About my Bigot Alerts September 27, 2011 If you missed the beginning of my bigot alerts you may not understand that the Bigot is ME not the Republican Party! How can… Continue Reading
South Carolina – another sterling GOP state [BIGOT ALERT] September 26, 2011 Not to be outdone by the Republicans of Mississippi the Republicans of the Secession state (sorry Rick Perry) have their own peculiar notions. Among… Continue Reading
The government payroll [BIGOT ALERT] September 23, 2011 I’m kicking myself for letting an old habit lapse. I used to clip or hang onto old DNT’s that had info I was interested… Continue Reading
Minnesota Poor [BIGOT ALERT] September 23, 2011 This AP story about the growth of Minnesota’s impoverished in the Trib today was interesting. Those of us in St. Louis County live in… Continue Reading
Remember how those greedy banks sent us into a depression? [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 The GOP with its mantra “no more growth killing regulation” wants to keep Wall Street unfettered so it can give us another financial collapse… Continue Reading
Reversing Democracy [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 This column in the Washington Post pretty well outlines the half dozen ploys by which the GOP is attempting to limit the voting population… Continue Reading
“I didn’t raise taxes. I didn’t raise taxes.” [BIGOT ALERT] September 22, 2011 I love Steve Lindstrom cartoons in the Trib. His is a very stripped down strip. No clutter just simple visual metaphors. Today’s was another… Continue Reading
Saving a million over a lifetime vs. earning a million a year [BIGOT ALERT] September 20, 2011 I can’t find the Trib’s story on American’s giving up hope of becoming millionaires on the DNT website but this seems to be it…. Continue Reading
on taxing millionaires the way the rest of us are taxed [BIGOT ALERT] September 19, 2011 As the GOP rushes to defend lower tax rates on millionaire “job creators” I can’t help but think about a half a dozen job… Continue Reading
GOP – winning at any cost [BIGOT ALERT] September 17, 2011 By the way. What the Pennsylvania Republicans are thinking about doing is legal. It might very well insure that Obama loses in 2112. It… Continue Reading
[BIGOT ALERT] The GOP way of keeping Government small… September 14, 2011 …by hiring contractors rather than government employees costs twice as much by this estimate. POGO’s study analyzed the total compensation paid to federal and… Continue Reading
All creatures small and great [BIGOTRY ALERT] September 13, 2011 It seemed a tad early to go to bed so I looked at the Discover Magazine’s webpage and read five or so interesting articles… Continue Reading
A partisan bigot? May 12, 2011 An email critic thinks I’m a fool for believing John McCain: Harry: From http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2011/05/the-big-lie-torture-got-bin-laden-ctd-1.html: It’s all wildarsed speculation at this point . . …. Continue Reading
Dear Republican Party. Look who thought being liberal was virtuous. November 1, 2018 At tonight’s touching remembrance for the recent victims of White nationalism which was held at Duluth’s Temple Israel our pastor gave a compelling description… Continue Reading
Two Books and flyover Country March 13, 2017 I read three books for two second grade classrooms at Lowell this morning. One of the students asked me if I’d ever written a… Continue Reading
DFL Monsters? February 16, 2017 Loren has a beef with “the DFL-endorsed Board majority.” Whew! Where to begin? I have had some beefs with the majority of the Board,… Continue Reading
Loving December 16, 2016 I thought I was much younger when I read this story in our family’s copy of Life Magazine but it came out when I… Continue Reading
Bleeding Kansas December 16, 2016 This is one of my Mother’s paintings. Its called “Lilly White Town.” She painted it to symbolize the new world we had moved to… Continue Reading
About that Lawsuit May 6, 2016 At about 11pm last night I caught hell for my post about the lawsuit which ISD 709 was added to. It was a text… Continue Reading
Crapweasels December 1, 2015 More Un-Vetted Refugees Coming to Minnesota? After ISIS terrorists killed 130 people and injured 352 more in Paris in coordinated attacks just this month,… Continue Reading