Tuesday Coffee Talk/Open Thread

by: LiberalLucy

Tue Aug 14, 2007 at 08:49:32 AM EDT

Do you realize that there are almost 80 Michigan Lefty Blogs floating around on these Tubes of the Internet? In the realization that most of you rarely read more than just MichLib, here's something to wet your appetite for a little more...

The Good, the Bad, the Ugly -

• Trusty Getto: MI Supreme Court finally getting the attention it deserves - Trusty highlights some of the high courts misdeeds over the last couple months.
  
• To Play the King: Walberg Votes Against our Troops - Francis is giving dear Timmeh all the heat he deserves for the shoddy job performance he's pulling out in D.C. Hey Tim, if you can't stand the heat, get out of the Swamp!
  
• In the Middle of it All: Thought's on Today's Meet the Press and MI-07 - Get the run down of Sunday's Meet the Press featuring Markos, founder of DailyKos.com and the latest on the 7th Congressional District.
  
• My Left Pinkie: Friday Night Fright - Stormy's got some West Michigan/Muskegon area news to brighten your day...if you can work through the frustration of it all.
  
• Greed Eggs and Ham: Failing our Students - Petrolcide's got the latest frustrations courtesy of our Senate Republicans when it comes to our kids. After you get done wanting to pull your hair out, chip in and help college kids at one of the state's 15 public universities. With that many, you're bound to be near one or another!

• Great Lakes for All: Encouraging Signs of a cleaner Detroit River - For everyone who's like to crow about 'Dirty Detroit', well, put this post in your pipe and smoke it. More good news coming out from Detroit and about our environment.
• Great Lakes Guy: Detroit's Whale of a Mistake - Andy hit it right on the money with this one, corporate profits win out over art and beauty? Hey, I like the Verizon Guy too, but more than Robert Wyland's Whales? No way!

• The AP: $1.9M spent so far on U.P. fire - and counting as the fire continues to burn, the good news is it is becoming more and more manageable and closer to being extinguished.
• Ann Arbor News: Efforts to preserve land are succeeding - A record number of land was preserved last year in Washtenaw County, which means good news for our environment and our future.
  
• Kalamazoo Gazette: Professor funds WMU wind turbine - Wouldn't it be nice if the state could afford projects like this to keep energy costs and pollution down? I guess it's just a distant dream with Mike Bishop in office.
  
• LSJ: 'Hire Michigan First' Initiative Unveiled - Remember that 'No Worker Left Behind' proposal we heard from Gov. Granholm in January? Here it is,  ready to be made into law, by our House Dems.
  
• Freep: Detroit pill manufacturer plans to expand, creating 600 new jobs - Good news out of Detroit, and for those looking for a job.
• Freep: New DHS director says easing poverty to be main concern - Good news out of Lansing, Gov. Granholm's brought on a new community-focused director on board, and for this one, fighting poverty is one of the top priorities.
  

• Snappy Casual Nuns: Hail Maaaaarrrrrggghhy! - Nothing says fun like some snappy casual nuns, really.