I just received a note from Nathan Ayers, the guy who won the first $1,000 grant from A2Awesome. He wanted to let me know that, back in 1984, the television program PM Magazine ran a feature on Harry Bennett’s fortress on the banks of the Huron River, in Ypsilanti. Bennett, for those of you don’t […]
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Walking the secret passageways of Harry Bennett’s heavily-fortified Ypsilanti castle
Posted in A2Awesome, History, Ypsilanti Also tagged anti-Semitic, Battle of the Overpass, castles, Charles Coughlin, Communism, exotic animals, FDR, fear of Communism, Flint, Ford Hunger March, Ford Motor Company, Ford Service Department, Ford's Service Department, General Motors, Great Depression, Greenfield Village, Harry Bennett, Harry Bennett's Castle, Henry Ford, Hilter, Huron River, industrial revolution, labor history, lions, mansions, manufacturing, middle class, murder, Nathan Ayers, New Deal, PM Magazine, private armies, race baiting, River Rouge, safe house, secret passageways, strike breaking, threats to the middle class, tigers, turrets, union busting, Walter Reuther 36 Comments
John Stossel’s Presidential debate
In searching around online for video of tonight’s Republican debate, I stumbled across this disturbing piece of footage from Fox News. The guy on the right is Gary Johnson, who, if you can believe it, is probably one of the more legitimate candidates in the Republican field. You won’t see him in tonight’s Republican debate, […]
Posted in Media, Politics Also tagged abortion, bailout, Civil Rights Act, debates, FOX News, Gary Johnson, Herman Cain, impersonators, John Stossel, loyalty oaths, Michele Bachmann, Mitt Romney, Muslim, Obama, rape, Reggie Brown, RIck Santorum, Ron Paul, talking with God 19 Comments
Stabenow joins Republicans in fighting against global climate change legislation
Remember how, several years ago, when John Dingell chaired the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, us local folks organized and fought to have him take global climate change seriously? Well, it looks as though we’ve got another legislator that needs some convincing. According to Salon, Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow is planning to join with […]