Detroit

http://www.detnews.com/article/20090402/METRO08/904020395/To+urban+hunter++next+meal+is+scampering+by

An article from the front page of the Detroit News…actually found it on Drudge. Some retired guy from Detroit is supplementing his income and his freezer by hunting and then selling raccoons.

Last month (or maybe earlier) there was a news story that hit all of the major news outlets about a guy that was found head first, up to his knees, frozen in a giant puddle in an abandoned house or warehouse. See link attached
http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090129/METRO08/901290400

I don’t even know what to say. I used to think people exaggerated the amount of bad press that the City of Detroit/Metro Detroit received, but day-after-day it’s the same God awful news. Bailouts, unemployment, Detroit turning into a wasteland, being one of the fattest cities in the U.S., raccoon hunters, frozen homeless men.

When I was a little kid, I remember there was an advertising/PR campaign “Say Nice Things About Detroit”. No one does these days. I love this city. We just need a break and some positive news – maybe something good will come from the Final Four events this weekend.

I got kind of emotional today. I had to pick up my season Tiger tickets and I passed the first highway built in the U.S., I saw the GM Building, a guy begging with a sign that said “unemployed auto worker”. I’m tired of it. We are hardworking people and we introduced the automobile to the country and to the rest of the world. Sure, the Big 3 hasn’t done themselves many favors over their run, but manufacturing “things” is what we (Detroiters/Americans) do.

If anyone is thinking of buying a car, please buy American…Detroit and its workers could use it.