Tag Archives: Obama

Raising the minimum wage in Michigan is the right thing to do

By Mark | April 15, 2013

At the end of last week, Democrats in Lansing, led by State Senator Bert Johnson, proposed that we increase Michigan’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, from $7.40, where it’s been set for the past five years, in spite of the rising cost of living. Given that it would make Michigan’s the highest minimum wage [...]

Posted in Economics, Michigan, Uncategorized | Also tagged ALEC, Bert Johnson, Elizabeth Warren, Idaho, income inequality, minimum wage, poverty, shifting the tax burden to the working class, slavery, Subway, trickle down economics, Wal-Mart, Washington State, wealth inequality | 15 Comments

Bill Ayers: “The road to the massive cheating scandal in Atlanta runs right through the White House”

By Mark | April 3, 2013

Continuing our recent conversation on the misguided work of education reform advocate Michelle “we can test our way to better schools” Rhee, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was sent out yesterday by our friend Bill Ayers in response to news that 27 former educators in the Atlanta public school system had reported [...]

Posted in Education, Uncategorized | Also tagged abortion, abstinence-only sex education, Arne Duncan, Atlanta, Beverly L. Hall, Bill Ayers, Bush, cheating, Chicago, Chicago Laboratory Schools, condoms, Department of Education, dismantling of public education, education reform, EOS, FairTest, Finland, Michelle Rhee, National Center for Fair & Open Testing, no child left behind, Planned Parenthood, public education, Race to the Top, Rahm Emanuel, teach to the test, testing | 41 Comments

On the rollout of mandatory gay marriage and the assigning of same-sex spouses

By Mark | March 27, 2013

I posted something similar on Facebook earlier this evening, and received the following response from a friend, explaining how Obama will likely go about assigning gay spouses. I suspect that she’s kidding, and that she doesn’t really have an inside track on how it will go down, but I found the idea to be interesting… [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged call to action, Closest Straight Male, gay, gay agenda, gay marriage, homophobia, Karen Maurer, Ken Ham, Kirk Cameron, small penis, Supreme Court | 29 Comments

The ACLU to wage war against America’s militarized police state

By Mark | March 6, 2013

The ACLU today announced that they would be launching a broad investigation into the militarization of America’s domestic police forces. As of this evening, ACLU affiliates in 23 states have signed on to assist in the investigation, and it’s thought that more will join shortly, assigning investigators and filing Freedom of Information Act requests with [...]

Posted in Civil Liberties, Uncategorized | Also tagged ACLU, Aiyana Jones, Anaheim, Battlestar Galactica, CATO Institute, Detroit, Disneyland, Eric Holder, FOIA, GPS device, Houston, investigative reporting, Kara Dansky, Koch brothers, Miami, military, Military Cooperation with Law Enforcement Act, military industrial complex, military spending, police investigations, police state, police tactics, Posse Comitatus Act, predator drones, Ronald Reagan, SWAT, targeted assault, targeted killings, the militarization of the police, tracking, urban warfare, war on drugs, War on Terror, William Adama | 21 Comments

Was I the only one thinking that Marco Rubio was hitting the pollyjuice potion tonight?

By Mark | February 13, 2013

This evening, when Marco Rubio franticly lunged for his water bottle during the Republican response to President Obabma’s State of the Union address, was I think only one to immediately think, “