edited by: Sally Jo Sorensen,
Minnesota Editor
Michele addressed the rally in the company of other teabagger-courting politicians:
...The crowd's message and energy was only intensified by the encouragement of some of [...]
Those of you familiar with Accounting know of FASB - the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the non-profit professional association that writes the rules, the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) used by the private sector. Their intent is to provide transparency and credibility. As an example, say your company needs a [...]
Adam Kokesh at an antiwar rally in September 2007. Photo: Flickr user ragessos
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) had barely begun to give his acceptance speech at the 2008 Republican National Convention when [...]
Introduction & Key Findings
In the eyes of many Minnesotans, public transit is a creature of the big cities, a way to get around the urban jungle that is generally praised by policy progressives for enhancing mobility and prosperity, but denounced by conservatives as welfare [...]
Rep. Michele Bachmann’s recent choice of words suggests she knew what she saying when she invoked the “sadly ludicrous” Crimean War episode from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s “Charge of the Light Brigade” at a Capitol Hill anti-health care reform rally.
The Minnesota congresswoman’s rallying cry, “[...]
Connecticut resident Tom Hill poses with a homemade sign at a Washington rally. Photo: David Weigel
WASHINGTON — Tom Hill’s massive sign — a white sheet taped onto a fishing pole — [...]
Well the Salt Lake Tribune did its all out best to out Strib the Strib today with this headline about the "Code Red Rally" in Salt Lake City.
And just so the proper conspiratorial tone was not missed in the hyperbolic, hyperventilating [...]
"That will tie up their staff in knots."
-- Michele Bachmann, 12 December 2009
And with Bachmann MotorMouth Overdrive, you know - KNOW - that's not the only outrageous stuff she spewed.
Like, this:
"That's literally what it felt like yesterday. It felt" [...]
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 [...]
On Tuesday, Senator Dick Day announced he'll give up S hisenate seat to rally for gambling, effective January 8. MnPublius's Zack Stephenson noticed that Dick Day Lobbies From His Taxpayer Funded Office [...]
Indigenous: Born, growing, or produced naturally in a region or country; native.
-Webster's New World Dictionary
With a wide range of work by both established artists and emerging youth, the second annual Dimensions of Indigenous show is a marvelous counter to the invisibility of contemporary art [...]
Sarah Palin appeared at the Mall of America yestrday, signing copies of Going Rogue for a crowd that drove from all over Minnesota, started gathering at 5AM, waited for over six hours, and generally comported themselves well.
I said generally:
Not everyone shared that sentiment. While most who waited were orderly, [...]
Sarah Palin received her subjects in a rotunda at the Mall of America yesterday, only hours after U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann presided over a rally in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda to amend the state constitution with a spending cap. There was a showering of [...]
Bachmann was there; she spoke and that rates a mention in the Star Tribune. But instead of reporting, we get this...
Bachmann joins rally on state spending
In St. Paul, she voiced support' [...]
Vets for Freedom executive director Pete Hegseth (a Minnesota native) says much of what I said last week, but (of course) much more eloquently.
The speech seemed mediocre and generally uninspiring, but I wanted to give the underlying plan time to sink in. Since then, I’ve grown increasingly comfortable [...]
St. Paul- At a Capitol rally today, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, Senator Amy Koch, Representative Paul Kohls, Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton, Deputy Chairman Michael Brodkorb and energized grassroots activists rallied [...]
*Spending Accountability Rallies
While the Minnesota State Senate Tax Committee holds a hearing, examining Governor Pawlenty’s proposed Spending Accountability Amendment to Minnesota’s constitution, conservatives will rally in support. Compounding one bad idea with another requires additional, organized enthusiasm.
The original bad idea, tax policy benefiting Minnesota’s wealthiest [...]
Thursday night Minneapolis Mayor RT Rybak was at a Drinking Liberally event in Minneapolis. During his address to the crowd he told an attendee, “I like your shirt.” The shirt in question says F*CK COLEMAN. As in former United States Senator Norm Coleman. The video from the event is [...]
