Minnesota

For over fifty years I lived in Minnesota and raised my family in the State.  I loved the beauty of Minnesota, and enjoyed the people who we called neighbors and friends  There is much positive that should be said about this State.

However, I remember the $600 given away to anyone who walked into the Minnesota welfare offices.  I drove the 94 highway to Chicago and remember the many cars from Indiana heading for our welfare offices to receive the freely given $600. 

I remember, after losing my wife, inviting another lady into my life and the first time she voted in Minnesota.  She was shocked at how little it took to exercise one of our most important acts as a citizens, the vote.  It was embarrassing how easy this could, and is abused.  

I remember when Minnesota became the fourth highest taxed State in the US.  The list of foolish, and often laughable things done by the government in Minnesota is voluminous.  I find it further laughable that Minnesota would elect people like Jessy Ventura, and now Mr. Al Franken.

Where DID my family get our news when we were raising our family in Minnesota.  Channel 5 and the Star and Tribune.  Anyone who thought either of these “news” outlets presented an objective view of what was happening politically in Minnesota or nationally cannot be serious.  When I “found” Fox News, at least there is an attempt at objectivity, which certainly can’t be said of the New York Times, ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, and most importantly the publicly subsidized PBS.

It is apparent that many of us who now live elsewhere might be portrayed as not very “bright bulbs” to have found something on FOX we can’t find with other media outlets.  If you feel FOX is biased, or if you feel we aren’t very smart, be aware that we who watch FOX and/or are active in the “tea party” have reached a critical mass where we are no longer going to accept “bridges that go nowhere”, government paid frisbee golf courses, government that “deems” bills past rather than take a vote, Representatives who believe the island of Guam will turn over if there are large numbers of military on the island, tax making done by people who don’t pay their taxes, etc.  Being blunt, we are “pissed off” and aren’t going to accept government that has no idea what a budget is, or a Congress that can’t even run their own bank or restaurant and chooses to create health care law that we “have to wait until it is passed to know what is in it”.   FOX isn’t perfect, but sheer stupidity of what is going on in this country isn’t going to continue.  You will more than likely make negative judgements about me and a lot of people like me who actively participate in tea parties, listen to Rush Limbaugh, and find Glenn Beck’s attempts to restore honor as hokey.  

We will be heard from from now on!