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Detroit is back, baby!

milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
edited February 2011 in All Encompassing Trip
Detroit is climbing back to relevance...

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdtw/20110216/ts_yblog_localdtw/robocop-statue-reaches-funding-goal

"Sometimes it takes a RoboCop to open up the consciousness of these things."
"The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
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  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    when i think of the motor city I always think of motown and robocop. awesome. :lol:
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  • MFCarissaMFCarissa Posts: 494
    I totally pledged a dollar for this. I think it's awesome. Cleveland has that FREE stamp, Chicago has their giant metal bean thing, Philly has a Rocky statue, and now we can have RoboCop.

    I've already noticed a lot of people on their moral high horses saying that this money could be put to better use. But I say, "who cares?" NOT building a statue of RoboCop isn't going to solve anything. It's free publicity. Half of the money was donated by a San Francisco businessman, because he owns a company that bears the same name as the corporation in the movie. Besides, the people who started this already posted the following on the website, "We're currently discussing how to branch this project and fundraising into bigger and bigger things with a better and better impact on Detroit. Thank you, everybody! Wow."
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  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Since they reached their goal so quickly, do you think we could double it up and get a matching ed-209 statue right next to it?

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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    wow

    of all the things to build a statue of. :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • neilybabes86neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    milarso wrote:
    Detroit is climbing back to relevance...

    http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_localdtw/20110216/ts_yblog_localdtw/robocop-statue-reaches-funding-goal

    "Sometimes it takes a RoboCop to open up the consciousness of these things."


    are you serious clark?

    how bout a lidstrom statue??
    i post on the board of a band that doesn't exsist anymore .......i need my head examined.......
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    MFCarissa wrote:
    NOT building a statue of RoboCop isn't going to solve anything. "

    This is my new philosophy on life.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • Jason PJason P Posts: 19,138
    The GM Towers always remind me of the O.C.P. headquarters, especially in contrast to the rest of the city.
  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    milarso wrote:
    MFCarissa wrote:
    NOT building a statue of RoboCop isn't going to solve anything. "

    This is my new philosophy on life.


    Seriously....I just shit my pants laughing over this. Hilarious.
  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Posts: 9,895
    Next time PJ plays detroit, I am going and getting my picture with it.
    :lol: I rank this #2 behind the Statue of Liberty in the US ;)
    ...got a mind full of questions and a teacher in my soul...
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Next time PJ plays detroit, I am going and getting my picture with it.
    :lol: I rank this #2 behind the Statue of Liberty in the US ;)
    It's going to be in Corktown too, which is a pretty cool part of town. Lots of Irish bars and where old Tiger Stadium used to be.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    81 wrote:
    wow

    of all the things to build a statue of. :lol:


    I was thinking the same thing. :lol:
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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    detroit made 81's list of shit cities.
    it's not exactly 81's list, almost though
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    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    chadwick wrote:
    detroit made 81's list of shit cities.
    it's not exactly 81's list, almost though

    Detroit is at the bottom of my list of favorite cities visited. Can't think of many behind it.


    Hopefully, for them, they get it turned around. I do wish them well.
    81 is now off the air

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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    81 wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    detroit made 81's list of shit cities.
    it's not exactly 81's list, almost though

    Detroit is at the bottom of my list of favorite cities visited. Can't think of many behind it.


    Hopefully, for them, they get it turned around. I do wish them well.
    gotta eat, man
    folks doin whatever it takes i guess

    can a guy still build a car in detroit?
    can a guy sling crack in detroit while unloading a fully-automatic handgun?

    where the hell is robodick?
    for poetry through the ceiling. ISBN: 1 4241 8840 7

    "Hear me, my chiefs!
    I am tired; my heart is
    sick and sad. From where
    the sun stands I will fight
    no more forever."
    Chief Joseph - Nez Perce
  • MFCarissaMFCarissa Posts: 494
    milarso wrote:
    pjsteelerfan wrote:
    Next time PJ plays detroit, I am going and getting my picture with it.
    :lol: I rank this #2 behind the Statue of Liberty in the US ;)
    It's going to be in Corktown too, which is a pretty cool part of town. Lots of Irish bars and where old Tiger Stadium used to be.

    And most importantly... SLOWS BBQ.
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  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    I just hope that the creation of a statue to Robocop in Detroit encourages the people of Astoria, Oregon to finally build a statue to Johnny 5.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • milarsomilarso Posts: 1,280
    I'm starting to take donations for the Axel Foley statue.
    "The dude abides. I don't know about you, but I take comfort in that. It's good knowin' he's out there. The Dude. Takin' her easy for all us sinners."
  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    MFCarissa wrote:
    NOT building a statue of RoboCop isn't going to solve anything."

    Hmmmm, this sounds strangely familiar.
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • RYEzupSFRYEzupSF Posts: 6,003
    Big Drop wrote:
    I just hope that the creation of a statue to Robocop in Detroit encourages the people of Astoria, Oregon to finally build a statue to Johnny 5.

    johnny5.jpg

    I got 5 on it.
    milarso wrote:
    I'm starting to take donations for the Axel Foley statue.

    axel-foley.jpg

    What the fuck do you think I'm trying to do here?
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  • 8181 Posts: 58,276
    milarso wrote:
    I'm starting to take donations for the Axel Foley statue.


    well played :lol:
    81 is now off the air

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  • Break The SkyBreak The Sky Posts: 1,276
    RYEzupSF wrote:
    Big Drop wrote:
    I just hope that the creation of a statue to Robocop in Detroit encourages the people of Astoria, Oregon to finally build a statue to Johnny 5.

    johnny5.jpg

    I got 5 on it.
    milarso wrote:
    I'm starting to take donations for the Axel Foley statue.

    axel-foley.jpg

    What the fuck do you think I'm trying to do here?

    Hahahahahaha

    All I'm asking for here is robotic equality. Bicentennial Man would be so proud. :cry:
    If hope can grow from dirt like me ...
  • MFCarissaMFCarissa Posts: 494
    Big Drop wrote:
    MFCarissa wrote:
    NOT building a statue of RoboCop isn't going to solve anything."

    Hmmmm, this sounds strangely familiar.

    No idea what you are talking about... ;)
    Using up my Ovaltine... like Ovaltine.
  • mysticweedmysticweed Posts: 3,710
    chadwick wrote:
    81 wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    detroit made 81's list of shit cities.
    it's not exactly 81's list, almost though

    Detroit is at the bottom of my list of favorite cities visited. Can't think of many behind it.


    Hopefully, for them, they get it turned around. I do wish them well.
    gotta eat, man
    folks doin whatever it takes i guess

    can a guy still build a car in detroit?
    can a guy sling crack in detroit while unloading a fully-automatic handgun?

    where the hell is robodick?






    i thought you were robodick
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
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