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Why does anyone live in Minnesota in the winter?  My gawd I had a girlfriend that was getting her masters at the UM and it took only one vistit for me to relise Seattle winter is no big deal.  That was in '95-'96 when there was the -40 going on.  10,000 lakes dobn't do that much when  they are all frozen! ;D

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That's why hockey is so popular there...all those frozen rinks :)  Plus you know those northern girls with the way they kiss they keep their boyfriends warm at night.

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Plus you know those northern girls with the way they kiss they keep their boyfriends warm at night.
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That's why hockey is so popular there...all those frozen rinks :)  Plus you know those northern girls with the way they kiss they keep their boyfriends warm at night.
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No way. I'd never choose to live in a place where evolution has taken a turn for the worse - the insects are bigger than the mammals :o What with all those "lakes," the mosquitos will eat you alive! :o

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No way. I'd never choose to live in a place where evolution has taken a turn for the worse - the insects are bigger than the mammals :o What with all those "lakes," the mosquitos will eat you alive! :o
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One thing I noticed when I visited Minneapolis, the drivers on the road are worse than the mosquitos!  I was in a constant state of  :o when i was walking about.  Made me relize that we Seattlelites are a bit more coureous than other big metro areas.

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Sad, but true.  We have some of the worse drivers in the nation.  I think it's got less to do with a lack of courtesy, though; I think Minnesota drivers have a feeling of entitlement.  Until a couple of years ago a pedestrian couldn't cross the street unless he was at a light.  The cars simply refused to stop for anyone on foot.  The law says pedestrians always have the right of way, and the authorities started enforcing it two years ago.  Yeah -- Minnesota drivers are jerks.

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Sad, but true.  We have some of the worse drivers in the nation.  I think it's got less to do with a lack of courtesy, though; I think Minnesota drivers have a feeling of entitlement.  Until a couple of years ago a pedestrian couldn't cross the street unless he was at a light.  The cars simply refused to stop for anyone on foot.  The law says pedestrians always have the right of way, and the authorities started enforcing it two years ago.  Yeah -- Minnesota drivers are jerks.
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Hi Steve...

I read today that Governor Ventura appointed his own Independent Party Senate replacement...is that true?
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Not only, but he announced it at 10 in the morning, just when the one and only Mondale-Coleman debate was being held. Jesse's a sanctimonious thug.  He's in a snit because the Independent Party and Green Party candidates weren't invited to the debate. Both parties are polling about 3%, which is the cut-off for debate recognition.  Jesse has done nothing to help the Independent Party.  If it was so important to him he should have spent the last four years building it.  The unfortunate victim of his neglect is Tim Penny, the ex-US Representative and current Independent Party candidate for governor.  He's fallen like a rock in the polls....

Our last real governor, Republican Arne Carlson, was on the radio just now.  Commenting on the debate this morning, he said Mondale was the clear winner, although Coleman acquited himself well.  Carlson said it was the best debate he's heard "in decades".  If it comes on C-SPAN in your area, give it a peek.  

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...but has anyone felt assaulted by their state's political candidates either by junk mail or unsolicited phone calls?  It is rather maddening.
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Actually, I have only received one phone poll call, by Democrats.  I just hung up on them, so it wasn't too bad.

My district doesn't really have any critical candidates this year.  The Republican has a huge lead.

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What I would like to know is why Minnesotans are so gung ho for Mondale all the sudden.  Where were all these people in 1984 when he lost the Pres. election by 17,000,000 votes?

Everytime I see Mondale, I immediately think of the Carter administration and the 4 years miserable years America endured under them.  
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I think being out of politics for 20 years has a lot to do with it.  Another thing that's helped Mondale, a lot in my opinion, was running a really short campaign.  He was immune from the negatives that build up in a long campaign.  Coleman wasn't (nor was Wellstone, for that matter)

There is black crepe on all the Wellstone lawn signs (I haven't noticed that any have been taken down).  Struck today by the number of hand-made Mondale signs.  My favorite one read "Deviate from the Norm.  Elect Mondale '02".