Un-Minnesotan

Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:

Amateurs at work in the Southeast.  What a disgrace.  

You know that a group of hacker/terrorists shut down an oil pipeline.  As a result, there’s a shortage of fuel in North Carolina.  Their Governor issued an Emergency Order addressing the crisis to ensure everybody had enough fuel. 

How did he do it?  Ban all unnecessary travel?  Impose a state-wide curfew?  Confiscate personally owned vehicles?  Impose a $1,000 per gallon tax to prevent hoarding?  

No.  He lifted the load limits on fuel trucks bringing gas into the state.  Trucks can run heavier and haul more fuel during the emergency.  

He didn’t punish his citizens at all – what on Earth was he thinking?  Can you imagine Governor Walz missing an opportunity like that?  Unbelievable.  

Joe Doakes

Depriving “Big Karen” of the prerogative to chant “we’re all in this together”, with “this” meaning “some petty hardship foisted on us all, involving a set of rules of which I, Big Karen, am the custodian?”

Can I imagine Walz doing it?

What’s that, Joe? A rhetorical question?

One thought on “Un-Minnesotan

  1. I am in Southern Tennessee for the week.
    No shortage of regular gas, but my preferred blend of 91 octane ethanol free is scarce. Regular is about $3/gallon.
    Help wanted signs on the door of every business, and I mean every business. That’s good for workers, bad for retirees like me.

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