FOXNews.com - Michigan Congressman Wants 50-Cent Tax Hike on Every Gallon of Gas - Politics Republican Party Democratic Party Political Spectrum: "A Michigan congressman wants to put a 50-cent tax on every gallon of gasoline to try to cut back on Americans' consumption.
Polls show that a majority of Americans support policies that would reduce greenhouse gases. But when it comes to paying for it, it's a different story.
Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., wants to help cut consumption with a gas tax but some don't agree with the idea, according to a new poll by the National Center for Public Policy Research."
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Borders explores sale, suspends dividend
Borders explores sale, suspends dividend
"Book retailer Borders Group Inc (BGP.N) on Thursday suspended its quarterly dividend and said it was reviewing strategic options, including the sale of some or all of its businesses, and its shares sank more than 30 percent to a new year low."
"Book retailer Borders Group Inc (BGP.N) on Thursday suspended its quarterly dividend and said it was reviewing strategic options, including the sale of some or all of its businesses, and its shares sank more than 30 percent to a new year low."
Governor Jennifer Granholm frustrates town hall attendees
Sweden?
"She pointed to Sweden as a possible model for Michigan, noting it has created 400,000 jobs in renewable and alternative energy. Sweden, like Michigan, has about 10 million people, enjoys a long coastline and has abundant forests."
Kelloggsville school chief makes district first to rebel against tougher Michigan graduation requirements
If you can't cheat on graduation rates, just lower the skills necessary?
This might work in academia, it sure doesn't work in the real world.
Kelloggsville school chief makes district first to rebel against tougher Michigan graduation requirements
"The state's new graduation requirements are too tough for many students, and schools should be allowed to plan separate paths -- and offer different tests"
This might work in academia, it sure doesn't work in the real world.
Kelloggsville school chief makes district first to rebel against tougher Michigan graduation requirements
"The state's new graduation requirements are too tough for many students, and schools should be allowed to plan separate paths -- and offer different tests"
States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School - New York Times
States’ Data Obscure How Few Finish High School - New York Times: "One team of statisticians working at the state education headquarters here recently calculated the official graduation rate at a respectable 87 percent, which Mississippi reported to Washington. But in another office piled with computer printouts, a second team of number crunchers came up with a different rate: a more sobering 63 percent."
Clinton Calls Obama "un-American"
B Hussein is "un-American"?
Clinton Calls on Obama to Back Primaries: "Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton bluntly challenged Barack Obama to agree to new primaries in Michigan and Florida on Wednesday and said it was 'wrong, and frankly un-American' not to have the two delegations seated at the Democratic National Convention."
Oil, security costs boost ferry ticket prices
Another Muskegon business headed for the rocks?
Oil, security costs boost ferry ticket prices -
"The cost of round-trip tickets (Muskegon to Milwaukee) for two adults in regular seating and one vehicle is currently $443 with all fares and surcharges, according to the Lake Express reservation system."
"The cost of round-trip tickets (Muskegon to Milwaukee) for two adults in regular seating and one vehicle is currently $443 with all fares and surcharges, according to the Lake Express reservation system."
Liberal Fascism
I've bought, read it, love it!
The American Spectator: "In a certain sense, Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism is long-overdue. The idea that Goldberg endeavors to debunk, namely that fascism was a right-wing phenomenon, has gone unchallenged for far too long. The Soviet propaganda that labeled any socialist not beholden to Moscow 'on the right' has endured longer than the Soviet Union itself."
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Stay the course!
The Volokh Conspiracy - -: "Cheney on Public Opinion About the War in Iraq: Here's an interesting excerpt of an interview with Vice President Cheney about U.S. military involvement in Iraq:
MS. RADDITZ: Two-thirds of Americans say [the Iraq war is] not worth fighting.
VICE PRES. CHENEY: So?
MS. RADDITZ: So? You're not — you don't care what the American people think?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: No, I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls."
MS. RADDITZ: Two-thirds of Americans say [the Iraq war is] not worth fighting.
VICE PRES. CHENEY: So?
MS. RADDITZ: So? You're not — you don't care what the American people think?
VICE PRES. CHENEY: No, I think you cannot be blown off course by the fluctuations in the public opinion polls."
First Lady Records Show Clinton Promoted NAFTA - New York Times
She was for it before she was against it?
First Lady Records Show Clinton Promoted NAFTA - New York Times: "The former first lady's records showed first lady Clinton worked on behalf of the accord."
The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat : NPR
The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat : NPR: "Some 3,000 scientific robots that are plying the ocean have sent home a puzzling message. These diving instruments suggest that the oceans have not warmed up at all over the past four or five years. That could mean global warming has taken a breather. Or it could mean scientists aren't quite understanding what their robots are telling them."
Climate change experts target cow flatulence
Ground zero?
Climate change experts target cow flatulence - Telegraph: "Britain's finest scientific minds have turned their attention to a problem that they claim is threatening the future of the entire planet - farm animal flatulence."
Core Principles: Hey, let's hire more civil servants!
Core Principles: Hey, let's hire more civil servants!: "One of the more inefficient departments of state government, the Department of Management and Budget has been proposed to receive a whopping 44% increase in personnel."
Fox News doomed! "their end is near" Sean Penn
It's a wrap - 'Milk' filming ends in S.F.: "'I almost wish Jerry Falwell were alive to see this. Almost,' Penn shouted to the crowd. After dropping some names of conservatives who are still with us - 'Bill O'Reilly, who is too stupid to talk about,' and 'Sean Hannity, the butt boy of Rupert Murdoch,' Penn said, 'We know something more. We know their end is near.'"
CABLE NEWS RACETUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2008
FOXNEWS O'REILLY 2,987,000
FNC HANNITY/COLMES 2,407,000
FNC GRETA 1,851,000
FNC SHEP 1,734,000
FNC HUME 1,610,000
CNN DOBBS 1,259,000
CNN KING 1,165,000
CNN ELECTION 1,147,000
MSNBC OLBERMANN 993,000
CNN COOPER 973,000
CNN BLITZER 955,000
MSNBC GREGORY 721,000
CARPE DIEM: Quote of the Day
CARPE DIEM: Quote of the Day: "'Civil rights used to be about treating everyone the same. But today some people are so used to special treatment that equal treatment is considered to be discrimination.'"
English-only sign at Philadelphia cheesesteak shop not discriminatory
Incredible that we American taxpayer/citizens need a "ruling" to post a sign in our own business.
Ruling: English-only sign at Philadelphia cheesesteak shop not discriminatory: "A Philadelphia agency has ruled that English-only signs at a famous cheesesteak shop are not discriminatory.
The Commission on Human Relations says in its Wednesday ruling that the sign at Geno's Steaks does not violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance"
The Commission on Human Relations says in its Wednesday ruling that the sign at Geno's Steaks does not violate the city's Fair Practices Ordinance"
Kendall student pleads guilty to graffiti at veterans park
More "love" from the "peace" crowd.
Kendall student pleads guilty to graffiti at veterans park
"A Kendall College student pleaded guilty Tuesday to painting graffiti on markers at the city's Veterans Memorial Park, court records show.
Kendall student pleads guilty to graffiti at veterans park
"A Kendall College student pleaded guilty Tuesday to painting graffiti on markers at the city's Veterans Memorial Park, court records show.
Racist demos in Pennsylvania?
Is this reversal the result of democrats showing their true colors?
"Clinton leads Obama by 40 points among whites.
What is surprising is PPP's finding that Clinton gets 27 percent of the African American vote."
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
McCain’s 67% Favorable Rating His Highest in Eight Years
McCain’s 67% Favorable Rating His Highest in Eight Years: "John McCain's 67% favorable rating is the highest of any of the three major candidates running for president, and ties for his highest in Gallup polling history."
CARPE DIEM: Thomas Sowell: Economic Facts and Fallacies
I just bought this book.
FABULOUS!
from the excellent Carpe Diem (http://mjperry.blogspot.com/)
CARPE DIEM: Thomas Sowell: Economic Facts and Fallacies: "An excellent 5-part National Review Online interview with Thomas Sowell, based on his new book 'Economic Facts and Fallacies':"
BLACKFIVE: "Outside the Wire" - Get Your Copy Now
Watch the trailer.
BLACKFIVE: "Outside the Wire" - Get Your Copy Now: "There are three components to 'Outside the Wire':
'Danger Close' (discussed above, also) is an up-close, in-depth look at a complex attack by Al Qaida on small, distant U.S. Army outpost on the edge of the Euphrates river valley. JD Johannes was the only reporter to witness the attack and followed the US Army paratroopers into combat--nearly getting himself killed.
'Anbar Awkens' shows the greatest turn-around of the Iraq War--the tribes of Al Anbar province joining with the coalition to fight Al Qaida--from the perspective of the Jumayli tribe. The Jumayli tribe--with no prompting from the Coalition--turned on Al Qaida and engaged in a serious gun-battle with Al Qaida before formally joining with the coalition.
'Baghdad Surge' is a look at the surge from asphalt level. This episode follows a U.S. Army infantry Captain through a 'day-of-the-surge' and the modern three-block-war.
Get the DVD today."
'Danger Close' (discussed above, also) is an up-close, in-depth look at a complex attack by Al Qaida on small, distant U.S. Army outpost on the edge of the Euphrates river valley. JD Johannes was the only reporter to witness the attack and followed the US Army paratroopers into combat--nearly getting himself killed.
'Anbar Awkens' shows the greatest turn-around of the Iraq War--the tribes of Al Anbar province joining with the coalition to fight Al Qaida--from the perspective of the Jumayli tribe. The Jumayli tribe--with no prompting from the Coalition--turned on Al Qaida and engaged in a serious gun-battle with Al Qaida before formally joining with the coalition.
'Baghdad Surge' is a look at the surge from asphalt level. This episode follows a U.S. Army infantry Captain through a 'day-of-the-surge' and the modern three-block-war.
Get the DVD today."
Democratic Re-do Likely Won't Happen
Jenny's string of disasters continues.
"It's appearing more and more likely there will not be a re-do of the Democratic presidential primary election. WWJ Lansing Bureau Chief Tim Skubick reports state Senate Democrats came out of a closed door meeting Tuesday morning and said there are not enough votes to approve a re-do."
Delta to Offer Severance to 30,000
Fire half your workforce and domestic capicity is only cut by 5%?
Delta to Offer Severance to 30,000: "Delta Air Lines said Tuesday it will offer voluntary severance payouts to roughly 30,000 employees - more than half its work force - and cut domestic capacity by an extra 5 percent this year as part of an overhaul of its business plan to deal with soaring fuel prices"
Muskegon Heights downtown authority misses meeting with city council
Every day there is less and less of this once fine city left to salvage.
Muskegon Heights downtown authority misses meeting with city council
"Muskegon Heights City Council members on Monday were 'infuriated' that the city's Downtown Development Authority board stood them up at a meeting that had taken months to schedule."
"Muskegon Heights City Council members on Monday were 'infuriated' that the city's Downtown Development Authority board stood them up at a meeting that had taken months to schedule."
Monday, March 17, 2008
Maritime academy plan still floating
Your tax dollars at work?
Maritime academy plan still floating: "Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's plan to build a boarding school on Belle Isle to teach maritime skills to Detroit high school students is a vision of hope for some parents"
Maritime academy plan still floating: "Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's plan to build a boarding school on Belle Isle to teach maritime skills to Detroit high school students is a vision of hope for some parents"
Gov. Paterson admits to sex with other woman for years
Isn't the "loyal wife" photo getting a bit old.... and pathetic?
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