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A Chinese Group Plans To Construct A 200 Acre "China City" In Michigan

Published Monday, May 14, 2012

A Chinese group known as "Sino-Michigan Properties LLC"
has bought up 200 acres of land near the town of Milan, Michigan. Their plan is
to construct a "China City" with artificial lakes, a Chinese cultural center and
hundreds of housing units for Chinese citizens. Essentially, it would be a
little slice of communist China dropped right into the heartland of America.

Superintendent's McGonegal Keeps Saying It's Not my Fault

Published Monday, May 7, 2012

I can't believe Superintendent McGonegal keeps whining. Oh! Poor Me. He sounds like my daughter years ago when I asked her to clean her room. The only comment I haven't heard from the Superintendent happens to be "the dog ate all my important papers". Mr. McGonegal, you still have time for that one.

US educational failures pose national security threat, report warns

Published Tuesday, May 1, 2012

WASHINGTON -- A new report claims that the US education system is putting the country's national security at risk.

The independent study, sponsored by the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), found that K-12 school systems across the country are failing to adequately prepare kids to grow up and protect the US.

"For starters, we don't have nearly enough people who are capable in the STEM fields -- science, technology, engineering and math," according to former secretary of education Margaret Spellings, a member of the council's task force that wrote the report, titled "US Education Reform and National Security."

Move Earth Day To Dec. 7 To Highlight The EPA’s Victory Over Liberty

Published Monday, April 23, 2012

By Bill Wilson — Like the day Pearl Harbor was bombed by the Japanese, Dec. 7, 2009, might too be recalled by history as a day that shall live in infamy.

That was the day Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson issued the carbon endangerment finding, a rule defining carbon dioxide, a gas necessary for the existence of life itself, as a harmful pollutant under the terms of the Clean Air Act.

While Earth Day marks the April 22 celebration worldwide of the radical environmentalist agenda, Dec. 7, 2009, was the day the greens scored their most significant victory to date over free markets and, indeed, over liberty itself. As a result, it would only be fitting if Earth Day were moved to Dec. 7.

Murtha Airport, brought to you by American taxpayers

Published Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Spinners and Winners

The Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pa., is a prime example of taxpayer spending that refuses to die. Representative John Murtha steered some 150 million of taxpayer dollars to this eponymous airport over the last decade and despite the fact he died more than a year ago, the money keeps on coming.

Manatee School Board's Changing of the Guard

Published Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The Manatee County School District has troubles. Let us visualize the five board members as a fleet of vehicles in poor repair. While the Kinnan auto is being taken out of service after sixteen years, the Harvey car often is broken down, and the Gause transmission performs erratically, due to wanton flip-flopping. The Aranibar and Carpenter vehicles also are experiencing transmission difficulties due to their prolonged uphill battle against the superintendent/board attorney tandem. In these circumstances, Harvey would be limited to local travel, Gause would need a transmission replacement, and the two newest board member sedans would surely perform better on level driving surfaces. Since I have driven my auto metaphor onto life support, I will not abuse it further. read more»

Dawning of a New Manatee School Board Era

Published Wednesday, March 21, 2012

The recently announced MCSB retirement of Harry Kinnan heralds the end of an era, not simply becuase of his departure, but because of the board's changing configuration. He and Barbara Harvey, now in her fourth term, served on the board during the days when the county was growing rapidly and there was money for most any school district pursuit. The board had three good years from 2000-03 under Dan Nolan, who was as smart as he sounded, tougher than he appeared, and as ethical as they come. read more»

Gas Price Hypocrisy

Published Tuesday, March 20, 2012

In 2006 the Democrats and the media screamed bloody murder over the high price of gas. When Barack Obama was inaugurated, the average gas price was $1.87 a gallon. Now that the price has more than doubled, what are the Democrats and the administration saying now? If you guessed that high gas prices under Obama are somehow a good thing, give yourself a pat on the back. The liberal mindset is always an amazing thing to behold.old. read more»

Report from the Tea Party Manatee, Educational Committee

Published Tuesday, March 13, 2012

This past year the Budget Committee that was started by the Superintendent brought community and department heads together for review and discussion. Now is has been disbanded. No Thanks, no explanation, just gone. Instead we now have a series of "Budget Committee Workshops" where each department head reports to the School Board, Superintendent and the Attorney. No talk of numbers, dollars and so forth.
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Sheriff Arpaio Report on Obama Eligibility Investigation

Published Thursday, March 1, 2012

Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County, Arizona, announced today that his six-month investigation had found suficient evidence that "probable cause exists indicating that forgery and fraud may have been committed" in the release of President Obama's long-form birth certificate. Arpaio said the evidence gathered by his investigators suggests Mr. Obama's birth certificate and selective service registration card are fakes.