{"id":2233,"date":"2006-11-05T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2006-11-05T18:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=978"},"modified":"2006-11-05T13:04:47","modified_gmt":"2006-11-05T18:04:47","slug":"well-if-you-guys-think-its-a-good-idea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=2233","title":{"rendered":"Well, if YOU guys think it&#8217;s a good idea&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, there&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/documents\/sos\/ED-138_State_Prop_11-06_174276_7.pdf\">this proposal<\/a> (link goes to PDF) on the ballot to ban affirmative action in Michigan.  So far, I&#8217;ve seen <b>tons<\/b> of &#8220;Vote NO on 2!&#8221; signs.  From what I can find, neither the Republican nor the Democratic candidates support the proposal.<\/p>\n<p>So my Wife and I got talking about it, and wondering, &#8220;If both major parties are against it, then who actually supports this?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Today I found out: &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/thinkprogress.org\/2006\/11\/04\/connerly-ku-klux-klan\/\">Leader of Michigan Initiative To End Affirmative Action Welcomes Ku Klux Klan Support<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At what point do you tip over the cliffs of insanity?  When do you think to yourself, &#8220;Hmm.. I&#8217;ve just been given a thumbs up from America&#8217;s oldest and most infamous home-grown terrorist organization!  I must be doing a fantastic job!&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, there&#8217;s this proposal (link goes to PDF) on the ballot to ban affirmative action in Michigan. So far, I&#8217;ve seen tons of &#8220;Vote NO on 2!&#8221; signs. From what I can find, neither the Republican nor the Democratic candidates &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/?p=2233\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[28],"class_list":["post-2233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.quirkspace.com\/quirkblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}