Cross posted on Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood Speaking of a budget mess … maybe part of the problem with the budget is that guys like Mike Rogers are proud of wasting money. Mike Rogers has proudly announced the passage of a "server efficiency bill." "Rogers’ bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to identify the potential energy and cost savings to t...

    There’s another new blog on the block, and this one goes out to Mike Rogers (Rat - CD08). Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood is dedicated to keeping people informed as to Rogers’ records on voting, accepting contributions, etc. The blog was created last week and has already generated press coverage. The content will be provided by a group of bloggers that I am p...

Most of us know the story of how Mike Rogers made sure Michigan State students (among other college students) would not be allowed to vote. For those of you who don’t know the story, Jack Lessenberry does a great job explaining: Essay: The Rest of the Story - 10/9/06 Notice also how, once Rogers got elected, he made sure his seat couldn’t be taken from him. One thing that Lessenberry...

The Livingston Daily takes a stab at Jim Marcinkowski for his recent comment about Mike Rogers. Rogers apparently told a story about a CIA agent giving Rogers his home phone number and asking him to call his wife. The story didn’t ring true for Marcinkowski, who happens to have a *touch* more CIA experience than Rogers. The Livingston Daily didn’t like Marcinkowski’s opinion....

I blogged a couple days ago about Mike Rogers trying to jump on Debbie Stabenow’s bandwagon. Now it appears he’s running around trying to sound like Jim Marcinkowski. If you hear some of this Rogers-come-lately speech, you might be thinking that Mike is aight. Ha! Rogers is a-mockin’ you. Rogers Decoded Rogers, who recently visited Pakistan where he negotiated with ...

Awesome editorial here about Senator Stabenow stealing the thunder from the do-nothing-right GOP.  Some of my favorite excerpts: And for U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Brighton, and other Michigan politicians, it means no more grandstanding on the issue. When the out-of-state trash issue reached its ripest stench about three years ago, Rogers was all over it. First, he had a bill he was introducing...