Mark Maynard | Congress

Election Night 2012… results, interpretation, and celebration

By Mark | November 6, 2012

OK, I’ve got my beer and I’m in front of a television… let’s do this, America. 8:13 I just talked with Growing Hope’s Amanda Edmonds. She heard from a friend of hers this morning that there was a handwritten sign telling voters at the Huron County Township Hall that state-issued voter ID was mandatory. Amanda [...]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Alan Grayson, Amanda Edmonds, Bridget M. McCormack, Carol Kuhnke, collective bargaining, Connie Marie Kelley, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, Florida, Gretchen Driskell, Indiana, Jeff Meyers, Jim Fink, Kerry Bentivolio, legitimate rape, Mark Ouimet, Massachusetts, Michele Bachmann, Obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Pete Hoekstra, Presidential politics, rape, Richard Mourdock, Romney, Senate, Shelia Johnson, solar powered abortion equipment, Steve Pierce, Syed Taj, Tammy Baldwin, tea party, Thayrone X, Todd Akin, Van Jones, Victoria Jackson, Virginia, voter suppression, WAAM, Wisconsin | 126 Comments

This is what I know about Kerry Bentivolio, Michigan Republican for Congress

By Mark | October 8, 2012

A few days ago, I told you about Kerry Bentivolio, the Republican candidate running to represent Michigan’s 11th congressional district in the House. As you may recall, Bentivolio, a self-described Tea Party activist, only came to be on the ticket when the incumbent, Thaddeus McCotter, was forced to drop out of the Republican primary after [...]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 9/11 Truth, Ayn Rand, Canton, House of Representatives, John Ramsey, Kerry Bentivolio, L. Brooks Patterson, Libertarianism, Liberty for All, Livonia, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Milford, Nancy Cassis, Novi, Plymouth, Ron Paul, Sayed Taj, South Lyon, tea party, Thaddeus McCotter, The President Goes to Heaven, Truthers, Wayne, Westland | 21 Comments

Candidate for Michigan’s 11th congressional district asks if you’re concerned about “the future of the white race”

By Mark | September 27, 2012

I’ve heard from a few people who live in Canton that, over the past 24 hours, they’ve been receiving robocalls from the campaign of Daniel Johnson, one of five men running to represent the citizens of

Posted in Civil Liberties, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Canton, Daniel Johnson the racist not the musician, Dick Cheney, James O. Pace, Kerry Bentivolio, Michigan's 11th congressional district, Natural Law Party, Pace Amendment, race traitor, racism, robocalls, Ron Paul, Southern Poverty Law Center, Syed Taj, tea party, Thaddeus McCotter, white nationalist, white power, white supremacist, William Daniel Johnson, xenophobia | 112 Comments

Celebrating the anniversary of FDR’s Civil Works Administration

By Mark | November 8, 2011

According to PBS, it was on this day in 1933 that President Franklin D. Roosevelt introduced the Civil Works Administration, “a component of his New Deal that helped America pull through the Great Depression of the 1930s by creating millions of construction jobs for unemployed Americans.” If you have a drink in your hand, please [...]

Posted in History | Also tagged 1933, American Experience, Civil Works Administration, Ezra Klein, FDR, Great Depression, infrastructure, jobs, jobs bill, New Deal, November 8 | 4 Comments

Warren Buffett calls for shared sacrifice from the rich; Obama agrees, but will the Super Committee of 12

By Mark | August 15, 2011

It’s not exactly breaking news, as billionaire Warren Buffett has been saying for years that the wealthy need to pay more in taxes, but it seems as though this time a few important people, including the President, are paying attention. The following clip comes from Buffett’s op-ed in today’s New York Times: Our leaders have [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics | Also tagged Americans for Tax Reform, budget deficit, class warfare, Club for Growth, Dave Camp, deficit reduction, Deficit Reduction Super Committee, Fred Upton, Grover Norquist, James Clyburn, Jeb Hensarling, Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction, Jon Kyl, Midland, Pat Toomey, Saginaw, shared sacrifice, tax rates, tax the rich, taxes, Taxpayer Protection Pledge, threats to the middle class, Tony Cox, Traverse City, Warren Buffett | 15 Comments

Tag Archives: Congress

Election Night 2012… results, interpretation, and celebration

This is what I know about Kerry Bentivolio, Michigan Republican for Congress

Candidate for Michigan’s 11th congressional district asks if you’re concerned about “the future of the white race”

Celebrating the anniversary of FDR’s Civil Works Administration

Warren Buffett calls for shared sacrifice from the rich; Obama agrees, but will the Super Committee of 12

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