"Sgt. Schulz" Cheney
Just minutes ago, Diane Rehm related the following on her NPR show:"Last night, I saw the Vice-President, and I said to him, 'Mr. Vice-President, on Monday we're doing a program on the Iraq contracts.'...
View ArticleMI lege rejects Const Amend
Fox News: LANSING, Mich. -- The Michigan House failed to get enough votes to allow voters to decide this summer whether they want to change the state constitution to limit marriage to one man and one...
View ArticleProtesting the Prez in Kalamazoo
300 of us 'greeted' Dear Leader on his way into Wings Stadium in Kalamazoo this afternoon. There were Greens, Sierra Club, Democrats, Kalamazoo Non-violent Opponents of War, Women in Black, Code Pink,...
View ArticleWho is running for office? (Poll)
I respectfully request that you NOT reply to this diary - UNLESS you are running or planning a run for elected office in 2005 or 2006. Take the poll instead. Many of us were inspired by the Dean...
View ArticleMichigan will hold a new Presidential 'contest'
Michigan Public Radio is reporting that MDP and DNC have reached an agreement to hold a new 'contest' to allow the seating of the Michigan delegation to the Democratic National Convention.There are no...
View ArticleMN-Sen Events v. 71.1 - The Court Orders a Streamlining
I've borrowed WineRev's numbering (though not at all his style!), adding a update for today, because of a significant late development:The Court in the Coleman v. Franken Election Contest issued an...
View ArticleMI Gov: Alma Wheeler Smith drops out
State Rep. Alma Wheeler Smith (D - Ann Arbor) dropped out of the race for the Democratic nomination for Governor today, one day before the filing deadline for the August primary. In a statement, she...
View ArticleThe New Michigan Budget
New Republican Gov. Rick Snyder's first budget http://www.michigan.gov/... was released this morning. High points (or low points, depending on your point of view):* Individual tax rates will fall from...
View ArticleIn Which, Fred Upton Ignores my Question
Suppose there is a giant asteroid heading towards Earth, which will pasteurize the planet if we don't do something. (I'm sure you've seen one of the movies). And I go to my Congressman, and tell him,...
View ArticleRecall MI Gov. Snyder?
Last month, as Facebook pages advocating Governor Snyder's recall began to proliferate, I wrote a diary (Recall Snyder?) at our statewide blog, 'Blogging for Michigan', laying out just how difficult...
View ArticleRecall Language for MI Gov. Snyder Approved
At a hearing before the Washtenaw County Election Board this morning, the wording of the Petition for Recall of Gov. Snyder was approved on a 2-1 vote.http://annarborchronicle.com/...The language,...
View ArticleOsama killed 3 miles from Pak Military Academy
The compound where Osama was killed is right downtown in Abbottabad, Pakistan. Google Earth shows this as being three miles from the neighboring town of Kakul.Google Earth also shows Kakul as being the...
View ArticleMI Sen: Land Passes on a Stabenow Challenge
Former Michigan Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land (R) announced today that she will not challenge US Sen. Debbie Stabenow in 2012. This is very good news for our junior Senator.Three weeks ago former...
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I "Greeted" MI Gov. Snyder in Benton Harbor Today
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder served as 'Grand Marshal' (martial?) of the St. Joseph / Benton Harbor Blossom-time Parade this afternoon.Michigan Progressives have been kept busy this spring running...
View ArticleMichigan Republican Party Can't Follow its Own Rules
The two at-large delegates awarded Tuesday in the Michigan Republican Presidential Primary were supposed to be split proportionately by Party rules, that is (given the results), one for Romney and one...
View ArticleDele-gate-gate
Sorry, couldn’t resist. (For you kids, that’s a reference to an ancient scandal from the 20th Century)Saul Anuzis (former Michigan Republican Chair, and member of the Credentials Committee that awarded...
View ArticleAnnouncing the Corporate Accountability Amendment in Michigan
We’ve been living with the Citizen’s United decision for two years now, and the results have been every bit as bad as I imagined on that Thursday in January, 2010, when I first heard it on the radio....
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Taking Back the Michigan Supreme Court
We've just had another demonstration of what having a Republican-controlled Michigan Supreme Court is like."The Michigan Supreme Court - in a decision that breaks along party-lines - has upheld a...
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Meet Mike O'Brien
Mike, Teresa, and daughter RoseIf you are anywhere near Southwest Michigan this Saturday, come join us for the O’Brien for Congress Announcement Tour.Mike O’Brien is our Democratic candidate to take on...
View ArticleBrothers and Sisters: Bach's St. John Passion
Yesterday evening, the Kalamazoo Bach Festival under the direction of Jim Turner performed the St. John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach.I’ve been looking forward to singing the St. John Passion for...
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