Posted in DFL, Labor, Minnesota, News, Politics, Unions, video, tagged amy lawler, chickadees, DFL, lori swanson, mike hatch, minnesota attorney general, Politics on May 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Former Minnesota Attorney General and runner-up in the last gubernatorial race, Mike Hatch, in a statement released to Eric Black at MinnPost.com had this comment about union organizing in the AG’s office:
”With 3,000 cases pending at any time, the state cannot have a jamboree of chickadees chirping different legal policy from every branch of government,” Hatch said [...]
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Beaver Creek Cemetery, Beaver Creek, Minnesota
This Memorial Day throughout Minnesota and the rest of the country people will gather at cemeteries to pay their respects and honor the sacrifice of the men and women who served their country in the military and are now at their final resting place. Some died in battle, others years [...]
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Posted in DFL, GOP, Local Media, Minnesota, News, Politics, ethanol, tagged DFL, Elections, GOP, house district 21a, marshall, marty seifert, Minnesota, Politics on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
Dana Yost reports in the Marshall Independent that Minnesota House of Representatives Minority Leader Marty Seifert, R-Marshall will have a challenger for the 21A seat in November. Al Kruse of Marshall made his announcement Friday that he woul been running against 12 year incumbent Marty Seifert.
From the paper:
Al Kruse of Marshall said Friday he is [...]
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Posted in Labor, Minnesota, Unions, infrastructure, tagged CWA, FCC, internet, Minnesota, speed racer, warner bros on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
No, I am not talking about the Warner Bros. movie Speed Racer, but the speed of your Internet connection. The Communications Workers of America is conducting an internet speed test and is collecting the data for a report they will present to the FCC. Information obtained from a previous test was helpful in getting the FCC to change [...]
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Posted in Amy Klobuchar, Bachmann, Bush, Elections, Iraq, Michele Bachmann, Minnesota, Peace, Politics, Tim Walz, national guard, video, tagged Amy Klobuchar, Bachmann, Bush, GI Bill, kline, mccain, Minnesota, national guard, Norm Coleman, Politics, reservists, Tim Walz on May 25, 2008 | 2 Comments »
This week, the U.S. Senate took an historic vote and passed (75-22) the Webb-Hagel 21st Century GI Bill. The GI Bill passed the House of Representatives earlier this month so now once the two legislative bodies reconcile any differences it will go to President Bush for his signature, signing it into law.
Or maybe not!
Bush along with his [...]
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No Internet service in this area for the last 24 hours because some bonehead cut through fiber-optic lines. Actually not once but two separate incidents in this area. I found this out from the service representative of my Internet provider (after being on hold for twenty minutes).
In Minnesota call Gopher State One Call at 800-252-1166 if you [...]
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Posted in DFL, Elections, Minnesota, News, Organizing, Politics, Wellstone, video, tagged Politics, Wellstone, Minnesota, Elections, camp wellstone, Add new tag, democrats on May 13, 2008 | No Comments »
Wellstone Action today announced a redesigned website. The new site incorporates a resource library for organizing tools, a blog, photo and video library, an alumni hub plus many of the old features including a training calendar for Camp Wellstone. Wellstone Action has been around since January of 2003 when it was founded to honor Paul and Sheila [...]
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Posted in Bachmann, Iraq, Minnesota, News, Peace, Politics, tagged Bachmann, GI Bill, IAVA, Iraq on May 12, 2008 | No Comments »
The new GI Bill (HR 5740) is scheduled for a vote soon. Minnesota Central leaves an interesting comment on my previous post about the upcoming vote. Here is an excerpt:
FYI : The improved GI bill may be getting a vote this week. The House plans to add it as an amendment to the Iraq supplemental [...]
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Posted in Iraq, Peace, Politics, music video, video, tagged Bonus Army, Great War, Hoover, MacArthur, Springsteen, veterans, video on May 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
On April 29, Iraq and Afghanistan veterans held a rally in Washington D.C. complete with press coverage and speeches from congressional supporters. Peaceful, well choreographed, and pretty much by the book for modern day political rallies in the nations capitol.
Things were a little different in 1932 when thousands of veterans of World War 1, the Great [...]
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Posted in Bush, Iraq, Minnesota, Mission Accomplished, Peace, Politics, national guard, video, tagged Bush, Iraq, minnesota national guard, mission acomplished, Peace, war on May 1, 2008 | No Comments »
Meanwhile, Minnesota prepares to send more men and women to Iraq. Video here.
UPDATE: Minnesota National Guard press release.
Peace & solidarity,
CHC
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