Pete

Barrage Surge

People have been using marijuana 10,000 years. It is only the past 100 years our leaders implemented draconian laws against weed

Yes to daughter, hell yes to mother, and I am guessing yes to Grandmother

I raise you Al Cowlngs

Graffiti is art. Billboards are what is polluting neighborhoods

she needs to get to a gym

because the powers that be would not allow my avatar of two girls making out .gif

And that Richard Manual story and song is haunting

I just tweeked my achilles trail running. The mistake was I was in my sandals. I was running up a hill and it just tightened up instantly. No bueno

haha I got 5 myself. Is there a leaderboard?

Much respect for your musical taste. I am familiar with most of those, and agree great for drinking. And I will seek out those I am not familiar with. Dr John is relatively new to me. Last year was first time I heard Gris Gris. Wow. What an amazing, truly unique album!

Well just how exactly do you expect to sell your house? BTW a couple other random facts about Detroit- It takes an hour for 911 to respond. Most ambulances have over 250,000 miles on them

We could use him. Good luck this season, and I hope he ends up being a Bill

good choices. I also like Cannonball Adderly "Mercy Mercy Mercy", Ray Charles, Ramsey Lewis Trio, and Stone Roses for drinking. What say you? Is the rest of this board a bunch of Lemonade Lucy's?

Good for you! I love Wilco and think they are the best band going today. And they are great live. Aren't they playing with Dylan and My Morning Jacket too? Dylan gets heavy rotation here too (as do the Dead too)

I am enjoying some Bourbon now, listening to My Dusty Road by Woody Guthrie. Stones, Wilco, Son House are great to listen to for drinking. What other albums are good drinking music?

Well there is 2.2 million human beings that live in metropolitan Detroit and I feel empathy for them. $18 billion Detroit’s estimated debt obligations. $11.9 billion City’s unsecured obligations to lenders and retirees. $6.4 billion City’s obligations backed by enterprise revenues (Revenue Bonds). 38 cents Of every tax dollar that the city collects goes to service legacy debt and other obligations rather than providing services for the city’s residents and businesses. $115.5 million Detroit’s negative cash flows in fiscal year 2012. 8% Interest accrued on Detroit’s deferred payment of pension fund contributions. Over 100,000 Estimated number of Detroit creditors. 22% Reduction in city employees since fiscal year 2010. 1.85 million Detroit’s population in 1952, its highest point. 62% Decline in Detroit’s population from 1950 to 2012. 150,000 Number of manufacturing jobs Detroit lost between 1947 and 1963 as smaller auto makers disappeared and Big Three auto makers move operations to suburbs and out of state. 47% Detroit’s share of US auto sales in 2008. 80% Of Detroit’s manufacturing was lost between 1972 and 2007. 78% Of Detroit’s retail establishments were lost between 1972 and 2007. 735,104 Number of jobs in Detroit for residents and non residents in 1970. 346,545 Number of jobs in Detroit for residents and non residents in 2012. 9.4% Jobless rate in Detroit as of June 2013. 30% Decline in Detroit’s municipal income tax receipts since 2002. 36% Of Detroit’s population lives below the poverty level. 54% Of Detroiters own a home. 16% Of Michigan’s population lives below poverty level. 28% Decline in Detroit’s receipts from utility user’s tax over the last decade. $1.6 billion Decline in city’s assessed property values over the last five years. $134.9 million Property tax revenues for city’s 2013 fiscal year. 139 square miles Detroit’s city footprint. 40% Of city’s street lights do not work. 78,000 Number of abandoned structures in Detroit, representing 20% of the city’s housing stock. 210 City parks were closed during fiscal year 2009, reducing its total by 66%. Source: Alexander Rozens, Bloomberg Brief And some of the good people of Detroit are stepping up- http://www.cbc.ca/asithappens/features/2013/07/22/a-gang-of-volunteer-lawn-mowers-are-helping-keep-the-bankrupt-detroits-parks-open/

spot on. GM was the most profitable company in the world in the early 80's- yet they were still shutting down plants and moving to Mexico. 1960 Detroit had the highest per capita income.It was known as the Paris of the West. And it is heartbreaking what has happened to one of our most beautiful cities

Imagine if Babe Ruth was put under the microscope like these kids. I want football players for the Bills, and don't give two ***** if they enjoy beer

Coffee. Hot coffee, none of that ice coffee ****. Strong coffee Yep. Disturbing scene from a disturbing movie. Nice seeing Connely's ass, but disturbing the situation

I don't eat fast food or at chains. I don't shop at Walmart, etc. I support my local business

I prefer my local hardware store

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