Earlier this week, it was reported that the median home price in Detroit has sunk to $7,500. Now this report from Nolan Finley concerning a recent Detroit City Council meeting:
My hopes for Detroit's future faded as I watched the tape of last Tuesday's council meeting, the one that considered the Cobo Center expansion deal.Even the nutroots at the Daily Kos realize just how out of control Detroit is. One of the comments at the Daily Kos wondered why Obama had not spoken out against this council meeting. Another comment answered that question by saying that Obama cannot speak to every individual situation. That's funny. Obama can't speak to this meeting, but he and his henchman Robert Gibbs can find the time to call out Rush Limbaugh, by name, for doing nothing other than exercising his First Amendment right.
It was a tragic circus, a festival of ignorance that confirmed the No. 1 obstacle to Detroit's progress is the bargain basement leaders that city voters elect. The black nationalism that is now the dominant ideology of the council was on proud display, both at the table and in the audience.
Speakers advocating for the deal were taunted by the crowd and cut short by Council President Monica Conyers, who presided over the hearing like an angry bulldog; whites were advised by the citizens to, "Go home."
Opponents were allowed to rant and ramble on uninterrupted about "those people" who want to steal Detroit's assets and profit from the city's labors.
A pitiful Teamster official who practically crawled to the table on his knees expressing profuse respect for this disrespectful body was battered by both the crowd and the council.
When he dared suggest that an improved Cobo Center would create more good-paying jobs for union workers, Conyers reminded him, "Those workers look like you; they don't look like me."
Desperate, he invoked President Barack Obama's message of unity and was angrily warned, "Don't you say his name here."
I have a more plausible explanation as to why Obama hasn't spoken out against the blatant racism displayed at the Detroit City Council meeting. I blogged about it last week. Read it here. The short answer is that Obama is in agreement with the racist sentiment. Here's his economic goblin Robert Reich spewing the same racist philosophy. Obama didn't call him out either.
Mr. Finley referred to watching a tape of the meeting. Where is it? I have not been able to find it. But I still have this video of a Detroit Council Meeting from last April. The face of hope and change?
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Utterly pathetic. My son's second grade student council operates more efficiently.
After watching Detroit, which used to be a great city, disintegrate since Coleman Young and his racist whine became the public discourse, the question has to be asked: Do blacks have the capacity for self government and control?
Good question Richard. There are many nations and cities governed by blacks. Can any of them be considered a success? I can name many that are complete and utter failures. Which doesn't bode well for America.
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