Posted on 21 June 2011. Tags: Bridges, Economics, Flour Mills, Infrastructure, Minneapolis, Mississippi, Pillsbury, Republicans, Stone Arch Bridge
This past Friday, I was standing on the Stone Arch Bridge in Minneapolis at a Laborers rally to push for massive infrastructure investment as a way to create jobs, and rebuild the country. In an obvious way and a less obvious way, standing on the bridge spanning the Mississippi gives one a clear understanding […]
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Posted on 17 May 2008. Tags: "Free Trade", Mississippi, NAFTA, Travis Childers
One of the very under-the-radar things that happened when the Democrats took the seat in Mississippi was that the newly-elected Congresscritter, Travis Childers is a "fair trade" proponent and won’t support any so-called "free trade" deals: Childers has signed a pledge not to approve any international trade agreements if he’s elected, saying that deals […]
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Posted on 07 February 2008. Tags: Breaking Politics News, Bush And Trent Lott, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Lobbies, Lobbyist, Lobbysists, Mississippi, Myscegination, Shia, Std, Strom Thurmond, Sunni, Trent Lott, Trent Lott Appreciation Day, Trent Lott's Porch
As if we don’t already know, today is Trent Lott Appreciation Day. While this is a great step forward for mankind, Lott, featured above rocking his signature hip hop dance move, deserves so much more than one day of Appreciation. Because Lott is so much more than a mere mortal and senator. Did you know […]
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Posted on 07 February 2008. Tags: Breaking Politics News, Bush And Trent Lott, George W. Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Lobbies, Lobbyist, Lobbysists, Mississippi, Myscegination, Shia, Std, Strom Thurmond, Sunni, Trent Lott, Trent Lott Appreciation Day, Trent Lott's Porch
As if we don’t already know, today is Trent Lott Appreciation Day. While this is a great step forward for mankind, Lott, featured above rocking his signature hip hop dance move, deserves so much more than one day of Appreciation. Because Lott is so much more than a mere mortal and senator. Did you know […]
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Posted in General Interest