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    9 Out Of 10 And No Sunshine


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Sat Sep 07, 2013 at 11:04:58 AM EST
    Tags: Michigan, 90%, Saul Anuzis, Cranial-Rectal-Inversion, RINO, OTR, Republicans, Principle, 25x25, NPV, Surgeons, Plumbers (all tags)

    Aside from selling out the country on 25x25, and a particular take on the national popular vote that would leave most states ENTIRELY powerless in the presidential election process, Saul can be pretty accurate on political issues.

    He notes that our governor is NO conservative, and his words make the argument that Snyder is a 'republican of convenience'. He argues a couple of other points however that I must disagree/partially disagree with.  Like many who aren't even as 'conservative' as he, he argues that the "RINOs" out there are the tea types who would bolt from the party if they don't get their way. I have seen it, and I don't like it either. The trouble is, that they are the ones who still hold 'republican values'.  And backing it up with the statement of "we agree 9 out of ten times .."?  

    Watch this OTR overtime (or not) with Saul then go below the fold

    (1 comment, 825 words in story) Full Story

    The Line Was Crossed


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Tue Jun 11, 2013 at 11:23:34 AM EST
    Tags: Michigan, Governor, Rick Snyder, RINO, Validation By Association, Republicans, HB4717, Cronyism, ACA, Expansion, Big Government, Short Term Gains, Primaries, Line In Sand, Alan Keyes, Romney (all tags)

    Conservative activists and organizers from across the state of Michigan have had enough.

    As promised, Governor Snyder will have to face the reality that the conservative base might well leave him to fend for himself as he repeatedly (and without remorse) promotes expansion of the ACA in Michigan.  Joan Fabiano and Jen Kuznicki in an article and open letter to the Governor explain that Republicans should, and will not be casting their vote for him in the coming election.

    "It is with careful consideration that we decide on a course of action that is, in our view, politically problematic, but nonetheless a forthright answer to a governor who will not listen to his base: Conservatives should not help this Governor get reelected."
    This decision does not come easy, and the letter is signed as well by some of the most effective grassroots leaders in the state.

    Many are concerned that The 2014 Democrat candidate for governor is likely to take advantage of this, and they are correct.  Thus another reason to fight for, and support the legislators who stand up for limited government intrusion into our lives; something clearly pointed out as part of the problem with the ACA by Fabiano and Kuznicki:

    'Unsustainable consequences of the passing of the "Affordable" Care Act will leave millions without a job, and millions with cut hours and wages.  Those consequences lead us to believe that expansion will overwhelm the system, rip off doctors, temporarily prop up hospitals, all leading to requests for more taxpayer funding on both the State and Federal levels.

    Medicaid expansion is not solely a fiscal issue, it gets to the heart of the role of government in our lives.  Take into consideration the life of a restaurant worker who has been working full time.  Due to Obamacare, he will be facing a cut in hours because of the fees placed upon his employer by the cynical law.  He will lose his health insurance as a result, and he will be eligible for Medicaid if the state expands it.  You have, at the hands of government, changed that man's life from being a hard-working climber to one that has been knocked back by a government he is in charge of.  He has lost half of his income so that the government can manage his life.'

    And all of this merely the tip of the iceberg.

    Continued below the fold

    (13 comments, 1212 words in story) Full Story

    A Message To Our Legislators - Beware False Choices

    Sales Tax Tyranny


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Mon Jun 03, 2013 at 04:09:42 PM EST
    Tags: Michigan, Burden On Small Business, Sell Outs, Crawford, Kowall, Foster, RINO, TAXES, Tyranny, Money Grab, HB4202, HB4203, Internet Sales Tax, Bad Law, Andy Schor, Kurt Heise, Jim Ananich, Phil Cavanagh, Peter Pettalia, Bill Rogers, Wayne A. Schmidt, Matt Lori, Hugh D. Crawford, Ellen Cogen Lipton, Bruce R. Rendon, Kevin Daley, Jon Switalski, Marcia Hovey-Wright, Frank Foster, Rob VerHeulen, Stacy Erwin Oakes (all tags)

    Fair is fair. Yet fairness and a level playing field is NOT going to be the end result of this latest assault on the pocketbook and the ability of small business to operate with an online presence.

    The burdens and additional paperwork small business will face if the internet sales tax is enacted might mean nothing to the Walmarts or other big box houses which have a nexus in each and every state.  However, a small operation that does business on the internet and ALREADY faces a shipping obstacle the box houses can overcome with trucking logistics, will be forced into near impossible operating conditions.  There might be other solutions, but no-one has come close to the right ones yet.

    There are some legislators that serve their (well funded) masters well.


    Tax Tyrants?


    Click on their images and call them to ask "why would they want to hurt Small Business in Michigan and elsewhere?"

    SAY NO to HB4202 and HB4203


    (2 comments) Comments >>

    Next Step - Representative Exchange


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed Nov 28, 2012 at 11:23:27 PM EST
    Tags: Michigan, Health Care, Exchanges, Republicans, Jase Bolger, Rick Snyder, RINO, Collaborators, Primaries, Organized Opposition (all tags)

    If Republicans ever wish to regain any moral authority lost through Chamberlainesque capitulation with the leftists, then a health care exchange ought not be even considered.

    Snyder wants the exchanges, apparently based on some funding that comes along with it.  But the funding is only temporary,and the rules for an exchange set up as "local" will not be allowed to carry the rules that local (state) citizens might want.  The default nature of a federal set of rules is in fact the reality NO MATTER who sets up the exchange.  The expense of ongoing operations of course will fall on the backs of  Michigan citizens.

    Tomorrow at 830AM there will be hearings.  You may not be able to make it, but you can have your testimony entered into the record.

    You can e-mail the Committee Clerk: Malika Abdul-Basir
    E-Mail: mabdul@house.mi.gov and ask that your e-mail be entered into public testimony.  

    House Standing Committee Meeting
    Health Policy, Rep. Gail Haines, Chair
    DATE: 11/29/2012
    TIME: 8:30 AM
    PLACE: Room 519 House Office Building, Lansing, MI
    AGENDA: SB 693 (Sen. Marleau) Insurance; health; MiHealth marketplace; establish.

    Any Republicans Reps who vote for this have a problem on their hands. Since the re-election of Barack Obama, conservatives, and other Republican activists have had to redouble efforts in stopping the implementation of Obamacare. And as observed during a conference call tonight they will likely prevail. A brief discussion of hitting newly re-elected speaker Jase Bolger with a recall faded quickly, though it will not likely be forgotten by some.  Bolger, who won by a narrow margin (roughly 800 votes) is being closely watched on the exchange issue and one other key issue close to the heart of traditionalists and conservatives; ALAC. (HB 4769)  The controversy surrounding the Roy Schmidt party switch also haunting him adds fuel.

    If Bolger is seen on the wrong side of these issues by conservatives, and particularly the exchange, could be as damaging to the political careers of any reps who vote FOR the exchanges as a recall of Bolger might be.  One only needs to look at a simple mailing sent out during the primary season to understand how any perceived supporter of Obamacare will be permanently labeled. (below)

    More as it is available.

    (9 comments) Comments >>

    Healthcare Exchange Or Bridge?


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed Nov 14, 2012 at 12:52:42 PM EST
    Tags: Michigan, Rick Snyder, RINO, DRIC, NICT, Obamacare, Health Care Exchanges, Conflict, Nullification (all tags)

    Which will it be governor?

    It took me a while, but I found something that had my interest piqued a couple of years ago when arguing the merits of leaving the DIBC as it is. The facts were not entirely scrubbed from the Detroit Chamber's site, and I wonder how well the travel numbers used to argue for a new bridge will stand up when health care choices are destroyed here as they are in Canada.

    "Hubbard pointed out to the committee that the Detroit/Windsor/Port Huron/Sarnia area is home to the busiest border crossing in North America in terms of volume of trade (more than $1 billion in goods crosses daily). Additionally, metro Detroit is home to major passenger vehicle traffic - between 3000 and 4000 Canadian health care workers entering the region every day."
    Incentive is a reality.

    Say NO to Obamacare.  

    Michigan can be a part of the growing number of states nullifying it.

    (2 comments) Comments >>

    Really? You had to wait until the very last minute?


    By KG One, Section News
    Posted on Mon Nov 05, 2012 at 03:15:00 PM EST
    Tags: RINO, Do-Nothing Debbie Stabenow, Nope...not this time, Macomb County, Macomb College Tax, Facilities and Technology Bond, Ever hear of raising tuition? Adding student fees?, Why does the Macomb County GOP even tolerate her? (all tags)

    Hey, Gang!

    Guess which RINO just threw her support for another tax hike here in good old Macomb County?

    I'll give you three chances, but you'll only need one.

    So who is it?

    {Continued after the fold}

    (3 comments, 415 words in story) Full Story

    And It Has Been Mentioned


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Fri Jun 15, 2012 at 10:20:49 AM EST
    Tags: Snyder, RINO, DRIC, THEFT, Canada, Deal, Corruption (all tags)

    In a comment to a previous posting:

    . . . Article 1, Section 10 of that same U. S. Constitution:

        "No State shall enter into any Treaty, Alliance, or Confederation ..."

    No modifiers, no qualifications, no "consent of Congress" clause . . . nothing.

    Even the president must have consent of the US senate before entering into a treaty.  And if one looks at the Lefty cheerleading media, one might find cheerleading liberal democrats extolling the virtues of our one term potentate.

    There is nothing more exhilarating than allowing the socialist neighbors to put down a Michigan business that pays Michigan taxes, employs Michigan workers, and spends money in Michigan, right Rick?  What did they pay you? Where are the accounts?  Why the obsession with giving CANADA the upper hand?

    2014, Nerd.  Time to go.

    (29 comments) Comments >>

    Jen's biggest Fan


    By JGillman, Section News
    Posted on Wed May 09, 2012 at 08:24:20 AM EST
    Tags: Michigan, Jen Kuznicki, Blogging, Indiana, RINO, Sore Loser, Dick Lugar, Mark Levin (all tags)

    Michigander Jen Kuznicki makes some great points during a critique of Dick Lugar's 'concession speech' last night.

    The not so gracious Lugar had a few things to say after getting the kick in the jewels reminder that nothing is permanent last night to a Roll Call reporter.  In the short blog piece answering his statement, "Well there's your problem, Dick", her analysis nails down the essence of the RINO mentality:

    "Rejectionist orthodoxy
    If Lugar was talking about rejecting the founders, or rejecting the constitution, that phrase could be used against the Democrats, but he was talking about rejection of Democrat party policy. He said that Mourdock, a Republican, intends to reject Democrat party policy.

    Rigid opposition
    As if there is such a thing as soft opposition. Lugar didn't see the Democrat party as his opposition.

    Partisan outlook
    Tell me, what is the purpose of belonging to a party if you are non-partisan or bi-partisan? Either you believe in the party platform, or you don't, and if you don't, don't join the party.

    The three phrases Lugar used shows how very out of touch he is, and here's to the great people of Indiana who chose wisely to primary him."

    This particular blog post drew the attention of none other than conservative radio host Mark Levin this morning, where he posted it on his fan page.

    H/T to Levin.   Indeed.

    (4 comments) Comments >>

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