“District 9″ Movie Makes Science Fiction Not So Fictional

There was a time when all science fiction movies were just that – fiction. Written and told by future thinkers…storytellers. But the close ties to reality painted by the screenwriters and actors who contributed to “District 9″ changed my views of science fiction during the course of the movie.
Having only watched “District 9″ once, I’m [...]

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Al Franken – Senator from Minnesota

Just 238 days following election day in Nov. 2008, Minnesota finally has a second U.S. senator representing its interests.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                         June 30, 2009
Statement from the President on the Minnesota Supreme Court Certifying Al Franken as the Winner of Last Year’s Senate Election
“I look forward to working with Senator-Elect [...]

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Death of The Republican Party

The Reps dove in the grave not with one toe, but head first.  Christopher Buckley says the party is dead in this blog post (click here).
Buckley also shares this fantastic joke:
Question: How many Republicans does it take to change a light bulb?
Answer: Three. One to mix the martinis, one to change the light bulb, and [...]

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Why GM Should File Bankruptcy

America’s storied auto behemoth, General Motors, stands on the edge of a financial cliff. Should it jump? Or should the government throw it yet another rope in an attempt to shore it up and save the giant from bankruptcy?
Truth is GM can’t pull itself out of the tailspin it’s in. GM should file for bankruptcy [...]

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A Shot in The Arm to Vote

On Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2008, I’ll do all of the following:

Vote
Get a flu shot
Sit through an entire day of HR training (not necessarily in this order)

I wonder if my vote will make a difference – effect change if you will?
I wonder if the flu shot will keep me healthy through the cold and flu season?
I [...]

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Clinton Campaigns in Minneapolis

Thursday, Oct. 30, Bill Clinton jetted into Minneapolis. With Al Franken at his side, the former president spoke like the commander in chief he was – with august and resplendence. For a while, the clock rolled back to the ’90s when America was led by a president who cared about the middle class, who [...]

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Vote or Die

I recently took time to watch the latest viral video on Funnyordie.com featuring Ron Howard, Andy Griffith and Henry Winkler. These three celebrities who worked with each other on popular sitcoms in the ’60s and ’70s got together for a “get out the vote” kind of message, conveyed brilliantly. I particularly liked how Ron kept [...]

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What’s Wrong With This Picture?

I’ve been uneasy with the McCain campaign long before Sarah Palin was part of it. This photo, by Stephen Crowley, in today’s The New York Times screams “ugly” in many, many ways.

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From a Real Alaskan

A recent guest column in the Seattle Post Intelligencer is definitely worth a read.  Seth Kanter, an Alaskan native, does an informative (and humorous) job explaining how people in our 50th state advance in business and in politics.
Here’s an excerpt…
That Sarah Palin is one unreal Alaskan
By SETH KANTNER
GUEST COLUMNIST
I’m sitting on my bearskin chair [...]

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Maureen Dowd – “Moved by a Crescent”

Here’s an excerpt from a column written by Dowd and published in The New York Times on Tuesday that so eloquently puts to rest the qualms many Americans have about traits like judgment and diplomacy when thinking about who to vote for in November.
In Dowd’s column she points to Colin Powell and his comments from [...]

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