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Conservatives Should Point and Laugh as Detroit Dies
Townhall.com ^ | July 23, 2013 | Kurt Schlichter

Posted on 07/23/2013 3:38:02 AM PDT by Kaslin

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To: AlexW

Maybe not so much “laugh” as make sure the point is driven home that Detroit was run for FIFTY YEARS under full democrat control, no conservative was involved in its destruction,

and this result can be FULLY EXPECTED when democrats run the government.


41 posted on 07/23/2013 5:17:07 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: montanajoe

No offense but you lack critical comprehension skills.

We can keep this up all day, butt-hurt.


42 posted on 07/23/2013 5:17:12 AM PDT by agere_contra (I once saw a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called 'Schindler's List'.)
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To: AlexW

Was going to be my point... kinda like warning someone not to build their house on the sand, but they do anyway... then, when they get swept away by the storm... well, it’s a sad thing to behold.


43 posted on 07/23/2013 5:21:31 AM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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To: Vaquero

“The best thing that could happen is total abandonment of the city.”

And where would the scum move?


44 posted on 07/23/2013 5:22:46 AM PDT by BigCinBigD (...Was that okay?)
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45 posted on 07/23/2013 5:24:06 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: Kaslin

Detroit today...United States tomorrow. There is no free lunch...just someone else’s lunch.


46 posted on 07/23/2013 5:25:11 AM PDT by Portcall24 (WAS WHERE3)
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To: BigCinBigD
And where would the scum move?

New York City, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago..... Anywhere voters continually vote democrat.

47 posted on 07/23/2013 5:27:18 AM PDT by liberalh8ter (The only difference between flash mob 'urban yutes' and U.S. politicians is the hoodies.)
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To: kevkrom

It’s going to take me awhile to get that visual out of my head.


48 posted on 07/23/2013 5:28:26 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Its pretty clear that you just don’t have what it takes.

Nobody said anything about letting them slide.

Detroit isn’t going anywhere and that’s a simple fact that you’re going to have to face. Either we let Democrats have their way again or we find solutions on our own.

If conservatives want to behave exactly as the Texas protesters, I say wear those tampon earrings with pride but don’t count on me to do it.


49 posted on 07/23/2013 5:30:01 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: Therapsid
Unless we deride and shame Detroit - its leaders, its majority voters, its wicked entitlement and Socialist policies - then the poverty that you witnessed in Detroit will spread further.

We must not enable evil. Above all, we must not cast about for a way to save it, or perpetuate it!

Detroit has become a cancer and nothing can save it. Its only value now is as an awful and risible example.

We must not echo liberal pieties about needing to save it. Watch it crash and burn! Laugh at and deride the racist madmen who destroyed it!

But if Detroit does not become a byword for corruption and municipal narcissism - if we solemnly pledge to 'save Detroit' - then there really is no help for America.

50 posted on 07/23/2013 5:33:09 AM PDT by agere_contra (I once saw a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called 'Schindler's List'.)
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To: AlexW

You are wrong....we should be laughing.

The vermin left in Detroit are the same maggots that caused it to fail.

The reason for celebration is that this is “the poster boy” so to speak for liberalism and Democrat rule in our country. Celebration is due to the fact that this is the first example to the voting public that Socialism and Marxism does not work in a free society......and it is finally starting to fail.

Yes! Celebration is sorely due.


51 posted on 07/23/2013 5:33:25 AM PDT by DH (Once the tainted finger of government touches anything the rot begins)
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To: cripplecreek

I have enough of what it takes to leave you unable to refute the facts and logic of my post.

Because for thousands of years civilized society mocked and shunned their ‘liberals’ to ensure their insanity stayed contained. Tampon earings not required. A simple “Idipt, your stupidity created your dilemma. Choke on it” should suffice nicely.


52 posted on 07/23/2013 5:34:07 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Kaslin

I will be very “pissed off” if they use one single dime of my tax money to bail out this liberal bastion of FAIL.


53 posted on 07/23/2013 5:35:36 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Norm Lenhart

Clowns like you are nothing but little Obama clones. Zero courage and nothing but hate. You’re just as happy to destroy the country as Obama.

You may go now, boy.


54 posted on 07/23/2013 5:38:29 AM PDT by cripplecreek (REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
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To: rbg81
Spot on. The interesting thing to me about this whole Detroit story is what put it on the front page. As we look at the hundreds of photos of squalor and decay, we must realize that it is not these that made this story newsworthy. The rot in these photos has been going on for years now. No, the current concern has nothing at all to do with the plight of the citizens of Detroit. Not at all. The focus of this story has to do with the plight of Detroit government.

Democrats have stood by idly as the hope and prosperity of the citizens of Detroit has been slowly but steadily destroyed from within. Election after election, the same mold of bureaucrats survived while the city itself died. But now and only now do the alarm bells sound, and only because the bureaucrats have run out of other people's money.

If Detroit still had creditors left that were willing to extend it more loans, this story wouldn't be on the front page. And the decay of the citizens would continue unabated with zero empathy from the ruling Democrat class.

55 posted on 07/23/2013 5:39:34 AM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: Hoodat

Excellent observation.


56 posted on 07/23/2013 5:41:42 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (21st century. I'm not a fan.)
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To: Norm Lenhart

14 Cities That Are Being Eaten Alive By Public Sector Workers
http://www.businessinsider.com/cities-that-are-being-eaten-alive-by-their-employees-2011-7?op=1

The reason why public-sector pension costs have not been addressed is that the full bill has never been revealed to taxpayers.
http://www.economist.com/opinion/displaystory.cfm?story_id=13988606

Top Ten Most Dangerous Cities in America (Each Led by a Democrat)
http://www.examiner.com/article/top-ten-most-dangerous-cities-america-each-led-by-a-democrat

The First 10 City Pensions That Will Run Out Of Money
http://www.businessinsider.com/first-city-pensions-insolvent-2010-12?slop=1#slideshow-start

heckuva a job, ‘rats !


57 posted on 07/23/2013 5:43:38 AM PDT by TurboZamboni (Marx smelled bad & lived with his parents most his life.)
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To: TurboZamboni

“14 Cities That Are Being Eaten Alive By Public Sector Workers.”

That is a very succinct headline.


58 posted on 07/23/2013 5:45:17 AM PDT by agere_contra (I once saw a movie where only the police and military had guns. It was called 'Schindler's List'.)
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To: Kaslin

Detroit will vote 80% DNC in the next election. Nothing will be learned.

Pray for America to Wake Up


59 posted on 07/23/2013 5:47:34 AM PDT by bray (Coming soon: The Republic of Texas 2022)
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To: Therapsid
There is nothing to laugh about...only a fool would laugh.

Exactly, and people need to be taught that Conservative values and principles are compassionate, that they do aid, and do assist, that they do build up people and society. This needs to be spoken loud, and our so-called Republican leaders need to grow a pair.
60 posted on 07/23/2013 5:50:48 AM PDT by Thorliveshere (Tais deau sá taghdedaul!)
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