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FrodosPet

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27. The Detroit City Council has been busy applauding a homophobic anti-Semite

Reply to Fire Walk With Me (Original post)

Sat Jun 22, 2013, 07:39 PM

Jun 2013

Minister Farrakhan Addresses Detroit City Council (May 17, 2013)

(Does Minister Farrakhan have any idea that City Council President Charles Pugh is openly gay? Does City Council President Charles Pugh have any idea that Minister Farrakhan is openly homophobic? And why are so many people applauding a homophobic anti-Semite who sounds like a hard right Republican over 95% of the time?)

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where is the outrage over destruction of civil rights sigmasix Jun 2013 #1

good question. right now there's a big debate going on about largely symbolic 'racism,' but i HiPointDem Jun 2013 #5

To both you and sigmasix: Fire Walk With Me Jun 2013 #9

Great post n/t Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #20

In Greece, Spain, Italy the unhired heads of state are called "technocrats" dixiegrrrrl Jun 2013 #2

aren't all city managers unelected? nt Mosby Jun 2013 #3

no. and the choice of whether to use city managers is subject to the vote. the emergency HiPointDem Jun 2013 #6

In most (all?) states yes Sgent Jun 2013 #17

He isn't a city manager 1gobluedem Jun 2013 #29

"manipulation by big international banks" = the cause of the ENTIRE WORLD'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS. WinkyDink Jun 2013 #4

When Detroit goes bankrupt, everyone will get a haircut badtoworse Jun 2013 #7

i doubt it. and the pols weren't the ones really running the city. the people running the city HiPointDem Jun 2013 #8

The banks made the city run up $15 billion in debt? badtoworse Jun 2013 #10

Politicians are beholden to their campaign donors. If the donors don't like their policies, they HiPointDem Jun 2013 #11

The most obvious and most likely explanation is that the people governing Detroit were idiots badtoworse Jun 2013 #12

the superficial mainstream explanation is always the most obvious. but generally not the most HiPointDem Jun 2013 #13

I've seen the Bloomberg article before and it confirms my point badtoworse Jun 2013 #14

gosh, you sound like a banker. HiPointDem Jun 2013 #16

My career has been in electric power, but I do a lot of work with financial institutions badtoworse Jun 2013 #18

Again Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2013 #15

Bankruptcies are ugly, but that's the way they work. badtoworse Jun 2013 #19

The Emergency Manager law Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2013 #21

What difference does it make? badtoworse Jun 2013 #22

IDK Proud Liberal Dem Jun 2013 #23

Keep in mind that the city is granted its authority to govern from the state. badtoworse Jun 2013 #24

The Emergency Manager Law repealed by a people's vote, and then repassed in a few weeks ShadowLiberal Jun 2013 #26

bankruptcies work by taking away people's civil rights? since fucking when? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #25

The Detroit City Council has been busy applauding a homophobic anti-Semite FrodosPet Jun 2013 #27

K&R! KoKo Jun 2013 #28