In a ceremony awash in unexpected sunshine and clear blue skies, Snyders said government is not the answer to the state’s problems. He said despite Michigan’s economic decline, its people can forge a new era of entrepreneurship and “reinvention” of the state.
He said that will require short-term sacrifice for long-term gain. He said innovation will come not just from technology but rather a state of mind.
“We need to move forward to the positive, we need to stop looking in the rear view mirror and look to the future,” Snyder said, after a 19-guns salute by artillery of the Michigan Army National Guard.
“We need to stop being divisive and be inclusive. We have spent too much time fighting among ourselves, and have become our own worst enemy,” Snyder said in his 13-minute inaugural address.
At least he didn’t mention ‘green energy.’
A great thought piece on RougBlog:
This is not to say that I believe that those two Republican stalwarts would not be more than a mite better than the typical stumblebums the Democrats put forward–I do believe they would be much better. Yet, if the tea party has meant anything to me and to others within the movement, Romney (a very good man) and Huckabee (another very good man) will do little to put the brakes on our American crisis; a crisis created by generations of do-good government bureaucrats who also thought they knew all the answers.
When it comes to selecting their next presidential candidate, Republicans must embrace a candidate whose philosophy on government and governing is different than the candidates they have been putting at the head of the ticket these last few election cycles.
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No matter how you look at it, they have control of a lot of real estate. Looking at it on the surface, one would think 253 million acres would be enough land to be under federal control, but the Obama administration is not satisfied with this control. It appears they are wanting to place some of these lands completely off limits for almost every kind of use.
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A great motorcycle picture of the day…
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Snooki Knocks Sarah Palin? Really?
This Snooki person, what the hell has she achieved?
FCBZ: Palin’s Top Ten Quotes, in no particular order…
As the poor world grows richer, we can expect more of the same: unencumbered by entrenched customs, regulations, special interests and legacy infrastructure, they’ll make the most of new technologies far faster than us laggards in the West. Why does cable TV still exist, in this BitTorrent era? Because the cable companies are like tapeworms in our economies’ guts, sucking life from their hosts as they die with agonizing slowness. Why are universal electronic health records so hard to implement? Because the multi-trillion-dollar health industry is set firmly in its antediluvian ways and has no incentive to change. But these parasites and foot-draggers are far less established in the developing world, and that’s why the future will increasingly happen there, not here.
This is true, but I would add that here in the US we have created an all-encompassing nanny state government with layers of red tape and regulations. And we add more every day.
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Thanks for the link, Steve.
Not a problem.
Thanks for the linkage sir. Happy New Year.
Happy New Year to you. And you are most welcome.
Thanks for the link Steve and really all the links, great reading!
You’re welcome. Glad you are enjoying the links, I have fun pulling them together.