I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
It seems to me that Chris Matthews, in this clip from the MSNBC television show Hardball, is asking a legitimate question.
Republican vice presidential candidate and Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Saturday on Fox News that she would “be happy” to campaign in Michigan. And Michigan Democrats are wasting no time in grabbing a hold of this call and making fun of it by starting an online petition to bring Saturday Night Live personality Tina Fey [...]
As I said last week, there is only one possible measure of who “wins” these “debates,” and that is by how they changed public perceptions and swung voters to their side. And like it or not, most voters do not make that decision based on analysis of substantive arguments but on subjective perceptions.
Don’t feel like heading to a veep debate house party? Can’t get away from your desk to share the fun? Join others here at Michigan Messenger for live chat during the debate! Scream not into the void at Palin’s babbling nonanswers or Biden’s toothy gaffes — scream here instead!
To protect John McCain’s VP candidate’s reputation, the RNC creates a Palin Truth Squad composed of women passed over for the veep nod — including Rep. Candice Miller.
The New York Times political blog reports that Gov. Jennifer Granholm will be playing the part of Sarah Palin in practice debates with Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden.
Thank goodness we’re past the doll stage in my household, although my kid was never much for dolls anyhow. I don’t have to deal with a temper tantrum as to why Mom will not buy the latest goofy-but-popular doll on the market, particularly this nutty Matrix-meets-Naughty-Librarian-as-Veep doll.
Some of the folks in Ketchikan, Alaska — the city that the now infamous “Bridge to Nowhere” was to connect to Gravina Island — are not happy with Sarah Palin’s frequent lies about the issue. Ketchikan Mayor Bob Weinstein told Reuters that Palin is playing political games with the bridge:
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