Each day, Bluestem finds more reason to head to the Jeffers' Petroglyphs to carve Tom Wolfe's edict (about the disadvantage of the novelist in the age of absurdity) into the sacred red rocks.
Take the recent episode starring Sarah Anderson, the Republican representative from Plymouth, which the editor believes to be located in the near western suburbs of Minneapolis, rather than Massachusetts or England. In an attempt to deride Minneapolis Mayor Rybak, Sarah Anderson provides a clear demonstration of her expertise, via our friends at The Uptake:
Fun facts: Anderson chaired the Republican redistricting effort in the House. Rochester, Minnesota, home of the world-famous Mayo Clinic, is Minnesota's third largest city. Bluestem recommends that Anderson head south on Highway 52 to the Med City, where Congressman Tim Walz, a former social studies teacher, will cheerfully give her a lesson in reading maps.
Greater Minnesotans are used to people not knowing where to find Darfur or Ceylon, but Rochester shouldn't be a problem.
How can Sarah Anderson drone on about the "New York DECA's 2012 State Career Convention" being held in Rochester and not have a clue that an event for New York State high school business students might be held somewhere in New York?
Since she is in a leadership role of the Republican party, sending Sarah to be educated by a former PUBLIC SCHOOL teacher will not work. A public school teacher would have nothing to offer such a bright, fact finding, congenial person.
The latest word at the capital has the Republicans preparing a bill to adopt the "flat earth" society's position. When the bill passes, the Minnesota citizens will then vote this fall on a constitutional amendment to repeal the law of gravity. The Republicans will campaign for it as a energy saving measure. The polls show that 96.8% of the people attending Republican conventions thought it was a good idea.
Questions: Wonder why Sarah didn't mention the "Ninth Annual Ugly Disco Bash" that was also being held this month at the Rochester, New York convention hall? (That sounded interesting.) Dare we ask if there was something extra in that large soda container next to Sarah in the video?
Posted by: T Pa or Coffee | Feb 17, 2012 at 06:03 PM
Since she's apparently so knowledgeable about Rochester, New York, would she care to expound on the recent (and likely terminal) troubles of the Kodak company there?
Posted by: Phoenix Woman | Feb 18, 2012 at 09:03 PM