Bluestem Prairie on Hiatus-Ain’t That A Shame

After a day of  zipping around the packing house on my forklift, moving pork to its intended destination, I like to come home and relax and then see what Ollie Ox has to say at A Bluestem Prairie. Today I was a little shocked and saddened to read that Bluestem Prairie will be on hiatus [...]

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Congressman Tim Walz and the Economic Stimulus Tour

  Minnesota’s 1st Congressional District Congressman Tim Walz drove to the end of the world district today (a few minutes more and he would have been in South Dakota)  for a listening session about the economic stimulus package recently passed the the U.S. House of Representatives. One of several throughout the 1st district over the last couple of days, the [...]

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LinkFest

Since I will be dedicating my time to GOTV efforts my ability to provide content on this blog for both of my readers will be curtailed. I do have a number of recommendations for the faithful. For news and views about southern Minnesota and the 1st CD’s Tim Walz, the first place I go to is [...]

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Minnesota Veterans Launch Union Veterans Council

The Minnesota AFL-CIO along with rank and file union members who are veterans gathered in St Paul at the capitol today, July 10, to launch the Union Veterans Council.  The AFL-CIO Union Veterans 2008 website states: Some 2.1 million union members, or 14 percent of all union members, are veterans of military service. The AFL-CIO is bringing together [...]

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A Final Vote On Wellstone Mental Health Parity Bill?

An email from David Wellstone alerts us to the possibility of a compromise and final vote on H.R. 1424,  the ”Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2008”. From the Wellstone Action website is this description of the bill: The Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act is legislation that would end the [...]

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“We Have Accomplished That Goal”–GI Bill Signed Into Law

“Eighteen months ago, we began with the simple concept that those who have been serving since 9/11 should have the same opportunity for a first class educational future as those who served during World War II. Today, we have accomplished that goal.” Senator Jim Webb of Virginia spoke those words on June 26th after the Senate [...]

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New GI Bill A Reality?

With the passage of the 162 billion Iraq war funding bill last week it appears that the 21st Century GI Bill will become law. The Senate still needs to act on it but the White House has indicated it would sign the legislation. The GI Bill was included in the war funding along with a 13 week extension of [...]

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No Child Left Behind-Go Sit In A Corner!

    That’s what they used to do. Now it is ‘time out’. Minnesota 1st District Congressman Tim Walz (D) announced that he is co-authoring legislation (H.R. 6239) with Republican Congressman Sam Graves called the ”NCLB Recess Until Reauthorization Act”. This proposed legislation will in effect suspend sanctions against schools that are struggling to meet the requirements of the [...]

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Will The ‘Decider’ Support The Troops??

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 [...]

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McCain’s Attempt to Sabotage The 21st Century GI Bill

UPDATE: 05/01/2008 #1 son points out in the comments that now 7 of 8 of Minnesota’s congressional delegation have signed on to this legislation. The only holdout is Michelle Bachman. As of this date 261 members of the House of Representatives have signed on as cosponsors. END UPDATE As hundreds of thousands of men and [...]

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