Driving on Highway 5 Today

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Wednesday July 07, 2010 · 9:25 PM PDT

2010/07/07 · 21:25

My 9-year-old granddaughter and I were on our way to the Science Museum of Minnesota today. I was driving, and she was sitting in the passenger seat. We slowly passed a car - the rest below the fold.

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Tuesday February 17, 2009 · 9:52 PM PST

2009/02/17 · 21:52

DISCLAIMER: I searched for this but couldn't find it. If it's covered elsewhere, I'll delete.

Monday's BBC.com ran a story with the lede:

Anti-terror measures worldwide have seriously undermined international human rights law, a report by legal experts says.

Well, duh, as most of us here would say.

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Wednesday September 03, 2008 · 6:38 AM PDT

2008/09/03 · 06:38

I keep reading about all kinds of violence in the streets of St. Paul. I see photos and stories online - but I've not seen anything on TV.

Where's MSNBC on this? CBS, Fox, and ABC, well, you figure they wouldn't do anything to cross their Republican overlords. But where are the cameras? Where is the coverage?

People are getting beat to a bloody pulp by a completely out-of-control police state, and at least some conventioneers are applauding it - isn't that a story? Has it been on TV? have I just missed it? I don't stay glued to the set, but I sure haven't seen anything. Monday MSNBC was a weather channel, Tuesday all I saw was a bunch of talking heads and Palin,Palin, Palin. Did I turn it off too soon? Did I miss the story?

Minnesotans for Global Warming (no joke)

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 11:43 PM PDT

2008/08/12 · 23:43

These guys were comfortably ensconced in the Republican Party booth at the Carver County Fair. We're in MN-2, a regrettably safe Republican district represented by Bush sycophant John Kline.

A picture of the booth was circulated on the Carver County DFL list, but it was taken by a cell phone and wasn't readable. However, the logo from this group's poster was very easy to see. The gentleman who took the photo said the booth was manned by an ultra wingnut who was espousing the kind of blather this group promotes.

Check out their website: Minnesotans for Global Warming

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Wednesday July 09, 2008 · 9:07 PM PDT

2008/07/09 · 21:07

Just had to share this one. My uncle, a proud Marine who fought in Korea and is as ultra far rightwing as anyone I've seen, is forever sending me items to get me to see the error of my ways. Today's was a hoot. He copied an item purporting to be a letter to the editor of the Richmond (VA) Times Dispatch.

I went to the paper's site, and sure enough, there it was, in all its glory. In the letters from July 7, 2008 was this beauty making the claim that Obama is Fidel Castro redux.

Read on below.

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Wednesday June 25, 2008 · 2:27 PM PDT

2008/06/25 · 14:27

I think the main reason Obama has decided to forego public funding is that he sees an opportunity both to raise enough money to campaign even against rightwing 527s and to pull together a resource - a mailing list, if you will, of millions of interested supporters who can be directly contacted on a moment's notice.

But I wonder if there's not another angle to this move by Obama. Mitch McConnell has led the Republican opposition to campaign reform ("Limiting money limits free speech!") for years. Might not the prospect - and ultimately, the reality - of a huge monetary advantage by Obama during this cycle act as a forcing bid to get the Republicans to support significant campaign reform? They would never support it while they had the advantage; might they not change their tune now?

This is pure speculation - and it remains to be seen if a President Obama would follow through. But it strikes me as at least a possibility.

I just got off the phone with Rep. Kline's Office (MN-02)

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Monday September 25, 2006 · 7:34 AM PDT

2006/09/25 · 07:34

I called about 2 issues: The Education Dept. Inspector General's report of willful mismanagement and conflicts of interest in the Reading First program and the April National Intelligence Estimate.

On both issues the polite young lady in Kline's office told me she was not the person who handles either issue, but that she would get my requests to the people involved, and I would hear from them later this week.

The kicker, though, was when she wanted to know who I was, my address, etc. (I had previously identified myself as a constituent). I asked, "You have Caller ID, right?" She replied affirmatively, asking me to confirm the phone number. I did so, then said, "Just look me up in your blogger database." She said, "Oh, okay."

So it appears the reports that Kline's been keeping a database of blogger activity by his constituents are accurate.

Victory is suicide

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Thursday August 17, 2006 · 8:04 PM PDT

2006/08/17 · 20:04

In the Middle East, "Victory" is suicide.

Take Israel and Palestine (though you could apply the same lesson to not only the rest of the Middle East, but anywhere in the world).

They've tried fighting for 60 years or so; it doesn't seem to be working out very well for either side. All we seem to see is more Israelis killing more Arabs and more Arabs killing more Israelis. Whole lifetimes are being spent accomplishing nothing much more than insuring one's grandchildren will be doing the same fighting, killing and dying that previous generations did.

Just suppose, for a moment, that one side "wins." It doesn't matter which side - just choose one.
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America For Sale: The Cost of Republican Corruption

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Friday April 07, 2006 · 10:57 PM PDT

2006/04/07 · 22:57

Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-N.Y.) and the House Rules Committee Democratic Staff put together this 100+ page indictment of Republican misgovernment. Nancy Pelosi decided it was too hot for her web site, so I've posted it on mine. Feel free to download and share. Read More

Boycott?

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Saturday February 18, 2006 · 1:39 AM PST

2006/02/18 · 01:39

Our situation is bleak, becoming dire. It's all very well - and frankly encouraging - to read the posts here and on other like-minded blogs.

But the simple fact of the matter is, beyond giving encouragement to ourselves, we're not really doing anything very effective.

We need to shut down this immoral government and place a burden on those who support it. Otherwise, what recourse remains to us? Taking up arms against our own government? This is a horrible step to consider - violence and war are never good answers, and even the possibilty of considering such an action is abhorrent to me. Read More

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Driving on Highway 5 Today

Anti-terror tactics 'weaken law'

Where is the coverage?

Minnesotans for Global Warming (no joke)

Obama = Castro

Obama's Forcing Bid on Campaign Reform?

I just got off the phone with Rep. Kline's Office (MN-02)

Victory is suicide

America For Sale: The Cost of Republican Corruption

Boycott?