Visit Detroit at your own risk, police union warns!

[Crow]

Man....too many pot fairies in WA to be Detroit.... :-)

Throw a little corn mash and systemic greed into the mix (thanks Lx for pointing out my oversight).....and you might just make the cut......but for now we are looking for more than general paranoia and pissedness that someone is boagarting the joint...... :-)

Hahaha!!

Don't get nippy with me, Doh'g!

[Bigblue1]

Yea Blue, It's all more complicated than can be put in a forum post. It would take a book at least to chase down the problems. I'm really ambivalent regarding unions. Even today, they can serve a useful purpose, but greed gets in the way. Regardless of how the company/economy are doing, cuts are never acceptable to the unions. On the other end, people are getting laid off while corporate officers are raking in cash. It's greed all around. The current capitalist system is broken, and unsustainable. It can only be fixed from the bottom up, but people can't see the forest for the trees. It'll get corrected eventually, but nobody's gonna like the correction. We're starting to see it with unpredictable weather, and water shortages. Wait until China and India really start cranking up, and things will get very bad indeed...

Yeah my post was a bit rambling. But regardless of the size I really don't care to give people who have lived it a 1st grade breakdown but once I get started there's so much to say. I'm for sure not gonna proof read it. Anyway, it's gone to shit and is gonna get worse for the majority of us. And for those who it hasn't count your blessings and enjoy it while you still can. The best we can do is adapt to the rapidly changing environment. In other words: You gotta do what you gotta do.

[muddyfunkstar]

And for those that don't believe that Detroit is that nasty, just watch this video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=wUphiru_UhY

That's insane.

Was that an actual gun fight, or just people shooting off guns to celebrate new year?

[Snusdog]

Roo, Lx, and Blue........nice posts

I think we are hitting on many points of a complex problem......one which in the end really comes down to greed.....and the way that it will eventually screws you and everyone around you


Anyway....I enjoyed reading them

[truthwolf1]

Granted that most private companies only really care about profit but from I vaguely remember from those mid-2000's is a auto workforce who was creating large SUV's, V-8 full size cars etc.. while gas prices were climbing overnight. Also I believe many of these workers were quite overpaid with a multitude of benefits the average American worker would never see in their lifetime. There also I believe was quite a large gap per hour salary compared to workers working at similar postitions in Japanese factories. So, pretty much it was bad decisions at the top with a overpriced work force that collapsed that American auto worker dream there.

[devilock76]

This whole thread is reminding me of this:

Ken

[Crow]

Hahahaha!!

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