Since October, more than 57,000 children have crossed over our border with Mexico, requesting asylum. These children, it would seem, are being sent north by their families not only to escape poverty, but the gangs and organized crime syndicates that are increasingly a part of life in El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala. And, now, thanks […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Gadsden flag, illegal immigration, immigration, immigration reform, Kerry Bentivolio, Obama, Pioneer Work and Learn Center, Red Dawn, Rick Perry, Tamyra Murray, Vassar, Wolverine Human Services |
On occasion, I find that it’s easier to steal content than to write it myself. And, just now, I was given a terrific opportunity to do just that when my friend, the local historian Matt Siegfried, posted the following two newspaper scans to the South Adams Street page he maintains on Facebook. From the November […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, History, Mark's Life, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged cross burning, Great Migration, immigration, KKK, lynching, Matthew Siegfried, race, racism, Ypsi immigration interview, Ypsilanti Daily Press |
To my knowledge, Eric Cantor’s primary loss yesterday to Tea Party challenger David Brat was unprecedented in the modern era. House majority leaders just don’t lose primaries. But that’s exactly what happened yesterday in Virginia’s Seventh Congressional District. Eric Cantor, who, just last week, was polling some 34 points over Brat, ended up losing to […]
Posted in Other, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged anti-government, Ayn Rand, David Brat, education reform, Eric Cantor, extremists, gerrymandering, global climate change, Global Warming, government shutdown, House of Representatives, IRS, Jack Trammell, Libertarianism, minimum wage, social security, tea party, Virginia |
Reading a column by Paul Krugman just now on the role of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in pushing so-called “Stand Your Ground” legislation around the country, I was reminded by a recent article in Mother Jones about how ALEC, working through the Mackinac Center, played a role in passing Michigan’s Public Act 4, […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Michigan, Politics | Also tagged ALEC, American Legislative Exchange Council, Amway, Brit Satchwell, Center for Media and Democracy, collective bargaining, conservative legislation, crony capitalism, Dick DeVos, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Financial Manger, Exxon Mobil, gun laws, Jonathan Williams, Koch brothers, Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, Louis Schimmel, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Paul Krugman, Pontiac, privatization, Progress Michigan, Public Act 4, Rick Snyder, stand your ground, tax the rich, the growing gap between rich and poor, Trayvon Martin, union busting |
By Mark | January 19, 2011
I’m too sleepy to watch it all right now… If you could watch it and let me know what you think, I’d appreciate it. Here, before I drift off, I’ll get the ball rolling with something positive. I like his pro-immigration stance. With so many states flying the anti-immigration banner these days, I like the […]
