Political

Event: Don Williamson is Acting Like a Banana Republic Dictator… Once Again.

Just a few weeks to go until the election, and it looks like Walling has taken more endorsements, while Williamson has perhaps taken more influential endorsements.

As usual, though, Williamson is his own worst enemy. I don’t know, for example, whether Sheldon Neeley’s insisting on an apology in exchange for a lawsuit is really anything other than typical cloak-and-dagger Flint politics.

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Event: And if That Isn’t a Good Start to a Tuesday…

… take a look at this.

If only I’d known as I watched Ferris Bueller. My childhood’s shaking and shuddering.

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Event: Ass.

I have no doubt that global warming exists. I just question the cause and what we can do to ameliorate it. But I wonder why the Sierra Club isn’t going crazy about the environmental aspects of massive immigration into the U.S.

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Event: Wiretaps, or, What is a Democrat? (Part 2)

Jeff Danziger agrees with me:

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Event: Flint mayoral race update, 10/9/07.

From the Flint Journal:
Complete Coverage.
Recent posts: Share your thoughts, Top Pastors Endorse Williamson, Walling, Williamson to speak at Rotary, City of Flint lowers suplus estimate, Time is running out to register to vote, Chamber PAC to host candidates, Prized UAW endorsement goes to no one, Firefighters union backs Williamson, Mayor says city has jail money, Former Stanley aide heads Walling’s north-end HQ, Court of public opinion: Lawsuit costs become election issue.

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Event: Wiretaps, or, What is a Democrat?

It’s a typical week, in that there are plenty of things that you ought to be angry about. High on the list is the New York Times report that Democrats Seem Ready to Extend Wiretap Powers. Of course, given the sound-bite nature of reportage these days, it’s easy to lose the sequence of events here.

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Event: Beating an Undead Horse.

New York Times: Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations.

Yeah, I know that a subject so often repeated loses its viscerality.
I also know that a lack of progress or change inspires a feeling of futility.
And I know that the more drastic a comparison is, the more cliche and stale it seems.

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Event: Michigan, In Tents.

Somehow, between following Ahmadinejad’s visit and the UAW Strike, I completely missed this. This is evidently a very interesting month for Michigan, politically. It looks like Granholm took a stand on public services, which is nice, although it was a high stakes gamble for both sides.

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Event: Food For Thought (When Hillary Lies)

I won’t be able to post today or tomorrow (except this), so I leave you with this fascinating thought: Hillary Clinton lied at the Democratic Debate yesterday. Tim Russert asked her who she would root for in a World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees.

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Event: I’m not the only one thinking that the UAW’s pretty smart at this go round.

A Daily Kos diary: UAW on Strike for Job Security.

I realize that, with the strike off, there’s a perceived lack of urgency to this particular subject, but the issues that caused the strike in the first place are very much intact.

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… take a look at this. If only I’d known as I watched Ferris Bueller. My childhood’s shaking and shuddering.

I have no doubt that global warming exists. I just question the cause and what we can do to ameliorate it. But I wonder why the Sierra Club isn’t going crazy about the environmental aspects of massive immigration into the U.S.

Jeff Danziger agrees with me:

New York Times: Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations. Yeah, I know that a subject so often repeated loses its viscerality.I also know that a lack of progress or change inspires a feeling of futility.And I know that the more drastic a comparison is, the more cliche and stale it seems.

Somehow, between following Ahmadinejad’s visit and the UAW Strike, I completely missed this. This is evidently a very interesting month for Michigan, politically. It looks like Granholm took a stand on public services, which is nice, although it was a high stakes gamble for both sides.

I won’t be able to post today or tomorrow (except this), so I leave you with this fascinating thought: Hillary Clinton lied at the Democratic Debate yesterday. Tim Russert asked her who she would root for in a World Series between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Yankees.

A Daily Kos diary: UAW on Strike for Job Security. I realize that, with the strike off, there’s a perceived lack of urgency to this particular subject, but the issues that caused the strike in the first place are very much intact.

… take a look at this.

If only I’d known as I watched Ferris Bueller. My childhood’s shaking and shuddering.

New York Times: Secret U.S. Endorsement of Severe Interrogations.

Yeah, I know that a subject so often repeated loses its viscerality.
I also know that a lack of progress or change inspires a feeling of futility.
And I know that the more drastic a comparison is, the more cliche and stale it seems.

A Daily Kos diary: UAW on Strike for Job Security.

I realize that, with the strike off, there’s a perceived lack of urgency to this particular subject, but the issues that caused the strike in the first place are very much intact.