tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988509909991606880.post2553854665150288246..comments2024-03-01T10:04:23.949-06:00Comments on A Fort Made of Books: Minnesota Is...RobbieFishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14112535005437118728noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988509909991606880.post-8605547722425464392009-01-20T01:26:00.000-06:002009-01-20T01:26:00.000-06:00A few of your book reviews, more than a few, actua...A few of your book reviews, more than a few, actually, are exceptional. I've toted copies of them to our book group. Lo, this comment hath nothing whatsoever to MN politics or a bespeckeled macrosephelic senator imposter...<BR/><BR/>...you have fans. Thanks, and pax<BR/><BR/>phil baker Alton, ILPhil Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658326625334436591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988509909991606880.post-56820069072912505622009-01-20T01:22:00.000-06:002009-01-20T01:22:00.000-06:00Franken's a bit much, agreed. Hemby: some thought...Franken's a bit much, agreed. Hemby: some thoughts on this. The gov manse is one thing; the US Senate is another altogether.<BR/><BR/>Mind you, Al's going there (we'll assume the recount was straight, as we have no choice), but the stodgy lifers in the senate tend to take care of the eccentrics that weasel their way in. They'll keep him under wraps by piping him down (yet enjoying him at parties) and they'll relagate him to some mundane spot in a meaningless committee. <BR/><BR/>That, or they'll seat him in a committee run heavy-handedly by a high-seniority honcho accustomed to getting his way. If the honcho needs reinforcements to 'subdue' Mr. Al, then help's around the corner--er, across the aisle. <BR/><BR/>MN cracks me up. Spent a month on a building project up in Deluth a couple of Novembers ago. 'Bout froze my face off. I STILL have a greyish palor.Phil Bakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16658326625334436591noreply@blogger.com