BlogNetNews.com » Michigan

RightMichigan.com: [News] Bipartisan Big Government is at it again

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:16:35 -0500

Here's the usual definition of bipartisanship. Both parties get together, come up with a scheme, and screw over the people and take away our freedoms. That's the case on the horizon here with the smoking ban issue. Big government statists are at it again.

From Gannett via the [...]

theblogprof: Audit: Liberal Utopia Detroit Is Incompetent At Being Incompetent

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:30:00 -0500

How bad are things in Detroit? BAD and getting worse. From The Detroit News: Audits unmask Detroit's fiscal crisis. So how bad is it? Here are a few bullet points with more detail contained in the article:
the city hasn't kept a complete list of' [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Second-Hand Stupid Again.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:48:04 -0500

As far as smoking goes, it's bad for ya.In fact, I'd go so far as to say that instead of banning smoking in public places, we should simply ban the sale of cigarettes for the good of the public health. After all, it's really what folks want to do, but' [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: ACORN Did Nothing Illegal

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:40:53 -0500

An investigation of those Breitbart videos that allegedly showed ACORN employees were assisting the playacting videographers in a prostitution scheme found "those employees 'did not engage in any illegal activity'" nor did they break any federal laws. The report did concede the ACORN [...]

Conservative Media: Petition drive to put the Fair Affordable Insurance Act on the November 2010 ballot is underway

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:17:00 -0500

The petition drive to put the Fair Affordable Insurance Act on the November 2010 ballot is officially underway, spearheaded by Sen. Hansen Clarke, D-Detroit.

Fair Affordable Insurance Rates (FAIR) has to collect 304,000 signatures in the next 180 days to place it on [...]

theblogprof: Liberal Reverend leader: Abortion Is a ‘God-Given Right’

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter. - Isiah 5:20
Yet that is exactly what the corrupted conscience seeks to do - call that which is good evil, and [...]

Republican Michigander: Global Warming Hypocracy

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:33:00 -0500

If you can't live what you believe and preach, sit down and shut the hell up.

From the London Telegraph. The headline says it all. 1200 limos. 140 private planes.

Ms Jorgensen reckons that between her and her rivals the total number of limos in Copenhagen' [...]

for my amusement only...: Gift Ideas for the Person Who Has Everything

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:23:00 -0500

Is there someone in your life who is impossible to buy gifts for? Imagine the look on their face when you pull up in the flatbed truck with this...Only two days left to bid on "Nessie on the Grand", now residing in a pond at the John Ball Park Zoo [...]

for my amusement only...: Over 8,000 Michigan Jobs Will Be Lost Due to Lack of Road Funding

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:22:00 -0500

Imagine what the reaction would be if a major employer pulled out of Michigan and took over 8,000 jobs with them. The Republicans would pitch a fit, call for more tax cuts, and insist that everyone work for $1 an hour with no benefits - and you know it. But [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Crunching the Numbers on Health Care Reform

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:20:34 -0500

Some of our commenters are remarking on the polling showing approval for the health care reform bill is dropping. It's true, the approval rate is steadily going down, but that doesn't mean that a majority of Americans are losing faith in reform because the bill is too liberal. In fact,' [...]

Republican Michigander: Bipartisan Big Government at it again.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:19:00 -0500

detnews.com | Politics Blog: The Urgency of Now on Climate Change

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 15:03:55 -0500

Building on yesterday's post, it can't be stated enough that waving around out of context quotes from stolen emails does not change the scientific evidence of climate change. The raw data is still there. As this article, which should be read in full, points out: It dawned with the warmest' [...]

RightCuz: Leftist Hysteria Reaches Fever Pitch

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:50:00 -0500

Does this sound like a Majority Leader on the verge of victory for ObamaCare?

"Instead of joining us on the right side of history, all the Republicans can come up with is, 'slow down, stop everything, let's start over.' If you think you've heard these same excuses before, you're right," [...]

theblogprof: King Obama To Regulate Oceans And Forests That Produce 99.7% Of Greenhouse Gasses

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:19:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
"If all human activity were to disappear tomorrow, the atmosphere wouldn't even notice..."

Actually no, Obama won't regulate oceans and forrests. Instead, he will try to chop a part of the 3% of CO2 production that is said to be produced by human activity (and [...]

Blogging For Michigan: Gift Ideas for the Person Who Has Everything

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:01:51 -0500

Is there someone in your life who is impossible to buy gifts for? Imagine the look on their face when you pull up in the flatbed truck with this...

Only two days left to bid on "Nessie on the" [...]

Jack Lessenberry Essays and Interviews: Essay: Carping Politics - 12.7.09

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:39:00 -0500

For years, the Great Lakes have been threatened by the approach of Asian carp coming up the Mississippi. Now, at last, politicians seem to be taking notice. Michigan Radio’s Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at the politics of carp...

Hear Audio Story [...]

MichiganLiberal: And, now ... a word from our sponsor

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:28:16 -0500

You mighta noticed off to the upper right a brand new sponsor, one of the many Democratic House campaigns ramping up statewide. This one is kind of a favorite of mine, since it's a campaign in my state House district, currently the 99th. Toni Sessoms is a local attorney [...]

Blogging For Michigan: Over 8,000 Michigan Jobs Will Be Lost Due to Lack of Road Funding

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:56:21 -0500

Michigan Messenger: Statewide smoking ban: To exempt or not to exempt?

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:12:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1

This week could be the make or break week for a statewide smoking ban in public places, according to a story in today’s Detroit Free Press.

Lansing bureau chief Chris Christoff lays out the familiar battle lines separating lawmakers who see a need to [...]

theblogprof: Study: Amino acid recipe could be right for long life (if you starve yourself)

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
It's funny sometimes reading through articles on nutrition topics that have been well-known in the bodybuilding community for literally decades. Related to the topic of life-extension, calorie restriction has been at the forefront for some time now. The last time I critiqued a study on calorie restriction was back in [...]

Michigan Messenger: Macomb County prosecutor accused of retaliation

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 11:18:38 -0500

The HIV-as-terrorism case is not the only potentially explosive legal proceeding going on for Macomb County Prosecutor Eric Smith. In another case, the tables are being turned on Smith as he finds himself accused of violating the law by engaging in retaliation against a defendant who publicly blew [...]

MichiganLiberal: Climate Denial Crock of the Week: Smacking the Hack Attack

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:46:05 -0500

Incidentally, you can use the information contained herein at Christmas dinner, when that crazy drunk uncle who's kind of a family embarrassment because of his Birther affiliations and love of rightwing talk radio starts monloguing about vast shadowy plots involving thousands and thousands of scientists and U.N. bureaucrats. You [...]

Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood: Rogers continues to deny the fact that global warming is a fact on behalf of Big Oil masters

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:38:00 -0500

After some nine years of Mike Rogers in Congress, the only thing we know for sure about the Brighton Republican is that he toes the GOP line until its no longer popular to dos so. His press release on the stolen emails from the Climatic [...]

Republican Michigander: Bruce Nichols - longshot running for governor

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:36:00 -0500

The Argus had an interesting piece today. Bruce Nichols enters the gubernatorial race.

The Brighton Township Republican recently announced his run for governor, and is in the process of gathering some 30,000
signatures — and raising lots of money — to become the Republican nominee to succeed term-limited [...]

theblogprof: Dude - where's my DNA? Study links missing DNA to childhood obesity

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:30:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Obesity has been blamed on everything from a virus to racism. Personal responsibility tends to be left off the table. But missing DNA? That's a new one. Yet one study makes exactly that assertion. I have several problems with the study on a technical basis, but I'll get' [...]

Conservative Media: Rogers continues to deny the fact that global warming is a fact on behalf of Big Oil masters

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:25:00 -0500

Michigan Messenger: Jackson offical calls ’shovel-ready’ scramble ‘waste of time’

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:22:24 -0500

Officials in Jackson county are not happy that they didn’t see any of the millions of dollars in federal stimulus money for “shovel-ready” projects. Those officials worked with the administration of Gov. Jennifer Granholm to compile lists of projects that could quickly be launched if money from the American Recovery [...]

Michigan Messenger: Alpena ethanol plant gets $17.9 million stimulus grant

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:55 -0500

The U.S. Dept. of Energy has named the small Lake Huron town of Alpena as one of the 19 communities where the department’s Biorefinery Assistance Program will fund pilot projects to develop new fuels from biomass.

American Process, an Atlanta based company, was awarded $17.9 million to develop a [...]

nancynall.com: The end of the weekend.

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:35:32 -0500

Number of comments: 5

The film challenge came right on time, and was pretty simple: The end of the world. Free-choice genre, no prop or dialogue, only a story about the end of the world. You can see why this would make a Detroit crew feel they were halfway there:

Yes, [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] In the MACKINAC CENTER Sphere Today

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:14:58 -0500

The latest posts from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.

* * *

The Source of the School Budget Quagmire — Michigan's record of generously financing schools suggests policymakers should stop focusing on school revenues and instead encourage schools to control their costs.

Bloomfield Hills Sings the' [...]

theblogprof: December 7th, 1941: A date which will live in infamy. Pearl Harbor 68 years ago today

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 2
A day that will always live in infamy, remembered by everyone except Google:

68 years ago the Japanese attacked us while most slept, declaring war on the U.S. after the attack (which was antithesis to the samurai code of honor). America hasn't been attacked in' [...]

theblogprof: Govt effectiveness: Finding an outside CEO for GM could be hindered by company's salary cap

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
If you mess with the bull, you will get the horns. Back in June, the story came out regarding the shock of top executives when Obama forced out CEO Rick Wagoner (The Madness Of King Obama: Kicking Wagoner out caused outrage and shock at GM). In that decision, as [...]

Michigan Messenger: Detroit teachers not happy with union concessions

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:25:43 -0500

That tentative plan between Detroit Public Schools and the Detroit Federation of Teachers is not getting a good reception among the teachers themselves, the Detroit News reports. And given some of the provisions in the deal, that’s hardly surprising. The deal actually requires the teachers to loan money to [...]

Michigan Messenger: Legislative leaders focus on short-term irrelevancies

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:25:31 -0500

The Detroit News has an article about the last couple weeks remaining in the state’s legislative calendar and how the House and Senate leadership are focusing on the most short-term and irrelevant solutions to the school funding crisis. House Speaker Andy Dillon is looking only at temporary solutions, while [...]

Michigan Messenger: Cox to file suit to stop Asian carp

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:02:34 -0500

Attorney General Mike Cox is planning to file a federal lawsuit to have the locks dividing the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal from Lake Michigan closed to prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes. The Detroit Free Press reports:

“Our attorneys are working on it as we speak” [...]

Scott Does Politics: Bits of Tid: December 7, 2009

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 04:48:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Before I go on, it would be a mistake not to acknowledge that today is the 68th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

I hear a lot less talk about Pearl Harbor nowadays than I used to. Perhaps because many of those who remember that day have since [...]

OutsideLansing.com: Academic Blogger Praises Old Zarko Research Work

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:28:39 -0500

A new academic blogger on the civil rights issue wrote these kind words about an article I wrote in May 2003 for the Michigan Bar Journal using University of Michigan archival records to buttress the case for socio-economic alternatives (to be clear, [...]

Western Right: POLITICAL UPDATE--Global Warming

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:41:00 -0500

This update focuses on global warming. Many of the primary scientific advocates of global warming hysteria have been exposed committing fraud, destroying data, illegally hiding data from FOIA requests, manipulating data to support their conclusions, and scheming to silence scientific critics. Meanwhile, the Copenhagen conference is about to get underway, [...]

Michigan Taxes Too Much: Climategate for Dummies

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:03:50 -0500

The American Thinker does an outstanding job explaining the global warming deception by Mann, Jones, et el..

As the mainstream media move from abject denial to dismissive whitewashing, CRU co-conspirators move to Copenhagen for tomorrow’s UN climate meeting, intent on changing the world as we know [...]

Arbor Update: City Council: Giving and Taking

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:36:08 -0500

City Council: Monday, December 7 at 7:00 pm.
Agenda

Highlights:

Resolution to exempt eligible nonprofit housing providers from the collection of property taxes for up to two years Ordinance to reduce percent for public art for three years Resolution to accept the “Huron River [...]

motorcitytimes.com: Kelly Clarkson Performs Oh Holy Night

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:19:31 -0500

Number of comments: 1
A nice Sunday night Christmas song: [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] Argus pushing for consitutional convention in 2010

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:18:01 -0500

There's been a push for a constitutional convention (con-con) by a small, but influential group of Lansing elites and their followers. This has been going on for the last three years. I'm strongly opposed to opening Pandora's Box here. The Argus fails to make a solid case for it here.' [...]

Conservative Media: Opponents of workplace smoking ban rolling out debunked studies again

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:14:00 -0500

With news that the workplace smoking ban, that includes bars and restaurants, may move in the Michigan Legislature this week, opponents of the ban are ramping up efforts to put out their false information to kill what 38 other state already have.

The operator’s [...]

theblogprof: Linkaround 12-6-2009

Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:30:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
ClimateGate:
WUWT: The Smoking Code, part 2
Climate Skeptic: Example of Climate Work That Needs to be Checked and Replicated.
"Let’s say you had two compasses to help you" [...]