Living On the Diagonal

MARCH 24, 2017 SAY YES TO MICHIGAN! BUT NO TO REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR THEIR VERSION OF WEALTH CARE, NOT HEALTH CARE The Republican-American Health Care Act is now scheduled for a floor vote, up or down, yea or nay this afternoon. There is time to contact your local representative in Congress with your collective voice. The message is simple in Michigan, Vote No on the Republican fake health care bill that is a $400 Billion tax cut for the wealthiest two percent.  Contact the Republican delegation and remind them they ALL face re-election on November 6, 2018. MI House Republicans Washington Office Telephone Bill Huizenga District 2 (202) 225-4401 David Trott District 11 (202) 225-8171 Fred Upton District 6 (202) 225-3761 Jack Bergman District 1 (202) 225-4735 John Moolenar District 4 (202) 225-3561 Mike Bishop District 8 (202) 225-4872 ...

  WILL SOMEBODY POKE THIS MAN AND WAKE HIM UP!   Poker-Face or Selective Hearing House Speaker Paul Ryan (R) admitted he practiced his “poker face” earlier in the day in preparation for the President’s State of the Union speech. I saw more than a poker face. He took the Speaker’s chair behind President Obama and alongside Vice-President Joe Biden. Of course Joe Biden’s face telegraphed intense interest and often beaming approval. To the contrary, as an American I believe Speaker Ryan disgrace the integrity of his office, his Party and he and his family. The first I witnessed was one of disbelief as Speaker Ryan’s posture was detached. As the speech continued I could see not the poker face but one of a smirk almost frozen on Ryan’s face. It is the type of face-making his mother would scold “Ryan If you keep that up your face may remain that way.”    Afterwards, Speaker Ryan admitted to media and press it was difficult to keep a poker face f...