Comments on: A dose of Bachmann http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163 Minneapolis + St. Paul Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:23:37 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155233 Bixby Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:43:45 +0000 #comment-155233 My grandma used to get gov't cheese when I was little as well! My grandma used to get gov’t cheese when I was little as well!

]]> By: SpellsGood http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155229 SpellsGood Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:34:58 +0000 #comment-155229 I'm with you, Bix...my grandma got that for a while when I was a kid. Also, didn't Liquor Lyle's used to have that gov't cheese (or something similar) out at happy hour? I’m with you, Bix…my grandma got that for a while when I was a kid. Also, didn’t Liquor Lyle’s used to have that gov’t cheese (or something similar) out at happy hour?

]]> By: Bixby http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155222 Bixby Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:21:16 +0000 #comment-155222 government cheese is so good. Why doesn't the government market that stuff. They could make a pretty penny and I'd definitely buy a block here and there. government cheese is so good. Why doesn’t the government market that stuff. They could make a pretty penny and I’d definitely buy a block here and there.

]]> By: justpbob http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155216 justpbob Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:06:07 +0000 #comment-155216 They used to serve that that government cheese at IPS #88. Yum! They used to serve that that government cheese at IPS #88. Yum!

]]> By: JACC http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155210 JACC Fri, 11 Apr 2008 18:01:13 +0000 #comment-155210 I love government cheese, or as we called it on the rez commots. The beef stew was good too, but the peanut butter was horrid.<br /> <br /> If I recall correctly the labels were in multiple languages. I love government cheese, or as we called it on the rez commots. The beef stew was good too, but the peanut butter was horrid.

If I recall correctly the labels were in multiple languages.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155207 msparber Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:55:38 +0000 #comment-155207 You say welfare state like it's a bad thing. You say welfare state like it’s a bad thing.

]]> By: swandog http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155204 swandog Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:51:33 +0000 #comment-155204 <em>Many of our ancestors would be dead were it not for the charity and opportunity offered by this country to those who came to its shores with nothing. Now you, and others like you, who have turned those opportunities into success would have the U.S. turn away from those values. It's frustrating to see the same paternalistic attitudes that have engendered so much trouble overseas come home to roost in a new breed of self-centered isolationists. </em><br /> <br /> The can all come. However, what you are referring to is a different time in a different place. THEY DID NOT HAVE A WELFARE STATE AT THAT TIME THAT IS MY POINT. Many of our ancestors would be dead were it not for the charity and opportunity offered by this country to those who came to its shores with nothing. Now you, and others like you, who have turned those opportunities into success would have the U.S. turn away from those values. It’s frustrating to see the same paternalistic attitudes that have engendered so much trouble overseas come home to roost in a new breed of self-centered isolationists.

The can all come. However, what you are referring to is a different time in a different place. THEY DID NOT HAVE A WELFARE STATE AT THAT TIME THAT IS MY POINT.

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155091 noodleman Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:35:00 +0000 #comment-155091 @Derekest<br /> <br /> You're reasoning is impaired, just like the driver's judgement. You're masking your xenophobia (and it really IS a fear of strangers) by making an outrageous claim. Literate English-speakers also fail to stop at stop signs. Should we deport them, too, for being criminally stupid?<br /> <br /> Americans, generally speaking, are a provincial people. A great number have no interest in what happens outside their country. They've been brainwashed by their own propaganda. @Derekest

You’re reasoning is impaired, just like the driver’s judgement. You’re masking your xenophobia (and it really IS a fear of strangers) by making an outrageous claim. Literate English-speakers also fail to stop at stop signs. Should we deport them, too, for being criminally stupid?

Americans, generally speaking, are a provincial people. A great number have no interest in what happens outside their country. They’ve been brainwashed by their own propaganda.

]]> By: msparber http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155078 msparber Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:22:22 +0000 #comment-155078 I sincerely doubt the issue was that she couldn't read a stop sign. If you were to run this stop sign in Mexico, would it be because you thought "alto" meant "go"?<br /> <br /> <img src="http://www.travelyucatan.com/s-1a.gif"><br /> <br /> Is there even such a thing as a "go" sign? I sincerely doubt the issue was that she couldn’t read a stop sign. If you were to run this stop sign in Mexico, would it be because you thought “alto” meant “go”?

Is there even such a thing as a “go” sign?

]]> By: noodleman http://www.secretsofthecity.com/mnspeak/12163#comment-155076 noodleman Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:11:49 +0000 #comment-155076 Here are some samples of international STOP signs:<br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.travel-island.com/road.traffic.signs/world.road.signs.c.html" target="_blank"> International Road Traffic Signs and Signals,</a> Here are some samples of international STOP signs:

International Road Traffic Signs and Signals,

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