Steep Decline at 'NYT' While 'WSJ' Gains

Steep Decline at 'NYT' While 'WSJ' Gains: "Print circulation continues on its steep downward slide, the Audit Bureau of Circulations revealed this morning in releasing the latest numbers for some of the country's largest dailies in the six-month period ending March 31, 2008. When a full analysis appears it is expected to find, according to sources, the biggest dip yet, about 3.5% daily and 4.5 for Sunday."

The Funk Brothers

Kim Komando's Video of the Day -
"The band backed up popular singers, including the Temptations, the Supremes, Stevie Wonder and many more. They reportedly played on more No. 1 records than the Beatles, Elvis, the Rolling Stones and the Beach Boys combined."

Time to Compromise on Gun Control::By Mike S. Adams

Time to Compromise on Gun Control::By Mike S. Adams: "unfortunately, the political science professor let his feelings get the better of him, which led directly to my change of heart on gun control. He began hurling epithets like “stupid, ignorant, and crazy” to the nineteen year old Millage. He so badly disrupted the event that the College Republican President called me in my office asking that I come over to try and calm him down.
I gladly complied with her request – largely because I know that these events generate intelligent debate until the first professor shows up."

Another excellent column exposing the "free speech for me but not for thee" atmosphere that is the American University today.

Read to the end where Mr Adams makes a controversial proposal on gun control.

Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana

Supreme Court upholds photo ID law for voters in Indiana
"The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, validating Republican-inspired voter ID laws."

Imagine a party that opposed this logical method of preventing voter fraud.... The Democrat Party!

Yes, there are serious differences between the two political parties.

In a splintered 6-3 ruling, the court upheld Indiana's strict photo ID requirement, which Democrats and civil rights groups said would deter poor, older and minority voters from casting ballots. Its backers said it was needed to deter fraud.

The poor liberal writing this "painful" piece shows their bias with the "splintered" definition of a solid 6-3 vote.

Disgusting and just more proof of the MSM's slavish liberalism.

CNN's Soledad: Rev. Wright Speech a 'Home-Run'

CNN's Soledad: Rev. Wright Speech a 'Home-Run'
"Only black children 50 years ago were singled out as speaking bad English. In the 1961, it's been all over the internet now. John Kennedy could stand at the inauguration and say [attempting to imitate JFK's Boston accent]: 'ask not what your country can do for you. Ask rather what you can do for your country.' How do you spell 'ask'? [which Wright pronounced 'esk' in supposed imitation of JFK]."

So, encouraging black youngsters to continue "Detroit speak" isn't child abuse?

How can they get any job outside of Detroit?

Detroit is a national disgrace!

DETNEWS Weblog Daniel Howes' Blog: "This weekend's Wall Street Journal, arguably the most influential newspaper on the planet, offers yet another exhibit in the case to prove why Detroit is a national laughingstock."

State senator drops plan to flunk third-graders who can't read

State senator drops plan to flunk third-graders who can't read

"Hudsonville Superintendent Roxanne DeWeerd said ......
'Early intervention makes sense, but I'd be surprised if there are districts not already doing that. It's a common practice,' DeWeerd said. 'Teachers check for progress along the way. We don't wait for the MEAP scores to tell us there's a problem.'"

So we "graduate" illiterate third graders to the next grade (where they don't teach 3rd grade reading anymore)?

And we can be assured that "educators" are right on the problem and "don't wait for MEAP scores" to fix the problem.

Yeah, right.

TorontoSun.com - Feeling a little green, are we?

Feeling a little green, are we?: "Indeed, it seems like only yesterday I awoke to my Saturday, January 27, 2007 Globe to be greeted by the hysterical, front-page headline 'Welcome to the new climate,' under a politically correct green masthead, declaring at the bottom: 'We want action. We're ready for sacrifices.'"

I am the musicman

I am the musicman

Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles

Medical marijuana patients face transplant hurdles: "But Garon's been refused a spot on the transplant list, largely because he has used marijuana,"

The needles and hard core drug use probably never came up as a discussion?

Laketon Township veteran among thousands exposed to atomic-bomb radiation - mlive.com

Laketon Township veteran among thousands exposed to atomic-bomb radiation - mlive.com: "Stafford was exposed to unknown doses of nuclear radiation with unknown long-term health effects."

Mark Steyn on Time & Global Warming on National Review Online

Mark Steyn on Time & Global Warming on National Review Online: "Where to begin? For the last ten years, we have, in fact, been not warming but slightly cooling, which is why the eco-warriors have adopted the all-purpose bogeyman of “climate change.” But let’s take it that the editors of Time are referring not to the century we live in but the previous one, when there was a measurable rise of temperature of approximately one degree. That’s the “war”: one degree."

Working poor vignette: Chuck and Deb Fles

Working poor vignette: Chuck and Deb Fles

A sad case of our liberal Chronicle obsessing on the life of the sad ... rather than those who are succeeding in our town.

Sad but predictable.

Granholm touts green energy while others are skeptical

Granholm touts green energy while others are skeptical
"Costs eventually show up on the monthly bills of residents and businesses.
And in Michigan, some opposition stems from a philosophical dislike of government mandates. The 52-megawatt farm visited by Granholm exists without an RPS, for instance, and developers already have proposed an additional 3,000 megawatts of wind power in 16 Michigan counties.
Others question the job-creation potential since wind farms don't employ many workers after construction is complete. Patterson agrees more jobs will be created if Michigan taps into the potential of making turbine blades, 'but the question is at what cost to the rest of the state?"...

And in Michigan, some opposition stems from a philosophical dislike of government mandates."

Well yeah.... didn't our forefathers have a "tea-party" about that mandate thing?

Lansing resident comes after Peace Corps stint

Lansing resident comes after Peace Corps stint: "Emily Sterk spent two years in the Peace Corps teaching people in the southern African nation of Zambia about health."

Two years seems like a long time to ......typical chick....

(actually the headline mispelled "residence" as "residents". Anyone wonder why newspaper readership is........ Titanic-ing! ("sinking" for you newswriters))

Nadal!

The end of an era?
"Rafael Nadal defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-5 Sunday to win the Monte Carlo Masters for a fourth consecutive year."

Climate Consensus Busted?- Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog

Climate Consensus Busted? Climate Change and Sustainability - New York Times Blog: "To many scientists and students of scientific history, there really is no such thing as a consensus. There is a preponderant view at any one point in time, but it is largely defined by disagreement, not agreement."

Climate change: The Deniers

Climate change: The Deniers: "The Post's series on scientists who buck the conventional wisdom on climate science. Here is the series so far:"

This is a great resource to fight the Gorbal Warmongers.

More wasted spending by our bankrupt state

State grant allows police to watch your driving
"Officers are working with a $504,399 grant through the Office of Highway Safety Planning spread among 11 area departments to conduct enforcement efforts involving youth alcohol, intersections, drunken driving and seat belts. The funds also are being used to buy equipment, such as portable Breathalyzers and child safety seats.
The funding assigns $315,000 to drunken driving and seat belt patrols, $135,000 to intersection enforcement and $21,000 to youth alcohol enforcement."

This is pure pork to spread out to Jenny's favorites.

Where are our newspapers who might expose this fraud?

Sharpton vows to 'close this city' after officer acquittals

Sharpton vows to 'close this city' after officer acquittals: "Hundreds of angry people marched through Harlem on Saturday after the Rev. Al Sharpton promised to 'close this city down' to protest the acquittals of three police detectives in the 50-shot barrage that killed a groom on his wedding day and wounded two friends.
'We strategically know how to stop the city"

What a nifty way for the city of New York to save money!

Shut down the court system and let Rev. "Hangin' Al decide guilt....

Jury pool changes will make for better justice

Jury pool changes will make for better justice
"The public at large has responded very favorably to a new Muskegon County juror questionnaire created in direct response to lackluster participation in this vital facet of the justice system. The result will be more representative juries and, we expect, an even better judicial system."

How is our judicial system made better by "drafting" jury dodgers who want nothing to do with our judicial system?

Democrats can't let McCain win - mlive.com

Democrats can't let McCain win - mlive.com: "Hoekstra ignorant of the Constitution
I listened to your congressman the other night on TV. He wouldn't know the Constitution and the Bill of Rights from a dirty diaper.
If he truly believes in giving up the right to be secure in e-mails then I guess it would be OK to just 'check' his U.S. Postal Service mail and everyone else's just to make sure we don't associate with any of 'those possible terrorists.'
Stephen A. Verchinski
Albuquerque, N.M.
Cul-de-sac's end all-too-real and sad
The powers that be of Norton Shores decided that our wonderful cul-de-sac on Sternberg be eliminated. Prior to this, children would ride their bikes freely up and down the road. They would create beautiful parades and lemonade stands.
Once the road went through to Henry, Norton Shores decided that an 'island' would slow traffic down. We, the residents of Sternberg, offered to place nice trees and shrubs on this 'island.' Shores decided that concrete, made to resemble cheap tile, would be appropriate. Now we have people speeding down our once quiet road.
Some neighbors believe that the speed limit is 35, and some go even faster. I am afraid for the children who are used to playing on a cul-de-sac. Since Norton Shores has decided to make our lovely road into a speedway, could they at least put up signs that say the speed limit is 25?
Sheri Costello"

At U. of Georgia, Furor Over Clarence Thomas

At U. of Georgia, Furor Over Clarence Thomas

"Now some faculty members say that having Thomas as the undergraduate commencement speaker sends the wrong message at a time when the university is in the midst of a process that could change the way sexual harassment is dealt with in the campus judicial system.
“Given all of this work, and what felt like progress, the news that Justice Clarence Thomas is to give the commencement address this year has been met by dismay,” said Chris Cuomo, director of the Institute for Women’s Studies and a professor of philosophy, in an e-mail message. “Members of the UGA community who are concerned about the problems with enforcement of the university’s own policies against harassment wonder if the university administration is sending an intentional message that they believe matters of sexual harassment and gender equity are trivial.”"

They don't seem to have the same problem with Slick Willy or Ms Lewinski....

Why are we wasting $$$$ on idiot programs like "women's studies"?

Commencement Speaker Controversies

Commencement Speaker Controversies
"If you ask me, they oughta try to switch 'em around because it seems to me that based on their low-class behavior, the protesting UGA faculty deserves to have Jerry Springer as their Commencement speaker."

Indianapolis Bank Teller Katherin Shuffield Loses Twins After Being Shot During Robbery

Indianapolis Bank Teller Katherin Shuffield Loses Twins After Being Shot During Robbery: "one twin was born dead and the other died after birth, said Marion County's chief deputy coroner, Alfarena Ballew."

How can a "fetus" be born dead"?

Maybe it was a "baby" who was killed in the mother's body?

(the photo is an 8 week old "fetus".

A baby human being.)

For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isn’t Over - New York Times

For a Pinball Survivor, the Game Isn’t Over - New York Times: "But this place, Stern Pinball Inc., is the last of its kind in the world. A range of companies once mass produced pinball machines, especially in the Chicago area, the one-time capital of the business. Now there is only Stern. And even the dinging and flipping here has slowed: Stern, which used to crank out 27,000 pinball machines each year, is down to around 10,000."

South Africa becoming like the rest of Africa?

US moves SA staff due to crime: South Africa:
"Crime concerns have prompted the embassy to terminate residential leases in stand-alone houses in Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban and Cape Town. The US plans to move embassy families to multi-unit security complexes.
Letters of termination have already been sent to some landlords and rental agents have advised them that US Embassy staff and their families will vacate stand-alone houses within 90 days.
'The US Embassy has taken a decision to move from stand-alone residences to compound residential units due to increased security concerns,' reads a letter sent to one rental agent in Pretoria."

Not too much international outrage when blacks kill blacks.....

Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices - New York Times

Study Suggests Math Teachers Scrap Balls and Slices - New York Times: "The students who learned the math abstractly did well with figuring out the rules of the game. Those who had learned through examples using measuring cups or tennis balls performed little better than might be expected if they were simply guessing."

Opinion: Gas up your Prius, starve a peasant

Opinion: Gas up your Prius, starve a peasant
"it has become the habit of progressive opinion to appropriate the language of war for everything but actual war."

Muskegon fattie trades blubber for TV "15 seconds"

A transformation -
"She will tell the nation about it on the Joy Fit Club segment of NBC's Today show between 10 and 11 a.m. Monday. She left for New York City at 6 a.m. today.
Had Hartman not seen the scale register a 'a whopping 307 pounds,' she said she might never have changed her eating and exercise habits."

Forum addresses 'Politics and Environment'

Forum addresses 'Politics and Environment'
"The event, which is free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Progressive Women's Alliance-Lakeshore. It is scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Christ Community Church, located on M-104 in Spring Lake."

Chicago carnage continues!

Semi's deadly crash into Chicago station probed: "Without warning, the truck barreled into a street-level bus shelter, ending part of the way up the station's north stairwell. Two women died on the scene and at least 21 others were injured, authorities said."

and this:

Police planned to increase patrols and put SWAT officers and specialized units on the streets over the weekend, a show of force aimed at deterring violence like the three dozen shootings that left nine people dead last weekend.

Sun spot love-- See Gore, See Spot

-- See Gore, See Spot: "'the rout of Napoleon's Grand Army from Moscow was at least partly due to the lack of sunspots.'
This is more than a historical footnote. The same pattern of solar activity that doomed Napoleon is occurring as we speak."

Back To The '70s?

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- Back To The '70s?: "Oil Shock: When it comes to energy policy, Democrats always talk a good game. But look at their actual record while in control of Congress in the last year and a half. It's been nothing short of disastrous.

Wasn't it two years ago that then-Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi vowed, if her party took over Congress, to cut energy prices — especially gasoline?

'Democrats have a common-sense plan to help bring down skyrocketing gas prices by cracking down on price-gouging; rolling back the billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies, tax breaks and royalty relief given to big oil and gas companies; and increasing production of alternative fuels,' Pelosi wrote back in April 2006, as part of her efforts to convince Americans to elect Democrats."

The psychology of the housing mess - Opinion - USATODAY.com

The psychology of the housing mess - Opinion - USATODAY.com: "The crisis is compounded by what psychologists call 'loss aversion.' The real estate market is by no means immune to this phenomenon. Numerous studies have shown that humans hate losses much more than they like gains. This means that losing $1,000 hurts you about twice as much as winning $1,000 makes you feel good. In the stock market, investors hold on to losers longer than winners, even though there are tax incentives to do just the opposite.
How does this play out in the housing market? Reluctant to take less for their houses than their neighbor got just a year ago, sellers tend to keep their houses on the market for far too long. So even as the market began to go south, people foolishly failed to budge."

Palestinians: Carter Achieved Nothing

Palestinians: Carter Achieved Nothing
"Recent talks between former president Jimmy Carter and a militant leader failed to make much of a difference in Gaza, Palestinian Foreign Minister Riyad al-Malki said Wednesday."

Antarctic Deep Sea Gets Colder

Antarctic Deep Sea Gets Colder: "At the same time satellite images from the Antarctic summer have shown the largest sea-ice extent on record"

12,491 total alcohol-related crashes

TBO.com - News From AP: "In the past decade, the number of impaired drivers involved in alcohol-related crashes has remained relatively stable - from 12,348 in 1996 to 12,491 in 2006. Those figures cover drivers with a blood-alcohol level of 0.08 percent or higher.
The federal government also released estimates of driving under the influence of illicit drugs. The rates were highest in the District of Columbia, 7 percent; Rhode Island, 6.8 percent; and Massachusetts, 6.4 percent."

If the 12,491 number is accurate, it sure seems like a lot of energy spent on a relatively small problem.

The Editors on Ethanol on National Review Online

The Editors on Ethanol on National Review Online: "Congress has created an artificial demand for ethanol to satisfy the farm lobby, which is one of the most powerful in Washington. To make matters worse, almost every major candidate for president in the last 20 years has supported ethanol subsidies because of the program’s importance in the capital of corn, Iowa, which holds the nation’s first presidential caucuses."

Obama’s Real Bill Ayers Problem

Obama’s Real Bill Ayers Problem
"Ayers’s politics have hardly changed since his Weatherman days. He still boasts about working full-time to bring down American capitalism and imperialism. This time, however, he does it from his tenured perch as Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, Chicago. Instead of planting bombs in public buildings, Ayers now works to indoctrinate America’s future teachers in the revolutionary cause, urging them to pass on the lessons to their public school students."

All being paid for with our tax dollars!
Ain't America great?
Not to Obama's buddies......

Tuition outrage at MSU!

Tuition at MSU could go up 7 percent for fall '08

"Students at Michigan State University could face a 7 percent tuition increase this fall, according to preliminary budget materials released by the university."
That increase, which would put average annual tuition at about $10,300, would be one of the lower ones of recent years. MSU has upped tuition by double-digit percentages twice since 2003.
An additional $12.6 million has been proposed to pay for faculty salary increases, an average 4.5 percent increase, in order to make them more competitive with salaries at other Big Ten schools. MSU salaries currently rank ninth out of 11.

"We don't want to have a compensation program that causes a brain drain," Simon said.

Is there no limit to the brain drain of Michigan taxpayers?

Atlantic City votes to ban smoking on floor of casnios

Atlantic City votes to ban smoking on floor of casnios
"Atlantic City leaders have voted to ban smoking on the gambling floor of all casinos."

Farmers Market getting its spring cleaning

Farmers Market getting its spring cleaning
"Friends of the Muskegon Farmers Market will roll up their sleeves and do a little spring cleaning from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the market, 700 Yuba.
Anyone in the mood to volunteer is invited to join the Friends to paint stall tops, sweep parking lots, pick up winter trash and do general cleaning to get the market ready for its May 3 opening.
The city of Muskegon, which owns the market....."

Shirley Temple breaks arm on eve of 80th birthday | Entertainment | People | Reuters

Shirley Temple breaks arm on eve of 80th birthday Entertainment People Reuters: "Shirley Temple Black, one of the most popular child stars in Hollywood history, marks her 80th birthday on Wednesday but plans a subdued day at home because of a recent accident.
'I broke my arm last week at my house, it hurts quite a bit,' she told Reuters on Tuesday."

Bombed Syrian reactor was nearly complete

Bombed Syrian reactor was nearly complete
"The Bush administration will tell Congress tomorrow that a nuclear facility in Syria built with North Korean help was nearly complete when Israel bombed it in September, and that Pyongyang has not provided any further nuclear assistance to the hard-line Arab nation, at least at that site, U.S. officials said."

Senate Republicans kill pay discrimination bill

Senate Republicans kill pay discrimination bill:
"Republicans in the Senate have killed a bill that would have removed limits on how long workers can wait before suing their employers for pay discrimination....
So important was the bill to Democrats that Majority Leader Harry Reid delayed the vote until dinnertime to allow Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to cast votes and, for the first time in months, speak on the Senate floor. Republican presidential candidate John McCain did not attend the vote.
Opponents said the bill would cause a flood of lawsuits. Democrats said it was needed to help employees to recoup lost wages."

Classic liberal "journalism" avoiding the "how did they vote" minutia.

GordoM will help!

B.Hussein and Mrs Bill voted to have unending time limits for lawsuits against employers.

Like... forever dude....

If you were "dissed" 45 years ago, call a democrat check-writing-class-action-lawyer and cash in baby!

B. Hussein and Mrs Bill voted for the bill.

Sen. McCrook didn't have to vote because there were enough votes to defeat the bill.

No wonder "newspapers" are dying.

Bad News on North Korea

Bad News on North Korea:
"This has not been a good few weeks for the North Korean nuclear accord, which Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice apparently hopes will be one of her signature achievements. First came word that Pyongyang would not deliver the full and complete listing of its nuclear activities that had previously been agreed to. The State Department, desperate to clinch a deal, would not allow this blatant noncompliance to sink the agreement.
Now comes word, via this Wall Street Journal report, that the intelligence community will confirm for Congress what is already widely suspected–that the Syrian site bombed last September by Israel was a plutonium-producing nuclear reactor being built by North Korea."

Is Condi turning into Maddie?

Great Lakes water supply at risk

Author says Great Lakes water supply at risk
"Great Lakes need better protections against future water diversions that could hurt the lakes' ecosystems and the region's economy. Current rules governing water diversions from the lakes are dysfunctional,"

Water wars will be bigger than energy wars over the next 20 years.

Ethanol Effect causing worldwide FOOD riots!

Evil Ethanol

"Food riots caused by rising food prices have erupted around the world. Five people died in uprisings in Haiti, perhaps the first of many casualties to come from the fad of being 'green."

It uses more energy than it produces.

It raises food prices worldwide.

It results in less oil for the world.

And it increases our cost of gasoline.

(click on the ear to see the entire story)

Global warning

Stop the world!
A Muskegon teenager will go to trial on felony assault charges for throwing a classroom globe at a tutor."

"So Diamond, you'd prefer to watch a video....?"

“Gay” Sex Kills

“Gay” Sex Kills:
Can you imagine officials at a middle school, junior high or high school setting aside a day to promote “tolerance” for heavy smoking and drinking among children?

"admitting that “HIV is a gay disease,” Matt Foreman, outgoing Executive Director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, acknowledged what the medical community has known for decades: the homosexual lifestyle is extremely high-risk and often leads to disease and even death."

Sunspots and a possible new ice age (updated)

Sunspots and a possible new ice age (updated)
"There is some serious evidence accumulating that we may be on the brink of not just global cooling, but an ice age.
Sunspots are historically correlated with temperature on earth. During the Dalton Minimum, beginning in 1790, the number of sunspots was low, as the earth's climate turned cold for a few decades. At http://www.spaceweather.com/ you can see live images of the sun taken from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory in space. Right now there is but one tiny sunspot."

Photos of Paris under Nazi occupation draw fire

Photos of Paris under Nazi occupation draw fire

"Photos of carefree Parisians lazing in cafes, flocking to cinemas or enjoying a day at the races during the Nazi occupation have sparked outrage in Paris and calls for the exhibit to be shut down.
The 270 unpublished photographs by Andre Zucca, a French photographer who worked for the Nazi propaganda magazine Signal, are billed as the only major collection of color pictures taken during the four years of the Paris occupation."

You'd think this would be scary to the Froggies. Maybe substitute burqas or hijabs for the Nazi heads and see what happens?

BBC NEWS Father fined for overfilling bin

Eco-Nazis in charge!

"Mr Corkhill, who shares a house with his partner and three children and also has a child from a previous relationship, said the authority recently switched from weekly to fortnightly refuse collections, but added that the supplied bins were not big enough to cope.
He added: 'I could not believe I had been fined for putting rubbish in a bin."

His trash can was "overfilled" and his penalty is $500!

In Chicago, fears of a long, bloody summer - CNN.com

In Chicago, fears of a long, bloody summer - CNN.com: "Nine people were killed in 36 shootings over the weekend in Chicago, reflecting what some community leaders say is a deadly breakdown in discipline among gang members after a crackdown over the past few years put many of their leaders behind bars."

Understand that neither the UN nor any other country supports the Bush administration in the pacification of Chicago.

The Case for Ending Ethanol Subsidies

The Case for Ending Ethanol Subsidies
"Congress mandated the production of 9 billion gallons of ethanol or other renewable fuels this year; that number will gradually increase until it reaches 36 billion gallons in 2022. In addition, ethanol producers receive a tax break of 51 cents a gallon, and corn growers receive huge subsidies that may increase in the next farm bill."

Earth Daze, Courtesy Of Al Gore

Earth Daze, Courtesy Of Al Gore:
"This Earth Day finds the world threatened not by rising sea levels, but by rising food prices. Many on the planet are more likely to starve than drown, and we have only Gore's disciples to blame."

Whirlpool plant suspends 39 workers for lying about smoking

Whirlpool plant suspends 39 workers for lying about smoking: "Whirlpool Corp.'s Evansville, Ind., plant has suspended 39 workers for smoking while claiming on their health insurance they were nonsmokers."

Arrest warrant issued for woman charged with prostitution

Arrest warrant issued for woman charged with prostitution: "An arrest warrant has been issued for a Westland woman whom police say was paid for sex by Senator Debbie Stabenow's husband."

No arrest for the john?

Oh, yeah. He's already served his time in hell.... husband of Big Deb.

Brown: food crisis is global threat

Brown: food crisis is global threat:
"British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says rising food prices pose as great a threat to world prosperity as the global credit crunch. And he's warning that spiraling prices could reverse any progress being made to ease poverty in developing countries."

This is almost entirely driven by ethanol and the enviro-looney lobby.

Crews work to repair turtle fence in Muskegon

Crews work to repair turtle fence in Muskegon: "Taxpayer money will not be used to make the repairs. Instead the insurance companies of the drivers who damaged the fence must pay for the work. The federal funding for the fence itself was specifically earmarked for an environmental project."

I guess some earmarks are better than others!

Obama's Waffle Controversy - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime

Obama's Waffle Controversy - TalkLeft: The Politics Of Crime: "Obama just doesn't give the press much access, sometimes shutting them down for weeks at a time. Why? Does this make sense to anyone else as a campaign strategy? I'm baffled by it."

Happy Earth Day!

I travelled down to Grand Haven to buy REAL fertilizer, not the Muskegonized version.

Meijers only has the zero phosphate (Muskegonized) fertilizer.

Good old Walmart has both types.

Ummm, better living through chemistry!

Many hope for Clinton and Obama on one ticket, except the candidates themselves - International Herald Tribune

Many hope for Clinton and Obama on one ticket, except the candidates themselves - International Herald Tribune: "Alternatively, would the poll-obsessed Clintons want to wake up in the White House residence in 2009 and read about Vice President Obama's sky-high popularity ratings, and how they make her look like his stern old lady?"

Five things to watch in Pennsylvania- Politico.com

Five things to watch in Pennsylvania - Politico.com: "Don’t be fooled by early results."

Gateway Pundit: Britain Cancels St. George's Parade Over Fear of Muslim Riots

Gateway Pundit: Britain Cancels St. George's Parade Over Fear of Muslim Riots: "In 2006 Church of England officials contemplated giving Saint George the boot from his perch as Patron Saint of England because he was too offensive for modern day Muslims."

Rep. Mary Valentine tops newsletter's list of vulnerable incumbents

Rep. Mary Valentine tops newsletter's list of vulnerable incumbents"There are good reasons for Valentine's position at the top of the list, including her 'yes' votes on last year's controversial tax increases, her pro-choice stance on abortion, her questionable work ethic in Lansing"

Quick! Name one reason to vote for her!

Instapundit says "down the tubes"?

Instapundit.com -: "ERIK SOFGE: Are Hollywood science fiction movies going down the tubes?"

GordoM-agrees-recent-sci-fi-films-....... are-like-public-service-announcements-without-the-excitement

My Way - Sports News

My Way - Sports News: "The Milwaukee Bucks need to play tougher defense, and start sharing the ball on offense.
So they're turning to Scott Skiles, the man who owns the NBA's single-game assist record - and who once got into a fight with Shaquille O'Neal during his playing days and lived to tell the tale."

YouTube - BARACKY: THE MOVIE

YouTube - BARACKY: THE MOVIE

New Ohio Church Holds Service in Bar to Reach New People

New Ohio Church Holds Service in Bar to Reach New People
"Another round and amen! Beer was on tap and a mechanical bull inspired the sermon as a new church held its inaugural service in a western Ohio bar.
The Country Rock Church drew about 100 people to Sunday night's meeting at the Pub Lounge in Sidney, 35 miles north of Dayton."

Thousands in Pa. switch parties, many to vote for Obama

Thousands in Pa. switch parties, many to vote for Obama: "They've warmed to Obama for two key reasons: They find him inspiring, and they want sweeping change."

This is too funny!

Ban on tobacco displays 'puts health first'

Ban on tobacco displays 'puts health first': "Ontario smokers will soon have to thumb through a binder to pick the brand of their choice at convenience stores as the province ushers in a ban on cigarette displays that the government says is necessary to save lives despite growing concern among store owners."

"I Knew Nobody Who Owned a Gun":

"I Knew Nobody Who Owned a Gun":
"surveys report that gun owners aren't particularly likely to be 'bitter,' but are actually a little more likely to be happy than non-gun-owners;"

Clerk's efforts boosts diversity of jury pool

Clerk's efforts boosts diversity of jury pool
"Lowest of all were Holton, with a return rate of less than 46 percent, and Muskegon Heights at less than 50 percent."

Free screenings of 'Carrier'

Free screenings of 'Carrier'
"A preview of the PBS documentary series 'Carrier' will get the big-screen treatment at 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9 p.m. Monday at Celebration Cinema North, and at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Frauenthal Theatre, 425 W. Western Ave., Muskegon. Seats for all screenings are free. You can register for tickets online at wgvu.org/carrier."

Another great link from: http://conservativeinmuskegon.blogspot.com/

County commission to put drain boss under oath

County commission to put drain boss under oath
"The meeting will be at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday on the fourth floor of the Michael E. Kobza Hall of Justice. It's open to the public."

MichaelMoore.com : My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore

MichaelMoore.com : My Vote's for Obama (if I could vote) ...by Michael Moore:
"I don't get to vote for President this primary season. I live in Michigan. The party leaders (both here and in D.C.) couldn't get their act together, and thus our votes will not be counted."

Mike is bummed at the Michigan demos.
Bummer, dude.....

Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor

Carter: Hamas is willing to accept Israel as its neighbor
"'They (Hamas) said that they would accept a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, if approved by Palestinians and that they would accept the right of Israel to live as a neighbor next door in peace,' Carter said."

Jimmah amazingly worse as an ex-president than he was as the president.
Now he's the PR dude for Hamas.

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World | The New York Sun

Food Rationing Confronts Breadbasket of the World The New York Sun: "Major retailers in New York, in areas of New England, and on the West Coast are limiting purchases of flour, rice, and cooking oil as demand outstrips supply. There are also anecdotal reports that some consumers are hoarding grain stocks.
At a Costco Warehouse in Mountain View, Calif., yesterday, shoppers grew frustrated and occasionally uttered expletives as they searched in vain for the large sacks of rice they usually buy.
“Where’s the rice?” an engineer from Palo Alto, Calif., Yajun Liu, said. “You should be able to buy something like rice."

The Calgary Sun - Wrong approach

The Calgary Sun - Wrong approach: "We have more homeless folks than the Greater Vancouver Area. The GVA is home to more than two million people (485,000 of whom are wearing Birkenstocks and reeking of patchouli oil this very minute) and it has roughly 2,600 homeless folks.
Calgary, with a population half that, had 3,500 homeless in 2006 and Ald. John Mar told the Sun he expects the count is now in the 4,500 range."

Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history

Danica Patrick makes IndyCar history
"Danica Patrick became the first female winner in IndyCar history Sunday,"

http://www.breitbart.tv/html/81573.html

Violent Weekend Continues: 32 Shot, 6 Dead

Violent Weekend Continues: 32 Shot, 6 Dead: "A violent and deadly weekend continues in Chicago. At least 12 people have been shot, two of them killed, since Saturday morning. This comes after at least 20 people were shot, four of them killed, from Friday night through early Saturday."

Well now.
The violence increases every week.
There is no possibility of political reconciliation between the single party city government and the gangs and political opposition.
Isn't it time we seriously considered pulling out of Chicago?

District to discuss cuts to child care program

District to discuss cuts to child care program
"A Mona Shores child care program that has operated over budget for the fourth straight year, and cutting costs will be topics of discussion during the Mona Shores Board of Education's meeting Monday.
School officials said budget changes must be made to the Mona Shores Community Childcare program, because the current method of doing business isn't working.
Last year, it ended with a $43,193 deficit, and so far this year, that number is at $35,682, according to the district. Revenues as of January were $335,043 and expenditures were $370,725."

Why the heck does Mona Shores even have a day care program?
And one that spends $370,000/year?
Where is the money going?
How many programs of this idiocy do we have county wide?

Do we believe our own ears and eyes?

http://www.bercasio.com/movies/dems-wmd-before-iraq.wmv

Or do we believe those politicians who tell us they never said what we heard with our ears and saw with our eyes?

Desperate home sellers turning to St. Joseph

Desperate home sellers turning to St. Joseph
"Hicks was chuckling to hear that the measure she recently took to help sell her house -- burying a statue of St. Joseph upside down in the front yard -- is a growing trend as sellers try to offset hopelessness invading housing markets across the nation."

If I read this article correctly, owners of homes that are so overpriced that there are no buyers are expecting St. Joseph-in-the-yard to bring in buyers.

Buyers who will pay more than market price for the topsy-turvey-StJo home?

Would it be safe to assume that the overpayers aren't catholic?

GordoM-lookin'-for-a-saint-to-zip-his-401k-performance.

Environmental program weds classroom, service work

Environmental program weds classroom, service work
"Protecting the environment and giving young people a sense of their own importance while enhancing their learning are the goals of a $200,000 grant project that will benefit schools in four counties."

Hasn't anyone read the dismal MEAP scores?

Reedin', ritin' and adin' don't matter as much as "giving young people a sense of their own importance".

Muskegon suicide

No more free parking downtown
"The Community Foundation for Muskegon County's 775-space parking lot along Morris Avenue will become a paid lot beginning Monday morning. The automated lot will be operated by the foundation's Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts.
Downtown patrons can either pay $5 per entry for one-time use or $150 a year for unlimited entries except for special events."

In a town that has no buildings, just empty space.
Amazing their efforts to kill our, once fine, city

Libel Tourism: The Soft Jihad [video]

Libel Tourism: The Soft Jihad [video]
"If you think the only weapons of jihadis are guns and bombs, you're wrong. They're already using lawsuits to push Sharia law and silence free speech."

BBC NEWS | UK | Britons fear race violence - poll

BBC NEWS UK Britons fear race violence - poll: "Almost two-thirds of people in Britain fear race relations are so poor tensions are likely to spill over into violence, a BBC poll has suggested.
Of the 1,000 people asked, 60% said the UK had too many immigrants and half wanted foreigners encouraged to leave."

Thousands in Hollywood protest remarks from CNN's Jack Cafferty - Los Angeles Times

Thousands in Hollywood protest remarks from CNN's Jack Cafferty - Los Angeles Times: "On the April 9 airing of 'The Situation Room,' Cafferty, in a discussion about China, said that goods from that country were 'junk,' and referred to the Chinese as 'a bunch of goons and thugs.'"

Imagine if Jack had said same about Mexicans!

Gallup Daily: Clinton 46%, Obama 45%

Gallup Daily: Clinton 46%, Obama 45%: "Gallup Poll Daily tracking shows that Hillary Clinton now receives 46% of the support of Democrats nationally, compared to 45% for Barack Obama, marking the first time Obama has not led in Gallup's daily tracking since March 18-20."

Smirking murder trio get 59yrs

Smirking murder trio get 59yrs
"THREE yobs who laughed as they kicked a dad to death “like a pack of hyenas” were jailed for life yesterday.
Callous ... DelimaMark Elliott, 21, Curtis Delima, 19, and Gerry Cusden, 16, were high on vodka, alcopops and cannabis when they murdered brickie Mark Witherall, 47."

59 years TOTAL for the three is considered "LIFE" in that poor, sad shell of a country.

Plus the three murderers are eligible for parole.....

Judge rejects request to stop Oregon, Washington from killing sea lions to protect salmon

Judge rejects request to stop Oregon, Washington from killing sea lions to protect salmon
"A federal judge on Wednesday refused to stop Oregon and Washington from trapping and killing California sea lions at Bonneville Dam this spring to keep them from gobbling endangered salmon."

Is it time to look at university waste?

What's Happening To Your Money
"Student Debt Is Piling Up

• Tuition costs have climbed 60% since 2000, and the average graduating senior now owes more than $20,000, according to the National Center for Education Statistics—twice as much as graduates owed a decade ago.

• Nearly a quarter of recent grads owe in excess of $25,000.

• While student debt rose 8% from 2005 to 2006, starting salaries rose only 4%."

Intelligence Report | PARADE Magazine

Intelligence Report PARADE Magazine: "Last year, corporations shouldered just 14.4% of the total U.S. tax burden, compared with about 50% in 1940."

Why Not Blame Obama?

Why Not Blame Obama?: "But here's the deal: During the debate, Obama bungled his answers on tax policy, big time. Period. End of sentence."

Grand Rapids to be the set of mafia movie

Grand Rapids to be the set of mafia movie: "State Rep. Michael Sak (D-Grand Rapids).

The movie is expected to bring $5 - 10 million in revenue to the area, Sak says."

Home for Hot Dogs

Home for Hot Dogs
"the loudest compelling caterwaul came from dozens and dozens of irate fans of Detroit's 'Coney Island' dog."

Bus ride to aid drive for public transportation

Bus ride to aid drive for public transportation
"Muskegon's Disability Connection: A Center for Independent Living will sponsor a free bus trip Tuesday to Lansing as part of the 'Let's Get Moving Coalition' to advocate for better public transportation in Michigan."