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St. Olaf professor confesses to stealing McCain signs (MN)
StarTribune ^
| 11/1/08
| Laurie Blake
Posted on 11/02/2008 3:35:33 PM PST by ButThreeLeftsDo
Stealing through the dark to yank three John McCain yard signs from yards along rural Hwy. 19 in Northfield was wrong but also thrilling and satisfying, a visiting instructor at St. Olaf College recently told readers of a national website.
Philip Busse, who teaches a class in media studies at the Northfield school, said he intended the posting to point out the foolish things people do in a highly charged political season.
But neither the McCain nor Obama presidential campaign was amused by his exploits, St. Olaf has condemned the prank and the Rice County sheriff is investigating.
In his essay "Confessions of a Lawn Sign Stealer'' on the Huffington Post, Busse wrote that although illegal and immature, "yanking out the (three) signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.''
A veteran writer, political activist and failed mayoral candidate in Portland, Ore., Busse also serves as executive director of the Northwest Institute for Social Change in Portland.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: busse; northfield; stolaf; theft; wellstone
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Northfield, MN is also home to Carelton College....Wellstone country....
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Sick bass turd. Very childish and immature.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:37:27 PM PST
by
FlingWingFlyer
(I'm voting for McCain/Palin so I can look my grandchildren in the eyes when I tell them I'm sorry.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“yanking out the (three) signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.”
Scared rabbit? Try chicken s**t.
..exhilarating and empowering? Try cowardly, weak and anti-free speech and typical of communists.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:41:48 PM PST
by
downtownconservative
(Intelligence sans reason is vainglorious pulp)
To: FlingWingFlyer
This got him excited? Wait til the civil war, dude.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:42:25 PM PST
by
Terry Mross
(If Obama wins this may be my last post.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo; tgslTakoma
"yanking out the (three) signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.'' Man, that is PITIFUL.
Tiggles, whaddaya think of this? Oooh, isn't he BRAVE. How many times were we outnumbered hundreds to one countering those leftist marches?
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:43:42 PM PST
by
nina0113
(If fences don't work, why does the White House have one?)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I didn't know this was an actual place. I heard St. Olaf, on the Golden Girls, and it is depicted as a place where they are all idiots LOL.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:43:46 PM PST
by
gidget7
(Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Busse also serves as executive director of the Northwest Institute for Social Change in PortlandA few days in the slammer would certainly change his social situation and perhaps give him a whole different outlook on law and order. May the judge give him that "scared straight" lesson in life; it's never too late to learn.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:43:54 PM PST
by
NonValueAdded
(Sen. McCain brings a lifetime of experience to the White House; Sen. Obama brings a speech)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
I’m sorry, but everytime I hear the name “St. Olaf”, I think of Rose on The Golden Girls and all the ditzy stories she told about her home town.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:44:19 PM PST
by
Mjaye
To: Mjaye
Me too. I was just going to look for a pic. LOL
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:46:06 PM PST
by
kimmie7
(I'm voting for the woman. All the others PALIN comparison.)
To: Mjaye
I was getting ready to post the same thing.
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
“The most inspiring and exciting political act I’ve ever done?”
Let’s see. For me it would be voting, serving as an election judge, ceeremnies I’ve attended at Arlington Nat’l Cemetery, signing up for the armed forces on 9/11/01 (bad hip kept me out unfortunately), joining the NRA, etc.
For him, it was theft.
What a douchebag.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:50:25 PM PST
by
Cap74
(God is a Republican, Santa Claus is a Democrat -P.J. O'Rourke)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
St Olaf--Liberal Lutheran school. Anyone wondering why the ELCA is a dead church walking, take a look...
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
yanking out the (three) signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done. He could be shot dead in PA for that by an irate homeowner.
I swear these liberals never get past the emotional age of 16.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:55:06 PM PST
by
pray4liberty
(This election will separate the wheat from the tares. Watch, pray, work and VOTE!)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
The DUMmies dumped several used, more than likely stolen McCain Palin signs in my front yard a few days ago. Not knowing who the original owners are, I passed them out to my Republican friends who didn't have one displayed. I was tempted to spread them out down the street, as my local polling place is just a few blocks down & people use my street to access it, but I live in a condo & the association prohibits displaying yard signs.
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posted on
11/02/2008 3:58:22 PM PST
by
W650
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
... one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.''
This ignorant sh!thead spent his entire life getting to this????
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posted on
11/02/2008 4:00:29 PM PST
by
RobinOfKingston
(Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
yanking out the (three) signs and running like a scared rabbit back to my idling car was one of the single-most exhilarating and empowering political acts that I have ever done.''words fail me
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posted on
11/02/2008 4:00:45 PM PST
by
eyedigress
( My first 4 wheeler was on the rocks in Fairbanks)
To: Republican Wildcat; kimmie
LOL, Rose, explaining St. Olaf’s annual Herring Juggling Contest:
Dorothy, skeptical and astounded: “They juggled *herrings*”??!!! Rose: “No! the herrings did the juggling....with tiny little ginzu knives”.
Not exact dialogue, but close.
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posted on
11/02/2008 4:00:55 PM PST
by
Mjaye
To: eyedigress
how about these words.
fire his *ss and throw him in jail
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posted on
11/02/2008 4:02:18 PM PST
by
Gasshog
(Ah! the smell of liberal fear on the eve of the election)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Perp and (now) nationally known chickensh!t
To: Mjaye
As soon as I saw the title, I looked for a pic. I’m sure it’s coming.
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posted on
11/02/2008 4:07:08 PM PST
by
RIRed
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