Comments on: Secret of the City: Rake For Sale

By: The Rat

The Rat — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 22:00:36 +0000

Hope I don’t look that way. I’ve worked on two Wellstone campaigns and for the Kerry campaign four years ago.

Hillary Clinton gets the nomination I’d volunteer. Not so sure about Obama.

By: grote

grote — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 20:32:05 +0000

The Rat is conservative? I thought he was just getting a little long in the tooth.

By: just me again

just me again — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 19:25:50 +0000

Why doesn’t this thread come up under Media?

By: justpbob

justpbob — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:36:41 +0000

I was there, bob...it was hot out...must have been the summer of 2006.
Matt Bartel and Mike S wer there as well, but they really don't come around any more.

It wouldn't be a valid MNgathering without you, grote. Yes, it was nice to meet Mike S. in the flesh. Lately the conservative side of the threads have suffered a brain drain in MNspeak -- excluding The Rat and Kevin -- and I miss conservative comments that are sincere, thoughtfull and not just troll bait or cliches.

By: Who You Think I Am

Who You Think I Am — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:37:58 +0000

Sadly, that concept and The Hoe joke has been done before in several permutations.

How about The Plag(iarism).

The Third Pandemic began in China in 1855, spreading plague to all inhabited continents and ultimately gaining more than 12 million uniques in India and China alone.

Now that's market share.

By: Bixby

Bixby — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:15:18 +0000

I'd buy The Rake and MNSpeak and then consolidate them into a regular magazine. Basically, heres the way the magazine would work: editors would come up article topics and the articles would be composed by having random people off the street could stop by the offices and chime in with their opinion on the topic(s) (regardless of how little/stupid knowledge they have on said topic) whatever the editors are told by the people off the street goes into the article. Also, I'd mandate that at least 1/3 of every article would have to be off-topic and each article must include at least 5 references to sex and 8 inside jokes.

Many people would subscribe to the magazine at first but then come to hate the magazine and will attempt to cancel their subscription. However, after continuing to receive the magazine in the mail for several months but not reading it, they'd get sucked back into reading it again after perusing it one day while sitting on the john (there was nothing else to read).

Name of new magazine?

The Hoe.

By: grote

grote — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 03:01:39 +0000

I was there, bob…it was hot out…must have been the summer of 2006

Matt Bartel and Mike S wer there as well, but they really don’t come around any more.

By: JACC

JACC — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:52:14 +0000

And while I'd love to pretend I know everything about everything

@David - You really should come around here more often.

I thought the article was interesting and it's generated quite the kerfuffle.

By: justpbob

justpbob — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 00:47:43 +0000

"I'd love to lock Kramer, Bartel, and Perry in a room with a bunch of Irish whiskey and see what happens."

Hmm. Reminds me of the time when some of us gathered at The Local. As I recall, ranty was there, as well as Jason, me, Max and others (wayne?) -- who else was there? Me memory is a wee bit foggy.

Heck, we could have closed the deal then and there.

By: cristina

cristina — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 23:43:41 +0000

I'd love to lock Kramer, Bartel, and Perry in a room with a bunch of Irish whiskey and see what happens.

Magic, Chuck. Most certainly magic. If only...

If only more of us could find a point of convergence. It would certainly make for better use of resources, if nothing else.