayhem will endure.

Hate to break it to you, but that "larger social disaster" covers more than just the Black community. One commonality seems to be the pitiful public education system foisted by the 'experts' and their union supporters.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

[Dr. Scarpetta]

We live 60 miles from Phila, but we are not happy that we sometimes get called to federal jury duty there.

In the past, I would have taken my 3 yr old grandaughter to the Phila zoo, but I avoid the place now.

We always took our own kids to the zoo there back in the day.

[Dr. Scarpetta]

“It’s a Dirty, Rotten Shame: We have a Filthy Image”

August 12, 2011 by NATALIE POMPILIO,

http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-12/news/29880806_1_trash-cans-cleaner-cities-clean-cities

[Dr. Scarpetta]

“It’s a Dirty, Rotten Shame: We have a Filthy Image”

August 12, 2011 by NATALIE POMPILIO,

http://articles.philly.com/2011-08-12/news/29880806_1_trash-cans-cleaner-cities-clean-cities

[BibChr]

Yep, he had a come to Jesus moment.

Except he didn't. Wish he had. But it'a all just talk, and he continues to support the machinery that has been tearing down everything he's paying lip-service to for decades. Talk, talk, talk, not one thing more.

[MsLady]

Dont’cha just hate that :(

[BibChr]

Yes ma'am! It would have been such a powerful speech if he had concluded it with anything like this:

"...and I have come to realize my own participation in this appalling state of affairs. I have come to confess this to you. For decades now, I have served a system and a political party that has been bad for the country, and bad for black people. It has encouraged the killing of black babies by encouraging abortion. It has encouraged the destruction of black families by rewarding promiscuity. It has eroded the rule of law. In the 1800s, it embraced slavery. In the 1900s, it turned from that embrace, but replaced it with being owned and subsidized by the government — and what is that but slavery, though the chains are less visible? So I tell you today that I am taking the step of resigning my membership in the Democratic Party, and rescinding my support for President Obama. I am unsure what I am going to do, but I am going to start listening, and re-thinking; and if I find the GOP friendlier to responsibility, liberty, and the family, then they will gain themselves one more vote. Thank you."

Wouldn't that have been a powerful end to a powerful speech?

[brityank]

Mayor Michael Nutter doing the right thing ping!

Actions speak louder than words:

Nutter supports the eviction of the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America from their headquarters on the Ben Franklin Parkway. In a televised debate on NBC 10 Live @ Issue he said, "In my administration, we will not subsidize discrimination."

Nutter helped destroy his own city!

[MsLady]

Yes it would have!!!

[denydenydeny]

I will give credit to Mayor Nutter for allowing the subject to be discussed in public. His speech essentially made it possible for news outlets to discuss the racial aspects of the flash-mob attacks; otherwise they would still be paralyzed by fear.