Comments on: Partisan Pileup: Special Report http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/business/partisan-pileup-special-report/ Dig Michigan! Tue, 14 Oct 2008 11:42:30 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Cathleen http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/business/partisan-pileup-special-report/#comment-14658 Cathleen Sun, 25 Mar 2007 15:34:48 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/business/partisan-pileup-special-report/#comment-14658 That picture is soooo fitting. Thanks for the laugh. And you are right- this can't look good to the outside world, especially Wall Street and any business thinking of coming here. Grumble. That picture is soooo fitting.

Thanks for the laugh.

And you are right- this can't look good to the outside world, especially Wall Street and any business thinking of coming here.

Grumble.

]]> By: farlane http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/business/partisan-pileup-special-report/#comment-14412 farlane Sat, 24 Mar 2007 11:34:14 +0000 http://www.absolutemichigan.com/dig/business/partisan-pileup-special-report/#comment-14412 One of the most frustrating things about this whole budget mess is how it plays in the wider media. Consider this headline from my news feed: <blockquote><b>Michigan Proposes Education Cuts</b> WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA Cuts could be on the way to Michigan schools to help close a 942-million dollar budget deficit. The Senate voted 20-to-18 to cut school spending by ...</blockquote> The person who knows little about Michigan other than - a) It's cold. b) The economy is bad. and c) Detroit is like Iraq - can now add the happy fact that we are cutting education. What I believe both sides of this squabble are failing to see is that the person who knows little about Michigan doesn't know that we are a lovely state with great people. They just know the headlines. One of the most frustrating things about this whole budget mess is how it plays in the wider media. Consider this headline from my news feed:

Michigan Proposes Education Cuts
WNDU-TV - South Bend,IN,USA
Cuts could be on the way to Michigan schools to help close a 942-million dollar budget deficit. The Senate voted 20-to-18 to cut school spending by ...

The person who knows little about Michigan other than -
a) It's cold.
b) The economy is bad.
and
c) Detroit is like Iraq
- can now add the happy fact that we are cutting education.

What I believe both sides of this squabble are failing to see is that the person who knows little about Michigan doesn't know that we are a lovely state with great people. They just know the headlines.

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