Life's Not Fair- August 10, 2008 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, the pursuit of Happiness and the right to purchase Hannah Montana tickets at a "fair" price... "Hannah Montana" Bill Passes State Senate: Legislation that bans using software that allows ticket brokers to buy largehttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/lifes-not-fair.html One Is The Loneliest Number- August 9, 2008 Veteran gets one-on-one chat with Franken: On Friday, DFL-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Al Franken demonstrated how true that saying can be, when a roundtable on veterans issues at Brigitte's Cafe his campaign scheduled drew only one participant. Josh John, a St. Cloud resident who said he served in the Navy from 2000-04, had Franken to himself for an hour as he described difficulties hehttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/one-is-loneliest-number.html Sign O the Times mess with your mind- August 8, 2008 Under the leadership of Colonel Joe Repya, The Minnesota Support Our Troops Coalition--with the help of Minnesota's American Legion, Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars--is launching another sign campaign: At noon on September 1, the anti-war crowd claims they'll have upwards of 50,000 marching from the Minnesota Capitol Building to the Excel Energy Center where thehttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/sign-o-times-mess-with-your-mind.html Summer Reading Three- August 8, 2008 With age and experience, one hopes comes wisdom. Well, at least until the senility kicks in. One of the pearls of wisdom that you pick up over the years is that high expectations are often not fulfilled and the greatest joys in life sometimes follow from the lowest expectations. Such was the case when I received 10 Books That Screwed Up the World: And 5 Others That Didn't Help by Benjamin Wikerhttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/summer-reading-three.html Somebody check the men's room for a Hugh Jass!- August 7, 2008 Just received an e-mail from my close personal friend Hugh Hewitt on his upcoming trip to the Twin Cities to attend the RNC. In the past, when Hugh has come to town he's always been gracious enough to bring along a bottle fine Scotch whisky to our social gatherings (some might choose to refer to that as his "price of admission"). Because of the special circumstances involved in this year'shttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/somebody-check-mens-room-for-hugh-jass.html Cutting Class- August 7, 2008 Article in Tuesday's WSJ on how some college kids spend their summer vacations (sub req) When Derek Kernus failed to land a summer internship at a big company, the College of William & Mary student responded to an ad in the paper for an admittedly unusual job. Now he's spending the summer traipsing through the homes of friends, neighbors and strangers -- armed with carrots and rope -- sellinghttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/cutting-class.html None More Blue- August 6, 2008 Jeff Rosenberg at TC Daily Liberal has been doing a precinct by precinct voter analysis of each of Minnesota's Congressional Districts based on results from the 2006 election. His most recent effort looks at CD5, which is my district. I've received some grief in the past whenever I have expressed my thoughts that the GOP's prospects for any sort of success in CD5 are extremely dismal. Buthttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/none-more-blue.html Event Horizon- August 6, 2008 It's hard to believe that the Republican National Convention will be kicking off in less than thirty days here in the Twin Cities. A few convention related items of note: - Pending the confirmation of passing grades on all of our background checks, the Northern Alliance Radio Network has been granted preliminary access to the convention. We'll be located alongside our broadcasting brethren inhttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/event-horizon.html Call of the Loon- August 5, 2008 Traditionally, the media doesn't do political endorsements until late in the election cycle. However, since there is very little about us that says "traditional media," we're going to break with convention and announce an endorsement for political office at this early date. In the race for Seat 42B in the Minnesota House of Representatives the official (and very lucrative) Fraters Libertashttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/call-of-loon.html A Fine Line Between Clever & Stupid- August 5, 2008 An article in yesterday's WSJ looked at whether a recent internet music leak was a case of piracy or promotion (sub req): When a track from a forthcoming album by hard-rock band Buckcherry leaked onto the Internet a few weeks ago, the Los Angeles quintet was quick to complain in a blog and a press release from their label, Warner Music Group Corp.'s Atlantic Records. Nonetheless, the bandhttp://www.fraterslibertas.com/2008/08/fine-line-between-clever-stupid.html |