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		<title>By: bobby_b</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-72210</link>
		<dc:creator>bobby_b</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;&lt;em&gt;Does anyone know where downtown he lives.... I think that I would like to get a few photos or autograph&lt;/em&gt;&quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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You&#039;re going to get more responses if you put that scoped rifle away first.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;<em>Does anyone know where downtown he lives&#8230;. I think that I would like to get a few photos or autograph</em>&#8220;</p>
<p>You&#8217;re going to get more responses if you put that scoped rifle away first.</p>
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		<title>By: Spyderman</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-72208</link>
		<dc:creator>Spyderman</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2007 17:35:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Does anyone know where downtown he lives.... I think that I would like to get a few photos or autograph&lt;br /&gt;
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That would be great!! or if anyone know when he is moving.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Does anyone know where downtown he lives&#8230;. I think that I would like to get a few photos or autograph</p>
<p>That would be great!! or if anyone know when he is moving.</p>
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		<title>By: mazasapa</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68798</link>
		<dc:creator>mazasapa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well, I guess that proves that not all of us hairy-backed conservatives read Ann Coulter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well, I guess that proves that not all of us hairy-backed conservatives read Ann Coulter.</p>
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		<title>By: grote</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68797</link>
		<dc:creator>grote</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:26:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That drivel is actually lifted straight from Ann Coulter...I just wonder why, if he&#039;s as sophomoric and irrelevant as she says, then why does she have such an axe to grind with him...homegirl needs to go eat something.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That drivel is actually lifted straight from Ann Coulter&#8230;I just wonder why, if he&#8217;s as sophomoric and irrelevant as she says, then why does she have such an axe to grind with him&#8230;homegirl needs to go eat something.</p>
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		<title>By: mazasapa</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68796</link>
		<dc:creator>mazasapa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:10:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ok &lt;em&gt;my roi&lt;/em&gt;, admit it.  You&#039;re really Al franken aren&#039;t you?  I&#039;d recognize that comedic timing anywhere.  Forget about Obama.  He&#039;s a non-factor.  If Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton don&#039;t think you&#039;re black enough, your name might as well be Clarence Thomas as far as they&#039;re concerned.&lt;br /&gt;
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He&#039;s just the rabbit in this race, put there to make it look like Hillary had to compete for the nomination with someone, anyone, even if he is the Washington Generals of politics.  How do I know this?  He smokes.  The demorats would never seriously consider anyone who uses the evil tobacco.&lt;br /&gt;
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I did like your John Edwards/Miss America crack though.  Can I use it?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ok <em>my roi</em>, admit it.  You&#8217;re really Al franken aren&#8217;t you?  I&#8217;d recognize that comedic timing anywhere.  Forget about Obama.  He&#8217;s a non-factor.  If Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re black enough, your name might as well be Clarence Thomas as far as they&#8217;re concerned.</p>
<p>He&#8217;s just the rabbit in this race, put there to make it look like Hillary had to compete for the nomination with someone, anyone, even if he is the Washington Generals of politics.  How do I know this?  He smokes.  The demorats would never seriously consider anyone who uses the evil tobacco.</p>
<p>I did like your John Edwards/Miss America crack though.  Can I use it?</p>
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		<title>By: my roi</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68791</link>
		<dc:creator>my roi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Feb 2007 01:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039;ve caught Obama fever! Obamamania, Obamarama, Obama, Obama, Obama. (I just pray to God this is clean, renewable electricity I&#039;m feeling.) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Only white guilt could explain the insanely hyperbolic descriptions of Obama&#039;s &quot;eloquence.&quot; His speeches are a run-on string of embarrassing, sophomoric Hallmark bromides. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
In announcing his candidacy last week, Obama confirmed that he believes in &quot;the basic decency of the American people.&quot; And let the chips fall where they may! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Obama forthrightly decried &quot;a smallness of our politics&quot;  deftly slipping a sword into the sides of the smallness-in-politics advocates. (To his credit, he somehow avoided saying, &quot;My fellow Americans, size does matter.&quot;) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He took a strong stand against the anti-hope crowd, saying: &quot;There are those who don&#039;t believe in talking about hope.&quot; Take that, Hillary! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Most weirdly, he said: &quot;I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this  a certain audacity  to this announcement.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
What is so audacious about announcing that you&#039;re running for president? Any idiot can run for president. Dennis Kucinich is running for president. Until he was imprisoned, Lyndon LaRouche used to run for president constantly. John Kerry ran for president. Today, all you have to do is suggest a date by which U.S. forces in Iraq should surrender, and you&#039;re officially a Democratic candidate for president. &lt;br /&gt;
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Obama made his announcement surrounded by hundreds of adoring Democratic voters. And those were just the reporters. There were about 400 more reporters at Obama&#039;s announcement than Mitt Romney&#039;s, who, by the way, is more likely to be sworn in as our next president than B. Hussein Obama. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Obama has locked up the Hollywood money. Even Miss America has endorsed Obama. (John &quot;Two Americas&quot; Edwards is still hoping for the other Miss America to endorse him.) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
But Obama tells us he&#039;s brave for announcing that he&#039;s running for president. And if life gives you lemons, make lemonade! &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I don&#039;t want to say that Obama didn&#039;t say anything in his announcement, but afterward, even Jesse Jackson was asking, &quot;What did he say?&quot; There was one refreshing aspect to Obama&#039;s announcement: It was nice to see a man call a press conference this week to announce something other than he was the father of Anna Nicole Smith&#039;s baby. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
B. Hussein Obama&#039;s announcement also included this gem: &quot;I know that I haven&#039;t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I&#039;ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.&quot; As long as Obama insists on using Hallmark card greetings in his speeches, he could at least get Jesse Jackson to help him with the rhyming. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
If Obama&#039;s biggest asset is his inexperience, then if by the slightest chance he were elected and were to run for a second term, he will have to claim he didn&#039;t learn anything the first four years. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
There was also this inspirational nugget: &quot;Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what&#039;s needed to be done. Today we are called once more, and it is time for our generation to answer that call.&quot; Is this guy running for president or trying to get people to switch to a new long-distance provider? &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
He said that &quot;we learned to disagree without being disagreeable.&quot; (There goes Howard Dean&#039;s endorsement.) This was an improvement on the first draft, which read, &quot;It&#039;s nice to be important, but it&#039;s more important to be nice.&quot; &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This guy&#039;s like the ANWR of trite political aphorisms. There&#039;s no telling exactly how many he&#039;s sitting on, but it could be in the billions. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Obama&#039;s famed eloquence reminds me of a book of platitudes I read about once called &quot;Life Lessons.&quot; The book contained such inspiring thoughts as: &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
&quot;When was the last time you really looked at the sea? Or smelled the morning? Touched a baby&#039;s hair? Really tasted and enjoyed food? Walked barefoot in the grass? Looked in the blue sky?&quot; (When was the last time you fantasized about dismembering the authors of a book of platitudes?) &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
I can&#039;t wait for Obama&#039;s inaugural address when he reveals that he loves long walks in the rain, sunsets, and fresh-baked cookies shaped like puppies. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The guy I feel sorry for is Harold Ford. The former representative from Tennessee is also black, a Democrat, about the same age as Obama, and is every bit as attractive. The difference is, when he talks, you don&#039;t fantasize about plunging knitting needles into your ears to stop the gusher of meaningless platitudes. &lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Ford ran as a Democrat in Republican Tennessee and almost won  and the press didn&#039;t knock out his opponent for him by unsealing sealed divorce records, as it did for B. Hussein Obama. Yet no one ever talks about Ford as the second coming of Cary Grant and Albert Einstein. &lt;br /&gt;
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Maybe Democrats aren&#039;t secret racists expunging vast stores of white guilt by hyperventilating over B. Hussein Obama. Maybe they&#039;re just running out of greeting card inscriptions. </description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve caught Obama fever! Obamamania, Obamarama, Obama, Obama, Obama. (I just pray to God this is clean, renewable electricity I&#8217;m feeling.) </p>
<p>Only white guilt could explain the insanely hyperbolic descriptions of Obama&#8217;s &#8220;eloquence.&#8221; His speeches are a run-on string of embarrassing, sophomoric Hallmark bromides. </p>
<p>In announcing his candidacy last week, Obama confirmed that he believes in &#8220;the basic decency of the American people.&#8221; And let the chips fall where they may! </p>
<p>Obama forthrightly decried &#8220;a smallness of our politics&#8221;  deftly slipping a sword into the sides of the smallness-in-politics advocates. (To his credit, he somehow avoided saying, &#8220;My fellow Americans, size does matter.&#8221;) </p>
<p>He took a strong stand against the anti-hope crowd, saying: &#8220;There are those who don&#8217;t believe in talking about hope.&#8221; Take that, Hillary! </p>
<p>Most weirdly, he said: &#8220;I recognize there is a certain presumptuousness in this  a certain audacity  to this announcement.&#8221; </p>
<p>What is so audacious about announcing that you&#8217;re running for president? Any idiot can run for president. Dennis Kucinich is running for president. Until he was imprisoned, Lyndon LaRouche used to run for president constantly. John Kerry ran for president. Today, all you have to do is suggest a date by which U.S. forces in Iraq should surrender, and you&#8217;re officially a Democratic candidate for president. </p>
<p>Obama made his announcement surrounded by hundreds of adoring Democratic voters. And those were just the reporters. There were about 400 more reporters at Obama&#8217;s announcement than Mitt Romney&#8217;s, who, by the way, is more likely to be sworn in as our next president than B. Hussein Obama. </p>
<p>Obama has locked up the Hollywood money. Even Miss America has endorsed Obama. (John &#8220;Two Americas&#8221; Edwards is still hoping for the other Miss America to endorse him.) </p>
<p>But Obama tells us he&#8217;s brave for announcing that he&#8217;s running for president. And if life gives you lemons, make lemonade! </p>
<p>I don&#8217;t want to say that Obama didn&#8217;t say anything in his announcement, but afterward, even Jesse Jackson was asking, &#8220;What did he say?&#8221; There was one refreshing aspect to Obama&#8217;s announcement: It was nice to see a man call a press conference this week to announce something other than he was the father of Anna Nicole Smith&#8217;s baby. </p>
<p>B. Hussein Obama&#8217;s announcement also included this gem: &#8220;I know that I haven&#8217;t spent a lot of time learning the ways of Washington. But I&#8217;ve been there long enough to know that the ways of Washington must change.&#8221; As long as Obama insists on using Hallmark card greetings in his speeches, he could at least get Jesse Jackson to help him with the rhyming. </p>
<p>If Obama&#8217;s biggest asset is his inexperience, then if by the slightest chance he were elected and were to run for a second term, he will have to claim he didn&#8217;t learn anything the first four years. </p>
<p>There was also this inspirational nugget: &#8220;Each and every time, a new generation has risen up and done what&#8217;s needed to be done. Today we are called once more, and it is time for our generation to answer that call.&#8221; Is this guy running for president or trying to get people to switch to a new long-distance provider? </p>
<p>He said that &#8220;we learned to disagree without being disagreeable.&#8221; (There goes Howard Dean&#8217;s endorsement.) This was an improvement on the first draft, which read, &#8220;It&#8217;s nice to be important, but it&#8217;s more important to be nice.&#8221; </p>
<p>This guy&#8217;s like the ANWR of trite political aphorisms. There&#8217;s no telling exactly how many he&#8217;s sitting on, but it could be in the billions. </p>
<p>Obama&#8217;s famed eloquence reminds me of a book of platitudes I read about once called &#8220;Life Lessons.&#8221; The book contained such inspiring thoughts as: </p>
<p>&#8220;When was the last time you really looked at the sea? Or smelled the morning? Touched a baby&#8217;s hair? Really tasted and enjoyed food? Walked barefoot in the grass? Looked in the blue sky?&#8221; (When was the last time you fantasized about dismembering the authors of a book of platitudes?) </p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait for Obama&#8217;s inaugural address when he reveals that he loves long walks in the rain, sunsets, and fresh-baked cookies shaped like puppies. </p>
<p>The guy I feel sorry for is Harold Ford. The former representative from Tennessee is also black, a Democrat, about the same age as Obama, and is every bit as attractive. The difference is, when he talks, you don&#8217;t fantasize about plunging knitting needles into your ears to stop the gusher of meaningless platitudes. </p>
<p>Ford ran as a Democrat in Republican Tennessee and almost won  and the press didn&#8217;t knock out his opponent for him by unsealing sealed divorce records, as it did for B. Hussein Obama. Yet no one ever talks about Ford as the second coming of Cary Grant and Albert Einstein. </p>
<p>Maybe Democrats aren&#8217;t secret racists expunging vast stores of white guilt by hyperventilating over B. Hussein Obama. Maybe they&#8217;re just running out of greeting card inscriptions.</p>
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		<title>By: wayne</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68428</link>
		<dc:creator>wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:18:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey man, I don&#039;t even really &lt;i&gt;like&lt;/i&gt; Will Farrel. That one was just to reach out and make a connection with the kids. I hear they&#039;re wild about him these days.&lt;br /&gt;
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I&#039;d call the president more of a &#039;chump&#039; than a &#039;loser,&#039; though.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey man, I don&#8217;t even really <i>like</i> Will Farrel. That one was just to reach out and make a connection with the kids. I hear they&#8217;re wild about him these days.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d call the president more of a &#8216;chump&#8217; than a &#8216;loser,&#8217; though.</p>
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		<title>By: mazasapa</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68422</link>
		<dc:creator>mazasapa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;em&gt;I think my work is done here.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Don&#039;t go.  Jesus said, go to where the sinners are.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>I think my work is done here.</em></p>
<p>Don&#8217;t go.  Jesus said, go to where the sinners are.</p>
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		<title>By: msparber</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68417</link>
		<dc:creator>msparber</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I went to a Jewish high school for two years. I was going to go to an Irish high school, but I couldn&#039;t drink that much.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I went to a Jewish high school for two years. I was going to go to an Irish high school, but I couldn&#8217;t drink that much.</p>
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		<title>By: wayne</title>
		<link>http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/10078#comment-68412</link>
		<dc:creator>wayne</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 17:04:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>just keep on makin&#039; shit up, man. it suits you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>just keep on makin&#8217; shit up, man. it suits you.</p>
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