NoSUVforMe

Fri, Oct 22, 2010 : 2:19 a.m.

Canham's Citizens Against Government Waste, a front for big business: David Uhlmann, a former top environmental crimes prosecutor has been quoted as saying about the W.R. Grace: "There's never been a case where so many people were sickened or killed by environmental crime." After asbestos injury claims unexpectedly nearly doubled in 2000, W. R. Grace & Company filed for bankruptcy protection in 2001. The United States Department of Justice alleged that Grace had transferred 4 to 5 billion dollars to spin-off companies it had recently purchased, shortly before declaring bankruptcy. Justice Department attorneys alleged that this amounted to a "fraudulent transfer" of money in order to protect Grace from civil suits related to asbestos. The bankruptcy court ordered the companies to return nearly $1 billion to Grace, which will remain as part of the assets to consider in the bankruptcy hearings. The company has a history of environmental crimes, which were summarized in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer on 18 November 1999, headlining "The History of W.R. Grace & Co." These crimes were the basis for the bestselling non-fiction book and popular motion picture, "A Civil Action," which concerned the pollution-destruction of neighborhoods in Massachusetts by W.R. Grace & Co.

NoSUVforMe

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 8:02 p.m.

Questions for Do Not Taunt: Do you agree with Walburg that dinosaurs and humans walked the earth at the same time? Do you believe that earth was created in 7 days, 6000 years ago? Do you support Citizens United? Citizens United is an attack on democracy. Aren't you you even a little bit dismayed that Canham, a multimillionaire, would cite Citizens Against Government Waste which is a front for a billionaire, Peter Grace, who let his workers die of toxic exposure to asbestos while fighting their claims tooth and nail? If killing workers is Ok with you, what do you value? Anything?

NoSUVforMe

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 7:44 p.m.

Wow. Detroit was destroyed by Democrats and Granholm destroyed Michigan's economy. What does right-wind Koolaid taste like anyway. Fact: Racism and resulting riots played a major role in the destruction of Detroit. Fact: White flight left the city gutted. Fact: Dividing and destroying neighborhoods with highways played a major role. Fact: Losing the car industry caused a severe economic blow to both Detroit and Michigan. Fact: The U.S. auto industry has been in decline for over 40 years. The decline accelerated when Engler, aka toadman, was governor. Fact: U.S. auto executives were incompetent and the U.S. car companies built awful cars. Fact: None of what you point out is because of Democrats. The reality is that in the final year of the criminal Bush's stolen presidency the economy was in freefall, we were losing 800,000 jobs/month, and he left office with a $1.3 trillion deficit. These are facts. Fact: Bush and his criminal conspiracy lied us into two wars (not paid for, gave Medicare D to the pharma companies (not paid for, and deregulated our government into a close call with a depression.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 5:24 p.m.

Chip - I am saying that 8 years of a Single State Recession is enough! Dem programs and high taxes do not create jobs. Granholm raised taxes and what happened - even more job loss. Michigan is very ill.. How many more years will Michigan suffer like this; 13%+ unemployment (should it be 20%? perhaps 30%?), sky high foreclosures, bankruptcies everywhere, businesses moving out, entire cities basically being vacated, & Dems considering higher taxes and yet more Gov programs. Do you not see this? Do you want more of this? Do you want Michigan to suffer even more of the same? Granholm and her Dem State Reps have had 8 years to 'deal' with this and all she did was raise taxes and liquidate any reserves the State had.

David Briegel

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 12:21 p.m.

donottaunt, Chicago! San Francisco! Yeah, those redlining bankers were noble saints! Just like today. The poor people keep taking advantage of them. NOT! You certainly do like that bridge to nowhere kool aid! Maybe it is the kool aid that trickles down. I want my candidate/representative to believe we have a future and who doesn't believe earth is 6,000 yrs old and Jesus walked with the dinosaurs!

Chip Reed

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 9:43 a.m.

@do not... I only lived in Detroit for 13 years, so I don't know as much as you, but are you saying that poor people caused their own problems there?

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

Thu, Oct 21, 2010 : 8:25 a.m.

nosuv - no malince here. So you must think that Detroit is the model that Michigan should follow - as the last 40 some years Detroit has been a solid Democrat run City with nearly 2 million people in the early 60's. Since then... - the population has fallen by some 900,000+, the crime title of Murder capital has been well earned, there are about 80,000 vacant structures, only about 30% of the kids graduate high school, and perhaps half the city is functionally illiterate. Is this the great Dem model we should follow in Michigan? Is there a Dem model somewhere that actually works in Michigan? The Dems had their chance, spent the taxes (and all reserves), had their programs (for decades), had their reforms (over and over again) - and in the end = it doesn't work. Programs do not equal compassion. Those are not Republican failures - they are 100% Dem failures. Time to boot the Dems.

NoSUVforMe

Wed, Oct 20, 2010 : 9:55 p.m.

Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Ball, Funny. You are hilarious. Others say (not me), Republicans are campaign on fear and hate. Republicans love war and hate soldiers. Republicans are bigots and racists, not open minded. Republicans hate blacks, Hispanics, women, and gays. Republicans love billionaires and Big Corporations. Republicans love the rich and hate the poor. Republicans are just plain EVIL. I'm not sayin' it. Others are sayin' it.

Chip Reed

Wed, Oct 20, 2010 : 7:03 a.m.

Reps started out as the party of Lincoln. Now the are the party are the rich and the undereducated who think they could be rich, if only those young men with their pants hanging down would just tighten their belts. Which are you?

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

Wed, Oct 20, 2010 : 6:58 a.m.

Dems are the party of high taxes. Dems are the party of Government Programs. Dems are the party of Red tape. Dems kill jobs and chase away the Job makers. Always have been - always will be.

NoSUVforMe

Tue, Oct 19, 2010 : 6:22 p.m.

Facts are so troubling for conservatives. First, Bush II had the WORST job creation of any president since WWII. Bush left office with a Dow Jones Index at about the same level of his first day in office. Bush left the country with two wars and job losses of 800,000 per month. He left President Obama with a $1.3 trillion deficit and an economy in free fall. Bush created $6-7 trillion in new debt during his sickening, disgusting criminalization of the White House. Bush and Paulsen bailed out the banks after the stock market lost $1.2 trillion in value in a single day. Someone made a remark about Nancy P draining the swamp. Unfortunately, right-wing Republicans didn't go extinct overnight. They are still slithering through the swamp spreading fear and hate. Fear and hate is all the offer and the dumbest of the dumbest get fooled over and over again. Tim Walberg is a minor intellect with a serious flaw - he's a nut. A destructive, dishonest, and incredibly dumb nut. Plus, he looks like Alfred E. Newman or the ugly bully in Christmas Story. I didn't know the Alfred E. Newman grew up in western Michigan.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

Tue, Oct 19, 2010 : 5:31 p.m.

Again - the most important thing Michigan can do to lower it's 13.1% unemployment rate is to kick the Dems far far out of office. We don't need more Government Programs ad'nauseam - We don't need taxes ad'nauseam. Have Dems ever created a free market job? NO- they have not. We need businesses to start hiring. End of story. Schuaer is a jobs killer. Walberg will push to get businesses hiring again.

Chip Reed

Tue, Oct 19, 2010 : 9:16 a.m.

OK mdike, let's talk about our religious beliefs. I don't believe that cavemen and dinosaurs lived at the same time. Do you? I don't believe that Revelations is a literal blueprint for events that will happen in my lifetime. Do you? Anyone is free in our country to believe what they wish, but "common-sense" would preclude those who believe the world will end soon (and that it's a good thing) from holding public office. Voting records are a minor detail, compared to the end of all life as we know it.

mdike

Tue, Oct 19, 2010 : 7:52 a.m.

Once again the Schauer supporters would rather sling religious mud than address Mark Schauer's voting record. One writer did by throwing out vague generalities. The promise, from both Schauer and his boss Nancy, was clear and unequivocal. "No New Taxes On The Middle Class". Would you like to talk about Nancy's promise to run the most ethical Congress ever, or her promise to drain the swamp. How about the Neodemocratic promise that Health Care Reform would be conducted in an open hearing broadcast on C-Span, so that everyone could see who was representing the people and who was representing the corporations. All Schauer supporters have to offer are bigoted attacks on Walbergs religious beliefs. Not one of them, including Mark, is bragging about his voting record.

NoSUVforMe

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 7 p.m.

Choice couldn't be more clear. Make the Bible the only law of the land? Choose Mrs. Don Canham's man. Discriminate against members of our society? Choose Canham's man. Want a flat-earth global warming denier? Choose Canham's man. Want to deny the citizenship of our first black president? Choose Canham's man. Want to cut taxes on the rich which will mean higher taxes for the rest of us? Choose Canham's man. If you want Rush Limbaugh and Karl Rove to be the most influential Americans? Choose Canham's man. If you want to hatchet social security and Medicare? Choose Canham's man. The choice couldn't be simpler. More garbage or a decent man who will work for us, Mark Schauer.

NoSUVforMe

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 5:51 p.m.

Seems like Republicans like to crow about cutting taxes. Are we talking about Bush's tax cuts; declare two wars, pass a give-away to Big Pharma drug bill for Medicare,and run up $6-7 trillion in new debt (on top of Reagan and Bush I deficits which were record setting). Then call it a tax cut. I would never insinuate that Republicans could be that stupid... Just sayin that some others are sayin it. One of the posters here said that Mark Schauer and President Obama have increased taxes on the middle class. He seems to have forgotten that 1/3 of the stimulus was tax cuts for the middle class. Yes, tax cuts. And, despite Republican lies to the contrary, cap and trade is not a tax on the middle class. It in fact is trying to keep Republicans from supporting terrorist countries with oil dollars. Some think Republicans obviously support terrorism because they are against us becoming independent of foreign oil. Not me. But others are sayin it. Oh, some are saying that Bush left Obama a $1.3 trillion deficit. How can that be? And that the economy was in free-fall losing 800,000 jobs a month during the last half of 2008. How did Obama do that 7 months before becoming president? Obama really is magic. It always amazes me that Americans buy into the Republican clown act. Just sayin...

NoSUVforMe

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 5:33 p.m.

Canham says, "Havent we had enough of this kind of garbage!" We agree!!! I'm tired of garbage. Let's see. You site "Citizens Against Government Waste" and their Taxpayer's Hero. Here's the uncomfortable truth about this so-called organization. Founded by Peter Grace. Grace... Grace... Couldn't be the billionaire Peter Grace of Grace Industries?!? The company that made billionaires out of the Grace family with its asphalt business - the asphalt business that caused the death of thousands of its workers??!!? And then used quasi-legal shenanigans to keep from paying benefits to families. On the board of directors of Citizens Against Government Waste(as opposed to wasting employees lives) is none other than ORSON SWINDLE. This is too good to make up. Oh, then there is someone named Vin Weber. Weber was "retired from congress" in 1992 after being caught in the House Banking scandal which revealed the bank had repeatedly paid Weber's overdrafts for 125 checks on his account. Nice company you keep, Mrs. Canham. A Bible salesman who believes the earth is 6000 years old who is recommended by the disGRACEful killer of his own employees, a Swindle, and a Swindler. This Opinion Letter is nothing more than a feigned outrage against a good man, Mark Schauer, to put more money in someone's pocket. Mrs. Canham, haven't we had enough of this garbage and the people who spew it?

David Briegel

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 3:58 p.m.

donottaunt, At least Schauer believes we will still be here in 2013! Walberg is walking with Jesus and the dinosaurs. mdike, please explain why in 2006 we got rid of these same geniuses that want to regain control of our govt? Bridge to where???? Do you not recall??

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 3:24 p.m.

Schauer has voted for Obama Pelosi and Reed - and not for Michigan. The last thing Michigan needs is yet more taxes. Taxes kill jobs. Schauer means more taxes and less jobs.

David Briegel

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 2:34 p.m.

Gosh Top Cat, if only he was a foot soldier in that Christian Army led by the orange man and his Big Tobacco ally McConnell! If only? Then the party of NO would be thrilled! mdike, oohh, that evil Saul Alinsky! And your hero is...Karl Rove? If someone is outside the mainstream as Walberg clearly is, can't you just admit it and come up with a better candidate? Keep Fear Alive!!

Chip Reed

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 1:03 p.m.

@mdike, I don't sweat the small stuff. Looking forward to the rapture is fine with me for anyone, but I don't want those lucky ones making decisions for the rest of us that are stuck here. It's one thing to have beliefs about things that science can't or hasn't addressed, but evolution isn't a "theory", by the way that non-scientists use that term. It's like the theory of gravity or the speed of light. Whatever Tim's beliefs are, they aren't common sense.

Top Cat

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 11:57 a.m.

Schauer has been silent on his voting record of the past two years as one of Pelosi's loyal foot soldiers. Now I wonder why that is? Based on Schauer's ads, he should use the old Groucho Marx quote for his campaign slogan, "Who are going to believe? Me or your own eyes?"

mdike

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 11:52 a.m.

So Chip, religious beliefs are on the table yet voting records vs. campaign promises are irrelevant?

Chip Reed

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 10:53 a.m.

@mdike. Tim Walberg believes that dinosaurs and cavemen existed at the same time. He believes that kangaroos are descended from the pair that hopped down Noah's gangplank. If it's lame to have a problem with someone holding elected office with these beliefs, then I have no problem with being lame.

mdike

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 9:40 a.m.

I am truly surprised by the lame attacks on Congressman Walberg launched by Schauer supporters here and elsewhere. Not one offered a single pertinent point of discussion, only personal attacks on the candidate and or his supporters. Saul Alinsky would be so proud of you. Would any of you care to discuss his broken campaign promises? How about "No new taxes on the middle class? The so-called Health Reform bill contains a number of middle class taxes including a tax on prosthetics for crippled children and wounded veterans. The massive energy tax called "cap and trade" also comes to mind. Of course Neodemocrats are only interested in slinging invective after the pathetic performance of the last Congress. Let's start here and then move on to the subject of Nancy's promise to run the most ethical Congress we have ever seen.

NoSUVforMe

Mon, Oct 18, 2010 : 9:33 a.m.

Mrs. Don Canham said that Walburg got the "Taxpayers Hero award from Citizens Against Government Waste, while Schauer voted for the $862 billion stimulus package that wasted taxpayers money and failed to reduce unemployment." Well, I guess I should be humble. A Taxpayer's Hero. The "Citizens Against Government Waste." Funded by multimillionaires to keep the multimillionaires multimillionaires! What a great cause for Mrs. Canham. Regardless of how many millions Don Canham made for Michigan, you certainly won't deny that he made multiple millions for himself with Don Canham Enterprises. I'm just suggesting that money is politics is just that. Corrupting until you understand people's motives. I think AnnArbor.com should understand Mrs. Don Canham's motives. They are right-wing talking points. Nothing more. Nothing less. Does she also think that Walburg was OK on Limbaugh's show suggesting that President Obama wasn't a citizen? Is she also a Birther? I'm not saying but I'm just asking??? Right out of the Beck play book.

NoSUVforMe

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 9:04 p.m.

Tim Walburg's Common Sense approach? Do you mean going on Rush Limbaugh, chief fear monger, and questioning suggesting that President Obama may have been born in Kenya? Common Sense? Has Walburg answered the question of what Michigan would be like without the stimulus or if "common sense" Republicans had pulled the plug on GM and Chrysler? If anyone really has "common sense" they'll send Walburg back to his John Birch Society meetings.

NoSUVforMe

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 8:58 p.m.

Canham said, "Walberg received the Taxpayers Hero award from Citizens Against Government Waste, while Schauer voted for the $862 billion stimulus package that wasted taxpayers money and failed to reduce unemployment." Citizens Against Government Waste? I can top that. Shauer received the "Medal of Freedom Against Crackpots Waging War on Democracy" from the Citizens Stand Up Against Hate-Mongering, Fear-Mongering Crackpots while Walburg stood up for Bush creating a $1.3 trillion deficit in 2008 by bailing out the banks. Yes, Mrs. Canham, Bush/Walburg bailed out the banks and created a trillion dollar deficit.

NoSUVforMe

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 7:19 p.m.

Tim Walburg? Conservative? Wow, could Canham provide some facts for these wild and scurrilous accusations? I doubt it.

NoSUVforMe

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 7:17 p.m.

Why would anyone believe Peg Canham's comments? She is welcome to an opinion as ill-founded and absurd as it is. The fact is the Tim Walburg has been lying in his advertising against Shauer. Tim Walburg is an extremist. Say no to fear and hate - the Walburg agenda supported by Canham. Vote Democratic.

michigan face

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 4:34 p.m.

Tim Walberg - are you kidding. It is not even Halloween yet and you have me scared to death!!! Also, I am sick and tired of the "Featured Posts" on the Opinion page always featuring posts and opinions by A2.com or your contributors. You have to look under the "everything" tab to find recent opinions except for your own. It is not fair to put your own opinions up front to sway or drive the conversation or vote one way or the other. We are the people, we are the voice, we deserve to have our opinions heard in a timely, convenient, easy to view manner on your website. It is not hard to see what you want us to focus on and believe, but we have minds of our own and will use our own brains to make our decisions if you will present the information and allow us to decide. Fear and anger is too rampant in our society. Allow us to decide who to vote for, agree or disagree with, and what the important "Featured" issues really are. I know you may move "other" opinions up as they receive "interest" but what makes you think your "opinions" start out right away as the interesting, featured ones - because they get the most hits, since they are the first ones you see, oh I see!

David Briegel

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 11:25 a.m.

I'm feeling "rapturous" for Mark Schauer!

eclectablog

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 9:18 a.m.

Tim Walberg? Are you kidding? We want to take the country FORWARD, not BACK. The guy is a danged birther! Plus it was him and his political party that got us into the economic disaster we're in today. We can NOT afford to put Walberg BACK in office.

Chip Reed

Sun, Oct 17, 2010 : 7:06 a.m.

for goodness sakes, how can it be in society's best interest to put someone in power who not only believes that the world will end in our lifetimes, but that it's a good thing? I can't see how someone who is a proponent of the end times can do a good job of long-range planning.