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Detroit: The Moral of the Story (What can we learn from a rich, productive city that was ruined?)
National Review ^
| 06/09/2012
| Kevin D. Williamson
Posted on 06/09/2012 10:03:17 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: nathanbedford
I suppose I succumbed somewhat to political correctness in ascribing a criminal mindset to those individuals that run Detroit. A mentality that takes whatever it can at the expense of society, yet there is an obvious link between attitudes of certain races that uphold this corrupt mindset as a model to emulate.
One real-world example would be former Washington DC mayor Marion Barry. His corruption and blatant disregard for the law was of no importance to the voters. They embrace corruption as their city slides into oblivion, unable to see what’s in front of their face, even exalting at the prospect of descending into third-world status.
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Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
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To: SeekAndFind
I was born in Dearborn in 1953. My father worked for Ford Company for a number of years. We lived in various places in the Detroit area before being dragged down to Miami, Florida by my father in 1963. Four years later were the detroit riots. But I remember that as a kid I really LIKED living in Michigan, and that the countryside was beautiful. In third grade we took a field trip to Ford and saw the factories, among them the steel mills.
Looking at pictures of the ruins, it makes me want to cry for all the reuined beautiful buildings and for how great that city once was.
To: SeekAndFind
I was born in Dearborn in 1953. My father worked for Ford Company for a number of years. We lived in various places in the Detroit area before being dragged down to Miami, Florida by my father in 1963. Four years later were the detroit riots. But I remember that as a kid I really LIKED living in Michigan, and that the countryside was beautiful. In third grade we took a field trip to Ford and saw the factories, among them the steel mills.
Looking at pictures of the ruins, it makes me want to cry for all the reuined beautiful buildings and for how great that city once was.
To: 11Bush
Thank you for your kind comment.
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