Someone new September 22, 2006 With an all too short six weeks to catch the public’s attention the political climate is just perfect. A story a couple days ago in… Continue Reading
“Both Candidates” September 22, 2006 While I was in Denmark the Duluth News Tribune ran a story about the Eighth District Congressional Race in which their reporter wrote “both… Continue Reading
I approve of this message September 19, 2006 Mark Kennedy is going down. His latest poll numbers put him 24 points behind Amy Klobuchar. A year ago in my last desperate hours… Continue Reading
The only thing Republicans have September 19, 2006 As I was reminded that I couldn’t bring back any bottles of wine or perfume on my trip home from Europe – something –… Continue Reading
Departure September 18, 2006 Hans Aas had told us that tall ships might be passing by while we were at his home and the last day after we… Continue Reading
Hanstholm September 18, 2006 On our last day in Strandby we drove an hour past the north end of Limsfjord to the North Sea to investigate Hanstholm one… Continue Reading
Strandby September 18, 2006 After our two nights in Aarhus we drove to the hamlet of Strandby by the great Danish salt water lake, Limsfjord. We would stay five nights… Continue Reading
The continuing saga of a sojourn to Viking land September 18, 2006 I spent the morning uploading photos to the flickr site so I could post more pictures of our trip to Denmark. Here with a little… Continue Reading
Business North September 18, 2006 I let Chris and Mel know that I wanted a day to get myself back in campaign mode before we got together again so… Continue Reading
Damn Providential Cats September 18, 2006 If you’ve kept up with the blog you know that our cat died the day we left for Denmark. Actually it was worse than… Continue Reading
Denmark in review September 18, 2006 A serious candidate for Congress has no business taking an eleven day vacation overseas with less than two months to go before the election…. Continue Reading
Mainlining the News September 17, 2006 It had been a week since I had last heard an English language news broadcast or read the news. When I cast around the Billund,… Continue Reading
Freeman’s Journal September 16, 2006 I don’t know who Freeman is but he asked me some questions before I left for Denmark and he posted them on his journal. Continue Reading
Incommunicado September 16, 2006 After a week of no access to the Internet I’m almost ready to get back to the campaign. We arrived in Ribe, Denmark a… Continue Reading
More Denmark September 9, 2006 We traveled by train across Copenhagen’s island of Zealand to the city of Kalundborg then we boarded a ferry for a two hour crossing… Continue Reading
Denmark Day2-3 September 8, 2006 I said IÂ was going to give you a little visual tour of Denmark so here goes. No politics just a few pics. NyHavn “New… Continue Reading
Daytrip to Sweden September 7, 2006 I’ve been emailing back and forth between Mel and Chris between sleeping a sight seeing. This morning we were working out details of a… Continue Reading
Gulag Ameri Conoco September 7, 2006 Waking up in Denmark to English-language radio means the BBC. I’ve just been listening to the death rattle of Tony Blair’s prime ministership. Like… Continue Reading
Danish Chameleons September 6, 2006 I made a remarkable discovery in Copenhagen today. The US Congress is not the only place where you can find great big chameleons. Like the… Continue Reading
Greetings UMD Freshmen September 6, 2006 I just finished one last chore which I had started before my departure. I sent off a letter to the editor of UMD’s newspaper… Continue Reading