Archive | September, 2011

MN-02 : Kline’s Do-Nothing Congress Fears an Imperial President

NCLB = HU&W John Kline (R-MN-02) appeared on MPR’s MidDay program answering questions on Afghanistan, the economy, Republican Presidential candidates, carrying the “nuclear football”, but most of all there was a lengthy discussion on education issues. The answers were pretty much the same regardless of the question … HU&W …. especially regarding No Child Left [...]

GOP Debate Rekindles Memories of Vietnam

There was a moment during the Fox News-Google GOP Presidential debate on September 22, 2011 when the audience turned ugly … rekindling memories of the Vietnam era. Memories that should have been repressed …. the emotional conflict of Vietnam impacted America when not every soldier was greeted as they should have been. “I was in [...]

ISD 531 : Byron High School Teachers Efforts Produce Second National Award

Lost in the headlines between John Kline (R-MN-02) self-congratulating his efforts to increase federal spending on charter schools from the current funding level of $256 million in FY2011 to $300 million starting in FY2012 … and State Representative Patrick Garofalo (R-36B – Farmington) efforts to protect taxpayers from “fleecing” from school districts seeking levies, … [...]

Job Fair

MN-02: Kline Job Fair – A Success

How do you measure success ? John Kline (R-MN-02) held his second Career & Jobs Fair on Monday, September 19th at the Eagan Community Center, which can be viewed as a success based on Mr. Kline’s assessment that more than 1,100 Minnesota job seekers attended. “As I visited with Minnesotans at the fair I was [...]