Took the day off work to enjoy the one and only Indian Summer day of 2009. Got some food + beer: Put in on the Huron River (along with a buncha other smart folks): Then enjoyed the day on the river, photographing, drinking and floating: Even met up with some friends on the river. Life is good. Oh, and tonight? […]

316,296 calls to members of Congress in one day. THAT’S the power of Organizing for America. Time to Deliver phone call drive to members of Congress proved the power of OFA and how it will be a major force to contend with in future legislative debates and elections. The goal was 100,000 calls and commits to call in support of […]

Over $10 million per month to lobby Congress, that is. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is under a lot of heat these days. Between being considered persona non grata by the Obama administration and being punk’d by a progressive activist group to losing scads of members due to their positions on climate change legislation and health care reform, they are […]

In Sunday’s edition of the combined Detroit Free Press and Detroit News (they publish jointly on Sundays), Detroit News Editorial Page editor and all around numbskull Nolan Findlay had an editorial titled “Bet on it: ACORN will be back”. The mind-blowing thing about it is that man like Nolan, immersed daily in the news of the day/week/year, still manages to […]

Watching Meet the Press this morning, I was shocked to hear Senator John Kyl say this: I’m not sure that it’s a fact that more and more people die because they don’t have health insurance. But because they don’t have health insurance, the care is not delivered in the best and most efficient way. Uh, dude, you’re a goddam SENATOR! […]

It’s no secret that Michigan’s economy is in big trouble. We lead the nation in unemployment. Wages are going down for those that remain employed and, according to Republican Senate Maj. Leader Mike Bishop, that’s a good thing: State Senate Majority Leader Michael Bishop (R) says…[t]he state…needs to change its image and “create an environment where taxes are low, labor […]

President Obama has a way of putting it all in perspective sometimes: “I’m busy, Nancy’s busy with her mop cleaning up somebody else’s mess. We don’t want somebody sitting back saying you’re not holding the mop the right way. “Why don’t you grab a mop? Why don’t you help clean up? [mocking voice] “‘You’re not mopping fast enough.’ ‘That’s a […]

I am sponsoring the Michigan Liberal website for a couple of days. It’s a terrific site for anything related to progressive issues in Michigan and I highly encourage you to (a) visit and (b) support it with a little financial help. Totally worth the investment, in my opinion. I’m just sayin’… P.S. If you are feeling eclectafriendly, please vote for […]

Were you feeling a bit balding, fat, hard-of-hearing and Oxycontin-addled last night? Sometime last evening did you feel racist, misogynistic, homophobic and sickeningly conservative? Well, there’s a reason for that. According to tsquare over at Red State, last night, we were all Rush Limbaugh. Seriously. The title of his essay was “Tonight… We Are All Rush Limbaugh”. It turns out […]

I’ll admit it right here and now: I absolutely LOVE watching conservative-on-conservative action. No, not that kind of action, you perv. THIS kind of action: At a Graham town hall in Greenville yesterday, activist Harry Kimball of “RINO HUNT” protested by constructing a display that depicted Graham, as well as moderates like Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Sen. Susan Collins […]

This is positively brilliant. Warning: contains scene of animal death by train. Transcript: Fox Newscaster: Very quickly, Chairman Steele, the feeling in some circles is that this health care train has left the station with the president at the wheel and that Republicans better jump on board. Republican National Committee Chair Michael Steele: Well I’m the cow on the tracks […]