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, automotive industry, Battle of the Overpass, castles, Charles Coughlin, 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
Cultivating hate and distrust toward the educated for financial gain
I’ve written a lot over the years about the growing trend toward anti-intellectualism in the United States, and it’s sources. As I think I’ve said before, I think, to a great extent, it’s deliberate. Generally speaking, the more educated a person is, the more likely he or she is to vote against the Republican party, […]
Posted in Corporate Crime, Environment, Media, Politics Also tagged American Petroleum Institute, Americans for Prosperity, anti-intellectualism, Brawny paper towels, cap-and-trade, Charles Koch, Clean Air Act, clean energy, climate legislation, David Koch, Environmental Protection Agency, FOX News, Georgia-Pacific lumber, Glenn Beck, higher education, Koch brothers, Koch Industries, Libertarianism, manipulation of the stupid, McCarthyism, net neutrality, Proposition 23, Rally for Jobs, Regulation Reality, Rush Limbaugh, stupid Americans, tea party 23 Comments
FOX News edits out the insanity in coverage of healthcare foes
If you watched the television news or picked up a paper today, you likely saw the image of an older man, pushing a wheelchair, yelling into the face of Michigan Congressman John Dingell. The scene took place last night in Romulus, Michigan, during a town hall meeting on healthcare. So far, I’ve seen this particular […]
Posted in Health, Observations, Politics Also tagged Ann Coulter, Birthers, cerebral palsy, Debbie Schlussel, euthanasia, euthanasia of seniors, FOX, FOX News, Glen Beck, guns, healthcare, healthcare reform, John Dingell, Mike Sola, Milan, Obama, Obama's birth certificate, Romulus, Rush Limbaugh, Socialism, teabaggers, town hall 67 Comments