Michigan Archives



June 27, 2008

MLB.TV
I JUST SIGNED UP FOR MLB.COM'S PREMIUM INTERNET TV SERVICE. It took me about two minutes to decide to cancel. Even though I checked the ZIP codes of home and work and both showed 'okay,' it tells me I'm blacked out for all home Tigers games. What someone is calling...[READ]

Can You Drive 55?
WOOD-TV: Could lower speeds spur gas efficiency? With gas prices climbing, one Michigan lawmaker says its time to roll back the speed limit. A Democrat from the east side of the state has introduced a resolution in the state house urging the federal government to enact a 55 mile...[READ]


June 24, 2008

Marines get a few good triplets from Cadillac
Michigan news: The Marines are getting a few good triplets Andrew, Sam and Elizabeth Foltz of Cadillac may have disagreed now and then growing up, but they're taking the same post-high school path -- enrolling in the U.S. Marine Corps. They decided separately and are not entering the service together....[READ]


June 19, 2008

Yoopers with Electric Cars
In a discussion today with someone who is beyond fed up with oil companies who are gouging good old American citizens, I was told that no one in the US would be driving a gas-powered car in ten years. I was then told that battery-powered electric cars would be all...[READ]


May 29, 2008

Helicopter Crash on Grand Rapids Hospital
Luckily, it was a training flight and the crew escaped unharmed: GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A helicopter whose pilot was practicing approaches crashed on the roof of a hospital Thursday, catching fire moments after the two people on board escaped unharmed, a fire official said. No patients were aboard...[READ]


April 4, 2008

Mega Millions Winner to Ford: DROP DEAD
David Sneath worked in a Ford Motor Company parts warehouse fro 34 years, but didn't take much time leaving after winning $136 million in the lottery. "I yelled to the boss, 'I'm out of here,"' the Livonia man said Thursday after coming to state Lottery Bureau headquarters in downtown Lansing...[READ]


March 27, 2008

Cycling 4 Children '08
2008 Equal Parenting Bike Trek - 758 Miles - Lansing Michigan to Washington, D.C. Five Michigan fathers will pedal their bicycles 758 miles from Lansing, MI to Washington, D.C. Robb MacKenzie - Upper Penninsula of Michigan - US EPBT Founder - 2007 cyclist Robert Pedersen - West Michigan -...[READ]


March 21, 2008

'You can't tell me that everybody didn't pray'
Faith in the Foxhole: How a soldier embraced his faith amidst the chaos of war This is the cover story in this month's Faith Grand Rapids magazine. Though Ed Czyzyk was a Marine and not a soldier, it's a great look at a local guy who served in World War...[READ]


January 16, 2008

Former Congressman indicted for terrorist fundraising
Ex-lawmaker charged in terror conspiracy A former congressman and delegate to the United Nations was indicted Wednesday as part of a terrorist fundraising ring that allegedly sent more than $130,000 to an al-Qaida and Taliban supporter who has threatened U.S. and international troops in Afghanistan. Mark Deli Siljander, a...[READ]


January 15, 2008

Voted in Michigan
Murdoc stopped and voted in the Republican primary on the way home from work. The snow wasn't too bad and the roads were perfectly fine. (Special note to whoever moved the polling place to its new location: Thanks. I don't have to go out of my way any more and...[READ]

Ron Paul's missing 31 votes
Jay Tea on the big flap that Paul supporters have been making about the stolen primary in New Hampshire: One woman made a mistake, and omitted 31 votes out of 920 total votes. She omitted 31 votes out of the over 18,000 votes your hero won. And the instant she...[READ]


January 2, 2008

National Fatherhood Summit
Here's an event happing in Grand Rapids, MI, on Friday: The National Fatherhood Summit This is the first event leading up to the 2nd Annual Family Preservation Festival which is to take place on August 15th-17th 2008 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Fatherhood Summit will bring together...[READ]


December 13, 2007

Internet loser of the week
I didn't know this loser lives in Michigan. How embarrassing. Ace of Spades: Chuck Adkins. A sort of ironic name, given the fact that I think it's plain to see the man enjoys his donuts. A co-blogger at Cold Fury posted a fairly innocuous, though critical, post about Fatboy NotSlim...[READ]


November 28, 2007

Things We Couldn't Say
Last night I had the pleasure of attending a presentation by Diet Eman, a member of the Dutch Resistance during World War 2. She currently lives in Grand Rapids and spoke to a packed room at the Homeschool Building in (the city of) Wyoming. It was quite something to hear...[READ]

Oorah
Pickpocket whupped by Marine pleads guilty Grand Rapids, Michigan: Jesse Daniel Rae, who was beaten up by a older Marine while he was trying to rob him, plead guilty to assault with intent to rob Wednesday. Rae tried to rob Bill Barnes, 72, at a convenience store in Alpine Township...[READ]


November 9, 2007

Edmund Fitzgerald
The Edmund Fitzgerald sank with all hands on the night of November 10th, 1975. For more Edmund Fitzgerald videos, see last year's post in MichiBlogger....[READ]


November 2, 2007

Impressment of the FSOs
Juan Cole on the Foreign Service Officer situation: Think of the thousands of Shanghaied sailors in the US Navy Bush is trying to Shanghai several hundred foreign service officers and force them to go to Iraq. They are protesting. Thank goodness we have Cole's Informed Comment available to inform us....[READ]


October 10, 2007

Romney on Michigan
It's not the best of times in Michigan, and the state's plight was noted by Mitt Romney yesterday: DEARBORN, Mich. -- Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney has taken an early shot at Governor Jennifer Granholm during the GOP debate by criticizing her for raising taxes. The former Massachusetts governor drew...[READ]


October 8, 2007

The coming strike at Chrysler
The United Auto Workers has set a deadline of 11 a.m. Wednesday to agree on a new contract with Chrysler LLC or workers could strike. Blah, blah, blah....[READ]


September 17, 2007

Tax increase: The first resort
They're Still Voting Out There In Michigan Democrats in Michigan's state House are determined to squeeze more out of the state's dry-lemon economy, but they can't convince enough of their own to vote for it. They have been voting on a tax increase since 2 pm on Friday — that's...[READ]


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