Tag Archives: Republican framing

Saying they “delayed our action plan,” Rick Snyder lays the blame for the Flint water disaster at the feet of “career civil servants” who cared more about process than people

By Mark | January 27, 2016

You have to give him credit for having chutzpah. It took him a few days, but our Governor, with he help of multiple consultants and a few top flight PR firms, is attempting not just to deflect blame for what happened in Flint, but actually turn the deadly public health crisis into an anti-government parable […]

Posted in History, Michigan, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged accountability, ALEC, bureaucrat, career civil servants, checks and balances, Cher, civil service, crisis communications, Dana Milbank, Emergency Manager, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, framing, individual responsibility, lead, lead poisoning, public employees, public health, public health emergency, public relations, revisionist history, Rick Snyder, water | 19 Comments

Snyder holds up government success as proof of government incompetence

By Mark | May 14, 2011

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, Michigan Strategic Fund, Reinventing Michigan award, Republican lies, Rick Snyder, stimulus | 8 Comments

What conservatives really want, and how we’re helping them get it

By Mark | February 20, 2011

Our old friend George Lakoff has a brilliant essay on the Common Dreams website today. Here’s a clip. I’d encourage those of you with time to follow the last link and read the whole thing, though. ….The central issue in our political life is not being discussed. At stake is the moral basis of American […]

Posted in Other, Politics | Also tagged anti-immigrant, anti-science, class warfare, collective bargaining, deficit, empathy, entitlements, food safety, framing, fucking Democrats, George Lakoff, individual responsibility, linguistics, Obama, prenatal care, public broadcasting, public employee unions, Rockridge Institute, state employees, strict father, the conservative agenda, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to Democracy, threats to the middle class, union busting, Wisconsin is open for business, women's rights | 6 Comments

It’s not that they don’t know their history, it’s that it doesn’t fit their narrative

By Mark | January 26, 2011

As I noted a few posts ago, Tea Party favorite, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann of Minnesota, mentioned in a speech this past weekend that our founding fathers had worked tirelessly to end slavery in America. Her exact words, as she was going on about the sanctity of the Constitution, were, “(W)e also know that the very […]

Posted in History, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged abstinence, big government, blood and semen perfume, Bristol Palin, Chris Mathews, Constitution worship, constitutional idolatry, founding fathers, Lady Gaga, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, misunderstanding American history, perfume, promiscuous Star Fleet recruits, racism, rewriting history, rugged individualism, Sal Russo, slavery, tea party, Tea Party Express, three-fifths compromise | 22 Comments

Republicans choose tax breaks for the rich over extending benefits to unemployed Americans

By Mark | December 2, 2010

I don’t know that I’m all that surprised to hear that all 42 Republican Senators have gone on record saying that they’ll block any legislation moving through Congress until the Bush tax cuts on the wealthy are extended. I kind of expected as much, given the amount of money they receive from the CEOs of […]