by Pete Nicely As Chris Savage reported on A2Politico just a few days ago, in less than 30 words Republicans in the Michigan State Senate recently performed some magic. By adding a few choice words, they turned water into whine, creating an anti-bullying bill that would empower even parents to teach those nerds a lesson: [...]
by Pete Nicely “Who Is Suffering In America?” a four-page PDF recently released by the Mackinac Center, descimates a 63 page report the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released last week that concludes the rich are getting richer at the expense of middle and working class Americans. “The incomes of the top 1 percent may grown by [...]
by Pete Nicely You probably don’t hate gay people. You probably chose not to be a fundamentalist Christian because you didn’t want to think about gay sex that much—not that it works, mind you. And when someone close to you came out, you found yourself surprised to discover it had almost no long-term effect, good [...]
A2P Notes: The News Chix, anchored by Millie W. Benson, weighs in on the subject of crime reporting this week. On August 8, 2011, A2Politico posted a feature piece titled, “Mayor & Police Chief’s Longtime Claims That “Crime Is Down” Bogus? AAPD Sources Reveal Crime Reports Not Filed & Allege Crimes Misclassified.” Perhaps if you [...]
A2P Notes: The News Chix, anchored by Millie W. Benson, weighs in on the subject of awards this week. Did you know the City of Ann Arbor spends millions of dollars on a 15-member staff whose job it is to apply for awards? Yes, really. Did you think the awards won by Ann Arbor were, [...]
by Pete Nicely Some might think that the dozens of Occupy Wall Street protests that have sprung up in cities across the country indicate that Wall Street doesn’t have any friends. On the contrary: Wall Street still has a friend—about 67,000 friends, actually. The Tea Party. Since January 20, 2009, while our economy bled nearly 1,000,000 [...]
by Pete Nicely Chris Christie gave right-wingers all over America multiple orgasms when he told a teacher from his state that it’s “none of your business” if he sends his kids to private school. Assumed-moderate Rick Snyder would never be so brave in public. But if voters are looking for someone who is crudely insensitive to the [...]
by Pete Nicely Class Warfare noun. Origin of Class Warfare: From the French classe, from Latin classis group called to military service, fleet, class; perhaps akin to Latin calare to call, from the Middle English werre, warre war + fare journey, passage — First Known Use: 15th century. Best one sentence decimation of GOP argument that taxation of the rich [...]
A2P Notes: The News Chix, anchored by Millie W. Benson, debuts this week. Benson, a long-time resident of Ann Arbor, and keen-eyed political observer, reports on local politics like, well, no other sock puppet wearing dangly earrings can. In this first episode, Benson reports on cuts to safety services, in particular the reduction in the [...]
by Pete Nicely ann arbor craigslist > personals > casual encounters How to Talk Dirty to a Tea Partier – w4m (Ann Arbor) Date: 2011-09-19, 3:04AM EDT Seeking a common sense conservative who woke up from a coma on the day President Barack Hussein Obama was inaugurated. Seeking a small government conservative who honestly believes that that [...]
