Anybody have any links about former Michigan Gov. John Engler?

tmyers09

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:23 PM
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Anybody have any links about former Michigan Gov. John Engler?

I'm sick of the people around me saying that this state's problems are all Jennifer Granholm's fault, when was in the works long before she took office. Anybody willing to share any pertinent links about John Engler and the damage that he did?

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catbyte

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:34 PM
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1. Here's a pretty good link for his dismal environmental record:

http://www.mlui.org/report.asp?spid=28

Man, I couldn't stand that guy. He's right up there with Pete Hoekstra in my Pantheon of Evil.

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Diane

Anishanbe in MI

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LisaM

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Tue Apr-13-10 03:35 PM
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2. Here's one of the many awful things he did

He sold the lab (state owned, as I recall) that made the anthrax vaccine to a private company - profits that could have gone to the state. Among other things, the company, BioPort, ended up being related to Bateille (sp), which likewise was connected to the companies that owned voting machines in Ohio in 2004 (I don't have links for all of this, but it's the typical story of selling off state assets, and being part of an interconnected net of WTF).

He was poison to Michigan. Most of the problems are for more related to him than to Granholm.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3067486

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safeinOhio

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Tue Apr-13-10 04:35 PM
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3. Drained the rainy day fund and then

cut taxes and then left town.

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Drops_not_Dope

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Tue Apr-13-10 05:02 PM
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4. Try this one

http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timestopics/people/e/john_engler/index.html

In other news,

Tuesday, April 13, 2010 at 3:41 p.m.

(AP) -- LANSING, Mich. - Former Republican Michigan Gov. John Engler and his wife have bought a lakefront home about 20 miles northeast of Lansing.

John and Michelle Engler paid $550,000 for a four-bedroom home on Scenic Lake in Shiawassee County. The Englers, who have 15-year-old triplet girls, also own a home in McLean, Va.

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=443172

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Octafish

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Tue Apr-13-10 07:59 PM
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5. The prick got a gig as President of the National Association of Manufacturers.

A putrid excuse of a coward. Didn't do a single thing for Michigan, except cut taxes for the wealthy and the corporations. His financial reward is his way of helping offshore union jobs.

http://www.nam.org/About-Us/Member-and-Staff-Leadership/Landing-Page.aspx

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