I should preface this post by telling you that, having just been diagnosed with bronchitis, I’m writing this from bed, where, about twenty minutes ago, I took a big swig of prescription cough medicine, which, according to the bottle, is likely to do strange things to my mind. So, with that said, I’d like to […]
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Ten ideas for the Trump inauguration
Posted in Art and Culture, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Ann Coulter, bronchitis, Charles Manson, codeine, deep sea scale worm, Diamanda Galás, Donald Trump, Elton John, Gary Glitter, holograms, I Put a Spell on You, inauguration, inauguration day, José Feliciano, Kid Rock, lamprey, Mark's big ideas, Mark's health, Mitt Romney, Nickleback, Phil Spector, Scott Baio, Sono L'Antichristo, Stevie Wonder, Ted Nugent, Tim Lambasts, Tupac, USA Freedom Kids, Victoria Jackson, Wayne Newton, Zit Remedy 77 Comments
Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the Flint water disaster at the feet of “career civil servants” who cared more about process than people
You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame for what happened in Flint, but actually turn the deadly public health crisis into an anti-government parable […]
Posted in History, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged accountability, ALEC, bureaucrat, career civil servants, checks and balances, civil service, crisis communications, Dana Milbank, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, framing, individual responsibility, lead, lead poisoning, public employees, public health, public health emergency, public relations, Republican framing, revisionist history, Rick Snyder, water 19 Comments
While it’s nice that people are sending bottles of water to Flint, I can’t help but wonder where all of that money is going
I’ve been thinking a lot today about the millions and millions of little, single-serving bottles of water being sent to Flint by people around the world… On the whole, I think it’s a good thing. And I love knowing I live in a world where people so desperately want to help that they’re willing to […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Environment, Uncategorized Also tagged ACLU, Big Water, bottled water, campaign donations, Curt Guyette, Deb Muchmore, Dennis Muchmore, disaster capitalism, Flint, Flint water crisis, FOIA, Ice Mountain, lead, lead poisoning, MDEQ, Mecosta County, Michigan Department for Environmental Quality, Muskegon aquifer, NERD fund, Nestle, public health, transparency, water 41 Comments