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Scott Does Politics: For Our Veterans

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:00 -0500

dewey from detroit: “Words? Just Words”

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:28:00 -0500

Kudo's to the President. He delivered a fine speech at the memorial for the fallen soldiers at Fort Hood. It was appropriate and respectful in a muted and almost eloquent way. Not generally terms that I associate with Obama. In fact it was strikingly different from the usual piffle he [...]

RightMichigan.com: [News] Bishop holding the line.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:34:25 -0500

Its good to see Senator Bishop hold the line on the school funding issue. A Mackinac article by Ken Braun today relates an event at the state capitol that is likely to be repeated:
"S.O.S." members were in Lansing on behalf of the statewide public school establishment, demanding that [...]

MichiganLiberal: I see ... well, fuck Wal-Mart

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:51:15 -0500

As if you needed a reason not to shop there:

NILES — The two Bic multipurpose lighters and a package of smaller lighters Joe Paolucci bought at the Niles Wal-Mart on Aug. 16 cost $15.84.

So how did the lighters end up the centerpiece of a situation that resulted [...]

theblogprof: Tuesday Linkaround

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:30:00 -0500

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Just Michigan:
Detroit News: Students, others rally for Michigan higher taxes school funding. Little kids trotted out. HUMAN SHIELDS!!!
The Mackinac Center: What Price Information? Try $7 million. "$6,876,303.90, to be exact. That's what the Michigan Department of State Police is charging for documents that I requested via the" [...]

Motor City Liberal: Glenn Beck publicly shamed by satirist after losing domain battle

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:13:00 -0500

By Stephen C. Webster Fox News personality Glenn Beck has lost a battle for a Web domain which jokingly asked whether he raped and murdered a young girl in 1990.

Following his victory, the Web site's creator voluntarily turned the domain [...]

Motor City Liberal: Pat Robertson: Islam isn’t a religion; treat Muslims like fascists

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:05:00 -0500

By Daniel Tencer 'Birther' lawyer: Fort Hood proves soldiers should be allowed to disobey orders

Conservative commentators are ratcheting up anti-Muslim rhetoric in the wake of last week's Fort Hood massacre, with televangelist Pat Robertson leading the way with a declaration that [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Are Case #'s 08-7412 and 08-7621 on the U.S. Supreme Court Docket An Admission That Rehabilitation in Prison Can't/Don't Work?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 20:00:17 -0500

Recently, I became aware of two cases that are to come before the United States Supreme Court. At issue is whether or not the Eight Amendment of the U.S. Constitution was violated when Terrance Graham and Joe Sullivan were sentenced to prison as juveniles. At the ripe old age of 16, [...]

theblogprof: Bilking taxpayers: Clerks in Southeastern MI charging up to $2.25 per page of vital document copies. Refuse internet viewing, kill trees instead.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:30:00 -0500

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How does anyone charge $2.25 per page to be copied? Even Kinko's is laughing at that. Except that you can't go to Kinko's to copy documents that are kept by county clerks and not released. In essence, they are bilking the taxpayers out of money, ostensibly imposing a use tax' [...]

Motor City Liberal: Lawsuit alleges that New York Post DC bureau chief’s goal was ‘to destroy’ Obama

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:36:00 -0500

By Ben Armbruster The Huffington Post’s Sam Stein reports today that a fired New York Post employee, Sandra Guzman, has filed a complaint against the Post, the paper’s parent company News Corp., and Post editor-in-chief Col Allan “alleging harassment as well as ‘unlawful employment practices and retaliation.’” Stein reports [...]

for my amusement only...: Over 1500 Rally in Lansing to Protest Cuts to Schools

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:25:00 -0500

What was that again about lack of "public pressure"? Too bad Speaker Dillon wasn't around to see this... More than 1,500 parents, students and educators from Plymouth-Canton, Livonia, Taylor and other districts rallied this morning on the Capitol steps before going inside to bring their message to elected officials. Their' [...]

Blogging For Michigan: Over 1500 Rally in Lansing to Protest Cuts to Schools

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:19:14 -0500

What was that again about lack of "public pressure"? Too bad Speaker Dillon wasn't around to see this...

More than 1,500 parents, students and educators from Plymouth-Canton, Livonia, Taylor and other districts rallied this morning on the Capitol steps before going inside to bring their message to elected officials.' [...]

theblogprof: Liberal economics: New York Will Be Broke Before Christmas

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

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Hey, buddy - can you spare $3.2 billion? No... Fresh out... Can't help ya... Don't got it:

New York State will be out of money in 5 weeks, short of Christmas and far short of the end of their budget year. Incompetent Democrat Governor David Patterson made a rare [...]

theblogprof: Single-Payer Hell: Cheryl Baxter Escapes Canada To The U.S. For Care After 8 Years Of Pain

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:30:00 -0500

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This is the second time that the Cheryl Baxter story has popped up on my radar:

HT: Instapundit. Baxter's story isn't unique. See below for plenty more on Canada. Don't even get me started in the U.K. For those that are proponents of nationalized healthcare, explain these statistics [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: The Lesson of Creigh Deeds

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:25:07 -0500

It seems painfully clear that the Congressional Democrats took the wrong lesson from Creigh Deeds loss in Virginia, as evidenced by the health care reform vote. Even today the media is full of stories embracing the wrongheaded conventional wisdom inside the Beltway that the Democratic Party needs [...]

MichiganLiberal: The good and evil of Dow Chemical

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:17:10 -0500

Back in the day, most of the people I knew who lived in Midland would talk about the occasional afternoon that a civil defence alarm would sound across the city and people would go indoors to avoid some kind of unexplained fume floating through town. Then, we learned about the [...]

theblogprof: On the 234th Anniversary of the Marine Corps

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:47:00 -0500

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No surprise that Google hasn't noticed, instead opting for this today:

Nice, eh? Happy Birthday U.S. Marine Corps!

Previously:
Google celebrates Big Bird's 40th birthday while liberals co-opt Sesame Street
Google bomb?
40 Year Anniversary Of Man Landing' [...]

theblogprof: Hope? Change? Neither: Fed officials warn weak recovery won't spur jobs

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:00:00 -0500

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But... I thought Obama said he saved the economy??? And the stimulus boondoggle worked, right? Uh - not quite. From the AP via The Detroit News:
Unemployment likely will remain high for the next several years because the economic recovery won't be strong enough to spur robust hiring,' [...]

Jack Lessenberry Essays and Interviews: Essay: Roads in Ruin - 11.10.09

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:35:00 -0500

A major new study shows that the state’s roads are rapidly falling apart. Michigan Radio’s political analyst Jack Lessenberry takes a look at what’s going on…

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Here’s something that shouldn’t surprise you. Michigan roads are in bad shape, and getting [...]

Blogging For Michigan: The fight for fair auto insurance rates is taken up by the people

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:27:45 -0500

The Michigan Board of Canvassers approved ballot language on Monday for a petition brought forward by the group Fair [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Stupak Continues the Hyde Amendment

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:16:45 -0500

I agree: If you're against abortion, don't have one. But this House bill is enough of a monstrosity without forcing some people to, with explicit taxpayer subsidies, violate their core moral beliefs. The Stupak amendment, by the way, is roughly equivalent to the Hyde Amendment, which was enacted [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Let's Not Get Stupak About This

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:03:58 -0500

I don't want to spend a lot more time on this, but to clarify a couple of points from my last post, the biggest problem with the Stupak amendment is that it discriminates against poor women. As Ezra points out your tax dollars are already subsidizing abortions for wealthier ones.' [...]

theblogprof: True Hollywood Story: THS Can't Tell The Difference Between Female Bodybuilders And Figure Competitors

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:30:00 -0500

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True Hollywood Stories did a piece they called "female bodybuilders." Unfortunately, they didn't cover female bodybuilder, rather covering figure competitors instead. There is a big difference between the two. Here is the THS video via Mary Bell:

Female bodybuilders and figure competitors are different in that figure' [...]

Michigan Messenger: Haslett Board of Education begins developing policies in response to drunk shaming incident

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:09:04 -0500

MERIDIAN TOWNSHIP — The Haslett Board of Education on Monday night referred to its policy committee the task of developing new policies to address issues arising from a 2007 drunk-shaming incident that came to the public’s attention recently.

Officials determined during their work session that the district [...]

Michigan Messenger: VP Biden lends fundraising muscle to two Michigan Dems

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:08:16 -0500

Vice President Joe Biden swooped into Detroit yesterday for some political fundraising, and of course, a chili dog at Lafayette Coney Island.

(Check out the shot of Biden wolfing down the coney — as Gov. Jennifer Granholm watches and daintily sips a soda — by the Detroit Free Press [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: Washington versus private business

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:54:16 -0500

When you absolutely, positively, need to crush your business competitors ... get the federal government involved. UPDATE: I see "refiman1" has taken a page from Libby Spencer's book: When your position is under fire, attack the messenger. But recall that even a blind pig can find an [...]

Bloggin on down the Rogue: Barry's Dream Islamic Outreach Czar and New JCS Chief

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:13:15 -0500

[extreme sarcasm]

Obama can accomplish several things quickly. He is fond of using "czars" to bypass all scrutiny of who is working for him. Also he has not yet exercised his executive pardon powers for federal prisoners. In this case, he might be able [...]

Conservative Media: The fight for fair auto insurance rates is taken up by the people

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:12:00 -0500

All too often, Michigan residents have to go around the obstructionist Michigan Senate to get good legislation passed, and that is the case with legislation dealing the high cost of insurance redlining.

The Michigan Board of Canvassers approved ballot language on Monday for a petition [...]

theblogprof: Totalitarian Hell: Social Workers To Confiscate Unborn Baby Because Mom Isn't Smart Enough; Couple Flee

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

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Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron’s cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who [...]

Michigan Messenger: Is Detroit the wild-wild … Midwest?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:54:44 -0500

In a recent conversation with media, future city council members elected just last week revealed a personal yet controversial choice: that they carried concealed weapons for self-protection.

As Detroit Free Press columnist Rochelle Riley writes, “The majority of city council members will be packing” come January.

The majority [...]

MichiganLiberal: Campaign news and rumors

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:30 -0500

I told you last week to pay attention to Jonathan Oosting of MLive. This is why:

Accountant Lisa Howze last week narrowly lost her bid for Detroit City Council, finishing tenth in voting for the nine-seat council.

Now comes word that Howze may keep her campaign rolling, shifting focus [...]

Michigan Messenger: Cox says bad press on Manoogian Mansion scandal won’t drive him from Gov race

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:52:19 -0500

Attorney General Mike Cox says the recent bad publicity over his role in an investigation into an alleged party at Manoogian Mansion during the reign of former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick will not force him to drop from the race for the GOP nomination for governor in 201.

The Macomb Daily [...]

The World According to Me: Memo to the GOP Campaign

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:40:00 -0500

I get them in the mail. You probably do to. Those request for donations from the RNC. Sometimes they come with an innocuous survey with no brainer questions like "Do you support a massive government run health care system? Check one Yes No

I usually just throw them out." [...]

for my amusement only...: How Republicans Raise Taxes: Massive Cuts to Grand Rapids Police and Fire Departments Announced

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:35:00 -0500

Grand Rapids, like every other city/town/county in the state of Michigan, is facing a huge budget deficit due to the Bishop-Dillon cuts to state revenue sharing and a drop in local property tax collection. This morning, Grand Rapids City Manager Greg Sundstrom announced that we will be losing 125 city [...]

Blogging For Michigan: How Republicans Raise Taxes: Massive Cuts to Grand Rapids Police and Fire Departments Announced

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:29:43 -0500

Michigan Taxes Too Much: How often do we have to say it?

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:24:46 -0500

“I told you so.”

A July 2004 decision by Michigan’s supreme court was quite correct in its assessment of taking of public land for private use. It is a wrong use of government power and eminent domain. In the case of County of Wayne v. Hathcock, the Michigan Supreme Court handed [...]

MichiganLiberal: At least we can say we didn't raise taxes

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:11:40 -0500

New report out. Conclusions predictable. Michigan roads suck, are apt to get suckier.

(AP) — LANSING, Mich. - One-third of Michigan roads were in poor condition in 2008, a percentage that could climb dramatically in coming years if lawmakers don't pump more money into transportation, road advocates said Monday.

The [...]

theblogprof: Video: Boston subway train barely misses woman on tracks

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Here's the incredible video:

The AP has more via The Detroit News has more:
The driver of a Boston subway train that came to a screeching halt just before hitting a woman who had fallen onto the tracks has been hailed as a hero.

Lewis, who saw [...]

nancynall.com: Attractive nuisance.

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:45:08 -0500

Number of comments: 10

Last summer I wrote about going to the 48 Hour Film Challenge awards, held in a loft overlooking the Packard-plant ruin, and how the arsonists trashing the place thoughtfully put on a fire for us. I think I also mentioned the truck sticking out the window:

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theblogprof: Video of Carrie Prejean: Yes, I made The Sex Tape!

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:15:00 -0500

Number of comments: 1
She was on Hannity last night:

What does this generation not understand? Don't. Tape. Yourself. Naked! It doesn't matter that it is solo or not. Here'a another vid of Prejean on the Today Show:

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theblogprof: Video: Late-Term Abortionist: "Am I killing? Yes I am. I know that."

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:30:00 -0500

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Of course he does. Yet the admission will make many pro-aborts squirm as they continue to deny the obviousness of the truth:

HT: Two Wrongs. Disturbing in the above video is the "doctor's" statement that he prays often. Whom does he pray to? Certainly not the God of' [...]

Michigan Messenger: Referendum to lower insurance rates approved by state board

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:57:01 -0500

Number of comments: 1

The Michigan Board of Canvassers approved language for a ballot referendum that would lower car insurance rates in the state for good drivers and prohibit insurance companies from unjustifiably dropping customers from their rolls.

This is only the first step to getting on the ballot. Now the group advocating [...]

Michigan Messenger: GM, Chrysler make plans for electric car production

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 06:32:01 -0500

There was news out of both GM and Chrysler on Monday showing that both companies that recently emerged from bankruptcy proceedings are preparing for the next generation of electric cars. The Detroit News reports that GM is moving forward with plans to produce a cutting edge Cadillac electric car:
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MichiganLiberal: Cox Must Answer Free Press Questions

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 05:56:47 -0500

Today's Detroit Free Press Editorial poses some of the questions Mike Cox MUST TRUTHFULLY ANSWER under oath before he can hope to return to his gubernatorial campaign. It will be solid evidence that Cox is crooked if Cox continues his rope a dope strategy of changing the subject or [...]