(Cross-posted from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.)
Yesterday on his Fox television show, Glenn Beck described public policy changes along a spectrum from right to left, dubbing the range of current policies "the Overton Window." He borrowed the term my colleagues and [...]
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Glenn Beck Highlights Mackinac Center's "Overton Window" — Glenn Beck borrowed the theory of change developed by the Mackinac Center's late vice president, Joseph Overton.
"Light Pollution" = Law Pollution — A "dark skies" [...]
Read on for my column that should be getting printed on' [...]
From TimesOnline dot co dot uk
The abandoned corpses, in white body bags with number tags tied to each toe, lie one above the other on steel racks inside a [...]
I just want to give a huge thank you to Wendy Day for coming to the event! [...]
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10 years ago today, The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, at a meeting of the RWDSU Executive Board on November 20, 1999, voted to endorse Debbie Stabenow for the United States Senate from Michigan.
Given the incredible successes of our [...]
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A MEGA Delusion — Gov. Jennifer Granholm repeated a number of false or misleading statements about this state government's policy of picking winners and losers.
Let the Sun Shine In — Almost half of' [...]
It is easy to identify the geographic division between Michigan's two peninsulas. The Straits of Mackinac provides a clearly visible deep blue barrier between the two disparate land masses. Even though they are today connected by a mighty ribbon of concrete and steel [...]
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Public Trust Should Not Be Trusted — House Bill 5319 threatens private property rights and would essentially overturn more than a century of Michigan water law.
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Politically Powerful Special Interest Gets Special State Tax Break — The SEIU will receive a $2 million discriminatory tax break from Michigan's "economic development" empire.
Political Agenda with Danian Michael
For as long as I can remember the Republican Party has been carrying a monkey on its back, and that monkey's name is Racist. For the purpose of brevity, I will not rehash the account of the civil rights movement and [...]
I think a showing needs to be made... [...]
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Stimulating! Ten New Congressional Districts in Michigan — In its first installment of promised quarterly online reports, Recovery.gov lists 10 new districts to the Great Lakes State.
(Cross-posted from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog.) [...]
Political Agenda with Danian Michael
Fourteen years ago when I was starting out my career as an engineer and working on my first project, one of the things I remember was four years of college was not offering me any comfort as I tried to solve [...]
It has been said, wisely I might add, that you have to follow the money. Large pools of dollars themselves create the [...]
I found this podcast of the Frank Beckmann show, which is only accessible in these parts by computer streaming.
I am a huge fan of Frank Beckmann, even though I don't get to' [...]
15.2% Unemployment - Muskegon Chronicle October 22, 2009
Nearly One Million Jobs Lost in the Past 10 Years - WJRT TV, November, 11 2009
420,000 individuals and small businesses have fled the state during the past ten years - taking $9.5 billion in taxable income out of' [...]
Please go to this web site and read the blog article: [blog.politicalagenda.net]
Not only is it a fine article but the author, Danian Michael, deserves our comments from time to time as a show of support for what might be his voice in [...]
Please go to this web site and read the blog article: http://blog.politicalagenda.net/2009/11/indecision-09.html
Not only is it a fine article but the author, Danian Michael, deserves our comments from time to time as a show of support for what might be his voice in the [...]
A proposal by freshman legislators to extend the length of Michigan's term limitations is nothing new and won't do much to reform and restructure the broken state government.
While term limits need to be addressed, this won't be enough to fix Lansing
Let's face it, [...]
I promise I'll try to keep him from getting grossly obese, and keep him from eating lead paint. The MSU hat he may wear however..' [...]
Stupak, Congressman of the 1st District, is enthusiastic about the idea, and helped suggest' [...]
Then the Bill passed.
HR3962 Now goes to the Senate for Reconciliation, where the amendment will be removed before it is cleared, and the bill becomes law.
Take it for what you will... But those who put this amendment in there knew the only way to make [...]
Stupak (D-MI) has been making it clear that he would not vote for the healthcare bill if it included federally funded abortion. He and Rep. Ellsworth (D-IN) have introduced an [...]
As theblogprof points out, at a recent town hall in Cheboygan Stupak said:
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Imagine my surprise when I logged onto annarbor.com Thursday morning and discovered that the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners approved (or, rather, IMPOSED) a property tax increase. Didn't county citizens vote down additional taxes less than 48 hours before? I thought the' [...]
It is unusual that we can be thankful for our poor economy, but in [...]
Several months ago both Michigan State University and Kalamazoo College received a letter that notified them of a generous gift. The schools were among an exclusive group of ten institutions across the country that had individually received a significant donation. Michigan State [...]
Core Principles - A Reminder, Booya, Huzaa..etc..
Wayne County Taxpayers - Time For A House Call
RightCuz - Winds Of Change?
Michigan Taxes Too Much - Rally TODAY in DC [...]
If you have any questions, feel free to ask in comments.
I'm looking to get one of the OH-58s from my unit to do a static display.
-Jason Jr.' [...]
This is a seat previously held by the Democrats and adds to the Republican majority controlling the state senate.
Great job, Mike!
DCuz www.RightCuz.com
We have a lot of school elections (Brighton), tax measures (some areas), and a recall election (Hamburg) here in Livingston County.
VERY LOW turnout in Green Oak. I was number 34 at about [...]
The RougBlog - Thank you UAW
The Blog Prof - A Story of Redemption
Hall Of Record - Detroit Mayoral Election
The Mackinac Blog - Cast Your Vote For Limited Government' [...]
She lost the budget battle, and is now attempting to scare the foot soldiers of [...]
I took time off of work to attend the PIE&G annual meeting yesterday. Karas was not let into the meeting because he is not a member of PIE&G Cooperative.
Some [...]
She did not however endorse the conservative Hoffman, who is in reality a Republican. [...]
Last summer, in the Republican primary to fill Michigan's vacant 19th state Senate seat, we [...]
The Rougblog - MDOT's Poet Laureate
The Blog Prof - Detroit's Incompetence
Students For A Free Economy - WSJ Calls Us Out
Motor City Times - Something Good about Detroit.
K-12 Reformer - [...]
It is pretty easy to figure out the purpose behind the cosmetic lather that Sen. Gretchen Whitmer is raising as she pits the big salaries of legislators against the educational survival of defenseless little school children. All interesting fights need a villain, [...]
Then empty rhetoric about "green" jobs.
Now, it seems, Democrats are turning to a new sector to lead the way in Michigan's new economy: trial lawyers. [...]
"You can count on Detroit to be there whenever it needs us." Or something like that.
The latest Detroiter to stick out her panhandling cup is city council member Joann Watson who said in a candidate's forum that the federal government should offer the [...]
Michigan is an exacerbated example of the woes facing the US economy-the poster child of how bad [...]
When Richard Nixon ran for President in 1968 after six years out of public life and living in California, a popular slogan described him as "The New Nixon: Tanned, Rested, and Ready."
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) announced recently that she was [...]
When Richard Nixon ran for President in 1968 after six years out of public life and living in California, a popular slogan described him as "The New Nixon: Tanned, Rested, and Ready."
State Sen. Gretchen Whitmer (D-East Lansing) announced recently that she was [...]
Core Principles - Meet the Governor In YOUR District... Maybe.
Wayne County Taxpayers - Cushingberry... Resign.
Michigan Taxes Too Much - Lansingstein's Monster
Michigan Blogger - [...]
When did it become an accepted theory that government has the ability to create jobs in much the same manner that my kid sister used to pop out cool multicolored extrusions with her Playdoh Fun Factory?
Nowadays, progressively bent government operatives assume that [...]
Oh boy, the figures are rolling in on The One's stimulus package and that unbelievable recovery we're in! And the Enchanted Mitten is number 7 in the latest rankings!
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Now this is real early, but the results are so far promising. EPIC/MRA, a democrat leaning polling firm, has all GOP candidates leading Cherry in the General election except Rick Snyder. The taps were posted by Wood TV in Grand Rapids. Some interesting results are [...]
John Adams, our second president & major contributor and signer of The Declaration of Independence, said, "Our Constitution is wholly inadequate to the government of any other then a moral and religious people."
This warning says at it's heart that if the people of our [...]
Bishop also led opponent Bill Schuette amongst those that identified themselves as Republicans, [...]
Bishop also led opponent Bill Schuette amongst those that identified themselves as Republicans, [...]
CNN reports that the Taliban vows to fight "To The Last Drop of Blood". Sounds like to me to be reminiscent of the Japanese at the end of WWII. If you remember the Japanese vowed to fight to the very last man, women, & child, even [...]
They were "Wide Awakes" - scores of torchbearers marching through sleepy hamlets to herald the emancipation of a people from the bonds of slavery into God-given liberty. These despised and decried champions of human freedom and defenders of American [...]
