Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category
Don’t Waste Your Vote
Election time is rapidly approaching again and I occasionally hear an idea that makes me cringe. It’s the idea that you have to vote for the Democrat or the Republican in elections, otherwise you are wasting your vote. I hate that concept. It makes me want to scream every time. It’s a little like saying […]
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A Political Annoyance
I just got my mind tweaked into annoyance by something related a recent endorsement in the Minnesota Governor race. The Minnesota Association of Professional Employees (the union for Minnesota state employees) just recently announced they were endorsing Minnesota House Speaker Margaret Anderson Kelliher. It’s not the fact that I personally think there’s a better candidate—people […]
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With our current governor having just announced that he will not be running for re-election in 2010, I have decided to announce my candidacy for the office. I may not be a very high profile candidate, but I think I have some good qualities to bring to the office. I am a truly neutral party. […]
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Legislative Drama
I’ve gone on a political overdose the last few weeks. The end of the Minnesota legislative session definitely had some drama with passionate arguments from both sides of the aisle on a variety of subjects some affecting the whole state, and some affecting very few. There were omnibus tax bills, elections bills, health and human […]
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An Old Taxes Tale–Part 1
I got an email from a friend the other day. It was that poem about all the different ways the government has found to tax us. (Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table At which he’s fed…) Then at the end there is this big list of different taxes (44 of them) and […]
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