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July 27, 2010 - More false statements from Secretary of State candidate Ruth Johnson - Another flyer filled with false statements has been sent out by Ruth Johnson of Oakland County. I hesitate to say lies, but damn it that is what she is doing, lying, as she continues to act like the politician conservatives want to get rid of. Is she acting out of desperation or is it a lack of character? Is she a spoiled brat and will do anything to get her way? Whatever, she is bad for Michigan. more...
July 24, 2010 - Yesterday I went to a Michigan state-wide Tea Party Fair at the Charlotte, Michigan Fairgrounds. As a candidate for precinct delegate I was interested in the Secretary of State debate because precinct delegates are totally responsible for choosing who represents their party in the general election. more...
July 21, 2010 - Today, Obama signed into law another historical footnote in his attempt to destroy America. It is billed as; “Historic financial overhaul signed into law by Obama”, by the Associated Press – Let me tell you what this historic overhaul does…. It gives Obama the authority to bail out any business he chooses and, it gives him the authority to shut down any business he chooses. It also demands unheard of regulations on business; well, not all businesses… Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are exempt.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were designed by Liberal Democrats and RINO’s to encourage banks to lend money to people who would not otherwise qualify for a home loan. This would be done by Fannie and Freddie (taxpayers) guaranteeing the loans. When banking officials still did not want to make these “bad” loans, ACORN came to the rescue. ACORN encouraged banking officials by camping out on the doorsteps of their homes.
So why are Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac exempt from strict regulation and oversight? Read on… Watch the real players in all this in the following youtube videos, then you will know…
2005/2006 Barney Frank’s Committee blocked legislation that would have controlled Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63siCHvuGFg
2008 – It all came crumbling down; our country’s financial stability was gone in an instant. And then, President Bush and McCain pussy-footed around, deciding to play into the hands of the socialists with TARP. The political history of the shameless Democrat efforts and the ineffectual Republican responses are played out -- - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
2009 – Under Obama’s guidance, and using Bush as a whipping boy, our country continues to implode
2010 – We, the people respond; the revolution continues…
April 1, 2010 - Must read articles; "Paying teachers not to teach" and "The Salary History of a Michigan Public School Teacher"
May 25, 2010 - Nofs goes to a Tea Party rally and then to a MEA rally; really? What is a Republican State Senator doing showing up at a MEA sponsored event, one of many around the state, designed to get taxpayers to shell out more money for teacher pay and benefit increases? Yup, he did just that, the REPUBLICAN Nofs, the DEMOCRAT Segal and the MEA, all rallying for higher taxes. http://www.battlecreekenquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=20105250308.
Let me give you a little history… As you may or may not recall, (Republican) Mike Nofs got $5,600 awhile back from the MEA in a special election to fill the State Senator seat previously held by Mark Schauer. Nofs was running against (Democrat) Martin Griffin who in a previous election got $4000 from the teacher union. BUT, with Nofs in the picture the MEA gave the DEMOCRAT, Martin Griffin, nothing; absolutely nothing.
I looked into this at the time and found the MEA’s “I like Mike” attitude seemed to stem from then Representative Nofs voting, with only four other House Republicans, in support of protecting the MEA’s union health care plan, MESSA, from competition.
MESSA is breaking school district after school district in Michigan and is having big problems with a group called Education Action Group, http://www.educationactiongroup.org/. Is the REPUBLICAN, Mike Nofs, a Republican In Name Only? Well, so far he is passing all the tests.
In Grand Rapids, unlike Battle Creek, reporters there asked real questions of MEA officials "The MEA is backing a plan to expand the state sales tax to cover most services to raise an estimated $500 million for education(code for pay increase). Doug Pratt, spokesman for the MEA, said the sales tax expansion is admittedly a tax increase...", http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2010/05/teachers_rally_for_extending_m.html
p.s. Mike showed up two days earlier at a Tea Party rally also held in Battle Creek. Draw your own conclusions…
May 18, 2010 - BC Lakeview faces $1.4 Million shortfall... Responding to this, the school board hopes state politicians will come to their rescue so they won't have to lay off some teachers.
Trustee Mark Kreter suggested laying off non-tenured teachers based on performance, rather than seniority. "Maybe you ought to think about letting go that marginal teacher who's in their second year and saving a rising star that just finished their first year," Kreter said. Responding this seemingly sensible question, Assistant Superintendent Steve Skalka said; "tenure laws and teacher contracts would make that difficult." - Is Skalka's response the answer or the problem? Skalka said it would be "difficult". Isn't it the job of highly paid school administrators to resolve "difficult" administrative questions?
The Lakeview teacher contract with the MEA and its' multi-million dollar insurance baby MESSA are up for negotiations this summer. Will the Lakeview Board of Ed find paying an extra Million dollars or more a year for hospitalization benefits too "difficult" to address?
Find out the truth; do your own research. Start here...
May 17, 2010 - People who represent us in Battle Creek... As a Battle Creek City Commissioner Nancy Macfarlane, “led the charge” to do away with an entry fee into Willard Beach. Now Nancy is defending her action against those who say it is not safe there anymore. Last Summer police had to be called to the beach 84 times; that’s pretty much every day. This prompted City Manager Ken Tsuchiyama to say; "We have to find a way to make sure those who do go out to Willard Beach have a safe experience," My wife and I talked to a sales associate at a store located in the mall. She said; “I no longer feel comfortable going to Willard Beach because I don’t feel safe there and because of all of the trash; dirty diapers and that kind of stuff.”
In a May 17, 2010, article in the Battle Creek Enquirer Nancy says; "It only takes a few people leaving the commission and -- bang -- the community goes backwards," -- If “backwards” is charging a fee that will encourage “bad actors” to stay away, or at least pay for a police presence to protect law abiding visitors, shouldn’t a reasoned thinking city commissioner agree?
While she said she's witnessed some issues there, she believed the park was safe; saying; “I would venture there's more criminal activity in other parts of the city. I'd venture there's more theft at Lakeview Square Mall.” – If Nancy’s goal is to raise the crime rate at Willard Beach to the levels of, as Nancy says, “other parts of the city” and “Lakeview Square Mall”, then she is obviously being successful.
She also said she believes the push to bring back the fee was not really about needing money to oversee the park, but instead was meant to keep [some people] away. – If Nancy infers that [most] Willard Beach neighbors and visitors to the Beach want “bad actors” to stay away, she hit it right on the head. If she is injecting a “race-baiting” technique, her tenure as a city commissioner should be questioned.
March 1, 2010 - Are you in Michigan? Do you know what a precinct delegate is? Without taking much of your time and without donating money, You can make a difference in an election; I’ll tell you more a little later but first, let me tell you a little about a huge problem here in Michigan. more...
February 27, 2010 - When will Republicans ever learn? At the Obama Healthcare conference Thursday, February 25, senior member of the House Ways and Means Committee Republican Paul Ryan, presented his view of the Democrat health care bill. He was articulate, presenting facts, figures and opinions that could easily be verified. That is how it went all day; Republicans tried to discuss how they would adjust the bill offered, the Democrats responding with immature condescension and emotion, offering no semblance of positive interaction in any manner.
As an example of this Democrat behavior, President Obama scheduled Congressman Xavier Becerra, also senior member of the Committee on Ways and Means, to follow Ryan. In a perfect world where two sides [want] to resolve differences of opinion, this makes sense; Becerra, also on the same committee as Ryan, would respond to Ryan’s remarks and observers would decide the credibility of the two points of view. However, It soon became obvious Becerra had no intention of addressing the content of Ryan’s remarks. The first words out of Becerra’s mouth were designed to create a “false premise”, so to detract from the essence of what Ryan actually said. This tactic of “befuddling taxpayers with B.S.” is typical of Democrats and what is also typical, is the non-response to the tactic by Republicans. Republicans continue to be caught up into responding to the “false argument” created by Democrats instead of focusing on the essence and assumptive reason for Democrats using this tactic.
To the point, Becerra said this; “Paul, you called into question the Congressional Budget office”. Saying this immediately called into question the credibility of Ryan’s entire statement. Ryan interrupted at that point saying; “let me just clarify just to be clear”. Becerra would not let Ryan respond, saying; “let me just finish”… Well, Becerra had no intention of finishing until he completely ran out of breath. To do so would give Ryan the chance to say that Becerra did not understand his words, or he is lying. Certainly Ryan would have been more polite in his response.
What Ryan [actually] said was; “since the Congressional Budget Office cannot score your bill because it doesn’t have sufficient detail…” Becerra continued to use his time distorting Ryan’s comment about the Congressional Budget Office and refusing to let Ryan interrupt so Ryan could put to rest Becerra’s lies, or in Washington parlance, inaccurate representation of the facts. After Becerra was done rambling on, President Obama immediately went on to someone else or rambled on himself, closing any further attempt by Ryan to respond.
Access youtube video of Ryan’s presentation and Becerra’s response and you will see it happen before your eyes. Bottom line, the ploy worked, as it always does, and the idiocy of the day continued; no substance from Democrats, only theater designed to support using reconciliation to ram through Obama’s health care fiasco.
Democrats believe it is OK to lie as long as it’s for the “greater good”(in their minds). Republicans should be making sure the truth is being told for “the good of all”.
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A note from me.... If I ever use the word "fair" or especially the word "fairness", in any context, I have gone over the edge. I will expect my conservative friends to pull me back!
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You don't have to teach a man to fish; teach him anything. Just get him off the welfare rolls. While you're at it-- teach your daughter some parenting skills and your son responsibility! Yes, all three are tied together; solve one, the other two are automatic!
Heck, if you're reading this you already know all this. So, so, so then go out and tell someone who needs it...
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