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Food for thought … to address budget constraints, what should be “on the table” ? The Republican-controlled House is preparing to vote on H.R. 5652, the Sequester Replacement Reconciliation Act. This bill would eliminate the discretionary cuts to 2013 spending that are required under the Budget Control Act, known as the “sequester,” and replace them Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Food Stamps and How Kline Spent $2,609 Taxpayer Dollars Todd Akin (R-MO-02), a candidate for Senate said during a debate last weekend that government involvement in student loans has given the government a “stage three cancer of socialism”: AKIN: America has got the equivalent of the stage three cancer of socialism because the federal government is tampering in all kinds of stuff it has Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : TEA Party, Kline Win Student Loan Battle John Kline (R-MN-02) held a Public Town Hall meeting at the Shakopee Junior High School yesterday … what a prefect venue — a taxpayer-funded public school … a place where 99% of us know only too well … an appropriate place for taxpayers to hear the accomplishments and goals from their elected Representative while they Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : Kline Achieves Fundraising Record “The most powerful force on earth is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.” — Woodrow Wilson 2011 saw an unprecedented engagement of people confronting their established government. The Arab Spring saw the demise of governments in Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya … while Yemen and Syria are facing tipping points … and protests in Greece, Follow this link to read more of: Question for Erik Paulsen : Who Got a Tax Cut and More Aid ? ADAGE : If it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it’s a duck. Minnesotans have heard John Kline (R-MN-02) QUACK about “earmarks” ever since the Republicans lost the majority in the House of Representatives … and Mr. Kline attached the “earmark” symbol as the cause of America’s Follow this link to read more of: MN-02 : CAWG Disputes Kline’s Christmas Tree Under Speaker Boehner’s Pillar of the New Majority, the end of “pork” was assured … you, know that old practice whereby the Party Managers would find a way to get some “Congressional Projects” approved for those districts where the incumbent might have a “tough” re-election. Yep, “pork” is gone … so, the District may not Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Gets Fundraising Appointment DATELINE : Wofford College Spartanburg South Carolina Saturday November 12 2011 Best Question and Answer Major Garrett: Mr. Speaker, you said yesterday that Governor Romney is a competent manager. But you said you were unsure if he was really capable of changing Washington. You said you were the change agent. Based on the arc of Follow this link to read more of: Ignoring the Obvious, Republicans Debate Foreign Policy and Who Do You Trust with the Nuclear Trigger ? The focus of Republican Presidential candidates’ debate in Rochester Michigan on Rick Perry’s memory lapse ignores the real storyline. OK, I might finally be willing to concede that “Commander-in-Chief” will not be the title used by Minnesota’s Favorite Daughter as I am afraid that Michele Bachmann’s “Happy Meal tax plan” might be indigestible when the Follow this link to read more of: Will Congress Embrace Romney’s 10% Challenge ? Over time employers will need more workers with higher education as well as skills that are taught at community colleges, yet recent reports indicate that Minnesota has fewer students in these institutions. Minnesota’s the 31-campus system enrollment fell 1.5 percent … with notable reductions at St. Cloud State University as enrollment fell by almost 6 Follow this link to read more of: Morrow, Barnes, Kline, Platts Offer Different Views on Pell Grants and Student Loans Ignorance is Bliss … neither are desirable attributes for a Commander-in-Chief. Herman Cain is ascending in the polls on what appears to be a winning smile, a positive message, and no political experience … considering the dour world that we live in, that appeals to the Pollyanna world that we would like to live in, Follow this link to read more of: Cain Rejects Bush Agreement and International Law PANDERING : To manipulate one’s views in a manner that appeals to low-information voters with the objective of gaining the voter’s support while ignoring the consequences. A little known Dallas-area Baptist pastor Robert Jeffress grabbed the headlines on Friday when he espoused the position of the Southern Baptist Convention that Mormonism is “a cult.” Follow this link to read more of: How Will Romney Pay For Hiring 100,000 Govt Workers, Increased Defense Spending and Foreign Aid ? “For a decade, Americans have quietly gone about their lives in relative peace, immune to the sacrifices common of a wartime society. There has been no rationing, no war bonds and no evening blackouts.” “This is just me — and this is probably a good way to lose an election, but that’s not the reason Follow this link to read more of: GOP Debate : McKeon, Coburn, Paul and Bachmann on Defense Spending and Tax Increases 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, Follow this link to read more of: The S&P Downgrade, Healthcare and the 2012 Election ADAGE : Liars Figure and Figures Lie. Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) has got friends … well, to be precise, Facebook Friends. The beauty of Facebook is that a post can contain just a short bit of information that may be linked to some other source and your friends get the message … it’s sorta like a Follow this link to read more of: MN-08 : Cravaack Misleads Friends on Debt Raymond Cravaack (R-MN-08) was not born when President Dwight D. Eisenhower decided in 1954 against direct military intervention on the side of the French in Vietnam in because he was convinced that it was more important to preserve the strength of the American economy. In fact, young Raymond was just months old when President Eisenhower Follow this link to read more of: Ike Must Be Frowning As Cravaack Fails Another FactCheck |
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