The new film industry in Michigan

Mitch Albom from the Detroit Free Press offers great rationale for Michigan's government to offer incentives to movie companies to make movies in Michigan. The famous movie Gran Torino was filmed in Michigan because of these incentives.

This is great analysis and if you care about Michigan's economy or the movie business in general, please watch these short clips.

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Michigan wine is delicious

Check this out, the Govenors of the U.S. were drinking Michigan wine! This is why I'm going to a Michigan winery next month.

http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090223/METRO/902230406/1361

From the Detroit News:

Governors sip Michigan ice wine at White House
Associated Press
LANSING -- The sauvignon blanc was from California, the pinot noir from Oregon.

But the wine served Sunday night with dessert as the nation's governors dined at the White House with President Barack Obama and his wife was the most unusual -- a Michigan ice wine from Black Star Farms in Suttons Bay.

The frozen grapes were picked in December 2007 and crushed outside so they wouldn't thaw. The wine was released last July and sells for $80 or more for a half bottle.

The White House paired the sweet A Capella Riesling ice wine with huckleberry cobbler with caramel ice cream.

Black Star Farms managing partner Don Coe says former President George W. Bush and his wife served the winery's 2000 A Capella ice wine to a governors' dinner seven years ago.

Bet on GM coming through

Great article in the Ann Arbor News. U.S. Rep John Dingell believes GM will come through in these tough times and become strong again.

http://blog.mlive.com/svengustafson/2009/02/dingell_bet_on_gms_survival.html