glassdogs

Actually, Detroit is the first LARGE city to go bankrupt. California leads the parade with Stockton, Mammoth Lakes, and San Bernadino. Two counties, Boise County, ID and Jefferson County, (Birmingham) AL have filed. Two other cities, Harrisburg, PA and some small town in RI have also filed. (Per a USA Today map) I think you are mostly correct that corruption and pension plans have been the culprits.

There are some interesting things going to develop out of this: Detroit has about $9billion in unfunded pension and health care obligations to retired city employees. Do not be surprised to see those benefits slashed to pennies on the dollar. There are huge amounts of money owed by Detroit in the form of municipal bonds. Those will be likely revalued on their face amount and Wall Street is going to take a big hit. Probably pennies on the dollar again. Detroit government is going to continue to get $11 million a month in CASINO taxes. That is interesting, in that Detroit has

You know you are a racist for saying that, don't you? :rofl: It's WalMart's fault because they make too much money. It's George Bush's fault. If those blasted Christians would just stop telling people how to live their lives, none of this would be going on. /sarcasm

I think they had already met their quota of dumbasses for the team. But I'm sure our local "expert" was on the stand-by list.

Unless, of course, the individual is a liberal and their weapons permit is signed off by Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

Those springs are dangerous to handle unless you have the right tools and plenty of experience.

Is there some niche expertise you have? Some special skill that an employer would want but not have a full-time need for? If there is one employer needing that skill, maybe there are more? Where I'm going with this is self-employment. I have a friend who is self-employed as a consultant for Pitney-Bowes. He travels from Atlanta to Knoxville and does nothing but train office staffs how to use postage meters. Gets paid per stop plus a travel and lodging allowance. He does right well.

I think the Troll's baby sister was monopolizing the bandwidth yesterday.

I'll type this really slow, because I know you have a comprehension problem, There is only ONE verdict, the one the court system hands down. They choose to use the language "not guilty". You getting your large intestine tied in a knot over this poses a larger question than guilt vs. innocence: Which came first, Liberalism or Stupidity?

I have a Dell color laser printer. Bought the CMYK cartridges on Amazon the other day, less than $40, delivered.

I'm guessing you two aren't gonna do lunch anytime soon?

I really believe you and Eddie Bennett are on the same kind of meds. Sheesh! I think you'd argue with a fencepost.

Yeah. That's what she does best,

Don't you remember our mutual friend Curtis telling us that mowing the lawn was "woman's work"? How soon you forget.....

Were you looking in the mirror when you wrote that?

You only have to know 4 things to be a plumber: !. Water runs downhill. 2. Poop stinks. 3. Payday is Friday. 4. Don't bite your fingernails.

Thank you for an extremely well written, to the point, explanation of what is wrong with this country. I'm sure it will go right over the heads of the lamebrain left wingers. Government is not the solution to our problems. Government IS the problem.

NBC is owned by GE, right? And the CEO of GE is Obamas best buddy. This could be interesting. Which may be connected to the DOJ witch hunt of some trumped up "civil rights" charges to keep Zimmerman occupied on the defense instead of going after the media whores. I wonder what the statute of limitations is on Zimmermans action against GE?

Anybody in particular? Like a pseudo legal "expert", maybe?

Zillow?

Tell those kids to hang on. Al and Jesse are on their way to instigate another national crisis.

He ain't gonna believe nothing unless it comes directly from Al Sharpton's talking points.

Another one took his place. You know that.

Good. That means I won't inherit a stinky bulldog.

Yeah. In a court of law, the attorneys have to be college graduates and pass bar exams before they can walk into the courtroom and make asses of themselves. You, on the other hand, only need a keyboard.