Matthew Davis: Detroit must be turned around quickly, and emergency...

...Very Good Article.

Detroit must be turned around. State money, most voters' patience -- and the inexorable march of time-- are all running out.

The infant sits there pumping out the poop. It needs change, but all it wants to do is cry and writhe. It refuses to help itself because it can't. It has never reached that level of development. So the adults in the room will be forced to do something, to empty the poop and clean things up. And everyone knows that the effect will be temporary. For this is a perpetual infant. It can never amount to more.

... good one Pete.

Wifey says:
"You fail to understand that the suburbs ... are not Detroit's personal piggy bank that can be tapped whenever they throw a party they can't afford."
Oakland County Executive L. Brooks Patterson

I'm thinking MJ, MJ and Mike don't live in black neighborhoods. They also don't cut their own lawns or have to pick up anything.

Jimmy the Greek was probably right about breeding for strength, but then the East Africans win the marathons without any help of white breeders or slave masters. Certain people have natural ability in some areas. Why is it so difficult to believe certain people may have disabilities in certain areas?

"You'll be swell! You'll be great!
Gonna have the whole world on the plate!
Starting here, starting now,
honey, everything's coming up roses!"

Why can't the state be proud of this city ?

It's just an old city that has to start over !

Detroit will continue to suffer until it gets a grip on the unemployment rate. I hope President Obama in office the next 4 years will make a positive difference.