The Mayor of Detroit wants to exempt his cell and text porn from the Freedom of Information Act. I can’t imagine why.
He’s also got the Marc Dann “friends and family” hiring policy. [...]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
FRIDAY May 16, 2008
CONTACT: JIM TRAKAS
216-621-5418 / 216-534-6347
( INDEPENDENCE ) Continuing a theme that is becoming all too familiar, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich [...]
Father’s Day; Christmas; Grandma’s Hugs;
Not Far Behind?
( INDEPENDENCE ) Continuing a theme that is becoming all too familiar, Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-10) found himself as one of only eight members of the House of Representatives who voted Thursday, May 15th against H.R. 5872, a [...]
Texas billionaire T. Boone Pickens's Mesa Power LLP placed the biggest-ever single-site order for wind turbines with General Electric Co., the latest sign of growing momentum behind clean-energy initiatives despite lingering uncertainty over government support.
Mesa will purchase [...]
From The Columbus Dispatch:
Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann spent his first day after resigning helping his wife with her business selling dishes online.
Dann's attorney Mike Harshman says Dann helped his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff Dann, with her side job selling Fiestaware on the Internet.
The article adds, "Harshman says Dann [...]
Just 'Cos
There's an old Bill Cosby bit that deals with shop class. One of the kids thought it would be funny to put a bullet in the furnace. Then, in the middle of class, the bullet [...]
At the Internal Revenue Service, one employee over a two-year period took sick leave on 13 of the 14 Tuesdays after a [...]
The School that Changed the World
Chicago is known for a lot of things. Yes, this city’s ability to stuff ballot boxes and pizzas is [...]
When the going gets rough, Percy Mack gets going. With no real plan on how to inspire the voters of Dayton to reach into their pockets for more money- Dr. Mack took the easy route out- heading for Columbia SC and more money.
The school board had no plan in place, [...]
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (AP) — Former Ohio Attorney General Marc Dann spent his first day after resigning helping his wife with her business selling dishes online.Dann's attorney Mike Harshman says Dann helped his wife, Alyssa Lenhoff [...]
Susan asks: You said that there should be more Republicans on the Central Committee. How does that work?If I actually said that, what I meant to say was that there should be more conservatives on Central Committees. You know, the people who generally refer to themselves as "real" Republicans.
Check out this AP News Alert:WATERTOWN, S.D. (AP) Obama calls Bush's comments on appeasement "exactly the kind of appalling attack that's divided our country and alienates us from the rest of the world."So, does this mean that Obama is for appeasement? That has never worked before... Just another [...]
Matthis Chiroux is the kind of young American US military recruiters love."I was from a poor, white family from the south, and I did badly in school," the now 24-year-old told AFP.
"I was 'filet mignon' for recruiters. They started phoning me when I was in 10th [...]
How different do you think Americans’ take on the current economy would be if the business press picked up on the fact that the bad employment news is coming predominantly out of two struggling states — and that most of the rest of the nation is holding its own?
That’s the [...]
Congress has an approval rating of 18%, the lowest since Gallup has taken these types of polls. The “leader” of the House of Representatives from the Liberal bastion of Leftist, Socialist, Marxist, and Lenin Lovers is one Nancy Pelosi. 
Ms. Pelosi has played Secretary of State visiting rogue [...]
Congress has an approval rating of 18%, the lowest since Gallup has taken these types of polls. The “leader” of the House of Representatives from the Liberal bastion of Leftist, Socialist, Marxist, and Lenin Lovers is one Nancy Pelosi.
Ms. Pelosi has played Secretary of State visiting rogue [...]
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Well, there is really only one that’s important- head down to downtown tonight for Urban Nights. Check out the restaurants, bars, art galleries, urban living spaces and watch the people.
There will be cool stuff happening all over- but the new green modular home on Patterson and whatever the Dayton Circus [...]
In high-rent districts, grocers find a way to shoe horn a store in at any cost. When it’s not a high-rent district, they scream poverty and ask for city support.
What kind of Kroger store could be built- on the current site? Huge, when you build the store at grade and [...]
I wanted to take a second to note this piece over at Stark Politics which raises an important question for voters in OH-16: Was John Boccieri (D-Lives Nowhere Near OH-16) a coward on the whole Marc Dann debacle? And what does that mean for his congressional race?It looks like a pretty slow news day thus far and I'm too lazy to go too far in searching for stuff to write about, so I'm going to open up a post for questions and comments on anything you want to talk about. If your question is interesting [...]
WASHINGTON (AP) Housing posts surprising rebound in April reflecting strength in apartment construction.I blame...somebody. [...]
“Things I‘d Like To Post About Today; But I Don’t Have Any Time ‘4‘”:
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From Reuters --
Sigurdur Hjartarson is missing a human penis. But he's not worried: four men have promised to donate theirs to him when they die.
Hjartarson is [...]
Old Man Joe Hallett of The Columbus Dispatch reports on John McCain’s visit to Columbus:
Sen. John McCain beamed himself into the fourth year of his would-be Republican presidency yesterday and looked back at a mostly concluded Iraq war, a captured or killed Osama bin Laden and a robust economy.
Speaking [...]
