Michigan Votes Forum

 by the way... how long did it take the OTHER CAFO regulations to clear up the muck in the lake?

ohhh.. yeah... it DIDN'T.

what makes you think this new set of regulations WILL?

 and, in case you were wondering, the problem with lake pontchartrain was TUBERCULOSIS, not muck.

it's NOT a problem anymore.

we stopped the dredging, no more TB.

the cows may poop at will.

crazycajun:

ALL of the republicans and MANY OF THE DEMOCRATS view this bill as folly.

How in Heaven's name do you know that?  This bill hasn't any action or legislative discussion yet.

 don't you watch C-SPAN???

don't you watch THE NEWS???

don't you watch the TONIGHT SHOW???

it's all over...

and the CAFO bill is being discussed in committee. that's on C-SPAN as well, IF you pay enough for cable.

crazycajun:

 don't you watch C-SPAN???

C-Span covers the Michigan legislature?

 yes, if you PAY FOR THE C-SPAN CHANNELS. you have to ask for it.

it's very much worth it, it puts a face on some of the people you elected to represent you.

i don't get MUCH chance to watch it, but it's damn funny when i do.

 by the way... C-SPAN covers EVERY state legislature. you just have to be willing to pay for it.

satellite providers are more than happy to send you a signal for the right amount of cash.

crazycajun:

 by the way... C-SPAN covers EVERY state legislature. you just have to be willing to pay for it.

satellite providers are more than happy to send you a signal for the right amount of cash.

No.  It does not cover Michigan's legislature.

Perhaps you’re prattling on about Michigan Government Television (MGTV), not C-Span.  Can’t you get anything right?  You certainly become tiresome with garbage like this.

By the way, SB 157 was introduced on Jan. 29, 2009, and immediately assigned to the Senate Agriculture Committee.  It has received no hearing or other action/discussion in the legislature yet, and is not scheduled at this time (Feb. 6) for any hearing in the Ag. committee or elsewhere.

The next scheduled Senate Ag Committee meeting is on Feb 12.  Its agenda is to address SB 134, which has to do with clarifying certain agricultural “technology preferences program” provisions.

So now you are watching TV programming that never have been broadcast, and only may (or may not) be broadcast sometime in the future.  You certainly are a wondrous creature, that’s for sure.

Just so everyone knows, MGTV is not a C-Span affiliate.  Here’s the actual story about MGTV

The following taken directly from the Michigan Government Televeision internet web site:

 

Michigan Government Television (MGTV) is a public affairs initiative of Michigan’s cable television industry.

 

The MGTV network was launched in July of 1996, but the story begins several years before that.  In 1993, the Michigan Cable Telecommunications Association (MCTA) commissioned Public Sector Consultants to study the feasibility of creating a cable network to cover the workings of state government in the same manner that the national C-SPAN networks cover the federal government.  Michigan’s governor, John Engler, was also interested in the possibility of initiating a state government network. Both the cable television industry and Governor Engler recognized that, although the citizens of Michigan could watch the federal government on C-SPAN and their local governments at work on the cable access channels, they could not see any part of state government in action on television.

 

In his efforts to correct this, Governor Engler took some major steps toward creating such a network in 1994 and 1995. Earmarking funds from a settlement between the Public Service Commission and Ameritech, the governor hired Communications Systems Group (CSG), a Detroit-area firm, to act as general contractor for the project. CSG designed and installed the master control room in the Romney office building as well as the control rooms and cameras in the House and Senate chambers, in the Supreme Court chambers, and in the Governor’s press room. In all, nearly $1.5 million was spent on equipment for the project.

 

The cable television industry in Michigan, recognizing that the ideal model for MGTV would be the highly successful cable network C-SPAN, made a proposal to Governor Engler in December of 1995. Having acted as supporters and advisers throughout the purchase and installation of the equipment, the cable industry now offered to take MGTV over and reorganize it as a non-profit 501 (c) 3 corporation with a board of directors composed of cable industry executives. The network would be completely independent of state government, financed by the cable industry through cable subscription fees, and editorial control of programming would reside entirely in the hands of the corporation’s executive director. The governor’s office turned the project over to the cable industry in December 1995.

 

MGTV was launched on July 15, 1996.  Initial programming included House and Senate committees, commission meetings from within the executive branch (including the state board of education), press conferences, speeches by major policy makers, events from the state’s university system, and live phone-in programs with state leaders.

 

When it began to air oral arguments from Michigan's Supreme Court in October of 1996, MGTV became the second television network in U.S. history to carry live coverage of a state’s highest court.

 

In its initial months, MGTV was offered only on cable systems in the greater-Lansing area.  In February of 1997, MGTV became available statewide via satellite uplink.  In October of that year, MGTV launched live and tape-delayed coverage of the sessions of the Michigan House of Representatives and the Michigan Senate. The coverage of House and Senate sessions and Supreme Court oral arguments remain the mainstays of MGTV's programming.

 

In late 2005, MGTV completed the conversion of all of its master control, studio, editing and portable equipment to state of the art digital.

 

MGTV currently reaches 1.6 million Michigan homes, schools and businesses served by cable television. Programming hours are Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Time (9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Central).  In addition to its on-air programming, MGTV offers extensive educational materials.  Please see the education link on this website for more information.

 

MGTV has won two Cable Television Public Affairs Association Beacon Awards for its programming as well as two CNN/National Student Parent Mock Election Media Excellence Awards.

 no. MGTV is rather boring. it follows the granholm line a little too closely.

you really should check C-SPAN coverage out. it's much more even handed than MGTV.

but you won't.

will you?

 "You certainly are a wondrous creature, that’s for sure."

thank you for the gracious compliment.

it's the nicest thing you've said in a month.

way to copy and paste, by the way... nice job.

pity you once again got it all wrong by ASSUMING i was talking about something that i wasn't.

you just don't listen do you?

of course not.

you never do. you never have, and you never will.

no wonder the folks here don't like you.

 now, how is this new CAFO regulation going to clear up the muck in the lake?

by stopping something that has been happening for a century or more?

i don't think so.

perhaps it will spend some money to actually find out what's causing the muck in the first place, seeing as since the boys at M.S.U. can't figure it out. they seem to be fresh out of clues.

good luck on that one.

crazycajun:

pity you once again got it all wrong by ASSUMING i was talking about something that i wasn't.

I assumed nothing.  I followed up on what you said by checking out your claim.  You lied to us.  It is that simple.  And right in your pattern of behavior.

you just don't listen do you?

Last I looked this was a written forum, not an oral one.

You never get anything right.

 poor sane...

you've finally flipped.

admit it.

you ASSUMED i was talking about MGTV and i WASN'T. you were WRONG AGAIN.

now, talk to your cable guy.. .ooops... leftists don't DO cable, do you. you rely on NETWORK television to give you all the leftist slant you can handle. too afraid of those RIGHT WING guys on fox.

Kind of funny, and kind of pitiful, to watch you debate with yourself, cajun. Must be lonely.

Try joining a bowling league or something. Get out, meet people. Get a life.

 you know, j. if you spent HALF the time listening and learning that you spend harping, moaning, complaining, and changing the subject, you'd be the highest educated man on the planet.

i have a life. it's a GOOD life. i'm working to make MY life better, and i heartily reccomend that everybody else try and make THEIR OWN life better. if each and every one of us did that, no one would NEED the welfare state you are trying to create.

if you quit trying to take my RIGHTS, my MONEY, and my GUNS, we would have very little to argue over.

in fact, if you QUIT argueing and started CONVINCING, someone may see some merit in your point of view. as of now, it's all leftist dribble.

now, i would suggest YOU get a life, but the life you want is the life of a socialist. secure in the bosom of government, free from harm, free from worry, free from freedom. free from responsibility.

life ain't like dat.

get over it.

 why do we need new CAFO regulations?

because the old ones didn't 'work' the way the legislature expected. they expected to raise more revenue than actually came in.

do we need new CAFO regulations because of the muck in the lakes?

no, we need to find out what causes the muck in the lakes and leave the dairy farmers alone.

 once again...

you leaped OFF TOPIC in order to ARGUE.

now, try to stay on topic and ANSWER THE QUESTIONS RELATED TO CAFO REGULATIONS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIND OUT WHAT POLITICAL TELEVISION I PREFER TO WATCH.

you are getting a BIT OBSESSIVE.