LSJ Blogs: John Schneider

Plug it up, Joe

"Americans for Prosperity-Michigan said today that Samuel Joseph Wurzelbacher, also known as 'Joe the Plumber,' will speak at the Michigan Taxpayer Tea Party on the steps of the state Capitol at noon April 15."

How about a fat tax?

I’m back from furlough, and I’ll be honest — I missed you guys. My very first on-duty call — at around 7:30 a.m. — was from a woman with a voice like broken glass complaining about the new federal tobacco tax.
“Why are they always picking on us?,” she wheezed. “Why don’t they start taxing fat people?”

So long, for now

I'm on furlough, dear readers, the week of  March 23. I'll look forward to feasting on your food for thought when I return. Meanwhile, talk amongst yourselves.

Brother, can you spare a dime?

With spring waiting on the next corner and times being what they are, the relevant questions is: How do you feel about panhandlers?

WHAT warranty?

Oh, no! The warranty on my car was about to expire.
Wait a minute … I haven’t had a vehicle under warranty for at least five years.

No — I actually meant it

Some people disagreed so strongly with my recent declaration on flags — that I’d rather see one burned in protest than allowed to suffer the ignoble death of a thousand neglectful cuts — that they assumed I was being either gratuitously provocative, or thoughtless.

The Onlooker would see red

In a recent post on my “Projectile vomiting” blog, Walt (no last name, of course), writes:
“Mr. Schneider: You would do well to remember whose chair you are sitting in. Jim Hough (the Onlooker) never expressed a political opinion, and never insulted a reader. I truly do not know what his political leanings were, but we certainly know yours.
“Stick to reporting on who grew the largest zucchini, and reporting people with weathered flags.
“Try to stay away from anything that requires reporting. Apparently, you are incapable of impartiality.”

It’s so not ‘Arsenic and Old Lace’

A standing ovation — and I don’t rise to my feet lightly — for DeWitt High School Theater Director Jeff Croley for shepherding his drama students toward something different over the weekend.

Projectile vomiting

Ashleigh: In a previous post you ask,”What is this anti-free speech crap about?”

Double pothole assault leaves Okemos man deflated

It’s a sad tale from Ron Camilleri  — a story of bent rims and broken spirits; of fleeting triumph, dashed by despair.  It goes like this: