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joel6653 commented on the diary post Some thoughts on Michigan’s ‘right to work’ law by cal222.
By constitutional, I mean to say that it’s specifically provided for in the state constitution, and cannot be overridden by a vote in the legislature.
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joel6653 commented on the diary post Some thoughts on Michigan’s ‘right to work’ law by cal222.
I think in Michigan the police and firefighters have a constitutional provision protecting their right to bargain, so it was not possible for the legislature to repeal that with a mere law like the one they used to take away the other public employees’ rights. Perhaps someone else can verify this?
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joel6653 commented on the diary post Google Ruling Shows Need For Do Not Track And Strong Antirust Action by Consumer Watchdog.
Up here in the Great White North, aka The Rust Belt, we also are in need of strong antirust action. I used to rely on Ziebart. All kidding aside, however, I am torn in two directions on this Google question: while I do recognize that they have done and are still doing some very evil [...]
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joel6653 commented on the blog post Steve Ballmer Launches Windows 8 and Surface Tablet Today
I’m certainly intrigued, but since I already have an iPad, I can’t see switching and spending all that money over again. It’ll take some time for Windows 8 to develop much of an “ecosystem.”
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joel6653 commented on the blog post Late, Late Night FDL: Come Sail Away
Grand Valley State University did a lip dub to that Styx song. See it here.
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joel6653 commented on the blog post Where I Walk My Dog
I should read more and pay closer attention. I hadn’t realized that you’d moved here.
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joel6653 commented on the blog post Balance And Compromise
the media have abandoned their quest for truth and replaced it with a quest for “balance”
Oh how I know this to be true! We have a local millage election underway to support public transportation. The local newspaper published a series of questions/issues/statements, and alongside each one, instead of telling us how truthy the point was, gave us a “supporters claim” but “opponents say” list. I have no better idea now than I did before reading the article.
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joel6653 commented on the blog post Tea Party FAIL: GOP’s Historic Ban on Earmarks Already History
I think you are being far too generous in saying that earmarks account for about 1% of the federal budget. It may be more like 1/1000 of 1%. (Or I could be going too far the other way?)
