So will attending require a loyalty oath?

I hope so! Democrats are usually stupid.

Yeah, I'm not in the mood to sign a loyalty oath, either. Besides, I don't think they'll let me in with my Kerry sign.

(Remember when Presidents were unafraid to face their constituents? Ah, those were the days....)

No loyalty oaths were required this morning.

The Pioneer Press had the wrong address in the paper this morning. Honest mistake or intentional? I don't know. 1145 vs 1445. Could be an honest mistake.

Jeff: Remember when dissent was civil? Unlike the gabbling cretins and dangerous lunatics that pervade the professional protest community these days?

Loren: There IS no 11xx Energy Park Drive. The 11xx numbers are east of Lexington - where the street is called "Front Avenue".

I'm *sure* it's an accident. Really I am.

And yet somehow, John Kerry manages to let Bushies into his rallies. (Of course, when you're drawing 40K+ to your rallies, it's hard to keep out the riff-raff.) Why is John Kerry willing to tolerate dissent, but our President fears it? Why?

Admit it: you know it's cowardly. And you know it rightly reflects poorly on our President.

(And are you seriously telling me that dissent in the 60s and 70s was civil?)

Just moved into the neighborhood and was wondering who Pierce Butler was, thought he was some random Frenchy. I was pleastently suprised. They picked a good location for BC-04 MN headquarters.

Pierce Butler
Biography

Pierce Butler had the good fortune to be born on St. Patrick's Day. The luck of the Irish blessed him with an appointment to the Supreme Court in 1922 after establishing a reputation as a lawyer, both in public office and in private practice, in his home state of Minnesota. Butler was Chief Justice Taft's top choice for the number 6 position on the Taft team. Taft wanted to solidify the conservative portion of the bench. The Chief appealed to the symbolic value of a Butler appointment. Butler was a Catholic at a time when there were no other Catholic justices.

Butler's confirmation raised the hackles of some liberal Senators and generated opposition from academic circles, especially from the University of Minnesota where Butler served as regent. But in the end, only eight senators voted against him.

Butler proved to be every bit the conservative on the High Court. He generally preferred freedom to equality and he opted for order rather than freedom in the cases that came before him during his 16 years on the bench. There were exceptions. He took a broad view of the Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable searches and seizures, for example.

Butler was one of the conservative "Four Horsemen" during the New Deal. Together with, McReynolds, Sutherland, and Van Devanter, Butler opposed every piece of New Deal legislation that came before him.

the sentence "admit it - you know [fill in strawman]" is grounds for expulsion from any serious intellectual discussion.

It is not hard to keep the riff-raff out of a Democratic get-together; it's impossible.

The reverb of empty rhetoric bouncing around empty auditoriums would make any Democratic speakers empty head explode.

Why SHOULD the Prez let a bunch of Democrat demonstrators into his events? He's not going to convince them, and they're just an additional security risk to deal with - which costs money that'd be better spent elsewhere.

I'd be afraid to be stuck in a room with a bunch of these MoveOn assholes. What used to be civil disagreement has turned into a bunch of loonfucks who I wouldn't trust from the right end of a shotgun. I've had paint thrown at me, been spit on, had my property vandalized, had fly-eaten degenerates at rallies swear at my kids and I. These are "our fellow Americans".

I used to trust my fellow americans with my country. With this election, for the first time, I feel like victory is a matter of life or death. The idea of having those fratboy pricks from MoveOn running this country is physically painful.

And I'm a guy who used to campaign passionately for civility and consensus. For what it's worth.

Actually Mitch, there are 11xx addresses on Energy Park Drive. I stopped at 1125 to ask directions where the DHL Express delivery man gave me directions. 1125 is right next to Gabe's by the Park, which has a Lexington Parkway address in the 9xx range, and the US Bank operation center across the street is 1100 Energy Park.

I did allow that the Pioneer Press might have made a typo.

It is funny that the Pioneer Press has had more column inches on Christmas in Cambodia in the op-ed pages than the news pages.

Loren,

Dang. I was thinking that the 1200s began at Lexington.

Blah.

As to the SPPPD's coverage - that's true for a lot of papers. In fact, that might be post-fodder for tomorrow...