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"Black marks on your record show you have lived a little and have overcome some challenges,” said Bowens, a former press secretary to Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer and NAACP activist." Black marks?!? Racis mu fuh! | |||
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| I believe in the principle of Due Process  |
Black marks matter! Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me. When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson "Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown | |||
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They represent their constituents. ____________________________________________________ The butcher with the sharpest knife has the warmest heart. | |||
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Nice way of saying crook. | |||
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Very qualified given Detroits city government past. | |||
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| Never miss an opportunity to STFU |
And it's swirling on the way down the toilet. If it weren't for that third world shit hole, the rest of Michigan could be a decent place. But the Motown and its thug culture, since Coleman Youngs' day has managed to soak up tax dollars and export crime. May it burn to the ground. Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom | |||
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So the more black marks, the better qualified?  "Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women. When it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it....While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it" - Judge Learned Hand, May 1944 | |||
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Marion Barry was not an anomaly. _________________________ | |||
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And the other half would be too, if their were any justice in Wayne County/Detroit. Rod "Do not approach a bull from the front, a horse from the rear, or a fool from any direction." John Deacon, Author I asked myself if I was crazy, and we all said no. | |||
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I like this one!  She would be a fine representative of her constituents! GGF | |||
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Drill Here, Drill Now |
As an engineer, I can appreciate this enormous increase in efficiency. Before, it took years and tens of thousands of dollars to convict a Detroit mayor and send them to jail. Now, they're preconvicted... Ego is the anesthesia that deadens the pain of stupidity DISCLAIMER: These are the author's own personal views and do not represent the views of the author's employer. | |||
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That was good. And true. Geez. Lover of the US Constitution Wile E. Coyote School of DIY Disaster | |||
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| It's not easy being me |
I was going to address the "wrongfully convicted felon" post of GGF. But then I saw the "preconvicted" post of tatortodd, and almost spewed on the keyboard. I guess Detroit gets what it deserves... _______________________________________ Flammable, Inflammable, or Nonflammable....... Hell, either it Flams or it doesn't!! (George Carlin) | |||
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I grew up in and around Detroit, Michigan (1942-1960) and it distresses me a lot to witness what has happened to my old home town. Fortunately, after 20 years USAF I decided against returning there and now live in Dallas, Texas. (Yes, some things here bother me, too.) flashguy Texan by choice, not accident of birth | |||
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Flashguy- I feel for you. I have a friend who grew up in Detroit in the 1940's and 1950's. He was my Professor at the Univ of Michigan. I was visiting him, and he pulled up his photo albums from the day he grew up in Detroit, and he explained what a wonderful place Detroit was to grow up in. Then the 1967 riots took place, most good people, both black and white moved out of the City of Detroit, "leaders" like Mayor Coleman Young too over the helm of the City, and everything went to hell in Detroit. And even with Mike Duggan as Mayor, things are not much better. Seeing my friend's photo albums and hearing his stories really made me understand what was lost. If you think you can, YOU WILL!!!!! | |||
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Waiting for Hachiko |
Some really black comedy. 美しい犬 | |||
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