a tiny first step, I hope.

Public employees have got to pay their fair share. Just like the rest of us.

City employees to pay more for insurance - : "Employees of the city of Muskegon will absorb more of the cost of their health care, due to steeply rising insurance premiums.
In just one year, those costs have risen approximately 10 percent, according to the city's finance director, Tim Paul.
Premiums for the 2007-08 plan year rose from $744.43 to $817.28 per employee per month, Paul informed city commissioners, for an overall annual cost increase of $218,550."

This is important!

I thought eating cheesburgers and bitchin' about George Bush would make me lose weight. I'm sure glad we have all these nifty, federal and state funded studies.... you thought they were free?

Exercising harder keeps weight off longer - Yahoo! News: " People who consistently engage in high levels of exercise over the long haul are the most successful at losing weight and keeping it off, a new study shows. "

Could it be something else?

Maybe fat broads are more likely to be lesbians?

US "researchers" sure are coming up with valuable information, don't ya think? Thankfully, us taxpayers got real deep pockets and we'll keep on funding these wonderful studies.

Lesbians twice as likely to be obese The Daily Telegraph: "LESBIANS are twice as likely as heterosexual women to be overweight or obese, which puts them at greater risk for obesity-related health problems and death, US researchers said."

The chant of the mind numbed robots.

Lib columnista sticks with the democrat party line that it's the taxpayers who are at fault, not the big spenders in Lansing.
Boston Tea Party spirit seems a bit watered down: "of visceral anger with state government -- is exactly what's missing here outside the Troy Civic Center on Big Beaver.
A $1.9 billion shortfall due to the repeal of the Single Business Tax hasn't animated the public. Instead, it's nurtured cynicism and apathy."

This makes sense.

Cost of camping in state forests to rise 50%: "The fee to tent in Michigan's 143 state forest campgrounds will go up 50 percent this summer as the Department of Natural Resources continues to convert to a self-supporting system."

Maybe we ought to ask?

Maybe we ought to ask Nissan and Tennessee what they are doing that we in Michigan aren't? Naa, it's easier to ask Jenny or an educator.

SMYRNA, Tenn.
Nissan plant starts production of new Altima coupe: "Following the recent launch of the 2007 Altima and a hybrid model, production started Monday on the new Altima Coupe, a sportier version of Nissan's best-selling brand intended to attract new customers."

This is ridiculous!

Thank you McCain-Feingold....

Michigan Democrats set Feb. 9 presidential caucus date: "Michigan Democrats voted to hold their 2008 presidential caucus on Feb. 9, but agreed they would move up the date for voting if any state moves ahead of the scheduled dates......
On the Republican side, any state holding a primary or caucus before Feb. 5 will lose delegates to the Republican National Convention _ even Iowa and New Hampshire, which traditionally go first.

The Iowa caucuses kick off the presidential nominating season Jan. 14, then Nevada holds a Democrats-only contest Jan. 19, followed by the New Hampshire primary and contests in South Carolina, which has its Democratic primary Jan. 29 and GOP primary Feb. 2."

Conveniently ignoring the elephant in the room.

I wonder if the topic of teacher/administrator total compensation comes up? Yeah, right....

Education funding forum Monday night: "GRAND RAPIDS -- Education funding and the role it plays in the state's budget crisis will be the topic of a community forum Monday night.
The forum will touch on that along with the upcoming non-homestead millage for Grand Rapids Public Schools."

Brave men don't cut and run!

Blue Angels still coming to Battle Creek: "The Navy's flight demonstration team, the Blue Angels, is still planning on its stop in Battle Creek this summer.
There was speculation that the U.S. Navy team may not continue its tour after an accident that killed one of their pilots on April 21st.
24 Hour News 8 received word from the Battle Creek Field of Flight Air Show and Balloon Festival that the jet team will perform on June 30th and July 1st."

Let's see.....

...the Granholm administration is SO efficient that the only place she can find to cut is education (not teacher compensation, oh no!) and healthcare to the poor. And we sheep hardly even bleat.

Budget ax could fall on schools, Medicaid in month: "Monday, she started the time clock by notifying the legislature, schools and Medicaid providers that money could be cut in 30 days if the legislature doesn't act."

And they say they don't have enough of our money?

TaxProf Blog: Today is Tax Freedom Day®:
The Tax Foundation has announced that today (the 120th day of 2007) is Tax Freedom Day® -- Americans will work four months of the year, from January 1 to April 30, before they have earned enough money to pay this year's tax obligations at the federal, state and local levels."

This should be a best seller TODAY!

The Good Wife's Guide: "Listen to him. You may have a dozen important things to tell him, but the moment of his arrival is not the time. Let him talk first - remember, his topics of conversation are more important than yours. "

Serious agenda clash

Scotsman.com News - International - How to save the planet? More nuclear power and GM crops, say climate experts: "THE world's leading climate-change experts will this week put themselves on a collision course with environmentalists by proposing a series of controversial measures to tackle global warming.
More than 2,000 scientists will put forward a global warming action-plan to save the world from overheating, including a major expansion of nuclear power, using GM crops to boost biofuels and burying carbons underground. "

Economy Slows But May Hold Seeds of Growth - WSJ.com

Economy Slows But May Hold Seeds of Growth - WSJ.com: "The U.S. economy started 2007 with its weakest growth in four years, as a housing slump continued to hobble expansion. But consumers spent freely and business investment picked up, suggesting the worst of the slowdown might be past and giving economists reason to predict faster growth in the months ahead."

Scotsman.com News - International - Afghan infant deaths fall by 40,000 a year since ousting of Taleban

Scotsman.com News - International - Afghan infant deaths fall by 40,000 a year since ousting of Taleban: "According to the preliminary results of a Johns Hopkins University study, the infant mortality rate has declined to about 135 per 1,000 live births in 2006, down from an estimated 165 per 1,000 in 2001. "

Didn't the democrat leaders say these folks don't want "freedom"?

Secular rally in Turkey draws 700,000 - USATODAY.com: "The possibility of an observant Muslim president is pitting Turkey's deeply secular military and civilian establishment against its religiously oriented ruling party in a fundamental struggle over national identity."

Box of condoms leads to evacuation - Yahoo! News

Box of condoms leads to evacuation - Yahoo! News: "Several classrooms at Des Moines Area Community College were evacuated after college officials became nervous about a suspicious package. "
College officials called police and postal inspectors after the box was delivered Thursday. What they found inside wasn't a bomb — it was a box containing 500 condoms.
The package was sent to a teacher of a human sexuality class, and was sent by a person who had been a previous speaker at the class, said Rob Denson, the college's president.

Rodney King=Nancy Pelosi?

Hmmmm...... both from the Left coast.....

Commentary: Liberal Approach to War on Terror: "Can't We All Just Get Along?" - The Post Chronicle: "So-called progressives now embrace the Rodney King strategery for dealing with disagreements and rivalries."

Oh, please!

This is not news. It is the Oprah-fication of the liberal MSM. "If you're not depressed... something is wrong with you." Gimme a break.
Surviving is good.

My Way News - Va. Tech Wounded May Heal Slowly: "Senior Kevin Sterne will see the scar on his thigh every time he pulls on his pants. Freshman Hilary Strollo will have to decide whether to bare her stomach in a swimsuit. And on the day someone slips a wedding band on her finger, junior Katelyn Carney will see the healed-up hole that a Virginia Tech gunman put in her left hand."

Not surprisingly, no mention that the dead and wounded may have been saved if V-Tech wasn't a "gun-free zone".

I wonder why the authors kinda forgot to include that info.......?

These are THE RULES!

Let's be good Americans and respect our flag and what it stands for.

Gazing at the Flag: Flying the Flag at Half Staff (Half Mast)

Read the comments. And graze the "Gazing at the Flag" site. Worth your time.

The reason the GOPers lost the House....

... is also the reason we may win it back. GOPers get rid of their scum. Democrat leaders wallow in theirs.

I'd really prefer that there was a bit more outrage at the spouse/child/ex-spouse link to governmental corruption.

Renzi could soon resign U.S. House seat - The Business Journal of Phoenix:: "U.S. Rep. Rick Renzi, R-Ariz., could soon step down in the wake of a federal investigation into his involvement in a federal land swap deal and FBI raids of an insurance agency owned by his wife.
His resignation could come as early as Friday or soon after, according to sources familiar with the matter. "

Beauty and balls!

Female Thunderbird pilots a first for Air & Sea Show: South Florida Sun-Sentinel: "As they roar through their hair-raising maneuvers at this year's McDonald's Air & Sea Show, there will be something distinctly, well, feminine about the Air Force Thunderbirds.

For the first time since the squadron started flying in the seaside extravaganza in 1995, not just one, but two female pilots will be at the controls of the unit's F-16 Fighting Falcons."

Touching story

Blues boy's 'best friends' : " Kody Price was supposed to see his pen pal today at an air show in Vidalia, Ga.

But that won't happen. Kody Price was supposed to see his pen pal today at an air show in Vidalia, Ga.

But that won't happen."

Democrats giving America a clear choice

It's one thing to oppose, another to appease... and another to collaborate.

Democrats plug their ears:
"It's remarkable that Democrats, as a matter of policy, are siding with America's enemies in time of war. It didn't work so well for them when they did that during the Civil War. And it is questionable political strategy to make a swift retreat from Iraq the centerpiece of their legislative agenda....

Ms. Pelosi made a trip to Damascus early this month to meet with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad. That trip was panned by the normally Democrat-friendly Washington Post, which said: "Ms. Pelosi's attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish." Ms. Pelosi also expressed a desire to meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, until bad press forced a hasty retreat.
This makes absolutely stunning Ms. Pelosi's refusal to meet with Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces in Iraq, when he visited Washington this week. (She did speak with him on the telephone.) She gives the appearance of being eager to meet with America's enemies anytime, anywhere, but she can't find time in her busy schedule to meet with the commander of our troops.

"I've been struck by the degree to which the debate in Washington seems to be lagging behind the reality in Iraq," said military historian Frederick Kagan, one of the surge's godfathers, who has just returned from a visit there.
We won't know until about midsummer whether apparent improvements since the surge began will last, although it's very good news that sectarian killings in Baghdad have plunged and that nearly all the tribes in Anbar province, once an insurgent stronghold, have banded together to fight al-Qaeda.

But when General Petraeus came to Washington to report on these developments, Mr. Reid and Ms. Pelosi essentially stuck their fingers in their ears. Have Democrats invested so much political capital in defeat that good news is as unwelcome to them as news of Sherman's capture of Atlanta was to the Copperhead Democrats in 1864? Is their insistence on precipitous retreat driven by fear we might win?

Edwards doesn't believe there is a war on terror?

I guess that when haircuts and class action lawsuits are your life, women in burkas, children in suicide vests and the declared "Death to America" is just too ......... trivial?
Ben Smith's Blog - Politico.com: "Edwards aide David Ginsberg confirmed that the former North Carolina senator had not raised his hand in response to Brian Williams' question,'Do you believe there is such a thing as a global war on terror?'"

She sure proved you don't need 1600 SAT to succeed if you're a feminist.

Does anyone think the quality of MIT grads has improved during this fraud's tenure?

Heck, if you're a feminist lib, you don't need no stinkin' kolege at all.

Dean at M.I.T. Resigns, Ending a 28-Year Lie - New York Times: "Among other things, she told students that they did not need perfect SAT scores to get into M.I.T. She also redesigned the institute’s application form, leaving less space for students to list their extracurricular activities, so as not to imply that every student needed 10 activities to fill the 10 lines that used to be there. "

Hard to argue with this conversation

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Liberal logic!

Doh! Why didn't I think of this? We can reduce global warming by legislating more "night"!

NWAnews.com :: Northwest Arkansas' News Source: "Daylight exacerbates warning
You may have noticed that March of this year was particularly hot. As a matter of fact, I understand that it was the hottest March since the beginning of the last century. All of the trees were fully leafed out and legions of bugs and snakes were crawling around during a time in Arkansas when, on a normal year, we might see a snowflake or two. This should come as no surprise to any reasonable person. As you know, Daylight Saving Time started almost a month early this year. You would think that members of Congress would have considered the warming effect that an extra hour of daylight would have on our climate. Or did they ? Perhaps this is another plot by a liberal Congress to make us believe that global warming is a real threat. Perhaps next time there should be serious studies performed before Congress passes laws with such far-reaching effects.
CONNIE M. MESKIMEN / Hot Springs "

Breaking through the wall of lies

Osprey Media. - Cornwall Standard Freeholder: "The current debate about global warming is 'completely irrational,' and people need to start taking a different approach, say two Ottawa scientists.

Carleton University science professor Tim Patterson said global warming will not bring about the downfall of life on the planet. "

If these savings are real why don't we see more of the same?

The Rapid's first hybrid bus takes inaugural drive: "The $510,000 bus, about the same size as typical transit buses, runs on a combination of electrical batteries and diesel power and is expected to save fuel and emit fewer pollutants, officials said. "