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theblogprof: Monday Linkaround

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

Just Michigan:
Detroit News: State road repair funds take big hit. No mention in the article that gas tax revenues have been pilfered for things like subsidies to public transportation. You know - empty busses driving from one place to another with no passengers and a well-paid union driver. [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] Effective Counter-Protesting 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:30:22 -0500

Are you counter-protesting more and enjoying it less? [...]

Bible, Math, Politics and More!: Hymn of the Week: My Hope Is in the Lord

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:15:00 -0500

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My hope is not in man. It better not be! My hope is not in Congress...and certainly not after Saturday night's House vote! My hope is not in anyone's good works. My hope is certainly not in myself.

None of the above can save my soul. None of the [...]

theblogprof: Liberal Democrats to fight amendment to ban taxpayer funded abortions that don't exist in the bill or something

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

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The liar-in-chief:

So what was the controversy of the Stupak amendment all about? If taxpayer-funded elective abortions were not in the bill, then what did the Stupak amendment ban? Wouldn't it have been redundant? So redundant, in fact, that some liberal Democrats want to fight the amendment that bans' [...]

theblogprof: How to make young drivers better in MI? Why push global warming junk science in drivers ed of course!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:30:00 -0500

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Moonbattery in Michigan. Or, as I should say, yet more moonbattery. It is a bit amusing, I must add, that all this panic still exists over global warming that doesn't actually exist as we have been cooling for 11 years now. But why let observable scientific data stand in the' [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: The Consequences of the Stupak Amendment

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:19:48 -0500

Let me state at the outset, I am anti-abortion. I wish no woman wanted or needed one. I'm long past the age where unintended pregnancy is an issue. There's no one in my life who's likely to need one. I don't have a dog in this fight but nonetheless, I [...]

Michigan Messenger: Lansing City Council member releases draft Freedom of Information Act ordinance in advance of meeting

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:07:50 -0500

LANSING– Lansing City Council member Carol Wood Monday released a draft of a proposed ordinance which will serve as a guide to city employees in the release of public information under Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act.

Under the proposed ordinance, city officials charged with responding to Freedom of Information Act [...]

Michigan Messenger: White House to hold meeting on development of HIV/AIDS strategy in Ferndale

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:26:36 -0500

The White House Office of National AIDS Policy will hold a meeting at Affirmations Community Center in Ferndale on Nov. 18. The meeting is designed to seek and receive input from communities impacted by the HIV epidemic about the development and implementation of a national HIV/AIDS strategy.

The strategy is [...]

Michigan Messenger: Michigan’s road woes are accelerating in the direction of even more potholes

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:25:06 -0500

A couple stories in Detroit’s daily newspapers today point to a big double whammy for anyone who drives: deteriorating roads and a declining pot of public money to fix them.

The Detroit Free Press reports that a study by the Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation [...]

theblogprof: AP: 10 percent jobless is OBAMA's NEW WORLD!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

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Wow. From that state-run Obama AP no less! From the Ap via MLive:
For months he had warned it was coming but that didn't ease the political shockwaves for President Barack Obama when unemployment topped 10 percent.

A year after his election Obama finds it increasingly' [...]

Michigan Messenger: No deal, no layoffs despite Bing’s deadline

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:55:00 -0500

DETROIT—Last Friday was the date Mayor Dave Bing set to play hardball with city union leaders. Last month the newly re-elected mayor set Nov. 6 as the ultimate deadline for 50 of the cities bunion bargaining units to take a 10 percent pay cut through furlough days in addition to [...]

Conservative Media: Looking for candidates for Hamburg Township Clerk

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:44:00 -0500

Now that voters have recalled Hamburg Township Clerk Matt Skiba, a special election to fill the almost three years remaining of his term is set for Feb. 23.

Because it’s a special election because of a recall, there is no primary election to fill the partisan office, and [...]

theblogprof: Detroit News (!!!) comes out against Pelosicare!

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:30:00 -0500

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Did the editorial board at the Detroit News take the red pill this morning?

Whatever the cause, the Detroit News had an editorial today that mostly made sense regarding the healthcare bill that was rammed through by Pelosi Saturday night. In totality, they gave it a big thumbs down [...]

Michigan Messenger: Kalamazoo begins setting enforcement procedure for new anti-discrimination ordinance

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:18:20 -0500

Last week, voters in Kalamazoo passed the city’s new anti-discrimination ordinance. This week, city employees are figuring out how to implement it.

According to a story in Sunday’s Kalamazoo Gazette, the city’s new protections against discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity require that individuals alleging discrimination file a [...]

Warrendale (Detroit) Blog: First Meeting of the Charter Commission

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:16:00 -0500

The newly elected Charter Commission will be sworn in and have its first meeting next Tuesday, November 17, at 6 p.m. This meeting will take place on the 13th floor of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center (2 Woodward Ave.). Everyone in Detroit is invited to attend this and every other [...]

dewey from detroit: Janet Napolitano Nailed It

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:40:00 -0500

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Didn’t Janet Napolitano tell us months ago that the terrorists we really had to worry about were in the Army?

From the Department of Homeland Security February 20, 2009 report "Rightwing Extremism: Current Economic and Political Climate Fueling Resurgence in Radicalization and Recruitment:"

(U) Disgruntled Military Veterans

(U//FOUO) [...]

Jack Lessenberry Essays and Interviews: Essay: Lest We Forget - 11.9.09

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:35:00 -0500

Veterans Day is Wednesday. Michigan Radio’s Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry suggests we think a little more about what the day really means.

Hear Audio Story

Wednesday is Veterans Day, which means that the banks will be closed, there won’t be any mail delivery, [...]

MichiganLiberal: Sheltrown to introduce MichLib Green Energy Legislation

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:24:23 -0500

Democratic State Representative Joel Sheltrown of West Branch will introduce legislation this week that would put green energy production within the financial reach of most Michigan homeowners and business owners. The proposal was brought to his attention by MichLib bloggers and is modeled after similar laws in other states.

The [...]

Blogging For Michigan: Hey ! I Want My Faith Values Recognized Too !

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:18:18 -0500

Hey! I Want My Faith Values Recognized Too!
By Jim Ramelis

My Congressman, Bart Stupak of Michigan, recently introduced the anti-abortion amendment in the House of Representatives version of the proposed Health Care bill. It seems the only time the values of faith based voters are taken into consideration is in [...]

theblogprof: General Casey: diversity shouldn’t be casualty of Fort Hood

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

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Good grief man! Have these people lost all sense of reality? Instead of being conserned for the troops and keeping them safe from future terror attacks, Casey - a general and top army official - is more worried about "diveristy." Diversity? You have got to be kidding me! Is there [...]

theblogprof: Government's bailout strategy driving up unemployment - says TARP oversight chair Elizabeth Warren

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

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And even more ironically, this was shown on MSNBC of all places:

Visit msnbc.com for Breaking News, World News, and News about the Economy
From The Grand Rapids Press via MLive: Is the government's bailout strategy driving up unemployment?
Elizabeth Warren is refreshingly frank [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] Conyers Wants some Head Knocking

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:31:51 -0500

In 1965, when John Conyers first took office in the House of Representatives, Lyndon B. Johnson was President of the United States. Conyers still has a soft spot in his heart for those early years when his future wife Monica was in diapers and members of his own political party [...]

MichiganLiberal: While we're on the topic of being green

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:01:23 -0500

A couple of articles popped up while doing the ticker this morning. Neither is really worth its own post, but they're both kind of interesting in their own regard.

Steven Chu, the Secretary of Energy, is a big promoter of white roofs. Paint a roof white, rather than the traditional black, [...]

theblogprof: Anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall 1961 - 1989

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

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Obama will not be there to commemorate the historic event. Natch. You get the idea he would be there in a giffy if it were to be erected once again though. But many will celebrate without him nonetheless. Here are some videos from around the blogosphere on the historic [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Freedom lost and freedom won

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:22:47 -0500

Today's the 20th anniversary of the "fall" of the Berlin Wall. It didn't fall as much as it was pushed by the so-called "captive nations" who refused to remain captive, assisted by the moral encouragement of Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and Pope John Paul II. (Here's a' [...]

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

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:09:11 -0500

I'd like to thank ... whoa!, what happened to today's sponsor? Oh, yes, we don't yet have a sponsor today.

And a great sadness falls over the land...

I'd like to thank our sponsor for the last two days. Again, I'd like to thank everyone who is a part of [...]

Michigan Messenger: New landfill fee would fund recycling programs

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:01:59 -0500

Dan Scripps

State Rep. Dan Scripps (D-Leland) has introduced a bill that would raise money for recycling programs by establishing a $7.50 per ton fee for solid waste disposal.

Michigan’s current 21 cents per ton fee on solid waste dumped in land fills or burned in incinerators, is [...]

theblogprof: 12 Killed In Pakistan A Terrorist Act, But 13 Killed At Fort Hood Not A Terrorsit Act?

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

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I don't understand the MSM's denial of reality. They simply cannot call a terrorist attack a terrorist attack. Well, that's not 100% true. They can call it a terrorist attack when it has little political consequence here. For instance, CNN had this a week ago: Police: Dozens dead in' [...]

Michigan Messenger: Granholm offers ideas for structural reform of funding public schools

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:59:36 -0500

Immediately following the announcement last Friday of a new multi-million dollar teacher training grant from the Kellogg Foundation, Gov. Jennifer Granholm fielded questions from a horde of journalists at the Detroit Science Center. And the main topic wasn’t Michigan’s shiny new teacher fellowship.

Instead, reporters asked mostly about the state [...]

Conservative Media: Fox ‘news’ rolls out another false war

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:53:00 -0500

Like the false “war on Christmas” rolled out every single year by Fox “news,” the latest made up war by fox is just as false.

The rightwing media is all aflutter about the false “war on Fox ‘news’” by the Obama Administration. The problem is [...]

MichiganLiberal: Globe highlights Granholm green energy work

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:28:11 -0500

At the top of the news ticker (for those of you lucky enough to see it here, live, on this site), you'll note a story from the Boston Globe about Michigan -- specifically the governor -- luring green-related businesses from Massachusetts to Michigan.

Two years ago, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. [...]

theblogprof: Too much info: Granholm's hubby: "She does not want you to wield the sword"

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

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Woe to the man who cannot wield his own sword! For whatever reason, Granholm's wife, Dan Mulhern, is getting her pants (or panties as it were) in a wad regarding the relationship and role reversals. A few weeks ago, I wrote a post (Video: Today [...]

Warrendale (Detroit) Blog: Updates on Two Stories

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

Today I get to update two previous stories that I didn't know until recently were related. I posted two weeks ago about the Detroit Police Department blocking off Ashton between Whitlock and W. Warren Ave. as part of their investigation into an assault that had happened. I also posted last' [...]

The World According to Me: Effective Counter-Protesting 2009

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:53:00 -0500

Are you counter-protesting more and enjoying it less?

Feel your counter-protesting has become less effective?

Perhaps it time to look outside the box for new, innovative and effective ways to maximize your next counter-protest of your local ObamaCare kool aid drinkers, MoveOn.org, ACORN, MEA etc and so on!
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nancynall.com: Red in tooth and claw.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:20:54 -0500

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The longer we keep a rabbit in the house, the longer I think it belongs out of the house. Not to live out there — it is a pet, little miss I will be petted oh yes I will — but for a stretch of outside time every day. I’ve [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] Gitmo North

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:14:03 -0500

While we wait to hear the fate of the prison of Standish, MI, let's put together the facts. The facility is one of a few in the U.S.that may be used to house Guantanamo Bay detainees.

Stupak, Congressman of the 1st District, is enthusiastic about the idea, and helped suggest' [...]

theblogprof: Irony! Sen Robert Byrd An Important Vote On Yet Another Issue Involving White Sheets

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0500

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Back in the 1960's, early in Robert C Byrd's political career, he lead the filibuster of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 that eventually passed into law. Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia) was, before that time, a Kleege and Exhaulted Cyclops in the Ku Klux Klan. So' [...]

Michigan Messenger: When prosecutors (allegedly) attack

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:28:45 -0500

Scholars like Amy Back and Radley Balko have spent years chronicling prosecutorial misconduct — ranging from withholding evidence to faking evidence to coercing confessions — around the country. Now it appears that Michigan may have its own example — and this one involves sex. The Grand Rapids Press reports:
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Michigan Messenger: State seeks funding for land banks

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 07:10:53 -0500

The state of Michigan is applying for $290 million in federal funds to help set up or fully fund municipal land banks that help local governments take control of foreclosed and abandoned properties. The Detroit News reports:

The Michigan State Housing Development Authority has proposed launching the “New Michigan [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Detroit council districts: Can't be any worse

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:41:14 -0500

Detroit may benefit from the council districts voters ordered up last week. The theory is that council members, from a small district, will be more responsive than one elected at large. Perhaps. But as it stands now in Detroit, most of the power belongs to the mayor. So if garbage [...]

Michigan Messenger: Health care bill wins passage with Stupak abortion amendment

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:14:54 -0500

WASHINGTON — After roughly 12 hours of debate — and no absence of GOP stalling — the U.S. House late Saturday night passed an $894 billion proposal that would forever change the way the nation’s health care system operates. The vote was 220 to 215 in the lower [...]