Month: October 2009

Tax Protest THIS WEEKEND! Leelanau County!

— countdown to shutdown — TAX PROTEST Sunday – 10/25 – 3 pm CICCONE VINEYARD & WINERY 10343 E Hilltop Rd – Suttons Bay Come tell your State Legislators: “it’s time to do your job and BALANCE THE BUDGET with…

Forum On Canadian Health Care Comparisons This Monday!

Mackinac Center Hosting Forum on Canadian Health Care, Impact of “Universal Care” Stars of Mackinac Center Videos warn against nationalized health care MIDLAND — The Mackinac Center for Public Policy will host a health care forum at noon Monday (Oct.…

Sadly Justice is not always served…

Why is this guy even in our legislative system? in 2005 Attorney General Mike Cox charged George Cushingberry, with two counts of felony perjury and one misdemeanor count of failing to file campaign statements.  Ultimately the case was dismissed with…

Tough Decisions..

While I will agree with Republican gubernatorial primary candidate Pete Hoekstra, and my congressman Dave Camp 90% of the time, I respectfully must disagree with their decision Sept 22, 2009 on H.R.3548. There is no doubt in my mind that…

College Football My Choice.

Michigan is a special place not unlike many other locations in the midwest when fall arrives.  You can actually SMELL football in the air.  Its a wave of nostalgia that I know is shared by many others who have for…

Throw The Baby Out.

The bathwater is dirty, and the baby is only a log…  A log all prettied up and presented to be something it is not, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) is merely a floating object with more in common to…

Socialized Medicine Part II

The Mackinac Center has posted a couple more videos demonstrating the folly of a single payer system such as the type in Canada.  I have them here, but encourage you to visit them on youtube to give the Mackinac Center…

Socialized Medicine Anyone?

The ongoing debate and planning by the leftists in power is hardly whether they will be  taking over the health care in this country but rather to what extent.  Michigan Senators, Stabenow and Levin are certainly going to support any…

Unintended Consequences

A few years ago when talk of draining the dam ponds along the Boardman started, I openly wondered about the value of the shoreline properties and discovered that the plan was not to honor any riparian boundaries that were generally…

DHS Declines to Defend Merits in Mackinac Center Lawsuit

Motion to dismiss is procedural, technical; fails to address how state can force independent contractors into a union, Center legal analyst explains MIDLAND — The state’s response to a Mackinac Center Legal Foundation lawsuit against the Department of Human Services…