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Do They Think We Don’t Notice?

By , on May 16th, 2012

The MN GOP candidates have consistently held anti-women and anti-immigrant positions. When they tell us how much they are ‘on our side’, or ‘reaching out to us’——–do they think we don’t notice their positions?  Is their strategy our ignorance?  Are they so used to the Fox News misinformed and ignorant voter, the ideology fact averse Republican

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By , on May 16th, 2012 | Category: 2012 elections, Dan Severson - Secretary of State candidate, Dog Gone, Domestic and Partner Violence, Good Government, Immigration, Indian affairs, Michele Bachmann, Tea Party, Voter ID, Voter Suppression, women | 4 comments |

Afghanistan: No IOU’s. Learn from the past, pay our debts

By , on July 19th, 2010

A week ago, one of my colleagues brought up the Dakota Conflict as he reminded us of today’s Indian struggle.  Minnesota suffered a great conflict due to IOU’s causing starvation.  The conflict ended with the largest mass execution in U.S. history.  Thirty-eight men, some of them even being mistaken identities, were hanged. If someone would

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By , on July 19th, 2010 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: Afghanistan, Indian affairs | Leave a comment | Currently looking for a job that fits her, Holly Cairns has one husband and two kids. She lives in Northfield, Minnesota, and enjoys her neighbors (cows), also blogs at www.hollycairns.com Have questions? Holly is the one that created this site.