Comments on: NEWS UPDATE: Michigan government OKs temporary budget; ends state shutdown

By: Marjorie

Marjorie — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:43:28 +0000

Neither Granholm nor Obama is to blame for the GOP obstructing the right to a life in Michigan. The GOP had time to spend the weekend at THE ISLAND but not to do their jobs.
Please send me the rules for getting on the 2010 ballot a vote to make part-time legislatives bodies in the Michigan house and senate. Other states have it and do just fine. The GOP is in its election year mode. See how they like no food/no heat/no college help/no police officers/no real and equitable funding for K-12 schools/access to health care et al.
I pity the people of Michigan who already have nothing and face a Bishop and even worse candidates for governor in 2010.
Sheep have short memories.

By: Brian Manzullo

Brian Manzullo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:36:37 +0000

Mike,

You’re right, CM Life’s policy once barred everyone on staff from commenting on online stories.

But now, editors are allowed to participate in comments as long as the responses are constructive. Most of the time, we will use the privilege to clarify information, but we’ll also try to further the discussion with other points and topics.

It’s an effort by us to promote discussion on our site and on Facebook or Twitter. Let me know if you have any questions!

-Brian

By: Michael

Michael — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:54:01 +0000

What if they were docked half their pay for not decideing the budget, would they not get it passed quickley. Mike

By: Thomas Marcetti

Thomas Marcetti — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:21:31 +0000

No this is clearly the Republican’s fault, because Bush doesn’t care about black people. Wait… that was something else.

Really the bottom line is that both Republicans and Democrats have known for most of the year that the current (now previous) budget was a massive failure and they would have to do something about it. They just decided to wait until the last minute because that’s what our government does.

I wanted to take a crack at Gov. I-hate-Michigan Granholm but in this case her ineptitude really only set the stage for another failure of the state government.

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 11:45:29 +0000

I thought it was CM-Life policy for authors of stories to not comment in the comment section of the article on the Web site. I seem to remember a columnist last year who came under fire for doing so. Has the rule been lifted, or is this considered a blog post and not a story? Just wondering.

By: Ron

Ron — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:46:54 +0000

Go ahead and raise taxes for bigger Government and entitlement programs…

Our Government will fail when enough of the constituency realizes they can vote in representatives that will implement entitlements for their supporters.

It’s a Ponzi scheme, and it can go on for only so long before it runs of of investors (tax payers).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ponzi_scheme

By: Brian Manzullo

Brian Manzullo — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:37:26 +0000

Katie,

Not sure what you mean by “This isn’t breaking news,” considering the shutdown just happened less than two hours ago.

If by chance you meant the moments leading up to the deadline, a story did run early Wednesday morning: http://www.cm-life.com/2009/09/30/lawmakers-expect-to-meet-thursday-deadline/

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:41:11 +0000

Scott, what are you talking about? The DEMOCRATIC House has two bills they cannot find the votes to send to the Senate. It is Oct 1. We deserve a balanced budget, no bandaid fixes.

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:24:46 +0000

This isn’t breaking news…. its something you should have covered days ago.

By: Scott

Scott — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 04:24:23 +0000

Shame on Senate Republicans for refusing to do their jobs.