Light Rail: Motor City Movin'

Federal officials have signed a final environmental impact statement with the city of Detroit that moves forward plans to build a $500 million light rail system along Woodward Avenue.

Mayor Dave Bing said Wednesday's signing with the Federal Transit Administration eventually will allow the city to use a $25 million grant.

"This is a landmark moment in Detroit's journey to make light rail a reality in our city," said Bing. "With the support of FTA staff we have reached this target faster than many believed was possible. From the beginning, we pledged that this administration would work tirelessly to get this project off the ground and today we are one step closer."

The U.S. Department of Transportation is expected to enter a final decision Sept. 1, which will lay out how Detroit can spend more than $300 million in federal funds.

Bing said engineering work on the project already has started.

The first 3.4-mile first phase between the New Center area and downtown is expected to be completed by 2016. The route eventually will have 19 passenger stations stretching north to the city limits at Eight Mile Road.

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I Want a Ron Paul Real Doll

I will be so pist if Ron Paul doesn’t win GQ’s Sexist Man Alive promotion this year.

I use to be impressed by Obama’s ability to give me a chubby after every one of his speeches but the fact that Ron Paul can make me prematurely ejaculate just blows my mind.

When Ron Paul points out that Obama isn’t a socialist but more of what Dr. Paul calls a corporatist in the video above, I feel the same emotions I had the 1st time watching “Harry Twatter.”

Corporatism is defined by Princeton as:

Control of a state or organization by large interest groups

Here it is used in a sentence for all you Akshay Buddiga fans: “individualism is in danger of being swamped by a kind of corporatism”

Whereas Socialism is defined:

A political theory advocating state ownership of industry.

I guess if we exclude the auto industry, the latter definition doesn’t completely define our country’s political system.


Corporatism does a much better job explaining why Walmart reported a 27% increase in net sales at the end of last years fourth quarter.

Now granted the optimistic voice in my head is saying that the government is doing all that they can to better our country as I can only imagine how difficult it must be helping the “People of Walmart.” There is some possibility that the unrest in American could be because some Americans are a little unsettling (see unsettling image below).

But when Ron Paul, a man who’s voting habits haven’t changed since the start his political career over 35 years ago, tells me that our country’s problems are due to straying away from the constitution I believe him.

If he does decide to run, which he most likely will, I sincerely hope people check out his political beliefs before deciding to vote for the person who just gives them a chubby.

The Best Marketing Campaign for Big Business

As a young American the future of our economy gives me an anxiety attack so large you would think I ran into Mel Gibson, I look incredibly Jewish.

Needless to say, I have contemplated our economic future and the thought ruined me. I no longer feel comfort when seeing fellow patriots, upping the resale value of their 97’ Ford F-150 by slapping on a bumper sticker that reads “Save Jobs, Buy American!”

I believe the philosophy that buying American would have a positive impact on the economy but then I thought…

Let’s see how this idea would play out by a typical American family in the following scenario: The Jones Family is renovating their kitchen and will need the following items: A hammer, nails and wood, a new truck to transport all the materials, and some new kitchen appliances.

Where would this family go to obtain those items while adhering to the “Buy American” philosophy?

Hammer, Nails and Wood: Home Depot

New Truck: Any of the Big Three Automakers

Kitchen Appliance: I dare someone to even try and wipe the smile off the Walmart smiley-face by beating their low prices. Not going to happen.

This is where I start questioning the “Buy American Bumper Sticker Economic Recovery Campaign” because all the places listed above operate in multiple countries, on different continents.

Their profits go to fund a global operation not just business in America.

So where else could a family go to get Hammer, Nails, Wood, A Truck, and Kitchen Appliances from a 100% American company whose profits all go back to funding their operation in the U.S.?

NO WHERE, because those very same power house companies woke a lot of small business-owners up from their American dream by obliterating their entire business.

So before we spend a $1.50 on a bumper sticker made in china telling people to “Buy American” maybe we should spend it at local Mom and Pops shop whose business is 100% American.

But then again, I could just go to Amazon.com to buy these Crayola Classic Broad Line Markers for only a buck. I would draw something funny like a Jew hugging Mel Gibson.

Wait...Amazon.com is an American company right?