Sunday, September 18, 2011

House Votes to Ban Automatic Dues Deductions For School Unions

House Votes to Ban Automatic Dues Deductions For School Unions [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
Eight Republicans vote to continue using school resources for government union funding.

GOP Representatives Ben Glardon (Owosso), Kenneth Horn (Frankenmuth), Earl Poleski (Jackson), Holly Hughes (Montague), Sharon Tyler (Niles), Deb Shaughnessy (Charlotte) Kenneth Kurtz (Coldwater) and Paul Muxlow (Brown City) all voted against the bill.

Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi!

Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi! - Reason Magazine
Ponzi! Ponzi! Ponzi!
There, I said it.
To the extent people believe there are trust funds with their names on them, Social Security is absolutely a Ponzi scheme.
So is Medicare.
People need to hear it.

Two men injured in fiery Norton Shores single-vehicle crash

Two men injured in fiery Norton Shores single-vehicle crash MLive.com
Norton Shores Fire Chief David Purchase said the vehicle involved was a Ford GT, a high-performance car with a rear engine.

UBS CEO not resigning, loss mounts to $2.3 billion

My Way News - UBS CEO not resigning, loss mounts to $2.3 billion
The fact that the fraud took place over three years raises serious questions about the bank's ability to manage its risk.

And meebee the fact that he lost/stole $2.3 BILLION!!!!!!!!!!!!

Behold, The Circle of Government Life

CARPE DIEM: Behold, The Circle of Government Life
"So to recap:
massive government subsidies created 1,100 "green jobs" that never would've existed but for those massive government subsidies.

And when those fake jobs disappeared because the subsidized employer company couldn't compete in the market, the workers blamed China (instead of what's easily one of the worst business plans ever drafted) in order to receive... wait for it... more government subsidies.

Behold, the Circle of Government Life."

Friday, September 16, 2011

The EPA’s Most-Wanted List

The EPA’s Most-Wanted List - By Hans A. von Spakovsky - The Corner - National Review Online
But did you know that the Environmental Protection Agency also has its own FBI-type list of 18 most-wanted environmental fugitives?

Their menacing violations include “multiple counts for the blending of motor fuel” (oh my!), selling “R-12 Freon, an ozone depleting substance” (gadzooks!), importing “automobiles that did not meet” U.S. emissions standards (horrors!), giving “indications that the oil-content monitor downstream of the [freighter] vessel’s oily-water separator had been bypassed” (heavens to Betsy!) and aiding and abetting “false entries into an Oil Record Book” (bring out the guillotine!).

LightSquared: Another Solyndra?

Pajamas Media » LightSquared: Another Solyndra?
A pattern of providing White House support to favored companies — at taxpayer risk — is emerging.

THE LETTER. Chrysler Chairman Letter To UAW President Has Detroit Talking

THE LETTER. Chrysler Chairman Letter To UAW President Has Detroit Talking - GM Inside News Forum
Instead, Marchionne's pointed pen has painted King in the worst possible light for a union leader: as unreliable.

The Letter:
http://www.autonews.com/assets/PDF/CA75571915.PDF

Slight of Chrysler CEO leaves UAW's organizing drive in tatter

COMMENT: Slight of Chrysler CEO leaves UAW's organizing drive in tatters Crain's Detroit Business: Chrysler Group LLC CEO Sergio Marchionne punctured it at 10 p.m. Detroit time last night in a letter he sent to the UAW president, questioning whether King and the UAW had really changed.

MoveOn.org | Federal Student Loan Forgiveness | The Daily Caller

MoveOn.org Federal Student Loan Forgiveness The Daily Caller
The calls to forgive students loans are not alone in the wilderness. Democratic Michigan Rep. Hansen Clarke has introduced legislation to end all student loan debt as a way to stimulate the economy.

Talkin’ Sh*t

iOwnTheWorld.com » Blog Archive » Talkin’ Sh*t
Talkin’ Sh*t

Click the link and read it.
Hard to argue with that sh*t.

Michigan House votes to ban domestic partner benefits

Michigan House votes to ban domestic partner benefits MLive.com
Democrats who opposed the legislation....