Anyone remember Dave Mindeman<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n About ten years ago or so, he ran a blog – “MNPAct” – which was a website for putative organization Dave putatively ran. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, let me be clear: Dave was one of a small handful of “progressive” Metro-area bloggers from blogging’s heyday in the ’00s that didn’t and, to the best of my knowledge, still doesn’t belong under police surveillance; when my garage burned down, he didn’t feel compelled to disavow responsibility<\/a> for it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n So there’s that. When you’re a conservative in the metro, you become thankful for the small things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But that’s not to say Dave knows how to frame an argument any better than the rest of them ever did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Example – last week, Dave felt the need to post this on Twitter:<\/p>\n\n\n\n