Above you can see the Super Bowl commercial for Chrysler, giving quite an inspiring look to the city, despite some of the ‘communist/marxist art‘ in the video, which might have been included to appease the unions.
This video provides a look at the stray dogs situation in the city. A warning to our readers, the video can be quite graphic and upsetting.
Maybe these appeared here once before, but they’re worth seeing again.
I favor the raised question “How could citizens of Detroit be the ones who decide for us what a well-designed car should be?”
Obviously, they’re capable of massive quantities of sheer ignorance.
What are the cities like that Audi, Benz, Lexus and Bimmer designers vote in?
#19 And why you think I refer to your “party” like that? Did you had an epiphany at last?
Pedro, sorry, you’re still in second place.
50,000 “wild” dogs? Seems like a lot, at least a breeding population. I like dogs but their impact on the city must be huge. I’d like to see a Nature or Nova study on these effects. Meanwhile, shouldn’t trained crews be catching or killing them to clear the streets? Cats too?
Saw some special report on urban land being returned to bare land. Seems like a real opportunity for some urban planning/park development there that I assume will be missed.
The “future.” What a concept.
Detroit: Model US city.
Hahahahahaha
Oakland: Safest city in America.
Hahahahahaha
I’m amazed M&M’s was able to get out of that car and not get shot. My guess is they had the secret service on hand during filming. After all, it was all paid for by the tax payers. Whats another few million dollars for some new propaganda?
Anyone notice that the video about stray dogs in Detroit carries a warning about graphic and upsetting images but the video of an Egyptian teenager getting shot by the cops doesn’t .
They say they have “been to Hell and back”
I would agree with the to Hell part. How can anyone say they have recovered?
John Henry
I stayed downtown Detroit for a week as part of a missions project. The hotel I was staying in was armed robbed while I was in the lobby. In the parts of town I was working in, every other building was abandoned. Some parts of town are so bad that even the gangs don’t hang out there – there is not enough happening there.
You can look at history and see why the town is like this. It is not really up for a political debate unless you are looking for another excuse to spew animosity. They were hurt by the race wars when all the money left town, then by the collapse of the US auto industry, and now by corrupt politicians that people keep voting for. Gary, Indiana is another example of this. This certainly has nothing to do with Republicans, and while Democrats are in charge, it has much more to do with corruption and people voting on the color of a politicians skin than the politician’s ideology.
The coach had put together the perfect team for the Detroit Lions. The only thing missing was a good quarterback. He had scouted all the colleges and even the Canadian and European Leagues, but he couldn’t find a ringer who could ensure a Super Bowl victory.
Then one night, while watching CNN, he saw a war-zone scene in Afghanistan. In one corner of the background, he spotted a young Afghan Muslim soldier with a truly incredible arm. He threw a hand-grenade straight into a window from 80 yards away. Then he threw another from 50 yards down a chimney, and then hit a passing car going 80 miles per hour.
“I’ve got to get this guy!” coach said to himself. “He has the perfect arm!”
So, he brings the young Afghan to the States and teaches him the great game of football …….. and sure enough the Lions go on to win the Super Bowl. The young Afghan is hailed as a hero of football and when the coach asks him what he wants, all the young man wants to do is call his mother.
“Mom,” he says into the phone, “I just won the SuperBowl!”
“I don’t want to talk to you,” the old Muslim woman says. “You deserted us. You are not my son!”
“Mother, I don’t think you understand,” pleads the son, “I’ve just won the greatest sporting event in the world!”
“No! let me tell you,” his mother retorts. “At this very moment there are gunshots all around us. The neighborhood is a pile of rubble. Your two brothers were beaten within an inch of their lives last week, and I have to keep your sister in the house so she doesn’t get raped!”
The old lady pauses then tearfully says, “I will never forgive you for making us move to Detroit!”
If you can invest an hour of your time, please listen to this episode of This American Life. The episode looks at the NUMMI plant, a joint venture between Toyota and GM, and how GM and the union refused to learn anything from it.
It really makes it clear why Detroit’s way of making cars was doomed. Trust me, the union guys carry plenty of blame too.
This American Life, Ep. 403 “NUMMI” from March 2010.
http://tinyurl.com/yce5v2q
>> by Gasparrini
>> despite some of the ‘communist/marxist art‘ in the video, which might have been included to appease the unions.
Wow. That’s a dumb thing to say!
The 40-hour work week. Weekends. Ending child labor. Overtime. Safety rule.
So commie.
The best depiction of Detroit was from Robocop.
Watch it again and you’ll see. It’s on Netflix streaming.
#31 Excuses to spew animosity is what most people here pass as “knowledge”
#35 Watch it before the new breed of Hollywood “creatives” re-make it (and they’re about to start filming)
What people fail to realize and what makes this commercial work so well is that Detroit, Chrysler and M&M have all made massive mistakes in their past and despite that all 3 are trying to come back. Will they make mistakes in the future. Probably, but as long as they keep trying as long as they keep getting back up. They have the possibility of success. Spew hate hold them down for past mistakes, whatever. Make fun of grammar or spelling, whatever. It seems the message was lost on you. To paraphrase a Japanese proverb. Fall down eight times get up nine. As much as I hate living in this region I have tremendous respect for the locals refusal to give up.
I would love to see Detroit come back, but Chrysler and GM are going to go bankrupt again and Ford is got one hell of an uphill battle in the long run. Not to mention Detroit has virtually no other industry left.
General Motors has some innovative cars, like the Volt, but it will not work for the price. There is no way a car that only some people will buy if the government pays them $8,000 dollars to do it is going to save the company.
If GM could sell the Volt for a profit at the same price as a Honda Accord Hybrid (excluding tax credits) then they’d really have something. But that wont happen. That basically cant happen.
Chrysler’s best chance is just re-badging Fiats and hoping nobody notices they fall apart as soon as you get them home.
Next time GM and Chrysler go bankrupt (and they will) let them. Let successful companies buy their assets and start making cars in their old factories. Bailing them out again will just entrench Detroit.
Also, Detroit is never going to come back when a majority of the employed work for the government. Who is going to pull the cart when everyone is riding in it?