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Pembroke: the most broke town in Obama’s home state

Published: 13 November, 2009, 22:38
Edited: 05 March, 2010, 03:53


There’s broke and then there’s Pembroke (Illinois, that is). Located in the northern county of Kankakee, the township of Pembroke is now suffering a crushing 46% unemployment rate.

 
4 COMMENTS
David Parry November 13, 2009, 22:59 quote
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LOL You are using an image of PEMBROKE CASTLE in WALES, UK You want a picture of pembroke, nowhere, someplace, wherever in the bankrupt usa! Please don't associate the beautiful land of my ancestors with some hickville flyspeck of a landlocked, peasant village in the usa. I doubt that the americans have any 1000yr old stone castles built by Norman lords around the time of 1066! Perhaps a picture of some tents by a burntout pickup truck in front of a foreclosed and vandalized trailer park might be more in keeping with the current state of the american financial catastrophe over there in Pauperville, Illinois? TIA

clevelandswabbie November 14, 2009, 16:47 quote
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You want to know what my "pet peeve" is? Bad roads...here in the midwest USA, when a city or town has these type of problems...everybody gets laid off and the city stops fixing the roads. Just terrible roads; it's a trick of survival just to find the roads to stay away from!

DONALD SESSIONS November 17, 2009, 18:46 quote
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Pembroke has been in it's state of depression for the last 30 yrs

Noah Fing-Whey March 04, 2010, 23:30 quote
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Not to worry! Barack is at this very minute making a speech that says jobs are being created. He's soooo articulate! Speak at us Barack! Speak at us! Say the words!!! Make it so!!

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