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Achmed the Dead Terrorist (10 minute version)

Via Libertas via Seraphic Secret via Mere Rhetoric.

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Eject

Michigan is officially bankrupt.

The solution?

Taxing coin-operated blood pressure testing.

We're not only looking under the cushions, we're tearing the whole damned couch apart.

I wonder if anyone noticed the record levels of revenue the federal government is taking in.  With less taxing.  Nah.

Who knows, maybe he's right.

In political ads airing this week, the Democratic Party confidently compared Granholm's tactic with Bill Clinton's politically-successful showdown with Newt Gingrich in 1995 to shutter the federal government.

But Clinton was not demanding an income tax increase in the middle of an economic recession. There is an unwritten political rule that government shutdowns hurt Republicans most. But in Michigan's current economic state, politicians asking more pain from citizens may not just be fiscally irresponsible - they might be committing mass political suicide.

I almost forgot since I don't watch football (hockey starts in three days!).  My sister told me the Lions matched last season's win total today with a rally against the Bears.  Huzzah!  Good news from Michigan.

The Tigers, however, choked in the second half of the season.

The Wings start on the 3rd.

Also, the casinos in Detroit will stay open regardless of what Lansing does or doesn't do.  But if you haven't bought your Mega Millions tickets already, you're even more out of luck.

Shame:  Representative David Agema (R) was over in Russia hunting sheep.  Sure, he had planned this trip for three years - prior to becoming a representative even.  Sure, it's a once in a lifetime experience.  Sure, he may have lost thousands of dollars if he had backed out to see the obligations his job entails.  Apparently, he's not cutout for this type of job.

Rep. David Agema stayed in session until 4 a.m. Saturday and voted three times against a proposal by Democrats to raise the state income tax before leaving on the two-week trip, said his chief of staff, Karen Spoelman. The House of Representatives worked without a resolution throughout the weekend.

That income tax increase just passed by one vote.  Lieutenant Governor Cherry threw the winning blow to tax payers.  Good one, Dave.  I hope the sheep keep you warm.

Bonus:  Interesting play on the local news.  I usually don't watch the local news, but WDIV has to be the least partisan news program I've watched in a long time.  Devin Scillian is actually asking questions from both sides (yes, that's him - journalist, children's books author, songwriter, and musician).

Whoa.  the WXYZ anchors are lamenting the possible new sales tax on various services (that blood pressure link lists them all).  By George, they get it!  Higher taxes on so-called luxury items will harm everyone.

I think I'm having delusions.

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Not much to say about today

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Just to let you know...

It's pronounced Mack-in-aw not Mack-in-ak. 'K? It's not Mack, MI either.  There is no Mack, MI.  What is this - fly-over country? Geesh.

Why Mackinac Island anyway? There's a fairly large city in the southeast part of Michigan with a fairly large event facility, you know.

I think I'd be a little more excited about this if the election were next month. I know it seems as if the election is next month, but it isn't.

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He'll be shot

This isn't a threat, just an observation - a guess.  If Ahmadinejad makes his way to Ground Zero, someone will try to fulfill his martyrdom wish.

I wonder if that's what Ahmadinejad has in mind.

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Nature does its thing

Drudge headline:  Man Bitten After Putting Rattlesnake in Mouth.

Too bad we've thwarted natural selection.  Apparently, we've also thwarted natural rights, and Naomi Wolf ain't gonna take it no more.  Well, no.  She's going to be sitting in her cozy apartment looking down on the street as you and I stop taking it anymore.  Chickenhawk.

Meanwhile, back in the Well of Apocalypse, Ahmamissindinner wants to look down at Ground Zero.  No dice - so far.  Instead he'll be preaching to the choir at Columbia University - whose school of journalism will likely file some sort of paper on behalf of Dan Rather.  Dan Rather being their "fake but accurate" poster boy and all.  I could be wrong, but that standard won't fly in court.

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The case for getting a gun

It's a given fact:  The police can't be everywhere.  More over, the police usually can't be where they're needed exactly when they're needed.  Because of that the system is focused more towards punishing offenders than preventing offenses.  That doesn't change the fact of someone having been robbed, assaulted, raped, or murdered. 

What's worse is the system willfully withholding information about obviously dangerous people - like Houssein Zorkot.  I'm in Dearborn Monday through Friday for classes.  The University of Michigan has a branch in Dearborn and there's Henry Ford Community College.  They're right next to each other - about 10 minutes from Hemlock Park. 

LGF, Ace, and Malkin commented on this - never thought I'd see a Heritage paper linked on a major blog.

I think the Dearbornistan name is a bit over-the-top.  Big Arab population, yes.  They were celebrating in the streets when we launched into Iraq though, and I've never had a problem there - and I'm there quite a bit.

By the way, Henry Ford Community College had Alms for Jihad on their "New Books" rack last week.

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