Archive for October, 2009

Great Lakes "Zoning" Ahead?

October 29, 2009
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Michigan is surrounded by water. Subtle hmm? The great lakes region is a special place for a number of reasons. Not the least of which is its abundance of outdoor sporting opportunities, particularly given the incredible water sports activity and tourism surrounding it.  It being the one area that...

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I Told You So.. Part II ..or 52..

October 29, 2009
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I mean really..  For all those starry eyed legislators who really though it was “found money..” The Mackinac center points out after Granholm admitting the film credit actually COSTS the state: According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the entire U.S. film and video production industry provides 206,900 jobs, with more...

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Cox Receives Gratz Endorsement

October 28, 2009
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The Macomb Daily is reporting Jen Gratz the affirmative action challenging individual has indeed endorsed AG Mike Cox for his Gubernatorial bid. “In this day and age when other politicians run for the tall grass immediately, he came out right from the start to support MCRI,” Gratz said. “That...

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A Real Treat For Halloween

October 28, 2009
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A Real Treat For Halloween

Typically Halloween is a somewhat fun time to get a little goofy with costumes, and for Kids it means candy, candy, and more candy. I loved the candy.. Personally, my memories of Halloween include those times when I started as early as 4:30 as it was just starting to...

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STOP GITMO Detainee Transfer to Michigan – Car Alarm Protest

October 27, 2009
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Below (link) is a petition to stop the transfer of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (“Gitmo”) detainees to Michigan, please get this out to all Michiganders ASAP. If these guys get here, the ACLU will get them visitation rights and then it will only be a matter of time before jihadists, already in the...

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You Betcha.. Newt Turned Out To Be One Of Those..

October 26, 2009
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I have commented before about my disappointment in someone I had considered a relatively safe mouthpiece for the conservative movement.  When Nancy was Screwing the country in 2008 not allowing a vote on Drilling, Newt sat down on the couch and helped to promote and promulgate the Marxist policies...

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Countdown To Shutdown.. A Horror Story

October 26, 2009
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Michigan Legislators pay close attention..  Its not the governor you need to make happy right now. The voters are assembling, as they did yesterday at the Ciccone vineyard. Gathering as a “mob” sans only the pitchforks and torches.  The monster you have created has run rampant through our villages,...

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Word Of The Day.. "Dichotomy"

October 23, 2009
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Dichotomy – noun “division into two mutually exclusive, opposed, or contradictory groups: a dichotomy between thought and action.” An event that is going to happen “internationally,” the “350″ festival demonstrates the doorknob mentality of the left, and its inability to have any form of consistency or at the very...

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Michael Tanner Of Cato To Discuss ‘Obamacare’

October 23, 2009
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Students for a Free Economy co-hosting East Lansing event EAST LANSING — Students for a Free Economy and the Michigan State University chapter of Young Americans for Liberty will co-host Michael Tanner of the Cato Institute at 7 p.m. on Oct. 28 at Dublin Square Irish Pub, 327 Abbot...

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Quote Of The Day..

October 23, 2009
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Governor Jennifer Granholm at a 5 o’clock briefing in Lansing yesterday while discussing the reasoning behind an additional per-pupil proration cut of $127 for fiscal year 2010.. “We’ve never seen times like this in Michigan” uh.. yeah..  about that.. And just so we are clear…  The additional cut is...

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