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Tag: The Flim-Flam Man (page 2)

The True Cost of Health Care

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 11, 2013 at 10:56:57 AM EST
Tags: Sheeple were Made To Be Shorn, Insurance Industry, Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890, Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, Health Lobby, FDA, Individual Mandate, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Same Snake Two Heads, Crony Capitalism, Romneycare, PPACA, Obamacare, Snydercaid, Un-healthy Michigan Rip-Off, Slick Rick, The Flim-Flam Man, One Term Nerd (all tags)

H/t Market Ticker

OABTW, if you're too lazy to go over to that link, shame on YOU.

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Transparency in The D and Lansing

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Nov 08, 2013 at 09:53:04 AM EST
Tags: Rich Baird, Jones Day, Kevyn Orr, Andy Dillon, Slick Rick, Snyder, Mike Duggan, The Ed McNamara Machine, NERD Fund, State Lawyers, Shysters, Bankrupt Detoilet, Public Sector Unions, Call a whaaaambulance, Cronyism, Pay Raise, Public Trough, Taxpayers, Flint Police Chief, Michigan Banana Republican Party, Common Core, Belle Isle Money Pit, Obamacare, Snydercaid, The Flim-Flam Man, Transparency, One Term Nerd (all tags)

Who is that mouthpiece? Is that Baird's private retained service or, is that one on the taxpayer's clock?

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A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

Stay Home, Fatso

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Wed Nov 06, 2013 at 01:16:44 PM EST
Tags: Chris Christie, John Ashcroft, Bernie Madoff, Slick Rick, Transparency, Snyder, Ardesta, The Flim-flam Man, 2014, Progressivism, Governors, One Term Nerd (all tags)

Just what this state needs. A corrupt East coast liberal, lobbyist for Bernie Madoff, turned Joisey blowhard governor stinking up the Mitten.

Christie, who will become head of the Republican Governors Association this month, plans to campaign in states that he could need if he seeks the Republican presidential nomination in 2016. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder has not formally announced he will seek re-election, but is widely expected to do so early next year.
Christie told The New York Times on Tuesday he would appear frequently next year in "places like Ohio and Michigan and Florida."

AYFKM?!?! Thanks to Reince Priebus, the GOP remains dead to me. The Libertarians are the dumbest of the lot, so much so, that even Uncle Squeaky couldn't save his "free the weed" following from voting Obama's stalking horse Anarcho-Lunacy.

I'll leave y'all with a quote from 2012's VP vetting that says it all about Christie - "He sounds like the biggest a$$hole in the world," Stevens griped to his partner, Russ Shriefer.

Indeed, Mr. Stevens... yannow, "Pufferfish" is Snyder's kinda peeps.

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So, what was Schuette's cut?

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Mon Nov 04, 2013 at 11:30:17 AM EST
Tags: Robert Ficano, John Rakolta Jr, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Strange bedfellows, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Andy Dillon, Michigan Democratic Party, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, Ron Boji, The Flim-Flam Man, Transparency, One Term Nerd, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Cronyism, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, memory holes, Michigan Romney Campaign, Dave Trott, Richardville, AG Bill Schuette, Dan Gilbert (all tags)

How the allegedly unbiased State AG hasn't raided Rakolta's Walbridge offices becomes... rather glaring.

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You Didn't See It, Now You Won't

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Tue Oct 22, 2013 at 08:17:38 AM EST
Tags: Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, NERD Fund, The Flim-Flam Man, Disappearing Act, Cronyism, Pay Raise, Rich Baird, Public Trough, Taxpayers, Belle Isle Money Pit, Bankrupt Detoilet, Kevyn Orr, Flint Police Chief, Transparency, Michigan Banana Republican Party, Snydercaid, One Term Nerd (all tags)

"we ought to be more transparent than we have to be"

How dumb. Just disclose what you have now and move along. L. Brooks Patterson doesn't hesitate to name those he shakes down and those buying influence in Oakland County, however, Rick Snyder is above that as if his donors are like Barry's college transcripts.

"I think if you don't release it, it looks like there's something suspicious," Patterson told The News. "We all talk about transparency and we either live it or not."
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"It's easier to hit your supporters for a donation sometimes, than getting them to donate from their personal account," Patterson said of getting corporate donations made to the fund.
Snyder testified last week in a deposition in Detroit's bankruptcy case that he doesn't know who donates to the fund - an admission that's raised some eyebrows. "It's almost dereliction of duty if he didn't know who the donors were," Robinson said.

Rich Baird testified he didn't know either. What a pack of lies. So, what's a Nerd to do? Naturally, Rick Snyder put's his crony on the public dole with a $40,000 pay raise. Frilliant!

One Term Nerd

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Lansing Still Wants to Raise our Gas and Diesel Tax?

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Oct 18, 2013 at 10:46:02 AM EST
Tags: Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, Ron Boji, MDOT, Robert Ficano, memory holes, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, John Rakolta Jr, Jail to Nowhere, Dan Gilbert, Feral Government, Michigan Strategic Fund, Affirmative Action Meets The Peter Principle, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, Rich Baird, Cronyism, Kevyn Orr, NERD Fund, Transparency, Michigan Banana Republican Party, Snydercaid, The Flim-Flam Man, One Term Nerd (all tags)

The alleged Party of principle, strikes again.

Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Ron Boji, of Orchard Lake, to the state Transportation Commission.
The six-member commission is the policy-making body for all state transportation programs.
"Ron has enjoyed a distinguished career and I look forward to his contributions to this important commission," Snyder said.

Hey, it's a Nerdy job but, somebody's got to do it...

Yippie! Federal road monies for Ron to run his fingers through.

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Irony: The Party of Lincoln $$$$$

By Corinthian Scales, Section News
Posted on Fri Oct 04, 2013 at 02:13:50 PM EST
Tags: One Bite At a Time, Nerdpublicans, Money Grab, Wayne Schmidt, 104th, Tax hiking, Big Government, Snyder, BIGGER Spending, Crony Capitalism, Slick Rick, Pale Pastel, Nancy Boys, MIaGOP, Country Club Republicans, The Flim-Flam Man, Bobby ShowStak, Establishment Program, Saul Anuzis, Lickspittle Lackeys, Homestead Property Tax Credit, Pension Tax, PPACA enablers, Strategic National, Ron Weiser, John Yob, Mr. 36%, Nerdpublican Proposals, Snydercaid, You Poke It You Own It, One Term Nerd (all tags)

The Republican Majority in Lansing, has nothing better to do other than figuring out ways to screw the people of Michigan out of another $5.

Passed 74 to 33 in the House on October 3, 2013, to mandate that vehicle owners must replace their license plate after 10 years, even if it is still legible. Under current law the state imposes a $5 extra charge to replace a plate.

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