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Whatever you do, don't make eye contact... in the Minnesota Senate?
Grand Forks Herald ^
| Apr 15, 2015 at 12:50 p.m.
| Rachel E. Stassen-Berger
Posted on 04/16/2015 7:48:48 PM PDT by skeptoid
The Minnesota Senate will keep its rule forbidding members from looking at one another during floor debate and will continue to ban everyone from having drinks on the Senate floor.
The issues arose Monday during the passage of the rules to govern the Senate.
On a 15-44 vote, the Senate decided to keep its current requirement that all speakers must gaze at the Senate president.
(Excerpt) Read more at grandforksherald.com ...
TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Political Humor/Cartoons; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: minnesota; senaterules
New one on me.
(The drink refers to water, BTW)
Is this de rigueur in other U S legislatures?
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posted on
04/16/2015 7:48:48 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: skeptoid
"He looked at me!"
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posted on
04/16/2015 7:51:27 PM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
("Victim" -- some people eagerly take on the label because of the many advantages that come with it.)
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
04/16/2015 7:53:02 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: skeptoid
pretty petty operation Id say..
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:14:40 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi - Revolution is a'brewin!!!)
To: skeptoid
This is Al Franken and Jesse Ventura’s state right? No wonder they treat legislators like kindergartners.
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:18:29 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: skeptoid
If only they were so doctrinare about bigger issues, such as the protection of our borders, or 2nd Amendment policies.
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:20:19 PM PDT
by
lee martell
(The sa)
To: skeptoid
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:39:26 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: Still Thinking
The whole state is inhabited by at best junior high mentalities.
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:41:44 PM PDT
by
Fred Hayek
(The Democratic Party is now the operational arm of the CPUSA)
To: ClearCase_guy
Came back to check replies and busted a gut on seeing that!!
Very humorous post (even though poor Charles Sumner spent years recovering from the savage caning).
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posted on
04/16/2015 8:50:54 PM PDT
by
skeptoid
To: Fred Hayek
From the early 80’s through the late 90’s I put quite a bit of hard-disk manufacturing equipment into the Big Blue Zoo (IBM) in Rochester. Those guys all seemed pretty smart. Probably the only 7,000 smart people in the state.
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posted on
04/16/2015 9:57:48 PM PDT
by
Still Thinking
(Freedom is NOT a loophole!)
To: Fred Hayek
The people of Minnesota are plenty smart. Most of them are just wrong, that’s all.
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posted on
04/17/2015 4:10:48 AM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
("He is a very shallow critic who cannot see an eternal rebel in the heart of a conservative." G.K .C)
To: Still Thinking
Minnesota is the Massachusetts of the Midwest.
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