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erronis

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35. Oh, come on. What about the Murder Capital of the US? Where The Wire was filmed?
Sat Mar 2, 2019, 07:22 PM
Mar 2019

Actually, balmer is a great city, from the waterfront to the neighborhoods. Like many older cities with decaying infrastructure and white flight it has struggled for sufficient resources.

Mega Big Time! Wellstone ruled Mar 2019 #1
Absolutely not! Strelnikov_ Mar 2019 #2
Public money for a few wealthy, claimed to be for public good, but less thasn 50% like football. TheBlackAdder Mar 2019 #22
Of course and that is their new model malaise Mar 2019 #3
Double Socialism, too. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2019 #7
But the jobs they bring to the community! Peanut, popcorn, pizza slice, and beer NCjack Mar 2019 #20
And Robert Craft, the owner of the Patriots, MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #25
And as another DUer pointed out recently, after taxpayers fund the buildings malaise Mar 2019 #23
and when the owners need a new paladium, they leave that hunk of concrete erronis Mar 2019 #34
Indeed malaise Mar 2019 #36
Nope, Grand Theft. dogman Mar 2019 #4
Totally agree! BlueJac Mar 2019 #5
Exactly Horizens Mar 2019 #31
No because stadiums and arenas aren't social. You have to be human for that. defacto7 Mar 2019 #6
This Would Make a Great Dem Talking Point dlk Mar 2019 #8
Support the right Mendocino Mar 2019 #9
I think that pro sports leagues should be nationalized. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #12
baltimore would own the browns. Mosby Mar 2019 #15
baltimore would own the Colts Yavin4 Mar 2019 #17
I met Johnny Unitas Mosby Mar 2019 #19
The history of Baltimore, MD. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #21
Oh, come on. What about the Murder Capital of the US? Where The Wire was filmed? erronis Mar 2019 #35
THAT is correct MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #27
No, MyOwnPeace Mar 2019 #26
No. It is what Roman Emperors did to deflect from the fact that... OldEurope Mar 2019 #10
It's not Socialism if public money goes to rich White guys. See the Wall Street bailout. Yavin4 Mar 2019 #11
are baseball stadiums different? Mosby Mar 2019 #13
No, they're boondoggles and giveaways JHB Mar 2019 #14
Lawrence O on MSNBC has mentioned more than DURHAM D Mar 2019 #16
What do you call it when the franchise loans the city the money to do the legally required... Brother Buzz Mar 2019 #18
There is Definitely Room for Creative Solutions dlk Mar 2019 #24
I think it is more like blackmail than socialism. First the team owners get a stadium or arena dameatball Mar 2019 #28
That's the point where they should be evicted. "Find someone else to fleece, ya bums!" NBachers Mar 2019 #39
The American way of socializing the costs and privatizing the profits. Sneederbunk Mar 2019 #29
Green Bay is the only stadium watoos Mar 2019 #30
Socialism is fine for th rich and connected. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #32
No. I wish I could blame socialism. former9thward Mar 2019 #33
Only if it comes from the mouth of a liberal...if it is said by a repug Ferrets are Cool Mar 2019 #37
Socialize the costs, Mendocino Mar 2019 #38
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