The American Planning Association has chosen Ann Arbor’s South Main Street as one of its Top Ten “Great Places in America: Streets“ And to those of us that live here, that’s no surprise. I’m just sayin’…

Every election year, I lament how much worse, how much nastier the rhetoric is from the last election year. In the back of mind, though, is a little voice that says, “Dude, this NOTHING. Wait until NEXT year!” And, of course, I’m right. The following election year is worse than the last. But 2010? Folks, this one is going to […]

From the Recommended List at Daily Kos. Something happened in Detroit on Wednesday this week that flew beneath the radar of many Americans. Nearly 35,000 Detroiters converged on Cobo Hall to get one of the 5,000 applications for federal aid to people in poverty. Via the Detroit News: They came by foot, wheelchair, bicycle and car. About six left by […]

Last weekend’s harvest of bell peppers and Beaver Dam peppers got turned into “Mexican” stuffed peppers that now reside in the freezer. It started with a sinkful of deliciousness: The day before we had made a huge pot of stuffing that’s mainly peppers, onions, chilies, black beans, more chilies, tomatoes, rice and more chiles along with some awesome spices, vegetable […]

Watch this YouTube video, especially from 0:25 to 0:40. Transcript: Fat Radio Show Host (Rush Limbaugh): “And now you’ve got Kathleen Sebelius saying ‘you MUST TAKE THE PIG FLU VACCINE! YOU MUST TAKE IT!!!’ Screw YOU, Ms. Sebelius. I am NOT going to take it precisely because you’re now telling me I must.” Look, I’m the most pacifist/Zen/Quaker dude you’re […]

This. Dude. Is. AWESOME!!!! “Madame Speaker, I have words for Democrats and Republicans tonight.” “Let’s start with the Democrats” “We as a party have spent the last six months, the greatest minds in our party, dwelling on the question, the unbelievably consuming question of how to get Olympia Snowe to vote on health care reform. I want to remind us […]

This one made the Recommended List on the Daily Kos for about 10 hours today. When I got up this morning and my iPhone AP app was telling me that President Obama had won the Nobel Peace Prize, and I just knew that heads were asplodin’ with great ferocity over in Freeperville (the conservative-and-then-some Free Republic.) And I was NOT […]

I got the latest RNC push-poll yesterday via my friends at the Washington Times. Although they don’t come right out and ask if you hate America, they might as well. The questions are classic push-poll fodder and give us yet another glimpse at how the Republicans shape the national dialog and spread fear, misconceptions and out-right lies. My favorite one […]

I somehow managed to get on the Washington Times email list at work. I suspect one of my conservative bags of douchewater signed me up. Today I got an email from one of their advertisers: Below, please find a message from one of our advertisers, Tea Party Express. Periodically, we receive opportunities we believe you may want to learn about. […]

Michigan leads the nation in unemployment. Our businesses are closing their doors, our food banks are running out of food and our workers are facing firings, layoffs and, when they actually keep their jobs, many, like me and all of my coworkers, face wage cuts. The Republican Senate Majority Leader’s answer? “…create an environment where…labor costs are low…” Oh sure. […]

All photos except the first one by Anne Savage. Visit her website, Flickr Page, and blog. October 3, 2009, the Washtenaw County Democratic Party held its annual dinner. Three U.S. Congressmen were in attendance. The first was freshman Representative Mark Schauer, a young, vibrant and optimistic Congressman. The second was Representative John Dingell, the longest-serving member in Congress today and […]