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Did you know Detroit's economy recently doubled? I just learnt that from the Democratic Convention. What did you learn from the Republic Convention?

Yup I jest lernt that gest now

Posted - July 27, 2016

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  • I learned that Scott Baio and Antonio Sebato Jr were still alive

      July 27, 2016 5:24 PM MDT
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  • 34297
    Truthfully I didn't watch that much.
      July 27, 2016 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    God, Goat.  I remember when I was this funny once upon a time.  You are HILARIOUS once more.  LOLOLOLOL

    I cannot tell you which one I HATE MORE.   Antonio Sabato, Jr.   Yes.  The man who didn't like a certain beautiful woman who wanted to date him because he felt her feet were not shaped perfectly enough.  That kind of sealed it for me after so many worse things he said and did.  He is a total airhead.  The kind of guy they make movies about when they want a tool to make fun of.  I'm done.  I hate him that much.   The other one?  Insufferable moron. 

      July 27, 2016 5:30 PM MDT
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  • 258

    Detroit's economy has not doubled in any recent time, not by any measure. Its GDP has fluctuated between $187 billion and $236 billion since 2001. There is no "doubling" anywhere.

    http://www.statista.com/statistics/183873/gdp-of-the-detroit-metro-area/

    Ruled by democrats for over 50 years, the city has been in a free-fall and is now down to way less than half its 1950 population. Large tracts of the city lie abandoned as "urban prairies". The city continues to depopulate. Its name is synonymous with failure and decline.

    http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/viewSubCategory.asp?id=1880

      July 27, 2016 5:42 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    Well, OF COURSE you didn't.  Go turn on the Fox channel. 

      July 27, 2016 6:12 PM MDT
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  • 46117

    I knew I'd see you.  I don't even think he said that.  I was being YOU for a change. How do you like it?   Anyway, that Detroit Mayor sounds like he is full of it.  I agree.   But guess what?  She* STILL IS NOT TRUMP. 

    *Hillary

    Here's the skinny, DTT

    Duggan said people are moving back to Detroit "in huge numbers" and the unemployment rate is going down, but he argued that the city's true test is whether an economy is being created that works for everyone, or an economy that's only for those at the top.

    There's only one presidential candidate that's going to accomplish that goal, Duggan said. 

    "Hillary Clinton knows that the best way to bring our citizens back is to give our citizens a real chance at good paying jobs," he said. 

    Duggan was first elected to the mayoral position in 2013, defeating Benny Napoleon with 55 percent of the vote in the runoff election, after receiving 52 percent of the vote as a write-in primary candidate. 

    Prior to being elected mayor, he served as CEO of the Detroit Medical Center, Wayne County prosecutor and deputy county executive for Wayne County. 

    During his tenure, Duggan has navigated the governance of a post-bankruptcy Detroit after the city emerged from nearly two years under state control following bankruptcy proceedings. 

    The bankruptcy deal shed about $7 billion of the city's long-term debt, largely through pension and retiree healthcare reductions, and prevented the sale of the city-owned collection at the Detroit Institute of Arts by bringing in cash to shore up pension funds.

    During his convention speech, Duggan said Detroit is now 18 months out of bankruptcy, "something Donald Trump knows a little bit about."

    "Unlike Donald Trump, Detroit is only going to do bankruptcy once," Duggan said to applause from the crowd. 

    During Duggan's speech, the Michigan Republican Party sent out a "fact check" referencing Michigan Republicans' role in the Detroit bankruptcy and the city's comeback. 

    "Michigan Republicans led the charge to create the 'Grand Bargain' to help Detroit reach a bankruptcy settlement," a statement from the party read. "These actions helped right our fiscal path and put the city on the road to a better future."

    Post bankruptcy, Detroit still has a long to-do list

    Post bankruptcy, Detroit still has a long to-do list

    To Mayor Mike Duggan, at least publicly, Detroit post-bankruptcy is nothing but blue skies — with a few clouds that cast occasional shadows over the sprawling city. To the head of the city's firefighters union, it's a time of "all-time low" morale for the city's workforce, insulted by cuts to pensions and forced health care payments. Optimistic residents look...

    Duggan was an early endorser of Clinton - he was included in a list from her campaign of more than 135 mayors from across the country backing Clinton's candidacy.

    The Democratic National Convention began Monday and continues through Thursday, July 28, when Clinton takes the stage to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination. 

    Former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm and Detroit home care worker Henrietta Ivey are scheduled to speak Thursday. 

      July 27, 2016 6:15 PM MDT
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  • Hah! I'm dead serious! Damn...neither one of these two were even considered for Sharknado..1,2,3, or 4 so it's rather perplexing that anyone would care about their politics.  Perplexing!

      July 27, 2016 8:28 PM MDT
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