Monthly Archives: January 2010

Bush-butts on my nerves

Posted on January 30, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist First things first, Sophie. It’s not true that they found me in the pound. I was a resident in the Humane Society, which is head and shoulders above the pound, thank you very much. It’s … Continue reading →

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Ka-ching! MT links $1.1 million from Matty to pols

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The more people look, the more they find Manuel “Matty” Moroun, Michigan’s billionaire bridge-owner, handing out money to politicians. Often, his family and employees are the givers, but the effect is the same — an attempt at … Continue reading →

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Matty & money, again

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell The pixels were hardly dry on my recent post assigning kudos to The Detroit News for publicizing billionaire Matty Moroun’s largesse to key political and judicial people when reality arrived in the form of a corrective note … Continue reading →

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Best little political system Matty can buy

Posted on January 28, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Kudos to The Detroit News and reporter Tom Greenwood for their story today, January 28, 2010, about the influence-buying habits of billionaire Ambassador Bridge owner Manuel “Matty” Moroun. According to the News, in the past decade, Matty … Continue reading →

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Scraping ‘hope’ from rubble

Posted on January 22, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell One week after the disaster that left Port-au-Prince and surrounding areas in ruins, the toll on this country has been measured almost entirely in lives. But Haiti’s institutions, weak as they were, have been grievously wounded too. … Continue reading →

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Sucking up to the TL

Posted on January 20, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Peppermint Patti JOTR Columnist Sucking up! Sophie, there’s nothing wrong with sucking up. Nothing at all. But you gotta know how to do it. Sucking up is what saved my butt, believe me, Sophie. Male two-leggers are a tough … Continue reading →

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Why not me?

Posted on January 18, 2010 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I just don’t get it. The geniuses who run the New York Times op-ed page. Why don’t they pick me? I don’t have any lucrative government contracts. Why, I don’t have any kind of government contract. I … Continue reading →

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Right to offend

Posted on January 16, 2010 by hro50ta1

 By Joel Thurtell When authors and cartoonists have to hide to protect themselves from threats of murder and mayhem from Muslim radicals, it seems like the biggest threat to free speech comes from Islam. But the real menace to our … Continue reading →

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Metro Times reviews ‘Up the Rouge!’

Posted on January 15, 2010 by hro50ta1

Somehow, we missed a very kind notice of Up the Rouge! Paddling Detroit’s Hidden River in Detroit’s Metro Times newspaper. The review of our book was the lead section of a roundup story by Michael Jackman in the November 25, 2009 issue of … Continue reading →

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The Ambassador and the Freepsters

Posted on January 10, 2010 by hro50ta1

A consortium of the U.S. and Canada, Ontario and Michigan, and Detroit and Windsor finally make Matty Moroun an offer he just can’t refuse for the Ambassador Bridge, which then becomes an international government operation; traffic backups increase exponentially.    … Continue reading →

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