Pawlenty’s visit to China has received a fair amount of national attention (Google News search to prove it), including an AFX interview that ended up on Forbes.com. Although T-Paw mentions several business sectors, this quote jumped out: “Dairy Queen is based in Minnesota, and they have indicated that their early experience in China is very good — nearly 60 stores and significant expansion plans — so that’s a good sign.” (See also: StarTribune.com started a blog for the visit, Courting China.)
We Come In Peace, With Ice Cream
Nov 15 2005 — 2:00am
9 Reader Comments
9:07 pm
Conclusion: we can beat the Chinese if we make them fat, lazy, and tasteless like us.
2:41 am
knock the blizzard at your peril, rex.
9:40 am
I can’t believe Dairy Queen renamed the Mr. Misty to Mountain Rush.
9:54 am
Is it “make the Chinese fat, lazy, and tasteless like us”, or “make the Chinese fat, lazy and tastelss, like us”?
There is a considerable difference.
11:18 am
Hot eats. Mao treats.
12:01 pm
Hatch would have brought a non-fat frozen yogurt chain to China instead.
12:51 pm
Well sure, but Hatch is never going to run for governor again.
lol @ Chris… good one!
2:29 pm
Not2Sure, I’m confused by your Hatch comment . . . maybe you were being facetiously ironic or something?
2:54 pm
Yes, facetiously ironic as opposed to pithy smug. I’m confused about what is the acceptable definition of snarky nowadays.
I’m referring to when Hatch announced, all the local politico bloglogdytes on the right dug deep and tried to make hay out of Hatch having made comments to a Duluth newspaper saying he was never going to run again.
‘I’ve run twice and I’ve lost twice. That’s enough for me,’ Hatch said.” (Chris Hamilton, “Hatch Takes Aim At Health Insurers, Weaver,” Duluth News Tribune, October 29, 1998)
As if it were somehow insightful or revealing that a career politician stated he was not going to run and then later does. That NEVER happens.
I really don’t know what to think about Hatch. Sometimes I think he’s an advocate for the people and a real public servant and then sometimes I’m left wondering if he’s just looking out for #1.
I’m looking forward to round 3.