Detroit is bankrupt.

[trish]

No assumptions; I saw the smiley...it still wasn't funny.

[african1]

No assumptions; I saw the smiley...it still wasn't funny.

It's the truth though..

[african1]

No assumptions; I saw the smiley...it still wasn't funny.

BTW a quick compliment: I like your artwork in "Captures".

[broncofan]

BTW a quick compliment: I like your artwork in "Captures".

Lol You think one compliment and you've won her favor. You should dedicate a thread to her.

[african1]

Lol You think one compliment and you've won her favor. You should dedicate a thread to her.

enlighten me, why do I need to earn her favor?

[95racer]

Detroit was also one of LBJ's 'Model Cities'. LOL!

[broncofan]

enlighten me, why do I need to earn her favor?

Not earn favor but curry favor. Earning takes more than gratuitous compliments.

Not that you need to but maybe I thought you were trying to.

[broncofan]

Detroit was also one of LBJ's 'Model Cities'. LOL!

Yes! Other people's misfortune. That's a kneeslapper. Apparently a city's bankruptcy validates you and your views.

[95racer]

A is A, things are what they are. Years of liberal, democratic politics. Keep voting in the same POS Politicians. Quite frankly, if they were black they were in (ex Coleman & Kwame, Connors). How do you like your city now? I have no sympathy.

[broncofan]

Not only don't you have sympathy but you also seem to have disdain for the people in Detroit and glee that their city is bankrupt. This is the type of hatefulness that has become a hallmark of the GOP and people of your ilk, who think that everyone who has a tough time deserves it.

Not only have you not carried your burden of showing that every individual who has struggled brought it upon themselves, you don't even indicate that GOP policies would have alleviated it in any way. I've also noticed that your posts seem to contain every possible trope about African-Americans that an apparently race neutral thread about a city could have. You could have been a GOP strategist during the welfare reform era, painting pictures of lazy welfare moms, stirring up fear of certain elements fleeing to the suburbs, all the while flashing a sinister grin born of pure schadenfreude.