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In reply to the discussion: Just sickening. "Emergency Manager" in Detroit caused blackout during heatwave to teach a lesson.... [View all]Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)34. Kevin Orr takes away Detroit's power? Detroit should take it back
This "Emergency manager" and his entire team should be dragged from their beds, tossed in a truck, and driven to the Ohio border. Leave 'em in Wauseon in their pajamas, they can walk back.
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Just sickening. "Emergency Manager" in Detroit caused blackout during heatwave to teach a lesson.... [View all]
Horse with no Name
Sep 2013
OP
"You thought you were voting for a Gov. Bill Milliken, but you got a Gov. Dick DeVos."
MinM
Sep 2013
#173
I have to question whether that authority covers intentionally compromising public safety.
Gidney N Cloyd
Sep 2013
#7
I agree. He and those that conspired to cut off power should be in handcuffs.
LiberalFighter
Sep 2013
#126
California had a similar attack at the turn of the century and got blackmailed for $14 billion
yurbud
Sep 2013
#163
Risk his future employability? It's more likely that he's working on his retirment.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#84
It's going to be a profitable retirement. How much is an Attorney General worth?
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#90
Yes. Criminal endangerment. Arrest, prosecute, convict, sentence to prison time. nt
Bernardo de La Paz
Sep 2013
#27
You got it. An important historical event which apparently is not commonly taught in our
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#160
Peterloo occurred in England, not France. It stopped an English revolution.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#181
Nah. Besides a few pockets of decency, Michigan is run by Fox News and hate Radio
Doctor_J
Sep 2013
#22
I understand your frustration. I had to edit my post as I said "I hope you are" instead
rhett o rick
Sep 2013
#139
I reported electronically, gave the link to the article, said to investigate the issue.
kestrel91316
Sep 2013
#43
Knowling is just a spokesman. Unlike Orr, the Emergency Manager, he cannot turn off the electricity.
AnotherMcIntosh
Sep 2013
#83
Yikes! If this sort of thing is being done by not "white Republicans" we're in real trouble.
leveymg
Sep 2013
#101
I pity the Onion. Reality is often crazier than their worst (best) ideas.
ChairmanAgnostic
Sep 2013
#152
So a month after removing Director of Public Lighting, they throw the switch off on purpose?
suffragette
Sep 2013
#129
Since 2010, the Koch Kingdom has been taking terrtory without a shot being fired.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#46
You're so right freshwest. If it inconvenienced Glenn Greenwald, there'd be more outrage.
SunSeeker
Sep 2013
#175
That's why I call G.A.S. 1% media. They don't see our lives from their lofty position on the clouds.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#176
A DU acronym. First letter is Greenwald, and I bet you know the rest of the heroic trifecta.
freshwest
Sep 2013
#178
Hell and here I thought they had already been bought up, seems to be the trend.
Rebellious Republican
Sep 2013
#49
Exactly! You nailed it - another industry privatization scam driven by fear and greed
leveymg
Sep 2013
#103
Nobody on this thread cares that no one from this area (including the residents of Detroit)
etherealtruth
Sep 2013
#150
Not quite true: Fox News carried this take at one point -- but no one else I've found
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#161
My point was that I could only find one link, at Fox News, that supported the addictinginfo story
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#166
This is so fucking disgusting, I wish there were a recourse for this kind of shit. nt
LaydeeBug
Sep 2013
#105
Sounds to me like Orr and his people might be guilty of endangering public safety.
rlegro
Sep 2013
#131
ust sickening. "Emergency Manager" in Detroit caused blackout during heatwave to teach a lesson....
The CCC
Sep 2013
#133
These people should be strapped to a chair and beat to death with toy hammers
Major Nikon
Sep 2013
#141
Is there any real proof that: the power outage was caused by the emergency manager
Bay Boy
Sep 2013
#146
There seem to be multiple other takes on this, besides the Fox News version addictinginfo picked up
struggle4progress
Sep 2013
#162