Four for four in state championships

It's four for four in state championships
"It will go down as the greatest day in Muskegon-area football history."
And perhaps in Muskegon sports, period.
The event formerly known as the high school football finals became the "Muskegon Invitational" on Friday as Muskegon Catholic at breakfasttime, Muskegon High just after lunch and finally Montague at suppertime won back-to-back-to-back state title's at Ford Field in downtown Detroit.

Mumbai just another front

Mumbai just another front
"There was a photograph that appeared in many of the British papers, taken by a Reuters man and captioned by the news agency as follows: 'A suspected gunman walks outside the premises of the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus or Victoria Terminus railway station.' The photo of the 'suspected gunman' showed a man holding a gun. We don't know much about him – he might be Muslim or Episcopalian, he might be an impoverished uneducated victim of Western colonialist economic oppression or a former vice-president of Lehman Brothers embarking on an exciting midlife career change – but one thing we ought to be able to say for certain is that a man pointing a gun is not a 'suspected gunman' but a gunman. 'This kind of silly political correctness infects reporters and news services worldwide,' wrote John Hinderaker of Powerline. 'They think they're being scrupulous – the man hasn't been convicted of being a gunman yet! – when, in fact, they're just being foolish. But the irrational conviction that nothing can be known unless it has been determined by a court and jury isn't just silly, it's dangerous.'"


Remember the liberal media isn't simply a myth.

It's back-to-back-to-back state champs

It's back-to-back-to-back state champs
"It will go down as the greatest day in Muskegon-area football history."

Muskegon, the winningest team in Michigan high school football history with more than 700 wins and 17 state titles, parlayed the excitement of last week's miraculous comeback victory over Davison into a quick start against Warren De La Salle in a 34-14 victory in the Division 2 championship game. It was the Big Reds' fifth state title since 1986 and third in the past five years under head coach Tony Annese.

DC'S ROTTEN SCHOOLS

DC'S ROTTEN SCHOOLS
"But most DC public schools are hellholes. So DC parents - including the first family - find hypocrisy a small price to pay for fulfilling their parental obligations.
Data compiled by The Washington Post in 2007 of the 100 largest school districts in the country ranked DC third in spending for each student, around $13,000 a pupil, but last in spending on instruction. More than half of every dollar of education spending goes to the salaries of administrators. Test scores are abysmal; the campuses are often unsafe."

Thank "god" the Obama girls won't be subject to the schools Mr Obama enforces on Chicago and American children.

Making the World Safe for Marxism

Making the World Safe for Marxism
"In fact, the interesting question is no longer whether our politics in the US and Europe (not to mention Latin America) are leading to Marxism. The interesting question now is whether voters care. My guess is that almost half the people in the US, and probably more elsewhere, think Marxism is no worse or even better than 'capitalism.'"

Pension Tsunami

Pension Tsunami: "That approaching wave of pension debt is bigger than it looks. The purpose of this site is to provide an overview of the multiple pension crises that are about to drown America's taxpayers."

Secret sex life of red squirrel uncovered by scientist

Secret sex life of red squirrel uncovered by scientist: "Female red squirrels are giving rabbits a run for their money.
New research by former University of Alberta researcher Jeffrey Lane shows the species is among the most promiscuous of animals, mating with sometimes as many as eight or nine different male squirrels in one day."

Roads, skies less full as Thanksgiving rush starts

Roads, skies less full as Thanksgiving rush starts: "We have to pay the money to change and we don't have the money,' said Kathy Boyd, 54.
Cutbacks didn't deter Donita Hill of Estero, Fla., who was traveling with her husband, Bob to spend Thanksgiving with their son, a resident at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center. The couple waited Wednesday to take a train to Worcester, Mass.
'I think sometimes when money is tight, you re-evaluate what's really important to you, and you realize that it's really family and friends,' said Donita Hill.
'Maybe you cut back on the (holiday) gifts a little bit, or maybe you don't have as extravagant a Thanksgiving as you used to,' she said. 'Maybe you don't have a free-range bird as you've had in the past; maybe you go to a Butterball.'"

Muskegon County Commission Chair says bye bye!

Chairman of the Muskegon County Commissioners, Jim Derezinski announced he will not run for reelection as chairman next year!

This is BAD news for Muskegon.
Jim was a fine chairman and said he made his choice because he wanted to be a "pioneer" but he found that pioneers get all the arrows.

Big loss for our county at a critical time

France 24 | Icelanders demand PM resign during violent protests | France 24

France 24 Icelanders demand PM resign during violent protests
"Thousands of Icelanders demonstrated in Reykjavik on Saturday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Geir Haarde and Central Bank Governor David Oddsson for failing to stop a financial meltdown in the country."

Moderates: 'Immigrants should sign Swedish contract' - The Local

Moderates: 'Immigrants should sign Swedish contract'
"A working committee from within the Moderate has developed the proposal and the party will consider the idea at its future convention, reports Sveriges Radio's Ekot news program.

'It is important that when people from different cultures congregate in the same country, that we are very clear over how things are done in Sweden,' said Moderate party secretary Per Schlingmann to Ekot.

'The purpose is ensure that we pass on core Swedish values about equality and so on.'"

Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet - washingtonpost.com

Problems Plague U.S. Flex-Fuel Fleet - washingtonpost.com: "The EPAct program offers a cautionary tale as President-elect Barack Obama promises to kill dependence on foreign oil and revive the economy by retooling for the green revolution, experts say.
'This is an example of a law that has had a perversely different effect than what was originally intended,'' said Jim Kliesch, a senior engineer with the Union of Concerned Scientists, an nonprofit environmental organization based in Washington."

Amazon.com: 2008 Pricing - turbotax Discussion Forum

Amazon.com: 2008 Pricing - turbotax Discussion Forum: "Before you buy this product be sure to read the fine print this year....you will now be limited to preparing just ONE return with this software without paying an additional $10 per return to Intuit to prepare any additional returns. Not $10 to e-file but $10 to even prepare and print a return that you could mail in.

No more reasonable 5 return limits anymore, one and done is it. Do a return for your spouse filing separately, pay more. Do a return for your kids...pay more. Do a return for your parents, pay more.

This is now disclosed in very fine print. Don't get caught before you buy with knowledge of exactly what you are getting."

State to take no action against Drain Commissioner Martin Hulka

State to take no action against Drain Commissioner Martin Hulka
"The Michigan Secretary of State's office says 'there may be reason to believe' that Muskegon County Drain Commissioner Martin Hulka violated state campaign finance law by sending letters of political advice to several local candidates, and forcing an employee to type those letters on county time, using county materials.
But the department has decided not to take action against Hulka, or refer the case to law enforcement officials for possible prosecution, because Hulka is leaving office in January after failing in his bid at re-election."

Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011

Obama economic plan aims for 2.5M new jobs by 2011
"President-elect Barack Obama promoted an economic plan Saturday he said would create 2.5 million jobs by rebuilding roads and bridges and modernizing schools while developing alternative energy sources and more efficient cars."
These are ALL government funded jobs that will produce a net tax LOSS!
Jobs/unemployment is not the problem. A bankrupt federal government is.
It didn't work for the Soviets.
It won't work for America.

Republicans in 2004!

Oh, the humanity.....

http://www.usatoday.com/money/perfi/housing/2004-01-20-fha_x.htm
In a bid to boost minority homeownership, President Bush will ask Congress for authority to eliminate the down-payment requirement for Federal Housing Administration loans.
In announcing the plan Monday at a home builders show in Las Vegas, Federal Housing Commissioner John Weicher called the proposal the "most significant FHA initiative in more than a decade." It would lead to 150,000 first-time owners annually, he said.
Nothing-down options are available on the private mortgage market, but, in general, they require the borrower to have pristine credit. Bush's proposed change would extend the nothing-down option to borrowers with blemished credit.
The FHA isn't a direct lender, but guarantees loan payments for mortgages on moderately priced owner-occupied property. The FHA guarantee now permits private lenders to finance as much as 97% of the purchase price of a home for millions of low- and middle-income borrowers.
In the proposal soon to be delivered to Congress, Bush would allow the FHA to guarantee loans for the full purchase price of the home, plus down-payment costs. As a practical matter, the FHA would guarantee mortgages as high as 103% of the value of the underlying property.


The Vegas Decade And The Bipartisan Mortgage Meltdown
"It’s not the particular government program that’s of major interest, it’s the message the Bush Administration was sending.
Federal regulators are supposed to take away the punchbowl when the party gets interesting, but announcing that the President hates down payments, that the Chief Executive feels that requiring people with bad credit to put money down on a house is UnAmerican and probably racist, at a homebuilder’s convention in Las Vegas, well, I’ve exhausted all the punchbowl similes … This is liking filling all the nasal decongestant inhalers at the Betty Ford Clinic with pure pharmaceutical cocaine."

Arianna Huffington expands web-power

Business big shot: Arianna Huffington, online entrepreneur
"The money will finance the expansion of HuffPo, as it is known, into the provision of local news across the United States and into more investigative journalism. And it will ensure that Ms Huffington's influence continues to spread across the US political scene."

Air hostess helped land passenger jet after co-pilot had 'breakdown'

Air hostess helped land passenger jet after co-pilot had 'breakdown'
"The captain of the Boeing 767 from Toronto to Heathrow asked staff to seek out any trained pilots onboard.
One of the female cabin crew came forward saying she had a commercial pilot’s licence and was asked to take over in the co-pilot’s seat.
The captain praised the attendant to investigators for helping him safely land the plane at Shannon, where the ill flight officer was removed and admitted to the acute psychiatric unit of Ennis Regional Hospital for 11 days."

Yikes!
Loonies and heroines in the cockpit!

Rochester Hills OKs snipers to reduce deer herd

Rochester Hills OKs snipers to reduce deer herd
"Proponents say it will be safe to city residents. But some fear the shootings will be too close to neighborhoods in the Detroit suburb."

"Snipers"?

But this too funny on another level.
Imagine how awful if there were "shootings" in a Detroit suburb!

Road builders' group: Michigan drivers should pay $12 more a month

Road builders' group: Michigan drivers should pay $12 more a month
"A road builders' group wants Michigan drivers to pay $12 more a month in gas taxes and vehicle registration fees to improve the transportation system.
Motorists now spend $30 per month on roads and other infrastructure.
The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association unveiled a plan Wednesday with hopes of the Legislature passing it during the lame-duck session in December.
One proposal would eliminate the 19-cents-a-gallon gasoline tax and instead tax the wholesale price of gas. Another proposal would raise vehicle registration fees by 50 percent"

Drip, drip, drip.....

As bailouts add up, a generation wonders who will pay up

As bailouts add up, a generation wonders who will pay up
"Walker resident Matt Franko said there is no doubt his future looks less bright.
'I don't know who to be angry at,' said Franko, 27, who works in the corporate offices of Spartan Stores Inc.
'I think there are a lot of people in my generation who are unhappy with how things are panning out,' he said."

Maybe the "who" to be angry at are the legislators who voted to take his money away from him and give it to someone else.

And how dumb are they if an entire generation "wonders who will pay up"?

Reeths-Puffer voters to face bond election

Reeths-Puffer voters to face bond election
"Voters in the Reeths-Puffer school district will be asked to approve a $23.6 million, two-year bond extension that would pay for district-wide building improvements, including synthetic turf at Rocket Stadium and upgrading technology.
The bond request was unanimously approved by the school board Monday. A public vote on the bond extension is tentatively scheduled for May 12."

Jeeper, it's not like they just got a giant millage extention recently...... or is it?

Where is the money going!

Michigan AG Mike Cox says Blue Cross trying to raise rates

Michigan AG Mike Cox says Blue Cross trying to raise rates
"Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan is attempting to use the current lame duck session in the state Legislature to pass a package of bills that also would take away oversight of the nonprofit from his office and the governor's office."

Another small wave in the tsunami of increases from Mom Granholm and Daddy Barry.

National Ammo Day

National Ammo Day
"It’s National Ammo Day!
Yes, it is today, but don’t let your inability to get to your friendly neighborhood ammo dealer today discourage you from participating. All the ammo you buy this week “counts.”

Good golly, it's really "National Ammo WEEK"!

Get up out of that chair, trot on down to Walmart, buy some bullets, help the economy!

A nice Walmart story

I just got back from Walmart (Henry St) tonight and had a nice bunch of pleasants.

Walking down the aisle, I noticed a grizzled older white guy stocking shelves. I remembered him from last summer when he assembled my grill (free assembly from walmart!).

I said "hi" and "thanks for doing such a great job on my grill.... I remember that you're the guy who put it together, nice job, I really like my grill... thanks and Merry Christmas".

I was just being nice but he BEAMED, REALLY beamed, and said "thanks.. we don't get too many compliments here....thanks"

I waved and pushed my cart on..... and saw a 40ish black guy pushing a broom... with a UofM hat on.

This affront need to be addressed so I said "Merry Christmas but I hate your hat"....

We had a 5 fun minute chat (while he broomed!)about MSU, UM, Muskegon Big Reds and how he wanted to wear his MSU hat but it didn't match his sweatshirt and ...what a nice and friendly guy.

I'm on my way out and I pass this (above) rack with Santa kid suits:


I don't have kids but how cool are these outfits!

A large, black 30ish gal is near me and I ask her what she thinks "they'd sure look good on my kids".

I said "Merry Christmas" she said, big smile on her face "Merry Christmas to you".

What a nice experience.

I'm tired of "experts and community organizers" telling us about "the 2 Americas" or "hate", "anger".

My town, Muskegon, Michigan isn't perfect but it's a pretty nice place to meet my neighbors and say "Merry Christmas".

Tradition, Family and Property - Farewell to a Legend

Tradition, Family and Property - Farewell to a Legend: "While we all mourn the passing of such a legend we are consoled by the thought that his example will inspire generations to come."

"Where do we get such men"

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Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid

Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens loses re-election bid
"Sen. Ted Stevens, the longest serving Republican in Senate history, narrowly lost his re-election bid Tuesday, marking the downfall of a Washington political power and Alaska icon"

I think this is good.

The man is/was a crook and a disgrace to America.

Alaska is a conservative state and the new demo-senator ought to realize he must be a "blue-dog" if he wants reelection.

Same with Georgia.... assuming that demo-sens have any sense...... weak assumption?

Florida pension fund loses a quarter its value

Florida pension fund loses a quarter its value
"Florida's public employee pension plan has lost more than a quarter of its peak value, but Gov. Charlie Crist and other officials Monday said the fund is built for the long haul and there's no need to panic"

When are those folks who have public employee pensions gonna read the writing on the wall?

NEVER????

BlackFridayAds.com - The site retailers don't want you to see!

BlackFridayAds.com - The site retailers don't want you to see!

"A number of sites post advertising circulars early. The circulars are leaked by company insiders. Not all Black Friday sites will have the same circulars. Three sites to check out are BlackFridayAds.com, BlackFriday.info and BFAds.net."

from Kim Komando

Macleans.ca - A long cold winter ahead

Macleans.ca - A long cold winter ahead: "Oddly enough, though, fewer skiers may not be the industry’s biggest problem. That’s because the ski industry doesn’t make much money from skiing anymore"