“We couldn’t have done it without you” February 9, 2012 “We won” blah, blah, blah. Email Happy talk from Rick Nolan’s campaign: Rick Nolan for Congress – A Big Win on Tuesday – and… Continue Reading
What happens to otherwise sensible Republicans who… February 8, 2012 … zip their lips every time the fetishists and crackpots in their party say something stupid or purge other reasonable people from the Party… Continue Reading
Where do Republicans get their ideas about … February 8, 2012 …foreign policy? As for other information that interferes with what they want to believe – like Obama’s long form birth certificate……they simply wait long… Continue Reading
The morning after February 8, 2012 I may only have gotten one vote at last nights’s DFL caucuses to challenge Chip Cravaack but I did get a good night’s sleep… Continue Reading
and just who brung the Mayor? February 8, 2012 My inbox today has one email from an unimpressed observer: Well, that mayor who insisted he couldn’t be involved in the Red Plan while… Continue Reading
Bookin it 15 February 7, 2012 With the “usual caveat“: …knew the wrong side of the tracks. He had been raised in Gary New Duluth ten years after Duluth’s infamous… Continue Reading
Oh yeah – the Duluth School Board February 7, 2012 I can’t say as I blame the School Board for not accepting any of the bids to demolish Laura MacArthur School. They ran out… Continue Reading
The Congressional Horse race February 7, 2012 After the congressional straw vote was taken Charles Gessert spoke. He made the comment that he would have no difficulty supporting any of the… Continue Reading
The next post – playing my cards right February 7, 2012 This was my fourth DFL precinct caucus in an election year. As I headed up I told myself that I felt a little like… Continue Reading
Busy day February 7, 2012 I may sacrifice a good night’s sleep to write some blog posts tonight but so be it. I’ve got a lot of things on… Continue Reading
Remember everybody’s name February 7, 2012 NPR has an interview with the translator of the letter of advice given to Cicero by his brother before he embarked on a political… Continue Reading
Where do I caucus tonight? February 7, 2012 A little help with that question from Minnesota’s Secretary of State. Finding it with this link is easy as pie. Continue Reading
Word Search of the Day February 7, 2012 In honor of Charles Dickens 200 birthday: “best of times“ Continue Reading
Underground February 6, 2012 Tonight’s PBS program about William Still was a truly excellent telling of one of the principal conductors of the Underground Railroad. O Canada! Our… Continue Reading
There is so much meat on my post… February 6, 2012 …5815 that I fully expect the announced DFL candidates to replace Chippy Cravaack to start gnawing on it. For me its just leftovers. Continue Reading
Ooh, Mayor Ness’s endorsement February 6, 2012 From a last minute email: Dear Friend , By the first week in November, Jeff Anderson’s campaign will have made 500,000 phone calls, knocked… Continue Reading
Took me long enough to edit that last post. February 6, 2012 I don’t recall why I hurried to upload that last post five or six hours ago. I think I was afraid that if I… Continue Reading
Paying your dues February 6, 2012 My Buddy sent me this last week. I’ve only just now read it. It comes from a huge horse’s ass Andrew Breitbart. That said… Continue Reading