I see Gov. Pawlenty is no longer playing in the shadows and whispering in ears about 2012. I’ve long said he was already running, and every time he says he isn’t. well, his nose could get longer so he better watch out.
Pawlenty met with GOP bigwigs in New HampshireIf [...]
The handpicked candidate that the Washington special interests and Democratic leaders have selected to take on Rep. Bachmann (MN 6), Tarryl Clark, has received her official talking points machine from DC and it seems to be working just fine.
By now, perhaps we’re all a little used to seeing Bachmann [...]
We’re supposed to be a nation where the people set the course of their own lives. The American dream so many have given their lives for, or risked to even set foot on our soil in the hopes of making a better life, is one of God’s most cherished gifts. [...]
Maybe you would prefer something like, “We’ll have to pry his Congressional fat cat membership card from his cold dead hands“.
DFLer and career politician Congressman Colin Peterson (MN 7) isn’t going to live under the laws he passed as our Founders intended. I guess I wouldn’t want to just [...]
And in other news, it is cold outside.
Polinaut has the news that the Teacher’s Union has decided to back Tarryl Clark. Yep, that’s right, the tax and spend liberal from St. Paul who has been hand picked by the White House and DC Democrat elites is now getting your kid’s [...]
For the wind lovers out there, this one has to smart.
Neighbors say keep turbines away: Rural wind projects face unexpected opposition
The urban elites who are trying to force us to live like it is 1795 loathe rural and suburban living like they do SUVs. They blame it for scores [...]
Well, not literally endorse, but they have forgotten that there happens to be more then just the DFL candidates in the race.
Tax the rich? Is it that simple?It is actually kinda nice how there are 2 Democrats actually admitting the truth, that you can’t just tax the rich and [...]
Well, we’re back from the edge of frozen hell with a second place medal in hand to go along with possibly 2 sick people. Fargo North Dakota may be one of th most in hospitable places on earth when the cold and wind winds up. It was at least 10 [...]
We’re heading up to Moorhead for a hockey tourney this morning. If things go well, we won’t be back til late Sunday.
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Simple proof that there is actually a devil. People always talk about doing the Lord’s work, well, those 3 above do the devil’s work.
[...]3 years into the reign of Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, and they still need to increase the debt ceiling another $1.8 Trillion dollars.
So much for fiscal accountability.
But good news, their health care reform will only cost you more too.
Wait. That’s bad news. No wait, they will open up [...]
It is 4:30 am and I have been up for a half hour. Snow baby. Work to do.
[...]I’m a critic of choo choo train transit. Sure, in some places it works and is a needed form a of transportation, my problem with it is that Minnesota is not one of those places. We have neither the population, density, nor centralized destination to warrant billions of taxpayer dollars [...]
I found a fun new website.
From and including: Thursday, January 4, 2007
To, but not including : Tuesday, December 8, 2009
It is 1069 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date
Or 2 years, 11 months, 4 days excluding the end date
Alternative time units1069 days can be converted [...]
Well they should be committed alright, but not to central planning and social controls, but to a 5 star resort that comes complete with padded walls and comfy pajamas.
Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after ‘Danish text’ leak
Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power [...]
President Obama may be the biggest hypocrite to ever occupy the Oval Office. On the one hand the top visitor to his office is the head of one of the largest special interest groups in the world who is breaking laws/rules (self imposed or actual Federal laws) by even showing [...]
It is the 68th Anniversary of Pearl Harbor. Well, ‘anniversary’ describing an attack on America is probably not the right choice of words, but 68 years ago Japan awoke a slumbering giant and WW2 went global. It is a day that we cannot forget. (sidenote: why hasn’t Obama called on [...]
How about instead of throwing our orinciples under the bus we grab the wheel and turn the bus around before it is too late?
No time for a new post this morning, but here is a comment/ response to one of the party elite defenders who trolls my blog that took [...]
Schwarzenegger unveils dramatic climate change map which shows flooded San Francisco of the future…
No seriously, I don’t see the problem.
Photo via Drudge
[...]Here’s a very scary portion of the Communist Manifesto
The Communist revolution is the most radical rupture with traditional property relations; no wonder that its development involved the most radical rupture with traditional ideas.
But let us have done with the bourgeois objections to Communism.
We have seen above, that the first [...]
(Sorry, I watched too much Star Trek the last couple of days when sick in bed)
Anyways, it appears the Minnesota Republican Party anti-conservative establishment is unhappy with who we have running to replace Pawlenty. (Yes, I did say anti-Conservative) Read the story and you will understand why the power brokers [...]
Here’s one for the people who think owning guns is dangerous and just plain wrong (Yes, I mean you President Obama and AG Holder).
Wounded St. Paul homeowner shoots, hits 1 of 2 intruders
Don’t let the tittle fool you, the homeowner was not the bad guy.
One of two men suspected [...]
The Legislators are eager to actually do something to earn their per diems so they are throwing out all sorts of ways to spend more money. Yes, the very same Government that is headed straight for another huge budget deficit, is falling over itself bragging about all the fancy new [...]
We had a great Turkey Day. We also spent the weekend in Burnsville for a hockey tourney. Well, not the entire weekend, but the better portion of our waking ours. We put 400 miles on RF One. But the team took 3rd place. Unfortunately, I crashed like a sack of [...]
I really don’t even know where to begin to describe just how insane one has to be nowadays to be in Congress. I know people like to portray some who believe in freedom and limited government as crazy, but this crap is straight out of the economic suicide handbook (aka [...]
This one will have you on the floor rolling. WARNING:Make sure you swallow that cup of coffee.
[...]I updated my GOP 2010 page for the Governor’s race. An emailer noted I was a bit behind. And I was, it’s been July since I updated it. Whoops. Time flies when you are busy.
If time permits, I will try to add links to the ‘for sures’ over Turkey break, [...]
At 5Pm I finished up a hectic week, dozen roses in the truck, I had to hit the store on the way home if I was to pull off the master plan before hockey. In other people’s minds, what transpired probably doesn’t compare, but to us, it was pretty goll [...]
Sen. Carl Levin is not only a moron, but he’s also a commie.
Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) – Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said higher-income Americans should be taxed to pay for additional troops sent to Afghanistan and that NATO should provide half of the new soldiers.
An [...]
One of the worst kept secrets around has been that Allen Quist was going to run against Tim ‘Washington’ Walz. You see Walz has turned into a reliable lapdog for Pelosi and Obama. But the Strib decided today was the day to lash out and try to cut Quist down [...]
Action alert, everyone find the nearest Republican office holder, party official, and candidate and make them read this.
The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey shows that 62% believe tax cuts are a better way to create jobs and fight unemployment. Only 21% believe that additional stimulus spending is [...]
I urge my fellow Minnesotans to call Senators Klobuchar & Franken to get them to actually read Harry Reid’s Senate Health Care bill before they will vote on it. The bill is almost 2100 pages long now. Of course freedom loving [...]
Remember that guy you always wanted to hit in the nose on Sunday mornings for sounding like a lousy heckler during a political debate? No not Dave Thompson The guy with the goofy sounding name who was tasked with remembering the correct order for the DFL [...]
Of course Pelosi is now talking about passing a “jobs bill”, too bad they already did that.
Anyways, this is pretty scary.
[...]I’m in st cloud tonight. Andover peewees are playing st. Cloud. \\n\\nAndover is up by 2 goals with 530 left in the 1st.\n\n8 to 2 Andover with 2 minutes left in da game.
[...]Yeah, the White House seems to have officially adopted their Voter ID model for broader economic work.
Exclusive: Jobs ‘Saved or Created’ in Congressional Districts That Don’t ExistLate Monday, officials with the Recovery Board created to track the stimulus spending, said the mistakes in crediting nonexistent congressional districts were caused [...]
College Republicans at the U of M, Team Up With MN Senate Candidate David Carlson for the [...]
Here’s a story that exposes the real sentiment in America right now. People are scared and worried. Growing nanny state government that fraudulently puffs up and manufactures stats to make it seem better. government that is quickly taking away freedoms and rights and is a known enemy of personal protection [...]
Hey, if anyone out there knows anyone looking to buy a home, I really need to SELL my old one. The double mortgage payment, not to mention unexpected crap on the new home we got, has zapped my funds and credit cards and I am tapped out and wondering where [...]
Gary from let Freedom Ring was also at the event Saturday. You can read his story on it here.
My thoughts on the event make me feel that Emmer is the best choice for Governor. As Legislators, both Seifert and Emmer have very respectable conservative ratings and voting records, but [...]
I’m up at the Sherburne County event. I’ll try to do some liveblogging as I can.
Stay tuned. We’ll be doing some speeches before we get to the debate. Oh and Congresswoman Bachmann should be here.
3:00 – First off is a welcome from 16B Rep. Mary Kiffmeyer. She’s going through some [...]
Yesterday I railed on how the left is trying to fool Americans into thinking that abortion is already an entitlement (similar to how they claim Republicans are trying to take away the rights of homosexuals to marry, they can’t currently….. don’t get me started)
Well, take a look at the utter[...]
There is a brand new term that the media, liberal Democrats and special interests, and the Obama administration are trying to sneak into the American conscious with out anyone realizing.
Repeat after me: Abortion coverage.
Again: Abortion coverage.
One more time: Abortion coverage.
Women face tough choices on abortion coverage“Abortion coverage”
Should you wear [...]
I just came across an interactive Minnesota Homicide map.
Actually, there is a drop down menu there that you can use to find out other stuff too.
Like Government Salaries. Which is pretty cool because you can break it down and click on departments to find out what individuals get [...]
What happens in the Democratic underbelly and leadership mixers is supposed to stay there Sen. Clark.
DFLer Tarryl Clark may have won the sticks and stones of Big Labor, but she has run out of intellectual ammunition when it comes to winning over the hearts and minds of Minnesota’s conservative, [...]
I’ll be attending the Sherburne County Republican’s Elections 2010 Facing The Future event.
Sherburne County Republicans Proudly Announces
ELECTIONS 2010 - FACING THE FUTURE
Featured Speakers Are: 16B Representative: Mary Kiffmeyer, MN House Minority Leader: Kurt Zellers, Congresswoman: Michele Bachmann
A Special Question and Answer Period Shall Be Held With MN GOP Governor Candidates: Rep. Tom Emmer and Rep. Marty [...]
If you think our Republic took one below the belt round midnight Saturday when Pelosi got the Government takeover of health care passed, you may not want to see how she did that. This is the work of a political tyrant and bully. Congressmen and women were bribed. Oh yes, [...]
We owe everything we have to them.
[...]
So good news, Apple has finally gotten around to allowing the iPhone to receive text message pictures.
Bad news, my girlfriend was the first to send me one.
Why bad news? Because she got to go shoot fun guns at work today. The text was “Full auto [...]
Today, in Germany, they celebrated the fall of Communism, the US President refused an invited to represent the country most responsible for Communism’s failure.
In America, that same President and leader of Congress, celebrated its arrival.
Sad.
[...]Mr. Obama, during his private pep talk to Democrats, recognized Mr. Owens election and then posed a question to the other lawmakers. According to Representative Earl Blumenauer of Oregon, who supports the health care bill, the president asked, “Does anybody think that the teabag, anti-government people are going [...]
I wonder if Obama is more concerned with how the wall was built, then he is about its fall.
If you want to see a decent video about why the Fall of the Berlin wall does matter, and the snubbing of the current US President is a travesty of justice and [...]
It is time to be real folks, what happened at Ft. Hood, was in fact an act of terror.
As she rounded a corner, she saw Maj. Hasan chasing a wounded soldier through an open courtyard. He looked as though he was trying to “finish off” the wounded soldier, Mr. [...]
The following is from the Anoka County Watchdog’s email update this morning
GOVERNOR RACE UPDATE: BRIAN SULLIVAN
Multiple Watchdog sources are hearing the same thing others are reporting with respect to Brian Sullivan joining the already crowded GOP gubernatorial field. The conventional wisdom is that the current field lacks a “star power” [...]
Here is the portion of the floor proceedings I wanted to highlight from last night. It starts with Democrat Waxman introducing Democrat Dingle. (emphasis mine) I didn’t highlight all the blatant lies, distortions, or misleading rhetoric, but just some of the more scary portions that expose how this is [...]
If only Democrats had run on such a measure.
It was closer than I thought: 220-215, 39 Dems voting no and a solitary Republican — Joe Cao, who replaced “Dollar Bill” Jefferson in a blue district in Louisiana — voting yes. Take heart, righties: Reid is incompetent, which makes the [...]
For those not watching the debate on the House Heathcare, Democrat Rep. John Dingle gave the closing for the liberals, it was called Nationalized Health Care.
If anyone has the video or transcript of that, please send a link, the public needs to see that.
This is a Government takeover.
It would also [...]
If you are a member of Congress, staffer for one, a Political party leader, staffer, strategist, or media talking head this is incredibly bad news for you. Some high lights, or lowlights depending on whether you earn an honest living or not.
But the new findings are not necessarily good news for [...]
I wasn’t the only one who was shocked at the dismal reaction of President Obama yesterday afternoon to the Fort Hood Terror Attack. (emphasis mine)
Did the president’s team not realize what sort of image they were presenting to the country at this moment? The disconnect between what Americans at home knew had [...]
If he is not available, I could be on the next plane.
(CNN) — At least one soldier opened fire on a military processing center at Fort Hood in Texas on Thursday, killing 12 and wounding 31 others, officials at the Army base said.
The gunman, who officials initially said was [...]
God be with those in Fort Hood, victims, families, and the community.
Just watching a presser with a General there. It was at least 1 soldier who did the shooting. 2 others in custody as suspects. No proof yet that it was more then one, but they are being careful at [...]
Minnesota Sen. Tom ‘Commie’ Bakk who happens to be running for Governor is pleading for a special session to pass a binding bill to ‘create jobs’.
First things first, in February, the Minnesota legislature reconvenes for the very purpose of a bonding bill.
Second, the DFL led legislature usually wastes months [...]
FOX News.com is streaming the rally at the US Capital today.
Go to Fox’s website. At the top it says watch live, you want to click on the GOP Rally to open up a stream of the event.
[...]
In case you didn’t realize yet that Democrats were way out of the mainstream of American culture and society, I see your “change” and raise you a Federal Taxpayer Backed Abortion Trust Fund.
There is a Federal Trust fund for abortions in [...]
SOTH Pelosi has scheduled the vote for her Constitution shredding Obamacare for this Saturday.
But we can still stop this. Congresswoman Bachmann is leading the charge to defeat this Trillion Dollar government takeover of the Health care industry. She is holding a rally on the steps of the US Capital [...]
I’ve long criticized cities and school districts for holding their elections and tax increase requests on off years. Especially in major cities like Minneapolis and St. Paul. In St. Paul, the so-called winner got a whopping 8% of the public to come vote for him.
St. Paul’s population is approximately 273000. [...]
Tomorrow is tax increase day. Once again I remind people that you need to vote for accountability and fiscal sanity. Most importantly, you have to go vote against tax increases for increases teachers union handouts.
Oh yes, I am sorry but I think schools have wasted far too much money. My [...]
So I donated some money back to the NRCC a few weeks back. It was because they seemed to have found some spine and done something for conservatives. Well, after the New York 23 debacle, I want my money back.
Congresswoman Bachmann is calling on us to help stop Pelosicare. If you were listening to Rush Limbaugh today, you probably heard him read an email from her about her call to action for Thursday. Bachmann says that Pelosi doesn’t have the votes yet to pass Pelosicare if the vote were [...]
This is a shocker to me.
[...]That’s probably how Newt Gingrich feels now that his darling Dede Scarzzafava (RINO via leftist NY groups) has endorsed the Democrat for Congress in the NY 23 special election.
Let’s be clear on Newt’s so-called defense of his spitting in the conservative base’s face.
Gingrich: “Lets just start with, she is [...]
Carrie and I really loved this house. Yes, we looked at this house. We loved this house. We wanted this house. Still kinda do.
5 acres. Huge pole garage. Great house. It was everything we wanted.
Unfortunately it wasn’t really for sale. Oh it was on the market, but it was [...]
You may not live in a special election district, or in one of the Minnesota cities that are so confident that voters approve of their record that they hide the election on the low turn out off year. But chances are you live in a School District that is trying [...]
Congressman Keith Ellison (CAIR MN5) has introduced the Help Illegal Aliens And Acorn Ballot Box Stuffers So Only Progressive Radicals Who Are Unfit For Office Actually Win Act of 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Keith Ellison, D-Minn., and Sen. Russ Feingold, D-Wis., introduced legislation today that would allow same day registration [...]
Hey look, Al Franken’s so-called election recount win, was illegal afterall.
INVESTIGATION: Election Mistakes Lead to Changes in Vote CountingA 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS investigation has found that mistakes made with absentee ballots in the contentious 2008 U.S. Senate recount between Al Franken and Norm Coleman are leading [...]
‘End of life counseling’ is earning its stay for another Thanksgiving dinner with the Democratic family.
The Medicare end-of-life planning provision that 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin said was tantamount to “death panels” for seniors is staying in the latest Democratic health care bill unveiled Thursday.
So much for all the bragging last week about cutting the cost of Government’s takeover of the health care industry to $871 Billion.
CBO Puts House Health Bill Total Cost At $1.055 TrillionWASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The Congressional Budget Officesaid Thursday a U.S. House health-care system re-write would extend health insurance to 96% [...]
Rep. Paul Kohls has suspended his campaign for Governor.
“Although I have continued to gain political and financial supporters since our party’s October 3rd convention, it has become clear to me that the activists are lining up in much greater numbers behind some of the other candidates in the race, [...]
Isn’t it ironic that the Public Option containing Health Care bill was unveiled at an event not open to the public.
That should tell you something my fellow Americans.
It is almost as if Pelosi and House Democrats were afraid of what would really happen.
The West side of the Capitol [...]
I know the subject of flag burning usually ends up in a stalemate with one side claiming free speech and the other demanding respect for the good old red white and blue. But this one, from Obama’s own backers is definitely crossing that line.
‘Desecrated flag’ video is DNC finalistOne [...]
Now that Democratic leaders have finally figured out how to fool – er sell Americans – well actually it is just a handful of blue dogs and moderate Democrats…..
Anyways, now that Pelosi is ready to unveil how exactly she plans for the Federal government to take over the Health Care [...]
If you happen to have a spare $34,000 lying around and want to bowl a few games with your pals, why not do it at the White House?
That’s right folks, the same people who got elected on the notion that it was Republicans who were selling access to the President [...]
Sen. Lieberman is going to oppose Obamacare.
Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) said Tuesday that he’d back a GOP filibuster of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s health care reform bill.
Lieberman, who caucuses with Democrats and is positioning himself as a fiscal hawk on the issue, said he opposes any health care [...]
Remember how the Democrats railed Bush over the 7 or so minutes following Andy Card whispering in his ear about the September 11th attacks? Or how the Democrats thumped their chest about how Bush was playing golf during the initial days of the wars? Uparmored Humvees, body armor, etc etc. [...]
Terrible Revenue Appropriations Planning – (New RF category now)
Check out this study from the MN House Budget folks. Fiscal TRAP!
As in, the problem with Minnesota’s budget is that the Legislature and nanny statists who compile our bloated bureaucracy, can’t help but spend money like drunken sailors and on [...]
I see the Strib isn’t taking their plummeting readership lying down. They seem to have wedged a giant carbon neutral brick on the accelerator of their plugin hybrid.
Letter of the Day: So long, black leaf bags; hello, all-round community healthThe announcement that the Twin Cities metro area communities are [...]
For all the Democratic rhetoric from the likes of Kobuchar, Obama, and Pelosi – you’d think that this would be flipped.
PRINCETON, NJ — Conservatives continue to outnumber moderates and liberals in the American populace in 2009, confirming a finding that Gallup first noted in June. Forty percent of Americans [...]
If only they would still count hotel rooms as subscribers.
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE — 304,543 — (-5.53%)
Subscribers for the Strib are down another 5.5%.
What, aren’t there enough progressives around waiting for the light rail choo choos to buy the pap they put on the Op Ed and Style pages?
Or is [...]
Unlike the Tea Parties and their thousands who showed up on a weeknight, the Pro-Global Warming, Economic destruction, Al Gore worshipers gathered at the Minnesota Capital on Saturday and gathered a crowd of …… (wait for it) ….. a couple hundred.
A horde of bicyclists arrived at the state Capitol [...]
Another day, another few hundred billion dollars. Oh yes, Democrats in Washington are so desperate to pass Obamacare that they are tacking on spending in the hundreds of billions now. What was, as recent as last weekend, the House Health version of Obamacare was trimmed down to a measly [...]
Before we get to the point, let’s get in our way back machine.
The Freedom First PAC “will offer financial support to candidates committed to putting freedom before government, and provide organizational support for Pawlenty to promote his innovative, conservative message,” according to today’s announcement. (Source: Boston.com)
Point: Pawlenty isn’t launching [...]
It is nice to see that not all national media folks are completely in the tank for Obama. You know, to the point where they may be aiding him in an unConstitutional power grab.
The Obama administration on Thursday failed in its attempt to manipulate other news networks into [...]
It appears that the Republican party has learned nothing. Their endorsed candidate for the NY23 special appears to be a RINO and in bed with pretty much the entire special interest world of Democrats. We’re learning that everyone that matters in the conservative movement is coming out in support of [...]
President Obama may be one of the most divisive characters ever to inhabit the White House. Oh sure, the liberals HATED George W. Bush and Ronald Reagan, but they didn’t hate them back. They understood as President, the buck always stops with you. Well, the current occupant of the White [...]
Oh this one is a big fat hanging curveball that even the AL umps couldn’t miss. Hopefully we can pull Learned Foot away from his Farve Jersey burning long enough to moron mail this one. Please come out of KAR-tirement to fisk this one please.
Department of Bulls^#t.
“She is back fighting to get everyone the same good health care she has,” Backus said in an e-mail.
This response from Sebelius’ spokester is after she testified to a Congressional Committee with a droopy eye after a ‘procedure’ earlier this week.
The reason is it BS is because [...]
So Governor Pawlenty met with DFL leaders for bacon and pancakes yesterday to discuss the looming fiscal disorder of the state.
During their first meeting in six months, Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty and DFL legislative leaders agreed to cooperate on steps to create jobs, restore health care benefits to some [...]
