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Granholm does not deserve all the blame, Snyder does not deserve all the credit and Obama certainly deserves some recognition for stepping up.  The auto industry and its union certainly contributed to the problem.

Here is a 7 minute video of Hillary Clinton recently talking about what we need to do to revitalize our cities.

Above graph from Environmental Protection Agency.

Meanwhile Hillary Clinton collects $225K while giving a speech at a university condemning student loan debt. Now ask yourself who better represents your views Klobuchar or Clinton?

This is a 34 minute speech at an Iowa fundraiser by Senator Amy Klobuchar. She is a good antidote for any Democrats who have Hillary Clinton burnout... Senator Amy Klobuchar

Stephen Henderson of the Detroit Free Press was correct in his editorial about education when he said Snyder should not be taking on more direct responsibility for the schools. He has not earned that privilege.  He is also correct more money will be needed to fix the problem not only in Detroit but other districts.  This will be the only time in this post I'll mention that Detroit was unique by actually having the funds to fix DPS but billions were given away for pennies on the dollar within the Grand Bargain of the city's bankruptcy. This was approved by the Governor which was a mistake, unless of course the objective was to save the DIA. Further, Henderson is correct a portion of the problem is many districts are losing population and funds provided by the state for schools is calculated on enrollment count. The smaller the enrollment the less money is provided by the state. In Detroit this is exasperated by the opening of so many charter schools in the city. Unfortunat

I cannot recommend this guy too much. This is not a paid advertisement. He is a good guy and does great work. I have known Jason for 25 years. Jason brochure from Stephen P. Banicki

What has just come to light regarding Hillary Clinton has reduced her chances of becoming President. She does not deserve to hold the highest office of the land. Her lack of judgement is so profound that now the Democratic Party must scramble to find a viable candidate. The use of a private server to send emails while Secretary of State and the Clinton Foundations' acceptance of donations from foreign organizations while she was looking to run for President demonstrates poor judgement and an attitude of being above reproach. Expect Hillary Clinton to announce that before using her private server she consulted with private experts to make sure she was fully secure. This may be true but the point is the National Security Council, and at the very least the President, should have not only been informed but made the decision that the use of a private server was acceptable. Until a review by the NSC is complete the nation will not know whether our security may have been compromis

**   Chart from the Environmental Protection Agency As the population in Detroit decreased by over 1 million from 1950 to 2005, the population of all southeastern Michigan increased by 1.75 million. This means that the communities, excluding Detroit, in southeast Michigan over those 55 years grew by 2.75 million.

The video below provides a review by the author, Stephen Kinzer, of his book on the overthrow of a democratically elected leader in Iran in the early 1950's. The overthrow was orchestrated by Great Britain and the United States. The book's title is All The Shah's Men and the author suggest that the problems presently in Iran are a direct result of this coup. Before supporting Netanyahu's tough stance on preventing Iran from getting the ability to create a nuclear bomb you should read the book or at least watch the video wherein the author reviews it's contents. Click To Play Video Below is a bullet point summary of the highlights of the video. ■ After World War II Winston Churchill recognized how important oil was going to be to the world and the country that controlled a large reserve of oil would prosper. Iran was a country awash with oil reserves. ■ Britain proceeded to enter into an agreement with Iran whereby the oil company would pay to Iran 16% of