{"id":656,"date":"2006-09-06T00:57:51","date_gmt":"2006-09-06T05:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=656"},"modified":"2006-12-21T09:46:44","modified_gmt":"2006-12-21T14:46:44","slug":"the-blogs-in-good-hands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lincolndemocrat.com\/?p=656","title":{"rendered":"The blog’s in good hands & Oberstar’s yacht"},"content":{"rendered":"

After a loooooong day of travel to Copenhagen which began in tears as O’Shea (our cat) suddenly decided to die of renal failure half-an-hour before our departure I am pleased see that the blog is in good hands.<\/p>\n

The Radisson SAS hotel overlooking Tivoli Park has good Internet connections so I’ll be able to keep up with the world for the next couple days. I much approve of Mel’s early contribtions.<\/p>\n

We are seven hours ahead of Minnesota so I’ll be a little off kilter but I’ve been checking email and know that I’ve left Mel and Chris with their hands full.<\/p>\n

I’ll just leave you with the concluding paragraph from this story<\/a> about one flashy lobbying technique:<\/p>\n

“Other members of Congress whom the trade group’s PAC hosted for fundraisers on the yacht included Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J., and Reps. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, Sue Kelly, R-N.Y., Jeff Miller, R-Fla., Jim Oberstar, D-Minn., Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., and Don Sherwood, R-Pa., according to trade association and federal campaign finance reports.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

– Harry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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