Guest Cartoonist Hector Curriel
l3wis 
2009
I don’t know who this Scott Erickson character is, but he was all of over the news last night talking about the new events center
Gotta hand it to the KDLT news team, calling me two different names in the same article (screen shot above, article below);
Scott Ehrisman says, “What we’re asking to do is taxing the majority, a lot of people what’ll never attend the place, never afford to use it.”
Well it least STORMLAND TV NEWS and the Gargoyle Leader got it right;
“The state is telling us that they don’t have enough money to increase education funding in this state and we’re going to ask the voters of Sioux Falls to pay an additional one cent tax to build an entertainment facility,” Scott Ehrisman who opposes the events center plan said.
Scott Ehrisman said the people who will use and benefit from the facility should pay for its construction.
“We really need to change it before it goes to the voters in November or it’s not going to fly,” he said.
I didn’t make KSFY, I guess you can only be quoted in 3 different media sources in one night. But KSFY’s story was the most interesting. One of the last person’s to speak told the council that the public doesn’t trust them with their money anymore, inferring that the council always goes back on their word with what they spend the public’s money on.
That did not sit well with Quen Be De Knudson. She said she took offense to the comment because she sits through “Six Hour meetings.” Watching Larry King or the Olympics of course. Last I checked De, you are getting paid to sit their, so please, just for once, STFU!
And Munson pulled another fast one with letting ONLY proponents speak first and having opponents sit for an hour and listen to the suit and ties tell us how important this facility is to the community (and their wallets). Not one single person from the general public came up in support of the facility unless they were a business owner that will be directly impacted by building the facility. Gee, I wonder why? Staggers tried to change Munson’s little plan and said that opponents and proponents should take turns speaking, but King Dave would not allow it. It just goes to show who the Mayor represents.
WATCH THE ENTIRE TESTIMONY HERE (It runs about from oo:10-3:00 )
Franken hands Ironic Johnny his ass, then the big dope crybaby stomps out
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Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) and Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) sparred sharply on the Senate floor Monday evening, a departure from the usually dormant speeches in the august chamber. Franken said he was struck by a speech in which he said Thune had refused to highlight when benefits to the health care bill would kick in and instead emphasized the negative parts of the bill. “You know, again, we are entitled to our own opinions, we’re not entitled to our own facts,†Franken said, his booming voice rising. And in a reference to a chart Thune held up, Franken said: “If you’re going to hold up a chart that says when taxes kick in and when benefits kick in, you say 1,800 days, you better include the benefits that do kick in right away.â€Â Thune, No. 4 in GOP leadership, asked the freshman Democrat to yield for a question, and asked: “Did the senator from Minnesota, when I was pointing out the chart, understand the point I was making – that the tax increases start 18 days from now, and that the benefits, the spending benefits under the bill which are the premium tax credits and the exchanges that are designed to provide the benefit that’s delivered under this bill don’t start until 2014?â€Â Franken responded sharply: “Does the senator understand that spending benefits start right away?â€Â To which, Thune said tersely: “If the senator missed the point, I can get the chart out again.â€Â Franken said: “I asked a question, senator. I yield to you for a question. I’m asking a question.â€Â Senators typically argue in less direct terms on the floor, and a sharp exchange between a freshman senator and a member of the other party’s leadership is unusual. Franken laid out a series of benefits he said would kick in right away. When Thune tried to ask a question, Franken yielded his floor time to Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) instead. Brown accused the GOP of siding with insurance companies, and when Thune tried to ask Brown a question, Brown said the Democrats had already given the Republicans 30 minutes to argue their points. “We have our time,†Franken said. “Sen. Thune wants to monopolize our 30 minutes,†Brown said. Thune again tried to interject, but Franken refused to yield to Thune for a question.
At which point, Thune left the floor. Franken continued his speech, saying Thune “doesn’t want to hear†that benefits kick in sooner.
Worst campaign website ever
Ghost of Dude 
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With a big side of xenophobia.
The words batshit crazy barely begin to describe MN Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann. However, a competitor for the title of looniest loon in Minnesota has emerged to take on US Representative Keith Ellison.
Lynne Torgerson is running for US Rep. in district 5.To spread the word, she has created a website with her platform and views for all the world to see. Among these views is a healthy dose of ranting against Muslims in general, and Keith Ellison in particular.
Now, with all due respect, America, and its people, should be lauded for its goal of promoting to public office and other high ranks, people of color, women, minorities, etc. However, quite frankly, in our zeal, we simply went too far with Keith Ellison. Keith Ellison simply is not a proper person to have in our federal government. I think it is interesting that Keith Ellison, in the past year or so, introduced a bill entitled “Global Peace.” “Global.” I think that word is telling. Globalization of Islam. It is also my understanding that when people of the Muslim faith use the word peace, that “peace” to them means the elimination of Christians and Jews.
Good stuff, right? Try reading it without hearing it in a monotone, 4th-grader-reading-in-front-of-his-class voice. It simply can’t be done. The entire website is written at a 4th grade level, with almost no compound sentences and very simple words. If this woman somehow passed the MN state bar exam, it must have been read to her and her answers dictated.
Is there something in the water in MN? Maybe a little too much lye left in the lutefisk?