With elections coming this Tuesday, I figured it’s as good of a time as any to make my election endorsements for the Metro area. Some of these people I’ll be able to vote for, others I won’t. But if I could, here’s the direction I’m heading.
A shot I took the other day of a house that’s part of the Heidelberg Project on Detroit’s East Side, on Heidelberg Street by Mt. Elliott. . You can view all of the pictures I took over in the photos section, but here’s one of my favorites that came out of the HDR batch. Enjoy.
The Polka-dot house, part of the Heidelberg Project
Unlike many of my comrades, I usually take it easy on the mainstream media. After all, they’re just people trying to do their jobs, usually. Particularly, I’ve shied away from making comments about news outlets that gave me positive press during the past school board elections.
However the other day, I finally hit my breaking point The Macomb Daily is not news. It is fluff, bullshit, and the most half-assed reporting I have ever seen in my life. It’s amazing the things that this paper considers to be the most important news items of the day.
For example, take a look at the coverage from the other day. This was the front page of their website. :
Today I did the first of three days as part of the Detroit Orientation Institute. You can learn more about it here, and if you get the chance I highly recommend doing it sometime.
Anyways, we were in the Opera House for a tour and a panel discussion on the Arts, and while in the lobby I snapped this shot of a chandelier in the lobby. It really shows how amazingly colorful the place is, and standing there is an experience in itself.
A Chandelier at the Detroit Opera House
I found this today on the wall of the Bucharest Grill, around the corner from Cliff Bell’s and a block from Grand Circus Park.If you haven’t been there, you must try it. It is a great place in Detroit to buy shawarma (or döner, whatever you call it), so stop in after a Tigers or Lions game and check it out. Learn more about shawarma here.
The Shawarman in all his glory
If you are viewing this though RSS or Facebook, go to http://www.cruzweb.net/2009/10/06/levi-johnstons-nuts/ you’ll really want to see this video.
In case you don’t recognize the name Levi Johnston, he’s the fine and upstanding young man who Sarah Palin’s baby’s baby’s daddy. A move that one could only assume would usually would result in a lot of screaming, name calling, and the throwing of blunt objects before a long weekend of cooking up meth.
Despite all of this, Levi has turned this into something positive for himself. Instead of being stuck as the grandfather of a dingbat, Levi has gained:
And now, the coup de gras of the whole thing: An endorsement deal, with a commercial, for Wonderful Pistachios. And it is glorious. It seems that the mockery of Palin continues to polymorph and evolve into new fantastic ways.
Check out the video.
This post contains a video. If you are viewing it through facebook or RSS, go to http://www.cruzweb.net/2009/10/05/brian-johnson-on-the-employee-free-choice-act/ to watch.
Brian Johnson, the executive director of Americans for Worker Freedom, explains the Employee Free Choice Act and touches on some other things. From the Defending the American Dream Conference, 2009 in Arlington, VA. He does a great job of explaining things in clear, easy to understand, common sense terms.
