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G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) I am still here like it or not supporting this bill. I am not a quitter when I believe in something. And I believe in this bill. Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) I agree.. Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) HOW MUCH punishment does an inmate need. Who are you to say how much each inmate needs. The ERD is set by the courts, why even set it if it is not honored.I think the inmates deserve a chance to earn that ERD (notice I said EARN). This bill would address that. Reply New Comment View Thread
And The Other Fact Is [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Bars that have prohibited smoking have stayed open and even prospered. Reply New Comment View Thread
yeah right! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) And it's not true that you can't find an area that says no smoking. Every bar that sells food has a no smoking area. Seriously, if you have 100 people in a bar chain smoking there is no where in that bar that you can sit and breath and not go home stinking of wretched smoke! Reply New Comment View Thread
Not so [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) I say, this is why you aren't a in business. If you kick out 25% (actually lots more than that with non smoking friends of smokers) of your customers you will not do more business. You must have been educated by the state to think that less is more. If ALL bars and restaurants are REQUIRED to be non-smoking then HOW are you kicking out 25% of your customers? Are you saying that 25% of people would rather stay home and eat so they can smoke continuously while they are eating instead of going out to a nice restaurant and waiting until they leave to light up? Please! Now who is being a baby. The only loss of business that owners experience when going non-smoking is when they have a competitor who still takes smoking customers. If EVERYONE is required to be non-smoking you can't loose any business because it has no where to go! Reply New Comment View Thread
Senator lostrights.... [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Scary Reply New Comment View Thread
4163 [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Wow, you really think you know what's best for everyone else don't you? Reply New Comment View Thread
AAARRRGH [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) You have the freedom not to go there. Instead, you want to take away the rights of private property owners. You can't see the slippery slope you are on? Whats next? Reply New Comment View Thread
4163 [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Ok, let me take your property rights. I don't smoke but no one has a right to tell me what I can do with my private property. If you don't like going to a smokey bar, don't go. You have no right to take others rights away from them. How long will people stand by while government chips away at your freedom. Like a typical liberal, "it's ok to take others freedom...we know whats best for them". Reply New Comment View Thread
Me too! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) I would love to go out karaokeing and bowling but I only go once or twice a year because I can't handle the smoke. They'll actually get MORE business in my opinion. Reply New Comment View Thread
Always something! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) You just sound so stupid! So....what is your complaint now? Reply New Comment View Thread
Stealing Property [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Another example of the taking of private property. Of course, they argue that this is what the citizens want. So they are going to allow the erosion of property rights based upon the tyranny of the majority.....we are living in a very dangerous time. Reply New Comment View Thread
Re: Ahh the well traveled hipocrit! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) You forgot China! If you go to China, you can buy a pack of cigarettes for 25 cents, but you rarely see a blue sky due to their air pollution. That's what absense of an EPA can do. My advice to you is: Grow up! We live in a democracy, where the majority rules. The majority of people are non-smokers, and are grateful to our legislators for passing this bill. Reply New Comment View Thread
You sound angry. [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Maybe your not getting enough oxygen. Reply New Comment View Thread
Lung Sickness [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) As a former restaurant employee and performer with zero insurance who was forced to breathe 2nd hand smoke for 25 years in restaurants and bars across the nation and now has asthma and 2nd hand smoke breathing problems (I have never smoked) I rejoice in maybe being able to take my neices and nephews where there is no smoking. Someday I hope to be able to go hear music without having to take an oxygen tank. Smoking should not be in an enclosed structure where anyone else must suffer the addictions of another. 2nd hand smoke is worse for the non smoker. A fact. Go do your homework. No smoking in any building-including casino's. Period. Go sit in your car. Quit smoking and buy yourself a new house. Reply New Comment View Thread
oh, so... pretty soon... [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1285 (Prohibit unauthorized vehicle tracking device ) only the government will be able to authorize putting tracking devices on your car. scary thought, iddn' it? Reply New Comment View Thread
do you PAY my [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2005 House Bill 4505 (Repeal motorcycle helmet mandate ) medical bills? do you PAY my insurance? what concern is it of yours???? or do you just enjoy delving into other people's lives???? by the way, it's not the state's concern either. Reply New Comment View Thread
i don't care what your [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) "research shows", the FACT is, bars that have prohibited smoking have closed. by the way, florida and louisiana have PASSED no smoking ordinances, then REPEALED THEM because of LOST TAX REVENUE FROM LOST BUSINESS. go figure. Reply New Comment View Thread
once again, you are not [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) exercising YOUR freedom to be healthy. you are FREE to leave that person well alone, simply because he smokes. that is YOUR DECISION, and only YOU should make it. if it requires the assistance of government, you are a sad individual. if YOU decide to be healthy at all costs, then, by all means, pay those costs yourself, don't ask others to pay it for you. you have NO RIGHT to MY MONEY, or MY FREEDOMS. MY FREEDOMS are as important to me as yours are to you, maybe moreso. ask yourself, what is a good reason to take someone's freedoms away. if you come up with any, other than that person has committed a crime, you are a liberal. Reply New Comment View Thread
Another Michigan Business Is Moving Out of State [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Congrats' to the politicians. Even our childrens teachers-- and I'm talking the cream of the crop are leaving Michigan to move to, as they put it, "a happier state." You State Reps' need to wake up in Lansing. Your job is not to run business out of this state. No more lost jobs. No more taxes. Spend time only finding solutions that don't cost us any more lost business or lost people. What's wrong with you people? Do you honestly think passing bills to bring the movie industries to Michigan and bills that take personal rights away solve anything? Most bars are barely getting by because people can not afford to drink out at a bar. So the few that can, which are usually smokers, are now not allowed to smoke. O.K. so now you've effectively run those people off. By the way, I don't smoke. But I sure as hack don't tell others what to do. And it's not true that you can't find an area that says no smoking. Every bar that sells food has a no smoking area. Reply New Comment View Thread
it's amazing that you [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) type ERD, as opposed to being HONEST ENOUGH to type EARLIEST RELEASE DATE. do you TRULY believe that the inmate has been punished enough by that date? oh, i forgot... you believe that the inmate SHOULDN'T BE PUNISHED. Reply New Comment View Thread
Unbelievable!!!! [by concerned PE on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Smokers don't get it - you want the government out of your business but you also want to be protected at work by OHSA and you'd be the first to sue if you think you are exposed to something. I see it daily. The workers in the casinos, bars and restaurants want protection too. Yes, patrons can go elsewhere - like the Windsor Casino, but people need the jobs here. I have been in a Detroit casino and twice a smoker has sat next to me and actually blew the smoke in my face. When I move my chair to get away, I have been told "Its my right - leave if you don't like it!!" You ask about 2nd hand smoke deaths..besides my own mother, whose death certificate says "second hand smoke", I can name several others. I work as a public health consultant and it is not unusual. As a consultant I have interviewed many of these workers and they want it to be smoke free too but are afraid to complain and lose their job. Take 2 minutes to Google 'prenatal smoke exposure' and see for yourself what the pregant worker has to worry about in these places. Of course she can quit but not only does she lose her job but that may be her family's only sourse of health care. Or go to the web site for the Center for Disease Control (www.cdc.gov) and search second hand smoke, you'll be informed & appauled. Think before you make the stupid statements that your rights are violated. You don't like it - go to the designated smoking area and confine the smoke to yourself and others that are addicted and leave the healthy lungs around you alone. Reply New Comment View Thread
No Negative Effects [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Quit griping, bar owners. http://www.makemiairsmokefree.org/know-the-facts.php says: "Research on smokefree communities in California, Massachusetts, Oregon, Texas, New York and Florida show that smokefree air ordinances had no negative effect on bar sales." Reply New Comment View Thread
Ahh the well traveled hipocrit! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) I'd be more concerned with the carbon foot print you've left behind in your journeys to Spain, NYC, and Italy in your quest for smoke-free bars then speering on the inevidable social government we're ending up with in Michigan to appease a few spoiled bratts like you. Why don't you take your lust for socialism across the boarder to Canada where "Mommy Government" will gladly take your (I can only imagine) 'trust money' that your mommy and daddy left you to persue such high lofty goals such as the one you just spelled out. You must suffer so! Not to mention how thirsty you must be. Maybe you should switch to water. Reply New Comment View Thread
Republican Cowards [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) You are a bunch of socialists pretending to be republicans. Shame on you. I have never smoked and think it is none of your blasted business to tell a private citizen they cannot smoke in their own facility. FREE WILL. Remember what free will used to be before you all voted and took yet more rights away from us. PICK UP YOUR BOTTOMS AND TAKE THEM TO ANOTHER BAR IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE AIR. You people can't shut down business fast enough in this state can you? That's funny that you'd be concerned about one thing that supposedly causes cancer and not another thing-- being booze. What about our caloric intake? Aren't you afraid that we'll eat too many greasey burgers or something? You boys are looking pretty fat to me. It's time to tighten your belts because we're coming for your jobs and you'll be on a diet soon-- the same diet you've put the poor citizens of this state on;It's called not enough money left over from being taxed to death to by groceries!!! Reply New Comment View Thread
Typo [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) The bars REEK of smoke -- not wreak. This law appears to be wreaking havoc, though. Can't wait for it to be over and done with so we're smoke free. I will call it Smoke-Freedom Day! Reply New Comment View Thread
B.S. to your B.S. [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Many, many bars, bowling alleys, casino's, restaurants absolutely wreak of smoke. I can smell it on my jacket, shirt, even undershirt after being there for an hour or two. I'm an ultra conservative, pro-freedom, and I even own some tobacco stock. But I don't want to breathe in polluted air, just as I'm sure you wouldn't want to live right next door to a toxic waste dump. What's the correlation between overweight people and smokers? Smokers are polluting the air. Just think of it this way. If some of the smokers end up quitting because of this law, they may live longer to patronize your bar! Reply New Comment View Thread
opac [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2006 House Joint Resolution Y (Authorize death penalty ) Interesting site! Easy to find helpful information. Very useful. Enjoyed the visit! Reply New Comment View Thread
Congress Vote? [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) I echo Sarah's question: Has anyone heard the result of the Congressional Vote? Scott Reply New Comment View Thread
Early-out for all state employees [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 689 (State employment early retirement ) Early retirement and supplemental pensions would be an option for some workers in the Department of Human Service's Bureau of Juvenile Justice under legislation considered by the House Labor Committee on Tuesday. The legislation is intended to offset a budget decision made in the current fiscal year that resulted in the closure 80 medium security beds and 131 workers laid off at the W.J. Maxey Boys Training School. Money from those savings was then spent on adding 150 field staff positions within DHS, as well as adding 138 foster care and 138 child welfare positions. HB 5944 and HB 5966 would apply to bureau employees laid off or displaced on or after October 1, 2007 and on or before September 30, 2008. Displaced workers would be considered those active employees who have to move from their assignment location due to layoffs, workforce reductions or facility closures. Those people would be offered two options for early out: if the person's age and service years are equal to or more than 70 years they could receive a retirement based on number of years worked multiplied by 1.5 percent of their average salary or if a person's age and service years are equal to or more than 75 years they could receive a retirement allowance based on a multiplier of 1.75 percent. The legislation also would designate bureau employees after October 1, 2007 as "covered positions" under the State Employees Retirement Act. Currently, that designation is given to Department of Corrections employees. The bill would then make bureau employees with the last three years of their position designated as "covered" eligible for supplemental pension at age 51 if they had 25 years of service, or at age 56 if they had worked for 10 years. An official with the local AFSCME said the bills could affect approximately 50 employees at Maxey. The bill sponsors, Rep. Shanelle Jackson (D-Detroit) and Rep. Paul Opsommer (R-DeWitt), said the legislation is intended to help those who have "served the state diligently," who have been affected by the budget cut, and who because of the physical nature of the job need to have the same benefits as those state employees who work with prisoners. The AFL-CIO, Michigan Association of Government Employees, AFSCME and Michigan State Employees Association support the legislation. Nick Ciarimitaro, legislation and public policy director for AFSCME Council 25, said his group has opposed other early out proposals for state employees because of the strain created on the remaining workforce, but in the Maxey case, the workforce reduction already has been mandated. He said many employees with 20 or more years of service are being lost or have to go through significant retraining because of the budgetary decision (which the group had opposed). Mr. Ciarimitaro added that while many jobs do produce stress, the bureau jobs are much more difficult because the facility is housing more violent offenders. But Rep. Lorence Wenke (R-Richland) repeatedly challenged proponents of the bills that most private sector employees who lose their jobs aren't offered these types of benefits and the cost for doing so would be paid for by business and individual taxpayers. Mr. Opsommer countered that as companies in the private sector have downsized, they have offered buyouts, particularly for Michigan's own Big Three automakers. "Is everybody (getting buyouts)? No. Can we make it better for everybody? No. I wish we could," he said. And Todd Tennis, representing the Michigan State Employees Association, said lawmakers shouldn't argue for the reduction in worker benefits simply because workers in other sectors aren't receiving them. "Let's save the ones we can," Ms. Jackson said. Mr. Tennis added that the legislation boils down to allowing some workers to retire before 80 years of age and years of service without penalty. He said that will get older workers off the rolls and bring in new people who will be paid less and will be under the defined contribution retirement plan, not the pension system. Rep. Rick Jones (R-Grand Ledge) said he supports the legislation, but wished bills providing an early out program for all state employees would be acted on as well. The committee did not take a vote on the bills as HB 5966 actually needs to be formally re-referred from the House Retiree Health Care Reforms Committee. The panel is expected to take further testimony next week. Reply New Comment View Thread
babaganoosh [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2006 House Joint Resolution Y (Authorize death penalty ) This is a great website! Your web site is helpful, very nicely done. Good stuff. Keep it up! Reply New Comment View Thread
Eliminate all vehicle registrations [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 79 (Eliminate vehicle registration signature requirement ) The whole idea of vehicle registration in general is obsurd. It's nothing but a taxation system to enlarge government and control people. Reply New Comment View Thread
Paternity Fraud Documentary [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4564 (Establish joint custody presumption ) I am looking for individuals of paternity fraud to participate in a television documentary. This will be an opportunity to state you case in the court of public opinion. If you are a person who does not agree with the paternity fraud concept I want to hear from you too. This program will air throughout the sate of Michigan. Legislation has been introduced on the topic and the voting public needs you stories to make smart voting choices. Please email me at paternityfraudmovie.com or drevus@msn.com Reply New Comment View Thread
Big Brother rears its head [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1307 (Prohibit enforcement of residential tax foreclosures for two years ) I agree with the previous post, but it is not only interference with bank contracts. there is a ripple effect when you tell private citizens who sold on land contract that they have to allow two years without payments before they can foreclose. For many citizens, this is money they rely on. It is their cash flow. Their retirement income. Although the court can order payment, the truth is the situation wouldn't exist is the purchaser was making payments. This will be costly for land contract holders. They will be paying for legal fees and not receiving any income on the property. This is Big Brother stepping in and voiding private contracts. What a horrible, economically devastating decision. Why would I want to do business in a state that sets a precedent of carte blanche voiding contracts to which the state is not a party? This is an unconstitutional taking of property rights. Reply New Comment View Thread
Personal Accountability [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1305 (Authorize state debt for delinquent mortgage loan guarantees ) Let these people work things out with the mortgage company who certainly doesn't want their house - keep the rest of us responsible home-owners/taxpayers out of it! We have enough of our own bills to pay - we don't need to take on others liabilities. Reply New Comment View Thread
House bill 4202 [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4202 (Create “single payer” government health insurance system ) House Bill 4202 Socialized medicine doesn’t work. It isn’t working in Europe or in England and it will be a bigger bust in Michigan. All you get are long lines and poor health care. I lived in Germany and in England. My last doctor in Germany was leaving and going to the US because the only way she got paid was from private insurance customers. Myself I will sell my house and pack my bags and leave Michigan. (I don’t think I will be the only one either) I will not have socialized medicine shoved down my throat. I will not give Michigan one more dime of my hard earned money. The state of Michigan can’t even budget its self let alone a state wide health program. Between the Michigan government and the unions you have completely destroyed our economy. Reply New Comment View Thread
Medication [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1301 (Restrict interchanging immunosuppressive drugs ) There is no need for this bill. The doctor already has the authority to ensure that the patient does not receive generic medication. All the doctor needs to do is write "Draw as written" (DAW) on the prescription. Problem solved without legislation. Reply New Comment View Thread
House Bill 4505 [by mbautel on May 9, 2008] about 2005 House Bill 4505 (Repeal motorcycle helmet mandate ) I feel that motorcycle helmets should be required just as safety belts are required to be worn by other vehicle operators. It helps to protect the driver and passengers, helps to reduce medical and insurance costs as well. Reply New Comment View Thread
In support of Senate Bill 1301 [by mbautel on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1301 (Restrict interchanging immunosuppressive drugs ) I am writing in support of Senate Bill 1301 (Restrict interchanging immunosuppressive drugs ) Introduced by Sen. John Gleason on May 7, 2008, to prohibit pharmacists from “interchanging” (substituting cheaper or generic versions) of immunosuppressive drugs without notification to and consent from both the prescribing physician and the patient. Anyone who's had an organ transplant, must stay on immosuppressive drugs for their lifetime or their body will reject the transplanted organ. Passing of this bill is crucial. The general pharmacist will not know whether a generic could cause the rejection. Many Transplants are done by only a few specialized hospitals in this state. It should be required that the Transplant physician or their approved specialist approves any subsitutions. However, the patient cannot go without their meds during the wait for approval. Another bill should supplement this to require that pharmacists do not withhold the transplant meds waiting for the decision. If the pharmacy is able to automatically switch the transplant meds to a generic without proper approval they could be jeopardizing the patients life - and if the pharmacy can only substitute meds with approval of the transplant specialist, it is more likely that the patients insurance, medicare, and/or medicaid will continue to cover the correct transplant medicine. Some people can get by a while without their meds or possibly with an inferior generic (and I am not suggesting that all generics are inferior) but transplant patients are dependent for the rest of their lives on this medicine! It should not be substituted for a generic without proper authorization. Reply New Comment View Thread
Congratulations G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) There are very few inmates who get parole the first time around therefore they are kept well past their ERDs. As G-Ma said, her grandson got flopped numerous times before finally being granted parole. Michigan is keeping inmates in way past their ERDs, claiming it is because they haven't "completed certain programs". It's not the inmates fault that they haven't completed the program, it is MDOCs fault because they have every prison so overcrowded that the waiting lists to get into programs are months long. As one CO told me, "its not his fault he didn't get into the program yet, its our fault". As long as an inmate has attempted to enter the program, has followed all the rules set forth for him and has proven he can succeed, he should be rewarded with "good time" and be released. Reply New Comment View Thread
HMO Fraud in Michigan Allowed [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2006 House Bill 6238 (Increase insurance fraud penalties ) Michigan Misconduct in Office . General Information: . About Crime Victim Rights in Michigan In 1985 the Crime Victims Rights Act created comprehensive rights of notification and participation in all stages of the criminal justice process for felony crime [ T18CFR24CRIMES ] victims in Michigan. . The Region 5 HCFA [ Chicago ] Office had a record high 940 new MSP cases filed in 1998. Contributing to this were PARTNERSHIP Arrangements with [ Federal HMO T42CFR417.1 ] Contractors and U.S. Attorneys in Michigan and Ohio........ . Federal HMO - Health Alliance Plan - Detroit, has been ALLOWED to conduct Federal Hospital Insurance ( dumping ) and HCFA State OFIS Medicaid ( kickback ) Fraud AGAINST the Citizens of Michigan, since 1999 - still pending T18CFR24CRIMES - 2008. . Federal Hospital Insurance Fraud . Michigan law requires you [ Federally Entitled Hospitalized Individual ] to complete an internal review with your health plan [ T42CFR417.1 Adverse Determination, grievance procedure: denial of COVERED CLaims: Anti-dumping /Anti-kickback Violation - Illegal agreement with Region 5 CMS to induce forfiture T18CFR371CRIME to force, fraud by fright, illegal HCFA State OFIS Medicaid kickback conversions - misprison of a felony T18CFR286CRIME ] prior to using the external review. The health plan will give you a final decision within 45 days and will provide an Office of Financial and Insurance Services ( OFIS ) Health Care Request for external review form. If your health plan does not provide a decision within the required time frame, you may file for External Review Without the Notice of Final [ T42CFR417.1 anti-dumping violation $25,000 Felony each denial ] Adverse Determination. T18CFR371Crime. . According to the Detroit News, Between 1999 & 2001 Michigan's Medicaid clientele ballooned [ DHHS T42sec417.1 induced forfiture of existing T42CFR409.33 federal hospital insurance benefits, to force illegal HCFA Medicaid kickback conversions ] to 1.25 million from 1 million, at a cost of approximately $6,000 on each Medicaid Reciepent. The Detroit News stated according to Paul Rienhart " a Medicaid Expert " in The State Budget Office of Michigan, says [ OFIS illegal agreement HCFA Region 5 CMS ] Medicaid consumed 8% of Michigan's General Funds in 1998. [ OFIS illegal agreement HCFA Region 5 CMS ] Medicaid will consume 32 % of the General Fund budget by 2004. . Government officials and employees are accountable to the citizens of the State of Michigan for the proper handling of public funds and are responsible for managing State resources effectively, efficiently, and economically. . Subj: MI Civil Rights Dept. 285032 Date: 12/2/2003 10:42:57 AM Eastern Standard Time From: BlairJ michigan.gov To: manifestdreams aol.com Sent from the Internet (Details) Dear Ms. Kimball, Thank you for your e-mail correspondence on November 18, 2003. As you were notified in April and August 2002, this department is unable to assist you with your concern. If you have not already done so, I encourage you to contact the Michigan Insurance Bureau. [ OFIS ] Sincerely, Joan Blair, Reconsideration Team Manager 313/456-3827 . State of Michigan Department of Attorney General P.O.Box 30212 Lansing, MI 48909 Mike Cox - R-MI Attorney General June 10, 2003 Dear Mrs. Kimball: This is to acknowledge your e-mail of April 15,2003, regarding your ( Criminal ) complaint against [ OFIS T18CFR286Crime and ] Health Alliance. [ State Liscensed DHHS employees enacting T42CFR417.1 adverse determination: Anti-dumping and Anti-Kickback violations against Federal HMO Beneficiaries, to force illegal HCFA State OFIS Medicaid kickback conversions - Felony ] The Office of Financial and Insurance Services ( OFIS ) is the State Agency Responsible for regulating insurance companies doing business in the State of Michigan and investigating matters involving insurance companies and policy holders. I am, therefore, sending your letter to OFIS [ OFIS employees are being reported for Aiding and Abetting felony HMO Fraud against Retired OPM FEHBP Covered Individuals - federal racketeering ] so they can [ T18CFR4Crime ] investigate the matter, and I am requesting them to contact you directly regarding their findings. Thank you for bringing this matter [ Public Corruption ] to my attention. Sincerely yours, Mike Cox Attorney General c: Consumer Services - T42CFR417.1 Public Fraud: T18CFR4Crime Intent to Harm Office of Financial and Insurance Services - T18CFR286Crime/T18CFR24CRIMES P.O.Box 30220 Lansing, MI 48909 ( 517) 373-0220 . 18 USC Sec. 24 01/02/01-EXPCITE- TITLE 18 - CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE PART I - CRIMES CHAPTER 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS-HEAD- Sec. 24. Definitions relating to Federal health care offense-STATUTE . Sincerely, All ENTITLED Federal Employee Health Beneficiaries & the General Public who are being criminally denied DHHS T42CFR417.1 Existing Federal HMO Health Insurance Coverage, illegally billed for HMO denied covered claims and forced into HCFA State Medicaid Programs for the POOR. Title18CFR1001Crime. . Reply New Comment View Thread
B.S. [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) you say "I've stayed away from bars and restaurants due to the heavy smoke" I say, show me where these bars full of so called heavy smoke are at. I go to a bunch and the ventilation is amazingly good. Now that we are a socialist nanny state I want a law to make all chubby and obese people get on a scale before they are allowed to order dinner. Fat control freaks, sorry, you get bean sprouts until you get down to the state mandated weight. You people disgust me. You Say "bar owners may even see an increase in business" I say, this is why you aren't a in business. If you kick out 25% (actually lots more than that with non smoking friends of smokers) of your customers you will not do more business. You must have been educated by the state to think that less is more. Hey, send me 25% of your money and then you " may even see an increse in your bank account". Reply New Comment View Thread
Re: I'm going to the bars! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) You don't go to the bars because you have no friends and can't get along with others because you are a socialist control freak. Reply New Comment View Thread
Exactly Right [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) Once you own property, you can vote, otherwise you end up with leeches that will vote for whoever promises to give them more of the evil rich working mans money. Reply New Comment View Thread
Hurts business [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1285 (Prohibit unauthorized vehicle tracking device ) There is a whole industry (Private Investigators) that make a living placing tracking devices on the vehicles of suspected cheating spouses. Anyone that thinks we need more laws or more Government should go live in one of the Socialist Countries of the world, oh wait, there aren't very many left anymore (That are worth living in) wonder if that is because socialism doesn't work? Reply New Comment View Thread
CRAZY [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) All you are looking for is a bunch of gullible voters. Reply New Comment View Thread
Sorry, but NO!!! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) At 16 & 17 these "children's" world doesn't extend beyond their school walls. I don't believe they are entitled to a vote until they pay the taxes & have a broader view of the world. I don't think they should vote on school issues until they can establish their own residence. Reply New Comment View Thread
Part Time [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1285 (Prohibit unauthorized vehicle tracking device ) This is more evidence why the parasites should be part time. Oh they already are but they still collect full pay and benefits and come up with this type of self-serving legislation. Reply New Comment View Thread
Socialism at its finest! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) People like you are the reason we are losing our personal freedoms! If you don't like a smokey bar open your own non-smoking bar! If you want to live in socialist Italy, Spain, New York or any of the other nanny countries please feel free to do so. Don't stay here with your socialiat attitude and try to relieve me of my constitutional rights! The people in this country better stand up against this nonsense before we have no more freedoms left to fight for! Reply New Comment View Thread
Clerk [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) Not a good idea; if there is a millage or bond request on the ballot an additional ballot would have to printed just for 17 year olds just listing school board members. The cost of the election just increased. Reply New Comment View Thread
Citizen Mortgages [by Mike Hignite on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1305 (Authorize state debt for delinquent mortgage loan guarantees ) So the citizens of the state are now in the mortgage business? Reply New Comment View Thread
STOP! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) You just cant stop can you? G-Ma still supports this bill!Did you see that she said it took 4 years to get parole on a 1 year sentence? You do the math! Reply New Comment View Thread
RINO's [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Birkholz (R) Brown (R) Cassis (R) George (R) Jelinek (R) Kahn (R) McManus (R) Pappageorge (R) Patterson (R) Reply New Comment View Thread
I'm going to the bars! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Wonderful! I never went to bars before because I couldn't stand the smoke. I think I'll start going now! Reply New Comment View Thread
Repeal Law of Unintended Consequences [by Mike Hignite on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1307 (Prohibit enforcement of residential tax foreclosures for two years ) I understand that you want to help our fellow citizens who are having problems, but this won't do it. What will this accomplish? Some people may be able to hold on to their houses, and many won't. Banks will take a hit, dropping their income and ability to fund new mortgages. By interferring with private contracts, you will make it less likely that banks will make new loans, and those that are made will now have an interest rate premium attached to it to make up for the losses you legislate. The inability to finance houses will disrupt teh economy, making it harder for people to sell adn move, or to move here & finance a house. By interferring with private contracts, you put a chill on any new business activity in the state. Every new company you want to attract will wonder if they are the next company to have arms-length negociated contracts set aside. The law of unintended consequences strikes again. Just let the market work out these problems. Some people will lose their homes, but that will happen anyway. The only question is now or later. Reply New Comment View Thread
hmm-m-m-m [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) maybe DNA does in fact work exactly that way. that makes it a question to be explored. which marks the real difference between true science and intelligent design (creationism) pseudo-science. true science humbly seeks unknown answers to puzzling questions. i.d. (creationism) smugly pretends to have the answers already. Reply New Comment View Thread
Suspicious law [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Bill 1285 (Prohibit unauthorized vehicle tracking device ) Worried about where you go and don’t want anyone to know. Good law, if I was in politics and going places I don’t want the public to know, or cheating on my wife or husband, or stole a car this is good. It discourages people from tracking me on there own. Sec 682c b is real good. I think this means if there is a tracking device on a state own vehicle or any other vehicle you use the driver would have to be notified. Why would I want a law like this? Think about it. We all ready have stalking laws. Where you going Senator or who ya meeting with? Reply New Comment View Thread
there are obviously [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) nine R.I.N.O.'s who DON'T value rights and freedoms. maybe we shouldn't vote for them. let's elect REAL REPUBLICANS WHO VALUE RIGHTS AND LIBERTY. Reply New Comment View Thread
All An Extension Will Do [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) is make you dependant on government for another 13 weeks. Reply New Comment View Thread
Yes! Michigan! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Thank you, thank you, thank you! If Italy and Spain and NYC can go non-smoking, why not Michigan? I've stayed away from bars and restaurants due to the heavy smoke. I think the bar owners may even see an increase in business because there are way more non-smokers than smokers. Thank you, Senators, for passing this bill. Reply New Comment View Thread
Get A Clue [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) It ain't about your health. It's about government control. Smoking first (because chicken littles like you make it easy to take that one) next trans fats and foie gras. Who knows what little special interest group will decide they don't like and want to use the iron fist of government to ban it. How much of your freedom are you willing to give up? I hope you have fun sitting in your prius in front of the closed up bar. You will be lonely because the fun people aren't going to invite you to their party. We are doomed as long as people like you are allowed to vote. Reply New Comment View Thread
Answer [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) Go get a job in one of the many closed up non smoking nanny state bars.. Oh, thats right, unemployment will be going up. Reply New Comment View Thread
But Most of The Usefull Idiots [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) here in michiganistan want a mommy government. Good luck. I'll be closing my bar and moving to a state where I only have to compete against other business, not the government jerks using my tax dollars to try to ruin my business. See Ya Reply New Comment View Thread
Are You Out Of Your [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) ^&^%%#$%$%^ Mind? We should bump it back up to 21 Reply New Comment View Thread
how can a predecessor [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) not pass on ALL of it's genetic information? how can WE have less D.N.A. than our ancestors???? d.n.a. don't work like dat. Reply New Comment View Thread
jimmy [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2005 House Bill 4375 (Encourage school depression and suicide sensitivity instruction ) Yhscce fw831f64td9glse934dkjga Reply New Comment View Thread
? [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) Yes I do, their ALL a Bunch of friggen IDIOTS! Reply New Comment View Thread
Vote [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) As a bar owner I will be letting all my customers , who will not be in it as often because they will drink at home where they can smoke, know who voted which way. I hope you all remember this come election time and know you took away another choice the voter couldn't make for themselves. Reply New Comment View Thread
choices [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) No one forces you to go to a smoking establishment. It's your CHOICE. Don't go crying when the government takes your choices away for having internet or pay them money, It will happen too. Reply New Comment View Thread
Unemployment Extensions [by Anonymous Citizen on May 9, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) I watched all the News and online sites today, including the Congressional site and didn't find a thing about Congress voting YES on Unemployment extensions. It was supposed to be today. Does anybody have the answer? Thanks, Sarah Reply New Comment View Thread
OK [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) If I am descended from Europeans, why are there still Europeans? Reply New Comment View Thread
OK [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) More isn't always better and evolution is not necessarily about progress. It’s not an inexorable march toward some gleaming future. It’s about change, regardless of direction or result. Reply New Comment View Thread
or maybe... [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) apes are all human. but no... they are the superior creature, as they have more d.n.a. than we do. how can an ancestor have more d.n.a. than the grandchildren? Reply New Comment View Thread
once again, you are not [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) exercising YOUR personal responsibility to be healthy. what are you doing hanging around where people smoke??? no one says you MUST be there. there is no one FORCING you to be there. you MUST be there by choice. once again, if you CHOOSE to live in a pig sty, you LOSE your right to be FREE FROM PIG SHIT ON YOUR SHOES. either make BETTER LIFE CHOICES FOR YOURSELF or LIVE WITH PIG SHIT ON YOUR SHOES. you can't force the pigs to quit shitting without killing them. if you can't do the first without a 'nanny' helping you along, you'd better get used to varying kinds and degrees of the second. good luck with that. Reply New Comment View Thread
OK [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) If humans and chimpanzees are over 98% identical base-for-base, how do you make sense of the fact that chimpanzees have 10% more DNA than humans? That they have more alpha-hemoglobin genes and more Rh bloodgroup genes, and fewer Alu repeats, in their genome than humans? Or that the tips of their chromosomes contain DNA not present at the tips of human chromosomes? Obviously there is a lot more to genomic evolution than just nucleotide substitution. But the percentage comparison renders that fact invisible, and thus obscures some of the most interesting evolutionary genetic questions. Once you recognize that there are easily identifiable differences genetically between humans and chimpanzees – the presence of terminal heterochromatin is 100% diagnostic – you can begin to see that the pattern of relationships between the species is actually the same genetically as anatomically. Humans and chimps are simply very similar to, yet diagnosably different from, one another. The last point concerns the one way in which one could say with some legitimacy that "we are apes" – as, for example, gene enthusiast Richard Dawkins does. That is, phylogenetically. We fall within a clade that incorporates chimpanzees, gorillas and orang-utans. That is a great ape clade, it subsumes us as well, and therefore, we are great apes too. Reply New Comment View Thread
my whopper invaded your privacy [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) Indicating that fat people and fast food sellers are next to loose liberties and freedoms based on the same premise of the proposed ban on second-hand smoke would only make sense if while eating my delicious, and yes bad for me whopper sandwich(perhaps equal with smoking...not!), the sauce from my burger lept off the sandwich or from my mouth and splatterd all over everyone eating at tables 0-25 feet away and then somehow made it into their own mouths and into their stomachs.... I hope anyone can see that argument is absurd. Most (not all) smokers have little regard for their own health, the people around them in public, and god-forgive them, their own children of which are the most forgotten in this whole ban topic. Besides blowing smoke in everybody's else face (invited or not) most smokers habitually litter. I'm not sure why they think cigarettes are any better than any other form of refuse ... perhaps they actually think it's part of nature and will help the soil or something .... has a smoker actually read the ingredients in cigarettes and the toxins found in them .... shameful ... nothing but shameful, dirty, and disgusting. Reply New Comment View Thread
so, you are against [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 5919 (Exempt small service club and religious signs from billboard laws ) advertising? you are ANTI-BUSINESS? what line of work are you in? where do YOU advertise? what do YOU pollute? Reply New Comment View Thread
you were asked first. [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) the ball is in YOUR court. there is NO DIRECT D.N.A. link between us and apes. in fact, there is MORE of a direct D.N.A. link between us and the housefly, we share more D.N.A. in common. so, your 'proof' should be pretty conclusive. let's hear it. Reply New Comment View Thread
if you choose to be free [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) to live in a pig sty,you give up your freedom from pig shit on your shoes. if your safety is more important to you than your freedom, then stay where you can be safe. it's a simple decision. Reply New Comment View Thread
the other side of freedom [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) is responsibility. each freedom comes with at least one. part of that responsibility is YOUR freedom to be responsible for YOUR health. it's not up to me to keep YOU healthy. it's up to you. and it's NOT up to the GOVERNMENT to make me keep YOU healthy. it's also not up to the GOVERNMENT to make ME pay to keep YOU healthy. but, as a liberal, you don't see it that way. Reply New Comment View Thread
Swing all you want .. but don't hit me in the nose [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about a motion for 2007 House Bill 4163 (Prohibit allowing private workplace smoking ) The point of the ban on smoking in all public places is a tricky one but if achieved, ultimately, is for the greater good. Government's role unfortunately must include provisioning limitations upon the people. The fundamental purpose of government is the maintenance of basic security and public order. The arguments for and against the ban are blended by smokers and non-smokers along with those with facts and those with emotion. The reality of smoking modern tobacco is the undeniable health risks associated with the smoke, most notably, the smoke that is not directly inhaled by the smoker: specifically the direct burn generated smoke and exhaled smoke, collectively term "second-hand smoke". If smoke could maintain its boundaries so that only the smoker experienced the smoke, the public ban issue would have little merit (health risks aside). However, we all know that smoke has no such boundaries and depending on environmental conditions wafts through the air for any number of others to experience. This is the premise for taking action to protect those in the public even if some in society disagree, and yes, it does impose further limitations on freedoms. Freedom is not unlimited. The old saying that a man is free to swing his fist until it reaches my nose, gives us all humorous insight from a time long gone that we must be allowed individual freedoms as long as our exercising individual freedoms do not "hit someone else in the nose" ... Smoke if you want, it's your privilege. However, consider all those around you that you by proxy (through smoking) "hit in the nose".... Reply New Comment View Thread
Michigan Refugee [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) An extension in unemployment benefits will be a very small help. What is really needed is for the state of Michigan to create Jobs!! Does anyone remember the New Deal by FDR and the CCC Boys?? My mother used to point out trees that the CCC boys planted while we would be driving out in the country. Why can't the state provide subsidized jobs...instead of providing so little with an unemployment extension...that is much too little...too late. Reply New Comment View Thread
What Dollar? [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) If it were up to the kids, they would be wanting limo service to get them to school. When the kids start paying taxes then they can vote. It costs 4 bucks a day for school lunch at the high school, and God forbid you make a PBJ sandwich to take. No more pandering, you people in Lansing dont like how the millage votes are going? Why not start cutting some costs if the schools need more money? If you people ran a business like you run the State with its various departments you would be out of business. Part time Legislature sounds good to me. And you cant get a bottle of pop for a dollar. Reply New Comment View Thread
Michigan Refugee [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) For those that are interested in pursuing employment out of state...I had to make a trip to Wilmington, North Carolina this week as my husband had a medical appointment. The Smithfield Meat Packing Plant of Tarheel, North Carolina had a large sign outside their hiring office saying they were hiring production workers at $14.00 per hour. Also....recently on our local news station a boat making company is coming to Bladen County. I don't have addresses for either but once you know where to look, I don't think finding addresses or telephone numbers would be hard to find. Hope this helps someone out there. If it does....let me know. I wouldn't mind having some fellow Michiganders as neighbors. Reply New Comment View Thread
Pollution [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 5919 (Exempt small service club and religious signs from billboard laws ) Billboards of any size or shape are little more than pollution of our vistas, regardless of content! Reply New Comment View Thread
Dumb Idea [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) This is the kind of crap that screams for a part time legislature! The parasites cannot find enough meaningful work to justify their time but especially their salary and perks! Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) Thanks all of you for well wishes. I will keep you posted on his progress. However I still would like to see prison reform and believe this bill is a step towards that. So I will continue to post in favor of this bill. Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) No I still firmly support this bill. Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) His ERD was when he had served 1year 11Months. He was flopped the first time because he had not completed all his classes (the waiting lists are very long). The next time he was flopped was right at the time of the Selepak case, even though his crime was non-violent. So it is hard to get paroled. And I know of many others who have had an even harder time getting paroled. Reply New Comment View Thread
G-Ma [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) He will be home the end of may. Plans no long range ones now. He wants to get a job. He wants to spent some time with his brothers. He will be home to go to his brother's graduation and open house. Just being home will be great for him , he has been in prison for four years And he is only 22. He will do ok. I will keep you posted sandie. Reply New Comment View Thread
No more 'children's rights'! [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 Senate Joint Resolution N (Allow 17 year olds to vote in school elections ) Anybody but me happen to notice we have a little problem with giving kids rights that should be reserved for grown-ups? Specifically, their parents! I dont believe seventeen yerar olds need or deserve any control over the eductation the taxpayers pay to provide for them. No wonder these young people dont know what our Constitution means or implies. . .seventeen yesr olds are NOT adults! And we shouldnt be so busy courting the teen-age dollar and vote that we pander instead of being the grown-ups here. This is just plain dumb! Reply New Comment View Thread
i'd like you to prove [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) all the various forms of life emerged on the earth in one big plop in exactly the form they have today or exactly as they were before going extinct. Reply New Comment View Thread
Need now Extended UNEMPLOYMENT benefit [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 Senate Bill 86 (Extend unemployment insurance benefits ) To whom it may concern: I am concerned with the rate of unemployment benefits in the state of Michigan. As the rate of inflation increases on fuel, groceries, utilities, and education, the state is not compensating enough for the unemployed rates in this state. As a resident of Michigan for the past 30 years, the state is experiencing the highest unemployment rates in years. The current unemployment benefits have been at maximum of $362 per week which is not sufficient enough taking into account the amount of inflation. Once taxes are paid, this amount of money is not sufficient. As for myself, I have worked hard and due to the decline in jobs and the decline of the automotive industry, I have been laid off. It is difficult enough that there are limited job opportunities and I feel that the unemployment rates need to be increased along with the increase in costs of the items mentioned above. This is a very serious issue in Michigan and I would appreciate you taking the time to attend to this matter and increase the amount of unemployment benefits and extended benefits program. Thank you and I look forward to hearing back from you regarding this matter. Reply New Comment View Thread
i'd like you to prove [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) that we came from apes. as, according to d.n.a. research, we have more d.n.a. in common with a housefly than a chimp. or haven't you been 'keeping up'? Reply New Comment View Thread
corroborates what? [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) inquiring minds want to know. Reply New Comment View Thread
Not Afraid [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2008 House Bill 6027 (Mandate no administrative interference in science-teacher lessons ) It is said the the United States is the most religiously fundimental non-Muslim state in the world. After participating in this forum, I believe it. At least Islam gave us algebra. Reply New Comment View Thread
now that g-ma's [by Anonymous Citizen on May 8, 2008] about 2007 House Bill 4262 (Revise prison time off for good behavior ) loved one has been paroled, we no longer hear about how IMPOSSIBLE it is to be paroled in michigan. we have heard that for over a year. it was the PRIMARY reason for support here on this bill. now, however, that reason has evaporated. so has the support. amazing, isn't it??? Reply New Comment View Thread
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