The Loudest Cricket

The only mistake Rand Paul made was speaking his mind.  Oh, and being a Republican.  Public miscues and radical statements made by Obama and other Democrats are largely ignored by the media.  For Republicans, gaffes like these are often edited, taken out of context, or just flat out misquoted.  I can’t wait for the old [...]

The governor’s announcement in July 2006 that the world’s most popular search engine would bring 1,000 high-paying jobs to the state — and spin off another 1,200 — in the next five years was seen as a giant step in diversifying the state’s economy with the kinds of knowledge-based jobs needed [...]

Some estimates suggest half of those with mortgages nationwide currently owe more than their homes are worth, a statistic that forebodes another round of turmoil.
The Freep thinks that banks can survive if they re-negotiate loans for all these bad mortgages such that the banks end up with a bunch of toxic assets on their books.  [...]

Michigan got another welcome signal that its economy has finally bottomed out last week. The state’s May forecast of tax revenues came in essentially flat for the remainder of this budget year and slightly better than flat for next year.
I think the Freep is engaging in wishful thinking.  There are still too many news reports [...]

The unions and their enables, the Democrats, wreak havoc wherever they have complete control.  The city of Detroit is a fine example of Democratic policies that have been in effect for 40 years, without much opposition.  Schools are another instance of union failures.  Put them together and you get the disaster that is the DPS:
There’s [...]

I agree with most of what Pappageorge says here, especially the part about how Michigan cannot afford its own government:
I believe in times of crisis that public servants — I don’t call us public employees — need to step up and share in the economic pain being felt by the private sector. And I [...]

Unfortunately, Chavez has been helped in his crusade by the world turning a blind eye to his actions and worse, the unabashed support of the likes of former president Jimmy Carter, actors Sean Penn and Danny Glover and others who see socialism as the answer. Only they’d never give up their [...]

A good question for our long list of potential governors is where they stand on the various versions of the cap-and-trade bills currently working their way through Congress.  My guess is that the Republican candidates would fall all over themselves trying to out-harangue each other on how bad cap-and-trade would be for Michigan, while the [...]

The shooting happened at 12:40 a.m., when officers from the Special Response Team executed a no-knock search warrant on a two-unit flat in the 4000 block of Lillibridge. An officer threw a stun grenade, an incendiary device designed to disorient and distract suspects, through the double panes of a front window, [...]

I wonder if the mad mullahs in Iran are conflicted over the fact that an Arab-American Muslim was just crowned Miss USA.  Useful propaganda or just more proof of Western influence corrupting Muslim youth?  I can’t imagine Ms. Fakih walking around Tehran in this.  I’d imagine the the Miss Iran contest has a burka competition [...]