Last night my son scrambled over to me all wide eyed and urgent “Dad! DAD!! The TV had a commercial that was saying bad things about Proposal 3!!!!” (Proposal 3, for those who aren’t aware, is the ballot initiative to increase Michigan’s use of renewable energy – Wind, Solar, and Biomass – to 25% by [...]
Michigan is 175 years old today! Why we fight for this beautiful state.
January 26, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Today is Michigan’s 175th birthday. As a proud, lifelong Michigander, I am so happy to wish my beautiful state a glorious happy birthday. It’s because this state is so beautiful, has so much spirit and is full of so many amazing people that we here at Blogging for Michigan and so many others will never [...]
Dr. Syed Taj announces candidacy for MI-11
November 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Canton Trustee Dr. Taj to run for Congress ATTN: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Canton Trustee Dr. Taj to run for Congress in Michigan’s new 11th District Contact: Natalie Mosher, Campaign Manager E-mail: Natalie@TajforCongress.com Phone: (734) 502-7422 www.tajforcongress.com Wednesday, November 02, 2011 The 2012 election cycle is really heating up and Michigan’s new congressional district lines are [...]
“Reforming” no-fault insurance in Michigan: the GOP’s gift to insurance companies
October 14, 2011 By 5 Comments
NOTE: updated to correct info about Sen. Joe Hune, Rep. Pete Lund and the House & Senate versions of the bill. Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance is the GOP’s current target for reform. In what can only be described as a gift to auto insurance companies, they are looking to remove the requirement for unlimited lifetime [...]
Mitt Romney writes off Michigan and most of the Rust Belt at last night’s debate
October 12, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s not like Mitt Romney was counting on Michigan for any sort of support already. As I said before, if Mitt Romney wins the GOP nomination, he should probably just skip Michigan, after his New York Times editorial called “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” back in 2008: It will be interesting to see if Romney dares [...]
The Bubbles
October 11, 2011 By Leave a Comment
During my hiatus history occurred. Names were carved into granite, a timeless memorial to brave soldiers. Most of those names have also been carved into more personal memorials. People I have never met moved me to tears, stories about events I have never had to witness broke my heart, small moments in time we’ll never [...]
New book by Jennifer Granholm & Dan Mulhern — A review of “A Governor’s Story”
September 20, 2011 By 3 Comments
I have a new piece up at A2Politico, a review of former Michigan Governor Jennifer Granholm’s new book A Governor’s Story, co-authored with her husband and partner, Dan Mulhern. The book, released today, is an important contribution to the political discussions taking place in America today. Here are a few excerpts from my review. A [...]
Out of touch programmers bring more syndicated right-wing psycho talk to Blue Michigan
August 23, 2011 By 10 Comments
Apparently, the syndicators over at CBS Radio don’t know jack about Michigan or Detroit, or they would not have decided to switch Detroit radio station WXYT-AM (1270) from its current sports format to more syndicated right-wing psycho talk. CBS announced on Monday that the station will switch to the rightwing format on Sept. 12. The [...]
PHOTOBLOG: President Obama visits (another) Holland, Michigan battery plant
August 12, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The Daily Bubbles
August 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
Thursday open thread…. a little bit late I found something interesting when I pulled up the page for the library. An article I'd not seen before, about job searching in Michigan. As I've been hunting for a little over a month now, I thought I'd seen all of them. This one seems to be interesting [...]
Michigan companies receive nearly $36 million to fund advanced vehicle R&D
August 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Hoo boy, this is going to irritate the teabaggers. The Department of Energy announced today that more than $175 million has been awarded to fund energy research projects. Specifically, the projects will help improve the fuel efficiency of next generation vehicles. The awards reflect only a portion of the investment in these projects. There are [...]
The Daily Bubbles
August 5, 2011 By 1 Comment
How about some giggles to get you through Friday? I found this in my email while cleaning it out. Enjoy! Image via Wikipedia If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might [...]
