Friday, June 17, 2011
Friday, June 10, 2011
Way To Go MN GOP- You Lunatics!
We have a huge budget problem here in Minnesota, thanks to former Governor Tim Pawlenty not dealing with the problem previously and kicking the proverbial can down the road.
Today the layoff notices went out to all State employees because the Republicans who control the house and senate here REFUSE to negotiate and/or compromise and create a budget that can keep the State functioning.
As these notices went out, the leadership of the Republicans released a statement saying:
"There is no need" for a shutdown -- if (Governor) Dayton would go along with the GOP's budget."
Now this budget issue has been the most important thing facing all of us all year so I thought I'd share with all of you exactly what the MN-GOP spent this past legislative session working on.
In thinking about this, I got lucky. Someone else also had the same thought and put
together a list.
You can read the entire original article here:
http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/9260/32-bills-mn-republicans-worked-on-instead-of-the-budget
but here is the list:
Creating a constitutional amendment against gay marriage to go on the ballet next year
Voter I.D.
Repeal the smoking ban
Eliminate background checks for gun purchases
Designate English as the official language
Bike tax
Remove the ban on increasing carbon dioxide emissions by utilities
Ban state funding of abortions
Eliminate 8 state agencies including Depts of Employment & Econ Dev, Health, Human Rights, Labor & Industry, Revenue, MNDOT, Vet Affairs and the Office of Mgmt & Budget
Further weaken a woman's right to choose with yet another abortion bill
Repeal the Next Generation Energy Act which was signed by Pawlenty
Prevent welfare recipients from having more than $20 cash in their pockets
Prohibit anyone from suing a company if you get fat from their food
Drug testing for welfare recipients
Racist immigration laws
End pay equity for women
A second bill to end pay equity for women
Bail-outs for schools in Republican areas as well as small budget increases yet they dramatically slash budgets for the large cities
Yet another abortion bill, require parental consent for teens to get health care
Logging in our state parks
Ban federal funding of family planning
Eliminate Meals on Wheels
Ban human cloning and end life-saving and job creating research in MN
An amendment to Health & Human Services bill to exempt MN from health care reform
Prevent animal welfare activists from filming animal cruelty at factory farms
Ban state payments to nonprofits
Amendment to the HHS bill to use baby monitors instead of nurses
Another abortion bill, this one a gag rule which prevents any organization that receive state funds to council about abortion services
Shoot first, show Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card later bill
MN should print its own money
Make it easier to violate licensing laws
Viking Stadium
An entire session spent hating on women, the poor, the elderly, the veterans, the homeless, gay people, nurses, teachers, science , immigrants.
Worse yet, they are proud of their shameless race to the bottom.
Today the layoff notices went out to all State employees because the Republicans who control the house and senate here REFUSE to negotiate and/or compromise and create a budget that can keep the State functioning.
As these notices went out, the leadership of the Republicans released a statement saying:
"There is no need" for a shutdown -- if (Governor) Dayton would go along with the GOP's budget."
Now this budget issue has been the most important thing facing all of us all year so I thought I'd share with all of you exactly what the MN-GOP spent this past legislative session working on.
In thinking about this, I got lucky. Someone else also had the same thought and put
together a list.
You can read the entire original article here:
http://www.mnprogressiveproject.com/diary/9260/32-bills-mn-republicans-worked-on-instead-of-the-budget
but here is the list:
Creating a constitutional amendment against gay marriage to go on the ballet next year
Voter I.D.
Repeal the smoking ban
Eliminate background checks for gun purchases
Designate English as the official language
Bike tax
Remove the ban on increasing carbon dioxide emissions by utilities
Ban state funding of abortions
Eliminate 8 state agencies including Depts of Employment & Econ Dev, Health, Human Rights, Labor & Industry, Revenue, MNDOT, Vet Affairs and the Office of Mgmt & Budget
Further weaken a woman's right to choose with yet another abortion bill
Repeal the Next Generation Energy Act which was signed by Pawlenty
Prevent welfare recipients from having more than $20 cash in their pockets
Prohibit anyone from suing a company if you get fat from their food
Drug testing for welfare recipients
Racist immigration laws
End pay equity for women
A second bill to end pay equity for women
Bail-outs for schools in Republican areas as well as small budget increases yet they dramatically slash budgets for the large cities
Yet another abortion bill, require parental consent for teens to get health care
Logging in our state parks
Ban federal funding of family planning
Eliminate Meals on Wheels
Ban human cloning and end life-saving and job creating research in MN
An amendment to Health & Human Services bill to exempt MN from health care reform
Prevent animal welfare activists from filming animal cruelty at factory farms
Ban state payments to nonprofits
Amendment to the HHS bill to use baby monitors instead of nurses
Another abortion bill, this one a gag rule which prevents any organization that receive state funds to council about abortion services
Shoot first, show Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card later bill
MN should print its own money
Make it easier to violate licensing laws
Viking Stadium
An entire session spent hating on women, the poor, the elderly, the veterans, the homeless, gay people, nurses, teachers, science , immigrants.
Worse yet, they are proud of their shameless race to the bottom.
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Saturday, June 4, 2011
My Sympathies Representative Weiner
Aside from having to suffer the humiliation of Wolf Blitzer's ego schooling you that,
"You would know if this was your underpants",
you happen to be living in a time where society does seem to think size matters.
At the very least that convincing society that size matters must be very profitable if my email is any indication. (Maybe I, a 50+ year old woman do need a bigger penis?
How could I ever know?)
Anyway, I digress.
Mr. Weiner, I feel for you. Given today's world, where we have sunk so low that a picture of a man's privates in underpants for God's sake, with no other possible way to identify him can lead to all this is just plain pathetic.
Not to mention, again, given the pervasive social climate, I can't think of any man, of any age, that I know who would be willing to publically admit or deny that that particular picture was of him because the very idea of Wolf Blitzer's next questions would be just too repulsive.
"How do we know you are telling the truth? Would you be willing to step behind the screen we've just thrown together here on the CNN set and let me verify so that our viewers will know for sure? We are "The Best Political Team on Television"!
"You would know if this was your underpants",
you happen to be living in a time where society does seem to think size matters.
At the very least that convincing society that size matters must be very profitable if my email is any indication. (Maybe I, a 50+ year old woman do need a bigger penis?
How could I ever know?)
Anyway, I digress.
Mr. Weiner, I feel for you. Given today's world, where we have sunk so low that a picture of a man's privates in underpants for God's sake, with no other possible way to identify him can lead to all this is just plain pathetic.
Not to mention, again, given the pervasive social climate, I can't think of any man, of any age, that I know who would be willing to publically admit or deny that that particular picture was of him because the very idea of Wolf Blitzer's next questions would be just too repulsive.
"How do we know you are telling the truth? Would you be willing to step behind the screen we've just thrown together here on the CNN set and let me verify so that our viewers will know for sure? We are "The Best Political Team on Television"!
Friday, June 3, 2011
Delicious Salmon Recipe
This recipe was forwarded to me in an email and it was so delicious that even my husband, who is no big fan of salmon raved about it so I decided to post it.
I put off making it because it really looked like it was going to be very time consuming, but it went fast and really smoothly. It didn't occur to me that I should have taken a picture of it until after we ate because it was also very pretty.
Live and learn. Sigh.
Now that the farmers are bringing their fresh vegies to market (and if you are lucky like me) along with the guy from Alaska with the fresh caught salmon, you can use almost all fresh ingrediants making it that much tastier.
For the record, I omitted the salt when called for in the recipe
Enjoy!
Salmon in Parchment Paper
Ingredients:
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil, plus more for the parchment paper,
four 7-8 oz salmon fillets, skin removed
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 medium carrot, cut into thin matchsticks
1 large leek, white part only, cut into thin matchsticks
1 small zucchini, cut into thin matchsticks
2 Roma or plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup minced shallots
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1/4 cup dry white wine
lemon wedges, for serving (I squirted lemon on the mix of veggies and used a wedge to bake with each fillet/veg mix)
Directions
Position racks in the center and top third of the oven and preheat to 375. Cut four 14 inch wide pieces of parchment paper and fold each in half lengthwise. Cut out a wide curve from each piece of paper so when it is unfolded you have a heart shape about 12 inches.
Brush each piece of parchment with oil. Place a salmon fillet on the bottom half of each heart and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Mix the carrot, leek, zucchini, tomatoes, shallots, parsley, and tarragon in a medium bowl, and season lightly with salt and pepper. Divide the veggies evenly over the top of each fillet. Drizzle 1 Tablespoon each of olive oil and wine over each fillet.
Fold the top half of each heard down, and crimp the edges tightly to seal. (The packets may be made up to 3 hrs ahead and refrigerated until ready to bake.)
Place the parchment heats on 2 baking sheets. Bake until the parchment is lightly browned, about 12 minutes for medium-rare salmon.
Place each parchment heat on a dinner plate. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
I put off making it because it really looked like it was going to be very time consuming, but it went fast and really smoothly. It didn't occur to me that I should have taken a picture of it until after we ate because it was also very pretty.
Live and learn. Sigh.
Now that the farmers are bringing their fresh vegies to market (and if you are lucky like me) along with the guy from Alaska with the fresh caught salmon, you can use almost all fresh ingrediants making it that much tastier.
For the record, I omitted the salt when called for in the recipe
Enjoy!
Salmon in Parchment Paper
Ingredients:
1/4 C extra virgin olive oil, plus more for the parchment paper,
four 7-8 oz salmon fillets, skin removed
salt and freshly ground black pepper
1 medium carrot, cut into thin matchsticks
1 large leek, white part only, cut into thin matchsticks
1 small zucchini, cut into thin matchsticks
2 Roma or plum tomatoes, seeded and chopped
1/4 cup minced shallots
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
1/4 cup dry white wine
lemon wedges, for serving (I squirted lemon on the mix of veggies and used a wedge to bake with each fillet/veg mix)
Directions
Position racks in the center and top third of the oven and preheat to 375. Cut four 14 inch wide pieces of parchment paper and fold each in half lengthwise. Cut out a wide curve from each piece of paper so when it is unfolded you have a heart shape about 12 inches.
Brush each piece of parchment with oil. Place a salmon fillet on the bottom half of each heart and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Mix the carrot, leek, zucchini, tomatoes, shallots, parsley, and tarragon in a medium bowl, and season lightly with salt and pepper. Divide the veggies evenly over the top of each fillet. Drizzle 1 Tablespoon each of olive oil and wine over each fillet.
Fold the top half of each heard down, and crimp the edges tightly to seal. (The packets may be made up to 3 hrs ahead and refrigerated until ready to bake.)
Place the parchment heats on 2 baking sheets. Bake until the parchment is lightly browned, about 12 minutes for medium-rare salmon.
Place each parchment heat on a dinner plate. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
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