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    Quote Originally Posted by cbline View Post
    Man, you just can't make this shit up.
    Yeah you can. If you think it is bad here imagine what it is like in Washington, DC(let's pass the bill to see what is in it) and other states.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1993bison View Post
    Yeah you can. If you think it is bad here imagine what it is like in Washington, DC(let's pass the bill to see what is in it) and other states.

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    You mean places with functioning ethics rules, disclosure requirements, and still some semblance of an adversarial media?
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    We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie

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    Al barely won his seat last election

    Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngPamela Anderson 27.2% 2,639
    Republican Green check mark transparent.pngAl Carlson Incumbent 26.7% 2,590
    Republican Bette Grande Incumbent 24.2% 2,347
    Democratic Sheila Christensen 21.8% 2,113
    NDSU TO FBS. HAVEN'T WE WON ENOUGH?

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1993bison View Post
    Yeah you can. If you think it is bad here imagine what it is like in Washington, DC(let's pass the bill to see what is in it) and other states.

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    Don't kid yourself. It's worse in North Dakota than almost any other state.

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    Don't kid yourself. It's worse in North Dakota than almost any other state.
    After all, Al even has his own personal column (blogger with a DUI and passion for DQ) in most of the state's newspapers.
    SDSU coach John Stiegelmeier on NDSU intro video: "This is not meant to be North Dakota State's home game."

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    Quote Originally Posted by tony View Post
    Don't kid yourself. It's worse in North Dakota than almost any other state.
    The benefits of single party rule, coupled with the old boys club.
    The weather in Fargo keeps the undesirables out.....

    ...Which is why I live near the Twin Cities.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
    You mean places with functioning ethics rules, disclosure requirements, and still some semblance of an adversarial media?
    Yeah and it works so well in DC that a guy like Alcee Hastings can be a US Rep

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1993bison View Post
    Yeah and it works so well in DC that a guy like Alcee Hastings can be a US Rep

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    Are you contending that the people of Florida's 20th congressional district didn't know that they were voting for someone who'd been impeached?
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    We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie

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    Quote Originally Posted by bisonaudit View Post
    Are you contending that the people of Florida's 20th congressional district didn't know that they were voting for someone who'd been impeached?
    Not at all. A certain people will over look past criminal activity all the while focusing on manufacturing scandals of their opponents.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 1993bison View Post
    Not at all. A certain people will over look past criminal activity all the while focusing on manufacturing scandals of their opponents.

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    If that's your take away from certain people making the point, again, that North Dakota's regulatory mechanism are, at this point, purposefully, not equipped to deal with these issues, then we're done.
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    We all live in stories... It seems to me that a definition of any living vibrant society is that you constantly question those stories... The argument itself is freedom. It's not that you come to a conclusion about it. Through that argument you change your mind sometimes... That's how societies grow. When you can't retell for yourself the stories of your life then you live in a prison... Somebody else controls the story. - S. Rushdie

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