Minnesotans hoping that John Kline (R-MN-02) would hold an Open to the Public Town Hall meeting during August were disappointed as his scheduled did not permit it … but mark your calendar for another John Kline Job Fair currently scheduled for September 19th at the Eagan Community Center. Alas, Mr. Kline’s schedule has been a [...]
MPR’s Mark Zdechlik and Tom Scheck report that John Kline (R-MN-02) has commented on his thoughts on the GOP Presidential nominee : Kline said he wasn’t prepared to back GOP Rep. Michele Bachmann’s campaign. Bachmann represents Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District which borders part of Kline’s district. Kline called Bachmann “a friend” who “has certainly been [...]
Erik Paulsen (R-MN-03) is continuing his blogging for TCJewFolk (and getting some interesting reader comments) concluding his Day Three report as follows : Ended the evening having dinner with Israelis from different walks of life, including someone who works for Better Place, the electric car company founded in 2008. They’ve teamed up with Renault to [...]
Living is easy with eyes closed … John Lennon’s words from the song Strawberry Fields Forever written about a boys’ reformatory … Strawberry Field on Beaconsfield Road, Woolton, Liverpool, United Kingdom. In America, citizens vocally, and artistically, will appear whenever a politician is giving an address …. Take for example, President Obama’s visit to Target [...]
Forbes is out with another Power Listing … this time the 100 Most Powerful Women in the World. College Football fans are familiar with these types of lists … generally it seems the same teams are the top every year … and then later down the listing is the “up and comer” … classified as [...]
Candidate Chip Cravaack has a good story : It was a hot day in August 2009, at the peak of Tea Party fervor. A radio talk show host was railing against the Democrats’ health care plan: Visit your congressman — the talker said — demand a town hall meeting. Cravaack was living the quiet life [...]
Erik Paulsen is on another trip to Israel. Mr. Paulsen visited the country November 11-15, 2009, but this trip is being paid for by the America-Israel Education Foundation, an affiliate of the America Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC). This trip includes Mr. Paulsen, Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA-08) and Policy Committee Chairman Tom Price (R-GA-06), [...]
If you want to learn about Rick Perry, then read his 2010 book FED UP ! — Our Fight to Save America from Washington. His views are straightforward … for example, on healthcare check out page six : We are fed up with a federal government arrogant enough to declare it knows more about our [...]
Standard and Poor’s rates the following countries with a AAA credit rating : Australia Austria Canada Denmark Finland France Germany Great Britain Hong Kong Netherlands Norway Sweden Switzerland What do all thirteen have in common? All provide National Health Care. The forms may vary by country … some with tiered systems or provide some subsidy, [...]
What ever happened to Captain Chip Cravaack ? Yesterday marks the one year anniversary of the event that inspired me to run for Congress. On August 19, 2009, I went to Congressman Oberstar’s office to formally request a town hall meeting about ObamaCare. After waiting two and a half hours, we were told he was [...]
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