Shovel ready jobs... Obama style. by AURaptor

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Shovel ready jobs... Obama style.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 1:54 PM

America loves a winner!

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DETROIT (WJBK) - Why is the city of Detroit putting in new sidewalks and wheelchair ramps in neighborhoods where no one lives? You'll see empty lots next to abandoned house after abandoned house.

Yet, on the corner, brand new cement with state of the art ramps. And if you think only city residents are paying for this, think again. FOX 2's Simon Shaykhet found out why we're all footing the bill.

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/dpp/news/the_edge/sidewalks-to-nowhere%3A-
detroit%27s-brand-new-ramps-in-abandoned-neighborhoods

Your tax $'s at work.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:10 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

I'm struggling to imagine the cause for complaint for a city installing good sidewalks in decaying neighborhoods. Is the concern that the decaying neighborhoods are being targeted exclusively, or is the concern that the decaying neighborhoods should be abandoned to their ill fate?

--Anthony

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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 2:58 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

The concerns you express are explicitly addressed in the accompanying video.

You should watch, THEN reply.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:12 PM

ANTHONYT

Freedom is Important because People are Important

Hello,

While I appreciate your order of compliance, I have not the means to enjoy your thoughtfully linked video. Without an equally thoughtful address of the concerns by your good self, I suppose I will continue to be mystified by you as per usual.

--Anthony

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"In every war, the state enacts a tax of freedom upon the citizenry. The unspoken promise is that the tax shall be revoked at war's end. Endless war holds no such promise. Hence, Eternal War is Eternal Slavery." --Admiral Robert J. Henner

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:22 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Worthy and her puppet Bing gotta make the rake-off somehow now that they've squeezed dry other sources.

Ain't about left-right politics, that, and has prettymuch jack shit to do with the federal level - it's about a corrupt culture which has existed for some time in the heart of detroits government, because NO PEACEFUL MEANS exist for its removal that don't lie within the control of the very people who should be removed.

In short, the end result OF government.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:28 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

To sum up, federal $ was spent( wasted ) on very fine sidewalks, with anti skid wheel chair accessible ramps, which lead to - no where. The neighborhood was / is a complete blight. Worse still, the roads in the nearly abandoned area had been paved, partially, again to no where.

All the locals, or the ones they could find, were annoyed that so much $ had been wasted, where it could have been used better, any number of ways.

You're welcome.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 3:55 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Ya can't blame the feds, Rappy - it's the local officials who decided WHERE those funds go, and they need to be called to heel on that and many other things, sure.

But you've no solutions, just whining and partisanship, so why should I give a fuck about your opinion ?

-F

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:19 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

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Originally posted by Fremdfirma:

Ya can't blame the feds, Rappy - it's the local officials who decided WHERE those funds go, and they need to be called to heel on that and many other things, sure.

But you've no solutions, just whining and partisanship, so why should I give a fuck about your opinion ?

-F

Ha ha. Did I GIVE my opinion? Just offered up the facts. You took it as... well, being you, how you usually take such things.

This is just one of thousands of examples of how our tax $'s are being completely wasted. But continue to not give a fuck, because I'm the one who told you. Like that makes it less true.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:51 PM

FREMDFIRMA

Gee, you told me something I already know, and act like a damn puppy expecting a biscuit when you've offered no solutions ?

Thank you captain obvious, here's your biscuit, now go AWAY unless you have something useful to add.

-F

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:59 PM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

This is you not giving a fuck ?

Man, you're almost as bad as Niki when it comes to saying 1 thing, and doing the exact opposite.

" I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend. "

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:36 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Originally posted by AURaptor:

To sum up, federal $ was spent( wasted ) on very fine sidewalks, with anti skid wheel chair accessible ramps, which lead to - no where.

Was Sarah Palin involved? 'Cause if she was, you'd be totally okay with it then.

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:38 PM

KWICKO

Meanwhile, here are the shovel-ready jobs, Bush style.

"Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it is true that most stupid people are conservatives." - John Stuart Mill

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Thursday, October 27, 2011 6:53 PM

RIONAEIRE

Beir bua agus beannacht

A Anthony a chara,
Have I ever told you that you are incredibly eliquent in your manner of writing and that I always enjoy reading it? Well I'm telling you now and have been meaning to for a while now.

"A completely coherant River means writers don't deliver" KatTaya

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Friday, October 28, 2011 10:08 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I know, isn't he a kick in the head? He's not only eloquent, you can't MISS the snark within the eloquence! But that I had such talent!

I agree with everyone else: yes, the money could be better spent elsewhere right now, but no, I have no problem with improving things in such a way; and no, you can't blame Obama, 'cuz it IS the locals who decide how the money should be spent.

By putting up the material he did, with the title he did, of COURSE he's expressing an opinion. Does he ever do otherwise?

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Friday, October 28, 2011 11:13 AM

STORYMARK

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Originally posted by AnthonyT:
Hello,

I'm struggling to imagine the cause for complaint for a city installing good sidewalks in decaying neighborhoods.

You don't understand, because you don't share Rappy's derangement.

"Goram it kid, let's frak this thing and go home! Engage!"

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