Joan

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Date registered: September 28, 2010

Latest posts

  1. BREAKING! MI Medicaid Expansion Update CALL NOW! — June 19, 2013
  2. The New MI Democrat Party — June 16, 2013
  3. *BREAKING* Michigan House Passes Mediciad Expansion Bill! — June 13, 2013
  4. *Action Alert* TODAY! Medicaid Expansion Vote! — June 13, 2013
  5. State-wide Grassroots Activists Open Letter to Governor Snyder — June 11, 2013

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  1. It’s The Electability and Inevitability, Stupid — 68 comments
  2. Stopping Common Core: What You Can Do NOW! — 14 comments
  3. Special Election Edition — 14 comments
  4. *BREAKING* Snyder’s NITC Agreement with Canada! — 12 comments
  5. LIAR! MI Senator to Tea Party Organizer! — 10 comments

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Jun 19

BREAKING! MI Medicaid Expansion Update CALL NOW!

Just in….WORD is there are not enough votes in the Senate to pass the bill (despite promises of special deals and pork barrel projects) We need to put pressure on Senate majority leader Randy Richardville. He makes the decision to bring it to a vote. He SHOULD NOT bring it to a vote unless he …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3188

Jun 16

The New MI Democrat Party

“A troubled and afflicted mankind looks to us, pleading for us to keep our rendezvous with destiny; that we will uphold the principles of self-reliance, self-discipline, morality, and, above all, responsible liberty for every individual that we will become that shining city on a hill.” ― Ronald Reagan “The future doesn’t belong to the faint …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3160

Jun 13

*BREAKING* Michigan House Passes Mediciad Expansion Bill!

                          Details to come but bill HB 4714 was watered down even more than the substitute Committee bill

Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3156

Jun 13

*Action Alert* TODAY! Medicaid Expansion Vote!

“How willing they (the states) have been since the New Deal to take the Federal government’s money.. And it seems to me that they (the states) have compromised their status as independent sovereigns because they are so dependent on what the Federal Government has done, they should not be surprised that the Federal Government, having …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3150

Jun 11

State-wide Grassroots Activists Open Letter to Governor Snyder

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 11, 2013 CONTACT Joan Fabiano   517- Jen Kuznicki   989-   State-wide Grassroots Activists Open Letter to Governor Snyder   Lansing – With the announcement of Governor Snyder’s intent to call in Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary Kathleen Sebelius to help further expand Medicaid in Michigan despite overwhelming opposition from the …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3137

Jun 04

What He Said!!

“And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free.” John 8:32   “Freedom had been hunted round the globe; reason was considered as rebellion; and the slavery of fear had made men afraid to think. But such is the irresistible nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants, …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3134

May 28

FOLLOW THE MONEY: Common Core, the States and GOP Backers

“This notion that the children belong to the state, that their education must be provided for by the state … is inimical at every step to liberty.” – J. Gresham Machen As the battle against Common Core continues in Michigan this week during the Ominbus budget bill talks, Common Core pusher former Florida Gov. Jeb …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3124

May 27

Honoring the Ultimate Sacrifice

“Liberty must at all hazards be supported. We have a right to it, derived from our Maker. But if we had not, our fathers have earned and bought it for us, at the expense of their ease, their estates, their pleasure, and their blood.”   John Adams ~  A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3121

May 22

* ACTION ITEM * Push for NITC/DRIC Bridge & ObamaCare Navigators is On!

  And to preserve their (people’s) independence, we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt. We must make our election between economy and liberty, or profusion and servitude.“ Thomas Jefferson ~ July 12, 1816 “I favor the policy of economy, not because I wish to save money, but because I wish to …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3103

May 15

*Action Alert* Medicaid Expansion Battle Pt. 2 “Lipstick on a Pig”

“Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants.It is the creed of slaves.”–William Pitt in the House of Commons November 18, 1783 “The appropriation of public money is always is perfectly lovely until some one is asked to pay the bill..” President Calvin Coolidge–New York Herald Tribune, August …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3090

May 10

* UPDATE * Rally Against Common Core!

Stop Common Core in Michigan Rally Flyer (Click on View Full Post Button)

Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3077

May 08

Rally Against Common Core!

RALLY AGAINST COMMON CORE! When Tuesday, May 14, 2013 11:30am until 2:00pm Rally near the Capitol against Common Core and for keeping the prohibition in the budget – not one dime to be spent in MI on national standards with Common Core and the Smarter Balance testing. (The budget is about to be approved – …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3071

Apr 24

Medicaid Push in On – Time to Contact YOUR Rep!

Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.“ –George Washington “Necessity is the plea for every infringement of human freedom. It is argument of tyrants.It is the creed of slaves.” –William Pitt in the House of Commons November 18, 1783 …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3049

Apr 23

Common Core Update & ACTION ITEM

1. Action Item from activist Melanie Kurdys The House will likely vote this week on the state Department of Education’s budget. Please call/email/fax ASAP and inform your Rep to: STOP ALL funding for Common Core’s implementation in Michigan’s Department of Education budget. Last week, Melanie was invited to a debate about common core in Grand …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3046

Apr 19

Thank You Lord, Boston Marathon Terrorist Suspect Caught!

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Mar 22

Congratulations! Michigan Liberty Lovers!

“Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” Wendell Phillips, (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator, in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in 1852,   The Level One Federal funding appropriation bill for the (Obama Care) Health Insurance Exchange did NOT come up before the Senate for a vote and the Senate …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3019

Mar 17

Stopping Common Core: What You Can Do NOW!

What spectacle can be more edifying or more seasonable, than that of Liberty & Learning, each leaning on each on the other for their mutual and surest support? ~ James Madison     Grassroots in Michigan will be bringing you information on education in Michigan and educational topics from grassroots activists and experts nationwide. The …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=3005

Mar 15

*ALERT* Obama Care Voters 2014 is Coming!

Apparently there are some Senators who don’t get that their position of advancing a liberal agenda is more than angering those who would be their base. Republicans of every stripe, from the “true blue” to Conservatives, tea party, limited government, pro-life, Libertarians and yes even the political “It girl” moderates HATE OBAMACARE. Let me say …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=2953

Mar 11

Obama Care UDATE & Part 2 of Follow The Money – Obama Care Voters

Michigan Citizens “Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty.” – Wendell Phillips, (1811-1884), abolitionist, orator and columnist for The Liberator, in a speech before the Massachusetts Antislavery Society in 1852 Your efforts on behalf of a free Michigan ARE paying off!   According to an article in The Detroit News  the latest directive from HHS …

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Permanent link to this article: http://grassrootsmichigan.com/?p=2788

Mar 05

Deals with Democrats Made? Rules Supsended Senate Votes on HB 4111 Tomorroww

If you haven’t contacted your Senator about HB 4111 NOW is the time.. We don’t want to give them the excuse they did not know the wishes “of the people.”   *The rules were suspended bumping up HB 4111 to a probable vote tomorrow MICHIGAN SENATE DAILY CALENDAR Wednesday, March 6, 2013… <<<<<<<<<< 9 >>>>>>>>>>> …

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