OH, you wouldn't believe what I just got in the mail today - it's one of those rubber bracelets they have everywhere - except it says "vote Kilpatrick"! on it. I almost bust a gut laughing. I tried to take a picture but you can't really read it.

Betty Currie is just awful- the whole lot of them need to go. Of course, Kwame's early campaign slogan was "He's OUR boy!"

Also, it's been in the news that BOTH candidates get most of their financial support from the those living in the 'burbs - yet Kwame makes the argument that Hendrix is the "white" candidate/supported by those outside of Detroit.

Kwame is a thug, and has been from day one; the nickname for the mayoral mansion is the "Boogie Mansion." Does he send his kids to public school, despite the fact that he pushes the teacher's union agenda (and is supported by them)? No he does not.

I really shouldn't be too surprised. The Mayor of Hartford is a former gang member.

One of the previous Mayors, Carrie Saxon-Perry, had crack-smoking rumors swirling around her all the time. A lot of constituents saw her fucked up.

Thank you, Lauraw!

Thank you.

Whaaa?

The mayor sounds like a real sweetie:

Mayor, governor make sure no news is good news with press; [All Edition]
Chuck Goudie. Daily Herald. Arlington Heights, Ill.: Aug 15, 2005. pg. 11

"In the past year, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has been angered by rebel TV reporter Steve Wilson, who has revealed the mayor's lavish use of city credit cards for champagne parties, expensive family dinners, nightclub outings and expensive personal ornaments.

When Kilpatrick publicly denied his cash-starved city was paying thousands of dollars to lease a Lincoln Navigator for his wife, Wilson showed tape of the luxury car on TV. The mayor backed down. But then, he started fighting back, implementing his own brand of Daley's "no off-subject questions."

When Wilson shows up at events intending to crucify the mayor with questions, police bodyguards run interference. They use various entrances and exits to avoid the unrelenting reporter and even city cars to cordon off the mayor.

Once this year, as Wilson tried to ask Kilpatrick questions, the guards slammed him into a wall and punched and kicked him - all on TV. The mayor even had Detroit's cable commission make a video denigrating Wilson's tactics."

Sounds Like "Kwame" really is more "black." That is, if you take "black" to mean more like a dirty rapper.

I'm sick and tired of these blacks who pretend being white is a bad thing. Since when is working for a living, going to church, and voting for republicans so bad? Whites have a lengthy history of cultural dominion, while the only reason blacks are out of the jungle is because we took them out.

They should be thanking us and emulating us with every chance they get.

Your "jungle" opinions are offensive garbage. Take it somewhere else.

Jesus Christ.
The second coming of Cedarford.
Get lost God's America, go back to your nazi blogs.

Jesus Christ. The second coming of Cedarford.

And we've got another Cedarford clone on the NYT 'Twisting the Intelligence' thread. Moonbats and racists abound these past weeks. I question the timing.

Well, he is very insensitive, but I kind of have to agree with him.

I mean, its not politically-correct, no... but since when do we care about that? The fact of the matter is, the majority of decen, upstanding Americans happen to be white...

And I don't blame black people for that. I blame the media. I blame the media for using their culture to create a beast that is entirely dedicated to entertainment: the hip-hop star.

Hip hop seems to have lost its way and the media is using it to exploit black people into acting like thugs for money, and its working. We need more positive images for them.

*jaw dropping*

Oh, there is a lot of dirty stuff involved with Kwame. He brings back the good-old-days of Coleman Young Cronyism:

A charity Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's family established to help city students has spent more than half of its money on salaries for three employees: the mayor's sister, his wife and the wife of one of Kilpatrick's best friends.

The Next Vision Foundation, created after the mayor took office in 2002, runs a leadership class for high school juniors and seniors and awarded about $50,000 in scholarships. Its motto is "Families First ... Future Focused."
More than $395,000 of the $717,000 the foundation raised in 2002 and 2003 from other charities, local businesses, casinos and city contractors was paid to Ayanna Kilpatrick, the mayor's sister, first lady Carlita Kilpatrick and Lisa Cylar Miller.

Not to even mention the Navigator Kwame got the city to lease for his wife (while he cut the police department, and other vital services.)

lauraw:

It's time. We need the flame thread. For the love of God, Montressor!! For all of our sanity!! Such as it is!! To relieve the built-up surplus of exclamation points and CAPS!! Post it!! Post it now!!

Hip hop?

As opposed to a people's completely voluntary rejection of American institutions and ethics?

The thug lifestyle that hip hop celebrates is evidence of the choice that has been made to reject America from within it. Its not the cause of urban troubles.

Yeah? Anybody else think I should? I always feel funny posting two or more in a row on Ace's site.

Ace has it up.

take that shit elsewhere. Kee-rist.

Since this topic turned to racist remarks and since I prompted the topic, I would like to clear up a few things.
Both men running for Mayor are black. This is really not about race-the present Mayor says that it is, but only because Hendrix-the other candidate-has a white mother.That is really beside the point, in my opinion.
About 8 years ago the opponent-Hendrix- was the deputy mayor for the previous mayor. During that administration Rosa Parks was robbed and beaten and when she was found and taken to the hospital it was discovered that she was Rosa Parks. She was living alone and on welfare. Hendrix took it upon himself to raise money instantly to correct this terrible wrong. In a very short time he raised one and a half million dollars for her care. He also secured an apartment for her, a full time nurse and paid all of her hospital bills. At the time Rosa was about 85 years old, and since she had been living on next to nothing, and since she was a very caring person with no children of her own, she had Hendrix take one million dollars and set up a trust for the neighborhood children for tutoring, school, after school programs,etc. At that age she felt that keeping even $500,000. for herself was too much, but he insisted. Needless to say, Rosa Parks was also black.
There are many racist people in Detroit. That is a fact-but for the most part, the racist people are BLACK. The money raised for Rosa came from mostly white people and companies. Domino Pizza, Little Caesers,GM and Ford are just some of the contributers.
When the Mayor that Hendrix was the deputy for decided not to run again, we got Kilpatrick. He is a thug, but he would be a thug whether he was black or white. Race is not the issue. Character, integrity, honesty-those qualities have nothing to do with what color you are. Rosa Parks had them all and Kilpatrick has none. Both are black.

One more thing. This past week, Rosa Parks died. Her funeral was a day long affair with many people-most of whom had never met Rosa Parks-coming to speak at the service. Candidate Hendrix was not invited to speak. The Mayor-Kilpatrick-wanted it to be HIS show. Watching the service on television, I was shocked to feel that even Al Sharpton outclassed Kilpatrick. Evidently before the service Sharpton must have had words with Kilpatrick about the condition of the city . During his speech, Sharpton said that Mayor Kilpatrick had told him that Detroit and Detroiters were a mirror of society. Sharpton said he didn't understand how that could be any excuse. He said that he (Sharpton) looks in a mirror everyday. That a mirror is supposed to help you correct things, not just reflect things. If he looks in the mirror and sees his hair is messed up, the mirror tells him what to fix. He also said that it was too bad that none of the people at the service had used their tickets to come and see Ms. Parks while she was alive. That way, he said, they would have done something for her-not coming after she died to do something for themselves.

Well said Jayne, once again.

I know that Detroit will wake up and face reality someday, along with the rest of America's festering urban centers that have lost their way.

By the way, Jayne, have you ever considered starting a Detroit political blog?

Sounds like there's a need for your voice in the Motor City.

This pre-filled out voting form sounds very familiar.
A Democrat friend of mine recounted how she went to the polls for the 2004 Presidential election in Philadelphia. The helpful poll workers there were instructing the voters in proper use of the voting booth. One of the workers went into the booth with her to "show" her how it worked, and, just as an example, pulled the levers for the Democrats. He left them that way, and then backed away far enough for her to get behind the curtain. He was sure to stay right there, though, and could easily hear if she re-set the levers to the other party.

Now, this friend was a big Bush-hater, and was planning to vote Democrat anyway, and found the whole thing amusing. I'm not certain a Republican would have felt the same way.

Thank you again, Laura. I could never start a blog about Detroit-or anything. I often wonder how people who blog find the time. I am a single mother with a full time job (interior designer) and a hobby (painting and murals) that is fast turning into a second job, so my time to even read blogs is limited. Quite often when I am reading blogs I feel I am stealing time from other areas in my life that I should not be. Not to mention how limited my computer skills are! I don't know if Al Gore anticipated blogs when he invented the internet (!)- but for people with limited time but a desire to know not only what is going on in the world but also what other people think about it, the internet is amazing.

i just dont understand why so many black people in the city of Detroit get so upset because other have a different opinion about Kilpatrick as mayor.
Kwame is a mayor who denied all the things he was caught doing wrong with the city money. then, the week before election he thought it was best to tell the truth that he done all the things that were said about him doing. and he want us to vote for him again and he will be a better mayor for his 2nd mayor term. i am out done! i am making arrangement to moving out of this robbing the people city. kwame never service any good the first 4yr term. and he's going to do just as worst this 2nd term with the help of those who dont even stay in the city to deal with the things kwame is doing wrong. jesse Jackson, minster Louis F. is a fake just as much as kwame. of course they support someone black doing the system in. but, not once thought to say that it's the black people kwame is doing wrong. but i suppose u can say it okay black folks dont read or write to understand whats going on, just give them somewhere to go like belle isle or chandler park, and they will be okay. it's clear to me that kwame is mayor to keep a free income coming in for himself, family, and friend who support his wrong doing. i have great respect for rosa park, and i think they all were phony with they're speeches regarding her journey as a pioneer. mrs. park been staying in detroit for the longest and it took her death for all the black leaders to acknowledge, and say thankful. kwame use that moment to have advantage over the mayor race against hendrix.
how low-down can kwame get. not once was a day that serious for him to take time out tell Mrs. Rosa Parks thank you. Mrs Parks live in detroit on a social security fix income, where was the mayor, and all the black leaders voices then? the truth has been spoken, and I rest my case.

Kwame knew he couldn't win this race without pulling a Bush stunt. Kwame went so low using beLoving Rosa Park death for advantage over the race. UNBELIEVABLE! how it work.
I refuse to live here under Kwame plan as mayor. because with the lay-off of police officer. Kwame thug plans for the city the Citizens are Doom.
detroit is fallen apart, and the party goers don't care at all that we have unsafe street for another 4 yrs. which the citizen of detroit will lose our sons, and daughters including more money with Kwame,and his family expensive spending. now i don't believe in the system, or the Fake black minister's or black leaders. they all are phonies who takes advantage of black people.