The superbowl in Detroit and the state of the union
Well, only 3 days tills superbowl XL hits the motor city. Everyone's like "wow" and I'm like "fuck you" First of all, choosing the rolling stones for 1/2 time entertainment is very bad judgment! It's ridiculous! They should at least have some talent from Detroit do the the half time show! Weather its eminem, madonna, kid rock, even fucking uncle kracker!(just a little FYI, Madonna actually graduated from my high school {Rochester Adams} 30 years ago, in 1976) The hotels are getting a kick out of the superbowl though. They established this 4-night minimum stay for superbowl weekend. Its reported that 30,000 hotel rooms were booked for the weekend and most people arrived today to my the city. But that's not the bad part. The bad part is what they're doing to the homeless people who live on detroit's streets and shelters. They shutting down some shelters until the big day, and then bringing in TV's for everyone to watch the game and stay out of the streets. They're trying their best not to let anyone sleep in public. It so fucking stupid! It's like their trying to hide the eyesore's of the city. But dammit! It exists! They're trying to hussel everyone out of the city and up to Pontiac (another ghetto place in southeast Michigan) and be like "fuck you" when its all over. I hate it! Why does it have to be like this? This is to anyone who is coming to Detroit for the game: it may seem all glamorous and nice and secure, but as soon as you leave, It's going to be like this "fuck the natives, we already tidied up the city for the rest of the U.S. to see." Whatever. I intended to go on bitching about the state of the union address and the monkey running our country, but I'll give u everyone a break...
posted by ~Shro~ at 8:26 PM
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That's terrible that they just hide the problem of homelessness when the rest of the country is watching - they should be dealing with the causes of homelessness all year round! like projects to get them off drugs, give them training, help them get jobs and work their way back into normal life, that sort of thing. We have a magazine here called "The Big Issue" which is for getting homeless people back into work so they can help themselves instead of begging, it's written and sold by homeless people, do you have projects like that in America?
I'm not sure. I don't think we have a magizine, but we have homeless shelters with couseling and stuff. We also have an unemployment office. I'm pretty sure we have an organization that does something along those lines, but the problem is, are homeless people willing to change? I mean as soon as they some money in their pocket, are they going to turn around and spend it on crack again???
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