Tag / Michigan

by Scotty

Transparent Bullshit

11.16.2020. Michigan Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Bronson (D) made the following announcement through a Tweet:

So SOS dumps documents relating to the 2020 election in Michigan on to the legislature. Why couldn’t this announcement simply say “we’ve complied with the legislature’s subpoena”? I think it’s because there be BULLSHIT within. Let’s break it down.

SOS’s Commitment? Questionable. If this was truly a commitment to transparency the announcement of transparency would not have been needed. It simply would have happened. Actions speak louder than words. If the actions are true there is no need to repeat. Repeating is only for show.

“Underscore the fairness” Much like the SOS’s “Fact Check” page regarding the electoral process, these 1,100 documents are a mere smoke screen. I would bet my life savings that they will not show any fraud, at least to the scale of the accusations .

Let’s pretend just for a moment and say that the election was wrought with fraud. People did whatever people did. I can guarantee that no one, not one person, wrote a memo. It’s not going to show up in 1,100 or 2,200 or a 22 billion pages. If someone committed fraud with the votes they certainly committed fraud filling out the paperwork. If they lied about the ballot count they lied about following procedures. So the idea that this act underscores fairness is complete BULLSHIT!

Now the kickers. Questionable subpoena and partisan agenda. These comments at the end of the Tweet point to the real motive behind the announcement. It’s not transparency and it is not fairness. It is an attempt to undermine the legitimate oversite of the legislature. (Remember the justification of investigation by the House of Reps in D.C. – Oversite) It is an attempt to garner sympathy from her head-nodding, partisan supporters. Its a smoke screen to turn attention away from the investigation and litigation of the 2020 election in Michigan.

So I call BULLSHIT on this Tweet and Madam Secretary of State has a certain odor about her.

by Scotty

Pipeline of Bullshit

Now cometh Her Excellency Gretchen Whitmer, esteemed…cough, cough, Governor of the Great State of Michigan. A few days ago it was announced that Enbridge would have to shut down a pipeline carrying oil and gas through the Straits of Mackinac lake bottom. The pipeline is nearly 70 years old and the company continues to have a valid easement through the Straits. At issue, per Whitmer is the “unreasonable risk” of continuing to operate the pipeline.

Is it unreasonable? Not a clue.

But I call bullshit on her statement:

“Most importantly, Enbridge has imposed on the people of Michigan an unacceptable risk of a catastrophic oil spill in the Great Lakes that could devastate our economy and our way of life. “

Detroit Free Press, November 13, 2020

This bullshit statement is pure hypocrisy. Michigan’s economy and way of life is the furthest thing from the care and concern of Her Excellency. Consider the Covid-19 restrictions that Her excellency has placed upon the populace of this once proud workforce–some of the most restrictive in the nation. To what end? The economic devastation to the state’s economy is massive directly due to the shutdowns within the state. Numerous small businesses shut down permanently. Hometown pharmacies closing sending patients to some chain retailer based out of state. So many people wondering “now what?”

And the way of life? Bullshit. Her Excellency has aligned herself with political positions opposing Michigan’s way of life. Perhaps she has forgotten that Michigan is known as the Automobile Industry Capital of the World? Automobiles that run on gasoline, a petroleum product.

ummm…. o-i-l.

I need more research but I can’t help but wonder if shutting down the pipeline has more to do with Joe Biden’s “transition away from fossil fuels” than the safety of the Straits of Mackinac.

So Your Excellency, I call BULLSHIT! And you smell as if you’ve rolled in it.