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India to Set up Home for Tigers
May 24, 2005 12:00 AM - Associated Press
Tigers of the Sunderbans Forest in eastern India can rest easy after a news report Monday said the state government is setting up an old age home for them.
Australia Working to Prevent Resumption of Commercial Whaling
May 24, 2005 12:00 AM - Associated Press
Australian officials are working to prevent a resumption of commercial whaling and halt Japan's scientific research whaling, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday.
Bonaire Teens Reconstruct Skeleton of Whale Impaled by Cruise Ship
May 23, 2005 12:00 AM - George Desalvo, Associated Press
It wasn't until the cruise ship Nieuw Amsterdam docked in Bonaire that the captain discovered why it was making headway so slowly. "The bow of your vessel has impaled a whale," the port captain said.
Farallon Islands Form Teeming Wildlife Haven West of San Francisco
May 23, 2005 12:00 AM - Terence Chea, Associated Press
Less than 30 miles from San Francisco, an archipelago of rocky islands rises out of the Pacific Ocean, forming a largely undisturbed wildlife haven that biologists call California's Galapagos.
Advisory Group Recommends Five-Year Ban on Harvesting Black Coral
May 23, 2005 12:00 AM - Audrey McAvoy, Associated Press
A scientific advisory group has recommended a five-year ban on harvesting black coral in the waters around Hawaii because younger populations of the popular jewelry source are declining.
India to Count its Vanishing Vultures
May 23, 2005 12:00 AM - Reuters
India will launch a census of its vultures, a group of ornithologists said on Sunday, as the birds are vanishing rapidly due to a mystery virus and shrinking nesting sites.
India Tiger Body Calls for Tough Anti-Poaching Steps
May 20, 2005 12:00 AM - Kamil Zaheer, Reuters
India's new tiger task force, set up to review the country's dwindling big cat population, called on Thursday for tougher measures to control poaching of the national animal.
Cornell to Launch Five-Year Study on Coyotes
May 20, 2005 12:00 AM - William Kates, Associated Press
For many people, their closest encounter with a coyote is hearing its howl curdle the night from afar. But coyote sightings are now on the increase across New York, meaning greater potential for attacks, say Cornell University researchers, who are launching a five-year study of why the once-wary creatures are becoming more aggressive toward humans.
New Monkey Species Found in Tanzania
May 20, 2005 12:00 AM - Maggie Fox, Reuters
Two separate teams of researchers working hundreds of miles apart have discovered a new species of monkey in Tanzania. The highland mangabey is the first new species of monkey identified in 20 years and conservationists immediately said the find showed how important it was to preserve African forests.
India Says 114 Tigers Killed by Poachers from 1999 to 2003
May 19, 2005 12:00 AM - Kamil Zaheer, Reuters
Poachers have killed at least 114 tigers in India between 1999 and 2003, the country's environment ministry said on Wednesday, as debate raged over how to protect the endangered big cats.


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This very fertile prairie lake grows large numbers of Walleye, Northern Pike, White Bass, it has earned the reputation of being the "Perch Capital of the World" and has been ranked as one of the top five fishing lakes in the US. Perch weighing more than two pounds are caught quite frequently. In the fall hundreds of thousands of waterfowl migrate through the area and give both local and visiting hunters outstanding hunting opportunities. Devils Lake derives its name from the Native American name Miniwaukan ("Spirit Water"). Early explorers incorrectly translated the word to mean "Bad Spirit" and bolstered by the many legends of drowned warriors and lake monsters. The name evolved into Devils Lake.
When fisheries research reveals that recent net surveys show Devils Lake large perch numbers are close to average, that's a good thing. Todd Caspers, North Dakota fisheries biologist said, "The 12 to 15 inch perch are still above long term averages, and last year was a record high catch since surveys began in 1992. The […] [...] READ MORE
Cabela's MWC World Walleye Championship Set For Devils Lake, North Dakota, Oct. 9-11 Presented by Cabela's For Immediate Release – Ponca City, Okla.—Sept. 26, 2014—North America's top two-person walleye-fishing teams will clash on the High Plains paradise of Devils Lake, North Dakota, Oct. 9-11 at the Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit's 2014 World […] [...] READ MORE
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The North Dakota Game and Fish Department's Private Land Open To Sportsmen Guide for 2014 is now available online at the Department's website, gf.nd.gov. In addition, PLOTS Guides will be available at most license vendors throughout the state in early September. The guide will feature about 735,000 PLOTS acres. Because the guide is printed […] [...] READ MORE

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For All Life's Moment
September 24, 2014
This touching video evokes bitter-sweet thoughts for me. As a cancer survivor, it gives me reason for great thankfulness. Yet it is a reminder of my personal frailty, and that I am not promised tomorrow. (Proverbs 27.1)
I am reminded of how young my own sons were when I was diagnosed – my daughter even younger. I remember the thoughts during the first moments I was alone, all the ways I had failed them; all that I wanted to share with them – if only given the opportunity of time. I am thankful my sons and daughters have grown, that all of them have given me cause for joy and pride, and that I have been here to see it.
I am reminded of the importance of priorities – putting first things first. I continue to fail with this, as all too often I put my own comfort and preferences first. Yet given each new day, I am also given an opportunity to live out my priorities.
I cannot help but to think of Solomon's plea:
"My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments, for length of days and years of life and peace they will add to you." (Proverbs 3.1-2)
I cannot help but hope in Solomon's promise:
"And now, O sons, listen to me: blessed are those who keep my ways. Hear instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. Blessed is the one who listens to me, watching daily at my gates, waiting beside my doors. For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord, but he who fails to find me injures himself; all who hate me love death." (Proverbs 8.32-36)
For these are not only the words of wisdom I have wanted to impart to my sons (and daughter), they are the words of my heavenly Father to me.
Tennessee Volunteer Football Fever
August 30, 2014
I am not a fan of college football being played on Sundays. Nevertheless, it is almost Football Time in Tennessee!
In anticipation of this new season, I am posting this video narrated by ex-Volunteer Inky Johnson. Johnson does a marvelous job describing the sense of being part of the Tennessee football tradition.
My prediction for this coming season: Optimistic 8-4, and back to bowling.
Birdwatching: Medicine for My Soul
August 27, 2014
I love this perspective from Paul Tripp:
"When you are struglling with anxiety, look at creation. Embedded in the physical world are constant reminders that God does not abandon the work of his hands."
Tripp appropriately spiritualizes something that I have experienced but had never really contemplated sufficiently. My tendency has long been to retreat into creation – whether it be the mountains of Tennessee, or the forests and river beaches here in Hampton Roads, or wherever – just to regain a sense of peace. I am reminded of God's greatness and presence in such places. And while I have long understood, advocated, and preached that standing on a mountain top or on the ocean shores can offer a sense of God's awesomeness and beauty, I don't know that I have really given adequate thought to the the practical theological principle behind the practice that relieves angst.
I am reminded of Jesus' counsel in Matthew 6:
"Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you,O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, 'What shall we eat?' or 'What shall we drink?' or 'What shall we wear?' For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all.
As Tripp suggested: "Bird watching is good for the soul."
Despite what relatively little knowledge I have about ornithology, I now see how beneficial it can be to periodically spend some time quietly watching the birds go about their business and their play. Not only does it provide for tranquill moments, bird watching offers a much needed and refreshing reminder: If birds live stress free lives, how much more should I. For while the birds were created to bring pleasure to the Creator, I am one made after the image of God; and as a consequence of the union I have with Jesus, through faith in his redeemeing work, I am one who is (admittedly undeservedly) among those who are the objects of the Father's affection. If God loves the birds, how much more those who are in Christ – even me!
Boys of Fall
August 23, 2014
Another football season is about to Kickoff. In fact, in some places it already has.
For the first time in 15 years neither of my sons will be on a sideline this year. While one of them expects to be coaching high school football this time next year, his eligibility at his college has expired. Now he will focus on his student teaching for the Fall, and the steps toward life. My younger son has decided to hang up his cleats and focus on youth ministry instead. While he is still in school, and has two seasons of eligibility left, after being sidetracked by a couple of frustrating injuries, he has set his sights on more important things. And with my coaching days behind me, for the first time in a long time, we will all be mere spectators this season.
Nevertheless, Kenny Chesney's video and song evokes strong memories and emotions. It brings back a sense of joy and satisfaction, something I can share with my two sons – even if our experiences were for the most part a generation apart. If you ever played game – whether in high school or college football, or whatever, you know what I mean.
Seed of the Word in the Soil of the Heart
July 2, 2014
"Truly, the Bible as the Word of God has an inherent power, but it is not a coercive power. That is, the Bible does not work it's effects mechanically. We don't change just because we read it. Out minds may be engaged in the text, but something must happen in our hearts as well. In the parable of the Sower (Matthew 13.18-23), the seed does not miraculously and independently transform itself into a flowering plant. The condition of the soil effects how well the seed takes root. Our hearts must be receptive to God's Word in the same way the soil must be rich and conducive to the development of deep roots and luxurient growth. As Oliver Wendell Holmes once said: 'What you bring away from the Bible depends to some extent on what you carry to it.'"
Boyce College professor, Denny Burk, has posted an interesting warning about a common tactic employed by some with theological agendas – especially those with liberalizing theological agendas. His post is titled: Should Churches "Dialogue" About Sexuality?
Having read through it a couple of times I find myself appreciating Burk's concern. Burk notes that many a subtle debate may begin with a seemingly reasonable appeal:
"…with the liberals calling for more dialogue about the issue."
Then, citing conservative writer Rod Dreher:
Ah, the old "conversation starter" or "dialogue" trick. Any time you see a progressive member of your church try this, you must understand that this is the wedge that they will use to pry the orthodox out. The "conversation" will be one-sided, and will not end until the orthodox have surrendered or left, because the progressives will never, ever take "no" for an answer.
While I am not one who is overly concerned about debate, or about being drawn into compromised theology, I have seen this tactic employed. (For the sake of fairness, I must admit that I have seen the technique attempted by both those on the theological left, and by some on the far right. It just seems that those on the far right are more likely to quckly show their hand, their agenda.) So I agree with Burk, we need to be mindful of this, and encourage the people in our churches– or at least our church leaders – to be mindful of this ploy.
However, what Burk is addressing is not the biggest challenge to the church I serve. Our congregation is pretty well rooted in sound theology and conservatism. (NOTE: These are not always the same thing, especially when the conservatism is more political than theological.) For most of our members it is not difficult to get them to accept the authority of God's Word on any particular subject. Our commitment to deep, rich, historic, orthodoxy is one of the primary reasons they are part of the church. And while we have many who are doing inspiring works throughout our community, it is far more a concern whether we can get some of the others to love and engage their neighbors – most of whom are likely to differ with us on any number of social issues – than it is whether they will be susceptible to trendy Spirits of the Age.
So while I appreciate Burk's wisdom, I believe we also need to prepare people to "dialogue".
Dialogue is how we engage people, without requiring that they agree with us as a precondition of being welcome in our church or wanted as a friend. Dialogue is one way we are able to express and cultivate love for our neighbors. Dialogue may be the only way for some to hear what God has to say about a particular subject, as we appropriately bring our understanding of the Word into the conversations. Dialogue about issues in which we (at least) initially differ may be the means by which some hear the gospel for the first time – as the gospel does apply in some manner to all matters.
No doubt some readers will be uncomfortable with my call to dialogue with unbelievers and with theological compromisers (- which usually qualifies them as unbelievers). But I am convinced that somewhere, somehow, we need to cultivate environments that encourage dialogue – and we must do this for the sake of the gospel.
I don't feel alone in this thought. It is what Francis Schaeffer called for a couple generations ago. In his Two Contents, Two Realities, the second content was: Honest Answers to Honest Questions.
I agree that we must be wise, and that there are times when conversation should be cut off – such as when it is apparent that the "dialogue" is not honest but rather a cloak over a subversive agenda. This is what Burk has in view, and so it is why I appreciate his thoughts. But, just so there is no mistaking Burk's counsel as an invitation for Evangelicals to hide out in the fortress of the church, I also feel compelled to contend for genuine dialogue, since it is the only way we will have opportunity to hear Honest Questions from our culture to which we may offer Honest Answers from God's Word.
Grace & Peace: The Song
June 4, 2014
This song from Sovereign Grace Music, that shares the same title as this blog, is a three verse meditation on Romans 1.7:
Verse 1
Grace and peace, oh how can this be / For lawbreakers and thieves / For the worthless, the least / You have said, that our judgment is death / For all eternity / Without hope, without rest / Oh, what an amazing mystery / What an amazing mystery/ That Your grace has come to me
Verse 2
Grace and peace, oh how can this be / The matchless King of all / Paid the blood price for me / Slaughtered lamb, what atonement You bring! / The vilest sinner's heart / Can be cleansed, can be free / Oh, what an amazing mystery / What an amazing mystery / That Your grace has come to me
Verse 3
Grace and peace, oh how can this be / Let songs of gratefulness / Ever rise, never cease / Loved by God and called as a saint / My heart is satisfied / In the riches of Christ / Oh, what an amazing mystery / What an amazing mystery / That Your grace has come to me
Oh, what an amazing love I see / What an amazing love I see / That Your grace has come to me / Oh, what an amazing love I see / What an amazing love I see / That Your grace has come to me
© 2013 Sovereign Grace Worship


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New Mexico Highlands University baseball players Jason Carr and David Bustillos have been named to the Daktronics Baseball All-America teams.
Carr, a Mr. Everything for the Cowboys in the 2010 season, was named to the Daktronics All-America First Team and Bustillos received All-American Honorable Mention honors for his efforts in the 2010 season.
The West Las Vegas school board approved a budget last week that includes hefty raises for two top district officials.
Members Caroline Lopez and Kenny Lujan voted against the document. They protested giving pay hikes to the two officials when the district was asking others to sacrifice in lean times.
"This will hurt morale in the district. People who have heard about this are upset," Lopez told the Optic.
Superintendent Jim Abreu disagreed.
West Las Vegas High School Principal Gene Parson said his heart was with the class of 2010. A major reason for that was his son, Spencer Parson, was among its graduates.
Another reason was the class' spirit, the longtime principal said during Saturday's commencement ceremony.
Just a day before, a dozen seniors painted the D (for Dons) on a hill near town — an annual ritual.
They had scheduled the painting a few times before, but bad weather prevented them from going up the hill.
SANTA FE -- Michael Gallegos, the ringleader behind the sexual assaults on his fellow Robertson High School football players nearly two years ago, admitted to the crimes Monday.
In Santa Fe's District Court, Gallegos pleaded guilty to counts of criminal sexual penetration, attempted criminal sexual penetration and conspiracy.
Gallegos, the son of former City Councilman Michael Gallegos, apologized to his family and his former teammates. He said he could imagine how hard it has been for the victims.
As a Mora County citizen, I find the articles in the Optic about the Mora County school superintendent scenario this past six months fascinating.
We are told Dora Romero, former superintendent, was relieved of her superintendent position because of the "slush fund" purchases to which she agreed for leather jackets, steak dinners, et al.
Then, in the May 12 Optic, we read that one of the recipients of those leather jackets, and steak dinners, New Mexico State Rep. Thomas Garcia, is being interviewed for the Mora County superintendent position.
When people from other parts of the country see New Mexico and Arizona on a map, they see two square states and imagine a land of deserts and mountains. They likely see our two states as very similar.
But when it comes to politics, the two states are quite different. Thankfully.
Boosted by a league championship in baseball, New Mexico Highlands University finished 11th among 14 schools in the annual Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference All-Sports Competition Cup race.
The RMAC awards points to each school based on its finish in the standings for each sport. A maximum of 100 points (given to the league champion) is awarded in each sport, and provided the school fielded a team in the sport, a minimum of 10 points is allotted.
West Las Vegas/Los Niños Head Start would like to thank the following for helping to make our annual Transition Fair held April 30 a success:
The staff at the Abe Montoya Recreation Center, Subway/Shell, Mills Avenue Lowe's, Wal-Mart, New Mexico State Police, Wind River Ranch, West Las Vegas Schools, Las Vegas City Schools, West Las Vegas Head Start staff and Transition Committee and all parents who attended. Additionally, a special thank you to State Rep. Thomas Garcia, who has been supporting this event for the past four years.
I'd like to commend Benny and April Ortiz for yet another successful season as the RHS Girls Track Team coaches.
Besides being successful in the sport realm, they are very active in teaching the girls life lessons that will impact their lives. These coaches dedicate long, hard hours and sacrifice a lot of their personal time to be there for our children. Please print this so that they know they are appreciated and their efforts have not gone unnoticed.
Christian Montaño
Las Vegas
Another full summer of rodeo fun is on tap for young competitors and their fans, courtesy of a local organization.
Las Vegas' Ride to Pride 4-H and Junior Rodeo Club is hosting an open playday series of rodeo events over the next three months.
The series opens June 5-6 at Ride to Pride's arena just northeast of town off Airport Road, near the city's solid waste transfer station.
A second playday weekend is set for July 10-11, and the finals are on Aug. 21. In each case, the gates open at 9 a.m. and events begin at 10.
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
One of Gerhart's recent appearances was at the new PPL Center in Allentown where he sang the Canadian national anthem at a Phantoms' hockey game. Gerhart is scheduled to perform the next two weekends at the Phantoms.
Chances are if you've been to an area baseball, football, basketball or hockey game, you've heard of Keith Gerhart. Or rather, you've heard him.
The East Greenville resident has been belting out his versions of the "Star Spangled Banner" and "God Bless America" for the past few years. But Gerhart will be the first to tell you, he never thought he would be the one holding the microphone and performing in front of thousands.
"It's something I've done in the shower all my life," joked the 61-year-old of singing. "But no, I didn't see myself doing it."...
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In a 17th-century building, the charming Holiday Inn Ashford Central is a mile from Ashford centre, and a 10-minute drive from Ashford International Station. There is free parking and a restaurant.
Score from 405 reviews Good
The Croft is located in the leafy village of Kennington, just a 5-minute drive from Ashford International Station. It offers rooms with free Wi-Fi, an Italian Restaurant and free parking.
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The Conningbrook Hotel is located in the village of Kennington, a 5-minute drive from Ashford and the Eurostar Terminal. It offers rooms with satellite TVs, a restaurant and free parking.
Score from 361 reviews Very good
Premier Inn Ashford (Eureka Park)With free parking, this Premier Inn is very near the M20 (junction 9) and has air-conditioned rooms with double glazing ensuring a quiet night's sleep.
Score from 282 reviews Very good
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Lack of parking Difficult to find
Helpfulness of the staff (Paul) The room for a single person was lovely Closeness to town.
bit hard to find at first but worth the effort, and I would use again and recommmend to others Could do with better map
hospitally and adjustment to customer needs was the must great. Hotel is stationed in the center and it is close to everything. Great rooms with a tradition touch. Everything is simply great there.
Polite Owner who very kindly carried my very heavy cases upstairs. Comfortable room (10), nice furniture, cosy and quaint with wooden beams. En suite was nice and everything worked well. Hot water. Heating in room was good. Lovely big mugs and large kettle. Easy to walk from B&B to shops etc, as right in centre of Ashford. Owner kindly booked me a taxi for 5.30am, and fortunately it came on time as I was a bit nervous standing out at the back of the property in the dark, by an empty car park. I would recommend Cornerstones but ask for a room with a solid door!
No-one there when I arrived, so I had to call for the Owner. Did not see another soul from when I returned early evening. Bit alarming to have a very thin and warped bedroom door (10), which had a large gap down one side. Not at all private, but no-one else around. Back fire exit door was ajar all night. As a woman on my own, the entrance from the High Street, through a dark arch into a small courtyard, (with empty beer cans around) was quite scarey. Carpet in room had not been vacuumed. Hardly a "B&B" when you have to go and buy breakfast in a Café next door!
Owner very helpful and friendly. Location excellent, tucked away just behind the High Street. Clean, comfy, etc.
Hard to pick anything out. A great place for someone on a budget....
Location Price Friendliness of owner
Sharing bathroom
Warm and comfortable-very quiet for a good nights sleep. Helpful staff and very near the Eurostar.
Made very welcome the manager sorted a parking space for the van which was great and as important as the room for me.. Bed very comfortable, although no window in our room (sky Light) it didnt matter as the weather was so poor and there wouldnt be anything to look at ( no wilder beast running across the open plains Etc Etc) would definitely stay there again and right in the town so easy to go out for a meal
the staff was helpful and welcoming.
the light in the hall to my room was poor i coud not see well to get my key in the door
Good location, tea and coffee in room, mineral water in room.
Torn duvet cover, no toilet paper in bathroom on my arrival, no staff on duty all the time I was there for 4 nights, I checked in by phone and got the key myself from the keysafe, lukewarm water from the shower.
Good room size really quaint everything you need in one good sized room.
Due to the central location in the town the noise from the clubbers was seemed to use the shelter of the alley which forms the access to this B&B as their debating area the noise was extreme at 02:00. It only lasted an hour but was intolerable.
The location to my needs were good
The floor in my room could of been cleaner
Location. Car parking. Paul the Manager was fantastic, couldn't have asked for a more lovely chap to meet us. Put money on our car in the car park for us early in the morning & went out again to put more on when we had a lie in. Paul wouldn't accept money for the room either, Happy wedding anniversary. Would definately recommend this for location as hidden behind a busy high street.
Nothing all fantastic.
Location Washing facilities Breakfast
Squeaky bed Lack of full mirror
Our room (10) was very cosy and perfectly clean, we also found the bed comfortable. Friendly welcome. Will stay again.
Situation,quaintness, cleanliness. Lovely proprietor .had the family room would definately stay again. Great value for money
A little noisy early night around 10pm from street
Location is excellent and 5 minute walk to train station
Road noise as police station. Town clock strikes every 15 minutes and room doors bang all of the time. Very limited sleep over whole week!
A lovely room, with half timbered beams, and full of character. There was a fridge in the room, and good facilities.
The bed was slightly uncomfortable.
It is good place to stay at in Ashford for cyclists who want to travel around the city (Leeds Castle, Sissinghurst, Tenterden, Canterbury ...)
The room was not very soundproof and was not serviced for three consecutive days.
Close to Ashford International Rail Station and located in Ashford High Street so convenient as an overnight transit stop.
Bed was too short and mattress was saggy
boss is very friendly
window can not be openned ,no fresh air come in
We could not fault the hotel, it had real quirky & homely charm - the manager had a wonderful "can do" attitude, allowing us to leave our bags early, check out late & he also booked our taxi for us. The bed was comfy & the room spacious and characterful. The staff were, without exception, very friendly & welcoming, both in the B&B and in the cafe where breakfast was served (which we could have at any time to suit us). The cafe was spotless & served a good choice of cooked or continental breakfast. We really enjoyed our stay at Cornerstone B&B, much more enjoyable than the generic travel motel type! We would definitely recommend it.
We really could not think of a single negative to say about the B&B.
Almost everything. The room was amazing, cool location and the breakfast was insanely good. Coffee was the best of the zone
The wifi didnt working for a few hours in the first day of stay
A lovely old fashioned B&B tucked away just off the pedestrian main street. Perhaps not the fanciest of decors but very friendly and accommodating staff and good value for the price, which included a hearty cooked breakfast at the cafe just next door and stable and reasonably speedy wifi.
Quaint English Style and Great Service x
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2014 Election Aftermath
Yesterday's election was not so much a referendum on labor reform as yet another reminder that when elected officials protect freedom and taxpayers they do not need to fear the wrath of the union political juggernaut.
These reformers winning and opponents losing cannot be easily dismissed as "it was a Republican wave which protected the politicians who took on labor reform." Almost more striking than what was in the Republican wins was what was not in the Democrat losses.
In Michigan for example, the birthplace of the UAW, the state with the 5th highest union membership rate in the country and long considered a labor stronghold, right-to-work was nowhere to be found in the election. Not on the ballot as an initiative or Constitutional Amendment, nor even in the gubernatorial or legislative races.
During the sole Michigan gubernatorial debate of the season, the only time worker freedom came up was as a subpart of another question and one that neither candidate addressed.
So low was the saliency of right-to-work as a negative issue that even representatives from the Michigan Education Association dismissed it. At a right-to-work panel discussion in October, MEA communications consultant David Crim explicitly stated:
I do not believe that on November 4th when people go to the polls they are going to say 'you know what I am going to decide who I am going to vote for, for governor, for the legislature, any office on the ballot based on the right-to-work law that was passed…' See 46:30 on video
This is a far cry from the violent protests outside the Capitol and a "there will be blood" threat by Rep. Douglas Geiss, D-Taylor, during the passage of Michigan's right-to-work law in 2012.
In Wisconsin, proxies for Gov. Scott Walker's reforms have been on the ballot almost too many times to count. In every election that was deemed a 'must win' by unions to repeal labor reforms there was a loss. In fact, after the initial flurry of recall attempts, Gov. Walker's budget repair bill was not a central issue of the Democratic campaigns.
The same goes for the legislators who voted for right-to-work in Indiana and even for Gov. Kasich in Ohio, whose labor reforms were overturned yet still won re-election handily last night.
Big Labor lost four of the five gubernatorial races the AFL-CIO initially said it would focus on — Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin and Florida — with Pennsylvania being their only win.
As Lee Saunders, chairman of the AFL-CIO's political committee, told The New York Times in February, ousting Republicans in the industrial battleground states was "about survival."
Labor lost races that were not even initially on their radar. This shockingly includes Illinois, where Gov.-Elect Bruce Rauner dared to take on forced unionism.
The "survival" lesson from the 2014 election is that labor reform is not the third rail of politics. Despite enduring a lot of noise from Big Labor, reformers need not fear its wrath. Voters will continue to reward those who support freedom and taxpayers.
As for labor's survival, this election should be a lesson. It is time they give up the compulsion and privileges of the past. In order to not just survive but grow, they need to adapt.
October 31, 2014, MichiganVotes Weekly Report
Tea Party? Occupy Wall Street? Corporate Welfare
While the Legislature is on a campaign season break from voting, the Roll Call Report continues a series reviewing key votes of the 2013-2014 session. This edition focuses on what are called "economic development" bills.
House Bill 4782, Expand a corporate/developer subsidy regime: Passed 87 to 23 in the House on November 14, 2013
To authorize creation of a sixth "Next Michigan Development Corporation," which is a government agency that gives tax breaks and subsidies to particular corporations or developers selected by political appointees on the entity's board, for projects meeting extremely broad "multi-modal commerce" criteria (basically, any form of goods-related commerce). The new entity would be in the Upper Peninsula.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4783, Expand a corporate/developer subsidy regime again: Passed 83 to 27 in the House on September 9, 2014
To authorize creation of a seventh "Next Michigan Development Corporation" as described in the previous vote, except this one would probably be in Detroit. The Senate has not yet taken up this bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 536, Expand real estate development tax breaks: Passed 70 to 39 in the House on June 10, 2014
To authorize property tax exemptions for property owned by a nonprofit organization whose purpose is real estate development, if the local government agrees, and if the organization is approved by the political appointees on the board of the state agency responsible for granting and overseeing selective tax breaks and subsidies to particular corporations and developers.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 146, Extend enterprise zone tax breaks to a particular developer: Passed 93 to 17 in the House on February 4, 2014
To revise a law that authorizes tax breaks for developers whose projects are in an area deemed a "neighborhood enterprise zone," in a way that would allow the tax break for a particular developer's project, notwithstanding this developer's failure to request the tax break before getting a building permit, which the current law requires. Several such bills come before the legislature each year and are usually passed.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 308, Authorize tax breaks to a Charlotte business: Passed 95 to 14 in the House on December 12, 2013
To revise the criteria in the law that authorizes tax breaks for the rehabilitation and reuse of "obsolete structures" in a way that will allow granting these tax breaks to a particular business in Charlotte. The bill was amended to do the same for another developer in Wayne County.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4998, Appoint "entrepreneurs-in-residence" at Michigan Strategic Fund: Passed 85 to 24 in the House on June 3, 2014
To require the state agency responsible for granting and overseeing selective tax breaks and subsidies granted to particular corporations or developers to appoint up to 10 "entrepreneurs-in-residence" to help it "improve outreach to small business concerns;" identify inefficient or duplicative programs; recommend ways to expand and improve the these programs; and more. The bill has not been taken up by the Senate.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 257, Expand "Business Improvement Zone" borrow-and-spend entities: Passed 77 to 31 in the House on September 12, 2013
To expand the items that a "Business Improvement Zone" can spend money on, revise voting rules in a way that (potentially) reduces the proportion of property owners needed to impose a zone's tax-and-spending powers, increase the proportion of owners needed to dissolve one, reduce notice and public meeting requirements required to establish one, increase penalties for not paying the "special assessments" these entities impose, and more. These zones have the power to impose levies to pay for the debt they incur to pay for projects that are supposed to benefit the property owners.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4487, Authorize DDA debt and spending to promote local agriculture: Passed 81 to 27 in the House on February 18, 2014
To empower Downtown Development Authorities to borrow and spend the loan proceeds on "marketing initiatives," "infrastructure improvements" and more that "promote local agriculture products and farmers markets." The debt incurred by these "tax increment financing" schemes is repaid by "capturing" from other local taxing units the increased property tax revenue that the DDA's subsidies and spending are presumed to generate. The Senate has not taken up this bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 218, Expand borrow-and-spend "water resource improvement authorities": Passed 92 to 16 in the House on April 18, 2013
To eliminate the sunset on local governments creating new "water resource improvement authorities," which use extra property tax levies and "tax increment financing" schemes to divert tax revenue to pay the debt they incur for various recreation and development projects. The bill would also expand the scope and geographic limits of these entities' spending.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4327, Allow reset of "tax increment finance" schemes: Passed 86 to 21 in the House on October 23, 2013.
To allow "corridor improvement authorities" to "reset" their tax increment financing schemes (TIF) to reflect declining property assessments, which undermine their ability to divert property tax revenue from local governments and other taxing units to pay for the authority's debt-funded spending projects and subsidies.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4782, Expand a corporate/developer subsidy regime: Passed 31 to 6 in the Senate on December 11, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law by Gov. Rick Snyder last December.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 536, Expand real estate development tax breaks: Passed 36 to 0 in the Senate on December 11, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law on June 24.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 146, Extend enterprise zone tax breaks to a particular development: Passed 32 to 4 in the Senate on October 24, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law in February.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 308, Authorize tax breaks to a Charlotte business: Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on May 20, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law last December.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 257, Expand "Business Improvement Zone" tax-and-spend entities: Passed 35 to 2 in the Senate on April 11, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law last October.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 218, Expand borrow-and-spend "water resource improvement authorities": Passed 32 to 5 in the Senate on March 14, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law in May 2013.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
House Bill 4327, Allow reset of "tax increment finance" schemes: Passed 33 to 5 in the Senate on December 12, 2013
The Senate vote on the bill described above. This was signed into law last December.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 272, Authorize corporate and developer "port facility" subsidies: Passed 37 to 1 in the Senate on June 13, 2013.
To expand the mission of the Michigan Strategic Fund to include providing undefined subsidies for corporations, developers and other entities involved in port facilities. The House has not taken up this bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
Senate Bill 269, Make permanent $75 million in annual corporate subsidy spending: Passed 33 to 4 in the Senate on October 31, 2013
To extend through 2019 an annual $75 million earmark to a "21st Century Jobs Fund" program created by the previous administration, which provides various subsidies to particular firms or industries chosen by a board of political appointees. Under current law, the annual earmark expires in 2015. The House has yet to take up this bill.
Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
SOURCE: MichiganVotes.org, a free, non-partisan website created by the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, providing concise, non-partisan, plain-English descriptions of every bill and vote in the Michigan House and Senate. Please visit http://www.MichiganVotes.org.
Caught With Their Swimming Trunks Down
Great Lakes levels prove climate alarmists wrong
Gosh almighty and gee whiz — what a shock it is to discover that nature often operates in cycles. One would think that obvious fact was as clear as night and day and the four seasons of the year. Apparently to some it wasn't, or at least it never appeared to have been considered by global warming alarmists who preached putting trust in faulty science instead of historically observable water level patterns on the Great Lakes.
On the other hand, maybe they never really believed the tripe they were spouting. Perhaps it was only opportunistic propaganda to advance their political agenda. Regardless, they should not be allowed to get away with it. Global warming alarmists ought to be called to the mat for either duplicity or foolishness. Attention needs to be called to the fact that nature is proving their disaster-mongering claims about low Great Lakes water levels untrue.
After about 13 years of low water levels on the Great Lakes, the four western lakes, Superior, Michigan-Huron and Erie (not to mention St. Clair) are all above their long-term October averages. Meanwhile, Lake Ontario is two inches below the long-term average, after being a couple of inches above it this summer. That's according to the Army Corps of Engineers, which has been keeping track since 1918.
During that recent and brief (less than a millisecond in terms of geology and climate) span of years — while the levels were down — the alarmists presented the situation as undeniable evidence of impending climate change doom. A major element of this Chicken Little message was that we — us rascally, irresponsible humans — were the cause of the alleged crisis.
Forget that over the comparatively short 90-some years that consistent records had been kept, low water level periods commenced in 1926, 1963 and 2000. Look closely at those years and you'll notice the amazing 37-year cycles. Study old newspapers and you'll find that same basic cycle going back even further. Listen to those who have sifted the sedimentary shoreline evidence and they'll tell you the high and low cycle can be traced back thousands of years. They'll also tell you that none of the water level fluctuations witnessed over the past few hundred years have been outside the range of what had occurred previously.
In spite of dire-sounding headlines fostering a provably false message that low Great Lakes water levels signaled something unnatural and unprecedented, the levels are back up again. They are up again, as they were in the 1980s after the low levels of the 1960s and early 1970s. They are up again, as they were in the 1950s after the low levels of the 1920s and early 1930s. They are up again, demonstrating once more how global warming alarmists distort short-term variations of nature to advance their dogma.
Global warming alarmists shouldn't be allowed to duck this one. They need to be held accountable for all of their past claims. The alarmists screech and holler, but when their assertions and predictions are debunked, they are consistently allowed to move on to the next temporary circumstance they seek to exploit. It's high time that they suffer the loss of credibility they deserve. News media and politicians have a responsibility to stand up and take notice when the claims of global warming alarmists are revealed to have been hogwash. Our society in general has a right to be told the true score.
The Great Lakes are a major feature of Earth and can be clearly spotted from the surface of the moon. They contain 6 quadrillion gallons of water; fully one-fifth of the fresh water on the planet. If all of the water in the Great Lakes was spread across the United States, it would be 9 feet deep. The Great Lakes are significant enough and important enough to be used to expose just how global warming propagandists operate and why only the gullible believe what they say.
Reporters and interviewers who let this slide will be displaying either their ignorance or irresponsibility. From now on, when global warming alarmists try to sell their mythology, their false claims about the Great Lakes water levels need to be used to refute them.
But don't hold your breath — odds are that these merchants of misrepresentation will be allowed to escape once more. The manmade climate change/global warming industry is powerful enough to keep the debacle of the Great Lakes crisis scare hushed up. With billions in taxpayer subsidies to be collected by simply spray-painting old-fashioned corporate welfare green, we can rest assured that the propaganda will not cease.
(Editor's note: Jack Spencer is Capitol Affairs Specialist for Michigan Capitol Confidential and a veteran, Lansing-based journalist. His columns do not necessarily represent the views of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy or Michigan Capitol Confidential.)
State Budget Follies
Senior Olympics subsidies getting old
Michigan's state budget is a $52 billion-plus document that cuts across most aspects of our lives: police, courts, transportation and education to name a few subjects. Is it any wonder then that few noticed or complained when a $100,000 "one-time" appropriation was slipped in to subsidize an athletic competition between people who are in the autumn of their years?
Subsidizing the "Michigan Senior Olympics" is not a proper function of government. It is unfair to those whose hobbies are not subsidized, it financially supports a group who may already be healthier and wealthier than your average resident, and the state has more pressing uses for the money.
The Michigan Senior Olympics was created in 1979 and is a nonprofit fitness advocate for people over 50. The games it hosts are held in Oakland County and has boasted of 1,100 participants. The 2015 winter events begin Feb 7 and include sports such as billiards, powerlifting and hockey, according to the MSO's website. The summer events are held in August and include events such as bocce ball, tennis and golf.
The state should kill this subsidy on fairness grounds alone. There are countless hobbies statewide – athletic and otherwise – that are not subsidized by government. Yet those who choose to participate sans subsidy are being forced to pay for the Senior Olympians' competition.
Does it bother anyone in state government that a cross-country skier in Ishpeming has her own choices (athletic hobbies and otherwise) diminished to cross subsidize the hobby of a bocce ball playing Detroiter? Worse, there are taxpayers dragged into this transaction that have no interest in sports whatsoever.
Relatedly, it would not strain credulity to suggest that Senior Olympians already have many advantages in life over their counterparts. For example, as a direct result of being older and having more time to accumulate wealth, senior citizens nationwide have higher incomes and a higher net worth than many who are footing this Olympic bill.
The September 2014 Federal Reserve Bulletin summarizes its 2013 triennial "Survey of Consumer Finances," which indicate that average income by the age of head of household is highest in the 55-64 age bracket and drops thereafter but is not much lower than the 35-44 bracket. The Census Bureau reports slightly different numbers, noting that wealth (a different measure of economic well-being) peaks in the 65-69 age cohort.
In other words, it is unlikely this particular set of sportsmen and women need a financial leg up, at least relative to their many poorer peers under the age of 35. Indeed, the under-35 crowd is already engaged in a massive intergenerational transfer of wealth to senior citizens via Social Security and Medicare programs and so should be left out of the Olympic transaction.
If the Senior Olympics really must have $100,000 more to operate, the civil society solution would simply be to ask its 1,100 participants to pay $91 more per person for the privilege of participating. Current MSO membership fees are $25 per person, though one must pay a registration fee and other costs depending on the event.
Another advantage that Senior Olympics' participants may have is something many people cherish above all: their health. There are many seniors who only wish they could pay full freight to compete in the MSO, if only they were physically able to do so. Forcing unhealthy seniors to pay for those who are healthy is also unfair.
Readers may feel mollified by the knowledge that this is just a "one-time" appropriation. But "one-time" appropriations happen frequently with the same group. The Senior Olympics also got one-timers in three other budgets since Fiscal Year 2000. A fourth attempt in 2002 was made but vetoed according to Michigan's State Budget Office.
The state has so many other pressing needs – roads and underfunded pensions to name two – that it is hard to believe this line item could get sneaked into the budget. Redirected to roads or schools, $100,000 could fill about 5,000 potholes or buy a school district 1,000 new textbooks.
Senior Olympics subsidies are unfair, unnecessary and waste precious resources that would be better used elsewhere. They should be eliminated during the Lame Duck session or by the new Legislature.
Corporate Welfare and the Michigan Business Tax
Some subsidies extend another 20 years
A common talking point in Michigan political campaigns this year is criticizing Republicans for "giving a "$1.8 billion tax break to business." As is often the case with political claims, there is more to the story.
In 2011, policymakers here eliminated the much-reviled Michigan Business Tax and replaced it with a simpler corporate income tax and a separate financial institutions tax. This reduced the annual tax collected from Michigan job providers by $1.2 billion. While some firms benefited more than others, the reform was a substantial across-the-board tax cut. And it was a departure from the previous administration that approved huge subsidies or tax breaks for politically connected enterprises.
However, note that the reform's net tax cut was $1.2 billion annually, not $1.8 billion. The difference is found in accounting for the open-ended corporate welfare that was the previous administration's primary response to Michigan's economic "lost decade."
Specifically, the MBT was the vehicle used to deliver a myriad of financial "incentives" to favored businesses and industries. Through it, the state offered billions worth of "refundable" tax credits. In many cases these resulted in the state writing checks to a particular company. If the firm owed some Michigan Business Tax but less than the credit amount, the tax liability was extinguished and it was given a check for the difference.
The special treatment continues for some companies: The credits were offered through agreements that extended as long as 20 years into the future, and were contingent on a firm meeting certain job creation, investment or output milestones. For example, in 2009 and 2010 the Big Three automakers were given credit deals that will cost up to $3 billion over their 15- and 20-year durations.
To accommodate all that deal making, the "repealed" Michigan Business Tax was kept on the books, but only for firms to whom the credits were granted. Years after the special deals were inked, the state continues to write checks and/or reduce particular firms' tax liability, both of which reduce state revenue from what it would be under a "fair field and no favors" tax system.
Thus, the MBT is gone except as a vehicle to deliver on past tax credit deals. As such, it doesn't raise any revenue. In fact, it costs the state hundreds of millions a year. In the current year, state analysts projected that $560 million in these credits claimed by companies meeting their targets. This was later revised down to $429 million.
The political claim that "Snyder gave a $1.8 billion tax break to business" comes from adding that $560 million to the straightforward $1.2 billion across-the-board business tax cut enacted in 2011. Never mind that almost one-third of the "$1.8 billion" claim comes from selective subsidies and tax breaks granted under the previous administration's open-ended corporate welfare programs.
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The new edition of Michigan Education Digest is now online. Topics include charter public school success, Brighton release time and school board elections.
The Science Behind Political Polls
Center experts' detailed explanation from 2008
Confused by all the political polls with varying results that seem to appear on a daily basis leading up to Election Day?
"Understanding Public Opinion Surveys" from February 2008 provides an in-depth look at polling, including the history of political polls, how to read them with a cautious eye and what questions to ask about how a particular poll was conducted.
A 'Silver Lining' to Potholes?
A lesson from 1850 by Frédéric Bastiat
While stopping short of going "full Krugman," Michigan Radio suggests a "silver lining" regarding the state of Michigan's roads:
In our recent conversation with MSU economist Charlie Ballard, he reminded us that we're going to pay for road repairs one way or another. Maybe higher taxes or, in Ballard's case, paying now, with blown tires and bent rims.
But, is there some kind of silver lining to the crummy roads? Maybe for local repair shops?
The spending certainly helps the local repair shop, but at the expense of the overall economy. The idea that simply spending money is good without regard to the value produced is relatively common. The best rejoinder comes from an 1850 essay by 19th century French political theorist Frédéric Bastiat, who wrote "That Which Is Seen and That Which Is Unseen."
Have you ever witnessed the anger of the good shopkeeper, James Goodfellow, when his careless son has happened to break a pane of glass? If you have been present at such a scene, you will most assuredly bear witness to the fact that every one of the spectators, were there even thirty of them, by common consent apparently, offered the unfortunate owner this invariable consolation. "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good. Everybody must live, and what would become of the glaziers if panes of glass were never broken?"
Now, this form of condolence contains an entire theory, which it will be well to show up in this simple case, seeing that it is precisely the same as that which, unhappily, regulates the greater part of our economical institutions.
Suppose it cost six francs to repair the damage, and you say that the accident brings six francs to the glazier's trade – that it encourages that trade to the amount of six francs – I grant it; I have not a word to say against it; you reason justly. The glazier comes, performs his task, receives his six francs, rubs his hands, and, in his heart, blesses the careless child. All this is that which is seen.
But if, on the other hand, you come to the conclusion, as is too often the case, that it is a good thing to break windows, that it causes money to circulate, and that the encouragement of industry in general will be the result of it, you will oblige me to call out, "Stop there! Your theory is confined to that which is seen; it takes no account of that which is not seen."
It is not seen that as our shopkeeper has spent six francs upon one thing, he cannot spend them upon another. It is not seen that if he had not had a window to replace, he would, perhaps, have replaced his old shoes, or added another book to his library. In short, he would have employed his six francs in some way, which this accident has prevented.
False Pretenses Should be Put to Rest
GOP candidates scrutinized
If current polling is a forecast of the election results, establishment Republicans have no grounds for claiming the candidates they prefer are any better at winning general elections than those that might emerge from the conservative base.
In the U.S. Senate race, former GOP Secretary of State Terri Lynn Land continues to trail Democratic Congressman Gary Peters by nearly 10 percentage points in the polls. Unless something changes drastically in the final week leading up to the election, Rep. Peters will win it in a walk.
That would mark the fifth consecutive Michigan U.S. Senate race in which the Republicans have failed to find a candidate who could mount a competitive campaign. Michigan's previous four U.S. Senate races featured incumbent Democrats protecting their seats. Briefly in 2006 and 2012 it looked like there would be a chance to unseat Democratic U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow, but those chances turned out to be mirages.
This year, however, the cards seemed to be stacked more in the GOP's favor. Due to the retirement of U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, his seat is open and, in a nonpresidential year, the Republicans should have at least been able to take a decent shot at it.
Though Peters winning this year is not an absolute certainty, at this juncture it must be considered a very high probability. Only the political equivalent of Hail Mary pass for a touchdown in the final seconds of a football game could give Land a come-from-behind victory. Perhaps desperate TV and Internet ads featuring Rep. Peters morphing into President Barack Obama — tied vaguely to topical issues like ISIS and Ebola — could still give Land a slim long-shot chance.
Land faced virtually no competition in becoming the Republican candidate for U.S Senate. There was no serious challenge from Tea Party activists. Early in the process, other potential candidates interested in running were discouraged from stepping in. Some might have fared better than Land, but not necessarily because they were either more or less conservative.
The issue in this particular case is not whether a candidate leans conservative or moderate. It is the repeated establishment Republican mantra that candidates from the right-wing of their party hurt the ticket and diminish the chances of victory. To put it bluntly, when it comes to selecting candidates, their track record simply does not justify such an assertion.
Tea Party activist candidate Clark Durant ran against former Congressman Pete Hoekstra in the race to become Michigan's 2012 GOP U.S. Senate candidate. Rep. Hoekstra, who was clearly the establishment candidate, won the nomination and was then promptly crushed by about 20 percentage points by Sen. Stabenow.
Considering the strong showing the Democrats had in Michigan in 2012, it is doubtful Durant could have done much better than Rep. Hoekstra, but he could hardly have done any worse. The point is that if Durant had been the GOP candidate and suffered such a huge defeat, establishment Republicans would have insisted it was proof that candidates who lean too far to the right get walloped. But when the shoe is on the other foot and their own candidate selections lose big, establishment Republicans just shrug it off.
Few would argue that, like it or not, there is more to being a strong candidate than just whether a person is far-right, moderate, liberal or some niche in between. Communication skills and just plain likability counts for much — as do factors beyond the control of the candidates, such as unexpected issues arising and whether it is a particularly good year for one major political party or the other.
There is no magical mix of ingredients that automatically synthesizes into a winning candidate. Human judgment and the antennas of the voters are the only instruments sensitive enough to take the measure and make the call.
In early 1980 it was said that President Ronald Reagan was "too far to the right" to win. In 2008 it was said that President Barack Obama was "too far to the left" to win. When an establishment Republican insists a prospective candidate is too far right to have a chance, the context of electability is no more than camouflage. All they are really doing is revealing that their own political tastes lie to the left of that prospective candidate; it is nothing less than that and most certainly it is nothing more.
Many conservatives are often no less irrational about this subject than moderates tend to be. For example, an axe that continues to be ground too finely by those on the right is the choice of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney as the GOP presidential candidate in 2012.
Sure, Gov. Romney did not wear conservative principles comfortably, virtually ignored the need to speak of freedom and liberty, and barely mentioned Obamacare. But to hear many on the political right talk, one would think Gov. Romney was picked as the Republican nominee on a dark night in a smoke-filled room.
Gov. Romney won the GOP nomination by winning primaries — and he won those primaries because no outstanding alternative candidate came out to challenge him. Elections are often described as horse races, and the comparison can be a good one. Horses that remain in the barn never win.
(Editor's note: Jack Spencer is Capitol Affairs Specialist for Michigan Capitol Confidential and a veteran Lansing-based journalist. His columns do not necessarily represent the views of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy or Michigan Capitol Confidential.)
Beckmann Cites CapCon on Film Incentives
Host, state senator discuss Hollywood corporate welfare
Host Frank Beckmann on his WJR-AM760 show Friday cited Michigan Capitol Confidential while interviewing Sen. John Moolenaar, R-Midland, about the Senate's vote to extend corporate welfare for film makers. Sen. Moolenaar was one of four senators to vote against the measure.
Beckmann mentioned that CapCon had reported some $500 million has been taken from Michigan taxpayers and given to Hollywood over the last five years through the film incentive scheme, but that the number of movie-related jobs in Michigan has dropped by 100 in the same span.


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Fox News misleadingly attacked the federal food stamp program for being wasteful and unaccountable despite reports that the program achieved the lowest payment error rate in its history in the most recently available data.
Fox New complained about the findings of a report from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on quality control in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), previously known as food stamps. The USDA report clearly states that the 2012 fiscal year was "another year of excellent performance in payment accuracy" before noting that the most recent payment error rate of 3.42 percent was once again "the lowest National payment error rate in the history of SNAP."
On the July 24 edition of Fox News' Fox & Friends, co-host Brian Kilmeade cast the findings in a negative light, stressing that "the government is overpaying on food stamps by about $2 billion." Co-host Steve Doocy then questioned whether the Obama administration could "be trusted with more money," given the overpayments. Fox Business anchor Stuart Varney went on to chastise the Department of Agriculture for labeling the food-stamp payment error rate of 3.42 percent "excellent," wondering aloud "since when has that been good?"
Fox News' mischaracterization of the SNAP report continued throughout the day. On Happening Now, co-host Jenna Lee called the USDA report "startling" and said that "the administration is having a tough time managing its funds." On The Real Story, host Gretchen Carlson claimed that federal spending on nutrition assistance was "reaching a breaking point" before highlighting the growth of participation in the food stamp program since 2007.
Far from indicating a managerial flaw in the Obama administration, the 2012 payment error rate in SNAP is evidence of success in rooting out improper payments. According to the report being derided on Fox News, the national payment error rate in SNAP during President Obama's first year in office was 4.36 percent. That error rate then fell to 3.81, 3.80, and 3.42 percent in fiscal years 2010-2012, respectively.
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Fox News attempted to legitimize its hosts' conspiracy theory that the timing of Ahmed Abu Khattala's capture was "curious" by pretending the speculation originated outside the network.
Ahmed Abu Khattala was taken into U.S. custody on June 17 for his role in helping lead the 2012 attacks on a diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya.
Immediately, Fox anchors questioned the "curious timing" of Khattala's capture, speculating that it was intended to help President Obama in the polls or to give Hillary Clinton a good headline for an upcoming Fox News interview. After the breaking report on Happening Now, co-host Jon Scott pointed out that Khattala had given media interviews before his capture, and said the "obvious question" is "why now?" Minutes later on Outnumbered, the hosts called the arrest "too neat" and "too cute," speculating that it was timed to be "a great thing to announce" during Clinton's Fox interview.
On June 18, Fox hosts concealed that the speculation of "curious timing" began on their own network, noting that "some" people had made serious claims that the timing looked suspicious without identifying the origin. On Fox & Friends, co-host Steve Doocy spouted:
It was yesterday that it was announced that we finally went in and got him. And to some, they said, 'Now isn't that curious timing? The same day that Hillary Clinton is showing up on Fox News, they are able to announce we got the bad guy.'
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The Environmental Protection Agency's forthcoming regulations on greenhouse gas emissions will provide legally required protection for the health and welfare of Americans at a cheap cost, while allowing states flexibility -- contrary to media fearmongering about the landmark standards.
Fox News has pushed reset on many of its favorite Benghazi myths that have already been put to rest in the wake of the recently released Rhodes email and the House GOP's announcement of the formation of a Select Committee to investigate the attacks.
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Mainstream media distorted Ret. Air Force Brigadier General Robert Lovell's Benghazi testimony to the House Oversight Committee, seizing on a partial remark that "we should have tried" to rescue the victims and ignoring the fact that Lovell later explained that he did not mean the military response was insufficient.
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As the United States Senate voted on a bill that would increase the federal minimum wage, Fox News dedicated 15 times more coverage to the latest "developments" in its on-going campaign to create a political scandal from the September 11, 2012 terrorist attacks in Benghazi, Libya.
Fox News is distorting a memo used to prepare an Obama administration official for media appearances to falsely suggest that the administration was lying about the Benghazi attacks for political gain.
On September 16, 2012, five days after the September 11 attacks on U.S. diplomatic facilities in Benghazi, Libya, then-UN Ambassador Susan Rice appeared on the Sunday political talk shows and suggested that the terror attacks had grown out of spontaneous protests. At the time, there were riots at American facilities across the Muslim world, inspired by an anti-Islam video. Since then, conservatives led by Fox News have claimed that Rice's comments on the Sunday shows were part of a deliberate effort to deceive the American people about the cause of the attacks, to bolster President Obama's re-election campaign. This effort has often involved distorting the CIA-approved talking points that Rice used to prepare for the interviews.
On April 29, Fox renewed these claims, seizing on a newly released September 14, 2012 email from Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes to other key national security aides -- which details goals for the Sunday interviews and a series of potential questions and answers -- that was released under public records law by the conservative group Judicial Watch. Over on-screen text which claimed "New Benghazi Documents Lead Directly To The White House," Fox correspondent Catherine Herridge highlighted that according to the email, one of the goals for Rice's appearances was "To underscore that these protests are rooted in an internet video and not a broader failure of policy." She concluded that Fox had asked the White House "for comment on the Rhodes email, and what intelligence led to that conclusion that somehow an Internet video was responsible for the protests in Benghazi."
But contrary to Herridge's contention, the Rhodes email reveals nothing new. It is consistent with other intelligence briefings circulating at the time which have already been well-documented, and discusses a wide range of issues, not just Benghazi -- in fact, the specific comment Fox highlighted was an accurate depiction of the multiple riots occurring in the region at the time. When the email was sent, there were global anti-American protests in response to the video, often violent, many of which targeted U.S. diplomatic security posts, including in Egypt, Indonesia, Qatar, Pakistan, Sudan, Bangladesh, and Yemen.
In his twenty paragraph email advising Rice on her upcoming TV appearances, Rhodes made only two direct references to Benghazi -- first highlighting support from the Libyan government for U.S. diplomatic efforts in the country, and later debunking the false claim that there was any "actionable intelligence" prior to the attack on the facility in Benghazi and stating that "the currently available information suggests that the demonstrations in Benghazi were spontaneously inspired by the protests at the US Embassy in Cairo and evolved into a direct assault against the US Consulate and subsequently its annex." That language is identical to the initial draft of the separate set of CIA talking points that were crafted by CIA analysts earlier that day, suggesting that Rhodes had seen that early document and was using it to ensure the administration's statements were consistent with the intelligence community's conclusions.
A bipartisan Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report released in January 2014 stated that "[s]ome intelligence suggests the attacks were likely put together in short order, following that day's violent protests in Cairo against an inflammatory video." Indeed, former CIA acting director Mike Morrell has testified that the CIA chief of station in Libya believed at the time that the video might have motivated the attackers. The Senate report also determined that "there were no efforts by the White House or any other Executive Branch entities to 'cover-up' facts or make alterations for political purposes" -- a reality that Fox has refused to accept.