By now, you’ve probably heard about Trayvon Martin, the 17 year old who was recently shot to death in a gated Florida community by an armed, criminally-overzealous-at-best member of a neighborhood watch group. Martin, who was black, was making his way back to his father’s home, after having purchased some candy and an iced tea […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged Bob Martinez, CCW, concealed weapons, false police reports, Florida, gated communities, George Zimmerman, gun violence, Jeb Bush, license to kill, Marion Hammer, private security, race, race and the American justice system, racism, Sanford, self-defense, shoot first, Skittles, stand your ground, Trayvon Martin |
I had a great business idea the other day, that I know is going to make me a fortune. It’s the perfect business for today’s lean, mean Michigan. It capitalizes on every trend. The idea… and I probably shouldn’t share this publicly, before the Kickstarter campaign even gets off the ground… is a chain of […]
Posted in Ideas, Mark's Life, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged business, business ideas, churches, Emergency Financial Manager, empowerment, G Gordon Liddy, gun violence, guns, Mark's big ideas, new models for non-profits, new revenue models, police, satire, Stewart Beal, war profiteering |
By Mark | February 6, 2012
A new iPad-centric magazine called The Daily launched a few days ago. And, unsurprisingly, one of their first articles was about Detroit. (Nothing, after all, attracts readers like a nicely written piece of Motor City ruin porn.) I’m having a little trouble taking the magazine seriously, as they refer to themselves as “a category first: […]
By Mark | February 15, 2011
All too often on this site I criticize the Republican party for being bereft of new ideas. I’m going to have to stop doing that now, though. With the infusion of new blood, via the Tea Party, the ideas are are now flowing fast and furious. Just this week alone, there are three fantastic measures […]
Posted in Civil Liberties, Other, Politics | Also tagged abortion, bad ideas, child labor, drivers license, Georgia, killing abortion doctors, Missouri, potential for violence, South Dakota, Tea Partyfication, violence on the extreme right |