Birth control could help combat climate change

Birth control could help combat climate change
"Giving contraceptives to people in developing countries could help fight climate change by slowing population growth, experts said Friday.
More than 200 million women worldwide want contraceptives, but don't have access to them, according to an editorial published in the British medical journal, Lancet. That results in 76 million unintended pregnancies every year.
If those women had access to free condoms or other birth control methods, that could slow rates of population growth, possibly easing the pressure on the environment, the editors say."

Babies are the "enemy" of the environment....... of earth?
What do they have planned next?!!!!!!!

Baby 'Bigots'

Baby 'Bigots'
"The Ku Klux Klan may start marketing a line of baby bigot wear if they fall for Newsweek's Sept. 14, cover story, 'See Baby Discriminate.'

According to the editors at the 'we've fallen for him and we can't get up' Barack Obama fan magazine: 'Kids as young as 6 months judge others based on skin color.'
Thanks to Newsweek, we now know why babies are comfortable in hoods-at least white ones-both babies and hoods, that is.

If you expected Newsweek to include a photo of a black baby with a white baby to illustrate its cover story, you probably waste too much money on lottery tickets."

Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care

Obama: Legalize illegals to get them health care
"President Obama said this week that his health care plan won't cover illegal immigrants, but argued that's all the more reason to legalize them and ensure they eventually do get coverage.

He also staked out a position that anyone in the country legally should be covered - a major break with the 1996 welfare reform bill, which limited most federal public assistance programs only to citizens and longtime immigrants."

New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide

New Government Policy Imposes Strict Standards on Garage Sales Nationwide
"Americans who slap $1 pricetags on their used possessions at garage sales or bazaar events risk being slapped with fines of up to $15 million, thanks to a new government campaign.
The 'Resale Round-up,' launched by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, enforces new limits on lead in children's products and makes it illegal to sell any items that don't meet those limits or have been recalled for any other reason.
The strict standards were set in the 2008 Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act after a series of high-profile recalls of Chinese-made toys."

Pelosi Chokes Up Amid Fears of Political Violence - ABC News

Pelosi Chokes Up Amid Fears of Political Violence

This woman is 3rd in line to be President of our country!

Are ANY democrats worried????

I sure am!

Three eagles lock talons as they plunge to the ground in mid-air battle for fish

Pictured: Three eagles lock talons as they plunge to the ground in mid-air battle for fish
"Locked in desperate mid-air battle, the three eagles plunge towards the ground in a contest to see who will let go last."

click the link to see all the amazing photos!

Flu shots!

Store Locator Walgreens
* Flu vaccination schedules are subject to vaccine availability.
In the event of a vaccine shortage or distribution delay, Walgreens may limit the vaccine to those at highest risk of complications from influenza (based on direction from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention).
Flu and pneumonia vaccinations may not be available in all areas."

click the link for $24.99 flu shots!
or wait for Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid to give you "free" health care......fools!

This link is only from Walgreens.

Walmart, Meijers, our county health department and all our hospitals provide free or VERY low cost shots, screenings (cholesterol etc.) and much more.

Get off your butt and take charge of your own life and health!

And your kids and parents too!

And maybe... your neighbors too?

HOUSE VOTES TO DEFUND ACORN. So the Senate and House have both voted. Will Obama sign? UPDATE: …

HOUSE VOTES TO DEFUND ACORN. So the Senate and House have both voted. Will Obama sign?

UPDATE: Reader Kevin O’Brien smells a rat:

It’s a typical these-voters-are-such-rubes stunt; the House and Senate voted to defund ACORN on different bills.
The Senate bill is a housing bill, the House bill the federal takeover of student loans.
Each bill will wind up in conference committee where the ACORN ban can be quietly stripped out, behind closed doors and secure from prying eyes.
Then the org can keep on doing its important work of voter fraud and pandering to presumed pedophiles.

The most useful principle to hold close when considering members of Congress: they’re all crooks.

We’ll have to keep paying attention then."

Be ever vigilant!

Are Michigan film incentives too lucrative? Some lawmakers call for reduction or killing tax breaks for movie makers

Are Michigan film incentives too lucrative? Some lawmakers call for reduction or killing tax breaks for movie makers
"But the incentives will cost the state an estimated $100 million this year and about $150 million in 2010, according to the Senate Fiscal Agency. While that amount has a few calling for a repeal, most opponents want a lesser tax credit or an annual cap. A proposal this spring called for reducing the credit to 35 percent and capping the annual amount to $50 million. The credit for infrastructure -- building a production facility or sound stage, for example -- would increase from 25 percent to 30 percent but raise the minimum investment required.
'It (tax credits program) cannot continue as it is,' said Sen. Mark Jansen, R-Gaines Township. 'What we have right now cannot be sustained.'"

This is an insane waste of money!

Though not much more insane than most of the democrat proposals.

GOP rivals in governor's race say Mike Bouchard's announcement of Terri Lynn Land as running mate indicates campaign is 'struggling'

GOP rivals in governor's race say Mike Bouchard's announcement of Terri Lynn Land as running mate indicates campaign is 'struggling'
"In a move that strikes GOP rivals as either gimmick or desperation, Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard insists to the contrary: Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land is the perfect teammate for the 2010 gubernatorial race.
'I realized I don't have a short list,' Bouchard said Wednesday in Grand Rapids, speaking of prospective candidates for lieutenant governor. 'I have one person on the list.'"

Interesting fact is Bouchard is on Hoekstra's short list for running mate... after Pete wins the primary.

The American Spectator : The Absurdity Meter Blow Up

The American Spectator : The Absurdity Meter Blow Up
"Moreover, Jimmy is no paragon on the question of race baiting. At least two of his biographers -- Betty Glad, three decades ago, and Steven F. Hayward, four years ago -- record that Jimmy played the race card in his early days in Georgia politics. His 1970 campaign for governor went so far as to distribute racially charged literature to the Ku Klux Klan. One could argue that Jimmy is playing the race card again, this time playing to the sense of black grievance. In both instances, he has encouraged ugly passions."

Liberal Lies About National Health Care: Bonus Joe Wilson Edition

Liberal Lies About National Health Care: Bonus Joe Wilson Edition
"There are a number of theories about why America's greatest living statesman shouted 'You lie!' at that juncture, but mine is that Wilson said it because Obama told a big, fat stinking lie.

Every single American knows it's a lie. But liberals take pleasure in repeating it -- and then condescendingly accusing anyone who doesn't accept their lie of being a toothless, illiterate racist."

Mary Travers Of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies

Mary Travers Of Peter, Paul and Mary Dies

Peter went to my high school, Seaholm.

Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sight

Implanted tooth helps blind US woman recover sigh
"A 60-year-old US grandmother, blind for nearly a decade, has recovered her sight after surgeons implanted a tooth in her eye as a base to hold a tiny plastic lens, her doctors said Wednesday."

Act From Which An Acorn Grew, And An Economy Died, Lives On

Act From Which An Acorn Grew, And An Economy Died, Lives On
"Acorn found its way into the mortgage business through the Community Reinvestment Act, the 1977 legislation that community groups have used as a cudgel to force lenders to lower their mortgage underwriting standards in order to make more loans in low-income communities.
Often the groups, after making protests under CRA, were then rewarded by banks with contracts to act as mortgage counselors in low-income areas in return for dropping their protests against the banks.
In one particularly lucrative deal, 14 major banks eager to put CRA protests behind them in 1993 signed an agreement to have Acorn administer a $55 million, 11-city lending program. It was precisely such agreements that helped turn Acorn from a network of small local groups into a national player."

Steelcase plans to open third plant in Mexico

Steelcase plans to open third plant in Mexico
Steelcase Inc. said Wednesday it will open a new chair-manufacturing plant in Reynosa, Mexico, by early next year, just weeks after announcing plans to shut down its big Pyramid office building in Gaines Township.

Hasn't the education-political complex promised us that our gillions of "education" tax dollars would deliver jobs...here in Michigan?

Maybe we might ask what EMPLOYERS are looking for if we're looking for EMPLOYEES?

Rather than the political-educational lobbiests?

Subway sandwich shop opens downtown

Subway sandwich shop opens downtown

"However, difficulties in completing the first-level Hines Building space for the 89-seat restaurant kept it from opening for the summer festival season. Gawkowski had planned to have the Subway open prior to Muskegon Bike Time in mid-July.

However, his opening comes just prior to Baker College of Muskegon's unveiling of the Culinary Institute of Michigan, one block south on Third Street. By the end of the month, Baker's professional food school will have up to 400 students and staff -- all of which are new, potential downtown customers for a shop like Subway."

However.....

Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism'

Jimmy Carter: Wilson comments 'based on racism'
"Former President Jimmy Carter said Tuesday that U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson's outburst to President Barack Obama during a speech to Congress last week was an act 'based on racism' and rooted in fears of a black president."

Oakland Sheriff Mike Bouchard names Kent County's Terri Lynn Land as running mate for governor's race in 2010 - MLive.com

Oakland Sheriff Mike Bouchard names Kent County's Terri Lynn Land as running mate for governor's race in 2010
"Land endorsed him June 25 after deciding not to enter the gubernatorial contest. Bouchard said there was no deal to offer her the spot in exchange for the support."

The "surprise" is that the poor MSM mokes reporting this "surprise" took so long to figure out the obvious......

Waters: Probe 'birthers and the teabaggers' at rallies for racist views

Waters: Probe 'birthers and the teabaggers' at rallies for racist views
"The media should investigate the racial views of conservative activists like the ones who descended on Washington last weekend, one liberal congresswoman said Wednesday.

Rep. Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) said that it's not enough for African-Americans to levy allegations of racism against the right-leaning protesters, and that the media must look into their views.

'I want those people talked to; I want them interviewed,' Waters told the liberal Bill Press Radio show in a podcast. 'I want journalists to be all over those rallies and the marches with the birthers and the teabaggers.'"

Township supervisors in Muskegon County unhappy over downgrading of hard-surface roads

Township supervisors in Muskegon County unhappy over downgrading of hard-surface roads
The supervisors' frustrations came to a head recently when the road commission considered a proposal to crush four miles of hard-surface roads in Holton and Cedar Creek townships. The matter was tabled, and it remains unclear whether it will return at the road commission's Sept. 23 meeting.
Fruitland Township Supervisor Sam St. Amour said the problem is a lack of funding from the state, not the road commission.
Laurie Peterson, the road commission's maintenance supervisor, agreed. She said the road commission would rather repave roads, but a lack of state funding makes crushing some roads more feasible.
"There's just not enough money," Peterson said. "We can't keep patching the roads. All we'd be doing is throwing money into bad roads that are too far gone.
"We understand their frustrations. The ideal solution costs much more than crushing."
Holton Township Supervisor Mickey Noble said a two-mile stretch of Brunswick Road was crushed last year -- unbeknownst to him. He said he knew the project was under consideration, but found out from a resident that the crushing had already started.
"It's not acceptable to find out a project is already in gear," he said. "Why the township is honored to have their roads pulverized is beyond me. Give us a break."

The Muskegon Patriots hosting event to celebrate U.S. Constitution

The Muskegon Patriots hosting event to celebrate U.S. Constitution
"A 'We the People' celebration of the 222nd anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution will be noon to 8 p.m. Thursday.
A group calling itself The Muskegon Patriots is hosting the event in the parking lot in front of the Mart Dock and next to the LST 393 in downtown Muskegon. The event will be inside the LST in case of rain.

Booths representing various organizations will be set up from noon to 6:30 p.m. From 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., speakers will talk about the history of the U.S. Constitution and protection of rights"

Public, officials invited to tour Muskegon Lake waterfront

Public, officials invited to tour Muskegon Lake waterfront
"The tour is driven by the recent $10 million grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to improve the plant and wildlife habitat of the southern shore of Muskegon Lake"

no places to cut?

ACORN wants another $6 million despite scandals

ACORN wants another $6 million despite scandals
"An ACORN affiliate has just submitted applications for over $6 million in government funding, despite the controversial videos of the organization’s workers aiding a child prostitution “promoter.”"

Liberal group protests Beck's Lansing speech

Liberal group protests Beck's Lansing speech
"LANSING — A liberal group says the Michigan Chamber of Commerce is glorifying hate by having Fox News commentator Glenn Beck speak at its annual meeting.

Progress Michigan issued a statement Monday saying the visit “brings shame” to the state.

Michigan State University College Democrats and other groups say they’ll protest at the East Lansing event tonight.

Chamber President Rich Studley says his group has a tradition of inviting speakers from across the political and ideological spectrum.
State Democratic Chairman Mark Brewer spoke last year, and Democratic strategist James Carville has spoken in the past.
Studley says the dinner is all about “ideas and healthy debate.”
About 500 people have signed up to attend."

Given the disgusting crimes that Glenn and Breitbart have just uncovered (ACORN), wouldn't it be worth investigating "Progress Michigan" a group involved with shouting down the investigators of ACORN?

I'll be there tonight!

Don't Blame Us, Blame the Newspaper We Copied It Out Of

Don't Blame Us, Blame the Newspaper We Copied It Out Of
"This follows the Irish Times' recent retraction of a story it cut-and-pasted from the New York Times.

Of course, neither the Sydney Morning Herald nor the Irish Times are 'unwitting victims' of the Washington Post and New York Times.
It's their choice to copy blindly any slab of hooey appearing in the Post and Times that happens to suit their prejudices without checking it for themselves.
As the Neverdock points out, if you can't do as well as some blogger using Google, maybe you shouldn't be in the news business."

ACORN Story Grows But Mainstream Media Refuse to Cover It - FOXNews.com

ACORN Story Grows But Mainstream Media Refuse to Cover It
"This story has everything you could ever want – corruption, sleazy actions at tax-funded organizations, firings, government ties, sex, hookers.
It is a network news director’s dream.
Imagine the ratings.
But almost no one is covering it."

‘Call Fox’ - WSJ.com

‘Call Fox’ - WSJ.com


By JAMES TARANTO
Last week we noted that Jill Abramson, managing editor of the New York Times, had acknowledged her paper was "a beat behind" on the story of Van Jones, the Obama administration's so-called green-jobs czar, who among other things once signed a 9/11 "truther" conspiracy petition. Times readers did not learn about Jones until he had already become the Obama administration's former so-called green-jobs czar. Abramson pointed out that long before the Times reported the story, "it had been discussed on talk radio, Fox News and other venues."

Our conclusion: "If you want to get the news ahead of the Times, watch Fox News Channel."

On Friday, Fox delivered on Abramson's promise by scooping the Times again. Early that evening, the network sent an email alert: "Census Bureau severs all ties with ACORN after hidden-camera videos expose 4 of group's workers advising 'pimp,' 'prostitute' on subverting the law." (Here's the full story.) The Obama administration had invited Acorn (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) to "partner" with the bureau as "advocates for census cooperation and participation," as the bureau described it in its Dear John letter.

Readers of Saturday's Times got only a short (225-word) report from the Associated Press, which began: "The Census Bureau on Friday severed its ties with Acorn, a community organization that Republicans have accused of voter-registration fraud." It made no mention of the hidden-camera sting--although that was because of the Times's editing. The original AP dispatch, filed contemporaneously with the Fox alert, was twice as long. Among the material the Times cut was this:

ACORN fired two employees who were seen on hidden-camera video giving tax advice to a man posing as a pimp and a woman who pretended to be a prostitute. Fox News Channel broadcast excerpts from the video on Thursday. On the video, a man and woman visiting ACORN's Baltimore office asked about buying a house and how to account on tax forms for the woman's income. An ACORN employee advised the woman to list her occupation as "performance artist."

CARPE DIEM: Greatest Human Being You Never Heard Of

Greatest Human Being You Never Heard Of
"Penn and Teller profile Norman Borlaug and his contributions to genetically engineered food (some strong language).

New York Times article today -- Norman E. Borlaug, the plant scientist who did more than anyone else in the 20th century to teach the world to feed itself and whose work was credited with saving hundreds of millions of lives, died Saturday night. He was 95 and lived in Dallas."

Surf a bit and marvel at how the MSM non-reports this giant of a man's life.

The only links/TV I saw were from FOX/right wing radio and the conservative internet.

Why do liberals hate those who would feed poor, starving people?

Subprime Commission

Subprime Commission

Financial Crisis: Congress has impaneled a "bipartisan" commission to get to the bottom of the subprime scandal.
Will it?
Only if it listens to a panelist who predicted the disaster.