The Gang of Six are serving their corporate masters, who don’t, by the way,...
I’m tired, and the sweat is running off of me in tiny rivers. The house we live in, built over 150 years ago, does not have air conditioning. It’s never bothered me before, but, tonight, as I lay here...
View ArticleWhat we should be doing instead of slashing federal spending via Super Committee
It pains me admit it, but sometimes the readers of this site do a better job of expressing what I’d like to say that I do. In those instances, I feel obligated to share what they’ve written here, on...
View ArticleEric Cantor sighted in Ann Arbor
Did anyone happen to see House Majority Leader Eric Cantor in Ann Arbor today? According to a reader of the Ann Arbor Chronicle, he was at the State Street CVS this afternoon, surrounded by Secret...
View ArticleObama’s deficit reduction plan not as shitty as thinking Americans feared
As promised, Barack Obama unveiled his administration’s new deficit reduction plan this afternoon, in the White House rose garden. [Those who want the facts can find an outline of the plan on the White...
View Article“The Super Committee failed: We have a solution…”
Yesterday, a group of people associated with the Occupy group in Washington, D.C. took out a full page ad in the San Francisco Chronicle, declaring that, as the Deficit Reduction Super Committee had...
View ArticleAnonymous Lansing insider speaks out on the disappointment of Snyder
A few days ago, I received the following note from an individual who identified himself as working ‘inside the belly of the beast,’ in Lansing. I followed up with the questions below, and, given his...
View ArticleJoe Biden: “These guys bet against America all the time”
God, I loved seeing Joe Biden put Paul Ryan over his knee and paddle him with facts.So, what’d you think?Here, if you didn’t watch it live, and can’t watch the above video in your cubicle, is a clip...
View ArticleMy friend Jeff Irwin is running for State Senate and he’d like to meet you...
As those of you who follow this site know, while I occasionally come out against people running for local elected office, I rarely, if ever, come out and endorse candidates, at least during primary...
View ArticleExploring Trump’s “Manifesto of Mistruths”: Is our economy really “the best...
I didn’t watch Donald Trump’s State of the Union a few days ago. I just couldn’t bring myself to do it. And, apparently, I wasn’t alone. Viewership, it seems, was way down. Which, I guess, given what...
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