I've never been a fan of electing successful businessmen to political office--frankly, it's always seemed to me to be like hiring an auto mechanic to be the head of neurosurgery. Yes, he's good with his hands, but car repair and brain surgery are not one and the same.
Recent studies showing a link between psychopathy and corporate CEOs make me even less supportive.
Seems today there was an interesting development in the court proceeding brought forth by Detroit city pensioners against the desires of Rick Snyder and his bumbling band of toadies to put the city of Detroit into bankruptcy and thus freely take away their pensions. Andy Dillon, the state treasurer, while believing that the course of bankruptcy was the correct one, felt that Snyder and his bumbling band had not sufficiently made the case that they had tried to bargain in good faith with the pensioners and, in fact, that the bankruptcy move looked "premeditated." Dillon also noted that the deal that emergency manager Kevyn Orr offered to the retirees was so bad that no lawyer could possibly have accepted it.
Who would ever have believed? A fucking republican former CEO governor trying an end run to fuck over retirees so that the maggots of Wall Street can benefit.
I've always thought the bankruptcy move was a precursor to destroying Detroit and its largely African-American population, thus giving republicans a better chance at winning non-gerrymandered elections (republicans have been stomped in Presidential elections since 1992, and Sens. Levin and Stabenow have been each re-elected by crushing majorities since the early 2000s)--I guess making elderly people who devoted their careers to the city starve is just icing on the cake.
Peace,
emaycee
Showing posts with label Andy Dillon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Andy Dillon. Show all posts
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Friday, July 19, 2013
Hallelujah, I love her so
The bankruptcy of the city of Detroit took another turn today as Justice Rosemarie Aquilina ruled the bankruptcy unconstitutional under Michigan law. It leaves everything up in the air, as some are not sure Justice Aquilina has the standing to rule on the case, and also because Gov. Gutless, Rick Snyder, may refuse to comply with the ruling.
After my rant from yesterday, I should note that there are those on the progressive side who believe a bankruptcy filing may be better than an unfettered and undemocratic emergency manager calling the shots, as the judge does not have the power to removed elected officials or tear up union contracts.
Time will tell, but as more details are released (Snyder has actually been preparing for the bankruptcy for some time, Snyder is doing is usual whining about unions, Snyder is promising his actions will be better for creating jobs, Kevyn Orr's former law firm is handling the bankruptcy for the city, Andy Dillon, the State Treasurer, who is a LieberDem is leading the charge) the doubts I voiced yesterday about Snyder's character (he's a fucking liar, typical dishonest businessman who'd cut his mother's heart out to make another nickel) and actions have only grown stronger.
One of my favorite Michigan politicians, Gretchen Whitmer(State Senate Minority Leader), today sent out an e-mail that said that all Michiganders should stick together and that we were all Detroiters, now. No, Sen. Whitmer, all Michiganders are not Detroiters, now--only we Liberals are, because we're the only ones who give a damn about the people who actually live there.
Ally with the whining Governor Gutless and his cronies at your own risk.
Peace,
emaycee
After my rant from yesterday, I should note that there are those on the progressive side who believe a bankruptcy filing may be better than an unfettered and undemocratic emergency manager calling the shots, as the judge does not have the power to removed elected officials or tear up union contracts.
Time will tell, but as more details are released (Snyder has actually been preparing for the bankruptcy for some time, Snyder is doing is usual whining about unions, Snyder is promising his actions will be better for creating jobs, Kevyn Orr's former law firm is handling the bankruptcy for the city, Andy Dillon, the State Treasurer, who is a LieberDem is leading the charge) the doubts I voiced yesterday about Snyder's character (he's a fucking liar, typical dishonest businessman who'd cut his mother's heart out to make another nickel) and actions have only grown stronger.
One of my favorite Michigan politicians, Gretchen Whitmer(State Senate Minority Leader), today sent out an e-mail that said that all Michiganders should stick together and that we were all Detroiters, now. No, Sen. Whitmer, all Michiganders are not Detroiters, now--only we Liberals are, because we're the only ones who give a damn about the people who actually live there.
Ally with the whining Governor Gutless and his cronies at your own risk.
Peace,
emaycee
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Virg wins...BIG
Let this be a lesson to Democrats throughout the land: when given a choice between Republican-lite and a real Democrat, Democrats vote overwhelmingly for the real Democrat. The results are in, and as of five minutes after the polls had closed here in the great state of Michigan, the real Democrat, Virg Bernero, had already been projected as the winner, and the margin looks to be close to twenty points. A total rout (with lots of help from the Unions--nice work, folks!) after Democratic voters were shown the differences. Will somebody of power in Democratic circles please pay attention to this? Pretty please?
And this too--Alan Grayson's camp has it exactly right. Speak truth to power and call Republicans and their ideas and whining stupid. Maybe if we get lucky eventually it will sink in that Republican aren't generally very bright and neither are their ideas. It's a win-win for the good guys.
Peace,
emaycee
Saturday, July 24, 2010
Nolan's Wet Dream
So Nolan Finley has it all worked out for the Dems in this year's Governor's race...yeah sureee.
Look, I've made it perfectly clear that after the disaster that is Jennifer Granholm, on top of a horrid economy, the Democrats have virtually zero chance this fall in Michigan. But the absolute last thing we need is to take advice from Nolan Finley--Finley has a soft spot for Unions like I have a soft spot for...well, Nolan Finley.
Democrats only have to look at Creigh Deeds running against Bob McDonnell in Virginia in 2009. A real Republican versus Republican-lite. Final score: McDonnell 59%, Deeds 41%. And that is exactly the kind of rout that Andy Dillon gets us this fall. Democrats--and more importantly their union supporters--will stay home. As they should--yes, Andy Dillon will be somewhat better than any of the Republican candidates, but why waste your time--and resources--on a sure loser? Especially one that doesn't share most of your values (e.g., pro-choice, anti-union--what the fuck, he's a Democrat?).
Bernero doesn't have a chance, either, but at least he will fire up the base, get us out to vote, and keep the thing competitive. Losing sucks, but a 52-48, 0r 53-47 defeat keeps the Republicans victory in perspective, and keeps us from the dreaded Republican claim of a "mandate." It also gives us something to run on in 2014, especially after people see the Republican candidate has as much to offer as Republicans always have: cut taxes, um, cut taxes, um, keep the homos away from us, um, Tea Party, um, illegal immigrants suck--you get the drift, and in four years--surprise!!--we find out we're even more fucked than we were under Granholm. No one is much going to interested in Republican-lite in 2014.
My favorite line from Finley's piece is this (of Unions): "They accuse him [Dillon] of being more Republican than Democrat (as if that's a bad thing)." Forgetting the triteness of Finley's little add on, for those of us who do not enjoy fellating the wealthy and corporations, it is indeed a very bad thing.
Peace,
emaycee
Look, I've made it perfectly clear that after the disaster that is Jennifer Granholm, on top of a horrid economy, the Democrats have virtually zero chance this fall in Michigan. But the absolute last thing we need is to take advice from Nolan Finley--Finley has a soft spot for Unions like I have a soft spot for...well, Nolan Finley.
Democrats only have to look at Creigh Deeds running against Bob McDonnell in Virginia in 2009. A real Republican versus Republican-lite. Final score: McDonnell 59%, Deeds 41%. And that is exactly the kind of rout that Andy Dillon gets us this fall. Democrats--and more importantly their union supporters--will stay home. As they should--yes, Andy Dillon will be somewhat better than any of the Republican candidates, but why waste your time--and resources--on a sure loser? Especially one that doesn't share most of your values (e.g., pro-choice, anti-union--what the fuck, he's a Democrat?).
Bernero doesn't have a chance, either, but at least he will fire up the base, get us out to vote, and keep the thing competitive. Losing sucks, but a 52-48, 0r 53-47 defeat keeps the Republicans victory in perspective, and keeps us from the dreaded Republican claim of a "mandate." It also gives us something to run on in 2014, especially after people see the Republican candidate has as much to offer as Republicans always have: cut taxes, um, cut taxes, um, keep the homos away from us, um, Tea Party, um, illegal immigrants suck--you get the drift, and in four years--surprise!!--we find out we're even more fucked than we were under Granholm. No one is much going to interested in Republican-lite in 2014.
My favorite line from Finley's piece is this (of Unions): "They accuse him [Dillon] of being more Republican than Democrat (as if that's a bad thing)." Forgetting the triteness of Finley's little add on, for those of us who do not enjoy fellating the wealthy and corporations, it is indeed a very bad thing.
Peace,
emaycee
Monday, July 5, 2010
Hey, Boo
Nothing like watching Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird to stoke the fires in your better self....
There's lazy journalism, and then there's Nolan Finley. This piece encapsulates in a microcosm why I will never be a conservidiot. The terminology is straight out of right-wingnutoville of...well, the fifties, the sixties--Christ, for those old enough to recall, it could have been Archie Bunker on All in the Family (only that was supposed to be satire). The politics is inane (yeah, right, captialism is going to save us, all evidence to the contrary), the comparisons dim-witted and trite (one more idiot calls Obama a socialist and I'm going to puke), and the scare-mongering pathetic (hippies, peaceniks, and tree huggers...oh my!). All of this over the Social Justice Forum, which from what I've read, probably share a lot more in common with the majority of Americans than does Nolan Finley (to quote Elvis, "What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?"). Finley closes with this gem: "If we don't come to our senses in November, this is what the whole country will look like soon." If it means more power to the people, Nolan, we can only hope you're right. Looks a damn lot better to me than what we have now.
Lazy journalism, part two: Brian Dickerson, trying to ensure that the pundits at the Free Press are just as inept as those at the Detroit News, tries to turn an Obama victory (he handled the Gen. McChrystal situation about as well as could be done) into a defeat, claiming the General was deliberately careless with his words because McChrystal thinks Afghanistan is a loser and doesn't want it hanging around his neck, thus leaving the mess for Obama. Nice try, but the plain truth of the matter is McChrystal was careless with his words because he's used to an American media that is more interested in preserving the status quo than speaking truth to power. Unforunately for the General, Mr. Hastings was not your usual lazy icon of American journalism and the cat was out of the bag.
Apparently, there was a group session to discuss the U. S. debt, which all Americans were invited to. Unfortunately, unlike Pete Peterson and his minions, I have to work for a living and wasn't able to attend. My two cents: get out of Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday, create jobs with government spending on infrastructure, cut defense spending in half, raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and enact National Health Insurance. I'd also like Salma Hayek to greet me at the door tomorrow when I get home from work wearing a skimpy negligee--just kidding, Beautiful Girl! (Note: Wonk's piece cited above once again noted each of us owes $43,000 for the national debt--I will not rest until this bullshit ceases. It's just a scare tactic, and means about as much as telling me I'm responsible for x amount of stars in the night sky. Want to reduce the debt? Shut the fuck up and spend government money on infrastructure jobs--more taxes collected, national debt goes down. It's as simple as that.)
Nice piece on the only Democrat running for governor in Michigan--we're going to lose anyway, so why not accentuate the differences, and when whatever dipshit Republican wins we have something to run on in 2014. Virg Bernero might be a little rough around the edges, but he's a far sight better than Republican-lite Andy Dillon. Which slogan is better: A) We're going to work for the working people of Michigan, or B) We're going to fuck over the working people of Michigan slightly less than the Republican candidate? Quod erat dictum.
Good to see our teachers rallying in the capitol--the last thing we need is to solve Michigan's (or the nation's for that matter) budget problems on the backs of working people. The problem isn't the teachers--it's the wealthy and corporate welfare.
Is it just me (perhaps it was Obama's election) or does it seem more and more as if the big difference between Democrats and Republicans is that we actually want to solve problems and they just want to whine about why everything can't be like the good old days? Word to the (not so) wise: the good old days weren't so good, and they're long fucking gone.
Peace,
emaycee
There's lazy journalism, and then there's Nolan Finley. This piece encapsulates in a microcosm why I will never be a conservidiot. The terminology is straight out of right-wingnutoville of...well, the fifties, the sixties--Christ, for those old enough to recall, it could have been Archie Bunker on All in the Family (only that was supposed to be satire). The politics is inane (yeah, right, captialism is going to save us, all evidence to the contrary), the comparisons dim-witted and trite (one more idiot calls Obama a socialist and I'm going to puke), and the scare-mongering pathetic (hippies, peaceniks, and tree huggers...oh my!). All of this over the Social Justice Forum, which from what I've read, probably share a lot more in common with the majority of Americans than does Nolan Finley (to quote Elvis, "What's so funny about peace, love and understanding?"). Finley closes with this gem: "If we don't come to our senses in November, this is what the whole country will look like soon." If it means more power to the people, Nolan, we can only hope you're right. Looks a damn lot better to me than what we have now.
Lazy journalism, part two: Brian Dickerson, trying to ensure that the pundits at the Free Press are just as inept as those at the Detroit News, tries to turn an Obama victory (he handled the Gen. McChrystal situation about as well as could be done) into a defeat, claiming the General was deliberately careless with his words because McChrystal thinks Afghanistan is a loser and doesn't want it hanging around his neck, thus leaving the mess for Obama. Nice try, but the plain truth of the matter is McChrystal was careless with his words because he's used to an American media that is more interested in preserving the status quo than speaking truth to power. Unforunately for the General, Mr. Hastings was not your usual lazy icon of American journalism and the cat was out of the bag.
Apparently, there was a group session to discuss the U. S. debt, which all Americans were invited to. Unfortunately, unlike Pete Peterson and his minions, I have to work for a living and wasn't able to attend. My two cents: get out of Iraq and Afghanistan yesterday, create jobs with government spending on infrastructure, cut defense spending in half, raise taxes on corporations and the wealthy, and enact National Health Insurance. I'd also like Salma Hayek to greet me at the door tomorrow when I get home from work wearing a skimpy negligee--just kidding, Beautiful Girl! (Note: Wonk's piece cited above once again noted each of us owes $43,000 for the national debt--I will not rest until this bullshit ceases. It's just a scare tactic, and means about as much as telling me I'm responsible for x amount of stars in the night sky. Want to reduce the debt? Shut the fuck up and spend government money on infrastructure jobs--more taxes collected, national debt goes down. It's as simple as that.)
Nice piece on the only Democrat running for governor in Michigan--we're going to lose anyway, so why not accentuate the differences, and when whatever dipshit Republican wins we have something to run on in 2014. Virg Bernero might be a little rough around the edges, but he's a far sight better than Republican-lite Andy Dillon. Which slogan is better: A) We're going to work for the working people of Michigan, or B) We're going to fuck over the working people of Michigan slightly less than the Republican candidate? Quod erat dictum.
Good to see our teachers rallying in the capitol--the last thing we need is to solve Michigan's (or the nation's for that matter) budget problems on the backs of working people. The problem isn't the teachers--it's the wealthy and corporate welfare.
Is it just me (perhaps it was Obama's election) or does it seem more and more as if the big difference between Democrats and Republicans is that we actually want to solve problems and they just want to whine about why everything can't be like the good old days? Word to the (not so) wise: the good old days weren't so good, and they're long fucking gone.
Peace,
emaycee
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