Tag: life
member name: Tim Nelson
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October 11, 2008 03:05 PM EDT --
Who else is seriously thinking about writing in someone, other than a cartoon character, this year?
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April 05, 2008 06:17 PM EDT --
This tale begins with nothing much on TV.
Governor Tim Pawlenty was on the local public affairs show on the PBS channel this Friday night. Five minutes into the interview, the subject of education, . . . more
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April 16, 2008 08:32 PM EDT --
(Caution, one word near the end could be considered naughty)
Many people can relate to too much overtime at work. The hours and days go by and there is no time to get anything else done. It was at . . . more
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October 05, 2008 10:30 AM EDT --
Does anything come to mind? This is where I would begin:
The religious certainty of Bush, happy with his decisions and comfortable with the outcomes, is exactly how Obama comes across. Cool and calm, . . . more
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March 15, 2008 03:02 PM EDT --
Buyer's remorse is familiar to anyone who has voted in an election.
In an effort to get people to comment on this article, I offer the following scientific process of elimination.
Buyer's . . . more
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March 23, 2008 05:24 PM EDT --
In the Democratic party, the two groups at odds are the Clinton Democrat, and the Ted Kennedy old guard progressive.The Clintonian Democrat is known for bringing down the debt, and other things that the . . . more
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April 03, 2008 08:00 PM EDT --
This is an experiment. Instead of trying to write a political satire, I thought I would just set up the premise, and let you posters have at it.
Lake Obama summer camp is for Republicans of voting . . . more
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September 07, 2008 11:10 AM EDT --
I like last November a heck of a lot better than this November. Last November, Hillary was expanding her base of blue collar males to recreate a big tent, Democratic party. Joe Biden was fiesty in troop . . . more
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March 12, 2008 09:06 PM EDT --
Both parties began purging moderates in the mid-seventies.
Richard Nixon was a moderate, but also a war hawk, much like John McCain is today. Ronald Reagan led the charge to change that reality in . . . more
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September 22, 2008 09:02 PM EDT --
"I am not a Democrat who believes that we can or should defend every government program just because it's there," Obama said at a rally in Green Bay. "We will fire government managers . . . more
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September 28, 2008 11:49 AM EDT --
The strange bedfellows of far left activists, and House Republicans took on bailouts this weekend, with all the expected results. After doubling the size and complexity of the bill every couple of hours, . . . more
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September 02, 2008 08:31 PM EDT --
While at the State Fair booth of Senate candidate, Jack Uldrich this weekend, a call came in asking if Jack would be interested in an interview. After saying yes, and sorting out the details, he checked . . . more
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September 20, 2008 02:22 PM EDT --
A do nothing Congress is by definition a shortage of centrists. In the 1970's, a quarter of Congress were aisle-crossing centrists, there is no shortcut to a "do something" congress other . . . more
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August 24, 2008 06:02 PM EDT --
In Minnesota, we have a mini-version of the Presidential contest in our Senate race. Al Franken is going up against Norm Coleman. The budget for the two candidates is huge, and the heated ad content is . . . more
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September 13, 2008 02:46 PM EDT --
A commentary ran in todays Star Tribune in favor of PRT, personal rapid transit. The following is my counterpoint that I wrote. It won't make the paper, my stuff never does.
The commentary on . . . more
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September 28, 2008 04:50 PM EDT --
Americans have a high standard of living, we consume like pigs, and when the rest of the world grabs a peice, we squeel like a stuck one. Times, they are a-changin'.
New technology cuts overhead, . . . more
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