tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-1386272 2009-11-11T20:53:09-06:00 my views on the local news in Minnesota TypePad SteamValvehttp://feedburner.google.com tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc78883401287586d700970c 2009-11-11T20:53:09-06:00 2009-11-11T20:53:09-06:00

Now that they have our current CIC for comparison purposes, these Hillary supporters admit that they "were wrong about the Bushes. . . and are deeply, deeply sorry for any jokes we told about them in the past, any bad...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/e5xWVTtZm9k" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/11/these-chicago-liberals-love-the-bushes-now.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a68afa54970c 2009-10-29T12:53:35-05:00 2009-10-29T12:53:35-05:00

When Speaker Pelosi's staff says so. Most people assume that the public can normally enter public places, particularly when they are the venue for public announcements. Not for Speaker Pelosi's announcement today, however. You had to be invited.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/JKUGjw6wj_c" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/10/when-is-a-public-place-not-a-public-place.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a62453b7970b 2009-10-27T10:20:38-05:00 2009-10-27T10:20:38-05:00

Here's a cartoon from 1948 that turns out to be timely today.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/KVY8J7ArdzU" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/10/blast-from-the-past.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a6177044970b 2009-10-23T09:22:28-05:00 2009-10-23T09:22:28-05:00

New cap and trade advertisement:<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/pCDNbdOrGNI" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/10/cap-and-tax-ad.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a6637d7d970c 2009-10-21T10:24:05-05:00 2009-10-21T10:30:07-05:00

To have an honest debate about health care, you need to start with the truth. The public option's not about choice and competition, it's about government controlled health care -- the opposite of choice and competition. Watch this video to...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/s5Z6-eUhSpw" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/10/lets-have-an-honest-debate.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a601913f970b 2009-10-20T11:27:38-05:00 2009-10-20T11:32:09-05:00

While some ponder what to wear for Halloween, here's something really scary: Update: What about Lord Monckton's assertion that "In the next few weeks, unless you stop it, your president will sign your freedom, your democracy and your prosperity away...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/qgwRq0R0X3E" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/10/hows-this-for-scary.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a5afd425970b 2009-09-30T23:30:03-05:00 2009-09-30T23:30:03-05:00

We watched Ken Burns' "The National Parks" tonight. Interesting. Did you know that capitalism funded the national parks? We learned that John D. Rockefeller Jr. contributed millions to purchase the land bought for Smokey Mountains National park. You know, money...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/0ZCQLtf9HLE" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/09/watching-pbs-tonight.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a5d8b4c6970c 2009-09-18T22:01:50-05:00 2009-09-19T08:17:23-05:00

We need freedom. Without it, we suffer. How else can you explain why people are willing to risk their lives for freedom? Unbelievably, the resistance persists in Iran, despite the iron fist of the government. From twitter: Nobody I know...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/_deUAjLA4uA" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/09/need-for-freedom.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a53cae89970b 2009-09-01T10:41:30-05:00 2009-09-01T10:41:30-05:00

Reading Dr. Zero's on-the-money post, The Death of the Individual, brought to mind the sickening Toyota Prius commercials that use humans as landscape. The commercials display the pretty picture of "harmony between man, nature and machine," complete with a snappy...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/gNAmx1dIFqk" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/09/harmony.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e3933abc7888340120a56725a1970c 2009-08-22T11:26:18-05:00 2009-08-22T11:27:16-05:00

Wee-wee'd? Going in the wrong direction on this.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SteamValve/~4/5m8zApTOSNM" height="1" width="1"/>

Carol Cooper http://steamvalveblog.typepad.com/steam_valve/2009/08/not-presidential.html