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Deranged Michigan Woman Spews Hate-Filled Vitriol At Lawful Religious Rally In Texas
Friday , 30, January 2015 Community, Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentChristine Weick of Jenison has made a career out of traveling all over the country screaming bigotry and hatred at people who have never done a thing to her – Islam, LGBT, energy drinks – all are equally worthy of her kvetching the truth at them whether they want to listen to her diatribe or […]
How Anti-Choicers Want To Turn The U.S.A. Into An Atwood Dystopia Novel With This One Weird Trick
Friday , 23, January 2015 Community, Michigan Women, Tea Party Leave a comment“There is more than one kind of freedom,” said Aunt Lydia. “Freedom to and freedom from. In the days of anarchy, it was freedom to. Now you are being given freedom from. Don’t underrate it.” – Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale The Handmaid’s Tale is a novel written in the 1980s’ but still relevant today. […]
Let’s ‘Cut’ To The Chase: Cindy Gamrat Is Giving Michigan A Sales Pitch
Thursday , 22, January 2015 Nerd Problems, Tea Party, Tealiban 3 CommentsIt’s thrilling being on the email list for State Rep Cindy Gamrat. Already my inbox has received two lengthy pieces of literature. One is the “Contract For Liberty,” and the second, a response to the Nerd’s State of the State Address given on January 20. Both gave the distinct feeling of reading a white paper […]
Republican Governor Rick Snyder Praises Obamacare
Sunday , 18, January 2015 Nerd Problems, Tea Party, Tealiban, Uncategorized Leave a commentHealthy Michigan allowed more than 500,000 hard-working, low-income Michiganders to have access to affordable & quality healthcare #MISOTS15 — Governor Rick Snyder (@onetoughnerd) January 18, 2015 Just don’t call it Obamacare, the grassroots are restless. Thank you, President Obama. Because of you I can see a doctor again.
New Civics Test Requirement in Arizona Compliments of the Tea Party
Friday , 16, January 2015 Section 16, Tea Party, Tealiban 1 CommentArizona is the first of 18 states to pass a new civics test requirement for graduation. 18 other states including North Dakota and Utah are also considering passing the new senior requirement. The vote was hailed as a show of bipartisan support to “lead the way to the passage of the Civics Education Initiative in […]
Dave Agema’s About To Be Voted Off The RNC Island: The Tea Party Circles The Wagons
Thursday , 15, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentSo tomorrow the Republican National Committee will begin the process of removing homophobic racist “goat killer” Dave Agema from his seat because he didn’t get the memo after the 2012 presidential election that the GOP really needs to rebrand their image if they ever want to win a presidential election ever again. ALEC-sponsored vote-rigging laws […]
Tea Party Candidate Seeks MIGOP Leadership Promising Change We Can Believe In
Sunday , 11, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban 4 CommentsFour people so far have thrown their symbolic hat into the ring to be the next chairperson of the Michigan Republican Party. Of the four, one Northern Michigan resident is among them – Joel Poynter of Lake County. Poynter was born and raised in Roseville and worked as an engineer for Dephi. In his introduction […]
Free Publicity Courtesy of the Tea Bagging Michigan PowWow.
Saturday , 10, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentHad plans for today – a lunch date with like-minded progressive folk. Imagine the delight to find out via twitter that Up North Progressive got some unexpected free publicity! When this happens, you’re doing things right. Of course, when your Powwow features a growing pariah in the state GOP, it will cause some big name […]
Firestorm of Energy and Blessed Breakout Sessions: Going On Offense Tea Bagging At Soaring Eagle
Friday , 9, January 2015 Tea Party, Tealiban Leave a commentThe Going On Offense Tea Party Powwow at Soaring Eagle Casino has begun. Right now the meet and greet with no cash bar is going on, and everyone there is looking forward to Dave Agema making the keynote address. He certainly knows how to get people’s attention with just a few words. A couple of […]