The Ultimate Conservative Nightmare?
"I was wondering just who John McCain might pick as a running mate and it hit me like a ton of bricks: I predict that after Hillary is finally forced out of the race, McCain will shock the world and pick Hillary Clinton as his vice-presidential candidate!”
Think about that for a minute. “McCain/Clinton 2008.”"
Friday, May 09, 2008
Thursday, May 08, 2008
Nifong bankrupt
Yes, it may be petty to really enjoy reading this....
"Mike Nifong Bankruptcy: Speaking of the the Duke Lacrosse case, this is a bit of old news, but back in January Mike Nifong had to file bankruptcy to deal with the civil lawsuits that have been brought against him by the exonerated Duke lacrosse players. He lists assets of $243,000 and liabilities of $180 million (presumably contingent claims)."
.......but YES!
That bastard deserves it all.
"Mike Nifong Bankruptcy: Speaking of the the Duke Lacrosse case, this is a bit of old news, but back in January Mike Nifong had to file bankruptcy to deal with the civil lawsuits that have been brought against him by the exonerated Duke lacrosse players. He lists assets of $243,000 and liabilities of $180 million (presumably contingent claims)."
.......but YES!
That bastard deserves it all.
Morels 2007
I had 4 last year!This was taken in mid-May 2007
The biggest was about 8"!
Very tasty.
Nothing yet this year.......
ARE CONSERVATIVES HAPPY? OR SELFISH?
ARE CONSERVATIVES HAPPY? OR SELFISH?
"The newspaper's usual racial columnist has a different theory. Conservatives are happy, he says, because they are selfish. And he offers this tidbit:"
"Many of the people so proud about being conservative strike me as selfish individuals who don't spend much worrying about life's inequities or the less privileged in our society. If you doubt that, just remember the reaction to the suffering of people caught in Hurricane Katrina by most conservatives.
They thought the people in New Orleans deserved what they got."
"The newspaper's usual racial columnist has a different theory. Conservatives are happy, he says, because they are selfish. And he offers this tidbit:"
"Many of the people so proud about being conservative strike me as selfish individuals who don't spend much worrying about life's inequities or the less privileged in our society. If you doubt that, just remember the reaction to the suffering of people caught in Hurricane Katrina by most conservatives.
They thought the people in New Orleans deserved what they got."
Detroit has second-worst commute, Forbes says
Detroit has second-worst commute, Forbes says: "Metro Detroit's commute ranked second worst in the nation by Forbes magazine, behind only the poor folks in Atlanta."
I remember in the 1960s Detroit was in the top 3 worst commutes in the country.
It's NOT the lack of mass transit you fools.
Meebee ya took a ride on the "wonderful" People Mover lately?
No.
It's the NIMBYs and the democrat supported enviro-lonies who have stopped any new roads.
...... but maybe I'm wrong...... It's Bush's fault......
Ah.... I feel better already.......
I remember in the 1960s Detroit was in the top 3 worst commutes in the country.
It's NOT the lack of mass transit you fools.
Meebee ya took a ride on the "wonderful" People Mover lately?
No.
It's the NIMBYs and the democrat supported enviro-lonies who have stopped any new roads.
...... but maybe I'm wrong...... It's Bush's fault......
Ah.... I feel better already.......
Dropout 'crisis' addressed at conferences
Dropout 'crisis' addressed at conferences
"It's being called a crisis.
School leaders say the student dropout rate in Michigan is a huge problem that's costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
Amazing that this WOOD TV 8 post has "crisis" in quotes.
Like it's not a "crisis"?
And how they focus on the costs to taxpayers.
Not the terrible cost to the poor child so ill served by our rotten "educational" system and its union leaders.
"It's being called a crisis.
School leaders say the student dropout rate in Michigan is a huge problem that's costing taxpayers billions of dollars every year.
Amazing that this WOOD TV 8 post has "crisis" in quotes.
Like it's not a "crisis"?
And how they focus on the costs to taxpayers.
Not the terrible cost to the poor child so ill served by our rotten "educational" system and its union leaders.
A roll call vote on Mich. smoking ban
A roll call vote on Mich. smoking ban
"Gerald Van Woerkom R Norton Shores 34 N"
"Gerald Van Woerkom R Norton Shores 34 N"
Michigan Senate OKs ban on smoking in bars, restaurants
Michigan Senate OKs ban on smoking in bars, restaurants
"The Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to prohibit smoking in all bars, restaurants and workplaces. ..
The bill passed the Democratic-led House in December. But it had been opposed by Senate leaders, who said it would put unnecessary government restrictions on private establishments.
Unlike the House version, the Senate version makes no special exceptions for casinos, bingo halls and other buildings.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm has said she will sign a smoking ban.
Sixteen Democrats and nine Republicans voted for the bill. Eleven Republicans and one Democrat voted against it.
"The Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to prohibit smoking in all bars, restaurants and workplaces. ..
The bill passed the Democratic-led House in December. But it had been opposed by Senate leaders, who said it would put unnecessary government restrictions on private establishments.
Unlike the House version, the Senate version makes no special exceptions for casinos, bingo halls and other buildings.
Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm has said she will sign a smoking ban.
Sixteen Democrats and nine Republicans voted for the bill. Eleven Republicans and one Democrat voted against it.
Energy idiocy
The Corner on National Review Online: "I'm not sure that, ecologically speaking, drilling oil in about 2000 acres in the north of Alaska is all that different from dotting our mountain ridges and coasts (ask the Kennedys et al) with enormous windmills or creating vast acres of solar panels throughout our fragile deserts or covering our roofs with panels and pipes and assorted gadgetry."
Vallejo Votes For Bankruptcy
Vallejo Votes For Bankruptcy
"Vallejo City Council voted unanimously late Tuesday night to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
The city faces a $16 million deficit in the 2008-2009 budget starting July 1 and unsuccessfully negotiated with its police, firefighter and electrical workers unions for contract concessions through 2012. Public safety salaries comprise 74 percent of the city's general fund budget."
The first wave in the tsunami of municipal bankruptcies caused by the employees looting their cities.
"Vallejo City Council voted unanimously late Tuesday night to file Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
The city faces a $16 million deficit in the 2008-2009 budget starting July 1 and unsuccessfully negotiated with its police, firefighter and electrical workers unions for contract concessions through 2012. Public safety salaries comprise 74 percent of the city's general fund budget."
The first wave in the tsunami of municipal bankruptcies caused by the employees looting their cities.
Wednesday, May 07, 2008
Six Fraternities Suspended After Drug Raid at San Diego State University
Six Fraternities Suspended After Drug Raid at San Diego State University
"The San Diego chapter, founded 61 years ago, was the first national fraternity on campus and has 65 members.
Theta Chi's San Diego chapter declined to comment. The chapter occupies two low-slung homes a block off Fraternity Row, with large red-and-white Greek symbols propped on the roof.
Theta Chi has 131 chapters in the U.S. and Canada and more than 161,000 initiates. It was founded in 1856.
University police launched their investigation into drug sales on campus after Shirley Poliakoff, 19, died from a cocaine overdose in May 2007. Investigators discovered many students in fraternities were aware of organized drug dealing within their houses.
As the investigation continued, another student, from Mesa College, died of a cocaine overdose at an SDSU fraternity house on Feb. 26, the DEA said.
Some drugs bought and sold by students were traced to gangs linked to Mexican cartels, according to the DEA. Agents collected about $100,000 worth of drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy pills, hallucinogenic mushrooms and high-grade marijuana that were being advertised in 'resale quantities' between members of the fraternity and other students."
"The San Diego chapter, founded 61 years ago, was the first national fraternity on campus and has 65 members.
Theta Chi's San Diego chapter declined to comment. The chapter occupies two low-slung homes a block off Fraternity Row, with large red-and-white Greek symbols propped on the roof.
Theta Chi has 131 chapters in the U.S. and Canada and more than 161,000 initiates. It was founded in 1856.
University police launched their investigation into drug sales on campus after Shirley Poliakoff, 19, died from a cocaine overdose in May 2007. Investigators discovered many students in fraternities were aware of organized drug dealing within their houses.
As the investigation continued, another student, from Mesa College, died of a cocaine overdose at an SDSU fraternity house on Feb. 26, the DEA said.
Some drugs bought and sold by students were traced to gangs linked to Mexican cartels, according to the DEA. Agents collected about $100,000 worth of drugs, including cocaine, ecstasy pills, hallucinogenic mushrooms and high-grade marijuana that were being advertised in 'resale quantities' between members of the fraternity and other students."
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
Fixing Windows Vista, Part 3: Top Troubleshooting Tools
"Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd."
"Do you think Windows Vista is slow, crash-prone, or unreliable? Join the crowd."
Popping the Higher Ed Bubble
Popping the Higher Ed Bubble
'Over the last 10 years, after adjusting for inflation, tuition is up 48% at public schools and 24% at private schools.'"
'Over the last 10 years, after adjusting for inflation, tuition is up 48% at public schools and 24% at private schools.'"
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Steinbeck’s grapes lack wrath this time around - Times Online
Steinbeck’s grapes lack wrath this time around - Times Online: "Whatever happened to the Great Depression? Not the real one from 70 years ago, the lost decade of unimagined misery and Steinbeckian angst, the worst period in the history of modern capitalism. I mean the replay we were promised this year. The one we were told was the inevitable counterpart to the greatest financial crisis since a couple of medieval Italians first sat down on a Florentine bench and invented the word “bank”.
I don’t know about you but I feel a bit cheated. There we all were, led to believe by so many commentators that the sub-prime crisis was going to force the United States into a new era of dust bowls and breadlines, a slump that would call into question the very functioning of the capitalist system in the world’s largest economy. Carried away on the surging wave of their own economically dubious verbosity, the pundits even speculated that this unavoidable calamity might presage some 1930s-style global political cataclysm to match."
I don’t know about you but I feel a bit cheated. There we all were, led to believe by so many commentators that the sub-prime crisis was going to force the United States into a new era of dust bowls and breadlines, a slump that would call into question the very functioning of the capitalist system in the world’s largest economy. Carried away on the surging wave of their own economically dubious verbosity, the pundits even speculated that this unavoidable calamity might presage some 1930s-style global political cataclysm to match."
Muskegon Township rejects plan for manager - mlive.com
Muskegon Township rejects plan for manager - mlive.com: "In the end, the historic decision to reject a proposal that would have changed Muskegon Township's government to a professional manager system hinged on one man.
And he couldn't make up his mind."
And he couldn't make up his mind."
Monday, May 05, 2008
Vern Ehlers calls gas-tax holiday 'a silly idea'
Vern Ehlers calls gas-tax holiday 'a silly idea'
'A silly idea' is how U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, Monday described a proposal to lift the federal gasoline tax for the summer to help motorists paying record-high gas prices."
Beyond silly.... reducing taxes is always a bad idea...... good God....... where do we get such politicians?
Hep me here.... reducing the amout the taxpayers give to the government is bad?
Then increasing the amount that taxpayers give to the government is GOOD?
Now .... meebeee.... I'm gettin' it........
NOT!
'A silly idea' is how U.S. Rep. Vern Ehlers, R-Grand Rapids, Monday described a proposal to lift the federal gasoline tax for the summer to help motorists paying record-high gas prices."
Beyond silly.... reducing taxes is always a bad idea...... good God....... where do we get such politicians?
Hep me here.... reducing the amout the taxpayers give to the government is bad?
Then increasing the amount that taxpayers give to the government is GOOD?
Now .... meebeee.... I'm gettin' it........
NOT!
$600,000/yr taken from Muskegon businesses?
Muskegon County tourism manager
"developing the county's roughly $170,000 advertising and promotional budget.
Besides Foreman's promotion, Wendling also received board approval to promote Kristin Venne to senior tourism aide. Wendling, Foreman and Venne are the only fulltime staff at the CVB, which has an operating budget of approximately $600,000 a year. The bureau has two parttime staff and two other seasonal parttime positions during the summer months."
Come on folks!
We ain't gettin'our money's worth!
Never did!
Mr & Ms Chairman of Tourism,
"Tare down that wall.......... of ineptness and waste!"
and free the businesses to make their own promotional decisions!
"developing the county's roughly $170,000 advertising and promotional budget.
Besides Foreman's promotion, Wendling also received board approval to promote Kristin Venne to senior tourism aide. Wendling, Foreman and Venne are the only fulltime staff at the CVB, which has an operating budget of approximately $600,000 a year. The bureau has two parttime staff and two other seasonal parttime positions during the summer months."
Come on folks!
We ain't gettin'our money's worth!
Never did!
Mr & Ms Chairman of Tourism,
"Tare down that wall.......... of ineptness and waste!"
and free the businesses to make their own promotional decisions!
GRPS and teachers fight over safety
GRPS and teachers fight over safety: "School officials accuse the union of digitally altering the mailings; making union quotes in a Grand Rapids Press article appear as stated fact."
Imagine how tough it would be to view and report the actual mailings!
Classic cowardly reporting by the MSM that supports every union every time.
Not too much support for the dopes who pay taxes.....
Imagine how tough it would be to view and report the actual mailings!
Classic cowardly reporting by the MSM that supports every union every time.
Not too much support for the dopes who pay taxes.....
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