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I posted something on my personal Facebook page about how one of the booming businesses in Detroit is photographing the dilapidated buildings. I labeled my link to the article, “Documenting decades of Democratic dominance.” Can you tell I like alliteration? This bothered one of my Democrat friends who said that my bias was showing, and […]
Back from vacation, the latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Bill de Blasio was recently elected as the mayor of New York City. De Blasio is a liberal Democrat, as opposed to the liberal Republican Michael Bloomberg, who just left the post. He promises to bring liberal […]
Bill de Blasio was recently elected as the mayor of New York City. De Blasio is a liberal Democrat, as opposed to the liberal Republican Michael Bloomberg, who just left the post. The NY Times wrote a rather hopeful piece on de Blasio just before the end of the year, which included this paragraph. His […]
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. I’m at half a hundred episodes with this one. Another big milestone. The lawmakers who passed the bill and the unions who promoted the bill all want exemptions from complying with the bill. “The bill”, of course, is ObamaCare(tm). But […]
The latest episode of the “Consider This!” podcast is out. Conservative commentary in 10 minutes or less. Just one topic this time around. I tackle the Detroit bankruptcy and what is has to say about political policies in other cities, in the US, and, actually, any country around the world. Detroit, Michigan, formerly the auto-making capital of […]
“If you read it and you were not Christian, would you not feel welcome to rent there?”
Seriously? Is this Haynes woman any relation to Nancy Pelosi? She sure sounds just as light-headed.
The following is an article by Fathers & Families Board Member, Robert Franklin, Esq.: (1) Parenting time shall be granted in accordance with the best interests of the child. It is presumed to be in the best interests of a child for the child to have a strong relationship with both of his or her […]
The following is an article by Fathers & Families Board Member, Robert Franklin, Esq.:One of my first jaw-dropping experiences in the fathers’ rights arena came back in 1999. I was researching the phenomenon of men who had learned after the fact – and sometimes long after the fact – that they’d fathered a child. I […]
Would Jesus pack heat? An easy question you say, since Jesus told his followers to “turn the other cheek”, and this quote is often quoted by those opposing all war or violence of any sort…mainly by those living in safe suburbs and working in tenured academic jobs. Yet this article states that some pastors in […]
In describing the Taliban’s destruction of the two colossal Buddhas of Bamiyan in March 2001, The Wall Street Journal noted: History has accustomed us to the persecutions that intolerance exercises on those persons whom it intends to subjugate and to the destructions inflicted on the monuments that represent their beliefs and convictions. … The case […]
They’re at it again. The Center for Responsible Lending, the corrupt “charity†that consistently and fraudulently attempts to ban payday loans to fill their own coffers with competing products, has released the results of another “Studyâ€. This time, in an attempt to remove consumer choice from Ohio and Arizona, they trot out a study from […]
M.I.T. graduate Will Bradshaw is co-founder and President of Green Coast Enterprises, using innovative procedures to rebuild New Orleans homes devastated by Katrina. He is pro-life. He is voting for Barack Obama. When Bradshaw describes himself as “pro-life,” he is speaking about an issue that goes beyond the simplistic code word that usually refers only […]
Caylee Anthony has been missing since mid June and now everyone except for the Anthony’s are saying the little girl is dead. Her mother, Casey Anthony has been named as a suspect now in Caylee’s disappearance. Casey refuses to talk to authorities and won’t tell anyone the truth about what happened to her daughter which […]
If there is one empirical factor in determining if a movie is actually a good movie it is this: how many times did I look at my watch. If you told me I was about to sit through two hours about the lawsuit over who actually invented the intermittent windshield wiper I’d have probably asked […]
Barack Obama’s campaign got wind of oppo researcher Stephen Marks’ plans to air the “The Real Barack Obama†ad produced by his 527 group pH for America on five TV stations in the battleground states of PA and MI starting this week, because his “smear-fighting†Web site has launched an attack on the attack ad. Referring […]
With Sen. Joseph Biden (D-DE) as Sen. Barack Obama’s (D-IL) running mate, you have a two-senator ticket – all talk, no executive action; no “favorite son†advantage in a key swing state with a huge chunk of votes in the electoral college; and a man whom voters resoundingly rejected when he was running for the […]
 … But he’s going to make the media and punditocracy wait until he declares his choice via text message on Saturday, after which he plans a joint appearance with his running mate at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, IL, where he announced he would run for president. [Update: It’s Sen. Joe Biden (D-DE), according […]
Hundreds of pounds of garbage including medical wastes along with hypodermic needles and prescription bottles have suddenly washed up along a stretch of Lake Michigan Beach between Portage Lake and Ludington. Most of it washed up along the shores in Manistee and Mason counties Monday. City crews loaded up 12 cubic yards, which equals to […]
The class of 2008 at Detroit Southwestern High School was eager to accept their diplomas during Monday night’s commencement, and for one grad, the anticipation of accepting his diploma was seventy years in the making. 90-year-old John Lawrence Locher, who now resides in Cape Coral, Florida, made a special trip to his former hometown of […]
(The idea for this “satire” came weeks ago. But after the 5-21-08 stories reporting Hillary’s unnerving references to the 2000 recount, you’ve gotta wonder….)Â Back during Hillary’s third or fourth presidential term, someone explained her near maniacal tenacity: “Hillary Clinton is a pit bull who was chained to the tree too long when she was […]
Jumping off a sinking ship and jumping on the bandwagon are just doing what comes naturally, right? Not for Hillary Clinton’s supporters in KY, who stuck by their candidate, despite the certainty that Barack Obama’s win in OR would push him past her in pledged delegates. And as in WV and other states in which […]
New Jersey art dealer, George Wieschenberg of Lambertville, was sentenced to six years of prison for being a marijuana “farmer.†According to MSNBC, Wieschenberg, pleaded guilty to “operating a marijuana production facility,†in which he grew marijuana plants, said State Attorney General Anne Milgrim. Back in October of 2007, New Jersey State Police officers saw […]
April 22 is here–Earth Day, and Scorched Earth Day in Pennsylvania. Only fools predict political outcomes this year. I qualify. So here’s what’s going to happen. Hillary will probably win the primary. If she wins by any more than two percent, she will trumpet her triumph as a come-from-behind victory, even though she started with a […]
Florida Democrats have been unable to agree on a solution for their primary mess, but it looks like Michigan may have a plan.
Ron Paul News Roundup for Wednesday, February 20, 2008 Paul to continue Presidential Bid The Rise of “Ron Paul Republicans” Will there be More “Hotties 4 Ron Paul”, the Sold Out Calendar? The big news this morning is that Ron Paul has announced that he will stay in the Republican presidential race. And that the […]
“. . . and we are political junkies.”–“Hi, Mark; hi Mom!” You’ll never catch Mom or me at a Twelve Step meeting. I don’t want “serenity.†I want adrenaline. I want to roll up one sleeve, plug my high speed internet cable into a vein, let my eyes roll back, and quiver uncontrollably when I […]
(London, UK) The Autism Awareness Campaign UK is urging the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt.Rev. Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of York, Rt.Rev.Dr.John Sentamu, the Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Cormack Murphy O’Connor and other senior church leaders to speak out on the suffering of some parents, carers and people with autism and Asperger’s Syndrome on Autism Sunday […]
  ALONG THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL Will A Year of Firsts Yield More of The Same Old, Same Old?  January 30, 2008  By RB Scott Boston, Massachusetts  Note: RB Scott, a former staff writer and editor at Time, Life, People and Sports Illustrated, frequently writes about national politics.  As  the barrow […]
ABOUT THE PRIMARIES/CAUCUSES: —If Romney ends up losing the election, as a consolation prize how about turning over our welfare system to the Mormons? They have one for their own members that functions quite well. Since ours performs like a blind elephant playing hockey, what have we got to lose? —Hillary now seems to be […]
Boston, MA. January 18, 2008  Although Irish Setters have been sleeping around the family manse for years, it is apparent that Mitt Romney has failed to absorb and grasp the subtle messages and extensions of the adage “let sleeping dogs lie.† That may be changing. Romney’s flare-up yesterday (1/17/2007) with the Associated Press’ […]
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