Wanna bet?

The Bushes wanted a low profile wedding in Texas for their daughter. Thats because the divorce in two years will be high profile enough.

Now we know

Lets review. Three years ago five school districts asked for a three year temporary tax increase just to help them get past some rough times. Now, instead of learning to conduct their budgets more efficiently, they decided they liked the extra cash coming in and this week 57 % of us voted to let them keep it even though they have no specific use for it. They lied to get it in the first place and we rewarded them for it. Now we know what percent of us ain't to bright.

Say what?

General Motors Corp. boosted CEO Rick Wagoner's total compensation by 40 percent to $14.4 million in 2007, and now they announce they lost $3.3 billion in the first quarter of 2008.
Now, I really don't care. I don't have GM stock or buy their cars. But that just strikes me as insane to give a guy a 40% raise for blowing $3 billion.

Screw up? Move up!

Bush is promoting his top Iraq commander, Army Gen. David Petraeus. This makes perfect sense in light of all the other Cheney/Bush decisions. Iraq is still the same sinking hell hole it was when Patraeus took charge a year ago so its only natural to reward him for outstanding mediocrity.
You may remember that as National Security Adviser, Condoleeza Rice was given numerous warnings that Osama Bin Laden was going to attack the United States months before 9/11. She did nothing and was promoted to Secretary of State to reward her incompetence.

3,500 jobs

While the announcement by MPI Research of their plans for expansion and the addition of 3,500 jobs over the next five years is great news, I am wary. Very little is being mentioned about the massive tax breaks being given to MPI or if those tax breaks are conditional against the promised jobs. We've heard this before. About five years ago Pfizer was given some major tax breaks by Portage and Kalamazoo with the promise that Pfizer would maintain certain employment levels. They didn't, and as far as I know they haven't lost those tax breaks.

May 6

Remember to vote no May 6 on the KRESA (Kalamazoo Regional Educational Services Agency) tax increase and I'll tell you why. First, I know its a renewal but any tax that was supposed to be temporary, becomes a tax increase when its not allowed to expire. Second, until the teachers union (MEA) starts allowing all school districts to shop around for their own health care programs, they show everyday that they are not concerned about how they spend taxpayer dollars. The teachers union has its own health care system (MESSA) which it forces school districts to use along with inflated premiums. MESSA premiums average around $13,000 a year while virtually the same plan under Blue Shield would be between $8,000 and $9,000 a year.

Here they come

Notice how they are preparing us for $4 gasoline by saying we are coming into the busy driving season, which will make supplies even tighter, forcing them to increase prices? Let me give you an analogy here. What if everyday at noon both Burger King and McDonald's raised the price of their burgers a buck for a couple hours? Hey, its the busy lunch hour making burger supplies tight! The first thing that would happen is that everybody would go Taco Bell or one of the other five hundred choices on Westnedge. The second thing that would happen is the owners of Burger King and McDonald's would be arrested for collusion and fixing prices.