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Tag: Recycling

The Impenetrable Brain of Dan Scripps

By Rougman, Section News
Posted on Thu Nov 12, 2009 at 08:11:50 AM EST
Tags: Rep. Dan Scripps, Recycling, Waste Disposal, Taxes (all tags)

cross posted at a flabbergasted Rougblog

Michigan Rep. Daniel Scripps works in an office where the walls have been so well insulated from distractions that even a whisper of the loudest of outside events cannot seem to penetrate its fortress. In fact, all of Scripps' senses have been so protected from the human condition here in Michigan that if an unemployed and destitute constituent was tossed through one of Scripps' high energy office windows onto the representative's pristine plush pile carpeting, he could nonchalantly step over the bleeding body to the mirror without even breaking stride.

This is the consistent and dedicated vision we taxpayers look for in a wannabe career politician; a focus on the Utopian future so unblinking and unyielding that smacking the representative up side the head with a rotten carp wrapped in newsprint wouldn't get his attention.

Even if the carp had little impact on Scripps' world, it would be sweet if he took a moment to read the headlines in the newspaper that surrounded it.

(3 comments, 1138 words in story) Full Story

How To Start Your Day With A Positive Outlook

By Kevin Rex Heine, Section News
Posted on Thu Jul 23, 2009 at 11:03:13 PM EST
Tags: computers, recycling, Happy Friday (all tags)

(Promoted by Nick... because Kev CLEARLY knows how to celebrate Happy Friday!)

This is cross-posted from the TEA Party of West Michigan site, and is posted here (modified just a tad) as a way for each of us to start our day with a smile! Happy Friday, y'all!