Financial trouble puts quick end to farm making high-end cheese from water buffalos
"'They had a whole business plan and (Cummings) had a good system set up,' said Mike DiBernardo, an economic development specialist with the state Department of Agriculture. 'They were ramping up, working on getting that volume up, and it all comes to a screeching halt.'
The agriculture department funded a $50,000 marketing study for di Bufala in 2006 that showed a 'very lucrative and strong market' for mozzarella and yogurt made from water buffalo milk."
Ummm.... our state, Jenny-and-the-dems, gave this 12th generation inbred $50,000 to tell him it was a GREAT idea and he bellies up in a few months!!!!!!!
Folks, when are we gonna get a hint that these "free money" scum from our state government don't need any more of our money?
Sunday, February 01, 2009
Blue Cross requests rate increases in Michigan
Blue Cross requests rate increases in Michigan
"The requested average rate increases are 56 percent for individual plans,"
Holy shittake!
"The requested average rate increases are 56 percent for individual plans,"
Holy shittake!
"Let them eat cake"
Muskegon County prepares for 150th birthday
"The county wants to throw itself a birthday party.
July 18 will mark Muskegon County's 150th anniversary as a governmental unit, and thanks to $10,000 from the county's board of commissioners, a celebration is in the works......
And two massive cakes, one of which is expected to be large enough to feed 5,000 people, will take center stage at Taste of Muskegon, a culinary festival that has drawn thousands of food lovers downtown."
Interesting that the county's board of commissioners would be kind enough to pony up $10,000 from their own pockets for us cake eaters!
Oh..... it isn't the commissioners who are paying?
It's US PEOPLE???
Our broke county has EXTRA tax moolah for cake?
This ain't right.
Folks, remember how the "Let them eat cake" deal worked out for Marie Antoinette.
"The county wants to throw itself a birthday party.
July 18 will mark Muskegon County's 150th anniversary as a governmental unit, and thanks to $10,000 from the county's board of commissioners, a celebration is in the works......
And two massive cakes, one of which is expected to be large enough to feed 5,000 people, will take center stage at Taste of Muskegon, a culinary festival that has drawn thousands of food lovers downtown."
Interesting that the county's board of commissioners would be kind enough to pony up $10,000 from their own pockets for us cake eaters!
Oh..... it isn't the commissioners who are paying?
It's US PEOPLE???
Our broke county has EXTRA tax moolah for cake?
This ain't right.
Folks, remember how the "Let them eat cake" deal worked out for Marie Antoinette.
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return
PETER HITCHENS
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return:
"We are forced to say that we think homosexuality is a good thing, that homosexual couples are equal in all ways to heterosexual married couples.
Most emphatically, we are compelled to agree that homosexual couples are just as good at bringing up children as the children's own grandparents.
Better, in fact.
Many people who believe nothing of the kind now know that their careers in politics, the media, the Armed Services, the police or schools will be ruined if they ever let their true opinions show.
I am sure that many of them regularly lie about their views, to avoid such trouble."
The "free speech" American media would love to have England's intolerance right here in the good old USA!
We show tolerance to 'gays' and get tyranny in return:
"We are forced to say that we think homosexuality is a good thing, that homosexual couples are equal in all ways to heterosexual married couples.
Most emphatically, we are compelled to agree that homosexual couples are just as good at bringing up children as the children's own grandparents.
Better, in fact.
Many people who believe nothing of the kind now know that their careers in politics, the media, the Armed Services, the police or schools will be ruined if they ever let their true opinions show.
I am sure that many of them regularly lie about their views, to avoid such trouble."
The "free speech" American media would love to have England's intolerance right here in the good old USA!
Details of medical marijuana law still hazy as April implementation approaches
Details of medical marijuana law still hazy as April implementation approaches
"Come April 4, Michigan residents suffering from certain illnesses will be allowed to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but one big, lingering question remains: How do they get the drug without breaking state and federal criminal laws?
The answer appears to be as hazy as Cheech and Chong's van"
Why are we ALWAYS voting on initiatives that are so poorly written?
"Come April 4, Michigan residents suffering from certain illnesses will be allowed to use marijuana for medicinal purposes, but one big, lingering question remains: How do they get the drug without breaking state and federal criminal laws?
The answer appears to be as hazy as Cheech and Chong's van"
Why are we ALWAYS voting on initiatives that are so poorly written?
Michigan school officials call MEA early retirement idea 'a bad proposal'
Michigan school officials call MEA early retirement idea 'a bad proposal'
"the plan would boost pension benefits by about a third to encourage school employees to retire this year. A teacher with 30 years of service who earns $70,000 would see his or her pension set at $42,000 a year under the plan, compared to $31,500 under the normal formula. An estimated 90,000 school employees would qualify for the plan."
This is an enormous rip off of the taxpayer's money.
Remember the AVERAGE FAMILY income in Muskegon county is about $38,000.
We work hard for our families and the teacher union thugs work hard to take more and more of our money.
"the plan would boost pension benefits by about a third to encourage school employees to retire this year. A teacher with 30 years of service who earns $70,000 would see his or her pension set at $42,000 a year under the plan, compared to $31,500 under the normal formula. An estimated 90,000 school employees would qualify for the plan."
This is an enormous rip off of the taxpayer's money.
Remember the AVERAGE FAMILY income in Muskegon county is about $38,000.
We work hard for our families and the teacher union thugs work hard to take more and more of our money.
Flushing more of OUR hard earned money down the UNION THUG's drain.
Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resists efforts to get him to resign
Muskegon school board member Charles Nash resists efforts to get him to resign
"School officials fear the efforts to remove Nash could create divisions on the board, especially since he has raised the issue of racism during efforts to get him off the school board.......
During a special school board meeting last week to discuss the issue, school board attorney Gary Britton said it was his opinion that Nash was in conflict by serving on both boards and that he should resign. Britton also advised the board it could seek an opinion from the state's attorney general. A state legislator also could request such an opinion, a county elections officials has said."
Hold on!
I thought Prez Barry's coronation was supposed to end this auto-defence!
I guess not.
It's just too good to stop using.....kids learn the same thing.... but a little different.....
"School officials fear the efforts to remove Nash could create divisions on the board, especially since he has raised the issue of racism during efforts to get him off the school board.......
During a special school board meeting last week to discuss the issue, school board attorney Gary Britton said it was his opinion that Nash was in conflict by serving on both boards and that he should resign. Britton also advised the board it could seek an opinion from the state's attorney general. A state legislator also could request such an opinion, a county elections officials has said."
Hold on!
I thought Prez Barry's coronation was supposed to end this auto-defence!
I guess not.
It's just too good to stop using.....kids learn the same thing.... but a little different.....
Obama hates white people and wants them to die
"With nearly 1.5 million people in the mid-west without power during a cold snap, what other possible reason is there that this new 'competent' administration and FEMA would be failing so spectacularly in helping in this natural disaster?
It's got to be that Obama hates white people and wants them to die!"
What's good for the media goose is good for the media gander?
Bumps in the Road: Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
"I've always gotten pleasure cheating on my income tax, but the creme de la creme is cheating via electronic filing."
Obama's HHS Secretary Nominee Faces Tax Questions Over Car and Driver
"This is the second Cabinet nominee of President Obama's to face questions of tax malfeasance. Geithner paid more than $34,000 in taxes during his vetting process for income earned at the International Monetary Fund. Earlier, Commerce secretary nominee Bill Richardson withdrew his name from consideration after reports of a federal investigation involving whether his office engaged in 'pay to play,'"
Wow, this is BIG!
3 crooks in 10 days!
A new record for appointing crooks?
I'm sure we'll see the the unbiased media screaming "culture of corruption".... right?
"This is the second Cabinet nominee of President Obama's to face questions of tax malfeasance. Geithner paid more than $34,000 in taxes during his vetting process for income earned at the International Monetary Fund. Earlier, Commerce secretary nominee Bill Richardson withdrew his name from consideration after reports of a federal investigation involving whether his office engaged in 'pay to play,'"
Wow, this is BIG!
3 crooks in 10 days!
A new record for appointing crooks?
I'm sure we'll see the the unbiased media screaming "culture of corruption".... right?
Saturday, January 31, 2009
OUTRAGE: Obama and FEMA leave Americans to die in Kentucky. Media firestorm in . . . well, never….
OUTRAGE: Obama and FEMA leave Americans to die in Kentucky. Media firestorm in . . . well, never….
"January 31, 2009
OUTRAGE: Obama and FEMA leave Americans to die in Kentucky. Media firestorm in . . . well, never.
Plus, “Obama dozed, people froze.”
And Juliette Ochieng emails: “President Obama doesn’t care about white people…and neither do the MSM.”
Well, that wouldn’t fit the narrative.
"January 31, 2009
OUTRAGE: Obama and FEMA leave Americans to die in Kentucky. Media firestorm in . . . well, never.
Plus, “Obama dozed, people froze.”
And Juliette Ochieng emails: “President Obama doesn’t care about white people…and neither do the MSM.”
Well, that wouldn’t fit the narrative.
The Myth of the ‘Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor’
The Myth of the ‘Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor’:
"It gets repeated so frequently and so persistently that many assume it must be true: the rich are getting richer and the poor have been left behind in ever-larger numbers, especially during the eeeeeevil Bush administration.
Baloney."
"It gets repeated so frequently and so persistently that many assume it must be true: the rich are getting richer and the poor have been left behind in ever-larger numbers, especially during the eeeeeevil Bush administration.
Baloney."
CARPE DIEM: Superbowl Tickets $1000 Less Than Last Year
Superbowl Tickets $1000 Less Than Last Year
"That means on the low end you're finding tickets going for about $1,400 and they're going to be coming down even farther as the weekend goes on,' said Pate."
Wow!
"That means on the low end you're finding tickets going for about $1,400 and they're going to be coming down even farther as the weekend goes on,' said Pate."
Wow!
Things must be REALLY bad if the cheap seats are only $1,400.
...what do the hotdogs cost.....
....is this still Bush's fault or Engler's..... cause of the Lions mess?....
Liberal media dumber than 128 year old woman!
Uzbekistan Claims World's Oldest Woman
"Uzbekistan officials say they have found the world's oldest woman and, if her age proves to be accurate, she would be the oldest documented person to have ever lived, according to the BBC News.
Tuti Yusupova's birth certificate says she was born in 1880, officials told the BBC.
Wow!
This is big! (I wonder what type of yogurt she eats)
Uzbekistan records are known to be the most accurate of any birth records in the liberal media world!
Nice to see the tradition of "fact" checking continues!
"Uzbekistan officials say they have found the world's oldest woman and, if her age proves to be accurate, she would be the oldest documented person to have ever lived, according to the BBC News.
Tuti Yusupova's birth certificate says she was born in 1880, officials told the BBC.
Wow!
This is big! (I wonder what type of yogurt she eats)
Uzbekistan records are known to be the most accurate of any birth records in the liberal media world!
Nice to see the tradition of "fact" checking continues!
global economic traffic jam has Muskegon backed up
Economist George Erickcek says global economic traffic jam has Muskegon backed up
'We find that the best and the brightest are going to Chicago and other areas,' Erickcek told the chamber breakfast crowd. 'It's a challenge we have to work on in Muskegon County.'"
But let's not address the ever increasing taxes, never accountable schools, crime rate, ornery city/county government services and the Frauenthalians who waste precious tax dollars on personal projects.
No. Let's not do that.
Don't want to offend anyone.... ya know.....
'We find that the best and the brightest are going to Chicago and other areas,' Erickcek told the chamber breakfast crowd. 'It's a challenge we have to work on in Muskegon County.'"
But let's not address the ever increasing taxes, never accountable schools, crime rate, ornery city/county government services and the Frauenthalians who waste precious tax dollars on personal projects.
No. Let's not do that.
Don't want to offend anyone.... ya know.....
Cause and Effect - Part 1
Cause and Effect - Part 1:
"We can learn from them. ..Or can we?
Consider the basic and fundamental reason for the current financial (housing based) crisis. It started many years ago with one of the most incompetent presidents this country has ever seen. See if you can guess from the following multiple choice:
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Jimmy Carter
C. Jimmy Carter
D. All of the above.
I believe the answer is somewhere along the lines of 1977: Jimmy Carter rams the Community Reinvestment Act through Congress.
Note that it has since been reinforced by Democrat (Clinton) and Only slightly rebuffed by a distracted Republican Bush white house, however note that even Bush’s administration Mankiw warned of trouble:
“2001: Bush administration warns of impending doom. In Bush’s first year in office, the White House’s chief economist, N. Gregory Mankiw, warned Fannie and Freddie’s loans to unqualified borrowers and other complications at the two institutions were creating a huge risk for the entire financial system.
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) denounced Mankiw, accusing him of having no “concern about housing.” ”"
"We can learn from them. ..Or can we?
Consider the basic and fundamental reason for the current financial (housing based) crisis. It started many years ago with one of the most incompetent presidents this country has ever seen. See if you can guess from the following multiple choice:
A. Jimmy Carter
B. Jimmy Carter
C. Jimmy Carter
D. All of the above.
I believe the answer is somewhere along the lines of 1977: Jimmy Carter rams the Community Reinvestment Act through Congress.
Note that it has since been reinforced by Democrat (Clinton) and Only slightly rebuffed by a distracted Republican Bush white house, however note that even Bush’s administration Mankiw warned of trouble:
“2001: Bush administration warns of impending doom. In Bush’s first year in office, the White House’s chief economist, N. Gregory Mankiw, warned Fannie and Freddie’s loans to unqualified borrowers and other complications at the two institutions were creating a huge risk for the entire financial system.
Representative Barney Frank (D-MA) denounced Mankiw, accusing him of having no “concern about housing.” ”"
OBAMA’S PLAN HAS ALREADY BOOSTED TAX COLLECTIONS!
OBAMA’S PLAN HAS ALREADY BOOSTED TAX COLLECTIONS!
In office less than two weeks, President Barack Obama has already increased tax receipts at the U.S. Treasury with an innovative plan to get tax-dodgers to pay up, in full, immediately.
“The president’s plan is simple but ingenious,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, “He targets wealthy individuals who filed inaccurate tax forms, cheating the government out of tens of thousands of dollars. Then he just nominates them for cabinet positions. They suddenly see the error of their ways, and they cut checks for the full amount owed, plus interest.”"
Wow!
This man, Obama, is deep!
In office less than two weeks, President Barack Obama has already increased tax receipts at the U.S. Treasury with an innovative plan to get tax-dodgers to pay up, in full, immediately.
“The president’s plan is simple but ingenious,” said White House spokesman Robert Gibbs, “He targets wealthy individuals who filed inaccurate tax forms, cheating the government out of tens of thousands of dollars. Then he just nominates them for cabinet positions. They suddenly see the error of their ways, and they cut checks for the full amount owed, plus interest.”"
Wow!
This man, Obama, is deep!
Our health system basically "broke"
Our health system basically "broke"
"THE full extent of the disease plaguing the NSW health system can be revealed, with an analysis showing every one of the state's 220 public hospitals is either battling to pay bills, struggling to attract staff or short of beds."
This is the SAME system that demo-crook leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed want to force on our seniors!
And have the kids pay for!
"THE full extent of the disease plaguing the NSW health system can be revealed, with an analysis showing every one of the state's 220 public hospitals is either battling to pay bills, struggling to attract staff or short of beds."
This is the SAME system that demo-crook leaders Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed want to force on our seniors!
And have the kids pay for!
Obama's Animal Farm Cabinet
Obama pushes economic plan
"Obama was facing a new political distraction -- the disclosure that Tom Daschle, picked to spearhead U.S. health care reform, failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes.
It was the latest glitch in Obama's effort to complete his cabinet and focus on his administration's top priorities. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's nomination was held up earlier by criticism over late payment of $34,000 in taxes."
"Obama was facing a new political distraction -- the disclosure that Tom Daschle, picked to spearhead U.S. health care reform, failed to pay more than $128,000 in taxes.
It was the latest glitch in Obama's effort to complete his cabinet and focus on his administration's top priorities. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner's nomination was held up earlier by criticism over late payment of $34,000 in taxes."
I guess Prez Barry is telling us that :
"All animals (democrats) are equal but some are more equal than others"
We cut, they buy bigger belts!
The Intellectual Redneck
"If this doesn't make you want to fly to Washington and slap your legislator, nothing ever will. Congress gives itself a $93,000 raise to stimulate the economy"
"If this doesn't make you want to fly to Washington and slap your legislator, nothing ever will. Congress gives itself a $93,000 raise to stimulate the economy"
more adulation from the NYT
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code
"Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor."
Imagine how the NYT would report this if Bush had showed up for work at 9:00AM!
Is this a "community organizer" thing or something congenital?
"Mr. Obama’s work habits are already becoming clear. He shows up at the Oval Office shortly before 9 in the morning, roughly two hours later than his early-to-bed, early-to-rise predecessor."
Imagine how the NYT would report this if Bush had showed up for work at 9:00AM!
Is this a "community organizer" thing or something congenital?
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code
White House Unbuttons Formal Dress Code
"Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”
Thus did an ironclad rule of the George W. Bush administration — coat and tie in the Oval Office at all times"
I recall the wonderful results when teachers dressed down from coat/tie and professional dresses for women.
Maybe the operative phrase should be "change we can believe didn't work before"?
"Mr. Obama’s senior adviser, David Axelrod, who occupies the small but strategically located office next door to his boss. “He likes it warm. You could grow orchids in there.”
Thus did an ironclad rule of the George W. Bush administration — coat and tie in the Oval Office at all times"
I recall the wonderful results when teachers dressed down from coat/tie and professional dresses for women.
Maybe the operative phrase should be "change we can believe didn't work before"?
Iran says Obama's offer to talk shows US failure
Iran says Obama's offer to talk shows US failure
"US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of 'domination' has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday.
'This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of domination have failed,' Gholam Hossein Elham was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency."
Wait, wait!
I thought this was Barry Hussein's great leap forward in communication and peace in our time with the Iranians!
"US President Barack Obama's offer to talk to Iran shows that America's policy of 'domination' has failed, the government spokesman said on Saturday.
'This request means Western ideology has become passive, that capitalist thought and the system of domination have failed,' Gholam Hossein Elham was quoted as saying by the Mehr news agency."
Wait, wait!
I thought this was Barry Hussein's great leap forward in communication and peace in our time with the Iranians!
Friday, January 30, 2009
The Williams girls!
My Way - Sports News
"Serena Williams warmed up for Saturday night's women's final against Dinara Safina by combining with sister Venus to win the doubles title. They beat Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova and Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 under the roof at Melbourne Park.
It was the eighth Grand Slam doubles title and third in Australia for the Williams sisters, who also won the doubles gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Serena is aiming for her 10th singles major and to continue a sequence that includes an Australian title in every odd-numbered year since 2003."
Amazing!
"Serena Williams warmed up for Saturday night's women's final against Dinara Safina by combining with sister Venus to win the doubles title. They beat Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova and Japan's Ai Sugiyama 6-3, 6-3 under the roof at Melbourne Park.
It was the eighth Grand Slam doubles title and third in Australia for the Williams sisters, who also won the doubles gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
Serena is aiming for her 10th singles major and to continue a sequence that includes an Australian title in every odd-numbered year since 2003."
Amazing!
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman
Michael Steele becomes first black RNC chairman
"The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president."
I can't wait for the liberal media to swoon over our first black ...... sorry.... African American RNC chairman!
Man, this is gonna be great.......
yeah right...
Instead of waiting for the MSM, click this link to see a classy Republican American!
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11797280&ch=4226716&src=news
"The Republican Party chose the first black national chairman in its history Friday, just shy of three months after the nation elected a Democrat as the first African-American president."
I can't wait for the liberal media to swoon over our first black ...... sorry.... African American RNC chairman!
Man, this is gonna be great.......
yeah right...
Instead of waiting for the MSM, click this link to see a classy Republican American!
http://cosmos.bcst.yahoo.com/up/player/popup/?rn=3906861&cl=11797280&ch=4226716&src=news
Michigan gets D-plus on teacher-quality programs
Michigan gets D-plus on teacher-quality programs
Remember!
These are the same folks who want us to give them more of our hard earned income to their early retirement fund!
They don't make enough?
Not by their standards!
They win if we don't scream bloody murder!
Remember!
These are the same folks who want us to give them more of our hard earned income to their early retirement fund!
They don't make enough?
Not by their standards!
They win if we don't scream bloody murder!
Proposed Bond 2009
Proposed Bond 2009
"Approval of this bond will generate approximately $13 million."
We must understand what "generate" means.
It means "take money from homeowners and renters and business owners and give it to the Mona Shores School board".
They will then take our money and give it out as pork to their friends.
"Approval of this bond will generate approximately $13 million."
We must understand what "generate" means.
It means "take money from homeowners and renters and business owners and give it to the Mona Shores School board".
They will then take our money and give it out as pork to their friends.
A Hypocrite? Moi, Barack?
Power Line - A Hypocrite? Moi, Barack?
"But wait! Isn't the planet in peril? Isn't it incumbent on all of us to minimize our carbon footprints by turning down our heat and air conditioning? And how about this Obama quote from the campaign:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."
I guess he meant your home, sucker, not his.
Barry likes his 77 degree home and office but not yours!
"But wait! Isn't the planet in peril? Isn't it incumbent on all of us to minimize our carbon footprints by turning down our heat and air conditioning? And how about this Obama quote from the campaign:
"We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times . . . and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK."
I guess he meant your home, sucker, not his.
Barry likes his 77 degree home and office but not yours!
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