A few years ago, I interviewed an author here by the name of Ted McClelland, a former Michigander who, as you might recall, had stirred up a little bit of a shit storm after referring to our home state as “Michissippi” in an article on Salon.com about our passage of so-called right-to-work legislation. “Michigan,” said […]
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The Porking of Michigan: We were promised high-tech jobs. Instead, we were given a pork processing plant.
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged cheap labor, Clemens Food Group, Coldwater, Community Development Block Grant, Doug Clemens, food processing, gut snatcher, hogs, lame duck, meat packing, meat production, MEDC, Michissippi, Pennsylvania, pigs, pork, pork processing, Pure Michigan, right-to-work, slaughter, Ted McClelland 23 Comments
Snyder holds up government success as proof of government incompetence
A few days ago, Governor Rick Snyder handed out the first of his “Reinventing Michigan” awards. It went to Energetx Composites, a West Michigan manufacturer of wind turbine parts and electric vehicle frames. Knowing a little about the company, which spun out of Holland, Michigan-based S2 Yachts in 2008, I think Snyder made a great […]
Posted in Alternative Energy, Michigan, Politics, Rants Also tagged big government, clean energy, composites, Department of Energy, Energetx Composites, entrepreneurism, green economy, green jobs, Holland, hypocrisy, hypocrisy watch, innovation, Jennifer Granholm, Michigan Business Tax, Reinventing Michigan award, Republican framing, Republican lies, Rick Snyder, stimulus 8 Comments