Wednesday, March 30, 2011

ESCALATING THE WAR ON BUSINESS

ESCALATING THE WAR ON BUSINESS- Charlie Sykes "Nice business you got there. Pity if anything bad were to happen to it if, like, you fail to put up one of our pro-union signs. And we won't take no for an answer."

Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza

Face of Jesus Christ appears in three-cheese pizza News.com.au "The shop, in the city's Fortitude Valley, has put the slice on eBay, and as of this morning bidding was up to $65" Imagine if it was a pepperoni and it was muhammid?

Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.

When they tell you a half truth, they are lying to you.

Michigan School Databases: detailed reports from the State of Michigan.

Total per pupil expenditure 2008/9

Whitehall $11,589
Mona Shores $10,581
N Muskegon $9,986
Muskegon $13,407
Muskegon Heights $14,174
Detroit $14,280

 http://www.mackinac.org/depts/epi/fiscal.aspx

http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/teacher-union-employee-exaggerates.html

http://muskegonpundit.blogspot.com/2011/03/rochester-schools-raise-pay-report-cuts.html

Tuesday, March 29, 2011

THE OP-ED THE NYT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO READ

THE OP-ED THE NYT DIDN'T WANT YOU TO READ Charlie Sykes

Below is the Op-Ed that Governor Walker wrote that the New York Times chose not to run:

READ IT and UNDERSTAND the IMPORTANCE of the BATTLE in WISCONSIN!

Washington Considers Taxing Mileage

Washington Considers Taxing Mileage:
"The Congressional Budget Office has released a report on taxing the number of miles traveled by vehicles to help fund the highway system, as an alternative to raising fuel taxes."

Remember this will be an additional NEW tax, not a replacement for the old tax.
Like you didn't already know that.... 

A Requiem for Detroit

McGurn: A Requiem for Detroit - WSJ.com

"In Detroit, of course, we do not see lives being lost to an angry and capricious Earth.
But the human wreckage is there all the same—the consequence of crime, strangled opportunity, and lives without hope."

Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court

Wisconsin Fight Goes to Court - National Review Online
"The Prosser–Kloppenburg bout has political implications beyond the fate of Walker’s bill.
Numerous GOP state senators are facing recalls, and Walker himself could face one next year.

If Prosser falls, it will be a heavy blow to Republicans, especially for the backbenchers who stood with Walker, many of whom had hoped to emerge from the fiery budget debate with their careers intact.

....“This is for all the marbles,” says Charlie Sykes, a prominent conservative talk-radio host in Milwaukee."

Michigan Political Conference Draws Hundreds

6 Foot 2 In High Heel Shoes

 "Celebrating President Ronald Reagan's 100th birthday, 250 tea party leaders and conservative activists gathered in Holt, Michigan for the first annual statewide Conservative Political Action Conference on March 26."

State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV

CARPE DIEM: State and Local Tax Revenues Set Record in QIV
In another sign that the U.S. economy has made a full recovery from the 2007-2009 recession, state and local tax collections reached a new record high in the fourth quarter 2010.

Sorta belies their claims of drastic cuts.

Amazon launches online media storage service

Amazon launches online media storage service - Washington Times

The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered

The Green Energy Economy Reconsidered - Forbes.com
"Have we ever seen such a 'green economy'?

Yes we have; in the 13th century.

Renewable energy is quite literally the energy of yesterday."

Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling remains highlight decline of Motor City

Detroit: Haunting photos of crumbling remains highlight decline of Motor City Mail Online
"Must the show go on? The United Artists Theater in Detroit, derelict and open to the elements."

Fraud contaminating free health-care pool

Fraud contaminating free health-care pool - BostonHerald.com
"Gaping loopholes in the program that covers poor uninsured Bay Staters have cost taxpayers tens of millions in bogus claims from out-of-staters and foreigners —not to mention gynecological bills for men and foot X-rays for headaches, according to the commonwealth’s inspector general.
We’re finding overpayments, double payments and medically unnecessary payments,”"
 Fraud? I'm shocked, shocked to find that fraud is going on here!

Jean Auel concludes prehistoric saga with 6th book

Jean Auel concludes prehistoric saga with 6th book - latimes.com "The cycle first appeared in 1980 with 'The Clan of the Cave Bear,'"

Taxpayers’ K-12 Money Diverted to Union Business

Taxpayers’ K-12 Money Diverted to Union Business [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
 "Maryanne Levine is a full-time elementary school teacher with the Chippewa Valley School District who was elected to the Michigan Education Association board of directors.
The district releases her from teaching responsibilities so that she can deal 100 percent with union issues.
But Chippewa Valley still pays for $103,807of Levine’s $145,117 total compensation.
The union pays the remaining $41,310."

So, a teacher who doesn't teach gets paid $145,117 not to teach for the nine month she doesn't teach?
That makes sense, doesn't it?

EU to ban cars from cities by 2050

EU to ban cars from cities by 2050 - Telegraph "Cars will be banned from London and all other cities across Europe under a draconian EU masterplan to cut CO2 emissions by 60 per cent over the next 40 years." Their cities will mirror Detroit if they continue to do the same things Detroit did.

Attacking Public Employees

Attacking Public Employees « Burypensions Blog
"Were Mr. Baker et. al. truly concerned about public employees and the solvency of their pension funds they would be calling to infuse more money into the plans instead of seeking to justify the status quo"

Muskegon County considers financial details for proposed jail

Muskegon County considers financial details for proposed jail MLive.com
"If Muskegon County officials decide to build a new, 376-bed jail — one of the preliminary options on their drawing board — then they would have to find between $1.4 and $1.6 million in their annual budget or convince voters to approve around 0.35 mills to pay for it."

The question might be asked "what are we getting for $1.5 million/year?"
And "isn't that just the starting point, with annual, triple automatic raises for every employee?"
And, maybe "where're gonna get that money?"

Coldwater prison to close: Florence Crane Correctional Facility

Coldwater prison to close: Florence Crane Correctional Facility, Michigan Department of Corrections, MDOC - FOX 17
"The Florence Crane Correctional Facility in Coldwater will close by June 1"

Yes, this ought to affect the county jail decision.

Monday, March 28, 2011

Why Liberals Hate Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin

Why Liberals Hate Clarence Thomas and Sarah Palin- Star Parker - Townhall Conservative
"Such is the fate today of those uppity souls who choose to challenge the authority and legitimacy of our inexorably growing government plantation."