Secrets of the City

Hi dee ho, neighbors! Let the Open Tread fun begin.

Begin with a typo, that is…

That reminds me. I should check my tires to see if there is any open treads…

The President has also told you to make sure they are properly inflated, in case you may have forgotten.

Did he say anything about treading lightly and carrying a big stick? Who said that?

“Did he say anything about treading lightly and carrying a big stick?”

Don’t think he’s taken credit for that.

Anyone wanting to wallow in a classic Strib Comment Section should check out the Check out the story about the new football stadium that could be going up in Los Angeles. Two-hundred-twenty-two comments and and rising!

Here’s my favourite:
current governor will be long gone by the

time a new team lands in LA, there is no way he gets re-elected. Ran the state into the ground billions in dept. woof

huh?

Did he say anything about treading lightly and carrying a big stick? Who said that?

I think that is some sort of Ninja creed.

Former president Teddy Roosevelt said “Speak Softly but carry a big stick”

I hope you have found this enlightening…

I think treading lightly might have something to do with a carbon footprint.

Want to cut your carbon output 25 percent? Exhale only three times for every four times you inhale. It seems tricky, but I bet you can master it.

“The President has also told you to make sure they are properly inflated, in case you may have forgotten.”

We at the ALAMN Clean Air Choice Team have heeded the President’s call for action and have purchased a number of tire inflation gauges, adorned with our logo, for distribution to some of our friends. They are pretty cool.

While our Governor attempted to mock Mr. Obama’s claim that properly inflated tires would help Americans conserve gasoline, the majority of auto experts chimed in to say that the President was correct.

In 1901, Teddy gave his immortal “big stick” speech at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds, while he was vice president. Twelve days later, McKinley was assassinated and he was thrust into the White House, big stick and all.

Tread lightly in glass houses lest someone with a big stick hears you throws rocks at you. That is the only thing you have to fear.

(Sorry, I’ve been home sick all week and am getting punchy.)

That is the only thing you have to fear.

Except fear itself.

That’s like saying the only thing that makes you thirsty is thirst itself.

Maybe I *am* still feverish.

@jane: Maybe FDR was feverish, too, when he talked of fear being the only thing you have to fear.

I would try to explain the statement, but Jane you’re probably to hopped up on NyQuil™ to understand.

The Rat thinks it’s a shame that MNSpeakers are Sleeping One Off on United Nations Day

We all celebrate UN Day in our own way, Rat.

Even if he became a joke later on in life, Harold Stassen is deserving of our gratitude for the work he did on the UN Charter. He also rescued POWs in the time between Japan’s surrender announcement and the arrival of the first Occupation troops.