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THE EMMER BUDGET PLAN - 02 Sep 2010
Less than two months to go until the election, with stores already displaying their Holiday wares, and Tom Emmer has yet to release his budget plan. Which do you think will come first, Christmas or Emmer’s plan?
Read Full Post »RANDOM POLITICAL MUSINGS ON INDEPENDENCE DAY - 04 Jul 2010
TOM EMMER…I haven’t met Tom Emmer, although we have extended an invitation for him to appear on “Access,” but a quote of his sticks in my craw, particularly on this Independence Day in the greatest nation in the world. Emmer, the GOP gubernatorial candidate in Minnesota, who not only seeks to succeed Tim Pawlenty, but […]
Read Full Post »A CURMUDGEON QUESTIONS… - 02 May 2010
Why is it that all these fiscal conservative voices who oppose any government spending were silent and supportive when W started two wars, never carried them in the budget except as special assessments, and ran up the two trillion dollar debt that Obama inherited?
Get over it, right wing conservatives…he’s black, he’s President, he’s […]
SHORT TAKES - 08 Nov 2009
THE CHUTZPAH AWARD - To Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak, an outstanding mayor who announced his run for Governor only two days after winning re-election in November, 2009. So much for serving out your term.
PAWLENTY OF QUESTIONS - As Governor Tim Pawlenty cruises the nation seeking the GOP Presidential nomination, disingenuous in his denials, one wonders […]
STARTING TO GET IT - 21 Aug 2009
A glimmer of hope…but perhaps Obama and his advisers are finally starting to get it. Not talking tough enough, mind you, but realizing that the people who pushed him over the top — yes, he won — based their support on his stands, his words and the party platform, and nothing less.
Plus the […]
HEALTH CARE, CONGRESS, COURAGE, AND CONFLICT - 26 Jul 2009
As a nation which likes to take the mantel as the leading democracy in the world, and often as the world’s conscience (if you can forget Abu Grahib and the unnecessary wars) and policeman (151 bases in 73 other countries, I have been told), how come we still rank 37th among industrialized nations in […]
Read Full Post »HERE AND THERE… - 21 May 2009
Isn’t it about time somebody either takes Cheney — who should be in jail — to task, or at least gives him a good psychological exam. It’s clear that he’s gone around the corner, and his latest rantings (obviously made in self defense because of his fear of prosecution, coward that he is) verge […]
Read Full Post »THE MINNESOTA MONARCHY - 20 May 2009
There has been much too much space devoted here to Gov. Tim Pawlenty in recent weeks, plus an article in the Politics in Minnesota blog in which Sarah Janecek compared TPaw to George Patton (a dreamscape which I hope was dissected with a review of the 90% of Patton which wasn’t the warrior) but […]
Read Full Post »PAWLENTY, BUDGET SHORTAGES AND FURLOUGHS - 05 Apr 2009
I thought that Gov. Tim Pawlenty should have been the GOP Vice-Presidential candidate in the 2008 elections. He was first out of the box for McCain, and appeared to be a lock, but he got shafted. Along comes Sarah Palin, the rest is history, as she immolated Republican chances, and all the while Pawlenty […]
Read Full Post »BANKS AND CREDIT UNIONS - 30 Mar 2009
Banks are owned by their shareholders (usually a few monied interests controlling the vast majority of stock) while credit unions are, in effect, cooperatives owned by their depositors.
There is little that a bank can do for the average depositor that a credit union can’t do — deposits, checks, credit cards, mortgages, car loans, […]
