” the last words ringing in its ears should be the voices of laughing conservatives saying, “We told you so.”
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I do not think they should be “LAUGHING”. They should be shaking their heads in disgust.
It will next come to a city near you, as Obamunisim consumes more and more of America.
“Conservatives” deserve to lose with that kind of attitude. That’s liberal behavior.
Real conservatives cut democrats out of the equation and build something better.
How could massive federal gov. aid possibly fix Detroit’s problems? The biggest problem is simply that the great majority of Detroit’s citizens are highly incapable of sustaining a large, vibrant city. When half the citizens are functionally illiterate, many are on welfare, and another very large percentage are criminals, how can they possibly constitute the citizenry needed to make a city operate? It can’t be done...no matter how many billions are thrown at it.
schadenfreude has it’s place. It is negative validation of conservatism in macrocosm. It solves nothing, but that is up to the voters in the area to fix and they won’t. The best thing that could happen is total abandonment of the city.
Anyone who imagines Liberals will learn from this is wrong. One would have thought they learned from the collapse of communism. But no. Compared to that, Detroit is just a bump in the road.
Liberalism is based on feelings and fantasy, which gets in the way of learning from your mistakes. In the end, they will just blame it on evil reactionary forces and racism.
When his ilk are gone, there can be improvement. Improvement trumps progress by progressives
bfl
You know your city is the pits when all it has to show for itself is Eminem (who is actually a pretty good rapper, for a white dude).
What a bunch of bullshit.
Conservatives should NEVER be happy any American city is in the shape of Detroit.
If so called “Conservatives” cannot pull their heads out of their asses and offer solutions for all Americans in all cities they deserve neither the respect not the votes of the American electorate..
Poor and incompetent representation and management is fixed at the ballot box, not the public trough.
If the federal government keeps bailing out cities and municipalities then they’ll keep perpetuating the problem.
LLS
It is right to assign blame.
In a democratic republic, ultimate responsibility for failed government rests with the citizenry.
Here’s what is frightening.
In a normal and realistic society, Detroit is the textbook example of what NOT to do if you want your city to remain prosperous and viable. It OUGHT to be the most dramatic and indelible warning to everyone.... individuals, cities and the country!!!
Everything that could be done to ruin the place and its prospects, WAS done, and done as if by necessity-like they had some crying NEED to croak the place.
They couldn’t help themselves and clung to their BS Liberalism... even when (VERY long ago) it was apparent that it was the wrong direction.
I especially loved/love the way Liberals beat us over the head for what they call our Conservative greed and lack of compassion. I loved/love the way they cast these insults in our face AS IF Conservatives would condemn any city to this kind of thing, JUST because they are Liberals.
A failed city hurts ALL America... but Liberals made political capital out of what THEY called the Conservative ‘uncaring and greedy’ demands for accountability and responsible management.
However, this catastrophe didn’t happen overnight.
So there has been AMPLE time to consider the future and there is a tremendous amount of blame to go around. But no, the spoiled children were shamefully indulged.
Blame must be laid at the feet of the Liberals in Detroit who screamed like spoiled children for what they wanted and GOT! ... (continuously, for decades). Blame must also be laid at the feet of Congress and the MSM which never once challenged this in a way that would even impede the process.
This is the kind of column Ann Coulter used to write before she started humping Christie’s leg.
Rush had the stats from Detroit yesterday. It's been 37 years since any (R) was elected it that city and over 60 years since an (R) mayor. I am afraid 0 bumbler will bail Detroit out again.
Detroit today...United States tomorrow. There is no free lunch...just someone else’s lunch.
I will be very “pissed off” if they use one single dime of my tax money to bail out this liberal bastion of FAIL.
Detroit will vote 80% DNC in the next election. Nothing will be learned.
Pray for America to Wake Up
Laugh? no.
I pray they get the courage to act together and start tossing out the thugs (political and neighborhood).