Archive for July, 2006
Sunday, July 16th, 2006
Blog Bits - July 16, 2006
It was a short walk around the ‘sphere this week …
An interesting article from Murph over at Common Monkeyflower concludes (kinda) with this message: “I saw Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth last week. Dude - if you had talked like that in 2000, ...
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Saturday, July 15th, 2006
Congratulations and thank you, Dianne Byrum and Bob Emerson!
Yesterday in my Shiawassee Weekly, I blogged about the misguided politics of the Chamber of Commerce … and from the mouths (keyboards) of fools …
The Michigan State ...
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Friday, July 14th, 2006
Storm Sirens
After a storm hit Owosso somewhat unexpectedly, we have dueling opinions in the Argus open forum regarding the storm sirens:
Gary Martenis (July 8th):
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Wednesday, July 12th, 2006
5 Myths That Serve The GOP
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Tuesday, July 11th, 2006
Dickless Michigan
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Note: This Press Release comes from Joseph Lukasiewicz, Spokesperson for Unicameral Michigan
NEWS RELEASE
Regretfully, I must report that, despite a truly remarkable effort by state-wide volunteers, we did not make our goal in securing the needed signatures for our initiative petition drive to abolish the Michigan State Senate. ...
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Blog Bits … bits of the Michigan blogosphere …
4th of July pictures are here!
Here are my highly anticipated pics from our 4th of july bash:
Ok, it may seem that nothing is there, but if you look closely you can clearly see that I have a ...
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Sunday, July 9th, 2006
Note: This article was written by Stephen Crockett and published on Democracy For Michigan. It is reprinted here with consent of the author.
Fighting The Democratic No Ideas Myth
The key to huge Democratic gains in the 2006 and 2008 elections is debunking the prevalent political myth that Democrats ...
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Saturday, July 8th, 2006
The Threat On Randy Colbry
As most of you (regular readers) know, Prosecutor Randy Colbry backed out of his responsibility in the Holzhausen issue by claiming that he had reasons to fear for his “personal well-beingâ€. I did not believe what Colbry had to say because it didn’t make any ...
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Thursday, July 6th, 2006
5 Reasons I Like Nancy Skinner
There are good candidates and there are good congressmen, but there aren’t too many people who are both. To kick off my new “5†series, I am profiling one kick ass candidate who will also make a great representative: Nancy Skinner.
Nancy ...
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Thursday, July 6th, 2006
Cathleen has a nice post up on the wicked wicked badness of the Screw Our State initiative.
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Wednesday, July 5th, 2006
Note: This letter was submitted to the Argus Press and the Lansing State Journal. It is reprinted here with the author's permission.
The week of July 17th the House of Representatives is expected to vote on the Federal Marriage Amendment. The facts are, even though this Constitutional Amendment ...
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
This holiday -- Independence Day -- has inspired some very good blog. I was both entertained and disturbed by ICDP Dispatch “4th of July Thoughts On Patriotism, Part IIâ€, and I was genuinely moved by Kathleen’s “On this Independence Dayâ€. I read, for the first time, Frederick Douglass’ ...
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Tuesday, July 4th, 2006
Have a safe & happy holiday, everyone.
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Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Power Grab! County Coordinator Plans Move To CEO
By the pricking of my thumbs,
Something wicked this way comes.
--Second Witch, Macbeth
Shiawassee County Coordinator Margaret McAvoy is said to be the real decision maker behind the County Board of Commissioners. She moves money between funds to pay the bills. She ...
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