Spring came early to southern Michigan this year so on Good Friday, my wife, Anne, and I put our kayaks in the Huron River and set out to document the effects of global climate change on the wildlife of our area. What we found was both stunning and shocking. All photos by Anne C. Savage (except this one of her.)Please […]

That’s the headline at MSNBC: HEADLINE: It’s official: Obama is blackPresident checks black, not black and white, on census form The White House confirmed Friday that Obama did not check multiple boxes on his U.S. Census form, or choose the option that allows him to elaborate on his racial heritage. He ticked the box that says “Black, African Am., or […]

A month ago, I blogged about how proud — really proud — Brian Rooney, candidate for the GOP nomination in MI-07, was that he had received the endorsement of far-right wingnut Erick Erickson. This week, Erick Erickson said on his radio show that he would threaten census workers who came on his property to ask him questions with a gun. […]

Click on the photo then click “View Large” for a larger version When President Obama signed into law of the health insurance reform law last week, the most historic piece of social legislation in decades, those on the right threw a fit. Some of them actually threw bricks. We, on the other hand, threw a damn party. A BIG party! […]

Michigan’s been in the news a LOT lately. From our governor forcing the Att. Gen. to intervene against himself to Militiamen Gone WildTM, things are a bit crazy. Now come the Howell Teabaggers: Starting Monday, Livingston County will be “ground zero” for an effort to place a proposal for Michigan to opt out of federal health-care law on the November […]

He was warned, oh yes he was. Having missed Bill Maher’s “New Rule“, the GOPosaurs warned the president that, by God, if he made any recess appointments, well, they would just quit being all bipartisany. So he did anyway. 15 of ’em. Average number of days these folks have been waiting to be confirmed: 214. Now he’ll have to pay […]

I shouldn’t say this is “unbelievable” but it is. I suppose nothing should surprise me anymore. Representatives from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) drafted a bipartisan statement urging civility and decrying violence in the wake of the threats and violent rhetoric that erupted across the country this after Sunday’s historic vote on health insurance reform. This is it: As leaders […]

Senate Minority Whip Eric Cantor is right. After all these acts of political violence against Democrats should be kept quiet and not discussed. It’s the Democrats own fault they are occurring because they keep talking about them. Here’s his statement: Just recently I have been directly threatened. A bullet was shot through the window of my campaign office in Richmond […]

As I wrote yesterday, Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox, also a Republican candidate for governor, has joined in a lawsuit with 12 other state Attorneys General that contends the health insurance reform LAW is unconstitutional. This has made Governor Michigan Jennifer Granholm very unhappy. So, in her capacity as governor, she has directed Cox to intervene on behalf of the […]

Holy Awesome Linkage, Batman! Eclectablog got linked on The MaddowBlog yesterday! My entry about the unfortunate/fortunate juxtaposition of Tim Walberg and Brian Rooney signing a Kill the Law pledge with a story about a young man in their district with cancer and no insurance got linked: Click the image for a larger version Their post asks the question “How’d this […]

Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox is joining 12 other state Attorneys General across the country in a suit claiming the new federal health-care reform LAW is unconstitutional. (Let’s none of us forget that this is now a LAW and was signed by the president who is a Constitutional lawyer.) I guess Mr. Cox feels Michigan has money to burn. Given […]