Author: JGillman

14.3 Trillion Debt approved in the US Senate

On Straight party line votes the Democrat Senators voted to continue allowing our debt to spiral out of control.  This group included our own Senators Levi and Stabenow.  Malkin posts the entire list and vote record for this incredible legislative…

Recalls and such

Asking the voters to consider removing an office holder before their term is up can be a daunting task.  A recall campaign is nothing but negative, requires a high standard simply to get placed on a ballot, and sometimes can…

New Media..

With the advent of the internet, the traditional methods of gathering information, reporting, and commentary has changed. Instant, but persistent access that goes beyond TV news coverage, and puts newspaper timeliness to shame is now the standard for the purveyors…

Can MCRI be restricted by federal spending in Michigan?

Perhaps some seem to think so.. The Michigan Civil Rights Initiative paragraph (4) is essentially language that allows an agency of government to continue bias practices, otherwise called “diversity”, that supposedly were made illegal by the voters in 2006 with…

Death Panels

For those of you who have wondered how they might work, perhaps a look to the north might help? Parents Isaac and Rebecka May, however, immediately appealed to the courts for more time, encouraged by signs that their boy was…

John, Time To Enjoy Your Golden Years.. Please.

John McCain, its time to retire. I don’t want to go into all the little ways in which your positions, actions, or legislative measures have undermined the conservative underpinning of the Republican party, but rather I would like to celebrate…

Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Seeks Court of Appeals Reconsideration in Home-Based Day Care Union Case

Center’s attorney calls Appeals Court’s failure to provide an opinion a “palpable error” MIDLAND — Mackinac Center Legal Foundation Director Patrick J. Wright today filed a motion with the Michigan Court of Appeals for reconsideration of a lawsuit filed by…

Tim Walberg Congratulates Senator-elect Scott Brown

From a press release directly… Calls on Pelosi and Schauer to stop health care plan, trillion dollar deficits Tipton, MI– Republican Congressional Candidate Tim Walberg made the following statement regarding the election result in Massachusetts last evening: “Congratulations to Senator-elect…

And So It Begins.

Republican Scott Brown is going to win a US Senate seat in Massachusetts today. Despite the state being heavily Democrat, the seat formerly held by Ted Kennedy, and all the power and money of the unions, well wishes by MSM…