MNPublius.com (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Tim Walz and Erik Paulsen held a press conference yesterday calling for lifting Minnesota’s moratorium on nuclear power plants. The issue of nuclear power has become something of a conservative versus liberal issue, but you can mark me down as one liberal who doesn’t understand why that’s the case. I’m glad to see both a [...]
StarTribune.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Amping up the pressure to repeal a 15-year-old ban on building more nuclear power plants in Minnesota, a host of union officials, business leaders and politicians -- including U.S. Reps. Tim Walz, a Democrat, and Erik Paulsen, a Republican -- urged the Minnesota Legislature Tuesday to lift the moratorium.
Gavin Sullivan (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Three days ago Kevin Rudd --Australia's Labor PM--issued an apology ' to the Forgotten Australians - the half a million children raised in institutions, orphanages and foster care throughout the last century .' Nine hundred people assembled for the public apology, which was accompanied by an air of contrition, remorse and catharsis. Many attendees were themselves abuse victims. Since people so frequently...
Gavin Sullivan (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
My web surfboard recently alighted upon Lashing Back The Waves of Stupid , by local Big League Blogger Mitch Berg . Berg--displaying Trafalgar Square --says the 'tribute to Lord Nelson and his epic naval victory at Trafalgar is one of the signature sites in one of the world's great cities.' [Quotation was unlinked as originally published.] Three of the plinths at Trafalgar are permanently occupied...
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
Rep. Erik Paulsen (R-MN) was the Minority Leader of the MN House at the legislature. The only way to rise to that level of authority in the MN Republican party is to be a far right conservative. However, in his run for the MN-03 seat in '08 he painted himself as a moderate. The Twin Cities' media aided and abetted his subterfuge. Now that he's in Congress, he's reverting to his far right ways and quite...
Gavin Sullivan (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Erik Paulsen droned a Brezhnevian Veterans Day chant today : "Veteran’s Day is truly a day in which we remember the cost of freedom. The freedoms we enjoy today are the result of over two centuries of sacrifice by our men and women of the Armed Forces. Each time our nation has called, our veterans have stood up and shown the world the very best of America. Many have given their lives in...
Wangjianshuo's blog (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
I am currently in a small hotel called Yoyou Inn ( photos ) on Gulangyu. We have finished the 3 day of YLF 2009 Forum in Xiamen , and the three day extension trip, and got back from Z hangzhou , Quanzhou to Xiamen. In the later 3 days, I was always on the road roaming from one city to another. Not just our American counterpart, I, myself, hasn't been to other part of Fujian other than Xiamen an Fuzhou....
Pushing Rope (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Ben Smith reports Organizing For America have sent out emails to voters in Republican districts that voted for Barack Obama. Smith reports the Democratic National Committee launched the attack on Republicans voting against health care reform. However, Mitch Stewart of Organizing For America is responsible for sending out the email. An unnamed Democrat expresses a sentiment I wholeheartedly agree with....
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The Fix agrees with the assessment I made yesterday : Erik Paulsen's "no" vote on the health care reform bill was a tough one. 2. The five toughest votes, politically, against the bill: Reps. Mike Castle (R-Del.), Larry Kissell (D-N.C.), Leonard Lance (R-N.J.), Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.) and Dave Reichert (R-Wash.). Castle is seeking a Senate seat in 2010 in a state where President Obama won...
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
I'm never one to give up a chance to slam Third district Congressman Erik Paulsen for a terrible vote. His "no" vote on the HCR bill that passed the House last night is a great example of what Collin Peterson should have done -- take a district who voted for the other party's presidential candidate (Obama won more than 52% in the Third last year) and explain to constituents why you voted...
Wangjianshuo's blog (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Day 1 of YLF 2009. Just finished the morning sessions, and the afternoon will happen in Gulang Yu (the tomorrow's afternoon session will be in Nan Putuo Temple). The morning session was wonderful - the success and failures. My notes about the topic is, it is all about dimension, and the diversity of the standard, and acceptance for the failure. Will write about it later when we are back from the afternoon...
Wangjianshuo's blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
I am flying to Xiamen tomorrow to attend the YLF 2009 (Young Leader's Forum). Very excited and cannot wait to see the great people there. I will be in Xiamen from November 4 to November 11 with the main session from November 5 to November 7, and the extension trip from November 8 to November 10. Related Entries: YLF Flying to Xiamen for YLF 2009 November 3, 2009 Congratulations to Andrew McLaughlin...
MN Progressive Project (Free subscription) | 10/29/2009
Some 30 citizens braved the cold Monday evening, October 26, 2009 to light candles and to plead for a smidgen of health care for the American people. They stood in from of Congressman Erik Paulsen's Eden Prairie office, our representative who smugly announces he will vote against any health care improvement because. "We need to go slow." Decades have passed, Americans get sicker and die,...
Business Wire (Free subscription) | 10/23/2009
WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The American Land Title Association commends Congress on the passage of an amendment that clarifies the oversight of the Consumer Financial Protection Agency over the title insurance industry. Introduced during a markup session of H.R. 3126 by U.S. Reps. Gwen Moore (D-Wis.) and Erik Paulsen (R-Minn.), the amendment was passed during a voice vote by the House of Representatives...
Sepia Mutiny (Free subscription) | 10/21/2009
Yes, I know. I apologize for the very annoying title of this post. I am sure a lot of you saw this article making the rounds this morning . It is about South Asian donors (Indian Americans in this case) stepping-up to donate to the candidates they support around the country. My cousin was one beneficiary of such donations: On the last day of the third quarter, Democrat Manan Trivedi hosted a fundraiser...
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