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1. And Muskegon Heights PS Dictator just made all schools charter

Fri Jun 8, 2012, 08:19 AM

Jun 2012

schools, firing all the teachers. A non-unionized, private company is going to charter the entire district.

I no longer recognize my state. It's been taken over by fascists and plutocrats. I'll bet a nice big union-busting bill is next.

I'm not sad, I'm damned angry. Michigan Rising has just suspended their recall drive against Snyder. Great. There goes 3 weekends wasted.

I'm pissed off. If I could move out of the state I would. It's going to take decades to repair the damage.

Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Leo, Taz & Nigel, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

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My blue state of Michigan has passed the most radical [View all] sufrommich Jun 2012 OP

And Muskegon Heights PS Dictator just made all schools charter catbyte Jun 2012 #1

It really is truly frightening to watch. I don't sufrommich Jun 2012 #4

I think it's because everyone's exhausted. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #36

thanks knitter. i dont socialize. not around people. so i never have a gauge seabeyond Jun 2012 #39

Don't consider your weekends wasted. livvy Jun 2012 #62

I guess Rep. Shirley won't be bothered by Chorophyll Jun 2012 #2

Bothered by it?? sufrommich Jun 2012 #5

Sometimes I don't know whether it's that... Chorophyll Jun 2012 #20

Even worse that before Roe HockeyMom Jun 2012 #3

It is worse,HockeyMom. sufrommich Jun 2012 #7

+1. people pretend they dont get it. willfully turning a blind eye. how all this disrespect seabeyond Jun 2012 #23

It is definitely worse. redqueen Jun 2012 #10

Wait, what? MadrasT Jun 2012 #28

i do recall reading this. i thought az. at 36, down syndrome for baby escalates. my doctor seabeyond Jun 2012 #31

This: CrispyQ Jun 2012 #48

"Mommy, why are you killing me?" HockeyMom Jun 2012 #46

wow hockey mom, that is awesome powerful. gave me chills. seabeyond Jun 2012 #47

Excellent response. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #49

They will never eliminate abortions in Michigan - or anywhere. . . ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #6

I think they would encourage dead women. It sufrommich Jun 2012 #8

+1 redqueen Jun 2012 #12

Definitely. ProfessionalLeftist Jun 2012 #16

The lunatics have won. How did they do that? nt snappyturtle Jun 2012 #9

Complete media control Doctor_J Jun 2012 #45

The oligarchs on the Right have joined forces with the Bible Thumpers in order to gain secondwind Jun 2012 #11

Yes, Michigan is fucked. jpbollma Jun 2012 #14

I plan to move my daughters out of this backward country ASAP. redqueen Jun 2012 #13

How old are your daughters, Redqueen? sufrommich Jun 2012 #15

One preteen, one teen. redqueen Jun 2012 #18

Most excellent idea Doctor_J Jun 2012 #58

Mike Shirkey oughta take a kick in the balls or two for this shit. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #17

They have taken their fight to contraceptives now too HockeyMom Jun 2012 #19

Sometimes vasectomies do fail GreenStormCloud Jun 2012 #22

Husband's was done in 1984 HockeyMom Jun 2012 #30

Fight fire with fire JaneFordA Jun 2012 #21

that is already an issue and talked about. 98% provided by PP is what you say and not abortion. seabeyond Jun 2012 #25

AFAIK, many of the PP's around here MadrasT Jun 2012 #40

correct. the closest in our area is 2 hours or 4 hours away. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #42

I wonder if after a couple of decades of DIY abortions and the resulting sinkingfeeling Jun 2012 #24

and there is the answer, along with titling supreme court the other way. our girls are going to seabeyond Jun 2012 #26

Never. CrispyQ Jun 2012 #50

They're just a stone's throw away from American Taliban tblue Jun 2012 #27

we have thoroughly dehumanized girls/women in our society. this is the result of the ability of seabeyond Jun 2012 #29

^^^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^^^^ redqueen Jun 2012 #35

Meanwhile, women seem to actually objectify *themselves* more than ever before... MadrasT Jun 2012 #41

that it has... "Whole country has gone batshit crazy." seabeyond Jun 2012 #44

I was very young & naive when I first saw "The Godfather." CrispyQ Jun 2012 #51

are you kidding with the hypocrisy of this issue? lol. as parents we protect our young children. seabeyond Jun 2012 #52

+1. I can't watch today's violent movies, sufrommich Jun 2012 #53

husband and i were discussing tattoo girl. how i saw it as mainstreaming rape porn for entertainment seabeyond Jun 2012 #54

I read the book in high school too. If the movie sufrommich Jun 2012 #55

ahhh. thanks. nt seabeyond Jun 2012 #56

I couldn't watch it. --nt CrispyQ Jun 2012 #59

Yes, seabeyond... You are absolutely right hlthe2b Jun 2012 #63

i think this war on birth control is maybe less about hating women more about that report that says leftyohiolib Jun 2012 #32

i was gonna say nah... religion. but, thinking, the religion is for the reason you state. seabeyond Jun 2012 #33

I dunno. redqueen Jun 2012 #37

What ever is most nazi-like is the repugs' default position. Mc Mike Jun 2012 #64

I think you may have a point here. Hatchling Jun 2012 #60

I'd say I'm shocked, but I'm not. knitter4democracy Jun 2012 #34

time to start menstrual extraction training Scout Jun 2012 #38

It's all about the Christians imposing their based-in-make-believe beliefs on the rest of us. stopbush Jun 2012 #43

Sickening MerryBlooms Jun 2012 #57

Lawmakers of Michigan: Thank you for passing a perfect law jmowreader Jun 2012 #61