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Sue Jeffers Running mate is Ruth Hendryck

Amendment X breaks another announcement -
Received a call this morning from Amendment X about Sue Jeffers.
Since he is out on a boat and away from computers, he asked me to post this - He will add more details late.

Sue Jeffers Republican candidate for governor will announce that her running mate for Lieutenant Governor is Ruth Hendryck.

There is also some talk of national press next week, more details later.

Amendment X will have many more details later.
Ruth is married to Scott and lives in Hanska, MN.

Also a hat tip to Captain Ed who will be adding details also.

(Amendment X called a bunch of contacts to see if anyone could post this for him - and for all the technology connected people, not one was near a computer. So much for the stereotype of a bunch of bloggers trapped in their basement blogging - everyone is out in sun today).

Sue Jeffers selects her running mate

This is breaking news:
Sue Jeffers this afternoon selected her running mate...and it appears that the two of them will be first all women team in the nation to seek the top two state constitutional offices.
Her running mate is from out state Minnesota and the reason for her selection? Sue Jeffers is bringing to the gubernatorial campaign the issues that concern the citizens of Minnesota. Not the issues that the career politicians want to talk about or the issues that they want you to ignore as well as they are.

And the Lt. Governor candidates name?
My sources have asked me to hold back on her name until the press announcement.

Coleen - wrong on energy

I've written many posts on why Coleen Rowley is wrong for the second district and will continue to do so up until the November election. This one is about her stand on gas prices as listed on her "Issues" statement on Energy Independence.

"As long as we depend on Middle Eastern oil, we will be involved in Middle Eastern conflicts and invite the wrath of terrorists everywhere. As long as we are held hostage at the gas pump, our economic growth will be less and less guaranteed. As long as we must drill deeper into habitats to sustain our growing energy needs, we will continue to deface many of the remaining pristine areas we share."

The above paragraph is full of contradictory statements. Coleen wants us to be independent of "Middle Eastern oil" (more on that in a minute) but she does not want us to drill our own oil. She laments that we are "held hostage at the gas pump" (true statement) but wants to keep pristine areas pristine..... Regarding dependence on Middle Eastern oil, Coleen has a problem The US gets a majority of it's oil from North and South America! As a matter of fact, of the top 15 sources of US oil, Middle Eastern sources make up 12% of oil demand (per the chart below):

Crude Oil Imports (Top 15 Countries)(Thousand Barrels per Day)
Country Apr-06 Mar-06 YTD 2006 Apr-05 Jan - Apr 2005
CANADA 1,710 1,716 1,726 1,676 1,551
MEXICO 1,601 1,697 1,692 1,541 1,510
SAUDI
ARABIA 1,582 1,322 1,413 1,449 1,533
VENEZUELA 1,171 1,183 1,190 1,391 1,352
NIGERIA 1,022 1,114 1,149 1,130 1,030
IRAQ 531 476 498 542 522
ANGOLA 389 510 446 365 461
ECUADOR 312 242 289 240 302
ALGERIA 256 281 235 232 182
KUWAIT 225 111 139 164 179
UNITED KINGDOM 169 145 108 256 225
COLOMBIA 149 170 154 183 128
BRAZIL 111 123 114 36 38
CHAD 82 84 79 75 74
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 80 52 63 87 64

Note: The data in the tables above exclude oil imports into the U.S. territories.

Our involvement in Middle Eastern conflicts has nothing to do with oil. Even if we cut off all Middle Eastern oil needs today, we would still be involved in conflicts in the Middle East. Because as long as there are people in the Middle East who refuse to accept Israels right to exist, there will be conflict in the Middle East! Oil has nothing to do with the conflict - IDEOLOGY does. Until Coleen addresses the ideology, she will have no idea how to handle the situation and if she has no idea how to handle the situation, she is the wrong person for the job of US Congressman.

States right on immigration

The other morning, Laura Ingraham was railing about the fact that states and municipalities were having to do the "federal government's work" by taking on immigration.

"At least 30 states have passed laws or taken other steps this year to crack down on illegal immigrants, often making it harder for undocumented workers to find jobs or receive public services."

Now the Logical Husband has always accused me of being a glass half full kind of person. I suppose he is correct because I generally do see the postitive in a situation, like this.....

I see this as a shining example of how our representative republic should work. The states are obligated to do whatever is necessary to protect their citizens from any danger. In Minnesota's case, the danger coming from methamphetamine.

"Meet Alberto Zatarain. He was the local face of a highly organized Mexican drug cartel selling high-grade methamphetamine across Minnesota. Now he's behind bars. But his case shows how cartel trafficking is intensifying here -- and why it's tough to stop."

Alberto is (I know this will shock you) an illegal immigrant to Minnesota. He and his cohorts from the cartel come into and out of the country at will. They are not hear, as some will tell you, to work hard and get their American Dream. They are here to poison our neighborhoods. If you don't believe me, take a look at this. THIS is what meth does to those who use it. THIS is what Alberto and his friends are bringing to America. THIS is what needs to be stopped and if the federal government will not do it, the the states are obligated to do so.

The patricians get their wish!

Well, well, well....the Happy to bend over, er, PAY for a better Minnesota signatories must be happy about this....

"An unexpectedly steep rise in tax revenues from corporations and the wealthy is driving down the projected budget deficit this year, even though spending has climbed sharply because of the war in Iraq and the cost of hurricane relief..."

The effect has even trickled down to the state level!

"Money is rolling into the state treasury at a faster clip than finance officials were expecting, and it's looking more likely that lawmakers will have a surplus to work with when setting the next budget."

The constant, from both stories, is that the the rich are paying more in taxes this year than the have in the past! Whether it's estate taxes or capital gains taxes, the rich are getting hit hardest when it comes to paying tax revenues and isn't that what the patricians wanted??? Here is a thought for the patricians....how about we make those tax cuts permanent?

Or maybe is that isn't what the patricians are after. Maybe their real motive that they feel that there are others who should be the ones who should be paying the lions share of the taxes????? Maybe they really don't want to pay their fair share after all and this is their way of disguising their desire to soak the middle class for more money....

Minnesota Academy of RINO Mediocrity

Saw this over on KvM,
Governor Pawlenty to Keynote MACL Dinner

Chairman of the newly-minted Minnesota Academy for Conservative Leadership Corey Miltimore dropped me a note yesterday to mention that Governor Pawlenty will be keynoting the Saturday evening dinner of the upcoming inaugural campaign training conference July 21-23.

With this annoucement and seeing former RINO enabler Ron Eibensteiner on board -
I don't know much about MACL except that these two are neither Conservative nor showing any leadership.

The blame game.

Remember the partial government shut down at the end of the 2005 legislative session? If not, you had best refresh your memory on it because it will be part of this year's campaign. Many blamed Governor Pawlenty and the Republican led House for the shut down. If that were the case (that hard right Republicans would rather shut down the government than increase taxes) then what do you say about this?

"TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - Atlantic City's casinos were ordered to close Wednesday, the latest casualty of a state government shutdown that entered its second day Sunday after the Legislature failed to adopt a budget by its July 1 deadline...

Most Democrats in the Assembly and several Senate Democrats oppose the sales tax increase, fearing voter backlash and reserving any tax increase for property tax reform. Assembly Democrats proposed a series of alternatives, some of which Corzine accepted, but both sides remained $1 billion apart as the budget deadline passed."

Here we have a Democrat Governor, a Democrat controlled House and a Democrat controlled Senate shutting down because they can't agree on whether to raise taxes or not! While this is a partially good sign (Democrats holding off on increasing taxes because they fear voter backlash) it is still a bad sign because no one even considered cutting unnecessary spending in order to free up the additional funds.

So when we are in the height of the campaign and some DFL'er tries to tell you how the Republicans are responsible for government shut-downs, I hope you will refer them back to what happened in New Jersey last week.

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Saturday, July 15, 2006

Sue Jeffers Running mate is Ruth Hendryck

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Coleen - wrong on energy

Thursday, July 13, 2006

States right on immigration

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The patricians get their wish!

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

Minnesota Academy of RINO Mediocrity

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The blame game.