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Since when has manisfest destiny not mattered in our world? Or at least to those within this country? Well hopefully its starting to die thanks to a small Michigan town, Flint. From a New York Times article on a topic I learned about listening to BBC World News… Instead of waiting for houses to become . . . → Read More: Measuring Town Quality not Through Growth? Back in January of 2007 I wrote an entry titled Last person to leave Michigan please turn out the lights. Things haven’t improved since then: People are leaving Michigan at a staggering rate. About 109,000 more people left Michigan last year than moved in. It is one of the worst rates in the nation, . . . → Read More: Michigan’s staggering population losses continue. When I was younger I knew I wanted to be an actor when I grew up, but other than a small voice role in an anime dub, an impossible to see stint as an extra in Hoffa, and being cast as the lead in a community theater production of You’re A Good Man Charlie Brown . . . → Read More: Hollywood may set up shop in Michigan. Somehow I wouldn’t be surprised if this were true. Satire by SEB regular Stormin’ Norman over at his blog: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula secedes from the United States out of sheer boredom. – Alligators In The Sewer The Upper Peninsula, or “U.P.” as it has been called by locals, so-called “Yoopers,” will become a sovereign commonwealth . . . → Read More: BREAKING NEWS: Michigan’s Upper Peninsula secedes and no one really cares. So this picture to the left here, click to embiggen, is a crappy cellphone camera shot of, what passes for, our backyard. As you can see we got a reasonable amount of snow Saturday night into Sunday morning. It was pretty wet and we only got maybe two inches total, but it was enough . . . → Read More: The first snowfall for this year… We’ve got our fair share of assholes in Michigan, some might argue I’m one of them, but at least I’m not guilty of spoiling Halloween for kids to promote my choice of political candidate: A Grosse Pointe Farms woman has doled out political tricks by refusing Halloween treats to children whose parents support Democratic presidential . . . → Read More: Michigan McCain Candy Nazi: Parents supporting Obama? NO CANDY FOR YOU! I guess McCain really is giving up on winning Michigan. I’m sure having one of your advisors tell Reuters that the government can’t save the automotive industry isn’t going to win over a lot of Michigan voters: “I don’t think the government can rescue the industry,” Carly Fiorina, former chief executive of Hewlett-Packard Corp, told . . . → Read More: McCain advisor says: Let the Detroit automotive companies die. Michigan has its fair share of crazy people. Take for example this guy: FERNDALE, Mich.—Ferndale police said an adult education student tossed liquid on a teacher because he believed she was a witch who needed to be purified. Police said 20-year-old Darin Najor of Ferndale threatened the teacher last month at Taft Education Center a . . . → Read More: Michigan man arrested for trying to purify his adult education teacher. The Republican party always seems to find new lows to stoop to when election time rolls around. It’s not enough that they’re spreading bald-faced lies in their campaign ads, but they’re also going to whip out their dirty tricks book to see what they can do to keep as many people from voting as possible. . . . → Read More: Michigan Republicans using foreclosure lists to try and suppress voters. I love Michigan. Despite the problems its having economically I think it’s a great state and despite the fact that Detroit is suffering from too many problems to count I have a bit of a soft spot for it after my years working as a Michigan Bell lineman in the city in my early twenties. . . . → Read More: Forget White Flight. Detroit now suffering from Dead Flight. |
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