You're welcome, Minnesota: picknickers have been evacuated from state parks because the government has finally shut down, and no one will get to enjoy those precious twelve or so days a year that Minnesotans are not under fifteen feet of snow. It already feels like winter again! We will keep calling it the "Loon State," but at this point just because of its politicians. Governor Mark Dayton's last offer included raising taxes on the top 0.3% of taxpayers, which the Republicans counter-offered with, uh, let's delay another $700 million in payments to schools. Good idea? But everyone hated all those ideas, so the drumbeat of closure went and rolled on down through the state:
More cost-effective, too, in these dark economic times. It certainly costs a pretty penny to have a presumably licensed stranger pour hot wax on delicate lady-parts, at least.
Snark off. I got an e-mail from a counterpart of mine in MN who visted with the local building inspector yesterday. The fine government person said that they have never been busier with new single-family and multi-family housing in a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. In a town of 60K, they issued over 200 building permits this year, a record for the community.
So someone is making money and paying their taxes. I guess the Minnesota legislature is like the Texas legislature in that they couldn't give a tinkers damn about the citizens who pay for this - it's all about party posturing and satisfying a small group of lobbyists and their financiers.
<i>Minnesotans could no longer check if their optometrists, barbers or veterinarians had valid licenses to practice.</i> You don&#039;t need a state to do that kind of stuff. Rand Paul will be happy to certify them.
How many did Obama bankrupt? Probably none. Somebody forgot to tell you that this conservative trope (&quot;Cash for Clunkers will destroy the used car market!&quot;) was supposed to be retired a year or so ago after it proved to be <a href="http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/10\/cash_over_clunkers.html" target="_blank">completely false</a>.
More cost-effective, too, in these dark economic times. It certainly costs a pretty penny to have a presumably licensed stranger pour hot wax on delicate lady-parts, at least.
By the name, one who died from AIDS many years ago.
Difficult to tell in this thread, but this is a reply to Madfall&#039;s comment about the avatar.
Is that why it&#039;s so fucking hot in Minneapolis today?
Target security is now your local law and order.
Ayn Rand would of drowned Jeebus fetus and the state in the same bath tub.
Sure, blame it on the poor spirochetes. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
Snark off. I got an e-mail from a counterpart of mine in MN who visted with the local building inspector yesterday. The fine government person said that they have never been busier with new single-family and multi-family housing in a suburb of Minneapolis-St. Paul. In a town of 60K, they issued over 200 building permits this year, a record for the community.
So someone is making money and paying their taxes. I guess the Minnesota legislature is like the Texas legislature in that they couldn&#039;t give a tinkers damn about the citizens who pay for this - it&#039;s all about party posturing and satisfying a small group of lobbyists and their financiers.
Not having nads, perhaps I&#039;m just ignorant...you get them shaved by the barber?
<i>Minnesotans could no longer check if their optometrists, barbers or veterinarians had valid licenses to practice.</i> You don&#039;t need a state to do that kind of stuff. Rand Paul will be happy to certify them.
This will definitely get people excited about voting for T-Paw.
It&#039;s going to be a very quiet week in Lake Wobegon.
How many did Obama bankrupt? Probably none. Somebody forgot to tell you that this conservative trope (&quot;Cash for Clunkers will destroy the used car market!&quot;) was supposed to be retired a year or so ago after it proved to be <a href="http:\/\/www.americanprogress.org\/issues\/2010\/10\/cash_over_clunkers.html" target="_blank">completely false</a>.