China? What about Michigan?

I am following the news today regarding the Blind Chinese Dissident who is attempting to leave China and come to the US. Though I am concerned about freedom of everyone in the world, and I am quite aware of the diplomatic problems that have arisen as a result.

But what about  freedom being in jeopardy right here in the continental United States of America.
As I type these words there is a battle in Michigan going on, due to a law that was voted on and passed by the Republican control state Congress, which allows the Governor of the state to suspend the duties of elected officials in cities, and replace them with a City Manager.  One appointed City manager proclaimed himself to be a "Tyrant". The law was supposed to help cities that found themselves in financial insolvency, and one person is appointed to run the city to bring the city back to economic stability, by getting rid of government excess,  solely based on the opinion of the City Manager. In other words, what the citizens of a city under the control of a City Manager want DON'T COUNT.  It would take all day and a book to describe the mess in Michigan right now. But Democracy  has all but been suspended in these cities. One more thing most of the Cities under control of a City Manager, the majority of the citizens are African American. I don't think this is a mere coincidence.

A recall movement began to repeal the horrid law, and guess what? The GOP controlled State Congress is against it. After petitions were passed around to  repeal   the law and place it  on the ballot in June, it has been blocked by a board with connections to the Governor of Michigan and the State controlled Congress. It wasn't that the citizens of Michigan did not get enough signatures, they did. The problem is the board rejected the petitions because the were not printed in the proper FONT SIZE.

According to eclectablog.com 50% of African Americans in Michigan have been affected by the anti-democratic law. There are law suits and and even a request by the Justice Department to investigate the constitutionality of the law, but what I am angry about is, the mainstream media does't seem that issues like these deserve national attention. The only way I have been keeping up with what is going on is via MSNBC and  notably Rachel Maddow and Al Sharpton, who have devoted major airing of  what is happening in Michigan.


Again I understand how importantit is to pay attention to a Blind Chinese dissident, but what about our own back yard. Along with voter suppression with voter ID laws, (which is another Blog in it's self) this law is Michigan is one of the scariest things I have witnessed in my 59 years of life. It's happening right under our noses, and the organization which has the legal and constitutional authority to make us aware, is not doing it's job....The Press!