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St. Olaf professor steals McCain signs
The Minneapolis Star and Tribune ^
| 11/01/08
| Associated Press
Posted on 11/01/2008 12:29:18 PM PDT by DocT111
NORTHFIELD, Minn. - A professor has confessed on a national blog to stealing Republican presidential campaign signs in southern Minnesota.
Philip Busse wrote about the thefts on Huffington Post, a liberal news Web site and blog in a post dated Thursday. He is a visiting professor in the theater department at St. Olaf College in Northfield.
In the article titled "Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer," Busse admits to stealing seven McCain/Palin lawn signs along Hwy. 19 near St. Olaf.
In an e-mail to the Northfield News, Busse expressed remorse, saying it was "immature and impetuous." He says he is disappointed most readers have focused on the thefts and not the larger issues of his writing.
The Northfield Police Department says stealing political yard signs is treated as a misdemeanor, but complainants rarely decide to pursue charges.
(Excerpt) Read more at startribune.com ...
TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: johnmccain; mccain; mccainpalin; obamascivilianarmy; palin; ratcrime
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Ummmm...shouldn't he be teaching instead of stealing????
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:29:18 PM PDT
by
DocT111
To: DocT111
Teaching? Probably a union rule against that. Indoctrination only. Steeling a Barry sign is probably a hate crime. By 2012 voting for anyone else will be a crime if we let him win.
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:33:37 PM PDT
by
Mad_as_heck
(The MSM - America's (domestic) public enemy #1.)
To: DocT111
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:34:13 PM PDT
by
yldstrk
(My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
To: DocT111
These people are trampling on my freedoms. They disgust me.
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:34:27 PM PDT
by
NTegraT
(USSA? Say it ain't so.)
To: DocT111
Was this before or after he went on the St Olaf "I can't believe this is cheese" diet?
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:34:54 PM PDT
by
Blogger
To: DocT111
Typical lefty, freedom for me & none for thee.
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:35:25 PM PDT
by
GoLightly
To: yldstrk
Theater, what do you expect?
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:35:30 PM PDT
by
mimaw
To: DocT111
He says he is disappointed most readers have focused on the thefts and not the larger issues of his writing. This is really incredible. The guy titles his article 'Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer' and then says he is disappointed that readers are focusing on his sign thefts. It is apparent that to become a liberal arts professor nowadays you are required to be mentally dysfunctional.
To: DocT111
Busse expressed remorse, saying it was "immature and impetuous."Not to mention "illegal," pal.
He says he is disappointed most readers have focused on the thefts and not the larger issues of his writing.
Whaaa. What a baby. I guess the good prof might learn the lesson that breaking the law hurts one's message and certainly one's credibility. Why should anyone listen to anything this criminal thug has to say???
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:36:53 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(I'd pay to see The Great One rip The One a New One.)
To: DocT111
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:37:53 PM PDT
by
VOA
To: Blogger
Haha! I was wondering what Rose Nyland would think about this!!! :o)
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:38:29 PM PDT
by
TXBlair
(I'd pay to see The Great One rip The One a New One.)
To: DocT111
The Party Of Free Speech at it again .... or POFS ......
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11/01/2008 12:38:40 PM PDT
by
SkyDancer
("I Believe In The Law Until It Interferes With Justice")
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To: DocT111
I want to know what he wrote on the Huffo’s website!
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:39:48 PM PDT
by
RatsDawg
(John McCain fought Communism in Vietnam, and now he is fighting Communist in America.)
To: DocT111
If he was a republican Barack Hussein would say OFF WITH HIS HEAD! Heil Obama!
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:40:31 PM PDT
by
ncfool
(ObaBama stands for The New United Socialist State or "TNUSSA")
To: DocT111
Oh, Gawd...not another St. Olaf story!
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
perfect_rovian_storm
(You MUST see this website: http://www.neverfindout.org/)
To: DocT111
“Thou shalt not steal.” Guess this professor at this liberal ELCA school did not learn his Ten Commandments.
To: DocT111
The Great Northfield Minnesota Lawn Sign Raid
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:53:25 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: DocT111
This is nothing that a year in the pen won’t cure.
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posted on
11/01/2008 12:58:08 PM PDT
by
ReleaseTheHounds
("The demagogue is one who preaches doctrines he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.")
To: DocT111
Once a man, twice a child.
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