Archive for July, 2007

BFM down for the 2nd time today, 3rd time this month

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

This is not the fault of BFM, this is an ongoing Soapblox issue. Average downtime is 6.5 hours.

Senate Rejects Granholm Appointees … Maybe …

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Is this real? I came across this last night while pricing out ads on mlive. But when I clicked on the link, it took me to all of the Michigan stories except the Granholm story. Governor Granholm has made several appointments in the last 4-6 weeks, so I suppose ...

BFM is down again

Tuesday, July 31st, 2007

Alright this is starting to make me mad. We're paying for an advertising campaign to send traffic to the site, and we have ads on the site. BFM is losing readers and revenue. Last time BFM was down for nearly 8 hours. I don't know what ...

traffic at dead stop on i69 near imlay

Sunday, July 29th, 2007

hopefully my moblogging set up still works. Traffic is at a dead stop on west 69 Near wilder rd Many emergency vehicles have passed us But still no Police. i am Sure traffic is very backed up as we have been sitting here 30 Minutes already. ...

Having A Fine Time In NY

Friday, July 27th, 2007

I was just chatting with Chetly on another post and it occurred to me that I haven't been here to cbdc in some time. Part of my problem is seasonal ... I'm always busier during the summer than any other time of year. Part of it is that ...

Working For A Living - Sunday Edition

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Working For A Living - Sunday Edition - on BFM

America Really, Really Hates Bush

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

America Really, Really Hates Bush on BFM

Recent House Activities Reveal a Progressive Majority

Sunday, July 8th, 2007

Recent House Activities Reveal a Progressive Majority on BFM

Messing With MESSA

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Messing With MESSA It'd be sweet for BFM to get on the blogroll ... just sayin' ...

The Challenge of Teaching in ‘Exponential Times’

Friday, July 6th, 2007

The Challenge of Teaching in 'Exponential Times' , on BFM

Democrats Support The Fairness Doctrine

Friday, July 6th, 2007

Note: This piece was submitted by guest author Stephen Crockett, host of Democratic Talk Radio. Corporate Media pundits and sell-out Democratic personalities are denouncing a return to the Fairness Doctrine standards in broadcasting eliminated by the Reagan Administration. They are falling into a trap set by the Republican Right and ...

Michigan Business Tax Stumps Dick DeVos

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Michigan Business Tax Stumps Dick DeVos, over at BFM. (Sorry, BFM isn't on leftyblogs yet)

Conservatives Blame Workers for Michigan’s Economic Woes

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Conservatives Blame Workers for Michigan's Economic Woes by DJ, over at BFM.

BFM Technical Problem

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

At 6:10am the Soapblox server that BFM is on went offline. I don't know why this happened, but it appears that all Soapblox sites on this IP are down. Sorry about that ... hopefully it will be back up before anyone even reads this.

Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Another shameless leftyblog plug... Governor Granholm Announces $25 Million For Cities Of Promise Governor Granholm announced Tuesday that the Michigan State Housing Development Authority will fund up to $25 million over the next four years to help eliminate blight in her eight "Cities of Promise." The cities targeted are Detroit, Pontiac, Hamtramck, Highland ...

Independence Day

Thursday, July 5th, 2007

Pardon the shameless leftyblog plug, but BFM isn't on the blogroll yet ... Independence Day -- I'm not very good at holiday posts. Especially holidays like the 4th, or Memorial Day. They bring on this feeling that I have to write the best post of my life to pay ...

Another Fire In Owosso

Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

I'm sorry to say that there is another fire in Owosso today. There's a thread on this in the Shiawassee Forums here. And Bob Wilcox has a slideshow here. Our thoughts are with the victims and the responders as they deal with yet another fire.

Why We Love The Gov

Sunday, July 1st, 2007

Cross-posted at BFM I came across an interesting LSJ article this morning, which underscored some of the points we've been making at BFM. First I'm going to say how irritated I am that it's an LSJ article ... I'm still mad at them.  So, I'm going to link the article because I'm ...