http://www.ronamundson.com/blog an ex-Republicans View of the World, and his campaign efforts Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:00:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm becoming more and more impressed with Congressman Tim Walz all the time. I really liked what he had to say about the FISA bill HR 6304. “When Richard Nixon said that “when the President does it, that means it’s not illegal,” many Americans were horrified that any President would ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/06/21/way-cool-on-tim-walz-on-voting-against-hr6304/ McCain Sees Need for More Nuclear Power - WSJ.com The key words..... "developing domestic capability to manufacture key parts." I think in many ways, Nuclear energy could have played a substantial role in energy policy.... but alas, its time has come and gone. In part, due to the regulatory and litigious climate ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/06/19/mccain-sees-need-for-more-nuclear-power-wsjcom/ Hmmm, a couple hours to check the house for surveilance devices... egads, the info best not be a critical matter concerning national security. That is just not enough time, and beyond that... such a location is anything but easy to secure. Fortunately, as revealed by the Washington post, the info wasn't ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/14/secret-session-was-it-worthwhile/ Clintons push a Hillary/Obama ticket | U.S. | Reuters Its a recent strategy of the Clinton campaign to suggest Barack as VP to garner votes, but not only are the framing of the issues so vastly different, the brands won't mesh. In addition, the campaign infrastructures are totally incompatible. In one ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/10/hillaryobama-ticket-not-a-good-idea/ Seth's Blog: Sunk costs, quitting and the value of your brand Seth Godin brings up a good point about Hillary changing her brand to win the nomination, and the results of which almost guarantee failure in the general election. I think his analysis of sunk costs is on the money, although ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/09/sunk-cost-analysis-politics-hillary/ Barack Obama : : Change We Can Believe In | State Updates: 1,282,000 Calls and Counting; Let's Hit 1.5 Million by Tomorrow The call counter keeps going up and up, in fact so much so, the phone call server is having difficulty keeping up with the demand. Its pretty amazing... albeit ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/03/1376213-calls-and-counting-lets-hit-15-million-by-tomorrow/ Winona DFL: Winona County DFL Banquet - March 2, 2008 Wow, what a blast, there were well over *170 folks in attendance, as well as Mike Ceresi, Jack Nelson-Palmeyer, and Al Franken's wife. The keynote speaker was MN Senator Ellen Anderson. I met a number of folks, a surprising number from adjoining ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/02/winona-county-dfl-banquet/ GovTrack: H.R. 5351: Text of Legislation passed the house The Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation Tax Act of 2008 has a provision to encourage bicycle commuting. In fact, employers would be able to offer a tax exempt fringe benefit of up to $20 a month for those who commute by bicycle. Granted, ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/03/02/legislation-to-encourage-bicycle-commuting/ H.F. No. 2800, 4th Engrossment - 85th Legislative Session 2007-2008 E85 Initially, when I first heard of this, it was like whoa... a gas tax increase with the economy taking a header, not cool. But alas, in politics as in other aspects of life, whats on the surface is often times not ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/02/29/whoa-a-gas-tax-increase-just-what-we-need-or-maybe-not/ Back in my Republican days, I used to enjoy sitting down and talking with Steve Sviggum, who was speaker of the MN house at the time. Sometimes we'd agree, sometimes not, but it was always a blast just to jaw with him. One of the things I remember asking, was ... http://www.ronamundson.com/blog/2008/02/26/whats-all-this-hate-stuff-anyhow/