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The Olympics is NOT All That’s Happening 2008-08-12 16:30:36 While billions of people are focusing their attention on the Olympics
, millions in Georgia and South Ossetia are embroiled in the middle of a war–one that involves the largest Russian use of military force since the breakup of the Soviet Union.
Fighting broke out on August 8 between Russian and Georgian troops when Georgian military forces [...] Read more:Happening
Resignation or not, Kwame isn’t the Problem 2008-08-11 23:35:13 While the Olympics are going on in Beijing, Detroit is engaged in its own event: The 100m Running itself into the ground. It’s rather sad to think that not long ago before the current mess, there were signs that Detroit was again on the rise with the upshot in investment and downturn in crime. Within [...] Read more:Resignation
, Problem
Should Mayor Kilpatrick Resign? 2008-08-08 22:27:55 Detroit has become consumed by the Kilpatrick problem. Just released after a one-night stay in jail for not telling the Court about a trip to Ontario, Mayor
Kilpatrick has now been charged with two felony cases for assaulting a detective trying to issue a subpoena to Kilpatrick’s friend. So is it time for him to [...] Read more:Resign
The Mudslinging Begins 2008-08-07 21:39:39 With the advent of the Internet, political cat fighting has become all the more easier. Listed below are some sites that will make you laugh or cry.
Hatin’ on the Commie (Barack)
Meet Barack Obama -
Barack Book -
Snickerin’ at the White-Haired Rich Dude (McCain)
Exxon/McCain ‘08 - -mccain/
The Next Cheney -
For further coverage on the [...]
Who Else Wants to be Famous? 2008-08-06 23:40:33 For Paris Hilton, it’s quite easy to be glamorous.
For us on the other hand, it’s a little harder, but we are gaining some popularity! Check out Bala’s new entry, “Overpopulation - The Global Crisis“–it’s one of our hot entries right now. And right up there in reader traffic is my post, “3 Ways to [...] Read more:Famous
Morning in Iraq 2008-08-06 22:07:57 In a time when most Americans are understandably occupied with concerns over the economy and their own bottom lines (to say nothing of the presidential election), it is worth noting that we still have numerous international obligations, with our presence in Iraq
perhaps the most apparent at the moment. For all the protests and raw [...] Read more:Morning
Overpopulation - The Great Global Crisis 2008-08-05 21:49:52 The end of the world maybe closer than you think. Today the world population has reached a staggering 6.6 billion. At the current rate of growth the global population will reach 9 billion by 2042. This may seem inconsequential, but the truth is that such uncontrolled population growth will forever deteriorate the Earth’s already scarce [...] Read more:Great
, Global
, Crisis
News From the Editors 2008-08-05 19:30:14 Our first entry to hit 50 views (now at 80+)! - Check out 3 Ways to Revitalize Michigan’s Economy to see what’s caught the attention of so many readers!
Send us your feedback through comments/e-mail - We would love to know what you think of our blog and its posts. Please feel free to tell us [...] Read more:Editors
3 Ways to Revitalize Michigan’s Economy 2008-08-04 21:23:34 Everyone in Michigan
knows that our state’s economy is suffering. We hear it all over the news–the auto industry is declining, jobs are being lost, businesses are moving out to other states, mortgage foreclosures are surging. But with so much gloom and despair under the spotlight of the media, where are the solutions? Here are [...]
Michigan is Too Troubled for Mass Transit 2008-08-04 21:01:11 As it stands, the State of Michigan
is undergoing serious infrastructure problems due to the stress put on our roads by drivers.In light of this and the recent rise in concern over pollution created by automobile emissions there have been increased calls for expansion of mass transit in Michigan, with some even calling for a [...] Read more:Transit
What’s Up, Michigan? - Thursday Edition 2008-08-28 20:23:47 Attention! We will have on-site coverage of the Republican National Convention next week! Stick around to hear from Nick Kowalski of Detroit Country Day about the happenings of the convention. He might even be able to relay pictures back to us as well.
Michigan
[Detroit News] Michigan Supreme Court will hear appeal of government reform proposal
[Detroit News] [...] Read more:Thursday
, Edition
Wind-Powered America Not Reality Yet 2008-08-27 15:40:26 How feasible is wind energy in the United States? The spinning turbines currently provide 1% of America
’s electricity, and according to the Department of Energy, may provide up to 20% of it by 2030. However, there is still a long ways to go. In this entry, I will outline the arguments for and against wind [...]
What Would You Do With $10 Billion? 2008-08-26 23:35:54 Here’s our first brain tease to get you thinking (stolen from the Wall Street Journal): If you had $10 billion worth of America’s resources, what would you do with it over the next 4 years to improve the state of the world?
Send us your answer to info@michypa.com or comment on this thread. We will post [...]
What’s Up, Michigan? - Monday Edition 2008-08-25 11:00:08 Here is Monday
’s edition! Enjoy.
Michigan
[Ann Arbor News] Q&A: University of Michigan official discusses movement to lower the drinking age
[Grand Rapids Press] Polpourri: Hoekstra weighing bid for governor
[Michigan Liberal] RMGN! heads to Supreme Court
The Elections
[Economist] Joe Biden for veep
[WSJ] Biden, McCain Have a Friendship — and More — in Common
[WSJ] McCain Read more:Edition
And Then There was Biden… 2008-08-25 02:37:19 Ah, August. The end of summer brings about the fresh smell of politics as we close into the Democratic and Republican National Conventions. The excitement is tangible, and its only bound to get yet more interesting with the announcement that Sen. Joe Biden
will be Sen. Obama’s running mate.
But first, a moment of silence and [...]
The Real Thing Wrong With Michigan Education 2008-08-23 10:39:27 It may be No Child Left Behind or it may be high school graduation requirements, but the real problem of Michigan
education is so fundamental that it corrupts the entire foundation of our public education system.
It’s a lack of desire to compete. And those who do want to compete make their break out of Michigan [...] Read more:Thing
, Wrong
, Education
What’s Up, Michigan? - Thursday Edition 2008-08-21 12:59:57 From today forward, every Monday and Thursday
, I will be providing you links to the most recent stories on what’s going on around Michigan
, the nation and the world. PLUS, I will be asking fun, little trivia to keep you entertained. Comment to take a guess, but don’t you dare look it up online!
Michigan
[Detroit News] [...] Read more:Edition
Is Michigan Setting its Students Up for Failure? 2008-08-20 01:33:22 As many of you youths of Michigan
no doubt know, the State Government and more specifically the Department of Education has been made its main objective to prepare the next generation of citizens to enter a global economy.
To this end, they have established a strict set of guidelines, which was partly implemented last school year [...] Read more:Setting
12 Year Old Girl Reveals the Truth About Georgia 2008-08-18 15:18:09 However, that is not nearly the whole story behind the South Ossetia conflict. You can take a look at the video here (and thanks to Christy for sharing), but don’t make your mind up just yet.
The girl and her family were in South Ossetia at the time when the Georgia
n military began to move into [...] Read more:Truth
Everything New is Old Again 2008-08-16 02:24:34 Everyone knows that certain things in life seem to be cyclical: hurricanes, fads and fashion are a mere smattering of such things. But it seems that there is another unfortunate cycle arising in the world today- that of an autocratic, Imperialistic Russia.
The quasi-invasion of Georgia by Russia is only the latest and most physical of [...] Read more:Everything
, Again
Women’s Advocacy Groups Support Obama, Palin Feeling Snubbed 2008-09-19 14:07:50 [Written by T.R. Sherrill--MYPA Contributer/Western Michigan University]
It seemed like such a novel idea for the McCain campaign… put a woman on the ticket, and BOOM! Every woman in America will vote for McCain! Brilliant! There’s 50% of the popular vote automatically set for McCain. No sweat. One problem: According to [...] Read more:Women
, Feeling
, Obama
, Support
, Groups
Introducing MiVote: Student Political Videos 2008-09-17 14:31:46 Recently, I got in touch with Dave Manney who introduced me to his project, MiVote, a new student political Youtube-esque website with a Michigan twist. Student
s have the opportunity to upload their videos where they sound off on the presidential elections, its issues and its candidates. It’s a really wonderful and innovative website, already growing [...] Read more:Introducing
Michigan Will Be a Key Battleground State 2008-09-16 19:28:54 Democratic presidential candidates have had the advantage in our state since 1992, when Bill Clinton won our state and made the climate favorable to Al Gore and John Kerry. Surprisingly however, while all three previous presidential candidates had leads 5-6 points higher than the national margins, Obama leads our state with only a 1-2 point [...] Read more:Michigan
, State
Will This Be the Year For Young Voters? Part 2 2008-09-13 21:26:35 [For the first part of the series, go to Will This Year Be the Year For Young Voters
? Part 1]
The New York Sun highlights the McCain campaign’s pursuit to attract youth voters and the exaggerated hype of Obama’s youth appeal pretty well:
The McCain campaign is also trying to attract young Republicans for the election. The [...]
Will This Be the Year For Young Voters? Part 1 2008-09-12 20:41:28 Obama’s message of hope and change has reached out to millions of young voters, and I do not understand how some people can not understand why. Republicans think it might have to do with the age of the candidate, so they bring in Palin. Now, she may be “young,” but she certainly does not bring [...] Read more:Voters
Doctor’s Orders: Ron Paul Makes His Endorsement 2008-09-10 21:56:58 In a press conference at the National Press Club today, former Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul
made an official endorsement for the first time. His legion of internet supporters listened with baited breath to hear which candidate would be anointed by Dr. Paul as the standard bearer of the “Ron Paul Revolution”.
As we might expect [...] Read more:Endorsement
, Doctor
Au Contraire: Palin is a Fighting Force 2008-09-09 23:28:35 Even if you don’t like her, you have to admire her as a power-hitter after she came out of the blue. Whether or not you think her family is game, she effectively deflects criticisms of how she manages her family in light of Bristol’s just-announced pregnancy, how she treated her own pregnancy with Trig and [...] Read more:Force
, Fighting
Republican Hypocrisy Reaches New Low 2008-09-09 20:51:27 When anti-gay Republican
Senator Larry Craig was arrested in the bathroom of the Minneapolis airport for soliciting gay sex with an undercover cop, it seemed like the Republicans couldn’t get more comically hypocritical.
Then, radical evangelical minister Ted Haggard was outed as having a year long affair with a crystal meth dealer and male prostitute. Then, [...] Read more:Hypocrisy
, Reaches New
The “Bazooka” is Now Primed and Ready to Fire 2008-09-07 20:42:52 Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson has finally brought out the big guns in order to combat the housing market slump. This Sunday he announced a plan by which he is going to integrate both Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (relevant history link), ostensibly private organizations, into the federal government by having them become subordinate to the [...] Read more:Bazooka
, Primed
Where’s the Bacon? A look at McCain’s Speech at the RNC 2008-09-06 21:14:25 You know, this past weekend the Republicans tried really, really, hard to paint John McCain
as ‘two quarter-pound 100% beef patties of all-American goodness with two slices of AMERICAN cheese’ and to paint Sarah Palin as the out of nowhere ‘large fry and moose tracks shake of the everyman’.
Like the Bacon
ator, America had never been [...] Read more:Speech
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