www.POE-News.com wrote:A majority of the Detroit City Council wants to implement an economic development plan it commissioned for $112,000 that preaches racial isolation and rails against immigration in its bid to gain economic success for poor blacks.
That's it, now it's confirmed. This country has officially stopped progressing and has now thrown it in Reverse...
Goodbye Freedom, goodbye Tolerance, goodbye right to not be fucked with by someone with excess money and misguided "good intentions"; it's been nice knowin' y'all...
White people never go into Detroit without a flamethrower anyway. I certainly don't. "African Town"... LOL... This'll be funny to watch fail.
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GrandAdmiralPrawn wrote:White people never go into Detroit without a flamethrower anyway. I certainly don't. "African Town"... LOL... This'll be funny to watch fail.
My point remains. WTF would happen if this plan somehow succeeds in getting implemented? Think other places like, say, New Orleans (where as I can see every day Racism is quite alive and kicking!) wouldn't get emboldened by Detroit's stupidity? Worse, if it got implemented and ends up a total disaster, I really don't see any reason why they wouldn't try to spin the damn thing at 90 billion RPM to try to keep it around as long as possible! It's what they do in New Orleans, I don't see much diff between NO and Detroit really, and yes, I've been to both cities.
How could they enforce it? If a white person wants to move into a black neighborhood or vice versa, they cannot prevent them on grounds of race - to do so would be unlawful, and nothing they say can change that.
Jean Paul wrote:How could they enforce it? If a white person wants to move into a black neighborhood or vice versa, they cannot prevent them on grounds of race - to do so would be unlawful, and nothing they say can change that.
They probably won't, it'll probably just become "out of place" and that could be nough to keep them "to their own colour" blech.
I dunno, maybe it'll start out by race, but as time goes on, they'll seperate out into those that want to work in society properly and those that don't, rather than race.
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So, they want to "help" blacks by seperating them again? If it was any more racist, I'm sure after this, they will ban guns, alcohol, and literacy in this new district, lest they move "out of their place". And then after that, they'll force themselves to work in the white district for no cost. All in the name of helping themselves.
Detroit is already 84% black. I don't see how you could make the city more segregated, frankly.
Anyway, when a city has completely and utterly failed, like Detroit has, you can expect the city council to get weird ideas and blow money on crackpot theories like "powernomics".
Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves…We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.--Ada Louise Huxtable, "Farewell to Penn Station", New York Times editorial, 30 October 1963 X-Ray Blues
Anyway, when a city has completely and utterly failed, like Detroit has, you can expect the city council to get weird ideas and blow money on crackpot theories like "powernomics".
You have to be honest that the city has been doing better since Coleman Young left office. I, for one, at least have reservations about burning it to the ground and rebuilding now.
Really the city council is just an exercise in one of the flaws of democracy - stupidity can be self-propogating.
Anyway, when a city has completely and utterly failed, like Detroit has, you can expect the city council to get weird ideas and blow money on crackpot theories like "powernomics".
You have to be honest that the city has been doing better since Coleman Young left office. I, for one, at least have reservations about burning it to the ground and rebuilding now.
Really the city council is just an exercise in one of the flaws of democracy - stupidity can be self-propogating.
I'm not familiar with Detroit's local politics, save that in general it's the same brand of self-propagating corrupt Democrat machine politics that's merrily run any number of cities into the ground.
Any city gets what it admires, will pay for, and, ultimately, deserves…We want and deserve tin-can architecture in a tinhorn culture. And we will probably be judged not by the monuments we build but by those we have destroyed.--Ada Louise Huxtable, "Farewell to Penn Station", New York Times editorial, 30 October 1963 X-Ray Blues
RedImperator wrote:I'm not familiar with Detroit's local politics, save that in general it's the same brand of self-propagating corrupt Democrat machine politics that's merrily run any number of cities into the ground.
I live in the Metro Detroit Area. And the politics of the city can be best described as shit stupid in the best of times and gansta-style corruption all the rest. You're essentially right about that. Unfortunately this is what happens when you have a government by the ghetto rats, for the ghetto rats. It's a big self-perpetuating shit hole and unfortunately the black population of Detroit is damn near to blame for all of it.
As for this moronic scheme, I'm not suprised by it in the least. Kwame Kilpatrick is a bigoted shithead, gansta thug and most of the City Council is no better. Frankly, they're getting pissed off that the Arab immigrants are working hard, getting an education, and then getting the hell out. Oh, and not so coincidentally making a real future and real money in the process. Since most of them don't have the brains or ambition they'll instead try and tear them down.
Kilpatrick is scum. God forbid those folks elect a dignified public servant like Gil Hill. Noooo, they have to elect the bling-bling thug.
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Kilpatrick may be scum, but compared to Young the man's bloody brilliant and a saint.
The problem in Detroit, now, is that the education system went to pot a generation or two ago and today's voter reflects that. This is further compounded with most of the intelligent voters (black, white, or purple) getting bloody hell out whenever they can.
So what's the verdict? Burn it down and start over or try to reform without razing the city first?
tharkûn wrote:Kilpatrick may be scum, but compared to Young the man's bloody brilliant and a saint.
Which is like seeing that Charles Manson is sane compared to Jeffery Dahmer. Kilpatrick is shit stupid bastard that's already in serious trouble for his stupid ghetto antics. That he's better than the last guy doesn't change the fact that as a mayor he's a dismal failure.
tharkûn wrote:The problem in Detroit, now, is that the education system went to pot a generation or two ago and today's voter reflects that. This is further compounded with most of the intelligent voters (black, white, or purple) getting bloody hell out whenever they can.
Yeah, that's Detroit in a nutshell. Of course it doesn't help that instead of trying to build sucess for itself the black community, and let's be honest about that, has simply settled for attempting to tear down those that have succeeded against the odds. Frankly, Detroits black community is probably more racist than the Klan and this is just unfortunate proof of that.
tharkûn wrote:So what's the verdict? Burn it down and start over or try to reform without razing the city first?
Bulldozer most of, and make it a sneak attack so you can take out as many of the morons as you can.
Yeah. My mother subbed as court reporter one day for Kilpatrick's trial, and he was thuggin' around the courtroom with his death-squad of bodyguards and evil glares.
If Religion and Politics were characters on a soap opera, Religion would be the one that goes insane with jealousy over Politics' intimate relationship with Reality, and secretly murder Politics in the night, skin the corpse, and run around its apartment wearing the skin like a cape shouting "My votes now! All votes for me! Wheeee!" -- Lagmonster
Sorry, but it's true. He brought his goon-squad into the court room and sat there shooting everyone evil looks.
If Religion and Politics were characters on a soap opera, Religion would be the one that goes insane with jealousy over Politics' intimate relationship with Reality, and secretly murder Politics in the night, skin the corpse, and run around its apartment wearing the skin like a cape shouting "My votes now! All votes for me! Wheeee!" -- Lagmonster
Speaking of which, what exactly is the black population's opinion on being put into a business ghetto in exchange for city tax dollars?
Considering that most of the successful blacks move the hell out, I figure those remaining either don't have a clue, don't give a rat's ass, or actually support it.
Basically the average IQ in Detroit has been in free fall as all the smarter ones move out and those who remain bugger the educational system even more.
Under Archer, there looked like there might have been a marginal chance of turnaround. Kilpatrick might not make the situation actively worse, but that is about the most realistic hope one can have.
tharkûn wrote:Under Archer, there looked like there might have been a marginal chance of turnaround. Kilpatrick might not make the situation actively worse, but that is about the most realistic hope one can have.
I would say that he's definitely making it worse. At the very least all his corruption and cronism is hurting the city. Detroit needs a solid leadership and he's not it.
The problem with democracy is that you get the government you deserve.
what about the people who are ruled under the government who didn't vote for that government though?
uh. can't have your cake and eat it too?
maybe you could partition the country into two(or more) almost identical parts each ruled by a different party and people 'vote' by moving to the one they want to be ruled under
