VP candidate Ryan bests reporter in Flint interview that didn’t “end well”

An excerpt from the WJRT interview is posted at Real Clear Politics. [Screen snip from video]Does anything surprise you when it comes to Alphabet Networks? GOP vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan sat down with a reporter for WJRT/ABC 12 (Flint, Mich.), presumably to talk about guns and crime. The reporter introduced the brief segment by saying he wanted to address the gun violence in cities like Flint and Saginaw.

Then the reporter segued into making the news rather than reporting it. He said,“This did not end well.”

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Granholm’s hit piece implodes on ‘Romney’ and ‘lies’ search. Seriously.

Gov. Mitt Romney at a campaign stop in Jacksonville (Fla.) in May, 2012. (Photo: The US Report)Former Michigan governor Jennifer Granholm wrote a hit piece about presumed GOP nominee Mitt Romney. That’s not surprising.

What is surprising is a complete lack of logic in her argument as well as a dramatic moment of ignorance about how the Internet works.

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CAIR-Michigan a defendant in lawsuit over event shutdown

David Horowitz who is Jewish had an exchange with this young woman when he gave a speech at the University of California-San Diego in 2010. The young woman said she was a member of the Muslim Students Association, and she invited Horowitz to Hitler Youth Week.(Screen snip from video)A new lawsuit has been filed after the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Michigan was allegedly involved with others in shutting down a public event that included the participation of Act! For America.

CAIR is a Muslim advocacy organization; AfA is a Western advocacy organization.

The Thomas More Law Center issued a statement on Friday about the suit naming CAIR-MI and its executive director, the city of Allegan (MI), the Allegan Police Dept. and the School District as defendants. The lawsuit alleges the accused committed both constitutional (civil rights) and contract violations.

The event titled ‘Constituting Michigan—Founding Principles Act,’ featured three speakers on January 26, 2012. Organizers had rented the auditorium at Allegan High School. The presentations also included information about the compatibility of Sharia and Western law.

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Newt chalks up another victory, this one in Romney country

Updated on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 1:09PM by Kay B. Day, Editor

I didn’t really need media to tell me the debate at Oakland University in Michigan would be attended by many supporters of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney,  whose father is a former governor of Michigan.

Nor did I need anyone to tell me supporters of Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas) would be there—his political infrastructure is consistent to the point of being static.

Nor do I need anyone to tell me who won that debate or who will probably win the rest of them.

That would be former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich.

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Thomas More Law Center to file lawsuit as soon as Obama signs bill

Updated on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 10:10AM by Kay B. Day, Editor

Richard Thompson, President of the Thomas More Law Center, a national public interest law firm based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, announced on Monday the Law Center is prepared to file a federal lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the new Health Care Bill as soon as President Barack Obama signs it into law.

Named in the lawsuit in their official capacities will be President Obama, Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Eric H. Holder, Jr., the U.S. Attorney General, and Timothy F. Geithner, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury.

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