DISQUS

big dicks, little brains "chief' dicks is don the con's 2nd worse joke played on Flint.wanna know the 1st???

lake wobegon(s) not to mention the odd body part washing up every now and then also. for the last 32 yrs. I've lived on a shallow bay on northern Lake Michigan, and have spent numerous days walking the shoreline, trailing my little canoe, and filling it with everything from refrigerator doors to old tires, tons of visqueen, garbage bags, mylar ballons, fishing line, six pack holders, etc., to dispose of properly. The currents on this lake draws the refuse form Chicago, and even Milwaukee. now add to the slurry all the poisons from all the large tourist/golf "communities", add in the industrial poisons, the gas from all the jetskis and large powerboats. that's just the crap we know about, that's done "legal". and what does lansing do? not much. and we wonder why there's thick, foul smelling green sludge lining the shores.

poke her again, see if she's breathing still maybe Mrs. Dole just has a highly sarcastic sense of humor?? or maybe there's skullduddery(yes, it's correct) afoot.

raising mccain Obamamama-if You can articulate mccain's platform, You're one up on him. the only PTSD he has is wondering when the truth of his time in Hanoi will come out...

old king coal maybe when the good consumer units of lansing, detroit,tri-cities can't see across the street, or take in a lungful of fresh air because of the smut caused by burning coal will they realize that something needs to be done. I spent a week in a small, beautiful Scottish village and everything there was kind of magical really, except for the noxious fumes that came from the Residents/businesses having to burn coal. And while the air pollution was on a small scale there, I cannot fathom why we would want/need it here, and on a scale that is dumbfounding to say the least. We cram every hill in this state w/butt ugly cellular towers, and anyone who can read knows that these phones can't be made without slave labor in the mines of Africa. Are we all that egoistic that we can't do without a few million of the damn phones, and maybe replace the fugly phone towers with a few fugly windmills? And maybe put a slave driven mining co. out of work? Driving west on Hwy.2 near St. Ignace you can see several windmills in place, and in my opinion they're a lot less ugly than the cellular towers, and they can produce something beneficial for All. Coal is not the answer, it's another toxic nightmare.Thank You E &MichMess.;

the mark of mccain if that's a good example, I'd hate to see a bad one.

tweedle dumb and dumber secchia/mccain, now there's a pair to draw to, "Hon". why do I feel the need to bath after reading this?

mob mentals a certain deceased rock and roller, who when sober could be an articulate and intelligent man, observed a large audience right before his band made their appearance, and likened them to be similar to a cancer, growing, shifting and behaving with no apparent logic. tell barney fife I got some dope plants growing in my front yard, they'll be disguised as dandelions...

another rung downward WWJMD? or maybe WWHDTD? all credibility gone, with the swipe of a pen and a few lawyer's jaded laughs. John Muir/Henry David Thoreau. this makes me physically ill. Thank You E..

mrp's/wicked lies LoRayne, I wouldn't trust those assbags with anything. bush and accomplices are raping this Country,(not to mention Iraq/Afghanistan/rest of the World), for everything they can take, or steal. ignoring subpoenas,juking stats, owning the voting machines,, etc.are just the tip of the vile iceberg. what I can't understand is why the American people stand for this. If it weren't for cyber spots like this one, Common Dreams, the Wonderful Amy Goodman, and Naiomi Kline, there would be no Truth. Hope You are Well, and having Good Summer------k

whoops. their bad. "out of step...not listening...", yeah but will they admit it? doubtful.

brace yourselves we'll see water magnates, just like in oil. we'll see blood, and lives lost for water. I don't think it was accidental that blackwater/sovdeed are positioned where they are. look at the number of people in this world who do not have access to what we use/misuse criminally. we dump dioxins/leachate/feces, etc. in what God gave us to steward. we shamefully rape these Great Lakes every day. jetskis pollute worse than a city bus. we allow foreign species to invade the Lakes, and destroy what fish are left, which we cannot eat now due to mercury poisoning. the merc group poised to take over the airport in Pellston will take water from the beautiful Maple River, and the Inland Waterway also. This so-called compact is an obscene farce. I thought for several years that it would be my Grand Children that would suffer, but not any more. Unless we change radically, and CONSERVE, and CLEAN, and CARE. I won't bet on us...

women sense my power Mandrake... I'd like to dive into blackwater's books, or dyncorp, their "real" books that is. the wire report today was that Iraq is not letting the 'contractors' have immunity. and as much as I'd love to see these bastards burned for their policy of "shoot first, then shoot again", I just don't see blackwater paying their bill(s). not in this Life anyways. a close Friend and Brother to me,(sniper/scout marine corps, swat/tactics officer, Man of the Cloth), and some other people had a discussion about Mercs,aka contractors, and they all agreed that, and this is the hard part to swallow, the Draft would have to be re-instated to rid our midst of them. I disagree. But whatever happens, we must preserve our bodily fluids. Peace on Earth, is it too much to ask for that? Thank You E.

powerline johnny mccain think we had a load of chinese crap all ready? just wait. and it will not matter if Obama or mccain or no one is "elected". And I wonder if Ms. Igielski would be so supportive of mccain if She knew what Powerline John calls his wife on a almost regular schedule. Thanks T.

remove the mote... Preachin' to the Choir, Sister! 200 some odd years ago, Major Rob't Rogers canoed his way thru the Great Lakes. One place in particular struck his eye, and touched his Soul,(if the xenophobe had one at all), and he named it Cedar Point. The grandeur of the old growth cedars did it. This was from a man who lived in the Border Land: a small enclave of Farmers and their families, dotting the forests of the North East, and the  rugged wilderness between them and Canada. It had to have been Spectacular. I hurt for having that stolen from my Children and Grandchildren. These God awful hare brained schemes, and the uncontrolled growth up here are rapidly stealing what's left of the Splendor north of the 45th. Every time I have to go thru Petoskey, the sprawl is worse. McMansions and fast food joints are everywhere now practically. The big ass hole in downtown Petoskey is rapidly becoming the Auto World of Emmett County. What kind of infrastructure is that? The businesses that have a LIVABLE wage are few and far between. oops. been dribblin' at the lip again. one more thing though: I wanna poke my finger in the eye of the asshole who thinks up the goofy asscrack names of these subdivisions! Good Mornin' L.! Thank You E. and Mich. Mess.

fist bump that is not a fist bump. that is how republicans reproduce. similar to dragon flies, whose reproductive organs are in their nose, conservatives are in their knuckles. I saw bill o'reilly's fist half way up, well, let's just say rupert was a happy magnate. I bet Thomas Jefferson was doing Mach 3 Revolutions in His grave...

autoworld...again. state Forest Land. FBI probes. Shady lending practices. These guys should just open "SandBox World" in the bighole in Petoskey. Maybe have barret moore act as m.c.: "Step right up and get a free FACEMASK for the kiddies! be sure and leave your kitties at home people...". Main Street America. Which main street are they going to represent? Flint? Benton Harbor? oh wait! There's a project going on down there all ready. Maybe bay harbor will qualify. Why is it always a huge, gaudy, tawdry, ugly abscess like this that gets the go ahead? How about real investment in the Future of Michigan, like straitening out the fiasco in the State's schools? Some realistic tax relief FOR THE WORKERS. Excellent Reporting. Thanks E. and Mich. Messenger.

A-Ho! Chi-Megwetch Anishanabeg!! Chalk up a large win for the  People!!! Many Thanks to 1st Nations Aawjinaag People on behalf of my Family members in that area!! The Sun shone a little bit brighter today!!

you want thighs w/that? I always wondered...the makeup, the whole clown outfit. Ronald was a PartyKid! And I coulda swore I saw him hittin' amy poppers w/Bianca Jagger...Will these people never move on? Will my Sons and Daughters have to suffer for the rest of Their Lives? There's not a lot of good things I can think of in relation to McDonald's Corp.,but this stance is to be commended.

Eagleton great wordplay on petard! the shameful treatment of Sen. Eagleton gave legitimacy to tabloid journalism, and cast a pall onto mental health patients/Rights that's still being felt. I am not surprised at the sneaking/story stealing here. Another Shameful day for American Politics, and so called mainstream media. Excellent Reporting.

tolerance Excellent article Todd-

I think Jesus would be tipping over tables again, should He come back, and all the TV cameras in the temples would be catching it. I remember a dear Sweet Elderly Lady who taught me Scriptures as a child,(eons ago), and one of the Lessons taught to all us shining faced little cherubs, was the love that the Savior gave those people shunned by the so called Righteous. Thanks T.

drivin' that train, high on cocaine... I wouldn't rely on stats too much phikabob, too easy to juke. I'd probably put the percentage higher for American's usage anyways. You find out how to pump conservative's heads till they pop, and I'll loan my arms! I don't buy mccain's pow tale, I don't buy his treatment of his wife,(mine would pour battery acid in my ear while I slept if I called Her what mccain calls his wife in public, and I'd deserve it!), I don't buy the bs trip to Colombia-and the story of the presidential candidate being freed w/the american 'contractors" is highly suspect, I don't buy karl rove's little minion helping mccain's campaign. the only difference between bush and mccain, is that the NVA kept mccain cooled off for a while. Songbird is a name bandied about in reference to Powerline John. these bastards will lie when the truth would suit.

prisons/illegals will they be earning their $1.30hr. at the Geo Group prison? will there be striped pyjamas and wrist tattoos for everybody? Jesus, this is some scary stuff going on here, in Michigan...who'll be rounded up next? left leaning earth loving bike pumpers? anyone who doesn't buy into foxtvbs? anyone who's brown/black/red/poor? which 3rd world country will we go to war with first for illegal treatment of non-residents? which republican fascist came up with this idea? has the de vos empire bought geo/wackenhut?

streetwalkers Always a mental challenge to keep up w/Y'All! That is what good reporting should do!! Stimulate conversations toward betterment of man instead of talking about what was on the Simpsons last nite or the Sopranos!

I disagree somewhat LoRayne. I would much rather see beat cops instead of cameras that will be broken, or God forbid the listening posts used in parts of L.A..I think that visible presence would go a long way in starting the rebirth of urban settings. Just one man's thinking. There have been studies done, papers written, arguing that "Broken Windows" does not work.Harcourt/Ludwig, the U.of M. study-Thatcher paper, etc. I have only read snippets of their arguments. I see viability on both sides of the coin to a degree. And Flint was a bad example, I cede that. If The DonFather were indicted, tried, and convicted(again), and "SuperChief" uh...retired, the 46plus police officers reinstated, maybe, and a Prayer thrown in, maybe it could help.Thank You Mich. Messenger for keeping the Truth alive. Always a Pleasure L.!

dps God Bless "Jane", may She stay Strong, and Devoted to Teaching! Maybe "Jane" will have one or two students that make it out and make something of themselves! The rampant graft going on in the school system is indicative of what's wrong all over this country. Greed kills, and it's killing these kids' chance for a future. Good article M. Thank you.