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    Aches and Reoccurring Payne's


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Tue Sep 10, 2013 at 11:09:29 AM EST
    Tags: Rep. Bentivolio, Loose Lips Sink Ships, No feeding the animals, Ronulans, Chem-trails, Paulsamic Vinegar, CD-11, Henry the Payne, Stupidity Needs To Be Painful, Smear Merchants, Republican kakistocracy, memory holes, Granholm, Dave Trott, Vampire Capitalist, Foreclosures, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Lawyers, Banksters, backroom shenanigans, Richardville, Schostak Brothers & Company, SB-992, Feral Government, Mike Cox, Attorney General, FOIA's, Kappy Trott, Oakland County, Wayne County, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, Mike Bishop, Laura Cox, Rocky Raczkowski, Ronna Romney McDaniel (all tags)

    Want to see how Ronulans deep-six Rep. Bentivolio's reelection?  Chem-trails.

    "We'll bring in some Air Force folks right here in our district. We can have an oversight reform committee hearing right here and we'll investigate," said Bentivolio in response to an audience question. "I'd like to find out about it too."

    Oh, Lord.  Please Kerry, don't play with your vegetables.  We here at RM didn't bust our asses in 2012, just to have a few PaulTards in the crowd grenade us in 2014.

    But despite such embarrassing diversions the first-term Congressman, say political insiders, will be difficult to unseat in 2014 - even with last week's announcement that businessman [Foreclosure Lawyer] and Michigan Republican Party establishment favorite Dave Trott has thrown his hat into the ring. Such is the power of incumbency, and the deep pocketbooks of the GOP's insurgent Ron Paul/Libertarian wing that backs Bentiviolo.

    In the redrawn CD-11, I wouldn't be so cocksure as to hang my hat on "the power of incumbency".  Not in Oakland, and Wayne County's den of vipers, anyway.

    Continued below.

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    The Daily Dillon


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Thu Aug 22, 2013 at 11:56:17 AM EST
    Tags: Transparency, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Andy Dillon, alleged paramour, Dillon House staffer, Amy U. Hichez, Redford Twp. Parks Commissioner, Miles Handy, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Robert Ficano, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Michigan Democratic Party, Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, Unions, AstroTurf, Thugs, Bullies, SB-992, Bobby ShowStak, Republican kakistocracy, Grand Rapids Power Brokers, Feral Government, Rodney Stokes, Strange bedfellows, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Laura Cox, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, Mike Cox, Scarlet letters, memory holes, TEA Movement, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    This is a sorta fun development for Conservatives watching what the Snyder administration has placed into its own lap.  Remember what Terry Stanton (same office of Amy Hichez) stated about our Treasury Dept., just yesterday?

    "Any personal issues he is working through have not, in any way, affected his performance as State Treasurer."

    Pure Bee-esS.  Meet current Treasury Department "Executive Assistant," and former Dillon House staffer ($56,000.00), Amy U. Hichez.

    State Treasurer Andy Dillon's secretary sued his ex-wife for defamation Wednesday for claiming she had an affair with her boss.

    In a lawsuit filed in Wayne County Circuit Court, Amy U. Hichez denied having an affair with Andy Dillon - allegations Carol Owens-Dillon publicly leveled in a July 7 posting on her Facebook page.
    ....

    Owens-Dillon stood by the allegations Wednesday.

    "I'm surprised she is doing this because she will be putting her boss negatively in the press and I'm quite sure he doesn't need that," Owens-Dillon said in a statement to The News.

    Indeed.  What further defamation is possible with those who sit in government with Andy and his buddy, Miles Handy?  Yet, much like Hillary Clinton, and Huma Abedin, the slovenly attired self-invented Nerd persona is going to stand by his man.  Frillant move for the Executive branch of state government that is the flagship of the MI-GOP.

    That down-ticket vote for "Team R" will suffer in 2014.  That is just a 'No boundaries' Rick Michigan, enabling - fact.

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    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Because Leopards Change Their Spots


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Aug 21, 2013 at 10:17:19 AM EST
    Tags: Transparency, Slick Rick, Mr. 36%, Snyder, The Flim-Flam Man, Andy Dillon, Miles Handy, Wayne County Corruption Lives On, Robert Ficano, The Ed McNamara Machine, Mike Duggan, NERD Fund, Rich Baird, Kevyn Orr, Detroit, Michigan Democratic Party, Obama, Julianna Smoot & Lon Johnson, Unions, AstroTurf, Thugs, Bullies, SB-992, Bobby ShowStak, Republican kakistocracy, Grand Rapids Power Brokers, Feral Government, Rodney Stokes, Strange bedfellows, The alleged right shoe smells just as bad as the Left, Wayne County Business Development Corporation, Laura Cox, John Rakolta Jr, AG Bill Shuette, Mitt Romney, 11th District Republican Star Chamber, Mike Cox, memory holes, TEA Movement, One Term Nerd (all tags)

    Germans have the coolest words for such things involving the Rick Snyder experiment.  For example, take the self-invented Nerd persona's selection for state Treasurer.

    Pure Schadenfreude.

    Dillon has acknowledged a bout with alcoholism while being the governor's point man for handling financially distressed cities and school districts.

    But now the Wayne County Prosecutor's Office is considering a domestic assault charge against Dillon stemming from a July 13 confrontation with his ex-wife, Carol Owens-Dillon, at their Redford Township home.

    Dillon, a former Democratic speaker of the state House of Representatives, and the Snyder administration are not answering questions about his alleged actions.

    "We do not believe it is appropriate to respond to speculation," Snyder spokesman Dave Murray said Tuesday in a statement. "Gov. Snyder believes Treasurer Dillon is doing a good job on behalf of the people of Michigan."

    Again, zero transparency from Rick Snyder.  Sure Dave Murray, we little people "believe" you too.  Just try boozing as a "point man" in the Private Sector, and see how long it takes to be shown the door.  And, this is a so-called Executive's decision?  Amazing.  Fact remains that Rick Snyder owns that appointment, and isn't man enough to deal with his can of worms - but, he'll have to before long.  There's more...

    "Treasurer Dillon is in the office and on the job every day, working diligently as always for the people of the State of Michigan," spokesman Terry Stanton said in an email. "Any personal issues he is working through have not, in any way, affected his performance as State Treasurer."

    12 years of taxpayer funded professional turd polishing just can't be wrong, yes?  Survey says...

    A Wayne County Family Court judge has issued a mutual restraining order against Dillon and his ex-wife after they filed competing personal protection orders against each other.

    The acrimony stems from a July 13 incident at the Dillon residence in Redford Township where Carol Owens-Dillon alleges her ex-husband hired a tow truck driver to break into a vehicle she was driving that contained her divorce files. In court records, Owens-Dillon claims she had "racially-charged text messages" in the file that she intended to deliver to Snyder.

    D'oh!  Really.  Who could've foreseen the years of dysfunction that Andy Dillon, would bring to an alleged Republican administration?  Hmmm, I wonder...

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    And Then There Were Two


    By Corinthian Scales, Section News
    Posted on Wed Apr 25, 2012 at 03:17:11 PM EST
    Tags: Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Bill Runco, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Holly Hughes, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, "DELE-GATE" (all tags)

    via Detroitnews.com

    Two advisers to Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich say he will formally end is campaign next Tuesday and will likely endorse Mitt Romney.

    Gingrich had pinned his hopes on a surprise showing in Delaware but fell short.

    He had been hinting in recent days that his campaign was nearing an end. His decision to officially shut down the effort comes as Romney has a lock on the GOP nomination.

    Rest here

    Parting question... Did anyone else wonder why Newt chose to keep Callista's Angry Bird mug by his side every moment of his campaign to remind ALL female voters that he never was able to keep his pecker in his pants as a married man?

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    Settled Matter -- Or Not


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Thu Apr 19, 2012 at 05:23:57 PM EST
    Tags: "DELE-GATE", MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Bill Runco, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Holly Hughes, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich (all tags)

    If we are to believe the drive-by media meme that's been in the political news cycle for the past week or so, we're already in the general campaign for the 2012 presidential election.  Never mind that His Mittenness is still between 468 and 594 committed delegates short of the number needed in order to secure a pre-convention majority.  Ignore the truths that Newt Gingrich is still in this race, and that Rick Santorum is still entitled to most of his delegate accumulation.  Right now, as far as the mainstream press is concerned, all we republicans should be caring about is how much money Romney can raise in order to credibly challenge Obama and who he ought to select as his running mate.

    Yet again, we need to go back to Yogi Berra . . . and then go below the fold.


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    Are You Freaking Kidding Me?


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Thu Apr 05, 2012 at 12:36:15 AM EST
    Tags: "DELE-GATE", Saul Anuzis, Michigan's Republican National Committeeman, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Holly Hughes, MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Nick DeLeeuw, John Yob (all tags)

    Just under a month ago, when the Michigan "Dele-Gate" Fiasco was still something of a big deal, one of the founding mothers of the Michigan tea party movement decided to use my current place of employment as an excuse-of-convenience to challenge my credibility, and by extension my integrity.  Because I do not permit such a challenge to go unanswered, I responded directly to her (though it never seems to have cleared the moderator's flag), as well as within Jason's post the following day (as one of the comments):

    I don't know what any of y'all do or don't know about those in the sea services (Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard), but if you're going to challenge the integrity of such a person, then you'd better have proof-in-hand that the challenge is valid . . . otherwise it gets unpleasant in a hurry.

    That, by the way, applies to veterans of those services as well.  As Nick DeLeeuw pointed out a few years ago, different "go" words apply in different cultures.  I'm a retired sailor, so there're plenty of tags you can legitimately hang on me, many will be accurate, and not all will be kind.  But to accuse a Sailor, Marine, or even a Coastie of being either a "thief" or a "liar" . . .


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    To Accomplish Replacement . . . And Why


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Fri Mar 30, 2012 at 06:15:46 PM EST
    Tags: "DELE-GATE", MIGOP Credentials Committee, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP May 2012 State Convention, Keith Butler, Scott Greenlee, Betsy DeVos, Ron Weiser, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney, integrity argument, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Dave Agema, Mike Bishop, Bill Cooper, Victor Diaz, Jason Gillman, Andrew "Rocky" Raczkowski, Tom Stillings, Stacy Swimp, Harold Voorhees, Jerry Zandstra (all tags)

    And no, I'm not talking about Randy Richardville, though I agree that he needs to go, too.  Nope, I'm referring to a different scoundrel here.

    Last Sunday, on the Dump Saul Anuzis facebook page, I wrote:

    "While all of this various and sundry political talk is very fascinating, let's please keep our primary objective in mind . . . that of dumping Saul Anuzis as Michigan's RNC National Committeeman. We do need to start recruiting a potential challenger, and develop a delegate strategy (using the 2010 pool) to accumulate the votes necessary to dump him."

    The conversation threads, both on the page and in the group, were starting to get a tad afield of the original purpose, which is to focus the efforts to replace Saulius Anuzis as Michigan's Republican National Committeeman.  Best to stay focused here, as we only have about seven weeks left to work with.  Grab a pot of coffee, and let's go below the fold.


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    Munching on Shoeleather


    By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
    Posted on Wed Mar 21, 2012 at 11:28:48 PM EST
    Tags: "DELE-GATE", platform reset, integrity argument, Newt Gingrich, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum, disingenuous hypocrisy, memory holes, Bobby Schostak, Sharon Wise, Saul Anuzis, Holly Hughes, Eric Doster, Mike Cox, Bill Runco, MIGOP Credentials Committee, backroom shenanigans, Michigan Leaders Lining Up For Romney (all tags)

    Eric Fehrnstrom, Mitt Romney's communications director, laid down a beauty on CNN this morning (full video available here):


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