“And the book?” I demanded, annoyed. “What about that — How to Serve Man? That wasn’t put there for you to read. They mean it. How do you explain that?” “I’ve read the first paragraph of that book,” he said. “Why do you suppose I haven‟t slept for a week?” I said, “Well?” and he [...]
Snyder tarnishes Pure Michigan
January 14, 2013 By Leave a Comment
Senate Dems bring us a video expressing what most of us have been feeling since Snyder went wild on his rtw binge: News broke today that Snyder is claiming that he didn’t know about the ad and wouldn’t have written it that way: “I would not have been emphasizing one issue the way it was [...]
Union busting via right-to-work-for-less is already creating government jobs
January 11, 2013 By 1 Comment
Hey hey right to work for less is already creating jobs in Michigan. One job that is. More specifically, one government job. At the advanced level – this position will be responsible for performing Freedom to Work and Right to Work research and analysis of laws pertaining to FTW laws in conjunction with other laws [...]
Snyder hints that rtw was on his agenda since last summer
January 3, 2013 By Leave a Comment
So Snyder has been repeating a few things since he pushed rtw through lame duck: 1. It wasn’t on his agenda until everyone else put it there. 2. It was put on his agenda because of the union push for Prop 2 3. He never lied about this issue, not ever ever ever. And then [...]
Thinking about hunting wolves in Michigan? Not so fast.
January 3, 2013 By 3 Comments
In the briefing yesterday we linked to info on one of Snyder’s 260+ lame duck oh-my-god-get-the-pepper-spray-I-gotta-get-this-through-right-now bills. This one established wolves as game animals in Michigan: This law doesn’t establish a hunting season for wolves; it does establish that wolves are a game animal, which means that the Natural Resources Commission can establish a hunting [...]
Who does Snyder work for? Follow the money
January 2, 2013 By 1 Comment
So Rick Snyder is a wealthy man. According to a recently released federal income tax return, Snyder … had capital gains income of just more than $1.3 million in 2011… dividend income of just more than $350,000; wages of $141,547; interest income of close to $54,000, and real estate income of just more than $6,000. [...]
Freedomworks celebrates with Snyder on right to work for less
December 16, 2012 By Leave a Comment
So I got my regular FreedomWorks (barf) email today and it features this crap: They’ve also set up a website and published an interview. Blah blah. The significance here is not that Freedomworks is happy about rtwfl; we already knew that. It’s how happy Snyder looks in their company. This underscores the importance of stopping [...]
Pepper spray politics: one woman’s story of being maced in the face
December 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The following comes from an activist who was standing near Mark Schauer when they were pepper sprayed by the Michigan State Police. She is a retired teacher and she attended the rally as part of a group event from her home town. I was in the group of people, including former Sen. Mark Schauer, that [...]
Will it be Gretchen?
December 7, 2012 By 3 Comments
So the ‘sphere is abuzz with whisperings of Whitmer v Snyder in 2014. Today’s excitement is due largely to this article about this web site. The speculation is nothing new; Gretchen has been making waves for quite some time. For a while we thought it would be Whitmer v Bishop for AG. Given the way [...]
Freedom to freeload, recalls, primaries, and more from your Michigan Republicans
December 6, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Rant. Possibly NSFW. All I wanted was a few days off to take care of some shit. I have a lot of unexpected things going on, and this morning I have a headache and I’m pissed off. Assholes in the legislature decided it was time to pursue their “right to work” bullshit yesterday. According to [...]
Snyder to speak on energy and environment today
November 28, 2012 By Leave a Comment
MLive has an article outlining five themes to look for in Snyder’s energy & environment speech today. The Great Lakes, renewable energy standard, energy efficiency, fracking, and customer choice, are predicted to be addressed in the speech. The speech will take place at MSU at 10:30 this morning. You can watch it live at www.livestream.com/snyderlive.
