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Off the Record with Tim Skubick - 100205 - Correspondents Edition - Friday, Feb. 05

Governor Granholm's final State of the State address, GOP candidate bankrolls, and politics and families. Kathy Barks Hoffman, Kyle Melinn, Stephanie Cepak, and Chris Christoff join senior capitol correspondent Tim Skubick.

.Michigan Liberal

Virg gets in; Dem prospects improve

This morning, the field of avowed Democrats in the race for governor grows by one, now to include Virg Bernero. It's a moment the Republican Party was apparently preparing for, since after his last State of the City address it's spokespeople launched what might be the least effective response to any address given by any elected official in the history of the Republic.There's good reason for that. Bernero has two things going for him that potentially could give Republicans fits this campaign cycle.The first is his municipal...

Blogging for Michigan

Feds Planning Intermittent Lock Closures to Fight Asian Carp

For some reason I don't think this will do it, but give it a try. $78 million worth of something has to be better than nothing. Plans include intermittent lock closures, which could begin by the end of April, and adding more crews to hunt down and destroy Asian carp before large numbers of them can make it into the Great Lakes. The battery of techniques they plan to use includes sonar equipment, electro-shocking, netting, and expedited testing for carp DNA. They'll spend $3 million to make the ugly, voracious fish attractive as fish...

Inside Muskegon

Inside Muskegon #122: Dr. Alan Steinman, International Upper Great Lakes Study

This episode of Inside Muskegon features an interview with Dr. Alan Steinman with the International Upper Great Lakes Study and information on contacting Inside Muskegon. Hosted by Jason Piasecki. For more information visit www.insidemuskegon.com.

Jack Lessenberry

Essay: Spending Money - 2.8.10

Last night, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Snyder spent more than a million dollars to run a commercial during the Super Bowl. Senior Political Analyst Jack Lessenberry has always been fascinated by how people spend money. Hear Audio Story Sometimes my...

Jennifer Granholm

Radio Address: Economic Plan is Right One for Michigan

In this week’s radio address, Governor Granholm talks about how we are creating jobs in the new Michigan economy. Hello, this is Governor Jennifer Granholm. As governor of this great state, I???m fighting every day for jobs for the people of Michigan. In my State of the State speech earlier this week, I talked about job-creation [...]

Lunch Bucket Conservative

AZ elimiates $1.6B deficit with – you might want to sit down for this – CUTS

WOW, now there’s a novel concept. From the Phoenix Business Journal: A state budget plan approved Saturday cuts money for universities, community colleges, children???s services, school construction and economic development and likely will require furloughs and reduced work schedules for state employees. The budget package, passed by the Legislature and signed by [REPUBLICAN] Gov. Jan Brewer, covers [...]

Media Mouse

Lookin' Back, Movin' Forward: The End of MediaMouse.org

Almost ten years ago, a group of people fed up with the way things were going in the world and in Grand Rapids, Michigan started meeting. Inspired by the excitement surrounding the World Trade Organization (WTO) summit in Seattle, Media Mouse formed as a group that sought to distribute information about under reported issues--globalization, corporate control, Latin America, and U.S. imperialism--to name just a few. In the early years, that meant organizing a wide variety of campaigns and projects--protests, independent media festivals,...

MSNBC First Read

Murtha succession will be competitive

From NBC's Mark MurrayAccording to Pennsylvania's Secretary of State's office, Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) has 10 days to set a date for a special election to fill the remainder of John Murtha's term. That date cannot come any sooner than 60 days after issuing this writ of election -- so the earliest that it could occur is in two months. To save money, it is possible that Rendell decides to wrap this special election into the state's already-scheduled May 18 primary elections. (So you could...(read more)

Right Michigan

[News] In the MACKINAC CENTER Sphere Today

The latest posts from the MC, the Mackinac Center blog. * * * DHS Won't Tell Legislator Where They Got Funding — One state legislator isn't happy with the "non-answer." Who Won't They Unionize? — You may be next. State of the State Tally — Governor's final State of the State address included eight proposed government expansions, three limitations.

Stone Soup Musings

A Valentine Story: Republicans + Teabaggers

I've always felt that teabagger candidates and protesters were out of touch with mainstream Americans, but now we have a poll showing just how far off the cliff they've fallen. Or, as this HuffPo article put it, this DKos/Research 2000 poll of more than 2,000 self-identified Republican voters illustrates the incredible paranoia enveloping the party. Some results: 39 percent of Republicans believe Obama should be impeached, 29 percent are not sure, 32 percent said he should not be voted out of office.36 percent of Republicans believe Obama was...

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Off the Record - Featuring Bill Rogers

The Republican Michigander

Rick Snyder Super Bowl Political Ad

I just caught the Rick Snyder ad. It's slick. I'll take a look at the plan on his site and see if he actually has details for a change beyond platitudes and company line talk "Reinvent" etc. Apparently it did its job of getting noticed considering how many people are looking at my archives and the two Rick Snyder posts there. Obviously, I'm not a supporter of Mr. Snyder.I do not support Rick Snyder, and these two posts explain why. I wasn't happy with Gateway's products, the outsourcing of jobs from America to other counties during his tenure...

West Michigan Politics

A Teabagger In the Crowd!

It amazes me how real life can play out years or decades ahead of time in the movies. It was only a year and a half ago that I watched the film A Face in the Crowd for the first time. A classic movie directed by Elia Kazan, who you may remember also directed many other socially relevant films such as On the Waterfront, and East of Eden.The film takes place in the 1950's during the heyday of radio, and the beginnings of television. Its main focus was a character named Lonesome Rhodes as played by a youngish Andy Griffith. Griffith was...