The recent, New Jersey political corruption scandal (huge, over 40 people nabbed) was pointed out to me to remind me that politics or should I say, politicians and corruption go hand in hand and have from day one, without regard for ethnicity.
In my blogs about the corrupt and incompetent black political culture in Detroit, I have always reiterated that political corruption and incompetence is not a black trait and has never been that. What I have emphasized is that here in Detroit we have a distinct and unique situation that has developed throughout the years and is now heading towards some type of climax or at least seems to be.
The New Jersey politicos accepted bribes for political services rendered. Many were sting operations which I consider entrapment and not really legal. The way that works is an FBI stooge who has been caught committing crimes is enlisted to offer bribes to sitting politicians and the FBI then arrests those that take the bribes; it appears everyone in New Jersey was willing to accept a bribe – nice!
Here in Detroit, we have a different form of corruption and quite frankly, I am not sure if corruption is the correct word to use. What I have been blogging about is a unique culture of a mixture of corruption, greed, incompetence and yes, ENTITLEMENT that goes way beyond plain bribe taking and has morphed into a self-inflicted debilitating disease that is stinking up the city and its people.
This culture is very hard to describe in words and only examples of this behavior can convey what I am trying to describe.
Recently, we have learned that a federal monitor (black female) hired by a federal judge at $184,000 a month to straighten out the Detroit Police Force which was accused of misconduct on many levels, has been having a “personal relationship” with former mayor Kilpatrick. The reform of the police force has gone nowhere in five (5) years, she has become rich, had a little fun with the mayor and the city got shit on - again. What would you call that behavior?
Recently, we learned that 250 people were getting a check from the Detroit Public School system for years without actually working for the DPS. They were issued employment checks of which they kicked-back a portion to the finance department that issued those checks. And oh, by the way (BTW) school kids did not have text books because the school system could not afford any. What kind of behavior is that?
Recently, the Detroit News, instead of endorsing candidates running for the school board in Detroit, asked the voters NOT to vote for any of the candidates but to write in a name (their own will do). Now what newspaper states that NONE of the candidates running for school board seats are acceptable?
It recently became clear to me what to call these types of people: PARASITES. Yes, these Detroit residents running for office want to feed off the city and its residents. This is not a symbiotic parasite relationship where one helps the other, no these parasites suck until the host (city) is dead.
But you ask, killing the host (city) would be stupid and you are correct. That is why when the city appears dead, they call for assistance from the bleeding heart liberals (Democrats) who are always willing to sink more cash into the quagmire that is Detroit and history shows that Detroit has received billions and has absolutely nothing to show for it; it is a great scam that includes playing a very effective race card when someone questions where the money trail leads to.
This has been going on for years with voters returning the parasites to office year after year because the “culture” applauds this type of behavior. My wife disagrees with me and says that many Detroiters are madder than hell about the situation in the city but I just point to the reality that is Detroit.
We have a new mayor, Dave Bing (Piston great and a smart businessman) but we supposedly had good mayors before and they were NOT able to change the culture but quietly exited the scene and left things as they were. Will Bing have the balls to do what is right? I don’t know.
Will the voters do what the black newspaper columnists are asking them to do “THROW THE BUMS OUT”; we shall shortly see.
Are there good, responsible, competent blacks ready to step in and run the city the way it should be run? Of course there are BUT will they get a chance to do the right thing or will the old, incompetent parasites get back in because of name recognition, since they have been on the scene for so long? We shall also shortly see.
I hope you see a difference between the New Jersey corruption scandal and the Detroit parasitic disease; they are both wrong but totally different. One takes an offered bribe, the other sucks a city and its residents dry; you be the judge.
In my blogs about the corrupt and incompetent black political culture in Detroit, I have always reiterated that political corruption and incompetence is not a black trait and has never been that. What I have emphasized is that here in Detroit we have a distinct and unique situation that has developed throughout the years and is now heading towards some type of climax or at least seems to be.
The New Jersey politicos accepted bribes for political services rendered. Many were sting operations which I consider entrapment and not really legal. The way that works is an FBI stooge who has been caught committing crimes is enlisted to offer bribes to sitting politicians and the FBI then arrests those that take the bribes; it appears everyone in New Jersey was willing to accept a bribe – nice!
Here in Detroit, we have a different form of corruption and quite frankly, I am not sure if corruption is the correct word to use. What I have been blogging about is a unique culture of a mixture of corruption, greed, incompetence and yes, ENTITLEMENT that goes way beyond plain bribe taking and has morphed into a self-inflicted debilitating disease that is stinking up the city and its people.
This culture is very hard to describe in words and only examples of this behavior can convey what I am trying to describe.
Recently, we have learned that a federal monitor (black female) hired by a federal judge at $184,000 a month to straighten out the Detroit Police Force which was accused of misconduct on many levels, has been having a “personal relationship” with former mayor Kilpatrick. The reform of the police force has gone nowhere in five (5) years, she has become rich, had a little fun with the mayor and the city got shit on - again. What would you call that behavior?
Recently, we learned that 250 people were getting a check from the Detroit Public School system for years without actually working for the DPS. They were issued employment checks of which they kicked-back a portion to the finance department that issued those checks. And oh, by the way (BTW) school kids did not have text books because the school system could not afford any. What kind of behavior is that?
Recently, the Detroit News, instead of endorsing candidates running for the school board in Detroit, asked the voters NOT to vote for any of the candidates but to write in a name (their own will do). Now what newspaper states that NONE of the candidates running for school board seats are acceptable?
It recently became clear to me what to call these types of people: PARASITES. Yes, these Detroit residents running for office want to feed off the city and its residents. This is not a symbiotic parasite relationship where one helps the other, no these parasites suck until the host (city) is dead.
But you ask, killing the host (city) would be stupid and you are correct. That is why when the city appears dead, they call for assistance from the bleeding heart liberals (Democrats) who are always willing to sink more cash into the quagmire that is Detroit and history shows that Detroit has received billions and has absolutely nothing to show for it; it is a great scam that includes playing a very effective race card when someone questions where the money trail leads to.
This has been going on for years with voters returning the parasites to office year after year because the “culture” applauds this type of behavior. My wife disagrees with me and says that many Detroiters are madder than hell about the situation in the city but I just point to the reality that is Detroit.
We have a new mayor, Dave Bing (Piston great and a smart businessman) but we supposedly had good mayors before and they were NOT able to change the culture but quietly exited the scene and left things as they were. Will Bing have the balls to do what is right? I don’t know.
Will the voters do what the black newspaper columnists are asking them to do “THROW THE BUMS OUT”; we shall shortly see.
Are there good, responsible, competent blacks ready to step in and run the city the way it should be run? Of course there are BUT will they get a chance to do the right thing or will the old, incompetent parasites get back in because of name recognition, since they have been on the scene for so long? We shall also shortly see.
I hope you see a difference between the New Jersey corruption scandal and the Detroit parasitic disease; they are both wrong but totally different. One takes an offered bribe, the other sucks a city and its residents dry; you be the judge.
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