Butler mascot remains banned from NCAA tournament but could appear at Final Four

Butler mascot remains banned from NCAA tournament but could appear at Final Four - ESPN
"Butler's bulldog will be impounded again next weekend.
School officials say Blue II will not travel to New Orleans, where the men's basketball team faces fourth-seeded Wisconsin in Thursday's regional semifinals.

NCAA officials banned live mascots from this weekend's games, saying there was not enough space and because of the quick turnarounds for other events in those arenas.
The NCAA says it may give Blue II an exemption if Butler makes it back to the Final Four in Houston."

The Next Jackie O- GAH

The Next Jackie O- GAH
"Welcome to Wal Mart Moment at the White House, where each picture is worth a thousand words, all with a little bit of catty in them..."

Click and browse at the "class" that inhabits the people's house of the greatest nation on earth.

"Let's win this game for all the small schools that never had a chance to get here."

One of the few "pleasures" of having my men's and women's MSU hoopsters out of the tournament is that I usually focus on the teams I want to lose...bwa hahahahahahahahah..........

But the Butler Bulldogs became my second favorite team last year when they nipped my Spartan men in Indy.

Really fine, down to earth fans and a beautiful, if small, campus right in the city known for the Indy 500.

And Hinkle Fieldhouse ought to be a national monument.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hinkle_Fieldhouse

Well, they won again tonight!

Oh yeah!

So GO BULLDOGS!

Chinese Professor on the late, great, America

Gov. Walker's Legislation Has Unions Caving Already

Gov. Walker's Legislation Has Unions Caving Already - Page 1 - Kyle Olson - Townhall Conservative
"Apparently Gov. Scott Walker knew exactly what he was doing."

Great article from Muskegon's own Kyle Olson!

This governor's courageous bill will save taxpayer's money, teacher's jobs and keep the same teacher/student ratio.
Why are the big teacher unions fighting it?

#1 The School Foundation Allowance Myth

#1 The School Foundation Allowance Myth [Mackinac Center]
"As mentioned, total per-pupil revenue in 2009 was $13,074, well above those “basic” and “maximum” foundation allowances."

CARPE DIEM: The Price of Taxing the Rich

CARPE DIEM: The Price of Taxing the Rich

Sorta "cause and effect"?
Who'd of guessed?
"If we tax them, they will come.....to someplace else....."

Haley Barbour On Global Warming: ‘We Should Proceed’ As If It ‘Is Actually Happening’

Haley Barbour On Global Warming: ‘We Should Proceed’ As If It ‘Is Actually Happening’ - The Note
"Potential presidential candidate Haley Barbour appears to be staking out a moderate position on global warming

than some of his possible rivals, saying at an event in eastern Iowa on Friday that the country should

“proceed in national policy as if global warming is actually happening.”"

OK, it's over for Haley.
RINO alert!

Florida House passes bill that bans automatic union dues deduction

Florida House passes bill that bans automatic union dues deduction - OrlandoSentinel.com
"Rep. Chris Dorworth, R-Lake Mary, the House sponsor of the legislation, said this was simply the state's movement to get out of the dues deduction business and let the unions take care of it."

Why the heck is state taxpayer's money used to collect union dues?
Why not have the state collect republican party dues...or even BETTER, Michigan Tea Party dues!
It's still going on in Michigan.
Let's fix this rip off soon!

What’s 15% of $0?

What’s 15% of $0? « Burypensions Blog
"There are a lot of people, mostly representing governments, who want you to think that there is no crisis in public pensions and there are a lot of people, mostly government workers, who want to believe them."

Michigan House Fiscal Agency director to explain budget issues in Muskegon

Michigan House Fiscal Agency director to explain budget issues in Muskegon MLive.com
"Michigan House Fiscal Agency Director Mitch Bean will present Gov. Rick Snyder's 2012 budget at a town hall meeting 7 p.m. Monday at Muskegon Community College."

Stun guns for citizens a charged issue with law enforcement, legislators

Stun guns for citizens a charged issue with law enforcement, legislators MLive.com
"Hansen said he introduced the bill on Jan. 19, hoping to revise various provisions of the state concealed pistol permit law to also allow permit holders to keep and bear the stun guns “subject to the same regulations and restrictions as concealed pistols,” according to the bill.

“You would have the same rules in place,” Hansen said."

Good one Goeff!
Keep it up!

Ex-Oakland County Democratic Party officials charged

Ex-Oakland County Democratic Party officials charged C & G Newspapers
"Of the eight tea party candidates to file for office in Oakland County for last November’s election, Bouchard said four of them were faked.
None of the eight ended up on the ballot."

Human Achievement Hour-coming soon!

Let's celebrate US producers for a change!
Lights on Saturday for progress!

Biofuel policy is causing starvation, says Nestlé boss

Biofuel policy is causing starvation, says Nestlé boss - Business News, Business - The Independent
"Soaring food inflation is the result of 'immoral' policies in the US which divert crops for use in the production of biofuels instead of food, according to the chairman of one of the world's largest food companies.

Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, the chairman of Nestlé, lashed out at the Obama administration for promoting the use of ethanol made from corn, at the expense of hundreds of millions of people struggling to afford everyday basics made from the crop."

It's time to curb welfare growth

It's time to curb welfare growth detnews.com The Detroit News
"According to the Office of Management and Budget, 'human services' — Social Security; Medicare; health-expenditures; education, training, employment, and social services; veterans benefits; and the euphemistically-named 'income security' (i.e., unemployment benefits) — were consuming 4 percent of America's GDP in 1949.
By 1976, this figure had increased to 11.7 percent.

In 2009, it was consuming 15.3 percent of GDP.

Currently, 75 percent of human services spending was on Social Security, Medicare and 'income security' — in short, the core welfare state."

We're gonna run out of other people's money, folks...and soon...then what are we gonna do?

Caught Red-Handed

Caught Red-Handed - Investors.com
"Even the so-loathed Sen. Joseph McCarthy has been rehabilitated, by M. Stanton Evans in 'Blacklisted by History.'

Evans illustrates, for example, that U.S. Army counsel Joseph Welch's famed 'Have you no decency?' line during McCarthy's televised hearings was actually a melodramatic deceit;

Welch himself had weeks earlier fired the 'young lad' he accused McCarthy of slandering, admitting that he was indeed a member of the National Lawyers Guild Communist front group.

The evidence just keeps coming that most of what those irresponsible 'Red baiters' were saying in the 1950s was right."

"Idiocracy" introduction - the future of human evolution

Are We Broke?

Are We Broke? Michael D. Tanner Cato Institute: Commentary
"With the United States running a $1.65 trillion budget deficit and getting ready to hit the $14.3 trillion national-debt limit, a strange new mantra has surfaced among advocates of big government:
We're not really facing a budget crisis.
'We're not broke,' writes E. J. Dionne in the Washington Post.

'We're not broke, and Boehner shouldn't say that we are,' echoes the Washington Monthly.

'The nation is not, in fact, broke,' agrees Paul Krugman, obviously having gotten the memo.

Oh, really?"

Muskegon County officials weigh jail options, including using state prison

Muskegon County officials weigh jail options, including using state prison MLive.com#comments:
"Building a new facility or converting a soon-to-be-vacant state prison are being considered as potential solutions to Muskegon County's concerns about its outdated and overcrowded jail."

Note that privatizing the jail isn't even a discussion point.
These dudes want a new jail building, big time!

Michigan motorists to pay most ever to cover costs of accident injuries

Michigan motorists to pay most ever to cover costs of accident injuries Detroit Free Press freep.com
"Michigan is the only state that requires all drivers to have unlimited medical coverage for injuries suffered in auto accidents."

Wonder why employers who have drivers won't domicile in Michigan?

MSU cuts ties with football booster club -more....

MSU cuts ties with football booster club Lansing State Journal lansingstatejournal.com

"justjabbering
Here is some more information on what they are investigating:

The letter from the lottery shows five checks made out to board members for expenses like $1,140 for a holiday party; another $1,781.32 for a trip to a bowl game; and another, worth about $1,200, for the Alamo Bowl.

Perhaps the worst -- a credit card receipt for almost $20,000 in season tickets to MSU athletic events, most of which went to board members.

Another credit card receipt shows more than $3,000 spent on season tickets to the Lansing Lugnuts."

This looks alot like a bunch of crooks stealing money cuz they can.........dang!

Obamacare Chatroulette

Free stuff is cool!

Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls

My Way News - Across country, GOP pushes photo ID at the polls
"Empowered by last year's elections, Republican leaders in about half the states are pushing to require voters to show photo ID at the polls despite little evidence of fraud and already-substantial punishments for those who vote illegally."

This is a huge difference between the two political parties.

If you want voter fraud, vote democrat.

MSU football booster club investigated

MSU football booster club investigated WOOD TV8
"Michigan State University has suspended all activities with a football booster club after learning the Michigan Lottery Commission is investigating the organization.
The Downtown Coaches Club is a nonprofit organization that runs raffles at the university's football games, among other activities.
It's independent of the Michigan State Athletics Office."

Doh!
They'll never take me alive!!!!!!

Three states considering taxing electric cars to compensate for lost gas taxes

Three states considering taxing electric cars to compensate for lost gas taxes — Autoblog Green
"Opting to buy a battery-powered, all-electric vehicle not only frees your vehicle of tailpipe emissions.
It also means owners of plug-ins don't have to pay gas taxes, right?

Well, for residents of the states of Washington, Oregon and Texas, that sort of depends on whether or not soon-to-be introduced legislation to establish Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) taxes for electric vehicles gets passed into law."

You don't think this is coming to Michigan too?
And all to pacify the enviro-loonies and their rich green-car owners.
Tax the poor to subsidize the rich....great!

MySpace loses 10 million users in a month

MySpace loses 10 million users in a month - Telegraph
"MySpace lost 10 million unique users between January and February of this year, going form 73 million to 63 million in a matter of four weeks"

Could anti-obesity campaigns eventually be as successful as anti-smoking efforts?

Could anti-obesity campaigns eventually be as successful as anti-smoking efforts? MLive.com
"“This is a public health issue. It’s not something we can cure in hospitals or doctor offices or research centers; we don’t have a pill for it.
It’s a behavior thing, and that’s why it’s so hard,” he said."

Wow, this is gonna be great!
I sorta remember that cigarette prices went from 15 cents a pack to today's $4-$10.00/pack price.
So if we simply do the same for food we'll have a bunch of thin, fit Americans?
Only if we really, really spend a lot of money on the government program....right?

Lake Michigan wind-assessment buoy gets final approval from feds

Lake Michigan wind-assessment buoy gets final approval from feds MLive.com
"The U.S. Department of Energy, the Michigan Public Service Commission, We Energies of Wisconsin and the Sierra Club provided funding for the project.

In June, the project secured $3.1 million in grants and research funds."

$3.1 MILLION?

Michigan political party disclosure change proposed

Michigan political party disclosure change proposed MLive.com
"Johnson's proposal would require disclosure of petition circulation activities as part of the campaign finance process for qualifying a newly created political party."

This is an issue GOPers and democrats ought to embrace.......but why is the left silent?