@3 Steve ~ There’s a verse from Robert Johnson’s song Crossroads (as made famous by Eric Clapton) that pretty well sums up the position of the Democrats where Mr. Gruber is concerned. It goes something like this…I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me,
Everybody passed me by.
I remember an old State Rivalry joke that was popular in North Dakota when I was a kid:
Q. Why does the wind always blow from west to east in North Dakota?
A. Because Montana blows and Minnesota sucks!
I worked there for 2 years ending in 2000. When I arrived, MN had just made the news as being the 3rd most taxed state in the nation. I kept asking locals where all the taxes went. The answers I kept getting was “schools” and “keeping the roads clear in winter” (the second one wasn’t true, as far as I could tell). Then I found out that if you hold your hand out in MN, the state will put a check in it. Supposedly, people would ride the bus from as far away as IN to get a MN welfare check. You apparently didn’t even need a MN address, as they will hand you a check if you come to the office (because they want to help the homeless, who don’t have addresses). So Jimmy @ #8 has a point.
The fact that the voters would elect politicians who would do this says a lot about their schools.
As to Anonymiss @ #11, Ventura was also a Navy Seal who served in Viet Nam, and had been mayor of one of the suburbs of Minneapolis prior to becoming governor. I actually paid attention to that election (out of curiosity, as I was/am a FL resident and couldn’t legally vote in MN). It was apparent to everyone that the Democrats were hoping Ventura would lure Republican voters away from voting for Coleman, so Humphrey would win (MN doesn’t require a majority vote total to win, whoever gets the most votes wins). Ventura was part of the debates at the insistence of the Humphrey camp (I even watched them). What happened instead was a lot of people who normally wouldn’t have voted came out for Ventura. I recall listening to a Democrat spokesperson after the election and he was obviously enraged that the people had elected Ventura instead of Humphrey. I also recall that it wasn’t until the day after the election that I found out, via the reporting in the local paper of the vote totals, that there were 8 people on the ballot for governor. Only Ventura, Coleman, and Humphrey had received any coverage that I had seen. Ventura had also been in about 12 movies (Demolition man and Predator probably being the two most well known). Press coverage of the book he wrote that got published while he was governor was an excellent example of morons in media. The title was “I ain’t got time to bleed”, which was a line from Predator, and is probably his most famous movie line. Members of the press actually took objection to the bad grammar, to the point where he had to explain that he didn’t WRITE the line, he just SAID the line in a movie.
Finally, I think that we need more former professional wrestlers involved in politics, since when it comes to deception and fakery, professional wrestlers are amateurs compared to professional politicians.
#12 – Harvey,
I’ve always wondered – if Mondale had been from ANY other state, would Reagan have had a clean sweep in that election?
I mean, Gore was from Tennessee, but he didn’t win Tennessee, so State loyalty Can be overcome sometimes.
(sigh)
Canadians winter in Minnesota, and just stayed.
Is that Frank’s new neighborhood, down there?
@3 Steve ~ There’s a verse from Robert Johnson’s song Crossroads (as made famous by Eric Clapton) that pretty well sums up the position of the Democrats where Mr. Gruber is concerned. It goes something like this…I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
I went down to the crossroads,
Tried to flag a ride.
Nobody seemed to know me,
Everybody passed me by.
I feel so dirty just for living here.
I guess Wisconsin isn’t to far away. I could still brave the hippies to come visit my parents a few times a year.
I remember an old State Rivalry joke that was popular in North Dakota when I was a kid:
Q. Why does the wind always blow from west to east in North Dakota?
A. Because Montana blows and Minnesota sucks!
Well, I hear they’ve got public teats installed everywhere – so there are a lot of people standing around suckling while their foreheads cave in.
Two Words. Al Franken.
Watch your mouth walruskkkch. We don’t use dirt words like that here.
Aren’t they the ones who had a pro wrestler as their governor?
Maybe the Minnesotans just prefer to be represented by.. um… well…um “entertainers”?
It’s REALLY cold there. They watch a LOT of TV.
Also, the ONLY state won by Walter Mondale in 1984:
http://www.livingroomcandidate.org/images/campaigns/map_1984_original.jpg
I worked there for 2 years ending in 2000. When I arrived, MN had just made the news as being the 3rd most taxed state in the nation. I kept asking locals where all the taxes went. The answers I kept getting was “schools” and “keeping the roads clear in winter” (the second one wasn’t true, as far as I could tell). Then I found out that if you hold your hand out in MN, the state will put a check in it. Supposedly, people would ride the bus from as far away as IN to get a MN welfare check. You apparently didn’t even need a MN address, as they will hand you a check if you come to the office (because they want to help the homeless, who don’t have addresses). So Jimmy @ #8 has a point.
The fact that the voters would elect politicians who would do this says a lot about their schools.
As to Anonymiss @ #11, Ventura was also a Navy Seal who served in Viet Nam, and had been mayor of one of the suburbs of Minneapolis prior to becoming governor. I actually paid attention to that election (out of curiosity, as I was/am a FL resident and couldn’t legally vote in MN). It was apparent to everyone that the Democrats were hoping Ventura would lure Republican voters away from voting for Coleman, so Humphrey would win (MN doesn’t require a majority vote total to win, whoever gets the most votes wins). Ventura was part of the debates at the insistence of the Humphrey camp (I even watched them). What happened instead was a lot of people who normally wouldn’t have voted came out for Ventura. I recall listening to a Democrat spokesperson after the election and he was obviously enraged that the people had elected Ventura instead of Humphrey. I also recall that it wasn’t until the day after the election that I found out, via the reporting in the local paper of the vote totals, that there were 8 people on the ballot for governor. Only Ventura, Coleman, and Humphrey had received any coverage that I had seen. Ventura had also been in about 12 movies (Demolition man and Predator probably being the two most well known). Press coverage of the book he wrote that got published while he was governor was an excellent example of morons in media. The title was “I ain’t got time to bleed”, which was a line from Predator, and is probably his most famous movie line. Members of the press actually took objection to the bad grammar, to the point where he had to explain that he didn’t WRITE the line, he just SAID the line in a movie.
Finally, I think that we need more former professional wrestlers involved in politics, since when it comes to deception and fakery, professional wrestlers are amateurs compared to professional politicians.
#12 – Harvey,
I’ve always wondered – if Mondale had been from ANY other state, would Reagan have had a clean sweep in that election?
I mean, Gore was from Tennessee, but he didn’t win Tennessee, so State loyalty Can be overcome sometimes.
(sigh)