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Graphic artist and blogger Mario Piperni, that's who. Amazing graphics, great stories.
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April 30, 2012 posting to the CravaackForCongress, entitled While Gas Prices Soar, Minnesotans Feel the Squeeze sets a populist tone … a strong-willed Congressman fighting against the Power of the President (highlights below): Under President Obama’s watch, the price of gasoline has shot up 95 percent. Washington politicians continue to put up artificial obstacles, and Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : While Gas Prices Soar, Cravaack Leads (or Misleads?) At an October 25, 2011 hearing of the Higher Education and Lifelong Learning Subcommittee, Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) and other members agreed that a 6.8% interest rate is too high for student loans. Consider that Treasury bonds are being sold at a 2 percent yield and a 30-year fixed home mortgage is under 4 percent Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline OK With Cutting Women’s Health For Student Loans cross posted from Penigma.bogspot.com: If they cheat to get elected, how can you expect those people from that kind of a party to give you honest government? Clearly, you can’t expect honest government, and the conservatives who do it won’t deliver it to you – and neither will those who don’t engage in corruption, but still are Follow this link to read more of: Crooked Conservatives and Voter Fraud, Voter Suppression; A high school senior who was worried about how he and his family would pay for college, asked Mitt Romney at a town hall meeting in Youngstown Ohio what the candidate would do about rising college costs if elected. What a softball question … after all, Mitt was once a high school student, himself, as Follow this link to read more of: The Kline Romney Education Plan – The U is You QUERY : As CEO with 18 employees and operating costs of $1,273,567.46, a management consultant, who you endorse for his past accomplishments and vision for the future, observes that your have excessive personnel and your spending has caused you to increase your borrowing, how do you address employment compensation ? Specifically: do you grant salary Follow this link to read more of: MN-03 : Prelude to Wage Freeze, Paulsen Staff Salaries Soar The headlines are that the House approved the STOCK Act (The Stop Trading On Congressional Knowledge Act) … but was it the one authored by Tim Walz (D-MN-01) or by Eric Cantor (R-VA-07) ? A little background … Speaker Boehner authored the Pillars of a New Majority which emphasized legislation that would be crafted in Follow this link to read more of: Pillars Crumble as House REJECTS Walz’s STOCK Act Chairman John Kline’s (R-MN-02) vision for reforming education — commonly referred to as No Child Left Behind (NCLB) which was the rewriting of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act — is getting a lot of negative comments as more information is becoming known. Chairman Kline wants 10 percent of Title II, the section of the Follow this link to read more of: Kline -v- Obama — Who is promoting Bigger Class Size and Less Science Chairman John Kline (R-MN-02) of the House Education and Workforce Committee issued a statement reacting to President Obama’s State of the Union address with a brief mention of the prime area of his Committee’s responsibility by slamming the President actions by stating “the audacity to circumvent the people’s elected representatives by granting No Child Left Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Has the Audacity to Ignore Education Reform Reforming No Child Left Behind (NCLB) should have been at the top agenda when John Kline (R-MN-02) assumed the Chairmanship of the Education and Workforce Committee last year. But 2011 was a wasted year … as previously noted, Mr. Kline opted for a five-step approach … one of his steps has been approved by the Follow this link to read more of: Chamber of Commerce Formally Opposes Kline’s Student Success Act QUERY : Why is it that my respect grows for politicians after they leave office ? ANSWER : ‘Cause they are finally free to be statesmen and not beholden to Party Managers … but why do they wait so long to be honest with their constituents ? The MN-GOP has had more than their share Follow this link to read more of: 30 Year Republican Legislator : “I wish I had any idea why they did it” FOLLOW-UP : Keystone Should Be Tied to STOCK Act The day after the Financial Services Committee held a three-session hearing on the legislation, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA) indefinitely postponed the markup session stating that “a large group of bipartisan members of the committee felt the legislation was flawed and being recklessly moved solely Follow this link to read more of: Did Keystone Investment Halt STOCK Act ? QUERY : How should a Congressman be judged … based on attendance or legislative accomplishment ? “If you don’t like what is being said, change the conversation.” – Don Draper – Mad Men- Episode 29 “Love Among the Ruins” With an approval for Congress at 11%, John Kline’s PR machine must be listening to Don Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Op-Ed Confuses “Perfect” John Kline and Gabby Giffords ADAGE : Ignorance is Bliss. What a week it was for John Kline (R-MN-02) … first there was a quick press release responding to President Obama’s recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board … calling it an Affront to Will of the American People. The backdrop of the story is that The National Labor Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : House GOP Turns Off Lights and Science Education The television screens are in constant replay of Speaker John Boehner calling for the Democrats to return to Washington and address the payroll tax issue … well, that was commercial television … instead if you tuned into CSPAN this morning, you saw the Opening Gavel of a new legislative day precisely at 10:00:46, a morning Follow this link to read more of: Walz Talks Up STOCK Act – GOP Turns Off House Lights |
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