MI Morning Update: Dem Debate No Surprise - MI Waits for Prez Primary Decision - Stryker Gives Dems Tainted Money

Jump To » Mobile / Confirm Them / Right Shelf / Sports / State Blogs / About / Contact / Help / Posting Rules / Conservative Book Club / Human Events

MI Morning Update: Dem Debate No Surprise - MI Waits for Prez Primary Decision - Stryker Gives Dems Tainted Money

By saul anuzis Posted in Democratic Debate | Michigan Republican Party | Presidential Primary | Republicans | Saul Anuzis | Stryker — Comments (0) / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

356 Days until Election Day

MORNING UPDATE:

Quote of the Day:
"Excessive taxation...will carry reason and reflection to every man's door, and particularly in the hour of election."

-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to John Taylor, 1798)
Reference: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Memorial Edition), Lipscomb and Bergh, eds., 10:64.

Democrat’s debate no surprise…Hillary still leading, Obama disappoints, Edwards tries too hard , Richardson has a good night, but he and the rest irrelevant. GOP looking good!

7.7% unemployment...if you like what Jennifer Granholm has done for Michigan you’ll love what Hillary Clinton will do to America…

Yesterday was one of those Lansing to Detroit to Novi to Grand Rapids days…GOP activity continues to grow!!!

The interview for the ”Special Report with Brit Hume” on the FOX News Channel was moved and will air from 6:00 – 7:00pm TONIGHT talking about the presidential primary.

On Detroit’s CBS Michigan Matters… I provided a guest commentary about health care and our goals for a patient based system as opposed to Cuban style Hillarycare:

http://migop.blogs.com/blog/2007/11/anuzis-gives-vi.html

Michigan Appeals Court heard oral arguments on the presidential primary, all briefs have been filed. Now we wait for the judges to review the case…we may have a ruling today.

Stryker rips off Michigan…Jon Stryker funds Democrat legislative races…the Democrats should return Stryker money that was earned by swindling taxpayers. A pattern of corruption and illegal campaign contributions by the Democrats…Stryker, Fieger, Chinese businessmen…oh my!

Repeal of the sales tax on services continues…our alternatives are to reform, replace or find a way to live within our means??? Let your legislators know what you think.

The Governor started talking about “reducing green house gases”…the easiest and most effective way to accomplish this is to build nuclear power plants…which are cleaner and more efficient.
The Michigan Climate Action Council should include a couple of scientists. Not just left wing political hacks. How many more job providers are we going to lose (chase out of MI) before we wake up?

If we are going to move from fossil fuels to hydrogen cells or something else, we’ll need more electrical power…nuclear power is the most viable alternative that makes sense. CAFE standards will do little good…other than running our domestic auto industry into turmoil. We need smart, long-term policies.

Recalls continue to dominate grassroots conversations…and opening day of deer season J

Happy hunting!

Give a Gift this Holiday Season that Will Last a Lifetime!

The Michigan Republicans moved their headquarters to the Secchia-Weiser Republican Center in 2006 and plan to install a legacy site to honor those who have served the party and the citizens of Michigan. The legacy site will create a well-deserved tribute to honor Michigan’s past, present, and future Republican leaders! Buy a brick to celebrate, to inspire, or to commemorate friends, family, or yourself this holiday season! They are a great way to honor others in memoriam, birthdays, anniversaries, or any special occasion. Your honoree will receive a certificate commemorating their personalized brick. Choose from our four different options and be a part of the Michigan Republican Party Legacy!

To order your personalized Legacy Brick please visit www.migop.org/legacy, or contact Erin Meteer, Major Donor Program Manager at emeteer@migop.org.

THE REST OF THE STORY:

- With the announcement that Kalamazoo-based medical equipment supplier Stryker Corp. will pay more than $16.6 million to settle allegations it forged Medicaid and Medicare bills to the federal government, new questions are rising about how much of the company’s ill-gotten gains have funded state Democrat coffers over the last two years.

Jon L. Stryker, heir to the Stryker family fortune and chief donor to Democrat and radical left causes in Michigan, has sold off more than $100 million worth of company stock over the last year. One cannot help but note that at the same time the Stryker Corp. was bilking the taxpayers with its fraudulent claims, its stock price was on the rise, increasing in value by nearly 60 percent since January 2006. Stryker owns more than 28 million shares in the company, worth an estimated $2 billion.

Jon Stryker is a major stockholder in Stryker Corp., a company that recently admitted bilking taxpayers and the federal government out of millions. He owns more than 10 percent of the company, which requires him to file special disclosure documents with the Federal Election Commission that monitor the trading activities of company insiders.

Jon Stryker is the man and money behind the Coalition for Progress, which pumped in more than $5 million in Michigan state legislative races in 2006 and was a critical component in Democrats capturing control of the state House of Representatives.

Jon Stryker and his family have been active in influencing political outcomes in other states. The Stryker family personally funded a Democrat takeover of the Colorado Legislature in 2004.

Jon Stryker purchased the Democrat takeover of the state House of Representatives, which led to the passage of the largest tax increase in Michigan history. He used his personal wealth, derived by his major ownership in the Stryker Corporation, to buy elections in Michigan and now we learn that the company’s record profits came at a time when it was bilking taxpayers out of millions dollars. Jon Stryker’s money for Democrat causes comes from the same poisonous tree that ran up earnings at the company responsible for his personal wealth. This is tainted money and Democrats who accepted should give it back.

- Nuclear power is the world's largest source of emission-free energy. Nuclear power plants produce no controlled air pollutants, such as sulfur and particulates, or greenhouse gases. The use of nuclear power in place of other energy sources helps to keep the air clean, preserve the Earth's climate, avoid ground-level ozone formation and prevent acid rain.

Nuclear power has important implications for our national security. Inexpensive nuclear power, in combination with fuel cell technology, could significantly reduce our dependency on foreign oil.

Nuclear power plants have experienced an admirable safety record. About 20% of electricity generated in the U.S. comes from nuclear power, and in the last forty years of this production, not one single fatality has occurred as a result of the operation of a civilian nuclear power plant in the United States. In comparison, many people die in coal mining accidents every year and approximately ten thousand Americans die every year from pollution related to coal burning.

For more information go to: http://www.nuclearnow.org/ and http://www.nei.org/

- Recall efforts start & grow….see UPDATE “Tax Hiker Portraits” by RightMichigan:

Robert Dean: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/2/105439/416

Steve Bieda: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/3/10332/0059

Mike Simpson: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/4/92924/1118

Marc Corriveau: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/8/93248/2721

Terry Brown: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/10/101539/45

Mary Valentine: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/9/6253/0133

Kate Ebli: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/11/55455/873

Marty Griffin: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/15/94238/961

Kathy Angerer: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/16/14040/296

Aldo Vagnozzi: http://www.rightmichigan.com/story/2007/10/17/103640/75