Truth Surfer

As usual... he's mad ...but not wrong...we need to continue to demand that the truth be heard... "What this country needs is more dissent, more shouting, more boisterous and angry and confrontational debate. We need to become more furious, more engaged, more passionate and ugly in our politics. For too long, only the right was fighting. For too long, only one party played to win, and thus reduced the “other” party to nothing more than rubber stamps. We need raised voices, we need red faces, we need to put EVERYTHING on the table. Citizens need to start giving a damn, to stop ceding the debate to the fringe right. We are in such great danger, pursuing two disasterous wars and being led by madmen toward a third, more dangerous conflict . We have more and more people sinking into poverty . If Reid and the others had been in the Continental Congress, we wouldn’t have a United States of America ... we’d be proud servants of the Crown. Reid and the rest of them are proud servants of...

Well, I braved my first Drinking Liberally last night and finally met many of the great progressive bloggers in MN face to face. If I try to list everyone I met, I am sure I'll forget and leave someone out, so I won't go there, but I always find it very refreshing to go to a group of very politically in-tune folks and not see a familiar face. That is getting more and more difficult these days. Oh yeah, Al Franken was there too last night. It was good to see him mingle, and even though Jeff and Flash and a few others hogged Al most of the night, it was fun chatting with him and see him break some of that “celebrity” impression his career has given him. He was very real and down to earth, plus it is a given I guess to say he's naturally funny. I still have some reservations about his run, but if he plays this right, and keeps up the type of mingling he did last night, he just might pull this thing off. It is very important for any candidate to get out and meet every...

Sure lunch period at school is the favorite of all kids but let's be honest...school lunches suck. Haunt Cuisine not! Still a Rosemount kid has taken it to an all new level...perfecting the cure for rising obesity rates among children and teens. If they can't eat it, they won't get fat from it! I'm not ruling out he was just trying to spice up his seriously taste-lacking school lunch, but there are other ways .

Let’s see, while Bush surges up our troops in Iraq, the rest of the ‘coalition of the willing’ use it as an opportunity to withdrawal…what’s wrong with this picture? Britain’s Tony Blair desurges their troops …as does Denmark … Nobody recommended a surge... not Bush’s appointed Iraqi Review Committee, not the generals on the ground, nor the Congress. Bush thought this up on his own, without supporting evidence and once again the House and Senate allow him to carry out an initiative that will result in lives lost, destruction of property with no progress …way to go folks….Say what you will about the mandate to end the war from the last election, the cretins in office still don’t seem to get it….dragging out the war won’t make it better or change anything..geez..pass the gun to me, at least I know what to shoot to finish this off and it won’t be my foot or fellow American soldiers…

The question for debate is: at which point is government required to act to limit one group’s rights for another group’s safety and well being? -- Minnesota Senator Kathy Sheran, SD23 The answer: government's purpose is to serve the collective will of the people while protecting and safeguarding their interests and rights...seems pretty easy...let folks smoke in the privacy of their own home (with out exposing any children). Any other policy allows the following unwanted results: Secondhand smoke exposure causes disease and premature death in children and adults who do not smoke. Secondhand smoke contains hundreds of chemicals known to be toxic or carcinogenic, including formaldehyde, benzene, vinyl chloride, arsenic ammonia and hydrogen cyanide. 3 Secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,400 lung cancer deaths and 22,700-69,600 heart disease deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year. 4 A study found that nonsmokers exposed to environmental smoke were 25 percent more...

Having spoke with Al Franken on many different occasions, he's bright, intelligent, funny, and knowledgeable. And as if that wasn't all, he scares the behozafelts out of Minnesota's GOP...what's not to like?! Franken actually rolled up his sleeves and help the DFL last election cycle by attending fundraisers, hosting fundraisers and giving his time and energy over to the local parties...can't say the same for some of those still deciding if they'll run. (note- I said 'some' before you jump all over me). Sure the GOP will try and paint him as a comedian...and he is, but there way more than a few laughs... Franken grew up in St. Louis Park, MN. He went to the local high school, then Blake school, then attended Harvard University where he graduated cum laude with a BA in government. Initially a Republican like his father who supported men like Herbert Hoover, Alf Landon and Thomas Dewey. Franken like his dad changed party affiliation to the Democrats in th...

Minnesota's Secretary of State Mark Ritchie has taken the lead in keeing our State in first place for voters...During the election Ritchie campaigned as the 'Champion of Democracy' and is now living up to that title (and I might add I couldn't be happier!) by proposing the follow Legislative Agenda that will both save tax dollars while making voter registration and voting easier...a win-win for all Minnesotans! SAINT PAUL, Minn.—Minnesota Secretary of State Mark Ritchie today unveiled his legislative agenda. “Minnesota has a reputation for doing elections right,” said Ritchie. “I want Minnesota to continue to be #1 in elections, and I believe my legislative proposals will help to accomplish this.” Ritchie proposed the following legislation: Automatic Registration Bill would provide for the automatic voter registration for anyone who has a driver’s license or state ID card and is eligible to vote. Voters should not be forced to fill out yet another form to exercise the...

Two-thirds of Americans oppose the idea of a troop surge. Asked if 20,000+ additional troops should be sent to Iraq, 66% of Americans said no. [CBS News Transcripts, 1/22/07] A Newsweek poll showed that 68 percent of Americans oppose Mr. Bush's plan to send more troops to Iraq. [NBC News Transcripts, 1/20/07] A Fox poll found that 59 percent of the American people are against sending more troops to Iraq. [Fox News, 1/20/07] Yet, on February 5, 2007, the Senate voted to stop the Senate from considering a bi-partisan resolution opposing President Bush's plan to send 21,500 additional combat troops to Iraq. The procedural vote was 11 short of the 60 needed to begin debate on the bipartisan resolution. The Resolution: Disapproving of the decision of the President announced on January 10, 2007, to deploy more than 20,000 additional United States combat troops to Iraq. Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), That— (1) Congress and the American people will co...

We invade Iraq on f aulty (madeup?) intelligence that was spoon fed by the Bush Boy.... Breaking news: A young women has died ...and it isn't Anna Nicole Smith ! Is it icy cold in here or has Junior been playing with the thermostat ? The Cheney- Anna Nicole Connection ...makes you wonder... Talk is Cheap , meanwhile people are dying.

Congressman Kline (R- CD2) seems to be supporting all sorts of things verbally, but voting differently... - first minimum wage (which he's for but voted against while taking his own pay hikes)... - and now earmarks (which he's against but also voted to keep)... Come on Mr. Kline...you can't sit on both sides of the fence at once...obviously you're playing unfaithful with the voters claiming one thing and voting another.

Open mouth, insert one large Seifert foot ! Funny how Marty Seifert (GOP) conveniently forgot his own history when pointing fingers at the legislative MN House performance in January. Fortunately, Rep. Tony Sertich (DFL) gives out history lessons for free: “Let me share with you some history,” Sertich said. “In the first two months of the session in 1993, 10 bills were passed by the House. Two became law.“In 2003, when (Seifert and the Republicans) were in charge, two bills passed the House in the first two months and zero became law. And in 2005, when you were in charge, seven bills passed the House and only one became law.“Hopefully, you will remember when you were in charge, Mr. Seifert, when you toiled two months without passing a single (bill) into law.”Sertich then listed issues this year’s House has tackled and approved and said, “I think we’re doing a good job.”

What kind of person would call for eliminating food from poor and needy seniors ? Why this one !