When Glenn Beck Doesn’t Trust You
If you’re part of the far-right and even Glenn Beck doesn’t trust you, then you have done something seriously wrong (or good?).
Progress Michigan blog posts.
Big Lizards
Remember that scene in “Jurassic Park” when the glass of water begins to ripple moments before the Tyrannosaurus Rex bursts through the park? The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality’s recent decision to grant Consumers Energy an air quality permit for a proposed coal-fired power plant is another ripple forecasting the imminent danger to clean energy…
“Greed, Stupidity, Hubris and Outright Corruption.”
Those are the four words used by Phil Angelides, chairman of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, describing what facets of the financial industry he’ll be investigating. Angelides is charged by Congress with answering two big questions for American taxpayers outraged by the excesses of Wall Street bankers: what caused the meltdown of our financial sector…
Michael Steele, World Expert
Ladies and gentlemen, climate change is shaping up to be the battle of the century, the millennium, and probably the history of the planet. This fight is bigger than the aching, brokenhearted Rocky Balboa taking down ‘roid-ridden boxing-bot Ivan Drago and, ultimately, Communism. Drago, in a lot of ways, is eerily representative of the Climate…
My Twitter-esque Christmas List
All I wanted for Christmas, besides for Nebraska defensive lineman Ndamukong Suh to win the Heisman (#defensewinschampionships #offensewinstrophies), was to be able to enter a bar without coughing (#smokingbanforthewin). While Mark Ingram went home with the trophy, I did get my smoking ban. Since I’m batting .500, I’ll go ahead and revise my list and…
Lucky #38
The smoking ban went to the Governor less than an hour ago and the press statements are already pouring in. Rep. Joan Bauer (D-Lansing) hit the send button on this statement around 3:30 today: “This is truly a historic day for the state of Michigan. I am pleased that the House and Senate have worked…
Supporters: If you Can’t Get ‘Em, Buy ‘Em!
It never ceases to amaze me. The health insurance industry has hit a new low in their battle against healthcare reform. Actually, it’s just what you’d expect from the health insurance industry, who care for nothing other than their bottom line. Yes sir, tried and true practices meet social media, virtual astro-turfing: Health insurance industry…
Deny, Deny, Deny
If you haven’t had a chance to read Nolan Finley’s latest hatchet job on established science, please, take a moment and read his column in last week’s Detroit News. Not that anyone should be shocked by Finley’s shilling for the status quo. A quick survey of his blog and columns reads like a right-winger’s hit-list:…
Raising Money, Because They Won’t Raise Taxes
Check out this headline in today’s Free Press, which seemed to be lifted straight from The Onion: Parents hopeful that statewide bake sale will boost school funds That’s right. A bake sale to raise money for education, which is supposed to be funded by the State. A bake sale to fill the $300+ per student…
Palin Hate, Demystified
Sarah Palin is the peppy cheerleader in high school all the boys thought was so sweet but the girls knew was really a vicious shrew. Or so says one of Andrew Sullivan’s readers in a deftly written explanation that goes beyond the “of course you like her, you’re a man who likes hot chicks” argument…