Category Archives: Bad government

My NRA hit list

Posted on February 7, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell I’m on the NRA’s hit list. They’re hitting me up for money so they can protect patriotic Americans whose “Second Amendment rights,” the NRA claims, are in danger of being “dismantled and destroyed.” “THEY WANT TO MAKE … Continue reading →

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Do the math: Right-to-work makes great sense at Free Press

Posted on January 19, 2013 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Excellent article by Detroit Free Press editorial editor Stephen Henderson explaining why “right to work makes absolutely no sense for Michigan.” Sound arguments all the way. I agree 100 percent. One fact not mentioned: The Detroit News … Continue reading →

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Setting UM’s tone

Posted on December 16, 2012 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Sidney Gilman’s Alzheimers research colleagues at the University of Michigan see some kind of “riddle” in their mentor and erstwhile hero’s parleying expert medical credentials into $1,000-an-hour consulting fees while serving as director of UM’s Michigan Alzheimer’s … Continue reading →

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Guns again

Posted on December 16, 2012 by admin

Last time I ran this column, the lethal gunfire was in Arizona. Now the carnage is in Connecticut. Seems timely to re-run my October 2, 2010 column about Canada’s firearms law: By Joel Thurtell Watch out, NRA. My PAL’s gonna … Continue reading →

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Screwing themselves

Posted on December 8, 2012 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Workers of Michigan! Did you vote Republican? The Republican-run Michigan Legislature just passed right-to-work legislation that will ban closed shops. Without discussion, without committee meetings or public hearings, the Legislature stole from citizens the right to bargain … Continue reading →

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Mitt the historian

Posted on August 12, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell Mitt Romney sure knows how to light a fire. He mobilized my base. Thank you, Mitt, for naming Tea Party Know-Nothing Paul Ryan as your running mate. It was like a Thermos full of coffee to me. … Continue reading →

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Galvanizing WHICH base?

Posted on August 12, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell According to The New York Times, Mitt Romney’s choice of Paul Ryan as running mate means the Romney campaign doesn’t want to appeal to independents and centrists. They have a “better’ idea: aim for the Republican party’s … Continue reading →

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UM evades Michigan’s anti-racism law

Posted on June 2, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell What do the felon Kwame Kilpatrick and the University of Michigan Alumni Association have in common? Both the disgraced Detroit mayor and the UM alum group have behaved tried to act as if the 2006 Michigan constitutional … Continue reading →

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Chicago’s police riot and Reuters’ memory hole

Posted on May 24, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell George Orwell explained how history could be obliterated — state-appointed historians in his novel, 1984, would simply clip offending facts out of news reports and drop them down the “memory hole.” Reuters, a self-styled news service, had … Continue reading →

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Muni bomb ticks in California

Posted on April 27, 2012 by hro50ta1

By Joel Thurtell I was sipping coffee and reflecting on the ignorance displayed for all the world to read in a New York Times article. It was January 9, 2009. The Times story claimed to offer “a rare glimpse into … Continue reading →

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