So, maybe you’re thinking to yourself, “Well, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is a jerk but he has a good point. Why should Wisconsin taxpayers pick up the tab for all those unionized teachers’ and public employees’ pensions and benefits? They should pick up more of that tab themselves.” And we could have a valid conversation about that. We could debate […]

This is starting to become a trend. Today in Lansing between 1,000 and 1,500 people, mainly union members, rallied at the Capitol Building. They were protesting a number of things including new Republican Governor Rick Snyder’s budget as well as a number of anti-union bills currently in before the Republican-run State Congress. Two different tea party groups planned a “counter-protest” […]

From the Michigan AFL-CIO: Please join us tomorrow, Tuesday, February 22, 2011, for a LOBBY DAY in Lansing. We will begin at the Central United Methodist Church at 9:00 AM on Tuesday. There will be a briefing on anti-worker legislation that is moving through the House and Senate, followed by a talk with State Representative Woodrow Stanley (D-Flint). We will […]

Mark Williams is a Sacramento-based Rush Limbaugh wannabe. He’s best known for his hypocritical campaign to defeat the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” that was neither at Ground Zero or a mosque. It was particularly hypocritical because, as a tea partier, his credo is typically centered around local control and “State’s Rights”. This does not explain why a west coast talk […]

Cross-posted at Blogging for Michigan. Two big events are scheduled for Tuesday, February 22, 2011 in Lansing, Michigan. First, former Congressional Candidate Lance Enderle has a “Michigan Citizen’s Assembly” event planned from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Rick Snyder, you woke a sleeping giant (the people of Michigan)!Citizens are you Fed Up? Let’s Get Fired Up! Citizens of Michigan please join […]

File this in the “Are you effing kidding me???!” file: Republicans Go ‘Nah, Nah, Nah’ and Ban Word ‘Labor’ from Committee Petty. Petty. Petty. With major issues like jobs and the economy straining for attention, House Republican leaders took a big step to solving the nation’s problems when they boldly acted—drum roll, please—to change the name of the Education and […]