Tag Archives: Florida

Talking boudin, crawfish and Burger King milkshakes with Southern Foodways Alliance oral historian Amy C. Evans

By Mark | March 16, 2013

I had the occasion a few months ago, when doing some research into “the ham of my people” (country ham with redeye gravy), to stumble onto the work of Amy C. Evans, the award-winning, Mississippi-based oral historian of the Southern Foodways Alliance. On a whim, I sent her a random collection of questions, and, as [...]

Who would you like to see dragged back to Ypsi/Arbor against their will?

By Mark | January 29, 2013

For those of you who didn’t notice, I’ve added a link at the bottom of the right hand column. When clicked, it will take you to a page where I’ve started collecting all of our Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews. I may have missed a few, but I’ve tried, as best that I could, to aggregate them [...]

Posted in Ann Arbor, Uncategorized, Ypsilanti | Also tagged Adrianne Finelli, Annie Palmer, Becca Keating, Casey Dixon, Chicago, Christine Schultz, Christopher Leggz Pierce, Cincinnati, Detroit, Erie, exit interviews, Forest Juziuk, Hollis Knight Coats, Josh Chamberlain, LA, Los Angeles, Nicasia Marie Solano-Reed, NYC, Oakland, Pennsylvania, polls, Portland, Seattle, Stephen Jolley, Stevo Doccerson, Thomas Kula, Vinnie Massimino, Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interviews, Zach Pollock | 30 Comments

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, Congress, Connie Marie Kelley, Debbie Stabenow, Donald Trump, Election Day, election results, electronic voting, Elizabeth Warren, 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

For those of you who don’t leave the bed over the weekend, here’s the deal with the controversy surrounding the latest jobs data

By Mark | October 7, 2012

On Friday, the the Bureau of Labor Statistics released data showing that, for the first time since President Obama took office, unemployment had fallen below the 8% mark. And, as Romney had repeatedly drawn the line in the sand at 8%, reminding American voters incessantly, since winning his party’s nomination, that Obama had presided over [...]

Posted in Economics, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged Al Gore, Bureau of Labor Statistics, conspiracy theory, consumer confidence, GE, General Electric, Henry Waxman, housing market, Jack Welch, Karl Rove, Labor Department, media consolidation, NBC, news media, Obama, Presidential politics, reality deficient, Romney, unemployment | 18 Comments

Voter Suppression efforts could determine the election

By Mark | September 4, 2012

As I don’t think I’ve written about voter suppression efforts on the part of Republicans for a few months, I thought that it was time to revisit the subject. Here’s what’s happening in a nutshell. Like it or not, America is becoming more diverse, and the white males that form the base of the Republican [...]