Tag Archives: Bill Clinton

Michigan’s 6 ballot proposals and how I intend to vote

By Mark | November 5, 2012

Other than trying my best to convince folks to vote for Syed Taj and Barack Obama, and against the likes of “mentally unbalanced” Tea Party-favorite Kerry Bentivolio, the race-baiting Pete Hoekstra, and the climate change denying serial liar Mitt Romney, I haven’t really said much about the upcoming election. To be honest, I didn’t think [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alternative Energy, alternative fuels, ballot initiatives, Benton Harbor, charter schools, Citizens Research Council of Michigan, collective bargaining, Constitutional amendments, corporatocracy, disenfranchisement, dismantling of public education, Emergency Financial Manager Act, Emergency Manager, fear mongering, fracking, Headlee Amendment, home health care workers, House Judiciary Committee, Kerry Bentivolio, Koch brothers, League of Women Voters, Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Matty Moroun, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Muskegon Heights, Pete Hoekstra, Proposal A, Public Act 4, racism, renewable energy, Republican lies, Richard Murphy, Rick Snyder, right-to-work, SEIU, Syed Taj, threats to Democracy, union busting | 48 Comments

Clinton at the DNC: “We can’t afford to double down on trickle down”

By Mark | September 6, 2012

Scheduled for 28 minutes, former President Bill Clinton spoke for 48 at the Democratic National Convention last night. And, by all accounts, he knocked it out of the park. Afterward, even Republicans were conceding that Obama would likely win reelection… Here’s the video. And, here, thanks to a Redditor by the name of TheRealTK421, is [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Democratic National COnvention, DNC, facts, Obama, Paul Ryan, Recovery Act, Romney, trickle down economics | 24 Comments

James Carville says “fire, indict, fight”

By Mark | September 15, 2011

In an op-ed posted on the CNN website yesterday, Democratic strategist James Carville warned Barack Obama that, unless he makes drastic changes now, he’ll likely lose the White House in 2012. Boiled down to three words, his advice to the President is this – fire, indict, fight. I wasn’t a huge fan of Clinton administration, [...]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Other, Politics | Also tagged austerity, banking reform, crazy people, Donald Rumsfeld, Douglas Elmendorf, economic collapse, economic crash, Eric Holder, getting fired, holding people responsible, investment banking, James Carville, Newt Gingrich, political strategy, Stalingrad, Wall Street | 37 Comments

The U.S. national debt would be sustainable without the Bush tax breaks for the wealthy

By Mark | June 7, 2011

We’ve said it before, but it bears repeating… The following comes from a new report by our friends at Think Progress: Ten years ago today, the first round of Bush tax cuts became law. But what if they hadn’t? What would our fiscal situation look like if history had been different in just one respect: [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bush tax cuts, George Bush, national debt, Obama, supply side, tax policy, tax the rich, trickle down economics | 44 Comments

Ann Arbor – Detroit passenger rail… Can Dingell deliver?

By Mark | October 24, 2010

According to an article just published in Crain’s, it looks as though we should find out in a few days whether or not the Federal Rail Administration will be coming forward to invest $200 million in the Ann Arbor – Detroit commuter line that we’re all so anxious to see happen. Here’s a clip: …The [...]