Activist Bruce Fealk, who dogged former U.S. Rep. Joe Knollenberg with a giant paper mache head, is now trying to whip up a waterboarding frenzy, and not at the Waterford Oaks water park: He's challenged Chetly Zarko, a Republican consultant and blogger, to a torture tete a tete: "I'd give $10 per second for every second Chetly could withstand being waterboarded."
A few of us went to make our voices heard during the public comment portion of the Oakland County Commission meeting, where recently deceased commissioner, Democrat George Suarez was replace by far right wing Glenn Clark.
My entry from yesterday about Jack Kevorkian filing to be a candidate for Congress from the 9th Congressional District got notice by the New York Times.
“I plan to,” Kevorkian said Tuesday afternoon. “I wouldn’t do this otherwise. We need some honesty and sincerity instead of corrupt government in Washington.”
Kevorkian said he would have more to say about his candidacy next week. “Everything’s in a formative stage,” he said.
Perhaps sensing voter aversion to partisan politics these days (or the local Democrats’ and Republicans’ aversion to him), Mr. Kevorkian has decided on an independent run, the report said. He’ll need 3,000 signatures to get on the ballot.
Even local political junkies were shocked. Bruce Fealk, whose blog aims to collect “all your Oakland County Political News in one place,” completed a double take with the rest of us. “Now, I have to admit, I didn’t see this one coming,” he wrote.
Activist faces charges after scuffle with police By Sandra Armbruster Eccentric Staff Writer
A Rochester Hills Democrat claims that his arrest Monday at a meeting of the Troy-Clawson Republican Forum was politically motivated.
“I did nothing wrong. I will be vindicated,” said Bruce Fealk.
Fealk faces three charges of assaulting a police officer, trespassing, and hindering and resisting arrest. All are misdemeanors punishable by a 90-day sentence, if convicted.
Fealk’s attorney, Paul Stevenson, said Fealk will have to make a court appearance in the case by March 12.
Troy Police confirmed the incident happened, but would not name Fealk as the person arrested, since he was allowed to post a bond and not face an arraignment on what are disorderly conduct charges.
The arrest at the Troy Community Center came after Fealk tried to videotape a forum meeting that featured a panel discussion on Black History Month and civil rights.
In the 1860s, Abraham Lincoln suffered the slings and arrows of nasty political cartoons. In 1964, a black-and-white TV ad showed a mushroom cloud over a child picking daisies, implying that presidential candidate Barry Goldwater would use the nuclear bomb in Vietnam.
In the digital age, you don't have to have money, access to the media or party connections to make waves in politics. Anyone with a camera phone and Internet access can get involved in a big way.
Rochester Hills retiree Bruce Fealk has forced people to pay attention to his campaign to unseat incumbent Congressman Joe Knollenberg, R-Bloomfield Township. A liberal, Fealk has put up his own Web sites, hosts a cable TV show and engages in good old-fashioned demonstrating, such as showing up at the Rochester Christmas parade in a big papier mache likeness of Knollenberg.
Adrian Campbell was chosen to star in Michael Moore's hit documentary about America's disastrous health care system about her nightmare experience trying to get treated for cervical cancer at age 22.
The Real I.D. Act was passed as part of a funding bill for the war in Iraq. It has serious consequences for American's civil liberties. This is a must watch interview for all Americans concerned about the loss of their civil liberties.
This article appeared in the 11/15 edition of the Birmingham, Troy and West Bloomfield Eccentrics. There is one factual correction in regard to the web site that my brother complained about, the e-mails I sent went to my personal e-mail list and it was an invitation to a protest at the Republican debate in Dearborn on October 9. Otherwise, it's kind of amusing and reads like a soap opera. However, I'm glad Greg Kowalski focused on the issues and the fact that Knollenberg has a 33% approval rating and Gary Peters' robust fundraising efforts and his endorsement by the entire Michigan Congressional delegation.
The story below appeared in today's Oakland Press on the front page. While it focuses on technology in political campaigns, the real story is how Joe Knollenberg chooses to go into full attack mode on a voter and dare I say, political activist, Bruce Fealk, instead of confronting the serious issues of this campaign, the war in Iraq, health care for children, and all of our citizens, 47 million of whom are uninsured. America is the only industrialized country in the world not providing health care coverage to ALL of its citizens, and there is also the lack of compassion of Joe Knollenberg, George W. Bush and their fellow Republicans for basic needs of Americans, and instead they continue to pour our hard earned dollars down the rat hole we refer to as the war in Iraq. Worse yet, they are beating the drums to start a new war with Iran, that will unleash untold horrors on the world and cause death and destruction beyond imagination. All the while, they ignore the crisis being caused by climate change. As long as they have theirs, to hell with the rest of us. They ignore the horrors of Darfur. New Orleans is still not on its way to a meaningful recovery and yet President Bush and Joe Knollenberg want more war, more debt and less compassion for middle class Americans that built this great nation. And they call me un-American. How dare they. Click here to read the rest of the story
Wow, I can't believe what has happened with the video that I shot of Joe Knollenberg and Trent Wisecup last weekend. It even made Keith Olbermann's show on Tuesday night. I hope you've watched it by now. It's priceless. So are the Politically Speaking article in the Detroit Free Press and Laura Berman's column in the Detroit News. I am convinced this will be Joe Knollenberg's Macacca moment.
Rep. Joe Knollenberg greets people Saturday at Yates Cider Mill in Rochester Mills, Mich. The Republican is trying to explain his opposition to an expansion of a children's health insurance plan.
By Richard Wolf, USA TODAY
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich. - The scarecrows adorning Main Street in this affluent Detroit suburb are symbolic of the frightening times ahead for Rep. Joe Knollenberg and other Republicans as they prepare to block a broad expansion of children's health insurance this week.
On television and radio, in phone calls and e-mails, proponents of the five-year, $35 billion increase are pressuring about 20 Republicans to switch sides and help override President Bush's veto. The full-court press includes preachers, rock stars such as Paul Simon and sick kids in an effort to sway the result - or the next election.
Few Republicans have more to fear than Knollenberg, a former insurance agent whose nearly 15-year grip on Michigan's 9th Congressional District has never been as weak. His customary double-digit victories shrunk to 5 percentage points in 2006. Now, he's saddled with an increasingly unpopular war and president. Being perceived as voting against kids doesn't help.
I was interviewed on WJIM this morning regarding the giant head of Joe Knollenberg and our town hall meeting on August 28 at Pontiac Central High School at 7 p.m.
Here's the first part of the interview. http://www.supload.c...
Then Mark Brewer and Saul Anuzis debated the tactic and other incidents with the Republicans.
Dr. Jack Kevorkian walking to freedom last June. (Pool photo by Carlos Osorio.)
