Archive for June, 2004

And Now the Hard Work Really Begins

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Iraq’s sovereignty was returned to Iraqis two days early to preempt possible anti-government attacks.
“U.S. Transfers Sovereignty to Iraqi Govt.”

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The #1 Movie at the Box Office

From it’s creator April 14th, 2004:
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation are not “insurgents” or “terrorists” or “The Enemy.” They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their numbers will grow — and they will win. Get it, Mr. Bush? You closed down a friggin’ weekly newspaper, you great giver of freedom and […]

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Swing Low

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Well, I am back, and have a swingset for my daughter.
We got the swingset for free. My wife is a member of an emailing list created by FreeCycle. You sign up for a freecycle list for your area and people post things they want or need to get rid of, that others […]

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Sunday

I’ll be back in a while. I have to go get a swingset for my daughter.

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Bureaucracy

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An Army Reserve Captain from Minnesota, currently stationed in Afghanistan, is understandably a little upset.
Eric Ekstrom’s wife Olena gave birth to a baby last July. Olena is Ukranian, and her mother still lives in The Ukraine. With her husband gone, Olena could use a little extra help around the house, and they have been […]

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Summerfest

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This weekend marks the start of Summerfest, Milwaukee’s annual Summer Get Together. Yet, our benefactor is in An Undisclosed Location.
Today’s lineup features Kenny Chesney (with Uncle Kracker), Live, Tantric, O.A.R, and Sister Hazel.
If I had to pick a night to go, it would be Wednesday, June 30. Nickelback with 3 Doors Down, Styx […]

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Who Said It?

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Steve From Norway cites some examples of Algore’s extreme rhetoric.
Another classic example is the: “Who Said It? Algore or The Unabomber?” quiz.

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Clean Comedy

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A good friend is a big-time comedian. Seriously, that’s what he does. On the road working clubs and colleges and National Pastors Conventions making people laugh.
Daren Streblow is his name, and tonight (actually, most of this past week) he is appearing at the Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis. There are worse things to do […]

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A Tip of The Cap

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Jay Reding points out that Michelle at asmallvictory points out that Home Depot is donating $1M USD in goods to the United States Military.
Retailer Home Depot Inc. is donating $1 million in tools and materials to support the U.S. military in Iraq.
The company said it is sending nine truck trailers to the military, filled […]

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Parade Wrecker

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John Kerry is coming to Minnesota on the 4th of July weekend. To Cloquet, Minnesota of all places. Cloquet has one of the greatest 4th of July parades around (the others being Delano, Minnesota and Brainerd, Minnesota). It is also Cloquet’s Centennial Celebration this year.
I was born in Cloquet, and love the […]

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Saturday’s In Minnesota

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Saturday in The Twin Cities area used to mean yard work and parades in the summer, shoveling snow and stacking wood for the fire the other 11 months of the year.
Now, we can pass the time doing our chores listening to The Northern Alliance Radio Network. As mentioned previously, The Northern Alliance […]

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Captain’s Caption Contest

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If it’s Friday, that means it’s time for Captain Ed’s Caption Contest.
Ed Morrissey at Captain’s Quarters runs a caption contest every week, Friday through Tuesday. I hope some of you are a bit more creative than me.
Captain’s Quarters is one of my daily reads, and not only because it’s a Minnesota-based blog. […]

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Not my way

I don’t feel the need to play nice with the Left, especially when one of their heroes comes out and spews some more nonsense and basically calls us Brownshirts.
I don’t quite understand why it’s okay for some like Al Gore to get away with such a loaded statement. Is Brownshirts a congenial term now? “Hey, […]

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I’m sure PeTA won’t like it

Curious, if it were a Democrat in California would the headline include the word killed?
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to repeal a state law that requires animal shelters to hold stray dogs and cats for up to six days before killing them.
Instead, there would be a three-day requirement for strays. Other animals, including birds, hamsters, potbellied […]

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Scary Stuff

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Yesterday’s space walk by the astronaut and cosmonaut on the International Space Station came to a quick halt yesterday. In fact, most of their official time out of the space station was spent in the airlock.
This was a tenuous walk to begin with, as both of the astronauts were out of the ISS. They […]

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