Truth Surfer

Someone sent me the recipes from the recent 'Hot Dish' bake off that many of Minnesota's national representatives from both sides of the isle participated in. As I don't cook (really I don't!) I replied back (and yes i was being sort of jackass like) that "it would be much more useful to me to receive from them some hot dished legislation meeting some of our current needs rather than a cookbook"... To which they emailed the following reply: "To be honest, it was more than I thought I would get from any of them".... Zing, now I know why politics leave such a bitter taste in my mouth. When is a tax, not a tax? If it's for rich people or corporations it's a tax and bad and the MN GOP will remove, waive, lower, and legislate it away. "If it's for the middle class it's called balancing the budget but not a tax and the MN GOP will enact it, charge us, and legislate it into law. Four weeks into the GOP controlled MN House session a...

About this time of the year Minnesota crazy hits...it's cold, it's dirty, and just plain white ugly outside...very similar to the inside of Congress (with a very few exceptions). And we're weary to our bones from hiding out from the elements.... Last nights SOTU address, the GOP rebuttal address, and the ever odd Michele Bachmann's batshit whatever address are all examples of pretty words with no actions. If they really want to impress Americans, then earn their wages and fix it, mend it, and make it better. Instead we get more words and promises with beautiful photo op moments, but still no actions and solutions. The only winners from last night ritual was those that participated in the 'SOTU drinking game' . Lot's of buzz words that work on focus groups, but collectively Americans are sick of this crap... Our elected officials won't give up their ideology and dependency to big money and corporations long enough to resolve the issues dividing and cripp...

Michele Bachmann is 'Ridiculously' False - (The joke is on us!) " ...independent fact checkers find that the information she [Bachmann] relies on is often exaggerated, misleading or wrong." "We have checked her 13 times, and seven of her claims to be false and six have been found to be ridiculously false," - Editor from PolitiFact Minnesota 'Of and By the Corporations' - (I'd laugh but it hurts!) "28 Minnesota corporations contributed over $3 million incorporate profits to four independent expenditure groups [during the last election](MinnesotaFuture, Minnesota Forward, Republican Governors Association and Democratic Governors Association). The numbers are much higher because corporations and other groups can avoid disclosure by funneling money through trade associations, like the MN Chamber of Commerce and sham corporations." LOL at Minnesota's Middle Class Taxpayers! - (Doesn't get any funnier than this!) At the same time the ...

The MN GOP are proposing to take control away from local school boards by freezing the pay level of all Minnesota teachers. Sure the GOP made campaign promises not to grow government and talked about the importance of handling issues locally , but their actions in introducing more government oversight and legislation speak louder than their broken promises made just weeks prior... I guess at the end of the day, you really can't depend on the locals to do what's right for their community, so big brother GOP Sen. Dave Thompson, a freshman Republican from Lakeville, along with the rest, will step in to call the shots over locally elected school board members... BTW Dave Thompson (SD36) says at his website: " Education policy should be set at the local level . Parents, family members, friends and neighbors are in the best position to determine what is best for their children..." KUDOS to Dave Thompson and the rest of the GOP on doing the exact opposite of what they sai...

I so wish Martin Luther King was here giving voice against the war...and to call out the lying war bastard Jeh C. Johnson ...Why does this right wingnuts have to co-opt Martin who spoke so clearly against their war by saying King didn't mean it or wouldn't do so now? Bullcrap mythologist Mr. Johnson... King was absolutely committed to nonviolence as both a philosophy and a tactic! Claims that Martin would support the current US wars is so obvious deliberately ignorant and devoided of reality, it's nothing more than fantasy. There should be a disclaimer about suspending reality whenever it's repeated or reprinted...sigh...sadly it reflects the principles that the right has of denying the obvious. “…..Somehow this madness must cease. We must stop now. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak of the — for the poor of A...

Every time Minnesota Ex-Governor Tim Pawlenty is called a moron , I just nod my head sympathetically and hope to high heaven everyone else in America understands why. Naturally I'm breaking Pawlenty's oft-quoted Ronald Reagan's 11th commandment, "Thou shall not speak bad of Republicans", but even Reagan would have made funny faces at Pawlenty's attempt to back seat pilot the federal debt ceiling with zero facts and apparently no knowledge or understanding of history. Personally his comments boarders on a creepy disassociation of reality from facts, but then Pawlenty reminds me of that uncle you have that's a little off balanced so you never really make eye contact let alone invite him over for Sunday dinner. "And the children call him famous, what the old men call insane, And sometimes he's so nameless, That he hardly knows which game to play... Which words to say..."

The abridged version of Sarah Palin ...very factual except for missing the American flag...did I mention that I am a jew ? I find Palin dangerous, deranged and offensive...oh, did I mention racist, bigoted, hateful and stupid?...yeah that too.

Since 911, Americans have been asked to do a number of things, like shop more, save more, and tighten our belts in these tough times. We have also witness local, state and federal spending get slashed in lieu of deficits but through it all, one federal department has maintained and exceeded it's spending. I'm pointing a finger at the defense department... the total for defense spending in 2010 was between $1.01 and $1.35 TRILLION! So imagine my shock and when I read that Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the Pentagon will seek $78 billion in cuts to the defense budget over the next five years . Naturally the media is calling it a surprise move and quoting Gates that it will reduce the size of the Army and Marine Corps. Hmm, let's do the math here...that's roughly 1.56 million a year or....wow! that is a surprise! NOT... In comparison to my yearly budget it would be like me reducing my yearly spending by a dollar...not too painful or significant. But wait it gets worse...

Showing leadership for the wealthy, the Minnesota GOP announced their program to cut corporate taxes in Minnesota...which will mean even less money for the already cash strapped Minnesota. Just how will this $200 million gift to the corporations be paid? Probably on the backs of taxpayers in higher taxes, fees or more cut in necessary services. (maybe that is what they mean by trickle down?!) The GOP reasoning is corporations will have more money so they will employ more people. Naturally this trickle down theory has been in existence since Reagan was in office and it works just as well since then...it has zero ability to make corporations responsible or more likely to employ people but it does give them higher profit at our expense . So let's recap the second week the GOP have control: 1. More welfare for corporations that taxpayers can expect to pay for... 2. Less regulations for corporations that taxpayers can expect to suffer for... 3. Add more $$$ to Minnesota's existing ...

Blackbirds fall from the sky on New Year's Eve, Fish flood up dead from the river the next day, Turtle Doves dive to their deaths on the streets of Italy the day following that, Thousands of dead crabs wash ashore in England by the end of the week, Jackdaws fall dead on cobble roads in Sweden... Sure these are frightening things but I knew the end was near when I read this... Global spam e-email levels suddenly fall... The GOP have the power now, prepare for the end! On a similar note, remember all those newly elected Minnesota representatives who promised to make their number one priority when elected to balance the budget without raising your taxes....well they changed their minds ...They much rather address who you sleep with, who you can marry, what medical procedures you can get, who gets to be a citizen and require you to carry ID at all times..rather then take care of the looming budget crisis....fun times for all. 'Ah what do we care' - The Lizard King

First, Minnesotans elect a GOP legislature (House and Senate)... Then the USA elects a GOP House... So it's not surprising that there's a bizarre massive fish and bird kill . No, it's not impossible, in fact, my theory is better than the loud noise being offered! This will only be the start of coming signs...look for the MN GOP to repeal the ban on coal and nuclear plants, then a gaggle of laws to be introduced that they say will protect us from...gays, terrorist, the 'godless', and ourselves. Finally somewhere along the line, the $6.2 billion dollar Minnesota deficit may be addressed by terminating more social services and putting more folks out of work...fun times for all... I don't suppose there will be a mass kill off of mosquitoes...but maybe some frog mutations from more nuclear plant storage. Really the only thing standing between the end of timers and us is Moses ..er...Governor Mark Dayton...Judgement has begun...save yourselves and next time vote Democ...