Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

The Man With The Pink Pig Wants To Screw Our County

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

So you may have seen Leon Drolet's pink pig come through Shiawassee? Leon & co. are threatening to recall Dick Ball (yeah, right) for supporting a tax increase. Well, subscription only Gongwer is giving us some more insight into Leon's thinking, as to how we can balance the ...

I won’t support Obama

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007

I've been trying to ignore the 2008 Presidential ... sounds terrible, I know. Sorry but I can only care about so much at one time, and right now I'm stuck on the state budget & whatnot. (But Randy Colbry & Margaret McAvoy ought to know that their obscene ...

Mike Bishop’s New Work Ethic - Ban The Blogs!!!

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Mike Bishop's New Work Ethic - Ban The Blogs!!! on BFM Well, now we've heard everything. Thanks to fellow blogger & freelance writer Eric Baerren, we have some more "explanation" on why the Senate Republicans blocked access to BFM. Eric swapped some email with Matt Miner. Miner is Senate ...

Bishop Accuses BFM Of Crime

Sunday, August 5th, 2007

Bishop Accuses BFM Of Crime on BFM By now you may know that the Michigan Senate has blocked access to BFM. MIRS and Gongwer have reported on this. Mike Bishop's Chief of Staff, Matt Miner, is the talking head behind all of this. I'd like to respond ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Governor Granholm Signs Interpreter Bill

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Cross posted at bloggingformichigan.com The Deaf Edge has a post on the new law signed by Governor Granholm.  The legislation requires employers, state and local governments, public and private schools, hospitals, restaurants, and other entities providing services to the public, to provide effective communication services to all.  The law also requires ...

BFM Migrates To Soapblox

Saturday, June 30th, 2007

Some of you may have noticed that I've been working with 'Z' over at BFM. We recently moved the site from the WordPress platform to Soapblox. As a result there may be some technical issues to work out. If you subscribed via RSS you may have to update your ...

Cushingberry To Visit Shiawassee Dems Tonight

Tuesday, June 26th, 2007

State Representative George Cushingberry, Jr. will be speaking at the Shiawassee Dems' June meeting tonight. Cushingberry is Chair of the Michigan House Appropriations Committee and will be speaking on the State of Michigan Budget. Cushingberry will begin at 7pm. The June meeting begins at 6pm and will adjourn prior ...