Thanks, Brian. Also, Ward Connerly and accomplices have put on the ballot an
initiative to make affirmative action unconstitutional.
"Good Grief !" , said Charlie Brown
^^^^^^^
Oh my God! DeVos is the right wing Amway guy. Will he really win?
I'd take odds at 3 to 2 DeVos.
Michigan is bleeding, having witnessed serious crises by GM, Ford and many
suppliers. . .Detroit's official unemployment rate hovers around 15% and the
state at large is about 6.8% PEN'-L's excellent C Brown covers this all
well. I wish he had a column in the Detroit Free Press. . .
People are fretting in this culture of fear and denial squared. Read Julian
Edney's CounterPunch piece yesterday, and anything by Paul Roberts on the
jobs depression
http://www.counterpunch.org/edney04222006.html
The rise of proto-fascism with its cult of celebrity will do in Granholm. .
.the local political pundits have all but erected the R.I.P. site for her .
.all this mindlessness is abetted by the timidity of intellectuals
(especially academics who speak wonders within hermetically sealed
classrooms but silence themselves outside the walls) in this United States
of Amnesia. . .all known to you all. . .
Socialism or barbarism is more true today than in Rosa's time. . .
Brian
