{"id":36136,"date":"2013-05-06T05:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-06T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=36136"},"modified":"2013-05-05T07:19:56","modified_gmt":"2013-05-05T12:19:56","slug":"the-not-serious-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=36136","title":{"rendered":"The Not-Serious Party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Governor was\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=36086\" target=\"_blank\">savagely taunted<\/a>\u00a0for telling taxpayers their Legislators need a raise.\u00a0 Could that have been:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic;\">Because although the Legislature has been in session since January 8, we still don\u2019t have a budget\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/minnesotabudgetbites.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">or even a plan for one?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;\">Because although they are nearly two BILLION dollars short of a balanced budget, they\u2019re giving\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/education\/ci_23151317\/state-senate-passes-minnesota-dream-act-students-here\" target=\"_blank\">in-state tuition to illegal aliens?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;\">Because they wasted months trying to\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/politics\/ci_23151560\/minnesota-legislature-gun-control-vote-wont-happen-this\" target=\"_blank\">infringe on Constitutionally protected rights?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;\">Because now, three weeks from the end of the session, they finally consider\u00a0<\/span><a style=\"font-style: italic;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twincities.com\/politics\/ci_23149650\/minnesota-legislature-medical-marijuana-bill-be-introduced-thursday\" target=\"_blank\">freedom to use medical marijuana<\/a><span style=\"font-style: italic; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;\">, that the Governor promises to veto?<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; font-style: italic;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>No, Governor Dayton, the Legislators don\u2019t need a pay raise.<\/p>\n<p>Now go away, or we shall taunt you a second time!<\/p>\n<p>Joe Doakes<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just that it&#8217;s been a do-nothing legislature &#8211; although it has. \u00a0Seriously &#8211; there is serious talk that the Legislature,\u00a0<em>which is fully controlled by the DFL<\/em>, will have to go into special session anyway.<\/p>\n<p>No, it&#8217;s that everything they&#8217;ve done this session has been extreme, divisive and destructive.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joe Doakes from Como Park emails: The Governor was\u00a0savagely taunted\u00a0for telling taxpayers their Legislators need a raise.\u00a0 Could that have been: Because although the Legislature has been in session since January 8, we still don\u2019t have a budget\u00a0or even a plan for one? 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