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Western Right: Nanny Statists Win

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 02:28:00 -0500

The state legislature has voted to ban smoking in restaurants and bars. Rep. Tonya Schuitmaker sent out bragging about voting for the bill.

"This legislation will allow Michigan businesses to join with many other states across the nation who have made the sensible steps necessary to preserve a healthy" [...]

Grand Rapids Pundit: School Funding Smoke and Mirrors – and Lies

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:20:36 -0500

Why doesn’t the media do any investigating any more? Among today’s headlines is the story that Governor Granholm is delaying the school funding cut of $127 per pupil because the state’s November property tax revenues were $150 million higher than expected. Property taxes are among [...]

Bible, Math, Politics and More!: 2010 Nobel Prize Nominees

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 20:41:00 -0500

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President Obama accepted his Nobel Peace Prize today, and gave a speech that essentially defended his role in war. I can agree with that...but he didn't exactly pick the most appropriate time to say what he said.

In the spirit of today's event, I was running through my mind' [...]

theblogprof: Pics: MI Taxpeyers Alliance Banquet with Robert Bobb and Frank Beckmann

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 10:00:00 -0500

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The Michigan Taxpayers Alliance had its first of what I would presume is going to be an annual awards banquet last night. Three awards were handed out. The honorees were Wendy Day, Robert Bobb and Frank Beckmann, together in this pic that I took:

For [...]

Blogging For Michigan: Michigan is finally smoke free

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 08:36:55 -0500

LANSING -- Michigan bars and restaurants will be smoke free on May 1 after the Michigan House and Senate passed House Bill 4377 with a bipartisan vote on Thursday.

The compromise exempts Detroit's three casinos and so-called cigar bars, but gaining approval of the same version of the bill from both [...]

Michigan Messenger: Granholm delays school aid reduction

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:21:13 -0500

Gov. Jennifer Granholm decided to delay a $127 per pupil cut to K-12 funding that she ordered in addition to the $165 per pupil cut that was passed by the state legislature in October. She ordered the additional cuts because there was a $100 million unfunded mandate in the [...]

MichiganLiberal: Detroit's Race to the Bottom

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:29:35 -0500

Detroit isn't a typical badly run, desperately poor major city; it's actually uniquely screwed up. I can't articulate a specific cause, but Detroit stands out from its urban peers (Cleveland, St. Louis, Baltimore, D.C...) in at least a dozen independent dimensions.

You might think one city would have the worst murder [...]

detnews.com | Politics Blog: And China FTW....

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:54:36 -0500

And China is dubbed the obvious keystone for global warming...To be honest, the announcement is so blatantly obvious, with their burgeoning economy DESPITE the global recession, that production and industry remains the key for growth. And in that, why are we so concerned with carbon taxes when the [...]

theblogprof: Linkaround 12-10-2009

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:01:00 -0500

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ClimateGate:
Big Government: Cap-n-Trade: Now 10% Fraud-Free! More filling, tastes crappy?
Ace of Spades: Palin v. Gore on Climate
American Thinker: Climategate gaining traction - even in New Jersey
moonbattery: American Physical Society Members Have Second Thoughts on AGW. Welcome to the party!
John Hawkins: [...]

theblogprof: Video: Mary Landrieu doesn't know: say 'let "constitutional lawyers" to explain where Congress gets the constitutional power' for ObamaCare

Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:00:00 -0500

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Liberals cannot point to the U.S. Constitution to justify the takeover of the healthcare industry. Some Democrats have given answers to such a challenge in answers that can only be labeled as 'stupid.' Some, like Sen. Merkley claim that two words - General Welfare - let them do whatever [...]