by Charley James
I grew up in Minnesota and since it was my last place of residence in the US, still vote in the state.
After hearing the radio interview this week where Gov. Tim Pawlenty - rumoured to be considering a run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012 - joined the so-called “tenthers” I sent [...]
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Gov. Tim Pawlenty and The 10th Amendment
Posted on 13 September 2009 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 10th Ammendment, Charley James, Civil War, Governor Tim Pawlenty, Michelle Bachman, Minnesota, Supreme Court, US Constitution
Minnesotan Nightmare Ends, Job Openings for Right Wing Hate Headline Writers
Posted on 01 July 2009 by Denis Campbell | Comments (2) | Tags: 237-days, Al Franken, Amy Klobuchar, Ann Coulter, Bill Bennett, Bill O’Reilly, Charles Krauthammer, Dick Morris, GOP USA, Governor Tim Pawlenty, Karl Rove, Michelle Malkin, Minnesota, Minnesota Supreme Court, RedState, Ronald Reagan, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Senator Franken, TN-Senator Fred Thompson, unanimous 5-0 ruling, USA Tea Parties, winner of the election, “actor/comedian”
by Denis Campbell
Yesterday Amy Klobuchar won the over/under wager of before 04 July and the nearly 8-month long nightmare for Minnesota’s voters came to an end. For 237-days she served as Minnesota’s only Senator handling the work of both since the battle to see who won the 04 November 2008 election began with multiple recounts [...]
Toxic Spill on Aisle 3, Bring Chlorine
Posted on 13 November 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 000 vote lead disappear, 000 votes to count, 3, 90, Alaska, banana republic with nukes, Bring Chlorine, Caribou Barbie, Chambliss ran adverts equating Cleland with Osama bin L, Cleland a war hero left three limbs on the battlefield, convicted felon for a Senator, D-Max Cleland, Denis Campbell, election, fear fear fear…, federal convict Ted Stevens, fivethirtyeight.com, Garrison Keillor’s state, Georgia, get final vote count correct in 49 other state with 4/1, getting out of hand, GOP mantra, great election, he now trails by 3 VOTES!, incumbent Republican Senator, irregularities, Keith Olbermann, Lake Woebegone, mandatory recount under Minnesota law, Minnesota, miss the Alaskan count by 20 percentage points?, Nate Silver, peace-keeping forces, R-Norm Coleman, Rachel Maddow, replay the NBC Decision ’08 theme song and graphics, Republicans despatching 120 lawyers to recount sites, Sarah Palin, Saxby Chambliss, sitting governor is on the ballot as a Vice Presidentia, still parts of the gene pool in need of chlorination, Toxic Spill, über statistician, UN inspectors to Alaska Minnesota and Georgia, voter turnout actually go DOWN, why an 84-year old felon even won this election?
By Denis Campbell
It was a great election (duh-dum) wasn’t it? A new Democratic President (duh-dum), bigger majorities in the House and Senate (duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh-duh… duhdadeeee) and nothing can go wrong… AEEIIIIIII!!!!! Apologies to John Williams, Peter Benchley and the cast of Jaws, what the heck is going on in the Senate?!?
OK, it was cute that both [...]
Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats
Posted on 15 October 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1/3 of the 100 member, 51 Senator majority coalition, 6-year termed Senate seats. up for re-election, 60, 7th 6-year term at age 85, Al Franken, Alaska, Alaska’s current Governor and Republican Vice President, Anchorage Mayor, Bill Clinton, Bruce Lundsford, caucus with the Democrats, colorado, constitutional tie-breaking vote for the Republicans, Democrat Jeff Merkley, Denis Campbell, equally critical to whoever becomes the new President, former KS Senate majority leader, George Bush, Georgia, Governor Barbour, Governor Bill Richardson, Governor Jeanne Shaheen, governor Ronnie Musgrove, huge repudiation defeat for Sarah Palin, important number, Jim Gilmore, Jim Jeffords of VT, Joe Lieberman of CT, John Sununu, Kentucky, long-time Republican Senator John Warner, Maine, Mark Begich, Mark Udall, Mark Warner, McCain, Mike Gravel in 1974, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mitch McConnell, Mo Udall, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Norm Coleman, North Carolina, obama, Oregon, Pete Domenici, race for control of both houses of the US Congress, required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters, Roger Wicker, Senate, Senate Dems Race to 60 Seats, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Gordon Smith, son of the former Bush Sr. Chief of staff, state governorships, state Senator Kay Hagan, strained by Lieberman’s very public support of John McC, Susan Collins, Ted Stevens, Tom Udall, tough fight from Tom Allan, Trent Lott resigned suddenly, two Independent Senators, very angry, Vice President, Virginia, VP candidate Bob Dole, Wayne Allard
by Denis Campbell
While the Presidential contest gets the most press, the race for control of both houses of the US Congress and state governorships is equally critical to whoever becomes the new President. 60 in the Senate is such an important number because that is the number of votes required to halt/prevent crippling filibusters which [...]
To Borrow A Title: What’s The Matter With Minnesota?
Posted on 02 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (2) | Tags: 1st Amendment right to press freedom and peaceful assem, 284 arrests, 935 lies, American cable TV, arrest and manhandling of radio and television journali, arresting protesters who were peaceful, Bushwellian State, cable’s bloviators, committed reporter, committing News, cops could have arrested Martin Luther King on that sam, few news and public affairs programs delivering real ne, George W. Bush, Gustav, honest, if she says she was wrongly treated she was, illegal act of prior restraint, it cost New York City more than $2-million to settle su, legitimate credentialed journalists, lethal corruption, Mayor Chris Coleman, Minnesota, neither their business nor mine, not breaking windows, not doing anything other than their job, not the pap that passes as reporting in so-called mains, not throwing anything, only BBC World carried anything about the protests, Pentagon Papers case, police seized printed materials, pregnant teenager, Press accounts state police acted overly aggressively, protest plans, protesters rallied against the Iraq War, Protesting Republican Party's war-mongering, radio, ready to open the city’s coffers, Republican National Convention, same rule of law applies here, St. Paul, tear-gassing, the past eight years, Twin Cities, two Democracy Now! staff, unconstitutionally, United States v. New York Times, US Supreme Court has said repeatedly government cannot, Washington Post, What's The Matter With Minnesota?
by Charley James
Tens of thousands of protesters rallied against the Iraq War at the Republican National Convention in St. Paul yesterday, and all but a tiny handful of them were peaceful. Yet I had American cable TV and radio news on all day but only BBC World carried anything about the protests.
Instead, what cable’s bloviators [...]
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