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Rachel Maddow on the dismal track record of Michigan’s Emergency Managers and the threat they pose to Democracy
Posted in Detroit, Media, Michigan, Politics Also tagged Benton Harbor, Ecorse, Emergency Financial Manager, Emergency Financial Manager Act, foreclosure, Hamtramck, Highland Park, Michael Stampfler, Pastor David Bullock, Pontiac, Rachel Maddow, revenue sharing, Rick Snyder, Silverdome, threats to Democracy 9 Comments
Anonymous Lansing insider speaks out on the disappointment of Snyder
A few days ago, I received the following note from an individual who identified himself as working ‘inside the belly of the beast,’ in Lansing. I followed up with the questions below, and, given his responses, and a few other things that he mentioned, I have no reason to believe that he’s lying about his […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Rail Also tagged anonymous sources, anti-science, Bill Milliken, domestic partner benefits, Gary Peters, gay demonization, gay rights, Gretchen Driskell, Gretchen Whitmer, homophobia, job creation, Lansing, Mark Ouimet, mass transit, Michigan by Rail, Michigan House of Representatives, Michigan Senate, Obama, partisan politics, Rick Snyder, tea party, those anti-science Republicans, voting 10 Comments
The 2010 census and what it means to Michigan
The results of the 2010 Census were made public today. Among other things, it was revealed that the U.S. population grew 9.7% over the course of the past decade, which is the slowest rate of growth since the Great Depression. That, of course, is an average, and some states did better than others. While several […]
Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 2010 census, 9/11, Anthony Weiner, census, first responders, Gary Peters, Great Depression, House, Hurricane Katrina, John Conyers, John Dingell, Jon Stewart, Louisiana, Lynn Rivers, Michigan's 13th congressional district, Michigan's 16th congressional district, population decline, redistricting, Sander Levin, Thunderdome 13 Comments
We all work for Fox
There’s been quite a bit of good analysis in the wake of the Republican implosion on health care, and the pant-shittingly hysterical psychotic meltdown that accompanied it. I particularly liked what Bob Herbert had to say in his New York TImes op-ed today. Here, for those of you who didn’t see it, is a clip: […]
Posted in Media, Observations, Politics Also tagged Allison Kilkenny, bigotry, Birthers, Bob Herbert, David Frum, death panels, fear mongering, FOX News, Glenn Beck, ignorance, John Lewis, Kevin Phillips, Negrophobe whites, Nixon, race baiting, racism, Republican lies, Rush Limbaugh, tea party, Tea Partyfication, teabaggery, the collapse of the Republican party, the hijacking of the Republican party, the southern strategy, the White Disenfranchised Male, weapons of mass destruction 27 Comments
