Come Heller high water …
- Gov. Rick Snyder says he has “no memory” of deleting emails related to the Flint water crisis. What did you expect him to say – “Oh yeah, I deleted gobs of them, especially the really juicy ones”? C’mon.
By the way, I have no memory of eating the last Ding Dong in the house. None. Whatsoever. Trust me.- Yeah. It amounts to the same thing.
- I’m waiting to see what how Snyder and the Snyderettes (aka, the Legislature) use the “shortfall” in the state budget to weasel out of helping Flint. They say it won’t happen. I say it might. As my smart colleague Jen Eyer put it, “”Time and again they make unrealistic budget projections in order to justify tax cuts for businesses, and then when those projections inevitably fall short, resulting in a budget deficit, they cut funding for public schools and other services.” Which fits their ideology. Flint, I submit, may well be one of those “other services.” You watch.
- State House Speaker Kevin Cotter, R-Mt. Pleasant, just became the least popular guy in his party by scheduling votes in Lansing during the June Mackinac Policy Conference on lovely Mackinac Island. His reason: “We’ve got a lot of work to do.” My reaction: “Since when has that ever stopped a politician?” By the way, if you’re a mere mortal and never been to it, the conference is a little business and a little networking wrapped inside a whole lot of parties, buggy rides and all-around general whee-heeing. In other words, it’s wonderful. It’s kind of like a burrito wearing a tie – business on the outside, all party on the inside. Everyone loves it. So clearly Cotter is up to something.
- My computer just “upgraded” itself from Windows 7 to Windows 10 without asking me. I don’t know what happened. When I left the room, it was 7, when I came back in an hour later, it was 10. What the? How come that never happens to my car?
- This is it. I’m calling it: It’s finally spring. Yes, I know it snowed Sunday. And the day before that. And the day before that. And the six months preceding that. But I sense a page has been turned. (I’m psychic like that.) We shall see no more snow. No more sleet. We’re done with all that. The good weather is here to stay. If I’m wrong, I will deny that I ever said it.
- Tell me again how awful a president Obama has been? His Labor Department just issued a new rule saying lower earning salaried workers are entitled to overtime pay, which means more money in the pockets of 100,000 Michigan employees, according to one estimate. Even better, it strikes a blow against employers who have been gaming the system in pursuit of “productivity” by declaring workers “salaried” then working them twice as much for often little or no additional pay. Love it.
- During a commencement address at Rutgers, President Obama said “In politics and in life, ignorance is not a virtue. It’s not cool to not know what you’re talking about. That’s not keeping it real or telling it like it is. That’s not challenging political correctness. That’s just not knowing what you’re talking about. And yet we’ve become confused about this.” He was referring to Trump, of course, and truer words were never spoken. Even better, though, was humorist Andy Borowitz’s fake news headline about it: “Obama alienates millions with incendiary pro-knowledge remarks.”
- Ben Carson says Sarah Palin is on the short list to be Trump’s running mate. I mention that in case you need your heart started today. “She’s what …?” Palin is like the Republican Party’s Dracula – she never dies, she never goes away, and she scares the hell out of everyone.
- “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha.
it’s the Reagan strategy: I have no memory. In the end, he truly had none give the Alzheimer’s that took root long before he left office. Expect same from current gov before he vacates. God help us from electing him again…
Yes, Mr. Weatherman denial is deep within the e-mail but at least the sun shines brightly today. Plausible deniability, obfuscate, is this not what they do best? Politicians put them in a big brown bag, mark it waste and dispose. Thank You! Spring is here, It is a good feeling.
Re: Windows 7 going to Windows 1o is like our kids starting kindergarten then graduating from college a week later.
Might be the reverse, though. I liked 7 – at least after they finally improved it.
Cut all the funding for the citizens of Michigan but hey, go live it up on Mackinac Island and spend lots and lots and lots of tax payer money. Wrong? Yes, thats what all the conference rooms at the Capitol are for!!!
Right on Mr. Heller.
Windows 10 pops up on my computer all the time. I know people who are unhappy with it!!!!!! I am keeping Windows 7….
I liked cars better when they were simpler.
Andy, sure enjoyed your column today. Especially liked the Ding Dong reference. It gave me a chuckle and we need all of that we can get in this sorry state of affairs. If I hear Snyder blame the water crisis on a “low level lifetime bureaucrat” one more time, I’m going to start praying that he comes back in another life as a “low level lifetime bureaucrat”. On second thought, I’m going to start the praying right now.
So… Snyder has no memory… Do you remember the song about Memories? It was the theme song for “The Way We Were,” a hit sung by Barbara Streisand…
“Memories…
Of the water that we drank…
Flinty water poison me–mo–ries…
Of the way we were (poisoned)”
Great Column! Truth !
AND Consequences: If we don’t keep our minds on the present moment, there will be no future.
Sarah Palin, meh. George Zimmerman for Vice President! George is auctioning off the pistol he used to murder Trayvon Martin. The NRA and the Ammosexuals already love George Z. George would help Donald to pull in the Crazy Dregs Vote, much more than Sarah, even more than Ted Nugent.
I can honestly say I do not recall ever eating the last Ding Dong however I do remember the first and last time I took a bite out of one of the nasty tasting things and spit it out. My friends were horrified at me wasting a perfectly good Ding Dong while I was still trying to spit the taste of it out of mouth. I have the same reaction to Taco Bell, only difference is I like good Mexican food much more than I like cake making Taco Bell the bigger abomination than Hostess.