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Tag: Michigan Banana Republican Party (page 4)By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
The more "experienced" readers of this site might recall Michigan's Great Taxpayer Revolt of 1983. In January of that year, newly-inaugurated Governor James Blanchard, who had promised in his 1982 campaign against Richard Headlee that he would not address the state's financial problems through a tax increase except as a last resort, wasted a grand total of one month sliding a 38% increase in the state's income tax through the Democrat-controlled state legislature. The resulting fifteen-target recall campaign succeeded in taking out both Phil Mastin and David Serotkin (flipping the State Senate to Republican control), triggered the political ascension of a theretofore-obscure state senator by the name of John Engler (whose 1990 gubernatorial campaign against Blanchard carried the shadow of the 1983 revolt), and so thoroughly spooked state legislators that tax increases were a very touchy subject on both sides of the aisle for the next two decades.
And then came Governor Granholm.
 (4 comments, 1453 words in story) Full Story By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Just in case you've forgotten, there is a special primary election taking place in the old 11th Congressional District about a week from now. According to the Official Michigan Special Primary Candidate Listing, this is going to be a non-issue for the democrats, as David Curson is unopposed. The republican side of that ballot, however, is the entire reason for next week's special election in the first place. And that's just what the mischief-makers on both sides are probably counting on.
 (4 comments, 752 words in story) Full Story By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
My adult daughter, Jenni, is an LSSU senior majoring in Criminal Justice, minoring in Homeland Security, who enjoys Sudoku and word searches, and has as her hobby Criminal Psychology. (Jason and Junior, you've both met her.) We've discussed her doing a stint in Military Intel after she graduates, and she once asked me what I knew about the field. I told her that intel work is often very similar to assembling a complex jigsaw puzzle without having any clue what the final picture is supposed to look like.
What I'm going to discuss below the fold is like that. I didn't start accumulating this information until about a week and a half ago, and an issue a little closer to home has distracted me from figuring out how this all fits together (if it fits together at all). So, because this is time sensitive, what I'm going to do is just lay out what I have here, keep the commentary to a minimum, and trust that the readers will figure this out (if that's even necessary at this point).
 (4 comments, 1883 words in story) Full Story By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
I have more than once on this site cited a paraphrase of John F. Kennedy's warning: Those who insist on making a peaceful takeover impossible will ultimately make a takeover by revolt inevitable, and perhaps even necessary. Since we cannot seem to trust the blueblood elites in the establishment to get the message, let's go below the fold and discuss an idea to "grease the skids" for their removal from power.
(3 comments, 383 words in story) Full Story By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Pay close attention, easily duped Governerd fanbots.
Unfortunately, CATO pulled its punches on ObamneyCare much like have the goofy edge-nibbling Health Care Compact proponents. The right way of addressing Federally administered RomneyCare for all? (272 words in story) Full Story By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Just so that we can continue to show Nancy Cassis a little attention here on RightMichigan, let me draw your attention to a little scheme to put taxpayers on the hook for boneheaded decisions made by their local governments, specifically with regard to labor agreements.
(14 comments, 875 words in story) Full Story By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Mentioning the term "abusive relationship" will often conjure up any number of images in the listener's mind, from a physically violent spouse or parent to a tyrannical employer or a manipulative neighbor. But no matter the scenario or the type of relationship (domestic, intimate, personal, professional, or social), there is one thing that all truly abusive relationships have in common . . . exactly one common thread running through all abusive relationships that is the sole defining characteristic demarcating what does and doesn't make any relationship abusive. And until the person on the receiving end of the abuse gets this, there is no chance of breaking the cycle.
(2 comments, 1797 words in story) Full Story By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Highlights from MCC
But contrast the following bills included in the report to what happened in Wisconsin recently, where voters in effect confirmed major reforms enacted there last year: So much for that fed up with bloated budgets, big spending and taxing Jenny Granholm form of government that gifted the 2010 vote to the MI-GOP control in Lansing. Every one of them deserves to face a primary challenger. (255 words in story) Full Story
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