Author: JGillman

Memorial Day 2009

I was fortunate to attend a service on Veterans drive in Traverse City this Beautiful Memorial day.  Attending were approximately 1500 folks from the region, including current and past military, and other supporters of those who defend our liberties here…

Nostalgia.. and a Michigan Memorial Day

Nostalgia is quite a powerful tool for getting the attention of those who have forgotten where we came from, and how we arrived where we are at.  Many of you will be traveling to your favorite spots this Memorial Day…

The legs out from under them

I have wondered aloud (in print) in the past about why the automaker chiefs have not scolded the congress for putting them under the pressure which has made all of their problems even more so “problematic.”  The attempts by congress…

Overload..

Trying to run a business, deal with employee issues, government, etc.. Writing currently at a minimum. If you are interested in Michigan Veterans issues you might look at the reduction of field office personnel in the state as an eye…

Traverse City, Joe, and Organizing.. a lesson.

If there was ever any doubt about “grass roots” qualifications when discussing the tea parties, I would suggest looking at a recent one here in Traverse City as an example, and also as a learning experience. Stacy Mathia, who had…

Today!! Traverse City Tea Party 5pm!

That’s right! Today in  Traverse City a Tea Party a 5pm at the Grand Traverse Civic Center! Bring a sign (please be respectful – but creative!) and plan on meeting up with some great folks from this neck of the…

Cut & Paste.. A Michigan Fix.

The solutions are ready, just take em an roll! Michigan has a constitutional prerogative to maintain a balanced budget, and with a looming deficit the like we have never seen, the battles are just now beginning.  So who will take…

So.. Michigan dues payers.. Hows it workin for you?

You may have heard this, but Chrysler is bankrupt, and GM is soon to follow..  In fact, it could have all happened last year, and might well have served you better in the end. But nope, Your representatives stood by…

Saturday May 16, 2009 Traverse City Tea Party.. With JOE!

WOW!  I just got off the horn with Roger Buchholtz, State Director of the Michigan Fair tax Association. The MFTA along with the American For Prosperity-Michigan have been able to get Samuel  ‘Joe the Plumber‘  Wurzelbacher to return to Michigan…

If she was sharing a porta potty with a wild hog…

Would she notice?  What we have here is the financial equivalent. Rep. Alan Grayson asks the Federal Reserve Inspector General about the trillions of dollars lent or spent by the Federal Reserve and where it went, and the trillions of…