Our Michigan members of Congress are falling all over themselves to get into the spotlight regarding the Underpants Bomber. It’s like the news story that keeps on giving. First, last week, we had Rep. Mark Schauer (D, MI-07) questioning with or not the flight crew on Flight 253 followed protocol in the process. Was protocol violated when Flight 253 — […]

First of all, congratulations to Nawlins and Saints fans everywhere. What a great game, great victory and a great team with tons of heart. The game just finished and I’m pretty sure I can hear the party all the way up here in Michigan. Speaking of Michigan, could you guys send a little good luck juju up to us? We […]

Yesterday, February 6, three Democratic candidates for statewide office appeared on a panel to discuss their candidacy and to answer questions from the audience. The event was sponsored by People of Diversity United for Equality (PODUE) and was held at the Brown Chapel AME in Ypsilanti. In attendance were Alma Wheeler-Smith — candidate for governor, Jocelyn Benson — candidate for […]

“Toyota: There’s no stopping us now!” “Toyota: give us a brake.” [People leaping into the air in the Toyota Sell-a-thon commercial and just keep going right out of the top of the frame…] “Toyota: proud sponsor of Total Recall II” (to be released this summer starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Richard Brake) “ToyotAAAAAGGGHHHHHH!!!” Add your own in the comments. I’m just […]

Aw, Jebus. Dear Lord baby Jebus: (H/T Think Progress) WALLACE: How hard do you think President Obama would be to defeat in 2012? PALIN: It depends on a few things, say he played — I got this from Buchanan — say he played the war card. Say he decided to declare war on Iran or decide to really come out […]

This is probably going to look like a commercial for the Calera company but I’ll say right off the bat that I have no connection or financial interest in them. What I do have is a scientist’s interest in them. Here’s a statistic that shocked me: cement manufacturing is responsible for 5% of global CO2 emissions and in the U.S., […]

Just in case there was any doubt in anyone’s mind about the state of the economy now (under President Obama) vs. then (under President Doy): So stick that in your Republican pipe and smoke it. I’m just sayin’…

What is this? Some sort of Republican contest to see who can be the biggest dumbass in the entire party??? Via the Boston Herald: Steele panned President Barack Obama’s long-stated plan to let income tax rates return to higher levels for families making more than $250,000 a year. “Trust me, after taxes, a million dollars is not a lot of […]

What more evidence do you need than this? From the White House blog this week: Nine months ago, the White House sent the nominee for GSA Administrator, Martha Johnson, to the Senate for its consideration. Today, she was finally given a vote and was overwhelmingly approved by a margin of 94-2 [Update: make that 96-0 after the remaining two switched […]

So this morning I blogged about Senator Shelby putting a “blanket hold” on 70 of President Obama’s appointees. The backstory to this is that he is doing it to secure a couple of key earmarks for his district. Yup: The key issue is that Shelby wants the Air Force to tweak an RFP for refueling tankers so that Airbus (partnered […]

MI-07 Rep. Mark Schauer is questioning whether or not rules were broken during the apprehension of the so-called Christmas Day bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab on Flight 253 inbound to Detroit. Via the Detroit Free Press: Was protocol violated when Flight 253 — after a failed attempt to set off a bomb on the Christmas Day flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to […]