The group Protect Your Care issued a statement today that reminds me of why I love liberals so much. Statement on Rick Perry’s Letter Praising Hillary Clinton on Health Care in 1994August 31, 2011For Immediate ReleaseContact: Eddie Vale – eddie@protectyourcare.org In response to Governor Rick Perry’s health care letter to then First Lady Hillary Clinton Protect Your Care Communications Director […]

When you have done nearly all there is to do to hurt teachers, what remains? It’s simple, really. Outsource their jobs. Privatize the actual education of our children. And that’s just what Michigan Senator Phil Pavlov (25th District), who cancelled his only townhall meeting this summer, is planning to do. School districts could hire school teachers through a private company, […]

This past week, John Covington was hired by the state of Michigan to oversee a collection of underperforming schools in the state. The new group, the Education Achievement Authority (EAA), will focus its efforts on improving failing schools around Michigan. In his new position, Covington may make as much as $1.5 million per year over 4 years if he meets […]

Tonight’s haul, our first harvest: 145 pounds of organically-grown heirloom tomatoes. And there ate LOTS more on the vine. I’m skeert.

These people have moved beyond being hateful to being truly evil. Here’s Eric Cantor, Republican House Majority Leader, regarding federal funds for hurricane relief after Irene’s stroll up the eastern seaboard that left almost a million and a half people without power, massive flooding and extensive damage (not to mention some deaths): Despite the devastation caused by Hurricane Irene this […]

Thanks for your patience while I enjoyed some time off from blogging to enjoy The Most Beautiful Place in America with my most beautiful wife. If you you checked in at Eclectablog through last Tuesday, you probably saw some photos from our trip to the Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Leelanau Peninsula in “the pinky” of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula. I’ll […]

Is it just me or did it seem like today’s earthquake in Washington, D.C. was just Mother Nature’s way of saying, “WTF? Get your shit together and do NOT make me come down there!” God, knows Mother Nature only did what most of the rest of America wants to do but lacks the ability.

=10:00 a.m. on the Crystal River ====== When you arrive back in Glen Arbor, you see this on the side of one of the kayak liveries: Me and Eclectablog reader Lisa Nordby who works at the Cherry Republic ( yum) ====== Whale-watching on Lake Michigan with the Wisconsin Alps in the background. Only saw two today. And a proper one […]

Just outside of Cedar, 10 a.m., going in search of the Cedar Creek Just another day in paradise The Most Beautiful Place in America. ====== Found it: a natural cedar bonsai tree, sharing a stump with some moss and fungus. Just saw a river otter chomping on a crawfish. First one I’ve ever seen in the Lower Peninsula. ==== Coming […]

My breaking of the news about the anti-petition signing robocalls has received widespread coverage. In addition to the Rachel Maddow Show, several other news outlets have covered it, including the Herald Palladium, Michigan Messenger and WNDU. Michigan Forward, the group who is working to put the repeal of the odious Financial Manager law on the ballot, has now issued a […]

Click image for a larger version As I ramble about this most awesome place with my best friend, soulmate, lover and wife (all the same person, fortunately for me), I’m reminded that this this amazing place belongs to all of us. That’s the beauty and strength of the National Parks — they are owned by all of us collectively, a […]