The Loudest Cricket

With GM almost assured to file for bankruptcy protection come Monday, Michigan’s economy will take another hit.  But this is something that should have happened months ago.  I suggested this course last year.  If they had listened to me, they’d already be six months into the bankruptcy process instead of just starting it.  This shows [...]

This Detroit News op-ed is concerned that government intervention “might worsen woes of carmakers, economy.”  Might?  It already has by delaying the recovery and wasting taxpayer money on huge loans that will never get repaid.  People around here were claiming that the deal with the automakers was different than the deal with the banks.  They [...]

While I was away on an extended holiday weekend, it seems there were some more antics on the Detroit city council.  Or at least with one of its members, who somehow didn’t realize that there a mistake with her property taxes, which came to about 70 bucks.  Her explanation is lame.  But her handling of [...]

The Freep is calling on….someone to help newly elected Mayor Bing to save Cobo Hall.  I’m not sure to whom they’re pleading help, but everyone knows where the problem lies – the city council.  The Freep wants us to forgive the race-baiters that are unwilling to concede any control over to the people from whom [...]

The Freep shows once again that it’s totally in the tank for Obama by supporting his latest fiasco – backbreaking mileage standards.  Obama bowed to California and the Freep bowed to Obama.  This will add about $1300 to the price of a car, which the government estimates will be saved by what you pay for [...]

I’ve mentioned many times before that Michigan’s economic problems are not just about losing jobs to China, but also losing jobs to Texas.  How can we try to compete with India when we can’t even compete with Ohio?  Many states are in similar dire straights and their solution is to tax the “rich.”  Which will [...]

The Freep is in la la land again, hoping that GM can emerge quickly from a bankruptcy filing.  I don’t know what magic they think will happen in 60 days.  GM doesn’t work that fast, neither does the government nor the unions.  I suppose they’re relying on the mystical powers of President Hopenchange.  They’re hoping [...]

Granholm has been one of the worst governors Michigan has ever had.  Please take her away.  Trouble is, the only thing she knows how to do is blame Bush.  I’m not sure how that will fly on a court ruling.

The AP scours Obama’s extensive record in the Senate trying to determine who he might pick for the Supreme Court.  The man served four years in the Senate, half of which he spent running for president.  However, in that time, he did get to vote on two justices who he himself thought were very qualified.  [...]

Instead of making things better, Obama’s recovery plan has made things worse than his own numbers predicted.  $775 billion in “stimulus”, of which only about 5% has been spent, has led to higher unemployment, higher debt, and lower consumer spending.  The Democrats have no one to blame but themselves.  Hopefully by 2010, the GOP will [...]