It’s official. Al Franken has won the senate race in Minnesota. After over five months of appeals and recounts, lost ballots and those ballots deemed illegal, it’s over. Maybe. It seems Norm Coleman cannot accept the fact he has lost. Give it up, Norm. The judges ruled Franken won by a small margin (312 votes), [...]
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The bailouts have to stop
I was totally against the bailouts in the first place. As far as I’m concerned, if a business is not run properly, it should not be in business. Granted, thousands more people would be in the unemployment line, but I think the companies that are doing things right would grow and take over the spots [...]
There are still ignorant bigots out there
A retired grocer from Swanville, MN puts out a four-page newsletter weekly. Half contain bits about his small community, the other half is ads for the two grocery stores his children own. Last week, though, he added a small paragraph on the front page that read: Attention! All white people are requested to meet at [...]
Use prior sales tax to fund Clean Water Legacy Act
Why should Minnesotans have to endure another addition to the state sales tax? In 1967, Minnesota adopted its first sales tax. Three percent was to replace increasing property taxes. In 1971, it increased to 4 percent to help schools. More budget problems helped to increase the sales tax to 5 percent in 1981, six percent [...]
Reaching across the aisle
Am I the only one who heard McCain during his debate with Obama refer to his ability to reach across the aisle to get things accomplished? Yet, did he once agree with anything Obama said during the dabate? On the other hand, a number of times Obama said he agreed with McCain on many of [...]
Why don't they call back?
Have you ever called a professional to get a bid on a job? They are usually out of the office because they are, after all, professionals and very busy. So you leave you name and number with a brief message on the answering machine, or with a secretary, and wait. And wait. And wait. My [...]
Mandatory septic tank inspections
I live on Crookneck Lake in the northern parts of Morrison County. The Crookneck Lake Improvement Association (LCIA) created a Lake Improvement District (LID) in 2006 to combat curly leaf pondweed, an invasive, and exotic, species of weed that, like Eurasian milfoil, can take over a lake. The LCIA has gone one step further to [...]
Vegetarian
I have been a vegetarian for most of my life. I was raised eating meat; my parents were hard-core carnivores. I made the change when I left home and was able to make up my own mind about my life. I made the decision to rebel against my upbringing because I had come to the [...]
