Taylor Michigan: What began as an orderly line to receive housing vouchers in Taylor, Michigan erupted into violence causing the program to be halted by officials. The initial line began Friday evening and was filled with low income, elderly, and disabled residents hoping to receive one of the 1,000 vouchers. According to reports about 6 [...]
Yes, you read that right. The doomsday predictions of that some are reading into the Mayan calendar have sparked discussion, jokes, and in some cases fear. One situation where the fear and rumors reached a crescendo was in that bastion of knowledge, the public school system. Citing the significant disruption to the teaching and learning [...]
You are probably familiar with the Conservative commentator/comedian Steven Crowder. He is in Michigan covering the Union unrest and was physically attacked on camera. Here is an interview with Steven Crowder after the fact with Dana Loesch:
Conservative activist and comedian Steven Crowder was punched in the face at least four times as he attempted to stop a union mob from destroying a tent in a Lansing, MI protest over right-to-work legislation. Crowder suffered bruises to his face and a chipped tooth in the assault. Additional footage can be seen on the [...]
After the mob assault on the volunteers and property of Americans For Prosperity in Michigan, AFP took no time in responding via social media and the organization’s website. “The passage of Right-to-Work is a win/win for Michigan,” said Michigan State Director Scott Hagerstrom in a statement. “Despite this victory, it took place amid union brutality [...]
Michigan is now the 24th right to work state in America. Public workers in Michigan are now free to work without being forced to pay legalized extortion to unions as a precondition of their employment. As union labor gathered by the thousands, Michigan’s legislature voted approval Tuesday to “right-to-work” legislation. The House and the Senate [...]
Conservative blogger Lee Stranahan captured the destruction of the Americans for Prosperity tent by pro-union protestors. In a frightening act of mob violence the tent was torn down endangering the people still inside. If this is what unions promote no civilized American should want any part.
The fight over ‘right to work’ legislation that has passed the Michigan state legislature turned violent today when a mob of angry pro-union protesters vandalized a large tent. The tent was erected by the Michigan chapter of Americans For Prosperity, a free market activist group. The tent, according to reports via social media from those [...]
Michigan teachers are calling in sick Tuesday as part of a massive protest effort against the state’s new Right to Work legislation that has just passed in the financially struggling state. At least two school districts are closed Tuesday after discovering more than half their teachers will not be working. The bill would allow workers [...]
A little bit of role reversal goes wrong for one citizen in Detroit. H/T Secrets of The Fed
12/9/12 The war on Christmas continues; Unions in Michigan gear up for more protests; Louis Fowler stops by to talk entertainment. Tune in tonight at 10pm ET/7pm Pacific on the CDNews Network on Blogtalk Radio. UPDATE: Listen to the replay here or follow the link above to download. Listen to internet radio with CDNews Radio [...]
Not to be outdone by Cleveland residents, this Detroit church is getting in on the “government assisted” cellphone giveaway. The advertisement assures “recipients” that the “sign up process is easy and will only take a few minutes to complete”. Just as the Obamaphone Lady made it clear, if you “are on food stamps, SSI, Medicaid or [...]
Cam Edwards speaks with John Chevilott, a groundskeeper for Wayne County, Michigan Department of Public Services who recently found a handgun while he was mowing a lawn. He secured the firearm and took it in to a nearby Garden City police station, but later he was notified that he had been fired for possessing a firearm on county property. Chevilott was on 2 years away from retirement, and his union has filed a grievance with the county on his behalf
Mitt Romney how holds a 6 point lead in Michigan despite trailing Rick Santorum in that state for the last few weeks.
Much ado has been made about the Super Bowl Clint Eastwood/Chrysler commercial, expressing the theme that Detroit, and America at large, is making a comeback. In some conservative circles, “Dirty Harry” has been criticized as shilling for President Obama. But after reading this article by Mara Gay of The Daily, I’m convinced that the tough-guy libertarian may [...]
