Up North Progressive
Politics and commentary for Northern MichiganBlog Archives
Nothing is True and Everything is Permitted: Trump’s Inauguration Present From The Up North Progressive
Friday , 20, January 2017 Sad! Leave a commentAs Trump’s inauguration begins and the majority of Americans still come to grips with the knowledge that a foreign power committed an act of war with our elections and the Republican Party is perfectly fine with that, we can only witness the spectacle with dread and revulsion. An illegitimate degenerate savage is about to sit […]
Trump’s “Conscience of the Conservative” Puts Him On Top in the Polls
Tuesday , 21, July 2015 Candidates, Elections, Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentDonald Trump says terrible things and he surges in the polls. If you’re horrified by the Republican presidential candidate’s racist remarks about immigration, Mexico, and his most recent attack on John McCain not being a hero because he was captured – don’t be. Republicans aren’t shocked by it, even if some of them are suggesting […]
Voter Apathy Hasn’t Changed in 30 Years and Neither Has the Reason Why
Tuesday , 14, July 2015 Elections, Gerrymandering The Vote, Vote By Mail Petition Leave a commentIn an editorial published in the New York Times on November 25, 1988, entitled, “One Reason Voters Didn’t Vote”, the argument was made that people stayed home simply because they weren’t registered to vote. According to a New York Times/CBS News post-election survey, they tended to be younger, poorer and less educated than voters. Why […]
Fund Raising GOP Style: Only One Answer Matters On Our Multi-page Questionnaire
Saturday , 30, May 2015 Presidential Primary 2016 Leave a commentNot that political party fund raising ever stops (just ask any member of the Democratic Party to show you their email inbox some time), but it’s interesting to see the level of creativity the GOP conjures when asking for funds. Since most Republican-leaning people still get the bulk of their correspondence via a metal box […]
If you’re so inclined, mash this here link to enjoy some appropriate music while you read. The Up North Progressive lived in Idaho for four years where they learned the folly of working for a school managed by a private corporation (ask me some time about how this for-profit corporation stole thousands in Title I […]
Sex, drugs, exotic protein in the food and now … contract murder. The plot of a hard-boiled crime novel? Not at all, just another chapter in the continuing train wreck saga of Aramark in Michigan. Rick Snyder had no trouble putting almost 400 Michigan workers on the unemployment line when he hired Aramark to take […]
Charlevoix Police Blind To Hate Symbols When It Happens To Democrats
Thursday , 25, September 2014 Community Leave a commentWhen Kris Busk arrived at Charlevoix Democratic Party headquarters on September 21, she found both signs defaced with a Neo-Nazi symbol. Busk called the police to have them investigate, however Chief of Police Gerald Doan “just doesn’t see it,” meaning to him, this isn’t a hate crime, it’s just a random act of vandalism, and […]
Republican Standards: Felon On Parole Running For Michigan State Legislature
Saturday , 28, June 2014 Candidates Leave a commentRepublican Jordan D. Haskins is running for Michigan’s 95th state house district which includes the city of Saginaw. Jordan Haskins is also a convicted felon in two states and has a rap sheet that goes back to when he was 15 years old. The Michigan Republican Party says the parolee can run for public office […]