I see nobody has stopped by to comment, Joanne. Tell you what. If you stop by the articles I put out about Israel that don't interest you, I'll stop by these articles about Detroit that don't interest me....

I have trouble being overly impressed by the level of corruption you describe. When you've lived in a Brooklyn neighborhood controlled by the mob, watched your city nearly go bankrupt from inefficiency and corruption, and live in a country where the "crime minister" is a bought off flunky of the American government trying every trick he can to hold on to an office he ill deserves, the shenanigans of Mayor Kwame Whatisface just don't impress....

But hopefully things will get better in your home town before you indeed go blue in the face from frustration.

What I want to know is why the people in MI havn't tried to impeach Granholm for gross negligence and incompetence.

She is America's worst governor by far.

Ruvy... it's not neglect. Really. There are so many bloggers, so little time. Actually, I read a lot more than I comment on, but I will make a more conscientious attempt in the future.

Right after I posted this, I learned of another wrinkle. FoxDetroit's morning news anchor, Fanchon Stinger, was somehow folded into the mix. (Oops, I mean EX-morning anchor. They wisely heaved her overboard.)

I'm with you, Arch. Granholm is a worse governor than the one at Louisiana's helm during Hurricane Katrina. Our disaster is Detroit.

You have multiple disasters Joanne.

Violence in Detroit.

Flint

7.7 statewide unemployment

Your state has become a big vat of quicksand through which people's lives are getting sucked into and Granholm and the Democrats in the MI state legislature are a big reason why.

I saw a report recently in which it was reported that MI's economy is the worst of any economy seen since the Great Depression.

She needs to go.

I so agree with you, but I'm surrounded by Democrats who are loving it on the government's dole.

Try being a small business owner doing business here, Arch. Then add to that being hogtied by bureaucrats at the Secretary of State's office (our licensing agents) and extraordinarily high taxes.

I've been after the other half to sell out and start elsewhere, but it's tough when you're our age. Besides that, whatever real estate we own is now worth less than what we paid for it.

It's hard to figure out when enough is enough. But Granholm and her cronies don't have to worry. They'll have a pension and health insurance for life, and will probably spend it in Florida.

Happy days...

So are you going to vote for Obama this fall in the hopes that he can deliver on all of the failed promises the Dems in your state dropped the ball on?

I'm no big fan of Mccain but to me to vote for Obama in a state like MI just seem slike playing a game of "follow the leader" off the edge of a cliff.

AC, I'm an independent, so my vote could swing either way. However, what has occurred here in the last few years has had me leaning a little right. (Scratch that, make it very right.)

I can't attest to the intelligence of my fellow Michiganians, but perhaps they hold more hope in their hearts than I do. That may account for the voting by lemmings.

"Michiganians"

Aren't y'all "Michiganders?"

That's what my Yooper buddy calls himself. But of course, he's a Yooper.

Michiganites?
or Mishi-goan-e-ins?

I'm a transplant. I'm in exile. I refer to myself as an enslaved Michiga-maniac.

It's supposedly Micheganders as I understand it from a former GF's family who lived there.

Dave

I thought it was Micheners.

I'm pretty sure I read a 32,000 page novel on the subject once.

Isn't it Meshugges?