Michigan

Michigan City Bans “Being Annoying in Public”

Mon, 12/22/2008 - 8:11am | posted by Austin Wilkes

Last Thursday, the Brighton (MI) City Council approved a local ordinance that tickets anyone caught annoying others in public “by word of mouth, sign or motions.” This is perhaps one of the most obvious infringements on free speech in this nation’s history. Considering the fact that this Amendment has been incorporated to the states since the 1920’s, can anyone please inform me on how this does not violate the First Amendment which reads-

Bailing Out the Auto Industry: A Perspective

Fri, 12/12/2008 - 3:40am | posted by Dr. Charles Kennedy

Thursday evening I posted on my Facebook profile the speech that Congressman Ron Paul gave on the House floor, opposing the auto industry bailout (the so-called “bridge loan”), along with the following comment:

“This speech on the auto bailout speaks for itself. Congressman Paul really puts it all into perspective. Were that there were more in Congress like him.”

Not Your Mama’s Lemonade…

Fri, 05/02/2008 - 4:44am | posted by Shana Kluck

…or is it?

Chris Ratte, of Ann Arbor, Michigan had his 7-year-old son snatched away from him by the state’s Child Protective Services after accidently buying him a Mike’s Hard Lemonade to drink while watching baseball at the Comerica baseball park. Ratte claims that he’d never heard of the alcoholic beverage and believed that he was buying his son, Leo, a regular lemonade to drink during the game.

“I’d never drunk it, never purchased it, never heard of it,” Ratte said sheepishly last week. “And it’s certainly not what I expected when I ordered a lemonade for my 7-year-old.”