Don’t ask me why but this makes me smile: Attention, Kmart shoppers: The blue light special is back. The venerable discounter is reviving the legendary sales tactic on Saturdays to bolster sales and lure shoppers who have migrated to other big box retailers, said Tom Aiello, spokesman for Sears Holding Corp., which owns Kmart. Maybe it’s because of the Pavlovian […]

I highly commend your attention to the DeSmogBlog blog entry “Leaked Memo: Oil Lobby Launches Fake ‘Grassroots’ Campaign”. According to a leaked memo obtained by Greenpeace, the Big Oil lobby is planning an anti-climate change legislation astroturf campaign modeled on the one conducted by health insurance companies to combat health care reform. Event venues have already been selected and plans […]

For your reading pleasure: County Commissioner Brings Swastika Sign To US Rep. Schauer Health Care Rally I think I made this guy’s life rather difficult starting a bit before lunch today. Good. I’m just sayin’…

Thanks to my future sister-in-law Mel for this one. Gay Loggers for Jesus to march in Bozeman It looks like the Bozeman Tea Party will not be the only march down Bozeman’s Main Street this Fourth of July. City officials have approved a parade request for the Green Coalition of Gay Loggers for Jesus. The parade will happen an hour […]

Pay particular attention to the sign the guy in the middle is holding. Click the pic to make it bigger. I’m just sayin’…

I have another Huffington Post piece up today. It’s about an amazingly douchey guy from St. Louis named Kenneth Gladney. St. Louis Teabag Protester Lies about Medical Coverage to Solicit “Donations” I’m just sayin’…

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. I have three major updates to my two Daily Kos Rec List diaries regarding last week’s Rep. John Dingell health care town hall meeting and about Kenneth Gladney, the protestor in St. Louis who claimed not to have health insurance. Executive summary: Kenneth Gladney DOES have health insurance and he’s still collecting money anyway. Mike […]

I have a new article up at the Huffington Post, a rewrite of my Daily Kos diary on John Dingell’s health care town hall meeting last week. Raucous Politics — Rep. John Dingell Calmly Faces “The Screamers” I’m just sayin’…

Cross-posted at the Daily Kos. (Updated twice below.) There are already a couple other diaries up (at the Daily Kos) that talk about Kenneth Gladney, the African American man who claims he was attacked by SEIU “thugs” (HERE and HERE), so I won’t go into any detail on that. Those diarist have done a much better job than I could […]

Heading into last night’s health care town hall meeting with U.S. Representative John Dingell, my wife and I anticipated that there would probably be a decent turnout of opposition from the tea bagger side of the tracks. I’ve been reading about how the Disrupticans (hat tip: Detroit Mark) have been shutting down any semblance of civil discourse at these events […]

Former head of the EPA and Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change, Carol Browner, was in Michigan yesterday to talk to Detroit vehicle manufacturers about the future of the industry. She was invited by freshman Representative Gary Peters (D-Bloomfield) who has recently introduced legislation called ADVANCED VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY ACT that will inject $550 million into the Dept. […]